So after watching all of the comedy Amazon original pilots I'm at the point where they
just aren't that good, granted it's very hard to judge a show on just one
episode. One thing I do like is that
most of the actors in these are all new comers, which is great if the show gets
picked up. I enjoy seeing new people especially
in comedic roles. I was kind of hoping
they would have a more vast array of types of shows such as a thriller, or even
a drama. It's all comedies or kid's
shows. Hopefully when these all get
decided on they will expand or just leave it to Netflix since they are doing a
fantastic job with original series. I'm
not sure when they will announce what has been picked up and what has been
cancelled. But once a decision has been
made on all the shows I will put up a post about it. Until then here is a short review on each
show and these can be watched on the Amazon app which is on most bluray players
and game systems. Also can be watched
online at www.amazon.com/originals.
Betas
A group of friends who are computer program developers are
trying to get a startup going. This
pilot episode is basically them going through the ups and downs trying to find
a company to buy their program. Also
random shenanigans in between the main story kind of keep it from getting too
boring but it's just not enough. This
isn't really a comedy show but it does try to have some funny scenes and jokes
but it's just really not funny. It falls
in between a weird place on trying to be too many things and just doesn't
succeed. It stars Charlie Saxton (Movie
43) and Ed Begley Jr. (Pineapple Express).
I don't really recommend watching this one.
Alpha House
This one is about 3 senators in D.C. who are all trying to
deal with issues in government. They all
live together and part of the story is them trying to find a new roommate
because or an incident involving a guest start comedian at the beginning of the
episode. Now the story sounds like a
setup for a sitcom comedy show. This is
far from it, it does have some comedic parts but the show itself has a serious
tone. It stars John Goodman and if it
wasn't for him I personally don't think it would be as interesting, he definitely
makes this show worth while. So if
you're a huge John Goodman fan and really like politically themed shows then is
for you. I recommend it but only on
those terms.
Browsers
So 4 young adults in the big city get hired on at a news
website as interns. This website
basically browses the web for links, videos, and any information and tries to
be the first one out there with the hot new info on the internet. These 4 new interns all have specific skills
to do this job. They range from a
stoner, a guy who still lives with his parents and 2 very determined people who
will do anything to reach the top. So it
sounds like you got the basic premise down...right? NOPE, they also all sing. Not in the sense that they are trying to
become singers and that's the part of the plotline. More in the sense that they take situations
in the show and sing about them with original songs. Did I just make this sound really cheesy?,
probably not because this isn't Glee 2.0.
The singing and choreographed numbers are entertaining and it does move
the story along well. The show had me
laughing at times, especially a song the head honcho sings which is played by
Bebe Neuwirth (The Faculty). So I do
recommend watching this one unless you just hate singing and the internet but
if you're reading this on here you at least like 50% of that so check it
out.
Dark Minions
This is a stop motion animation show. Since these are pilot episodes though this
isn't entirely finished. Only about 5
minutes of it is actually animated, the rest of it is just storyboards and the
voices. It has the voice talents of John
Ross Bowie (Big Bang Theory), Kevin Sussman (Big Bang Theory), Clancy Brown
(Shawshank Redemption), Richard Kind (Spin City
Onion New Empire
Hearing this was going to be one of the new pilots from
Amazon I got really excited just because the Onion news can be hilarious. The same does not bode for the show, it
wasn't as funny as I though it would be.
Don't get me wrong it still has hilarious parts but it's more on the
"Oh My God, did they really just say or do that?" It stars Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested
Development), Christopher Masterson (Malcom in the Middle), William Sadler (The
Shawshank Redemption), Cheyenne Jackson (30 Rock). If you're familiar with The Onion News that
you would be familiar enough with this show it's basically a fake news organization
with fake news repots twisted with the worst possible outcomes. There was an Onion New Network show on TV a
few years back and is still randomly online so I'm not sure if this show will
succeed since there's already something out there available. If you enjoys The Onion News then yeah check
out this pilot and hopefully you get some laughs out of it.
Supanatural
This is a cartoon series geared towards adults, yes I
spelled it correctly above. It's about 2
women from the ghetto who fight Supernatural forces but everything has an
ethnic twist to it. I get the whole
twist on everything and the jokes can be funny but just seems more
stereotypical racist than anything.
Which don't get me wrong that can be funny when it's done right but they
just don't seem to pull it off here. It
stars a bunch of new people who haven't been in anything but it does have Riki
Lindhome (Last House on the Left). I
could see something like this playing on Adult Swim...maybe, but I don't see
many people enjoying this show. If you
really like animation and watch supernatural and you always wished instead of 2
stunningly handsome men it starred 2 super stereotypical ghetto women, then
this show is for you.
Those Who Can't
This is a comedy about 3 guys who are all high school
teachers. One is a gym teacher, another
is History I think and the other one I can't even remember. There were a couple funny jokes here and
there. It's a little darker humor kind
of like Always Sunny In Philadelphia but just not as good. The 3 teacher who are also friends basically
play pranks on each other and joke around the entire time which can be very
funny at times. Also the fact this is on
Amazon and they can say anything makes it kind of funny since they aren't
censored at all. It again stars a bunch
of new people who really haven't been in much and also comedian Nikki Glaser is
in it. If this one gets picked up I
would give it another chance since it did have funny jokes and scenes
throughout.
Allright last but not least I watched Zombieland. This is a continuation of the movie
Zombieland, but without any of the same actors.
Now doing that right there can be a big mistake. Watching this I kept my expectations low
because of the new actors, and I would have to say you should probably do the
same. The environment, jokes, and
character names are all the same. But at
times it feels like a zombieland rip-off or one of those straight to DVD movies
that's ripping off of a huge blockbuster (Transformers / Transmorphers). It stars...you guessed it a bunch of newbies
and also Tim Bagley (Knocked Up). You
would think this is probably the one that would be picked up, but I have heard
rumors already that this one has been cancelled but I would like to see a few
more episodes to judge it properly. So
if you're really into zombies and want to see a little more of the zombieland
world then yeah check it out. If not
just go watch the movie again.
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