Oh dear readers, as I have gone into lengthy detail about before here, I am very much guilty of loving reality programming . Somehow, I will find some little “America’s Next Best Worst Never Always Champion Loser” one Saturday afternoon in marathon form and become glued to finding out who wins/loses/dies/removes all hope of human dignity. As stated many times over on this site, VH1 has a knack for providing the worst competition reality programs, so bad I MUST WATCH THEM. When I first heard about “I Love Money”, I just knew it was going to be the hot mess that it is. Getting a bunch of unstable, fame seeking, money grubbing whores together on some foreign locale where the only thing they can do is conspire, have sex and fight is truly brilliance in programming. And while the show is definitely off to a slow start, with only Pumkin and Toastee lying to poor little Destiny to get Nibblz kicked off last night and Midget Mac being kicked off for calling some of the strippers “bitches”, from next week’s previews, the fun is just beginning.
And with all the teaser trailers Vh1 has been pumping in response to the show, I can only imagine that it gets better and better each episode. Now these losers from Vh1 dating show’s past are all battling it out for moola, $250,000 to be exact.
There are few competitors the others should definitely watch out for and in no particular order, here they are:
Megan – She could be the most dangerous player here. After her win on “Beauty and the Geek”, we all know the chick is 100% smarter than she pretends to be and will do anything to win. Also, she put up with Bret Michaels for as long as necessary to bring up her clout on Vh1. And with all the bonehead dudes competing with her, it shouldn’t be long until she has her claws in all of them.
Rodeo – She is a stronger competitor, literally, than the women there and could probably battle most of the men and win. Not only is she strong physically, she is strong mentally and she is a mom who has suffered through cancer, so the little losers are nothing to them. Her only weakness would be someone tugging on her heart strings, but I think she will be making it to the end.
White Boy – He looks dumb and sounds the same, but I think this dude is all talk sometimes. He obviously wants the money and is physically fit for the challenge. And his alliance with the Stallionaires can’t hurt. The only thing that will be his downfall is repeated mismanagement of the team as a captain or playing too many girls.
The Stallionaires – First, it is never bad to have an ally on these challenges. And if its your brother, even better. Chance could be the first one to go from the dynamic duo since he seems weaker, is less smart and doesn’t seem anywhere near as genuine as Real. The older brother will charm the ladies and participate in all the challenges, making him a viable contender to go to the end.
Hoopz – The insanely athletic, nice and beautiful Hoopz can give them all a run for their money. Chick was smart enough to play Flav and she seems like someone who should have been on Road Rules teaming up with Veronica or Coral to defeat newbies. Her athletic abilities will allow her to dominate challenges, her relative normalness will allow her to fly under the radar for a bit and her beauty will befuddle the dudes trying to kick her off. This truly might come head to head with Megan.
So there you have it, the first installment of our weekly “I Love Money” recap. Who do you think will take it all? And who do you think is playing the best game so far? Reality fans unite!
Monday, July 14, 2008
I Love Money - Who is going to take home the cash? - Review
Monday Movie ReCap - Hellboy 2 wins the battle!
So my prediction came true and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army owned this weekend at the box office. Following rave reviews from comic book fans and devotees of Guillermo Del Toro alike, Hellboy 2 brought in $36 million this weekend, edging out last weekend’s winner Hancock. Also as predicted, Journey to the Center did reasonably well, but wasn’t able to grab a more prominent spot than number three. But the weekend’s true loser is “Meet Dave”, the sci-fi comedy starring Eddie Murphy and from the creators of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Following poor reviews and less than exciting advertising and promotions, “Meet Dave” opened at the number seven spot with a mere $5 million for the weekend. Murphy better start figuring out how to gain his presence back at the box office or I don’t see another vehicle starring him for a long time! Another winner this weekend was Kit Kittredge:An American Girl, the first big screen adaptation of the classic series American Girl novels. The movie began as a small push in only a handful of theaters earlier in this summer, but has continually received praise from critics and audiences, securing it a spot in the box office top ten. Hopefully this encourages other film makers to look at children’s films in a different way and make sure they are enjoyable for all audiences.
Here is the rest of the Box Office Top ten, courtesy of Box Office Mojo.
1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army - $36 million
2. Hancock - $33 million
3. Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D - $20.5 million
4. Wall-E - $18.5 million
5. Wanted - $11.6 million
6. Get Smart - $7.1 million
7. Meet Dave - $5.3 million
8. Kung Fu Panda - $4.3 million
9. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl - $2.4 million
10. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $2.3 million
Friday, July 11, 2008
Enjoy the weekend....
Check back this weekend and next week to read:
* The issue with feminism and Jezebel
* Has Reality lost all of the "real"?
* Top Five Reality Quotes!
* "I Love Money" Recap
* And as always, The Box Office Recap on Monday
ENJOY!
Can HBO regain its grip on cable?? Maybe the movies can help out!
Word on the street is with the surprise success of the Sex and the City film that HBO is more than interested in working on a second flick. Michael Lombardo, president of the HBO programming group said at an event this week that Warner Brothers and HBO were incredibly excited about the success of the feature film and that if all the right people were on board, there would most definitely be a second film. Lombardo also alluded to an interest in a Sopranos feature length film, as long as executive producer and creator David Chase was interested.
HBO has been hitting some high notes recently after a decline in ratings and passing the coolness torch to Showtime. The cable network recently joined forces with the successful online comedy property of Will Farrell, Adam McKay and Judd Apatow, FunnyorDie. They also have cast Jason Schwartzman as the lead in dark comedy "Bored", slated to begin in September. And to really bring back the network, a "Sex and the City" style show, based in Washington D.C. and executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker herself will be part of the 2009 channel lineup, as well as a post-Katrina Louisiana based drama in the vein of the critically acclaimed "The Wire". Lombardo said that he is not nervous about HBO working its way back to the top, especially with another series coming to the network from one of my favorite movie men, Martin Scorsese. Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Big Love" and "Entourage" are also set to come back in 2009.
Use this when visiting bars in Williamsburg
I love this kind of crap and truly the hipster hate doesn't seem to get old. What I do find even more hilarious is the actual lack of "hip" within most of the new generation of hipsters.
Whose going to win the sad little box office battle this weekend???
Where have you been? Whats going on? Ehh..let’s skip over the lamenting of laziness and an existential crisis and get to what’s going on in pop culture.
This weekend could be one of the quietest of the summer with the three big releases of the weekend actually being not such big releases. “Journey to the Center of the Earth, “Meet Dave and “Hellboy 2” have received large amounts of marketing and advertising, but neither carry the pull of say “Hancock”, last week’s winner or next week’s king “The Dark Knight”. Let’s look at our options. “Journey is a family friendly romp starring Brendan Fraser, which follows the travels and adventures of a family as they literally go to the center of the earth. Since Fraser is almost D-List at this point in Hollywood, I see families and families only checking this flick out. But that being said, they could just as easily see “Get Smart – at least that was funny! “Meet Dave”, while another family friendly comedy starring Eddie Murphy has received only limited press and the actor himself couldn’t even be bothered to show up to the premiere or various press junkets. We might have a Bowfinger 2.0 on our hands, which would be fine for me, but not for box office results. 
“Hellboy 2”, a follow up to the graphic novel cum comic book hero movie, scores major points from comic fanboys and devotees of “Pan’s Labyrinth” director Guillermo Del Toro. The movie looks spectacular and with my boyfriend being a crazy fanboy of the novels themselves, I know I will see the movie. The storyline departs from traditional comic book hero, thanks to the creator Mike Mignola and delves deeper into the depths of evil. In the first installment of the movie series, Hellboy had to battle Rasputin and this time around it looks like there is no lack of villains or evils to be battled. Del Toro is able to create worlds on screen that resemble nothing I have seen before. So while one movie will come out on top, the true winner is “The Dark Knight”, which has a new news item or review up on every entertainment site and has us screaming this weekend “Can’t it just be July 18th already?”.
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