tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post2139997599693771375..comments2023-12-20T11:32:15.997-05:00Comments on Billevesées: Scotché devant la TéléWilliam V. Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-20771249279642222292011-03-06T12:07:02.176-05:002011-03-06T12:07:02.176-05:00Eric -- I may have given you an inaccurate impress...Eric -- I may have given you an inaccurate impression. Arte is really the one major network that tries hardest <i>not</i> to follow the American example. Both the commercial and state-owned channels tend to present material that's either a translation or an imitation of American programming.William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-33352826832569782562011-03-06T11:59:37.890-05:002011-03-06T11:59:37.890-05:00Michael -- The French are much, much more subdued ...Michael -- The French are much, much more subdued than the Americans when it comes to weather reports. At least on the state-owned channels, there are some rear-projected computer graphics, and a few animated bits (mostly to show the movement of an oncoming front), but none of the <i>Tron</i>-like effects that I saw during my most recent stay in New York. <br /><br />On the one hand, I guess that stuff is impressive, but on the other, it really smacks of desperation: "Please, please, please watch TV!"<br /><br />The greatest similarity between French and U.S. weather reports is that the presenters talk very, very fast. It took me a few years before I could really follow them well enough to understand on first hearing. Luckily, France 2 runs weather reports before <i>and</i> after the news, as I say, so I always get a second chance.William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-65875911747276258242011-03-06T11:45:58.330-05:002011-03-06T11:45:58.330-05:00Bill, I greatly enjoyed reading this post. It’s bo...Bill, I greatly enjoyed reading this post. It’s both deeply weird and oddly reassuring to know that there’s something like <i>Touched by an Angel</i> in France. I guess not everyone is reading Reverdy and listening to Poulenc.<br /><br />Just out of curiosity: does weather get the melodramatic treatment it gets on television news in the States? Doppler radar, StormTracker updates, all of that?Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-79459402671076674362011-03-06T09:20:53.884-05:002011-03-06T09:20:53.884-05:00It took me from Stamford to the Botanical Gardens ...It took me from Stamford to the Botanical Gardens to read-an educational train ride! Glad to hear of the channels that do not seem to take their lead from U. S. TV, which is not currently in its glory days in my view.Eric Jamesnoreply@blogger.com