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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 6:00 pm
Spoiler Click below to view spoiler | Wow, I was shocked that the director of light bulb stayed and that getta rhoom was in the top three |
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 6:57 pm
The lightbulb one and the taxi guy should have gone before the two women or the British guy. All three of those directors were from other countries. I imagine they did not get the votes or support partially due to that. I think there is just the Canadian and the woman from S.Africa left from other countries. This show has the same problems when it comes to elims as AI, haven't they learned anything? This could have been over in 1/2 hour even reshowing the three shorts.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 7:11 pm
yeah, my three least faves were the lightbulb, the taxi, and the bus ones ... I think next week the results show is only 30 minutes ... I hope so anyway
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 7:39 pm
what happened to the cut from 24 to 18? i set my DVR to get all "new shows" but it didn't catch what happened when these guys were set to direct one page in one hour. hated: taxi, light bulb, giving birth/cell phone; angry that martin did a trailer and not a comedy short. liked: safeco lab (Zach has a job at Dreamworks no matter the results of the show), spaced out (puking puppets rule), dancing man. looking forward to seeing the results show. but an hour???

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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 8:13 pm
the host would be great to replace Samantha on Dancing but she is horrible for this show. They should have gotten someone older and wiser. Tonites ep is starting out more interesting than yesterday. The problem I had is that we didnt get to see any behind the scenes, I like to see the process of getting the film....hopefully when there are less ppl they will do that
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Freetimefinally
Member
01-26-2006
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 8:14 pm
Will someone please post who went. Not by name(I don't know who is who yet) but by what their short was about. Also what is their task for next week?
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 8:21 pm
the blind date one (where she finally sees her date in the men's room), the delivery room one, and the please hold one were eliminated. I don't remember hearing what their task is for next week, sorry
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 8:30 pm
I've just started watching for tonight and I want to scream ARRRRRGGGGHHHHH . . . . sorry - just had to let that out. If they drag it out like this each week, they will have lost me and I was really looking forward to this show. Obviously all of these people have talent so why treat them like the schmucks on reality shows and drag out the pain like that? Someone should do a short film on tv's need to drag things out . . . . 
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 8:44 pm
The results show was so poorly done. they shouldn't try to rip off AI with the stunts of twisting the words to torture the people being elminated and making them wait for commercial brakes. The host is terrible. This results show needs to be trimmed in half. someone above mentioned that the worst films will make it through and that happened. The forgetable films were the ones eliminated. I couldn't even remember some of them. Oh well. I'll have to start voting for the ones I like next week. They all made it through this week.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 9:23 pm
I saw Safeco Lab with Zach, which I liked, and then as they dragged on, they lost me....I just couldn't stick with the drawn out process and "channel surfed", ending up with NCIS while I waited for my show of the night, Boston Legal. For a show about film-making, someone needs to put a good tight editor on the results show: use film-making techniques to make it really exciting and different.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 11:04 pm
I clearly missed at least one show in there and hadn't seen the clips. The first couple that were considered top three were good. The last one, I couldn't imagine why the judge flipped her opinion. Just because the audience voted it so highly didn't make it any less repugnant. Add that to the hideous turned around hat and I sure hope that guy goes home soon. Alas, probably not likely. Results show was boring.. the high point was when the mc called her Carrie Fishy (?)
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 3:36 am
Sea, I thought Carrie Fisher was being completely sarcastic when she said she flipped her opinion. It was whatever she said last in that exchange that made me feel sure about that (although I don't remember now what it was). Just seemed like she thought it was stupid of the host to even ask (Didn't seem to me that she carred to much for the host...maybe it was the Fishy thing!) I'm with those of you who really didn't remember the shorts the next night...and didn't remember who went with any of them, except Zach and Will. Each time, I'd have to wait for the host to tell me which film the person made before I had any idea. I was okay with all the eliminations, but did really think Kenny and the light bulb woman should have gone. Their shorts were awful...just awful.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 4:25 am
Kona and Seamonkey, it was confusing here as well. The show with the one minute movies was a 2 hour episode that aired on the 29th of May. The episode that followed that was a one hour show that actually aired on the 28th of May, the day before. That's here in Ontario anyway. It's too bad you missed it, I am just watching it now and some of the films are just amazing. ETA they just said that for those who missed them or want to watch them again you can go watch all the shorts on thelot.com !!!!!!!!
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 6:06 am
Before I turned on the show, I said "self , three foreigners will go tonight" and guess what? they did! You can't let foreigners into a competition and then not let foreigners vote. This would happen no matter what country the vote was held in. People are going to vote for their own countrymen first, aren't they? I will bet that Shalini ( south African Indian) goes next week. The only foreigner who might be safe for a while ( but won't win, I bet) is Zach because he is so good and Canadian is not so foreign to America. - just my opinion PS I stress the same thing would happen if it were a Canadian or European held competition, I think. People tend to vote for their own, no? ETA: I bet the results would have been different if we were asked to vote for who should be eliminated!!"
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 6:15 am
I am a glass-half-full type so although I bet you are right Jan, I tend to think it's more that folks will vote for their own as opposed to intentionally wishing the foreigners were out. Folks from Miami might root for one of their own and then spread out to someone from Florida then tend towards their region, etc. Hopefully by the end of the process, those who are voting strictly on merit will outweigh the folks voting out of loyalty. Re: Zach.. While I hope he goes far, I also hope he doesn't turn out to be a one-trick pony and rely on special effects and fancing filming rather then the story-telling aspect.
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 6:53 am
I agree Rissa. That is what I meant although you said it much more clearly . I think that if we had voted for who should leave it would have been entirely a different result. People might not vote for a foreigner as their fav but they won't vote someone out just because they are a foreigner. So i think if we had voted for the worst then three entirely different filmmakers would be gone.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 6:56 am
For Zach, I definitely thought his short told a complete story so I don't think he'll suffer there, he seems to have the full package, so far. I also thought Carrie was being sarcastic when it came to now liking "Getta Room". I also hope that guy loses the hat...what in God's green earth do these guys think looks good about wearing a hat like that!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 9:45 am
Host is too young, immature, unprofessional, and frankly very irritating, she belongs on MTV. The show as is, is boring. Which is astounding considering the topic and the talent. Ghetta Rhoom offended me, and I TOTALLY saw it as making fun of a mentally challenged person. I go to Science Fiction Conventions... I KNOW geeks and nerds, and socially retarded folks. This fellow was no nerd. He wasn't even socially retarded, he was mentally challenged. The problem was the actor took it way too far. And that's the directors fault. I believe the director had no intention to do this, but he screwed up bigtime. IMHO. Carrie (Fishy) Fisher WAS being totally sarcastic in her comment. She is NOT a sucky Paula Abdul at all. I think as the show goes along, she'll really start to dig her claws in. Not meanly, but just frankly. I like Gary Marshall, but he seems so bored, and restless, frail and fatigued. IMHO. I like that they have guest judges in the mix. Fresh weekly perspective. Great idea. Not a fan of the weeding down process on any of these reality shows. I tend to really get interested and give a damn about individuals, once they are down to a manageable (bite)size. But I have to admit, I already have a fave and that's the female director of the sexy airport security flick. ITA - ironically this show needs a better editor, style. I WANT to like this show. I hope it improves quickly.
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 11:22 am
Isn't Adriana ( the host) the entertainment reporter for Robin's show on CNN headline news? PS i also thought Getta Rhoom was making fun of the mentally challenged. Nerds are smart people - this guy was not
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 11:28 am
I agree about the host. She seemed to be horribly unprepared, there is adlibbing and then there is stumbling through. LOL Carrie was definately being sarcastic, she was appalled at that video and I agree with Mame's comments.. the actor went too far and the director is ultimately responsible. I found most of the judges comments gelled with my own opinions except for the guy who did the trailer. First, the idea was to show they could create a complete story line in just one minute so he blew it big time. But in addition, while the filming was smooth it left me with no real cohesive idea of what the movie story line was. If I saw that on TV it wouldn't make me want to see the movie. I am really looking forward to the films getting longer as the #'s dwindle. No fear of watching the same thing every week.
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Foolscap
Member
09-04-2004
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 1:10 pm
I'm chiming in with those who've said the director of "Getta Roon" doesn't understand what a nerd is. Nerds, though often socially awkward, are generally quite smart. Would never be too dim to understand the phrase "getta room", or when it would be appropriate. And though I don't think the director's intention was to make his character be mentally challenged, that's certainly how it came across to many people (myself included). And good intentions are kind of canceled out by bad results. A concept the director seemed to disregard when he kept saying he stood by his film. He would have redeemed himself a bit to me if he'd acknowledged that he'd made a mistake. But then, he made the top 3, so, perhaps in his mind, there's no mistake.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 2:25 pm
I'm thinking the getta room director was trying to play off the Borat factor. In that case he would have been better off making the kid a foreigner who just didn't understand US catch phrases rather then making him a "nerd". I agree, his nerd seemed challenged. But on the other hand I do understand the nerd angle -- there are some nerds who try too hard to fit in and try to copy the cool kids. I think that's the kind of nerd he was going for, but he missed the mark.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 8:30 pm
You're right, Brenda, a clueless foreigner would have worked much better. If the guy had just been an obnoxious smart azz it might have worked, too.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 9:07 pm
Frankly I'm appalled it's in the top three...
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Biginjapan
Member
07-23-2005
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 9:28 pm
Ok just to be honest...i was hoping for better but i only watched cause nothing else was on...and i was looking
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