Posts by fraser munro
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All of this - once again - raises the question of why such imported format shows even get NZ on Air funding
Its an imported format, with set rules of structure and production, that cuts out massive sectors of our creative industry in order to show a tiny bunch of NZers in a manner that is utterly fabricated
advertisers get viewers watching their adds/sponsership claims
the franchise holder gets their required fee
the franchisee does quite well (in theory)
the tiny crew gets paidbut writers, producers, directors, actors, designers, technicians etc etc etc - as a whole - simply arent even in the picture. Then theres the added issue of the downwards spiral of whats on screen, and how that in turn feeds back into the industry
Exactly why are NZ on air choosing to fund shows that badly impact the industry and the quality of output - both now and in the future - for us to see.... what exactly?
Yeah i get its all safe bets and ratings - but is that what NZ on air is mandated to focus on?
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if any ones going i highly recommend, nay, insist, that you go see kid koala. The only man ive ever seen cue records over the PA (no headphone cueing). A delightful wonky experience - and he actually looks like a koala.
keep your eyes peeled for his trademark layer of toilet rolls under the decks
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Hard News: The uncooling of the inner West, in reply to Sam F,
Hi Sam F.
nah - other side. Were on the hill to the south of the railway tracks that looks north towards don buck. Ranui heights we call it (ha ha ha)
As someone who poo pooed ranui when we were looking to buy (mainly because i had only driven through the flat lands) we have been very pleasantly surprised, both when we bothered to look at the house and how the move has panned out.
And if you drive around the fringes of ranui the amount of new, and very expensive development is eye watering.
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hmm - so many disparraging comments about ranui.
Bet you lot living in the inner suburbs dont realise were subsiding your rates increases do you :-) . (we pay a 'rates adjustment levy' to ease your 10% increase)
But i will be the first to agree that if all youve seen of it is the 80s infill flat lands then you will have the same view expressed in such shows as outrageous fortune and some of the comments here.
As one poster here pointed out its really several small, quite different areas lumped into one. For instance you can see rangitoto and the harbour from my north facing front deck, the local party flat (cmon - theres always one) is reasonably infrequent and considerate, theres no marauding street gangs, very little tagging and the street is full of retirees, young couples and urban professionals who dont have the coin for the inner suburbs.
go 2 minutes up the hill and its epic views of, well, everything - and character houses on acre sections
Theres way more there than what you might think - shame on your drivers seat judgements as you whiz through to bethells :-)