Now, mind you, we can’t tell you where to find a copy of this elusive piece of LucasFilm lore, but if you happen to already have a copy, you’ll want to head over to Mike Nelson’s RiffTrax right now and be prepared to spend $3.99 to download the newly-recorded audio commentary for the special by Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett, a.k.a. The Film Crew.
That’s what the Hollywood Reporter would have you believe. Fortunately, however, we figured it’d be best to get the status of the show from the man who created it in the first place, so we dropped a line to Kevin Falls and asked if the series still had a pulse.
Will–
It’s not getting a back nine this year, but then I don’t know if any show will. It will be interesting to see if they let the actors go. They usually hold onto them for awhile. I would say life support is an apt description. But we do get to air our last two shows and it’s only going to make people more upset. They’re really good, “Journeyman” at its best.
So there you go.
Granted, as the show’s creator, it’s to be expected that Falls would be more optimistic than most…but, then, as a man who’s been around the TV block a few times, he knows the reality of the business, so let’s just do the equivalent of sitting by the patient’s bedside and keep tuning in for these next two episodes. After all, resuscitation still remains a possibility ’til the plug has officially been pulled.
It takes all kinds in this world. You know that. But did you know that French director Philippe Rebboah would like Britney Spears to play the Virgin Mary in a satircal flick called “Sweet Baby Jesus”? Rebboah thinks it is “brilliant,” while it’s probably guaranteed that Brit would sign on if she was paid in cheap cigarettes and snacks.
The red band trailer for the 2008 comedy “Strange Wilderness” has finally hit the web, and though Adam Sandler’s production company, Happy Madison, is proudly mentioned in the opening seconds, it definitely feels more like “Grandma’s Boy” than “50 First Dates.” Of course, Sandler himself doesn’t appear in the film (as is common with most of the Happy Madison projects), which means that it’s probably going to suck.
The film follows the crew of a wilderness-themed TV program as they go in search of Bigfoot in order to score better ratings, and while red band trailers usually show a comedy for what it really is (“Walk Hard” looks that much better because of its very own red band trailer), “Strange Wilderness” has got flop written all over it. It’s too bad, really, since the movie has a decent cast of comedy up-and-comers including Steve Zahn, Justin Long, Jonah Hill and Kevin Heffernan. Unfortunately, the latter two are hardly featured in the trailer. If Paramount were smart, they’d re-cut a new trailer featuring as much of Hill as they possibly can. The kid’s not only talented – he’s one of the most talked about up-and-comers in the industry right now.
Check out the worldwide premiere here, and then come back to tell us what you think.
…but with the writer’s strike showing no end in sight and the stockpile of scripted programming slipping a little farther away from us each week, I’m less and less enthused about reality television every day. Not that I was ever all that thrilled with it to begin with, but I’ve occasionally managed to find shows within the genre that I found interesting. The thing is, there’s “interesting,” and then there’s “car wreck TV,” where you know you shouldn’t watch but find you just can’t turn away, and the latter category has produced two particularly notable new entries – one on broadcast TV, one on cable – which make me want to throw my hands in the air and yell, “Sweet Jesus, what is wrong with these people?” And while I can’t entirely recommend them as must-see television, I feel as though I have to give them a shout-out of some sort, if only because they’ve successfully provoked that kind of reaction from me.
Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants (The CW, 12/12, 9:00 PM): A show about a mother-daughter beauty pageant? Yeah, it’s not exactly what you’d call testosterone-laden, so if it makes you feel better, we’ll call it a guilty pleasure straight out of the box…but, c’mon, there are some total babes here. Rather than go the “American Idol” route and show the auditions for the pageant, “Crowned” cuts right to the chase and and simply introduces the eleven duos who’ll be competing for the grand prize of $100,000…and, inevitably, matching tiaras for both mom and daughter. The judges for the show are Carson Kressley (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”), Shanna Moakler (“Meet the Barkers”) and Cynthia Garrett (“Later with Cynthia Garrett”), and although they all brings something to the table, it shouldn’t be any surprise that Carson’s comments alone make the show worth watching.
As far as the contestants, it’s a mixed bag of professional beauty queens and total amateurs, and it’s somehow unsurprising to find that the amateurs come off as way less obnoxious, mostly because they don’t walk in with that “I’ve won pageants, and these peasants know nothing!” attitude. (To be fair, though, looking at the decidedly eccentric Pamela and Felicia, you sense that they were added to the mix not because they were a breath of fresh air but, rather, because they’d be good for a laugh.) The different personalities of the contestants come into play not just during the competition but within the big house everyone lives in together; there’s much sneering back and forth, from early in the morning (one daughter decides to practice her singing at the crack of dawn) to mealtime (one mother refuses to eat anything but what she’s brought from home). Based on the pre-air screener I checked out, I’m hoping that they tone down the unabashedly melancholy strings which play during the various interview segments. It’s at its worst whenever Melinda and Rachelle appear on the screen. Melinda, you see, had a kidney transplant a few years ago, and she never fails to bring it up as a reason why she’s so excited about doing this pageant; that’s understandable, but the way the show’s producers are trying to kickstart the viewers’ tear ducts is so over the top that it’s laughable.
Watching the sequences where the women choose their team names and select their costumes are entertaining enough, but it’s when they make their individual debuts before the judges that the real fun begins…and by fun, of course, I mean it’s time to yell, “Sweet Jesus, what is wrong with these people?” Probably the funniest moment comes when Carson reveals to one mother-daughter pair that the name they’ve chosen is actually better known as a euphemism for a bodily function…which, based on their absolute deer-in-headlights look, absolutely never occurred to them. There are a few charming moments which inspire legitimate smiles, and at least one instance where you’ll end up in a puddle on the floor when an introduction falls apart to the point where the daughter starts crying on stage, but for the most part, it’s more about the laughs than anything.
Hey, as Shanna Moakler herself has said, “It’s reality TV, it’s not rocket science.”
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