(29-01-2011 04:17 )mrmann Wrote: I wish ofcon would piss off, as the censorship is continuing to hurt these channels.
I wonder if the channel producers visit the rules and regulations section of this forum? If they did, they would find a lot of double standards with regards to what the adult channels can show, and with what can be shown on the non adult channels. You'd be surprised what's been allowed on morning shows in comparison to morning and daytime babe shows!
I post this on the Elite section, because this channel seems to be taming things down a bit, as are some other channels, due to ofcon's super important investigations. While I understand that showing all for nothing could be bad business, I feel these channels (Elite especially) would benefit from an alternative way to view the show. Babestation has Xtreme, so maybe it's time Elite has its own uncensored version as well. Make it a once a week type of show, that is either encrypted (I know, this probably will never happen) or accessed by other means. I think this would work well for a channel like Elite, and it certainly would not need all of the lame pluggings that Xreme has.
Is my late night rambling post a futile attempt, or would something like this work? It's just getting to the point for me, where the censorship is making the viewing experience a bit cringeworthy, and slightly joyless. Showing everything to the audience all of the time is not exactly the right way to go, but being ALLOWED to show everything, whenever they want, IS. If they had an uncensored show, they'd actually have more options to tease us with.
OK, tired and annoying rambling is over
The censorship is entirely their aim mrmann, & I doubt they've finished yet...they'll probably go off to their next pet project & then see how the latest set of restrictive guidelines affect the channels before taking more steps to further reduce the number of them....Do ofcom really wish these channels to even exist ?
Elite are understandably playing it by the book & don't wish to do anything to incur any investigations from ofcom.
Speaking to Becky a few days back about what is & what isn't allowed outfit wise was quite amusing in a way, for instance the wearing of just an oversize white shirt & shorts as in that "just got up" look was deemed too risky as it could be construed as just having had sex...an often seen image in a film or tv programme. Elite are trying to avoid anything of that nature on daytime.....strange when you look at her from earlier this morning in her Zebra print outfit & it's revealing nature, but a white shirt with a few buttons undone, a white bra underneath & left long covering any underwear, which is allowed & covers more, is deemed too risque. Seems like Ofcom would like to control our thoughts too on that basis.
Until the channels find their feet again with all the new guidelines then the shows will be tame, it's just a matter of seeing what they can & can't get away with over time & within the rules.
Regarding a "extreme" type show, as there's now only Sophia on the nighttime shows who does anything like that, & covers that on her own site or elsewhere I believe. I don't think that's really a viable option, unfortunately, with the current line-up & you're dependant on the other girls being willing to do so. Yes they could "import" girls to cover that side of it, but that's more expense. Elite/Jamie seem very happy with the current crop of girls & may prefer to offer them a chance to progress into other areas above adding any further girls. Caty at the time of "that other channel" starting said that Elite have plans for the future & the increase to a third daytime channel is one of them, quicker than anticipated I expect, but an ideal time with Bang's demise...
There's a few other options that Elite can take in order to widen their appeal & catchment, & internet based to offset Ofcom's interfering ways. I'd be expecting them to take one of those options up. Further expansion of the nightshows doesn't seem to be an immediate priority, given that ch900 is Daytime only, & the recent increase of girls to it's already very strong roster.
Although many here would like to see a "harder" outlet from Elite, they're more likely to do something on a "softer" style, given that they are more on the P3/Lads mag scale. Again only Sophia does anything of that type of show & do any of the P3/Lads mag type girls want to go down that path, some don't wish to & the nightshows are possibly the furthest into a more "adult nature" that they would like to go.
Elite's other plans will reveal themselves in time & when the climate's right for them to do so. The third Daytime channel is a start, but won't be the finish.....
I don't see Elite standing still, it's a positive & progressive attitude that seems to generally exist around those towers & that's a feeling that comes from talking to the girls. They may of gone a little stale recently across the board but that's also due to Ofcom's meddling. It's also natural not to be on top form all of the time, like any tv show, you get a good episode & a bad one, but Elite seem to be rising to the next challenge & growing with it......Houses can't be built without solid foundations & unlike a certain other channel, have never promised anything before delivering nothing. When you're trying to build something bigger than a house, those foundations need to be stronger & Elite are undoubtably more controlled than that other channel & building from the ground up & not with pies in the sky.
Unfortunately we're stuck with Ofcoms "Nanny regulations" at present & that won't change any time soon, so the channels will be as they are for a while yet & until someone tells them they can't be Judge, Jury & Executioner & that's for the other threads here, & better informed people than me on that
Some will probably agree & others disagree with my post here..
One thing we probably all agree on though is mrmanns opening line...