TMC
03-08-2014, 03:01 AM
http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3218650-sam-and-cat/page-7
http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3218650-sam-and-cat/page-7#entry16344099
1) Character changes-- For whatever reason they changed both main character's personalities. I mean, being a babysitter means Sam has to be responsible. iCarly's Sam Puckett was decidedly irresponsible. They've changed Cat from quirky to just plain stupid. Cat's character doesn't make sense now. And let's face it, iCarly's Sam Puckett would never hang out with someone like Cat. Yet here we are.
2) Supporting characters-- Nona and the Bots work, Goomer and Dice don't. Goomer is so dense that he's more awkward than funny. And Dice is just Danny Partridge 40 years later, except Danny Partridge was actually funny. Dice is a lot more annoying than funny.
3) scripts-- most of you know what I'm talking about here. Lame "texting" competition. Baby rock climbing??? Mystery rooms? Pink Motorcycles? Babysitting dolls? Dan Schneider must really have writer's block to allow much of this season to be filmed.
Other thoughts....
Even though the ratings evidently are decent, I chalk a lot of that up to the fanatical, crazed fanbase of Ariana and to a lesser extent Jeannette. And I have a feeling that the suits at Nick know the show stinks, which is why we've seen some strange things already. I mean, they already brought the British brats back quickly after their first appearance, I bet because that's one of the few episodes that worked. Also, stunt casting. We've already had Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams and Scott Baio, and the litany of Nick stars, including Liz Gillies, Nathan Kress, Matt Bennett, Abby Wilde, Mikey Reid and coming soon, Noah Munck, Danielle Morrow and Reed Alexander. Why not just call the show iVictorious?
What does this tell us? The show is so bad that they had to go back to things that did work. It's no surprise that the ep with Liz, Nathan and Matt was one of the better ones. Too bad that ep had a stupid plot with an homage to Happy Days with Schneider's version of Jumping the Shark. Dan does these homage things occasionally, The Breakfast Club worked on Victorious, the I Love Lucy one on Drake and Josh was only ok. But it shows desperation as far as the show goes. And finally, a blooper reel after 27 episodes? And it was so bad they had a Sinjin cameo and Drake and Josh bloopers??? Only a struggling show does these things.
I know it's only a TV show, and I should get over myself. But I had such high hopes for another excellent show out of Schneider, and what we've been getting is insulting garbage TV. It's as they just thought, put Ariana and Jeannette into any show and it will work....uh not so much.
http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3218650-sam-and-cat/page-7#entry16344099
1) Character changes-- For whatever reason they changed both main character's personalities. I mean, being a babysitter means Sam has to be responsible. iCarly's Sam Puckett was decidedly irresponsible. They've changed Cat from quirky to just plain stupid. Cat's character doesn't make sense now. And let's face it, iCarly's Sam Puckett would never hang out with someone like Cat. Yet here we are.
2) Supporting characters-- Nona and the Bots work, Goomer and Dice don't. Goomer is so dense that he's more awkward than funny. And Dice is just Danny Partridge 40 years later, except Danny Partridge was actually funny. Dice is a lot more annoying than funny.
3) scripts-- most of you know what I'm talking about here. Lame "texting" competition. Baby rock climbing??? Mystery rooms? Pink Motorcycles? Babysitting dolls? Dan Schneider must really have writer's block to allow much of this season to be filmed.
Other thoughts....
Even though the ratings evidently are decent, I chalk a lot of that up to the fanatical, crazed fanbase of Ariana and to a lesser extent Jeannette. And I have a feeling that the suits at Nick know the show stinks, which is why we've seen some strange things already. I mean, they already brought the British brats back quickly after their first appearance, I bet because that's one of the few episodes that worked. Also, stunt casting. We've already had Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams and Scott Baio, and the litany of Nick stars, including Liz Gillies, Nathan Kress, Matt Bennett, Abby Wilde, Mikey Reid and coming soon, Noah Munck, Danielle Morrow and Reed Alexander. Why not just call the show iVictorious?
What does this tell us? The show is so bad that they had to go back to things that did work. It's no surprise that the ep with Liz, Nathan and Matt was one of the better ones. Too bad that ep had a stupid plot with an homage to Happy Days with Schneider's version of Jumping the Shark. Dan does these homage things occasionally, The Breakfast Club worked on Victorious, the I Love Lucy one on Drake and Josh was only ok. But it shows desperation as far as the show goes. And finally, a blooper reel after 27 episodes? And it was so bad they had a Sinjin cameo and Drake and Josh bloopers??? Only a struggling show does these things.
I know it's only a TV show, and I should get over myself. But I had such high hopes for another excellent show out of Schneider, and what we've been getting is insulting garbage TV. It's as they just thought, put Ariana and Jeannette into any show and it will work....uh not so much.