tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015021.post4650146278687612380..comments2023-10-24T04:27:03.755-05:00Comments on ArchaeoTexture: Reality Show Really Ain't So Bad .....Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08952101708880633319noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015021.post-18947680360736128542008-06-20T11:43:00.000-05:002008-06-20T11:43:00.000-05:00Eric, you're absolutely right about the cameras sh...Eric, you're absolutely right about the cameras showing up in each other's shots ... it does, as you say, "actual footage from a real life workplace." But is also illustrates my point that the producers of BG invested more in their product than the producers of MN:TS, which relied upon a single camera and photographer, and would be forced to cut away from some parts of a story, rather than covering it from multiple angles at once.<BR/><BR/>I'll be curious to see what TNT does do with their co-presentation of the program. Critical reviews of the show have been good, and it wouldn't be the first time that a series has aired in its entirety on different networks at the same time ("Torchwood" on BBC-A and HDNET, for example, "Tin Man" on USA or "Sunrise Earth" on AP and DISC-HD).<BR/><BR/>As for TBS, I suppose it could air on that network, but only by running one episode for two hours and constanly interrupting it for "Dinner and a Movie" or one of their other inane concepts.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952101708880633319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015021.post-36487654711620661052008-06-20T09:50:00.000-05:002008-06-20T09:50:00.000-05:00Oh, by the way...that's "TNT," not "TBS." ;-)You d...Oh, by the way...that's "TNT," not "TBS." ;-)<BR/><BR/>You definitely wouldn't see it on TBS.Eric Siegmundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123025910283830807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015021.post-41445499390279208222008-06-20T09:49:00.000-05:002008-06-20T09:49:00.000-05:00Oh, by the way, if you're counting on watching fut...Oh, by the way, if you're counting on watching future programs via TBS, you might be disappointed. I'm not sure they'll be running the episodes in next-evening fashion like they did this week; at least, there's nothing on their schedule for next Thursday.<BR/><BR/>For those of us without truTV, iTunes is the surest way to continue watching.Eric Siegmundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123025910283830807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015021.post-52154464760101280122008-06-20T09:47:00.000-05:002008-06-20T09:47:00.000-05:00Jeff, I enjoyed the episode enough that I've bough...Jeff, I enjoyed the episode enough that I've bought a season pass via iTunes in order to save the complete series, sans commercials.<BR/><BR/>I agree with everything you wrote, especially the comparison with that other "documentary" (although I found it more interesting than you did because it was all new to me). However, your mention of the camera crew getting into the shot is not a drawback in my opinion; it's a reminder that this is not a staged production but actual footage from a real life workplace.<BR/><BR/>I do think it's misleading to a large portion of the audience who doesn't know any better to imply that the oil reserves go to the rig that drills down to them first. It conjures up misconceptions of a big underground lake of oil that can instantly be pumped up by the first person to stick a straw into it. That couldn't be further from the truth, but I guess the producers felt that reality was too unexciting.<BR/><BR/>Still, this definitely qualifies as "must see TV" in my book.Eric Siegmundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123025910283830807noreply@blogger.com