It's freaking McG. I bet it will make me want to gouge out my eyes with a spoon and will be sad that my GEEKDOM is being watered down and appropriated by People Who Don't Get It.
Sorry, that was me having a tantrum and throwing stuff around the room. ARGH.
The biggest problem with Viva Laughlin is that it totally didn't commit to the format. There was hardly any singing and it was half-assed. It didn't embrace the quirkiness. It tried to reach a wider net (as all crossovers tend to do with US network television series) and it just doesn't work.
I am deathly afraid of who might get cast in this. Like I said over at TUS, I bet they'll pick some asshat "comedian" like Dane Cook and pair him with a waify starlet they've put in a pair of glasses so that she seems "bookish." Then you just know it'll be Michael Richards in his comeback Kramer-esque role as Brian, some Jack Black clone as Mike, Squeaky Blonde Starlet as Twist, and Washed-Up 80's Sitcom Star Taking Role for Retro Kitsch Value as Marsha.
*weeps and clutches Spaced Special Edition box set protectively*
"Half-assed" is exactly the right word for Viva Laughlin, by the way. It was almost completely mediocre. Plus I don't think I'll ever recover from those close-ups of Melanie Griffith's facelifts.
pair him with a waify starlet they've put in a pair of glasses so that she seems "bookish."
OH. That is like, one of my hugest pet peeves in romantic comedies. Where they take an obviously hot woman, put glasses on her and make her wear a pair of overalls and say "look, totally unattractive woman". I really hate that convention.
some Jack Black clone as Mike
Reaper has this character. It really irritates me, even though I admit that it fits the types of characters the main character would have as friends.
Washed-Up 80's Sitcom Star Taking Role for Retro Kitsch Value as Marsha
*weeps*
I sort of... fast forwarded through the Melanie Griffith parts. I knew about 5 minutes into it that it was half-assed. They take the same freaking opening song and don't make it come alive like the original did. Nevermind the need for a much tighter story arc for the original, it just lacked the commitment and the whole "the music is their inner voice" feeling the original had. I was immediately interested in all the characters in the original. The remake just didn't go there. The music became an intrusion. Hugh Jackman's musical bit was the only time they came close to what the original had.
*sighs* Ok, I need to stop now before I get depressed again. I think I'll go watch more Pushing Daisies.
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on 2007-11-01 12:19 am (UTC)Sorry, that was me having a tantrum and throwing stuff around the room. ARGH.
The biggest problem with Viva Laughlin is that it totally didn't commit to the format. There was hardly any singing and it was half-assed. It didn't embrace the quirkiness. It tried to reach a wider net (as all crossovers tend to do with US network television series) and it just doesn't work.
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on 2007-11-01 12:42 am (UTC)*weeps and clutches Spaced Special Edition box set protectively*
"Half-assed" is exactly the right word for Viva Laughlin, by the way. It was almost completely mediocre. Plus I don't think I'll ever recover from those close-ups of Melanie Griffith's facelifts.
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on 2007-11-01 12:58 am (UTC)OH. That is like, one of my hugest pet peeves in romantic comedies. Where they take an obviously hot woman, put glasses on her and make her wear a pair of overalls and say "look, totally unattractive woman". I really hate that convention.
some Jack Black clone as Mike
Reaper has this character. It really irritates me, even though I admit that it fits the types of characters the main character would have as friends.
Washed-Up 80's Sitcom Star Taking Role for Retro Kitsch Value as Marsha
*weeps*
I sort of... fast forwarded through the Melanie Griffith parts. I knew about 5 minutes into it that it was half-assed. They take the same freaking opening song and don't make it come alive like the original did. Nevermind the need for a much tighter story arc for the original, it just lacked the commitment and the whole "the music is their inner voice" feeling the original had. I was immediately interested in all the characters in the original. The remake just didn't go there. The music became an intrusion. Hugh Jackman's musical bit was the only time they came close to what the original had.
*sighs* Ok, I need to stop now before I get depressed again. I think I'll go watch more Pushing Daisies.