The Formal End to Tech TV
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I had an idea for a Judgment Day parody show that I wanted to do with Leguna. The name would have been "Final Judgment Day," and it would have been the same set-up, with Leguna as a more serious Victor Lucas type host, and myself as a completely INSANE Tommy Tallarico. (Despite the fact that Leguna actually resembles Tallarico a little bit, I felt I could come off as much crazier)
The point of the show would have been to make fun of the style of their reviews; games would have little to do with it. For example, for Grand Theft Auto Vice City, "Victor" would open the segment by giving the facts about the game, saying things he liked about it, how it's awesome, 10 out of 10, etc. Then "Tommy" would go off on his typical explosive rants, starting with "ARE YOU NUTS?!?!" or "Are you FUCKING INSANE?!?!" followed by him trashing the set for no reason, then saying "You like a game where you kill people, steal their money, and run over hookers? So then you like THIS, BITCH?" and Tommy pulls out a knife, stabs Victor, steals his wallet, and runs off the set.
Another set-up would be Tommy trashing Enter The Matrix, but Victor disagrees and says the game is awesome, the best ever, "I love the square wheels on the cars," etc. This would be followed by another "ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE?!?!" outburst, but Victor says "I don't think you want to say that," and then an Agent Smith lookalike comes onto the set, clones himself onto Tommy, and says "I love this....game. You should all...buy it."
I know it sounds really dumb, but that was the whole point. ^_^;
Leguna didn't want to do it though.
I figured it would make for a web page people want to at least check out, but he decided to start a gaming forum (no web page) instead. 
The point of the show would have been to make fun of the style of their reviews; games would have little to do with it. For example, for Grand Theft Auto Vice City, "Victor" would open the segment by giving the facts about the game, saying things he liked about it, how it's awesome, 10 out of 10, etc. Then "Tommy" would go off on his typical explosive rants, starting with "ARE YOU NUTS?!?!" or "Are you FUCKING INSANE?!?!" followed by him trashing the set for no reason, then saying "You like a game where you kill people, steal their money, and run over hookers? So then you like THIS, BITCH?" and Tommy pulls out a knife, stabs Victor, steals his wallet, and runs off the set.
Another set-up would be Tommy trashing Enter The Matrix, but Victor disagrees and says the game is awesome, the best ever, "I love the square wheels on the cars," etc. This would be followed by another "ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE?!?!" outburst, but Victor says "I don't think you want to say that," and then an Agent Smith lookalike comes onto the set, clones himself onto Tommy, and says "I love this....game. You should all...buy it."
I know it sounds really dumb, but that was the whole point. ^_^;
Leguna didn't want to do it though.
I figured it would make for a web page people want to at least check out, but he decided to start a gaming forum (no web page) instead. VALIS said:
I started tuning in again for CES coverage and an interview with the creators of Tom goes to the mayor. It seems that che-lan is no longer hosting and has been replaced with sarah lane, so I think kevin rose will be back on hosting duty when he gets back.
Kevin P. isn't too bad, he likes to make fun of himself and the network a lot. PLUS, he uses year old internet slang! LOLLERSKATES
Jonnyboy117
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kaching said:
I met Sumi once at E3 and am still recovering from the experience. They should let her host Filter instead of that bimbo idiot who's on there now. Then it would be watchable, though still horrible.
Guzim said:
You must have missed it when they had "Nintendo DS day". 70% of the screen was a Nintendo DS mock up, showing two screens. The top screen showed actual G4 programming, while the bottom screen showed Nintendo DS games. It was worse than the McGriddles
FortNinety
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With nothing to do while home for the holidays, I finally got to see G4TechTV in action. Dear God. I'm still trying to see if that network actually gets ratings. Does anyone have any figures? But I guess it must; it's so mainstream its pretty sickening. The worst is, of course, what happened to Screen Savers. Instead of knowledgable people who actually provide helpful info, you have four jerk-offs who just want to look cool and offer zero insight. AICN is a good place for movie news? Thanks guys.
tedtropy said:
This needed repeating. Screen Savers was the crown jewel of the network (fine, CFH too) whether the suits wanted it that way or not, but it pulled a wagon of shit behind it. even if G4 wasn't full of cocksuckers and instead kind Christian missionaries or something, the show still would have tanked one way or another just due to A) it wasn't in its native habitat and B) it was a holdover from ZDTV and fervent late 90s internet newbie-ism (link of the day!!!!).
Lyte Edge said:
From my understanding, G4 bought Tech for their distribution into 50 million US homes, not to kill the competition. When a new network starts it takes a long time to get distribution, I believe G4 previously was in around 7 million.
As for TSS, it's nothing like Pulse used to be. Going by the show yesterday it was about 20% game stuff (Josh Resnick was on with Mercenaries) and the rest internet culture and news from Mac World. It's more like Slashdot TV than IGN TV.
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Oh, man, what a bunch of wankahs you are! Nobody watches the nether regions of cable TV anyway, so quit freaking out about it!
Wario 64 said:
I just noticed that James Bond is listed. All the other line-ups for ICONS are real people (and Pixar), and then there's 007. So they're going to interview his friends and associates? That should be uh....interesting.
FortNinety
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Blazyr said:
Yeah, I'd be pissed too if my new boss were the one's bankrolling Tommy, "I did the music in Metroid Prime, I SWEAR!" Tallarico's show.