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Originally posted by Not Bob
Blame the ABC suits. Sam is a cutie, but her interviews with Adam Oates' father, Jiggy's brother, and Scott Stevens' clan were a huge waste of time. And do we need to see *any* shots of Michael Eisner cheering? (I'm sure that it's merely a co-inky-dink that King Michael owns Disney which owns ABC which paid the camera people who had their lenses focused on him) And what's with all the shots of Jim Fucking Belushi? Argh. I guess we should be thankful that the ESPN games weren't full of the same nonsense. Emilio Estevez movie clips, indeed.
And don't get me started on the funky camera angles -- if I wanted to see the game from the ceiling, I would buy cheap seats. Save those angles for replays when they show the way the play developed or a penalty or something.
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Hockey on TV is all about the camera angles. The CBC has hockey camera angles down to an art form, so that you don't notice the camera - you just see the game. I have no idea why the American networks don't just emulate that, instead of all this funky shit.
Interviews with family, humanizing the hockey players and Emilio Estevez clips are no way to attract female viewers (if that is what they are trying to do - I see no other explanation). Less talk, more highlight reels of great playoff hits or goals,if they need to fill space. Women want to see sweaty players, not other women. (perhaps I speak only for this woman, but I doubt it).
