Behind me on the TV (public TV, public computer, so I can’t change the channel–people want to watch it, and I want to use the camera) is the new show “American High”. WTF is this shit? You give a bunch of 14 year olds cameras and tell them they’re going to be on national TV, of course all they do it go around bitching about homework.
What brain-deficient halfwit thought that this would be worthwhile television? Well, obviously none; it’s just a new play to fans of the “realism” BS. Why in the name of mangled artichokes do I want to see and hear some high school hyper-pituitary jock drool on the camera about his girlfriend and how his brother is wasting his life doing homework? Good flaming toadstool of Jesus! There’s no tragedy watching the horrific train wreck of a life some of these people are heading for if they don’t even attempt to fight it.
And now the football coach comes on :rolleyes::
“You’re lucky you live in America; we haven’t fought any wars on American soil other than the American Revolution and the Civil War”.
I suppose it’s a good thing that we had that weird calander quirk that sent us straight from 1811 to 1813.
Arrghh, I will find the person responsible for this cancerous waste of electrons and force them to watch it for the next 64 hours.
TV, you blow my ass*
*Of course, good television–Simpsons and such–is excluded from this statement.
Anyway, I’m watching the show right now and there’s some kid naming off all the drugs (read: prescriptions) he’s been on. Ritalin and such. Oh, now their talking about God. And evolution. And homosexuality. And heterosexuality. And “boners”. I suppose these subjects are what make the show valid. Maybe teaching kids about differences, blah blah blah.
I heard about this show a few weeks ago, and saw some previews. The only reason I’m watching it now is because you brought it up. I’ll post back with my opinion when the show is finished.
Another upper-class, suburban Chicago high school being put forward as “typical.” Fox did it a few years ago, too. I used to commute past that school; one of the kids drove daddy’s Excalibur. THAT’s a typical high school.
So, the show’s over. (American High, dropzone, not the Simpsons. Geez…*) I predict little to no future for it. ::yawn:: It took all I had to watch the entire episode. And tomorrow’s episode looks equally stimulating. Dealing with weight problems and such. ::sigh:: Are people so unimaginative these days that we have to resort to this?
Did anyone else see the subject of this thread and think it was going to be about Myrr’s run-in with a felching transvestite? Please tell me I’m not the only sick-minded person here…
Ahhh. Yet another reason not to regret missing the past year and a half of prime-time drivel. If you’re wondering why they thought this was a good idea, look at the cost of producing it: 14 cameras with tape, and, well, I think that’s about it. OK, maybe a week with a couple of editors. What a bargain! Of course, you get what you pay for…
And in a move that I’m sure we all could see coming, FOX is starting a new reality based TV show.
Ye gods.
They’re actually doing auditions in Delaware- about 20 minutes away from where I live- and I am scared. Actually, I’m psyched about it, because I was hired as an intern for the weekend. The people at FOX actually called the theater company that I work for and asked for interns… Yes, it’s gonna suck, but I’m getting 200 bucks for about 14 hrs work.
As someone who has just graduated, I find virtually all attempts to portray high school as pointless bullshit. My high school wasn’t all rich white people.
“Reality TV” is the dumbest concept to come down the pipe in a long time.
If you’ll notice, no one on those “reality” shows–from “The Real World” on down–is ever watching television. To me, that is the main thing preventing these shows from being “reality”–in reality, people are always watching TV, and thus have no time to create their own reality. So they have to watch reality on television.
I’d love to see some genuine Reality TV–a show of nothing but a bunch of losers sitting around watching television for an hour. Maybe people would take the hint and get up and get a freakin’ life.
American High is the biggest steaming pile of shit on TV since the show with the cops that rapped and danced!!! They stick cameras in the faces of these kids and expect them to act normal, just like everyday life in HS?! Everyday life in HS is so goddamn boring that it makes sorting your Lucky Charms by flavor seem more exciting! A show about “real” teens could never air, because of the multiple lawsuits that would come rolling in from people fainting from boredom while watching, cracking their skulls open on their TV. These kids know that “now is my time to shine as a celebrity. Now is the time I can make my statement on the atrocities committed daily against youth (sniffle).”
Great flaming 600-foot Jesus!
Except for occasional jock and cheerleader atrocities ( a poke at MGibson in good fun, serious!) HS was about as exciting as being in Mass for three continuous years. People at my school didn’t do drugs because they wanted to be cool, they did them because they were bored out of their freaking minds!
I have resolved never to watch this show. Why? Well, have you watched FOX on a Sunday night (or any other night for that matter) lately? They hype these stupid shows into the ground. As the final credits roll for Futurama, King of the Hill, Simpsons, Malcolm, and the X-Files, they play the same old tired commercial for American High. As if that wasn’t enough, they also play it during nearly every commercial break.
NOTE TO FOX : This makes me want to watch the show even less than I did before.
It seems this overhyping is a somewhat recent thing, maybe a year or so. I refused to watch Titus for the same reason. I was going to refuse to watch Malcolm too, but DAMN that show is funny! I couldn’t resist.
In addition to the Simpsons, Seinfeld was a kick ass show.
If I ever watched TV, I would do it to be pandered to. I don’t want to watch a show that’s supposed to be about “reality”. I want to watch something that has nothing to do with reality. I want to forget about the shitty day of work I just finished.
I want to pop open a beer, sit on the sofa, and watch a show and think “Well, life sucks, but at least I’m not that guy…”.
I, too, refuse to watch ‘American High’. This is not reality. When I was in high school, some local TV station brought in cameras for a local ‘documentary’ on what was on our minds. WE LIED OUR ASSES OFF. 'Course this was close to 20 years ago. Maybe kids are more honest these days.
Yeah, right.
And a note to Neutron Star…TITUS is the best show on TV.
Nah, I tried watching Titus once just for the hell of it. It was pretty crappy. I’m sorry, but I just don’t get a kick out of abusive parenting. Plus the jokes were pretty lame. Admittedly, I only saw one episode, so it could have been the exception. I kind of doubt it, though.
