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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
-   Canada (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/)
-   -   Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/pros-cons-emigrating-canada-uk-876925/)

not2old Jul 31st 2016 10:18 am
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by Stinkypup (Post 12016670)
I'm now avidly waiting for Steve to post on the Gogglebox thread, recommending some Canadian programs to watch, I'm amazed he hasn't posted any recommendations to date given how marvellous Canadian TV apparently is :unsure:
His response would probably be that he had a life...unlike the rest of us:rofl:
To get things started, Hockey night in Canada, wojeck & cannonball have to be the best of Canadian TV

BristolUK Jul 31st 2016 11:03 am
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 12016104)
...heavily tattooed rednecks selling illegal liquor, illegally hunting or driving on ice roads, building wooden homes etc, etc...
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Stinkypup Jul 31st 2016 11:09 am
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by not2old (Post 12016674)
To get things started, Hockey night in Canada, wojeck & cannonball have to be the best of Canadian TV
I liken the situation to pitting Billy Lee, the best player playing for Accrington Stanley against Cristiano Ronaldo, best player with Real Madrid, the bar is set at two completely different heights. If you compare some great U.S. Shows against the good British shows then that I believe is a closer match. :cool:

Steve_ Aug 9th 2016 1:49 pm
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12015522)
Again, if it doesn't bother you, it doesn't. It would me. People at work learn the plot of a series so they know who lives and dies and then they watch it so the order of the episodes doesn't matter; they already know what's going to happen. That may be fine but I don't think it's better than having the episodes presented in a more logical order.
My point was, that doesn't happen imx. They do show them in order unless it's a repeat.

Steve_ Aug 9th 2016 1:50 pm
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12015958)
That's a bit like asking why so many people buy a certain make of car or something. Do you think it might be because they like it?
And might they like it because it meets their requirements which might in other words mean it's good?

I realise that 'popular' doesn't necessarily mean good but sometimes it does and, frankly, it's a bit silly to be in denial about it, opinions aside.

Coronation St, Eastenders etc have no appeal for me but I'm not daft enough to think they're not any good.
Look, you said Spooks was on for a long time. It was on here, for the first season and then they dropped it because no-one was watching. Ergo, by either standard, it was crap.

And Coronation St is on here so how does that prove anything?

Steve_ Aug 9th 2016 1:57 pm
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by Stinkypup (Post 12016670)
I'm now avidly waiting for Steve to post on the Gogglebox thread, recommending some Canadian programs to watch, I'm amazed he hasn't posted any recommendations to date given how marvellous Canadian TV apparently is :unsure:
His response would probably be that he had a life...unlike the rest of us:rofl:
Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 12016104)
Tonight I am surprised....what part of rose encrusted super Canada do you live in that makes you think that anything you have view is better than in the UK? Whatever you are on can I take it too?
OMG, did either of you follow what I said earlier? It's very hard to list any decent UK TV show that isn't on here! So far we've come up with two credible candidates, maybe three. On the flip side we have all the US channels so you actually get to watch the US TV shows that are on in the UK the way they were originally broadcast and usually earlier than they are on in the UK.

The way you two are talking you'd think it was a completely different thing. It's not! And Canadian TV does also have some of the decent French stuff on too.

Stinkypup Aug 9th 2016 2:04 pm
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 12023537)
OMG, did either of you follow what I said earlier? It's very hard to list any decent UK TV show that isn't on here! So far we've come up with two credible candidates, maybe three. On the flip side we have all the US channels so you actually get to watch the US TV shows that are on in the UK the way they were originally broadcast and usually earlier than they are on in the UK.

The way you two are talking you'd think it was a completely different thing. It's not! And Canadian TV does also have some of the decent French stuff on too.
From your previous posts I maybe misinterpreted what you said. I read it that the bulk of UK TV was appalling but Canadian TV was fantastic. Did you mean therefore that British TV is actually good? :confused: I'm confused, looks like I'm not the only one that didn't quite get what you were attempting to say.

Oh and btw- why not use the multiquote feature to post rather than separate posts? It would save wear on your poor old fingers..

dbd33 Aug 9th 2016 2:15 pm
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 12023532)
My point was, that doesn't happen imx. They do show them in order unless it's a repeat.
The last series anyone in my household tried to watch on television was something called ER starring George Clooney (he later became well known for marrying a famous lawyer). It was a soap set in a hospital and the episodes were made to be shown in order.

My daughter would sit down religiously to see "this week's episode" and very often appear, disgruntled, in the pub half an hour later either because she'd seen that one or couldn't follow it because one was missing. Despairing of Canada, not solely because of the television, she emigrated. Subsequently she lived in Iraq, where there's a war and women can't go to pubs because of religious constraints; she found it dull but, she texted, "at least the TV is better than in Canada".

ann m Aug 9th 2016 3:27 pm
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 12016104)

Perhaps you have assimilated to a point where you think heavily tattooed rednecks selling illegal liquor, illegally hunting or driving on ice roads, building wooden homes etc, etc, is good watching?
Aw, c'mon Millie.....Timber Kings is awesome! 😉 I'd forgive the scripted dramas for a wee log cabin.

Shakyuk Aug 9th 2016 5:38 pm
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TV... Serious business! Let's all half a cup of tea and calm down :rofl:

BristolUK Aug 10th 2016 2:17 am
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 12023534)
Look, you said Spooks was on for a long time. It was on here, for the first season and then they dropped it because no-one was watching.
That's not true.

You might be thinking of America where it was pulled in the fourth series because there weren't enough explosions and car chases for that audience. :sneaky:

It ran for a while, was shown in Canada, there was a spin off show and recently a movie.

These are not signs of something that's not very good.

BristolUK Aug 10th 2016 2:23 am
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 12023532)
My point was, that doesn't happen imx. They do show them in order unless it's a repeat.
Look, opinion and personal taste is one thing but you're just plain wrong here.

Google tv episodes shown in wrong order and check the results.

Oakvillian Aug 10th 2016 4:35 am
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12023896)
Look, opinion and personal taste is one thing but you're just plain wrong here.

Google tv episodes shown in wrong order and check the results.
imx - to recycle his own abbreviation - being plain wrong has never stopped Steve_ from holding an opinion on anything, even when, in this instance, he also appears to be in a minority of one :)

dbd33 Aug 10th 2016 4:43 am
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 12023981)
imx - to recycle his own abbreviation - being plain wrong has never stopped Steve_ from holding an opinion on anything, even when, in this instance, he also appears to be in a minority of one :)
I admire individualism and look forward to expositions on the thrill of driving a Toyota Prius, the satisfying flavour of Canadian supermarket cheese and the exquisite musicianship of Avril Levine's former husband.

Remember Ken Jennings? Local television here showed the end of his streak then went back to the middle of it.

BristolUK Aug 10th 2016 5:08 am
Re: Pros and Cons of Emigrating to Canada from UK
 
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12023985)
Remember Ken Jennings? Local television here showed the end of his streak then went back to the middle of it.
I wondered how TV might cover that but, alas, it wasn't that kind of streak.


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