May 05, 2004
what these teens did last summer
there are a lot of things wrong about this show. the reality sucker in me refuses to let go of the show, though, so i have to bear with both its strong points and its flaws alike.
strong points:
1. it's a reality tv show, so that's definitely a plus. (there have been rumors of this being a totally scripted show, with pre-announced winners and all, but i don't find any merit in that accusation. i'll still assume that this is a bonafide reality tv show.)
2. the jurors rank them from weakest to strongest, making me, the interested viewer, aware of how all the contestants stand. this also enables me to make use of excel in tabulating their ranks and in predicting who will go next. i know this strips away the excitement come judgment day, but what the heck.
3. it also pleases me to see that the jurors are very reasonable in their criticisms, without having to ape simon cowell of the american idol fame. simon's unique, and besides, he makes perfect sense. no one must copy him. most local reality tv shows nowadays (at least those which require judges) have judges who bitch about the contestants only for the sake of bitching. some of them make no sense at all.
these are three of the strong points which compel the reality freak in me to continue watching this show. now for the criticisms, which compel the reality non-freak in me to just change the channel and watch strangebrew instead.
flaws:
1. luis manzano sucks in hosting. the way he speaks and pronounces words bother me. instead of saying it with a short i sound, like mittens, kit, or luis, he pronounces it with a short e sound, like bell, felt, or mellow. he also has facial expressions which annoy me to no end. why can't he learn from edu manzano? his father blows him off the water, runs over him down the ground, beats him by a thousand miles.
2. the eliminations often become anticlimactic and insensitive. these two adjectives don't often go together, i know. insensitive shows milk the drama for whatever it's worth, and drama is always climactic. but not in star circle teen quest. first, the "anticlimactic." the eliminations fail to bring the excitement that is present in other reality tv shows (like survivor or the amazing race) for the simple reason that it is poorly executed. the timing seems to be always off, the hosts don't know what to do, and the jurors are not informed beforehand when the commercials start and show begins. hence, the whole process becomes chaotic, and the insensitive drama is drowned in the confusion that occurs.
3. next, the "insensitive." after getting booted off, the person eliminated is required to remain onstage. the whole audience stares at him, the viewers stare at him, the cameras stare at him. and he does nothing but stand there and stare back until the show ends and everyone is finally allowed to go say their final goodbyes. i don't know, but that seems unnecessarily cruel to me. and to add to all that misery the obviously senseless question that the hosts ask: "how do you feel now that you've been booted?" my goodness, shut. up. just end it already. cut. snip. ta-ta.
alas, i've just given a review of star circle teen quest. hee. anyway, basing from my tabulation, i have a feeling that michelle or errol are the ones to go. hero will be saved by his votes, and neri will be doomed by hers. what do you think?
update: i was right. michelle got voted out, hero saved by his votes, neri doomed by hers. errol was a shock, though. maybe his mentors gave him a high grade.
May 03, 2004
jamby and judy
but jamby madrigal has an even bigger weapon up her sleeve. i'm talking about the judy ann santos endorsements, of course. i believe there are quite a number of them, and the first one appeared on television way before the elections took a fever pitch. it was disguised as an awareness commercial, although now i can't remember what it was that we should be aware of. maybe it was an awareness ad that says we should change the world. hee. anyway, i think the use of judy ann as an endorser is an inspired choice. with that move, jamby has jumped the surveys to reach a respectable 10th to 15th place. i foresee a judy ann-- i mean a jamby-- victory. very good, jamby, well done!
very good, jamby, for using this judy ann connection a bit too far! in one commercial, a reporter interviews judy ann and asks why she endorsed jamby and rejected everyone else (i'm sure everyone believed that.). jamby was nowhere to be found! not even behind judy ann, lurking silently amongst the ukay-ukay, which was what she did in the premiere of judy ann's movie, i will survive. no, she did not lurk behind any ukay-ukay, but she was all over juday. while tv patrol was interviewing judy ann about the movie, a green-suited jamby was following her. what was she doing? she looked like a puppy looking for her master or something. although what judy ann said had nothing to do with her, or with changing the world, she was in the background, appearing like an overeager green curtain. but still, very good, jamby! very good for the publicity!
with all these images stuck in my mind, i'm sure i'll remember the name on may 10. i will write down... judy ann santos.
May 02, 2004
google searches
now, most of the newcomers who come to my site by chance come here by way of a google search. it's funny, though, because the keyword most of these people search for is the person or someone related to the person i have learned to despise because of the annoying antics both he and abs-cbn have made for him: piolo pascual. hee. variations include: piolo pascual + my gift concert, angelica panganiban, claudine + piolo, pictures of angelica panganiban.
just a thought, though. i assume that these people are fans (or at least have a liking) of piolo pascual and his milan and mangarap ka friends. i wonder how they feel upon coming to my blog. do their eyes pop in disbelief? do their mouths sputter words of defense? or do their fingers click the x button in a snap? i'm just wondering, that's all. i wish one of them would tag me to write what they think. in a nice way, of course. i still don't approve hate mails and hate comments.
i blame it on my tv viewing
nah, who am i fooling? i did text someone, instructed him to write anything on my blog, and perhaps did appear foolish in the process. he wasn't able to blog, though, so i guess it's all good. and he's still texting, so i guess that's even better.
as i've said, i blame it all on my tv viewing. i was thoroughly enjoying the television that i just forgot all about my blog. you see, fridays and saturdays are my favorite days of watching tv. the different channels provide me with a lot of venues for entertainment during these days. here's the schedule of shows i routinely watch every weekend, and you'll see that there's really no time to breathe, much more think of anything else but the next show.
friday
1:00 pm - survivor: all stars
7:00 pm - star circle kid quest elimination (ehem)
8:00 pm - the bachelor
saturday
10:00 am - mtv asia hitlist
5:00 pm - star circle teen quest elimination (ehem)
6:30 - star in a million
8:00 - my big fat obnoxious fiancee (or fiance? i keep mixing these two up)
10:30 - victim
of course, there are those 3- to 6-hour gaps in between shows. and there's thursday. during these times, though, i eat, sleep, or play the computer. that, or my parents aren't home, and my older brother won't allow me to go out. or the weather's really bad and it's raining really hard. or something. a lot of reasons, really.
hee. this entry has become one long excuse letter. to whom? well, to the readers (what a grand word, that), partly, but most of all to myself. a consolation letter, so to speak, that says all is well in the world.
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