I hate Kit Kittredge.
I’ve been watching a lot of Greek Season 1 on ABC Family’s website. Their flashplayer is awful. Here are my complaints.
1. I understand that advertising is the reason I can watch the show for free. I think a 30 second commercial break every 8 minutes or so is reasonable. However, why they decided I should watch the same commercial 5 times per episode is beyond me. Right now, by my calculations I’ve watched the commercial for “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” 95 times! That’s absurd. I don’t understand why they couldn’t have gotten more than one advertiser. If I have to watch the commercial (i usually just mute and navigate away, but the point stands) I at least want some variety. Or at least a Geico or Apple ad.
2. The flashplayer is so loaded up to keep you from skipping from section to section that it prevents you from skipping within sections effectively. Want to hear that line you just missed? Force quite your browser and start over. And get ready for 3 more Kit Kittredge Commercials. (Do you swear to be true to the Tree House Club? No Kit, no I don’t.)
3.The quality from the Flash player is awful. It’s really bad. Why Vimeo’s video quality is head and shoulders above a broadcast television network’s is beyond me.
4. The page in general is so loaded up with Flash animation that you can’t navigate or even scroll without channeling the spinning pinwheel of death.
5. Their slogan is “Welcome to Our Family. We’re doing something different…” First of all, they’re not. Unless you count not putting your stuff on Hulu. Second of all, their something different is just copying The OC formula and throwing it on screen as many times a day with different titles as possible. “Welcome to Our Family. We’re ripping off Fox.”
6. As if her ads weren’t enough, every commercial break the rest of the screen is covered by Kit, grinning at you like the demonic spawn of Shirley Temple and Macauley Culkin.
Brutal.