I am – Hercules!!


The MTV Movie Awards haven’t been live as long as I can remember; perhaps they’ve never been. The sister show, the MTV Video Music Awards, has been live a lot. Maybe always.

But this year “Survivor” mastermind Mark Burnett has been given the movie show’s reins, and he’s sticking it on live. No one can be certain how much the liveness will add; it’s not like a lot of viewers have organized betting pools on who wins “best villain” or “best kiss,” right? I suspect most of us watch for the movie parodies, which will probably not be live.

Also not live are the parodies viewers were encouraged to create for the show this year. I kinda like “Little Miss Squirtgun,” which I think stars Alanna Ubach in all of the many female roles. The guy who plays Vince Vaughn amuses me also. Though I would not describe all of the parody finalists as watchable, precisely, you can try to watch them here. (I believe some of them could give viewers a new appreciation for the “On The Lot” finalists.)

Girl presenters this year include the Jessici, Alba and Biel, Amanda Bynes, Cameron Diaz, Katherine Heigl, Mandy Moore and one of the ladies in that popular Spice Girl group (might or might not be the scary one; I’m not really up on what’s hot in British pop these days).

Boy presenters include Seth Rogen, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, John Krasinski, Andy Samberg, Justin “I’m A Mac” Long, Chris Evans, Josh Duhamel, John Travolta, Chris Tucker, Ioan Grufudd, Michael Chiklis, Tyrese Gibson, Robin Williams, and somebody named Zac Efron, who I think was in a popular Disney Channel TV-movie.

Mike Myers is honored with something called a “generation award.”

Musical performers include Amy Winehouse and Rihanna.

Hot, funny Sarah Silverman hosts.

8 p.m. Sunday. MTV.

Before “Knocked Up,” Judd Apatow, Seth Rogan, Jay Baruchel, Loudon Wainwright and Jason Segal collaborated on an entire season of the hilarious “Undeclared’!!

Bonus Features Include: Deleted Scenes, Commentaries, Bloopers and Mini-Docs: “The World of the Others," “Lost Flashbacks,” “Lost in One Day,” “Lost on Location,” and “The Lost Book Club”!!