Friday, September 25. 2015Dueling Reviews #2
In which Joey publicly suffers an identity crisis, and Sideshow tells us how he REALLY feels about Lea Michele.
This time we're reviewing the Scream Queens double-length premiere as well as Fox's execrable Rosewood. Next up we will be doing Heroes: Reborn episodes 1 and 2 (they aired back to back, billed as a double-length premiere episode) and the Wesley Snipes star vehicle The Player. Scream QueensJoey's pre-watch thoughts: This is probably the one I'm dreading the most. I don't like the genre, I don't like the promotional stills I've seen, and I don't like the name. But I *do* like Jamie Lee Curtis, so let's focus on that. Joey's Summary: ((Mean Girls ✕ True Lies) / The Horror Genre) == a surprisingly likable outing. I was VERY SURPRISED at how I was actually able to enjoy this one a little bit. Certainly the first few minutes of the episode, set 20 years in the past, made me laugh quite a lot; and I don't think there was a Jamie Lee Curtis scene I DIDN'T laugh at. I am really surprised at how much I was able to enjoy this. Don't get me wrong - I still hate horror stuff, even comedy horror. But this wasn't nearly the cringe-fest I thought I was headed for going in. Joey's Rating: 5 - That may sound low, but normally a horror show wouldn't even register a 2 for me. Joey's Season Prediction: 3 Aaron's pre-watch thoughts: The third Punishment. Aaron's summary: The worst that humanity has to offer has gathered around the sorority KKT. Luckily someone is killing them before they can breed. Oh and they scream a lot. Bad acting on a terrible show that sprang from a horrible idea. Aaron's Rating: 0 Aaron's Season Prediction: I am hoping this gets cancelled after the pilot, but probably two really bad seasons. Sideshow chimes in on Scream QueensPre-watch Thoughts: Every mid 90's slasher flick only glee-ified by Ryan Murphy. After having suffered through all seasons of Glee and seeing Ryan Murphy ruin a show by centralizing around Lea Michele's Rachel, the real horror of this show is having to suffer through Lea Michele again. Summary. Wow, that was truly awful. Every character is a caricature. Where it's trying to be funny, satirical, or witty, it was just plain stupid, generic and lazy. I think I'm going to have nightmares. In more delicate hands this could have been an interesting send up of the slasher genre, but it misses every possible mark. Rating: 1. Jamie Lee Curtis actually caused me to crack a few laughs. Prediction: The Red Devils at Fox slash this before Christmas break. RosewoodJoey's pre-watch thoughts: I liked the main guy when he was the super-tenacious DC cop on Legend. I'm not so sure the current television landscape needs another Bones, though. Joey's Summary: I am SO confused right now. I thought I would ready to gouge my eyes out after Scream Queens, and instead found myself somewhat amused. I thought I would at least be able to appreciate Morris Chestnut's turn as a male version of Dr. Brennan, and found myself barely able to finish the episode. It felt like the Director saw Mr. Chestnut's natural charm on Legends, and said "I want you to play a guy who THINK'S he's that character, but in reality he's a closet pedophile." Everything about Dr. Rosewood feels...off. I will not be watching this one. Joey's Rating: 2 Joey's Season Prediction: I think Fox is secretly hoping this will just retain the Bones viewers, but I can't see it happening. One and done. Aaron's pre-watch thoughts: Castle esque Aaron's summary: A private pathologist works with the police in Miami. I liked it, Morris Chestnut will probably pull this show a lot farther then the premise justifies. Aaron's Rating: 7.76 Aaron's Season Prediction: Four well made seasons then cancelled due to a drop in ratings. Trackbacks
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