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ericadawn16 ([personal profile] ericadawn16) wrote2011-10-20 07:26 pm
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Police Chases

My favorite classes in school would require us to think and debate certain topics. One topic that I remember clearly was:

Would you want police to chase after your stolen car?

Everyone in the class, except for me and one other girl, thought this was a great idea. She and I said no. A car can be replaced but once cars are moving at high speeds, then anything could happen and we didn't want innocent people to get hurt.

However, there are now some areas that don't allow police chases at all.
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[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2011-11-02 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
The weird thing is they never repeat them here in the UK. The last time classic who was on uk tv must have been.... at least 20 years ago. Probably longer.

Even when new Who appeared and was super popular, I thought they might start repeating the classics, at least on BBC2, but nothing.

I guess maybe the DVD sales are too lucrative or something.

[identity profile] marie-j-granger.livejournal.com 2011-11-02 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
That is really strange. It's probably the DVD sales thing. The only other answer I can think of is that they think they'd compare unfavorably with the modern ones. I think they'd get good ratings, though.

[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2011-11-02 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe they figure kids are much more demanding these days in terms of graphics and suchlike. LOrd knows the video game industry is driven almost entirely by the need to have bigger better faster shinier graphics, otherwise the kids just aren't interested.

[identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com 2011-11-02 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
BBC does provide full episodes on Youtube, and sometimes iPlayer, for everyone who's not in the US.

http://www.youtube.com/show?p=Ps0e32nFzs0&s=1 (http://www.youtube.com/show?p=Ps0e32nFzs0&s=1)

I guess they figure the ratings wouldn't be high enough and/or the people interested would prefer watching online...

[identity profile] marie-j-granger.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It sucks that we're excluded, although our TV stations do the same to other countries with their shows.

[identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com 2011-11-06 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, they should just give up and let everyone watch everything the way we want it.

[identity profile] marie-j-granger.livejournal.com 2011-11-07 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
LOL, I Know, Right?
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