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I sort of have to disagree with it being boring. I always TiVo my results shows, (actually most shows for that matter). I hate waiting between commercials, so that wasn't an issue for me.

I usually find my self hitting the 30 second skip button 110 times when watching American Idol just to get through the first 55 minutes. While I love American Idol I absolutely detest the results show. I hate the Ford commercials, the shamless promotion of some singer, the stupid banter between Simon and Ryan. (If Carrie and the host start making thinly veiled lesbian jokes, the shows over for me).

On this show I watched most of it. I liked how we saw the contestants reactions at the house afterwards, but it wasn't your typical reality show house drama. I like how we actaully see who was in the top 3 unlike Idol. Now, with 18 contestants it was a little tedious, but as that number goes down it will be better.

I will give me thoughts on my top 3 and bottom 3. I liked,
1-Ghetta Room, funny, he sort of seemed mentally challenged, but he also reminded me of Dwight Schrute.
2-Spaced Out, barfing alien muppets are just funny
3-Replication Theory, "It was me", great line
4-Danger Zone, was good and cool but not as funny as the others. It was a night for comedy shorts, and laughs are more important than looks.

16-Bus #1, why were they on a school bus?
17-The lightbulb one, It made no sense, it was like the Rozerum sleeping pill commercial without the wise cracking Beaver thing.
18-Whack Cab. what was that? If I just licked a toad, maybe it would've been good.

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I think there's something mildly troubling about the fact that the three people who were not Americans of the final 18 were the first three voted off.

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I thought the same thing, not to mention they weren't the 3 worst films of the competition.

The fact that "...How to Make a Crappy Short" and "This Is Your Brain on Acid" earned more votes is insane.

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It seemed to me that Carrie was being sarcastic in her reversal of position on "Ghetta Room," since it was silly to ask whether she had changed her mind just because the voting audience loved it. A little insulting to ask, actually, and that's how Carrie responded—she was just a little too deadpan, maybe. She even says something about America disagreeing with her the same as her daughters often do, in effect, confirming that she still doesn't like it.

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I was dumbfounded that that piece of crap Ghetto Cab wasn't in the bottom three movies. Not only did it suck donkey knob, the director is an asshole to boot.

I found it obvious that the Ghetta Rhoom short would wind up one of the top movies because the producers made sure to cover their asses at the start of the show by having the hostess ask him about the actor who seemed mentally challenged.

The 'Big Bad Heist' guy should have gone home just for breaking the rules like a pompous ass.

Again, Golf Story got shortchanged, but at least that director's still around.

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I missed the show last night, but reading that Phil was kicked off I immediately thought that it had something to do with him coming from a country that probably isn't airing the show or eligible to vote.

Reading MRM's comment that the other two were from outside the U.S. also sends up a bit of a red flag for me. Oh well, maybe that I thought should've been voted off will redeem themselves.

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Don't get me wrong, the host(ess) of the show is great to look at, but she couldn't read the cue cards to save her life! She was fine on Monday (which was probably pre-taped), but last night she stumbled and stuttered over every one of her lines.

Then at the end you could actually see her eyes widen in horror as she listened to her earpiece. I'm guessing the director was telling her to fill the last 15 seconds or so, but she didn't do it. She completely froze.

I know eye candy is an important part of any television show, but how bad was the first host if this lady is her replacement?

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Why why why have an hour long show when you can find out the same information and not miss anything with a commercial!? Not even a mention of next weeks genre!? Be your own show, don't copy another's format!

JJ - thank you for a spot on review.

I might check to see if they cahnged the format next week, but if it's the same old redundant, long and drawn out format, I won't hang around... it's one of the many reasons i hate american idol...

I am fond of "on the lot" and "so you think you can dance" though, go figure.

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I thought it was excruiciating. It is fine to drag it out when you are down to a few directors that you care about but I can barely keep up with who did what. Just show MORE of the films and less of the personalities and keep the cuts short and sweet. When you get down to 9 - then maybe drag it out. Right now it isn't suspenseful - it is painful.

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Did you hear the audience groan when they did one of their awkward breaks? I actually feel sorry for Adrianna, but that's probably because she's so damn cute.

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I watched last night, but that just reminded me of why I don't watch results shows. Next week I'll just wait until someone updates the Wikipedia page and then try to figure out which name goes with which clip.

Someone up there mentioned that they didn't give a prize for the top 3. They did: your prize was having your clip reshown. Which is entirely redundant since they're all online anyway. And I really didn't need to see "Lucky Penny" again, it wasn't nearly as cute the second time.

I think the "Whakki Cabby" guy got to stay as some kind of joke, or maybe he's a spokesperson for the mental health industry and each week his films will show a further progression of insanity and in the end we'll all learn a valuable lesson.

As for the people saying foreigners are getting booted off first: that's pretty much the standard for all reality shows in America. Didn't the Joe Schmo show parody that by having a bunch of foreign extras get eliminated the first day?

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I'm totally in agreement. Where did they get the person who was "hosting"? She couldn't even get Carrie Fisher's name right at the beginning. And her inane comments that "People want to see more X (insert subject of film here)" as if they will use the same theme over and over again. I was waiting for her to say that "people want to see more peeing" to the Bus #1 director.

I think that the results show would have been fine for a half hour. The problem was that they stretched it for an hour but didn't have any real content. At least American Idol has more singing...

In all, the people who lost were not the best. However, I generally thought there were people who were worse.

As for the judges, I liked Garry Marshall's comments to the people who were leaving. Carrie Fisher didn't really add much - I felt that she was trying to be sarcastic about "Getta Rhoom", but she didn't really pull it off.

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The girl who hosted the show, whoever hired her, and the director(s) of that results show should all be fired. That was a dreadful excuse for television. I would have thought that the people who put out survivor, one of the best produced reality shows out would be able to put together something slightly more interesting than to badly rip off Idol. The house thing was cool and more of that would definitely make the show better. Knowing the top 3 also is a nice touch. That girl though, she make Ryan Seacrest look like Ed Sullivan.

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Did anyone else think the host looked like a latina version of Scarlett Johansson??? Also she needs to practice reading her note cards before they start filming

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Regarding the hostess again, there was one moment when she read something off the cuecard with the completely wrong inflection, making it totally obvious she was reading a card without knowing what she was saying. It was when she was mentioning the time she gave that one director a hug.

Cute, but godawful as a hostess. Needs replacing, stat.

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i hate the host i swear from the moment i saw her i thought it. and why did the foreigners leave? that to me was offensive just because that wacky cab piece of crap stayed. i mean carolina's wasnt great but the other two? i seriously think people are voting for the worst.

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I think the reason all 3 foreigners left is obvious, most of the people are staying because of their hometown connections. No one in Italy is going to voting in droves for someone. Whereas someone in Kentucky probably would

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I really want to like this show, but the host is horrible. Surely there is someone in Hollywood just as pretty who can actually speak well.

I can't believe that wacky cab guy and lightbulb girl are still in it.

As for Getta Room - I was with the judges in that I thought it was a funny concept that crossed the line into offensiveness. Or maybe I'm just too old and am looking more for wit than juvenile humor.

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Why didn't they keep the "Apprentice" formula and at least let PROFESSIONALS do the judging?!!? That god-awful "Wack Alley Cab" should have been more than enough to get rid of Kenny, even though he should not have even made to the top 18 after what seemed like sabotage on his first assignment. But like American Idol, when you let the public cast their votes, they'll support the underdog, the one who gets criticized - even if it's justified - the most...can we all say SANJAYA?! Chelsea Handler was competent enough, but maybe she couldn't handle the live stuff. Adrianna must have been the only person available in Hollywood to get the job over the holiday weekend. She's got a grating voice, she shouts all of her lines, and she's just not very good with the contestants (or judges - Carrie Fishy?). Carrie and Garry should march out, saying this isn't what they signed up for because their critiques now mean nothing and can have the opposite effect. They took a show with a promising concept and completely bastardized it into a third rate Idol clone. And why didn't they even tell us what the next challenge is?? I predict that on Monday's show, they'll eliminate 13 more directors and the winner from the final two will be chosen on Tuesday, making June 5th the official end to the summer. If I were Spielberg and Burnett, I'd take my name off this show immediately!

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I missed last night's results show - I was playing Poker and set my VCR incorrectly (and before anyone mentions it, I can't get a PVR unless I want to spend a lot more than I ever want to to get an HD TV and HD cable box - they don't sell stand alone units like TiVo in Canada) - but I couldn't imagine how they were going to stretch this to an hour. A show like "Dancing With The Stars" can have a wildly successful recap show through the simple expedient of mixing in (usually bad) comedy, professional dance performances, and musical guests but what can you do with this show. I suppose the obvious thing to do is to show behind the scenes material from the making of the shorts, but if it took you 2 hours (with commercials - some of which were better than the short films) to show eighteen 1 minute films, how do you show eighteen "behind the scenes" clips in one hour?

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