(Sorry if this has a thread, I checked back a bit, but it’s hard with no Search.)
Seems like a bad move for Cox.
Nobody on that show seems to be likable enough to root for.
That’s like the minimum I need to watch a new show.
Hmm, I really like it. I guess I root for her character, even though she’s evil it seems like underneath there might be a human being. Her brother was introduced last week and he seems likeable. I also like the schizo photographer, although I cringed when he took those pictures of the pop star who burned her face.
I had said after episode two that the show had to pull me in over the next one to two episodes for it to stay on my list. It earned itself another week based on the closet case movie star plotline that launched last week, so it still has one to two episodes to draw me in. If the dead starlet gives birth to a dead baby, though, I am a vapor trail.
(This feels like a taxicab confession.) I have seen all, what, 3 episodes so far. It isn’t must-see TV for me, but it’s not bad. It has lots of twisty, quirky, Machiavellian stuff to it. Plus there are lots of scenes of Hollywood-worthy hard-bodied females in lingerie. Yep, worth watching.
Plus, Don the schizo photog is one of the most interesting characters on television.
I am so proud - last week I told a coworker that I thought the starlet was going to give birth to a cat! Can’t wait for her to come in today!
I like it. I can’t imagine what the budget is for the sets, though. Those are some pretty luxurious apartments and cutting-edge offices. I love the photog, but I hope he’s not boring on his meds. I think Holt looks a lot like an Arquette, perhaps mixed with a Penn.
It has some good and bad. Good?
- The photographer is an interesting character
- The actually process of him getting photos is very entertaining
- The concept of the show in general is interesting
- Great cinematography/direction
The bad
- Holt is OK, but last night I was really hoping his girlfriend would just kill herself already. Their scenes together are a complete waste of time.
- Courteney Cox can act, I’ve seen it at least a couple times, but she’s not great on this show. You can really see the discrepancy between her and the other (better) actors during her scenes with other more compelling characters like the photog or the gay brother.
- The photog hallucinations are interesting for a while, but enough is enough. I was relieved when Toonces The Vomiting Cat finally died, and I’m glad the Corpse Bride hit the road last night too. The scene with him “throwing a bang” at her was a tad on the weird side.
- The forced edginess of it all starts to get old. And the fact that they can use more swear words than normal TV, but not quite all of them, is grating. They can say all manners of “shit,” but for that other foulest of words, they have to come up with nonsense like “throw a bang.”
Dammit, the Corpse Bride gave birth but since it was a cat I’m stuck for another damn week. I’m royally sick of Don’s hallucinations. Now, if instead of having overblown interactive scenes with them they would restrict them to having stuff pop up while he’s dealing with other people (like, I dunno, have an ostrich stroll by in the background while Courtney is spooging over his latest snaps or something) then that would be entertaining.
lol… agreed 100% Otto.
And speaking of spooging… no more Courteney Cox masturbation scenes please. It’s not sexy, it’s just weird.
My wife loves the show. I think it is pretty bad.
I liked the CC masturbation scene. I liked a lot of the sex stuff. It feels like they really want to push the envelope on that kind of thing, and I’m all for envelope-pushing where sexual content is concerned, especially since most programs seem to be interested only in pushing the envelope wrt to bad-taste jokes. Kinda refreshing to see someone who’s actually interested in alarming the censors.
I like it, although I’m not sure why. The Lucy, Courtney Cox, character is different than Cox’s Monica character on Friends, and since I’ve not seen her in anything else, this is okay. I like Don, but I’m not sure how far they’ll go with that.
Enough with the masterbation scenes though.
And, Holt…what am I missing here? Action hero to be? Ugh, he’s scrawny, looks like an addict who doesn’t eat right or get enough sleep, and what’s up with his whiney (now drug addicted) actress girl friend?
Holt represents the Fall From Grace. He was somewhat respected as a second-tier actor, leading in small indie flicks and playing third or fourth lead in studio films, but he was in a string of flops. He had the choice of Maintaining His Integrity and pretty much having no career or Selling Out the corpse bride by spilling the story of her thrown bang and subsequent knockup to Lucy. He chose Darkness and now, instead of being punished for it, is being rewarded wildly. Sure he’s a scrawny twerp, but Bruce Willis is pudgy and bald and they sold him as an action star. I still want Holt to get into ever more insane situations and come out of them a huger and huger megastar, all the while eaten up inside with the guilt of his betrayals yet somehow managing to accept the tremendous benefits of them, because that would be hilarious to watch.
Hey! Did I start an SDMB nickname? Whee!!!
I’m still watching, but I still can’t get past a woman in her position driving around image-concious LA in a Pontiac Solstice.
LOL yes you did - sorry, I meant to give you credit on that. 
And yeah, I forgot all about the Pontiac. I don’t see that happening either.