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Digging FX’s DIRT!!

first by jarodvhale	Jan 2nd, 2007 02:35:32 PM
so there!
Yeah, this one's gonna be a wait-for-DVD... by Roguewriter	Jan 2nd, 2007 02:38:59 PM
If that. I just don't have the heart for another sleazy F/X series -- especially one with David Arquette playing any kind of role, in front of the camera or behind the scenes. Ecch.
I thought it would be gritty by durhay	Jan 2nd, 2007 02:40:24 PM
and leave its competition in the dust.
Did anyone really think this was going to be good? by NoPIX	Jan 2nd, 2007 02:40:51 PM
The actual previews, not those teasers, just weren't impressive. It all looks trashy in a very bad way. If anything, this series will be remembered for introducing nearly everyone to a Peter Gabriel song.
harsh shit, sounds terrible by BadMrWonka	Jan 2nd, 2007 02:41:39 PM
"Because of acid, I now know that butter is way better than margarine...I saw through the bullshit." - Mitch Hedberg
critics rain on Dirt by durhay	Jan 2nd, 2007 02:42:50 PM
future is muddy.
NoPIX... introducing a Gabriel tune? by Roguewriter	Jan 2nd, 2007 02:43:10 PM
You mean one that's like 14 years old? God, that's a depressing thought, which leads me to look for a stick I can shake and holler "You damn kids today!" ....... Whew.
Good by chucks888	Jan 2nd, 2007 02:43:51 PM
Payback for cancelling Thief
Is anyone else sick and tired of that shitty promo song by Irresolute	Jan 2nd, 2007 02:49:41 PM
?
I'm aware it's an old song of his.... by NoPIX	Jan 2nd, 2007 02:53:44 PM
But not many people are.
COURTNEY COX GOTTA EAT by Pound Sand	Jan 2nd, 2007 03:02:42 PM
"Dirt," will be her "Joey."
Oooh, Carly Pope. I love me some Popular by chrth	Jan 2nd, 2007 03:03:00 PM
I spent all of Talledega Nights thinking "Where have I seen that blonde before?"
Washington Post was little more kind. by PwnedByStallone	Jan 2nd, 2007 03:07:13 PM
Though we're used to dirtier dirt here in the District.
Dirt by Onlooker	Jan 2nd, 2007 03:51:43 PM
Two things - Lucky was praised to the sky by critics but fell with a thud in the court of public opinion. There was, originally, a somewhat similar critical response to Nip/Tuck, in the "no likeable characters, no one to identify with" vein. I'm not say this'll be good, but I think its worth judging for yourself.
Dirt Nap! by Ironmuskrat	Jan 2nd, 2007 03:58:38 PM
Ok, thats out of the way.. You knew the show was in trouble when the promos for the show was nothing but Courtney Cox standing there trying to look sexy with that silly music playing in the background. It was almost as if the people at F/X were afraid to show the public anything from the show itself. I will still check it out only because I thought Nip/Tuck was going to be complete trash and it turned out to surprise me.
Get this shit off the air and get THE SHIELD back on! by MaxCalifornia.	Jan 2nd, 2007 04:04:29 PM
The one good thing about DIRT airing: I never have to see the fucking promo ever again. VIC, wherefore art thou?
Agreed by Cobbio	Jan 2nd, 2007 04:29:19 PM
Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. I was hoping Cox could cool my nuclear-hot hatred of "Friends," but I guess not. She's sucked horribly in pretty much everything except "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective," so I'm not surprised. I'm with you 100% MaxCalifornia. Bring back THE SHIELD and never show that fucking promo ever again!
in some of those promos by artie langes nut	Jan 2nd, 2007 04:31:47 PM
Courtney Cox is rocking the michael jackson look, ha. I will watch tonight but if it really sux that bad I'll be out after the first episode. How long before Aniston guest stars?
I promised myself not to watch this shit... by Billyeveryteen	Jan 2nd, 2007 04:36:39 PM
After the nauseating amount of promos, we were forced to endure.
Well, I suppose it's about time... by DanielKurland	Jan 2nd, 2007 05:39:07 PM
Out of the Weeds, Rescue Mes, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphias, and Dexters, it makes sense that one of these shows is not well received and a success. I know I'm extrapolating here, but you know what I mean.
Hated Friends...... by Jimmy Jazz	Jan 2nd, 2007 06:40:21 PM
And I have an intense dislike of everyone associated with it. Why everyone fell over themselves for that bland show with the one of the most nebbishy casts in TV history is beyond me. The fact that they are all doing crap after the show's demise is no great surprise.
then look at imdb's reviews for dirt by Holodigm	Jan 2nd, 2007 06:48:24 PM
which are mostly putting it at above average. sounds like someone (not necessarily singling anyone) is being rather selective in their reviews.
good, get it off the air ASAP by keyserSOZE	Jan 2nd, 2007 07:10:25 PM
that way i wont have to see about 25 promos for it every damn day. i swear, i've never seen so many fucking promos for one show...
Carly Pope? That's all you had to motherfucking say. by Big Bad Clone	Jan 2nd, 2007 07:23:17 PM
I'm burnt out on that promo, too and was going to pass but if they are going to give us the blessing of the sexy Pope, then I am all over this.
I'll give any FX show a try. by Optimus Murphy	Jan 2nd, 2007 08:15:01 PM
They've been too consistent as far as quality for me to just dismiss this show, especially based on what "professional critics" think. I'll start taking my t.v. taste cues from them when I start getting all my world news from Ryan Seacrest.
i'm going to shoot my tv if i hear that song again by Bob C. Cock	Jan 2nd, 2007 08:17:32 PM
seriously, it's goddamn annoying.
The Shield Ownz Your Ass Herc by NoPIX	Jan 2nd, 2007 08:22:35 PM

Haven't seen any promo's by ewokstew	Jan 2nd, 2007 08:39:46 PM
But then I rarely watch TV and when I do it's usually only Tivo'd AMC or SCI-FI. What sucks is that this girl can't get a decent show off the ground to save her life.
I thought the premiere was by JacksParasites	Jan 2nd, 2007 11:08:03 PM
I thought the premiere was fine. It might not have been the greatest opener ever, but definitely interesting enough to keep me tuned in to future installments. One critic said something about the point not being coherent. But I thought it was very successful in showing the complex love/hate relationship between Hollywood and the tabloids. That was the clear and quite coherent point. Then calling the premiere an embarrassment is quite an overstatement. It was hardly an embarrassment.
Watched the On Demand preview of this the other day by wash	Jan 2nd, 2007 11:33:34 PM
It looked horrible. I did chuckle though at the beginning where David Arquette "pretended" to interrupt his wife getting gangbanged in the dressing room trailer. Based on reality I'm thinking.
Thunderplant by wash	Jan 3rd, 2007 01:27:17 AM
hahahahah
wow did that ever suck. by dr.bulber	Jan 3rd, 2007 02:04:26 AM
seriously bad suckage.
The "Popular" kids making a comeback! by Mr. Profit	Jan 3rd, 2007 07:30:54 AM
Leslie Bibb in Talladega Nights. Carly Pope on Dirt. Chris Gorham on Ugly Betty. Now all we need is a Mary Cherry/Nicole Julian half hour "Popular" spinoff sitcom on FX and I'll be fucking happy.
Thank God that thing has finally started by Richard Cranium	Jan 3rd, 2007 08:40:12 AM
Now maybe I won't have to watch promos for it every 1.3 seconds on Fox and FX.
Will she help out her old friend Dolph? by Big Bad Clone	Jan 3rd, 2007 09:54:43 AM
"C'mon, we Masters of the Universe people have to have each other's back."
We can all agree the promos were OVERKILL... by iron pills	Jan 3rd, 2007 09:54:50 AM
I don't think I've ever been happier for a show finally starting. But not in anticipation for the show, so I can finally, FINALLY, stop, stop, stop, STOP(!) HEARING THAT DAMN PROMO!! My God. I've been seeing promos for this show since November of last year, and thank God it's finally started. FX seriously need to think about how they promote a show. It's one thing to advertise something. Put it out there, pique the public's interest. But to just pound people over the head over and over again. God daammnnnn!!!...
it really was awful by Fearsme	Jan 3rd, 2007 10:57:44 AM
i've never seen a more simplistic set of unlikable characters in a show lacking dimension or depth. It's like Hollywood as seen through the eyes of bitter religious housewives who claim L.A. is little more than a den of hedonism. The thing is, people want to think Hollywood is place where both tragedy and triumph occur. Dirt is so one note, focused on the sin and the moral ambiguity of the characters, that after one episode, you've already seen the bottom of the barrel these characters are willing to sink to. It starts out so dark, it has nowhere to go but up, and how interesting of a concept is that?
Promos by J Skell	Jan 3rd, 2007 11:59:20 AM
The promo machine is purely based on getting a huge rating number out there. For those who found them annoying, believe it or not you're heavy TV users and you're hypersensitive to it. You may think you're casual, but you're not. The marketing of these shows is designed to hit as many people as possible so they have to hit the people who are just channel flipping. It sucks for heavy FX watchers, but it's this method that pays off big for cable channels that live or die based on the strength of their one single show at a time. And it works. It brings in huge numbers because everyone knows about the show. Major networks basically have to pimp out shows for every night, so believe me they'd do the same if they were in the cable situation. (And these methods come from high up the food chains, so the same people at the top are making these strategic decisions on the cable vs. network advertising differences.)
Courtey Cox - Karmas a Bitch, and so is she... by followthsbeat	Jan 3rd, 2007 12:11:05 PM
I heard on the radio this morning about an interview they had done with her and she was just a complete snatch. They were saying how she's a "private person" and how she doesnt care for the media much. Why is it that people who want to be actors/actress's dont seem to understand that part of that is interacting with those who will be supporting there careers ( the general public) by way of the media.
So this is Monica's sink-along oportunity? by Enter4None	Jan 3rd, 2007 01:39:44 PM
I mean, this is her after Friends big chance?, her "Joey"? her "HBO's Comeback"? if so, then I'm joyful for this might be another "Must-See-TV star" career burial.
The show may suck but Courtney can bob on my Cox by Lando Griffin	Jan 3rd, 2007 01:47:44 PM
that is all
im thinking they went a little out of there way to be by wcoop893	Jan 3rd, 2007 06:16:19 PM
over the top in this opening episode, and it really took away from any other interesting thing they were trying to do. i might give it another chance, but it really was bad. courtney, by the way, very very hottt
All Cox and No Balls... by BlueMeep	Jan 3rd, 2007 06:43:28 PM
Fuck this show. I want F/X to bring back Lucky! I want to see season 6 of The Shield now! Hell I want to see season 6 and the final season right now! Is it showing in other places before here? Maybe Canada or England? I want to fly there if so. I pay the money to see for I want to see it now, extreamly. Rescue me also a treat, like ice cream for me. Thief was okay, didn't seem like it could go on much after last epsiode, unless they turned it into something like Leon (1994). Nip/Tuck make me want so depressed that I want to kill myself. Havent seen Sunny show, heard its good yet it hard for me to laugh so I skip it like a flu. Fuck Fuck Soup and The Danger Rangers!!!
I thought it was dull... by The Selecter	Jan 4th, 2007 05:45:14 AM
and it was cruel of FX to run the Shield teaser at the end. Especially since we won't be able to watch it until April at the earliest. And who really needs a fictionalized version of the celebrity cesspool scene when there's the real thing, and crap like The Insider to placate the appetites of legions of idiots who eat that kind of stuff up?
Put her husband on it and have him... by mrfan	Jan 5th, 2007 05:06:01 AM
wrestle. I might watch then. Love David Cox...er...Arquette.
Dirt's promos killed that Peter Gabriel song for me by Neo Zeed	Jan 5th, 2007 06:16:59 PM
Fuck you FX!

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