Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Off the Lot, episode 2
Ahh, this is great. So the ratings for the first actual episode of "On The Lot" (which I bitched about here) were so low that Fox has decided to only show one episode per week, not two. Can't wait to see how this goes. Let's begin.
First of all, I hate Michael Bay. I happened to suffer through the MTV Movie Awards the other night, and not only was it horrible (I mean truly, truly awful), but it was like a several-hour-long Transformers commercial. I grew up playing with Transformers and was really excited to see the film until the Movie Awards completely took all the fun out of it. I was going to write a blog entry about the Awards, entitled "Sucking Michael Bay's Dick," but I don't feel that a show that bad deserves my time, especially when others have already taken care of it for me. So suffice it to say, I do not like Mr. Bay. And he is a total douchebag during this entire episode.
Moving on. Only 5 people are showing films? I am so confused. At least they gave us some criteria this time. Well, kinda. I still don't understand, do they film all of their films at once? Cause they shoot them in their hometowns. I'm really confused still. Ew, that moron Jason is wearing a "Ghetta Room" shirt. Bleh.
- Sam: "Broken Pipe Dreams." I don't know why the guy couldn't have just reached in and picked up the ring before that weird string/flushing thing happened, but ok, suspension of disbelief. The whole thing was way farfetched, but I guess that's what he was going for.
- Trevor: "Teri." Borrrrrrrrrriiiiiiing. I almost fell asleep watching this. "Resident Cutie"? WTF?
- Hilary: "The First Time I Met the Finklesteins." Sorry, this was obnoxious and a weird Meet the Parents rip-off. Can't anyone do anything original on this show? I'm with Garry, it was shot almost entirely in close-up, which is nauseating. She's a better writer than a director.
- Adam: "Dough: The Musical." I loved this. Very clever and creative and shooting a musical isn't easy. Coulda done without the girl saying she doesn't eat carbs, as it is a stereotype.
- Shalini: "Laughing Out Loud: A Comic Journey." Was it just me or were there some weird audio issues? I don't know if this is supposed to be a comedy or a documentary or what, so that confused me. I liked the direction and the subject matter, and thought it was well-made, but ... I have no idea. Like, I'm not really sure what I was watching. Overall I liked it ... I think. And I can't wait for Garry Marshall to stop reminding us that we "really need" women filmmakers.
Labels: on the lot, tv
posted by carlytron @ 9:56 PM,
1 Comments:
- At 6/12/2007 1:11 AM, that.jane said...
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Broken Pipe Dreams was stupid. As stupid as Michael Bay. I didn't understand what the hell was going on with the ending of Terri. It should have ended when he opened the door, not with twenty extra minutes of really quiet awkward conversation. The musical wasn't too bad, but only when compared to the other ones. Oh, and The First Time I Met the Finkelsteins?? Wait, Jewish parents are crazy? I don't think I knew that already. I thought the last one sucked. It was boring, and the guy's story was bland. But, was it a real documentary or was he reading from a script? I was confused.
PS, I'm gonna marry Michael Bay and have lots of long-haired babies who will remake every movie and cartoon and tv show ever made that their dad hasn't gotten to yet just to piss you off. (I will, of course, be in a horrible drunken stupor for the rest of my life in order to pull off this elaborate prank on you, so say goodbye now.)
