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Henry Danger (2014)
Dan, you're losing your touch buddy.
Normally, I'd watch Dan Schneider's work and find amusement in some of it. As with anyone who had heard his name over the years, you think back to iCarly or even Drake & Josh(arguably some of his best work,though I'm not a fan of iCarly). Yeah, Schneider knew little of technology and pop culture at times and just had the actors randomly tapping on keyboards to look like they were using a computer(even if they were simply watching a video and didn't really need to type much of anything), but there was a charm to these shows that showed that while they were limited in some categories, Dan didn't let it stop him from creating hit shows.
I see none of that here....
Here we have another sitcom superhero show(as if the Thundermans wasn't bad enough), where a boy in a town called "Swellview" works for a superhero whose only power is that he is immune to getting hurt. Okay...it's generic and borderline stupid, but that isn't what bugs me. The acting is one of it's weak-points in the show for me. Yeah the setting is utter crap and doesn't connect in any way to the universe of Dan's previous works, but the acting...is atrocious.
First off, Jace Norman is...decent...for the most part. He'll probably be a child actor everyone will forget in two to three years unless Nickelodeon chooses to shoehorn him into more stuff. For the most part, I find him duller than dish water as Henry Hart. The family Henry has probably irritates me the most to see on-screen for the most part, but it's like family guy where you'll rarely ever have an episode with just Brian and Stewie with the rest of the family not appearing in any way. Basically you have two absentee parents who do little to control their children unless they are forced to act like parents for the sake of the plot, and nothing more. Other than that, the little sister is a poor representation/role model of children in today's era. Essentially, Henry's sister shows that you can get what you want if you physically assault other people and scream at levels that most normal neighbors would call the police for. She's a character that holds no substance like the parents and could actually be written off the show without drastic changes(they could say Piper got sent to a school to learn the obedience her parents failed to teach). The rest of the cast is essentially cardboard and I could care less about anyone, including Perm-kid and his weird fetish for...buckets.
Also, if you're writing a superhero show, quit focusing on the character's everyday life in a show where his job makes his routines more interesting. No one wants to see Henry make unfunny jabs at his perm-friend while the film crew struggles to figure out how to fix the laugh track button(it apparently seems to be jammed since it goes off too much). Most hero shows render the everyday lives of the heroes as a side-plot, which ends up resolved and if possible, teaching the character a lesson. Here, half of Swellview could get decapitated on a live stream and Henry wouldn't have learned a thing other than the fact that Captain man creepily lets unsupervised kids into his hero lair.
I'm not arguing that this show be cancelled, but I think that the writers should re-evaluate their scripts before filming an episode. Therefore, I give this show a 3 out of 10 simply as a glimmer of hope.
Ridiculousness (2011)
A douche, a stoner, and a bimbo. What could possibly go wrong~?
I only ever watched MTV for the Andy Milonakis show, Crank Yankers, Celebrity deathmatch, and some music videos here and there. As time went on, it seems they've been trying to make MTV more like all the other networks with their reality shows and web comedies. While I would LOVE to rant on about 16 and pregnant, this review is more towards an unfunny douche, a stoner black dude who gets paid to do nothing, and a bimbo who makes strangling a hyena sound like a better alternative than listening to her annoying cackle every five seconds an unfunny pun is forced.
That being said, I used to assume Rob did meth before each show since he tends to move around the set and laugh awkwardly to his own jokes when I first gave this show a shot. Now I'm just convinced he's naturally incapable of acting like a human. I never thought much of him even around the time of Rob & Big, and seeing how butt-hurt he got over that Tosh.O skit portraying him and his dream factory as a pedophile stunt further lowered my opinion on him. At least Tosh can stand still on set and knows how to deliver a joke! What can you do, Dydrek, than dance around the stage like you're at a party with no music? In addition, hosts like Tosh and Hardwick don't need two useless "Co-host"(if you can honestly consider them that) to back him up in his crusade to review clips that went through Tosh, and before that Chris Hardwick(until G4s closure of course). Anything Dydrek shows in an episode is essentially watered-down, and is only ruined more because we got that bimbo we all know as "Chanel West Coast". Why is she even here? Other than tits and a plastic face, she has no real personality other than to laugh every time Rob looks at her as if on-cue, she is to laugh like every joke is funny. Hell, he could fart in her face and look at her, and she'd laugh like she was being tickled roughly. Then comes "Steelo", some dude who just sits on a computer during the show. Hey buddy? You're not at your aunt's house trying to ignore your family by spending the time online checking your facebook status and playing Garry's mod! Close your damn laptop and actually act like you're on camera for once! Basically, you'd find more entertainment in assembling furniture for your living room than these two and Dydrek combined.
The skits and clips are one of my biggest problems next to talentless hacks who fill in what time MTV doesn't use for Pregnant southern girls with flaky boyfriends or werewolves(The latter is a bit biased, as I find werewolves and vampires overused by now). Anything I see here, I already watched not only Tosh or Web soup, but other people on Youtube who reviewed in a much more comedic and better-executed manner.
As I conclude this review, I want to compare this show to the bargain bin of DVDs you find while in line at the dollar store. You know not all of them are great, but it's cheap and you think you'll give it a chance. Then you realize it was the worst dollar you spent in your life, and regret not having given that dollar to hungry kids in Africa. The only difference is that this is one dollar you won't be getting back through a refund. Why MTV kept this show in their lineup for so long is beyond me. I guess anything is funnier when you're stoned? Maybe MTV is struggling more than Adam Sandler in trying to stay relevant in today's world?