The commercials for this show were trying so hard to speak to me, that I felt it would only be polite for me to check out the first episode.
First, before offering my opinion, I want to say thank you for the “edgy” camera movements, and the indie-ish song that the girl sang at the end, I appreciate the effort, really I do.
But Creators Of Quarterlife, I will not be joining you on this journey through trying to survive a full season on network television. The fast forward function on my DVR got quite a workout today. First of all, that main character was far too awkward and unlikeable to be a protagonist. And that BS about “having to write and be true to what moves her” was farrrr too pretentious. And the other dude with the King Richards Fare haircut.. what’s up with that? Did he go to Supercuts with a show producer that was giving out instructions like “ok just cut it like a normal haircut but like, leave the sides longer, yeah and the back too.. no that looks good, that what the kids are doing with their hair now..”
And what about that not-getting-along couple? The model in dork’s clothing gag wasn’t fooling us.. the “bad” girl that tends bar and wants to be an actress but can’t act because she doesn’t “know herself.” Whatever. And what’s the deal with the first episode being like a whole friggin’ season? The Girl said it best, this show should have been called Quarterhour and should have run for only 15 minutes. You overshot the load big time here with the relationships falling apart then coming back together then falling apart again.. oof. And that scene with all of the extras overacting how embarrassed they are, who outwardly acts embarrassed for someone else?
And for fuck’s sake, why did you have to go ahead and make blogging look more nerdy and pathetic than it already is!? Not cool people. Not. Cool.
6 responses so far ↓
1 The Girl // Feb 28, 2008
First of all, I’ve been waiting for a Thirty Something for the twenties crowd or a My So-Called Life For Grown-Ups for years…I can’t believe that this is all the show’s creators could come up with. Paper-thin stereotypes and predictable storylines… meh.
2 Peg // Mar 3, 2008
i honestly don’t think this will last the spring
3 farkfark // Mar 7, 2008
Thank god somebody wrote a review this show. I was thinking the exact same things. Show is a pos. A show for artsy people or whatever the hell it’s tagline was. As soon as I saw that, I wanted to barf. And the whole bit about writing to be true, what a bag of you know what.
4 Alice // Mar 8, 2008
right on fark, total pos, this is not our generation’s my so called life by a longshot
5 Quarter Pounder Crisis // Mar 13, 2008
The title alone is pretentious and misleading. I just hate the fact that the only defining characteristics (by this show’s standards) of Generation Y are Macs, crappy neo-hippie (”indy”/arthouse) music and self-importance. What the F happened?
6 Witty Commenter // Mar 15, 2008
More like: QuarterSEASON. Hahahahahahahahahaha, cuz like, it’s not going to last a full season. Oh man that was good.
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