Abob Teff

On Face Off -- there is a serious lack of creativity occurring from season to season. I think there could be tons of new ground to cover if they brought on some truly creative people who weren't simply making aliens, demons, and super heros no matter what they are told to make. One recent example was the week they were supposed to make dragons and all we got were lizard people. There have only been a few truly "outside the box" designs over several seasons.

On Foxy & Co. ...

The Bad:

... The title sucks ass. I never would have watched it just by the listing. I happened to be flipping channels and saw the cowboy (who I liked on Face Off), so I stopped.

... The title character sucks ass. I don't think there has ever been a competitor on Face Off that I cared less about. I almost turned it off as soon as he came on screen and opened his mouth.

The Good:

... The rest of the cast. I enjoy the other three artists and would gladly tune in more to see their efforts.

The Ugly:

... The projects were terrible. WTF was up with the Susan G Komen thing? What does a purple alien have to do with breast cancer? I can't believe the people in charge actually liked that. The design was not bad, it made no sense with its purpose. The second project was pure shit ... but then so was the "movie" (I use that term very loosely) it was being made for. Even the director came off as a shitty extra who was trying to ham it up to earn screen time.

... The "flow" came off as another formulaic fake reality show and this will prevent me from watching it. The projects were obviously staged for the show. If they are opening up an effects shop, show me what it is really like busting balls, beating the pavement, and trying to get a foot in the door.

GoldenJCJ

Very true. If I see one more tree creature that looks like logs and moss I'm going to puke. Yes, they all look very cool but they also all look exactly the same. Every time the contestants are coming up with their creations they all use the same ideas. Everyone's demon, monster, and creature looks just like everyone else's demons, monsters, and creatures. It's very rare that someone thinks outside the box.

Abob Teff

One of the few:

dex14

Looks like a lot of us have lost interest in this... and it is definitely due to over saturation. A new season starts July 22nd at 9pm.

Noonan

Already? I enjoy the show but it seems like the last season just ended.

dex14

This will be the 3rd season in less than 1 year. Its ridiculous.

Navinabob

Yeah, plus you can tell that they raided most of the good talent already. I really enjoyed the Jim Henson version of this show.

Noonan

Yeah, the Henson show was good; I'd like to see another season of that.

VHS?

I gave up on this show. It just got too boring seeing the same thing over and over every season.
One thing I always hated was McKenzie introduce the judges every single time as if we forgot who they were. It must have been on their contracts to advertise who they were at every judging.

Noonan

That seems to be common for these types of shows. Top Chef re-introduces the judges every week as well.

dex14

New season begins tonight

TGM

what is this, season 34?

chowderhead

Waiting for them to introduce an empty chair as the seat 3 time Oscar winner, Ve Neil would have sat if she were here ... and mentioning Hunger Games.


The previews showed some beautiful designs and talent but I've been fooled before by this show.

DRG

Almost as bad: Introducing some obscure guest mentor and the contestants fawn over them like they're Steven Spielberg.

McKenzie: "Our guest mentor this week is an executive producer of the brand new SyFy original series Andromeda Six: The Calling, debuting August 27. He also appears frequently on the popular podcast Into the Forbidden. Please give a warm welcome to Todd Mathews!"

Contestant: "When I saw that Todd Mathews was going to be the guest mentor this week, I was totally stoked. Andromeda Six is going to rock, so I hope I don't let him down!"

TomOpus

They were able to work in that " 2 is on Wednesday night" into tonight's show.

Ohwell, at least Dina is cute.

dex14

Nice change of pace with last nights judges competition episode.

Original Desmond

Yeah really impressed the judges put themselves on the line, that was very cool

I was then interested to see how much better their work would be compared to regular contestants

and wow they were amazing

The main difference was the level of design, so much better than the regular contestants

VHS?

I totally dropped this show. I watched I think 3 episodes. Nothing new here to see. I moved along.

SmithsGuy

I liked the Judge Match but was really surprised who won. Perhaps more close ups of the six costumes might have helped us understand why. Did the Rook end up opening or was it static?

Jeraden

Yeah, to me it seemed Neville's was by far the worst of the 3, not to say it was bad, but the other ones were just so much better.

dex14

Ve should've won.

dex14

Season 8 starts tonight.

PacMan2006

^Thanks for mentioning the premiere.

This is the only show I can think of that seems to always premiere two months after the previous season ends. Is it doing THAT well for Syfy?

dex14

Yea... they do 2 seasons a year. It's kind of overkill. I appreciate the fact that they atleast are trying new things.

chowderhead

Another season just premiered. I liked the team aspect and the returning champions sort of like coaches on the Voice, etc. I am not sure if I like having contestants who are clearly fodder i.e. fans of the show who decided to go to makeup school and try out for the show. Really, are they scrapping the bottom of the barrel looking for enough out of work make up artists that they are casting random viewers of the show?