#1
Posted: 5/17/09 at 7:47pm
And they're now confirmed, having just finished watching the pilot. What garbage. It probably is one of the strangest niche television programs I've ever seen. The cast is solid, but the show is downright terrible.
Far too many characters to tell what the story is about...the burgeoning romance between the two singers (Lea Michele and Cory Monteith); the burgeoning romance between Matthew Morrison and Jayma Mays; the actual romance between Matthew Morrison and Jessalyn Gilsig; the cheer team, led by the irreplaceable Jane Lynch; or is it a show about the glee club?
The pilot is about all those things and more, and it's much too much. The writing and characters are stereotypes of archetypes: the nerd teacher who wants to make good; the dykey cheer coach; the jock dating the cheerleader; the black girl with the big, soulful voice; the gay kid everyone beats up; and, of course, the pretty but nerdy high school girl who nobody notices until she opens her mouth.
And they all have voice over narrations. In fact, it's a lot like ELECTION, only not nearly as clever.
The cast does have a lot going for it - I'm eating my words when I say that Lea Michele is actually pretty perfect; Matthew Morrison is charismatic; Jane Lynch is absolutely hilarious. They succeed because they're all inherently likable.
But that's it. The highlight was "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" sung to the kid in the wheelchair (cause every high school has to have one of those!).
I give it a few episodes. Or, if the ratings are terrible after it airs on Tuesday, I give it Tuesday.
Far too many characters to tell what the story is about...the burgeoning romance between the two singers (Lea Michele and Cory Monteith); the burgeoning romance between Matthew Morrison and Jayma Mays; the actual romance between Matthew Morrison and Jessalyn Gilsig; the cheer team, led by the irreplaceable Jane Lynch; or is it a show about the glee club?
The pilot is about all those things and more, and it's much too much. The writing and characters are stereotypes of archetypes: the nerd teacher who wants to make good; the dykey cheer coach; the jock dating the cheerleader; the black girl with the big, soulful voice; the gay kid everyone beats up; and, of course, the pretty but nerdy high school girl who nobody notices until she opens her mouth.
And they all have voice over narrations. In fact, it's a lot like ELECTION, only not nearly as clever.
The cast does have a lot going for it - I'm eating my words when I say that Lea Michele is actually pretty perfect; Matthew Morrison is charismatic; Jane Lynch is absolutely hilarious. They succeed because they're all inherently likable.
But that's it. The highlight was "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" sung to the kid in the wheelchair (cause every high school has to have one of those!).
I give it a few episodes. Or, if the ratings are terrible after it airs on Tuesday, I give it Tuesday.
Thanks!
