Mechannibals Is Crap

It seems more and more people are discovering the blog and reading. More readers, it must be into double figures now

One such comment posted to the recent posting on Mechannibals asked if I'd actually seen the show. I do agree that perhaps it is a bad idea basing a show on smashing up serviceable appliances. After all, we should be concentrating on becoming a recycling society, rather than a throw-away one. But I'd rather a show that develops and highlights people's technical ingenuity than one that just watches people live.

Sure, there were some pretty emotional issues in the first show of the series, and there's always mileage in making the first a shocker.

My opinion is still that I'd sooner the BBC spent money experimenting on shows and ideas, rather than fall foul of commercial tv and it's continuous production of Pop-Cook-Wife-Swap-Jungle-Brother crap. I posted a while back about one such show, which appears to watch people having their hair cut. But then I guess it's no different to watching someone shouting and swearing at someone, or telling them they're too fat or ugly to be on TV. How can any of that justify space on the schedule