tattystein Reviews

Life with Boys (2011–2013)

Underrated show

[8/10 · 27 November 2018]

Before I begin, I should tell you that I'm a MASSIVE Nickelodeon and Disney Channel sitcom fan. A few years ago I came across this show accidentally by channel surfing, and since I was a big fan of That's So Raven and Cory in the House, I spotted Madison Pettis straight away and decided to watch the rest of the episode. I was eventually hooked!

I believe that this show is incredibly underrated. You can tell that they borrowed elements from That's So Raven (which makes sense because one of the executive producers of that show executive produced THIS show as well), which I absolutely love. It's a pretty funny show, and I don't laugh at a lot of sitcoms (as ironic as that is).

I feel like if it wasn't for its country of origin, the show could've been a lot bigger. It could've spanned on for four seasons easily. It's a shame that the show got cancelled out of the blue. I would've loved the series finale to be Tess, Allie and Sam leaving for college. Like I said, it is completely underrated and it deserved a proper ending.

Blood Queens (2017– )

"Blood Queens" doesn't live up to the original show's quality

[2/10 · 3 October 2018]

I am a film student so naturally while I was watching the first episode of season 2, my watchful eye caught out a few things wrong with the entire production. First of all, the acting in this series is goddamn awful. I'd say that the new girl Chanell and Gabi's boyfriend Collin are the only two people in this show that actually know how to act. The bad and dare I say, "cringy" acting takes away the entire plot. Bad actor direction and the actors' lack of professional training is probably the reason behind this. Additionally, there were several parts through-out the series where the dialogue was inconsistent (eg. a line can only be heard in one ear). This could've been easily avoidable if the dialogue was recorded into the microphones properly either on location or through ADR, and if the sound people actually did their jobs correctly there wouldn't be an issue with the sound. In terms of editing, some shots were also edited together very sloppily and there are some that ran on for too long. For example, I noticed that in the first episode of season 2 that there was an entire 2shot that spanned for quite a few seconds, but we as the audience couldn't see the character's mouth even though she was talking. A better and more diverse shot list including a few OTS, MCU or CU shots could've made the scene flow better. Finally, the writing is very choppy and at times it comes off as cringy. Perhaps Gabi's lack of ability to deliver the line realistically could've been the reason behind this.

Well, there are a few episodes left in this season (maybe another 3 or 4), but so far I'm not liking what I'm seeing. Even prior to studying film I thought that the first season was downright terrible. Coming from a fan of the original show, this show does not live up to the original show's quality. I mean, Scream Queens was a flawed show on its own, but overall the production, acting, writing and literally everything else was a thousand times better. I don't think this series should continue on with season 3, but hey; that's my opinion.