Macrolog Sound & Screen

Hot Reels

Hot Reels just started a few minutes ago on Channel 4. This is the kind of thing that proves how much better British network TV is than just about anywhere else in the world (even Ireland, ‘cause we kinda rip them off). Would something like this ever be broadcast on US network TV? I don’t think so.

It reminds me of the time BBC 2 showed Patlabor a few years ago, in Japanese with English subtitles. I haven’t seen many anime films, but that was the best in my experience. Would anybody else except BBC 2 or Channel 4 show such a movie, in it’s original version (as far as I can tell Patlabor is only available on video over here in a dubbed version)? Hell no.

Wed 07 Nov 2001 at 00:28   ·


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You are reading Hot Reels, a Macrolog entry by MacDara Conroy. It is filed under Sound & Screen, and was published in November 2001.


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This day in history: 07 November


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