Monday, January 3, 2011

MEN ARE TERRIBLE AND THEY WILL HURT YOU BECAUSE THIS IS LIFETIME:  From the network that brought you "Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life," "Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story" and "The Pregnancy Pact" comes tonight's debut of the Lifetime Original Movie "The Craigslist Killer," which I imagine will draw an audience from our ranks.

That said, we live in a country that was able to produce three different Amy Fisher movies when it was only the networks who were producing such movies.  What has happened to our nation's trashy movie production capacity?

14 comments:

  1. I'm just happy to have new TV back--new HIMYM, Castle, Hawaii Five-0 tonight.  (Though Five-0 will get dropped when Harry's Law premieres.)  And I believe our terrible basic cable movie resources have been redirected toward the "Christmas-themed romantic comedy" genre, particularly for unemployed former sitcom stars.

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  2. Meghan8:59 AM

    Nothing--look no further than some of Hollywood's finest fare.  Exhibit A: The Human Centipede.

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  3. Joseph J. Finn10:26 AM

    Centipede was a Dutch production.

    That said, only three Amy Fisher movies?  Did you forget The House of Butafuoco, as seen on BBC?

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  4. There are still plenty of trashy  movies on Lifetime Movie Network or on Lifetime itself. You just don't see them on network TV because networks stopped showing movies entirely, aside from the occasional Hallmark Hall of Fame production.

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  5. Meghan11:06 AM

    Drat, hung up on a technicality.  How about "All About Steve" then?

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  6. Heather K11:10 AM

    I was going to mention ABC Family rom coms and I like Rom Coms but I generally cannot like those (save for one with marissa jaret winokur that was really charming).

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  7. Joseph J. Finn11:53 AM

    I think I'm thankful that I don't remember that, but I'm going to guess it had either Dane Cook, Kate Hudson or Jessica Simpson.  Maybe Ryan Reynolds as well.

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  8. Adam C.12:59 PM

    The SyFy Original Movie provides me with all the trashy basic cable movie production I could possibly need.  Sharktopus, people.  SHARKTOPUS!  It walks on land with its tentacles!!!!  I mean, seriously!

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  9. The Decline of Forewarnings of the Apocalypse aside, Thanks for saying something about this. Here in Wyoming, this is still huge news that is incredibly divisive, and likely cost one of our gubernatorial candidates the election.
    Much as I love HIMYM and Chuck, I'll definitely be watching this tonight.

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  10. My bad- I posted before RTFA. We had the Craigslist Rapist- not the Killer. I actually forgot there was a killer.

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  11. bella wilfer2:09 PM

    All About Steve actually won Sandra Bullock the Razzie the same year Blind Side won her the Oscar (and, to her credit, she handled it with grace and good humor, showing up at the awards to accept it).  It didn't feature any of those other "stars" but did have Ryan Reynolds impersonator Bradley Cooper.

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  12. FWIW, based on Twitter trending topics, this is indeed highly significant (regularly on US trending topics), but not as significant as the current Pretty Little Liars marathon.

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  13. Adam C.6:19 PM

    <p>By the way, when I was out in L.A. last month visiting my sister and brother-in-law, I met one of their friends who, it turns out, did some work for Roger Corman on the Sharktopus production.  My sister did not advise me of this crucial fact until we were back in the car, on the way home from the get-together.  It was left unclear whether that was for my own good, or for the other guy's own good.  (That conversation without a doubt would have turned into an episode of The Chris Farley Show.)
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  14. Joseph Finn7:06 PM

    Ah, that's who I was thinking of.  Thanks, Bella!

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