tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post4146567837472450653..comments2023-04-02T07:10:05.402+01:00Comments on Magpie Moth: The X-Factor has a socratic question for you. campaigners!Magpie Mothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-79184451716581786762012-12-13T14:31:56.209+00:002012-12-13T14:31:56.209+00:00I love the whole X-Factor pantomime (sorry!) and w...I love the whole X-Factor pantomime (sorry!) and was rooting for James to win. From the deluded wanabees at the start, via the manufactured boy bands, the amazing songs (all written and performed by the very talented Lucy Spraggan) through to the Marmite Rylan and Christopher. In the end, the talent won through. The reason I wasn't live tweeting? I don't normally watch TV live. In these days of Hard Drive recorders I don't want to waste my life watching adverts and pleads to line the TV companies coffers. I record things and watch a consolidated highly edited version at some later point. Simple as that! Of course, this is a risky strategy and there's always a risk that Twitter or Metro will ruin the surprise, but that's a risk I have to live with....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844038171207926530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-65859025265128439402012-12-11T18:13:58.562+00:002012-12-11T18:13:58.562+00:00It alternates between gripping and dull in an abso...It alternates between gripping and dull in an absolutely fascinating way - which is what Watch Again is for, I guess.<br /><br />And it is exploitative of viewers, true.<br /><br />But we underestimate the power of the Cowell at our peril.Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-56233823878644069172012-12-11T08:39:36.525+00:002012-12-11T08:39:36.525+00:00I watched about a third of it. To be fair I though...I watched about a third of it. To be fair I thought the finalists were ok. I just find the show fairly dull - it's not really any different from pop idol, is no longer novel - and the fact it pulls in viewers is no excuse not for innovating a new format that might pull in even more. I find it largely depressing that people who are actually not balancing their household budgets already feel it is worth spending money to vote on this nonsense. And also it puts far too much emphasis on people who just sing - rather than promoting people who can write and play their own tracks. DeathOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350013881070933660noreply@blogger.com