jamesg1213

Here's another one you might like Strammy (sorry to keep emptying yer wallet!) - quite different for GM, a sort of experimental trio thing, very dark compared to his usual fare;

Scars

Going for £2.98!!!

Ordered
 
The product description had me at 'blues-metal'
 

 
They're all at it in this (otherwise excellent) BBC two-part documentary Wild Burma - Nature's Lost Kingdom...
 
What seems so ridiculous in the first three incidences is that they're all driving and being filmed by a camera in the other front seat - whoever they are directing their blurb to would have to actually be on the bonnet (hood)
 
Cameraman #1:
 

 
 
Cameraman #2:
 

 
 
Biologist:
 

 
 
Even the bloke in charge is at it:
 

Have you ever considered that maybe they just DON'T want to look at you Steve?

 
I have considered that possibility
 
 

SteveStrummerUK
Moshkiae 
  
   
(... btw, do you like Garry Moore?) 
   
I certainly do Pedro - I like his blues, rock and metal; as well as his contribution to Thin Lizzy and his collaborations with (the incomparable) Phil Lynott  
   
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Just heard it again ... man that's good! A beautiful EAR cleaning and blow out!
 
I needed that!

The thing that about many cooking shows that sometimes annoys me and other times entertains me is what I call the "orgasm face".  That's when the presenter tastes the dish that he or she just made.  Some are better at looking sincere than others.  Some are funny or annoying when the go ecstatically over the top to show how great the meal tastes!   

I think the idea is that they want to give the impression that the presenter is being "interviewed" by someone just off camera. They've probably done focus groups where people expressed a slight feeling of unease when they were being directly addressed. This is the 2010's, nobody wants to make eye contact

Ha ha- it is a weird convention I agree steve!
 
I watched one episode of the Ramsey American ones with the morbidly obese judge with cool glasses. This judge didn't really get it and had to deliver the news to one of the contestants whether they woould be "advancing" to the next stage or whatever.
 
It went something like:  "I'm really very sorry to have to tell you this.........(very, very long dramatic pause)....................., but............"YOU'RE THROUGH TO THE NEXT ROUND!!!!!"
 
Tragic.

I totally agree Steve. Back in the old days it was a serious no no. It is just some stupid fad that a lot of idiot directors are getting into because they think it looks cool. In fact it does not and it looks stupid. One day they will all realise it. It will pass.
 
Bit like all the hand held camera crap on NYPD Blue. That was shocking. At least they have gotten out of that now.

sharke
I think the idea is that they want to give the impression that the presenter is being "interviewed" by someone just off camera.

That crossed my mind Sharke, but that's what made those (top three) examples of the Burma documentary so patently ridiculous. There couldn't possibly be anybody where they are being told to look.
 
It just makes me feel slightly uneasy/uncomfortable in some subconscious way.