Cro-Magnon, PI
By SteveI’m not one to bad mouth TV that much, but there are so many things wrong with this new show based on those GEICO cavemen ads that ABC is unleashing on the public. Not the least of which is the description of the show, which actually says it’s a “thought-provoking social commentary on race relations in today’s America.”
The show could turn out well, but this clip is the inverse of funny. I am looking forward to the possibility of other commercials being turned into TV shows. Who’s ready for “Head On: Apply Directly to Forehead: New York.”
May 17th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
I said elsewhere that this is one of those “fish out of water” shows that will either collapse immediately (like Baby Bob) or find enough good humor to continue forever (like 3rd Rock From the Sun). My money is on the former.
They are setting the show in the Southern US, so I wonder if they will have fundamentalist neighbors who just refuse to accept that cavemen even existed. Then, for irony, these Young Earth Creationists will be the most tolerant because they don’t recognize cavemen as cavemen.
May 17th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
The only commercial-based show I would watch would be one about a zombie Dave Thomas battling a robot Colonel Sanders.
In space.
Dammit, now I want fries.
May 17th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
When you warned that it wasn’t funny, I thought it might still be a little funny but HOLY SHIT.
May 17th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
This is worse than trying to make a movie out of a theme park ride. Oddly, that seems to have worked for Disney, but the idea itself is still absurd.
May 18th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
I thought Pirates of the Caribbean would suck and boy was I wrong (I ended up taking three different people to see it, all of which were like, “Um, a movie based on a theme park ride?).
Which is why I’m willing to concede that this show could turn out to be maximum extreme awesome, with a cherry on top. But that clip… it’s trying to sell the show, and it’s a black hole of funny. HOLY SHIT indeed.
May 19th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
You know, Pirates of the Caribbean kinda reminds me of Tribes Vengeance. No multiplayer game should ever be able to transition into singleplayer (Counter-Strike is a good example of why) much less with a good story. Irrational struck complete success on both accounts.
May 21st, 2007 at 10:21 am
Why is this being set in Atlanta? If they want to deal with issues of race relations, there are many places I visited around Bakersfield that would be better.