Tuesday, Dec 4, 2007
So the new television season has reached a terminal point where the shows written have run out due to the writer's strike. This has left many shows on the fence as to whether or not they'll even come back once the writers get what they want. For instance, Heroes has already decided it's at it's season's end. The Office may never come back, how sad would that be? 30 Rock is also one of the first to get "axed" so to speak.
As for those last two, aside from being in NBC's Thursday night lineup together, they also share another interesting fact: when the writers strike the actors go with them. Not out of solidarity but because they're the same person, they write the show they act in.
I hate the strike as much as any other random tv fan. Well, except the reality show fans, they might actually kinda like this because that's what we're gonna see in the meantime. Clash of the Choirs? Come on, that's just stupid. Duel? A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila? Do we need any new reality shows? The ones we have are already pretty stupid (Fifth Grader, I'm looking at you here.)
The one reality show that I am looking forward to, albeit it an old one, is American Gladiators. I remember watching the show as a kid on Saturday mornings and just loving the idea. I wanted to compete! I wanted to dodge tennis balls shot out of a cannon, climb up a moving ramp, swing through breakable paper doors; I know I'm not alone! I just hope that they bring it back with some sort of throw-back awwareness. Make it cheesy, like the original was. Please, for the love of God don't take it too seriously and think that the names of Ice and Blaze make you a real hero.
In other redo news there's talk about them remaking another childhood favorite of mine: Knight Rider. The new pictures of KITT have me worried a little. I mean, I know it's gotta be updated and you gotta have a "new" car for a new generation, but there was always something about that old car that talked. It had a soul, it had seen the world. If Transformers has taught us anything it's that new cars in old shoes just look too "commercially". I know I'm not the only one who thought that the entire movie felt like a GM ad, am I right?
So what does this all mean? Well, without writers our television sets will will revert back to the old days when writing was simple. Where people race against each other, battle wits, and drive kickass talking supercars. I'm not looking forward to the rest of this television season but there are a couple bright spots. On the bright side maybe my DVR can finally get a break from recording the 30 hours a week that I tend to make it do. Oh well, at least the strike can give us something to talk about while the studios decide not to.
As for those last two, aside from being in NBC's Thursday night lineup together, they also share another interesting fact: when the writers strike the actors go with them. Not out of solidarity but because they're the same person, they write the show they act in.
I hate the strike as much as any other random tv fan. Well, except the reality show fans, they might actually kinda like this because that's what we're gonna see in the meantime. Clash of the Choirs? Come on, that's just stupid. Duel? A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila? Do we need any new reality shows? The ones we have are already pretty stupid (Fifth Grader, I'm looking at you here.)
The one reality show that I am looking forward to, albeit it an old one, is American Gladiators. I remember watching the show as a kid on Saturday mornings and just loving the idea. I wanted to compete! I wanted to dodge tennis balls shot out of a cannon, climb up a moving ramp, swing through breakable paper doors; I know I'm not alone! I just hope that they bring it back with some sort of throw-back awwareness. Make it cheesy, like the original was. Please, for the love of God don't take it too seriously and think that the names of Ice and Blaze make you a real hero.
In other redo news there's talk about them remaking another childhood favorite of mine: Knight Rider. The new pictures of KITT have me worried a little. I mean, I know it's gotta be updated and you gotta have a "new" car for a new generation, but there was always something about that old car that talked. It had a soul, it had seen the world. If Transformers has taught us anything it's that new cars in old shoes just look too "commercially". I know I'm not the only one who thought that the entire movie felt like a GM ad, am I right?
So what does this all mean? Well, without writers our television sets will will revert back to the old days when writing was simple. Where people race against each other, battle wits, and drive kickass talking supercars. I'm not looking forward to the rest of this television season but there are a couple bright spots. On the bright side maybe my DVR can finally get a break from recording the 30 hours a week that I tend to make it do. Oh well, at least the strike can give us something to talk about while the studios decide not to.
