Yesterday I was praising "On The Lot". Today I am dissing them. No, I'm not disappointed about the filmmakers voted off. I'm just astounded they did the elimination show exactly the way Fox does "American Idol." The hostess brought up the filmmakers, said "America voted..." just like Seacrest and then came the ever-present "We'll let you know.....................after the break!" This format does not work with aspiring directors, some of whom are already past the oldest age to be on Idol. These are grown-ups, for pete's sake!
Here is a show that shows off the creativity of very talented people and the producers and directors put it together just like every other cookie cutter reality talent show out there. They're showing so little creativity themselves, I doubt any of the contestants would demean themselves to actually work on the show if they weren't competing. The only thing the producers haven't done is make sure the three judges include a pompus insult machine, a ditz who really has no bad opinion of anything and someone who "keeps it real" by talking in slang. No, here they have three judges who all seem to be in total agreement about every film they see. Since when do three people agree on 18 films in a row???
The only thing I liked about the results show was reshowing the films of the top three vote-getters. Outside of that, the "You're fired" approach would actually be more humane than putting these people through the torture of Idol-esque cliffhangers.
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