On Saturday night I switched on Channel 7 to see what was on, because this was the first Saturday night since forever that there was no football on free-to-air TV, because the AFL has sold the rights to broadcast football on Saturday nights to Murdoch pay TV (Foxtel slash Kayo).
This is what I saw in lieu of the football.
On Channel 7 there was a cop drama of some sort. I saw people punching each other in the face.
On 7two there was Escape to the Country, a boring reality TV show. I saw some green grass.
On 7mate there was a Paul Verhoeven movie, Total Recall. I saw Arnold Schwarzenegger having a vision of a nuclear power station given him by a baby that was part of someone's chest. All of a sudden massive mining machines smash through the walls. The mutants hideout had been discovered. People shot at each other at close range with machine guns. Bullets smash into bodies, blood splattering. Arnold and three others including the chest mutant escape, but they are betrayed, the evil leader and troops have them cornered, the mutant is shot, the baby croaks some last words to Arnold, whereupon the evil leader shoots the baby in the head. In close up the top of the baby's head exploded.
On Saturday night, instead of the football, I saw people punching each other in the face, green grass, and a baby shot in the head.