aDingoEttMyBaby
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Just discovered this show today. I have YouTubeTV which just added the Travel Channel. (Holy Moly, TTC has a boatload of ghost shows! lmao!)
Anywho!
I really like this show but two things stick out:
A. Why do they consistently hire overly young or skinny women for the reenactments that don't reflect who the real person is? Real women are actors, too. And before the snarky thoughts (I know and love my interwebz peeps) I'd always been a skinny gal. So it's not that. The contrast between the men & women is jarringly obvious and highlights the sneaky extent of problems Hollywood has with women.
B. The actual footage lmao! So we have these reenactors running around with cameras. Johh Hines ("Hit 'em with the HEIN!") gets pinned up against the wall by a demon. The other guy he is with sees this and feels helpless. Then the "actual footage" is the reaction shot?! LOLOLOL. I'm yelling "SHOW US THE DEMON PINNING HIM AGAINST THE WALL!!!!"
I want to like this program more. I can deal with the narrator (he reminds me of how the People's Court VO guy does a low growl whisper of the cases coming into court, so it makes me LOL) Even the same investigators doesn't bother me. But the stuff that is telling me: "We think our viewers are stupid" is taking me out of the fun.
Look, I know what this is. It's just silly stories, overblown, likely 90% untrue. But I want to immerse into it and have fun. Hire realistic actresses and don't show "actual footage" of mundane moments directly after an exciting reenactment of NO actual footage.
ps. It's funny watching John Hines give very calm comments about how scared he was. Reminds me of overly calm John Hein of the Howard Stern Show where "Hit 'em with the Hein!" started.
Anywho!
I really like this show but two things stick out:
A. Why do they consistently hire overly young or skinny women for the reenactments that don't reflect who the real person is? Real women are actors, too. And before the snarky thoughts (I know and love my interwebz peeps) I'd always been a skinny gal. So it's not that. The contrast between the men & women is jarringly obvious and highlights the sneaky extent of problems Hollywood has with women.
B. The actual footage lmao! So we have these reenactors running around with cameras. Johh Hines ("Hit 'em with the HEIN!") gets pinned up against the wall by a demon. The other guy he is with sees this and feels helpless. Then the "actual footage" is the reaction shot?! LOLOLOL. I'm yelling "SHOW US THE DEMON PINNING HIM AGAINST THE WALL!!!!"
I want to like this program more. I can deal with the narrator (he reminds me of how the People's Court VO guy does a low growl whisper of the cases coming into court, so it makes me LOL) Even the same investigators doesn't bother me. But the stuff that is telling me: "We think our viewers are stupid" is taking me out of the fun.
Look, I know what this is. It's just silly stories, overblown, likely 90% untrue. But I want to immerse into it and have fun. Hire realistic actresses and don't show "actual footage" of mundane moments directly after an exciting reenactment of NO actual footage.
ps. It's funny watching John Hines give very calm comments about how scared he was. Reminds me of overly calm John Hein of the Howard Stern Show where "Hit 'em with the Hein!" started.
The father's voice is horrible; I really wish his actor would stop showing up in stuff. He makes me want to fall asleep. The rest of the character voice choices are also too niche (which grants "slacker" as a niche).
The characters are also not nice to look at: so much perspective and artistic detail all around, but not an elbow, shoulder or jawline in the bunch.
And, oh, the stories! The stories are really silly and the jokes are tedious. Good writing almost always saves an iffy presentation, allowing it all to "grow on you"--not the case here.
The only redeeming factor about Bob's Burgers is the surrounding emotional defense of it. The worst compliment you can give a person is: "You're OK because other people suck." So why do that for a television show? And it never fails to be the number one defense of Bob's Burgers all over the internet:
"OTHER shows suck, AND if you don't like this show, then that makes Bob's Burgers good."
Wow! That really turns my opinion around! A compelling argument, sir! That truly is the funniest thing about Bob's Burgers, earning it 3 stars. :)
The characters are also not nice to look at: so much perspective and artistic detail all around, but not an elbow, shoulder or jawline in the bunch.
And, oh, the stories! The stories are really silly and the jokes are tedious. Good writing almost always saves an iffy presentation, allowing it all to "grow on you"--not the case here.
The only redeeming factor about Bob's Burgers is the surrounding emotional defense of it. The worst compliment you can give a person is: "You're OK because other people suck." So why do that for a television show? And it never fails to be the number one defense of Bob's Burgers all over the internet:
"OTHER shows suck, AND if you don't like this show, then that makes Bob's Burgers good."
Wow! That really turns my opinion around! A compelling argument, sir! That truly is the funniest thing about Bob's Burgers, earning it 3 stars. :)