Rambo-7
Joined Sep 1999
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Rambo-7's rating
This is teeth-numbingly, mind-bendingly, I'd-rather-do-a-gym-workout while sitting-on-a-cheese-grater-all-day than-continue-watching-this-after-20-minutes bad. Don't get me wrong - I LIKE bad TV... But this is only about the 5th show, of I'll-guess-at-40,000 TV shows I've seen in my lifetime, that I've HAD TO turn off mid-way through, it's THAT awful. There's no acting, no storyline, no character development - just knee-jerk reactions of the cast to the script, apparently written on the back of an envelope while the writer was watching all the other meteor movies he could rent for ideas, squeezed into a half-price video store rental weekend. A BIG, BIG waste of time.
"Disastrous." ...and that's being kind. 'Nitecap' offers up a mix of party-time, interviews, infomercials and the self-indulgence that host Robin Leach found through his 'Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous' series (a show I actually enjoyed!).
'Nitecap' is an attempt to capture the free-wheeling attitudes of Hugh Hefner's 'Playboy's Penthouse' (1959 - see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052503/ ), but without the feeling of pizazz, or the wow factor, that came with it.
'Nitecap' drags along in a sloppy, disconnected way, with Leach and co-host Rae Dawn Chong stumbling through the little scripted material provided (ad-libbing was apparently thought of as a good idea).
Intertwined with actual content is infomercial advertising by the hosts - perhaps it was thought of as an alternative to paid advertisements between segments as in a traditional TV show, thus allowing the actual 'show' to stretch to 50 minutes (in the premier episode), more than the normal 44-46 minutes. As in any late-night party, drinks flowed freely in the background, and it's pretty clear that the hosts were taking part when the camera wasn't on them. Either that, or they were up too late & should have gone to bed earlier.
I can't find any other information on the series on the 'net, and TV.com only refers to the premier episode, so I suspect it was a failure from the first few minutes, and show #2 never got on air, although it was supposed to be a nightly program. Good night, and sleep well...
'Nitecap' is an attempt to capture the free-wheeling attitudes of Hugh Hefner's 'Playboy's Penthouse' (1959 - see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052503/ ), but without the feeling of pizazz, or the wow factor, that came with it.
'Nitecap' drags along in a sloppy, disconnected way, with Leach and co-host Rae Dawn Chong stumbling through the little scripted material provided (ad-libbing was apparently thought of as a good idea).
Intertwined with actual content is infomercial advertising by the hosts - perhaps it was thought of as an alternative to paid advertisements between segments as in a traditional TV show, thus allowing the actual 'show' to stretch to 50 minutes (in the premier episode), more than the normal 44-46 minutes. As in any late-night party, drinks flowed freely in the background, and it's pretty clear that the hosts were taking part when the camera wasn't on them. Either that, or they were up too late & should have gone to bed earlier.
I can't find any other information on the series on the 'net, and TV.com only refers to the premier episode, so I suspect it was a failure from the first few minutes, and show #2 never got on air, although it was supposed to be a nightly program. Good night, and sleep well...
Three words: Are You Kidding?
By far... by FAR... the worst TV movie of the new millenium - no, strike that - this decade AND the 90s!!
I won't even mention the technically incorrect aspects of the earthquake effects - this post can't handle that much text...
The models were rotten, the backdrops poorly-made, and the debris effects could have been rejected by a college student film class!
Acting? What acting?
Photography? OK, who's been watching the "24" marathon? It works for an hour at a time, but not 4...
And, my god!!! How could a director POSSIBLY be satisfied with... with... with ANYTHING in this thing?
No preview, no introduction, no outline, just a bicyclist & wham!!!??? No drama here, folks... nothing to whet an appetite, or to make us hungry for more - it just made us sick to our stomachs... and it continued for 2 hours last night... and took me less than 30 seconds tonight to make me write this...
Has losing "Friends" made all the good workers jump ship?
Bad effort, guys - and nothing that happens tonight can make it better... Absolutely dreadful...
By far... by FAR... the worst TV movie of the new millenium - no, strike that - this decade AND the 90s!!
I won't even mention the technically incorrect aspects of the earthquake effects - this post can't handle that much text...
The models were rotten, the backdrops poorly-made, and the debris effects could have been rejected by a college student film class!
Acting? What acting?
Photography? OK, who's been watching the "24" marathon? It works for an hour at a time, but not 4...
And, my god!!! How could a director POSSIBLY be satisfied with... with... with ANYTHING in this thing?
No preview, no introduction, no outline, just a bicyclist & wham!!!??? No drama here, folks... nothing to whet an appetite, or to make us hungry for more - it just made us sick to our stomachs... and it continued for 2 hours last night... and took me less than 30 seconds tonight to make me write this...
Has losing "Friends" made all the good workers jump ship?
Bad effort, guys - and nothing that happens tonight can make it better... Absolutely dreadful...