Comments on Reel Nerds: Glee: Is What I'll Experience When It's Cancelled

I can't believe this thread is still alive -- ...

2009-10-26T13:57:25.054-05:00

I can't believe this thread is still alive -- I guess I should pick on popular material more often. P.S. I haven't watched any of the episode besides the pilot, so I have nothing more to say about it. You're all right, it probably won't be canceled. We're living in a universe now where tastes are made by these Disney-style musical shows that have been jammed down the throats of adolescents for the past ten years. :(

Sorry John, but this show isn't going anywhere...

2009-10-26T12:06:08.856-05:00

Sorry John, but this show isn't going anywhere. I want those 50 bucks Joel ;) There are too many gleeks out there to let this show fall through. Why not try singing along? It could help the experience! Whatever, I ,for one, am done with law shows and over-the-top dramas. It's nice to have a change of pace. Glee essentially re-invents the wheel.

50 bucks they will be.

2009-06-05T07:17:42.550-05:00

50 bucks they will be.

Yes, 180 -- thanks. Not jaded, nor cynical. In...

2009-06-04T22:42:33.346-05:00

Yes, 180 -- thanks.

Not jaded, nor cynical. In fact, a show that utilized actual elements of the thing it purported to present to facilitate comedy and drama would have been great. That's why I watched the pilot. I just didn't expect to see "Another High School Show" sprinkled with professional musical numbers. You ever hear the phrase "it's funny because it's true." Glee was unfunny because it's not true -- if you're going to go in an unauthentic direction, why not have the cheerleaders and jocks be into glee club? -- at least that would be original.

I think you mean a 180, not a 360 ;) I enjoyed it...

2009-06-04T20:57:35.769-05:00

I think you mean a 180, not a 360 ;)

I enjoyed it. Are you really so jaded and cynical that a lighthearted construct around some musical numbers annoys you that much? Makes a nice change from endless reality TV and there's only so much hardcore drama I can take.

I guess I feel the same way Mike Bristow and Peter...

2009-05-27T00:33:12.394-05:00

I guess I feel the same way Mike Bristow and Peter Griffin feel: This show insists upon itself. I just couldn't shake the feeling that it was trying way too hard to be quirky without taking it further into the soapy stylings of Nip/Tuck ( a show that started great then lost me.)
Im so glad you made refrence to Election. The superstar, the Jock, and their voiceovers felt pulled right out of that much better movie. I also had this desire to watch Hamlet 2 again something that knew how to take this material to the next level.
I didn't hate the pilot, but unless I hear that this gets way better I will most likely avoid this one.

John: You didn't create the program, you simply re...

2009-05-21T20:36:30.726-05:00

John: You didn't create the program, you simply reviewed it (in a way I found distasteful and off base), and so there can be no other argument BUT ad hominem. Wordsmithing will not save you.

I found the show surprisingly enjoyable, especially for a pilot. The characters were introduced as shrill, two-dimensional archetypes that slowly came to reveal broader, deeper personalities (Ex. Teri, the stereotypical nagging wife with sad tears in her eyes at the announcement of something that should have been pure joy). This is more ground than is generally covered in a whole season of the OC/90210 rip-offs that run riot on the airwaves today.

Concerning realism: Of course it doesn't conform to my reality. OF COURSE. The technique employed in the musical segments of the show remind of strongly of magic realism, introducing the conceit that such talented youth (and with such drive) exist anywhere, let alone everywhere. The musical segments make a clear break from the rest of the reality of Glee, allowing them warrant to make it... ENTERTAINING.

It is a television show after all.

I don't disagree with most of the things you said,...

2009-05-21T15:47:19.052-05:00

I don't disagree with most of the things you said, but hoping for a show to be canceled by Fox is something I'll probably never do. Unless it's reality.

Yeah, it doesn't reflect realistic process (coming from another long time singer), but I don't think that's what it's about. I doubt that shows like 24 or any action show really reflects exactly what goes on in the government and as you said, most medical shows are probably just the same.

The point isn't always to make sure things work with the realistic side of things. TV characters will always be prettier, wittier, smarter and more talented than most of the people out there. I didn't grow up in the US, so I'm not really sure what the jock to geek ratio is, we don't even have jocks.

I enjoy musicals, I enjoy big extravagant over-the-top performances and I enjoy cover songs a whole lot. I was blown away by the way they showed Rehab and I enjoyed the vocal performances of the main characters too. I also enjoyed the humor around it.

Yeah, some of it was annoying (and I do get annoyed easily by shows and movies), for instance the flashback scenes and the paintball thing for no actual reason. Characters seemed to have very shallow personalities (Jock hate geek. Chick wants fame. Teacher is passionate and wants to relive his glory days). There isn't a doubt that we've seen it all before, but there are tons of shows that you can get pissed at for being cliche.

I watch Castle too, and man is that show a huge cliche. Hard nosed female agent with silly male colleague help solve cases by completing eachother's sentences. But once you've accepted that the show isn't trying to be more than that, you can sit back and enjoy it.

I don't think Glee is trying to be anything more than a cute show with musical numbers, and I'm willing to give it a chance at that.

TJ: And you liked it because it conforms to your v...

2009-05-20T21:17:50.941-05:00

TJ: And you liked it because it conforms to your view of reality? Please tell me more, this time without being personally insulting, if possible. That is, of course, unless you are incapable of criticism without resorting to ad hominem attacks.

It seems that all of your reasons for disliking th...

2009-05-20T18:52:25.252-05:00

It seems that all of your reasons for disliking the show are based on its having a lack of continuity with your own individual reality. I hope YOU get cancelled.