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Treasure Hunters Premeires June 16th on NBC
CeeeJay:
Honestly it seems that way too many people are trying to cash in on this Di Vinci thing!!!! Is the movie worth seeing?? I really enjoyed National Treasure....
gingerman28:
Bad news from The Washington Post today. Tom Shales, a very respected TV critic, pans the bejeesus out of "Treasure Hunters" premiering tomorrow on NBC:
"NBC's Treasure Hunters map leads straight to Dullesville." And "You can't hide the fact that Treasure is Junk.
Contestants are outfitted with three necessities: a cellphone, a laptop, and a Visa Card. More product placements? "At least viewers are armed with a necessity of their own: the marvelous, wonderful channel-changer with which they can effortlessly transport themselves to a location preferable to Treasure Hunters - specifically, any channel not airing it."
"It's hard to respond at all to Treasure Hunters except perhaps to have your pulse quickened a bit - not by the herky-jerky photography, or raggy-taggy editing, but by the beat-beat-beat of the thundering din on the soundtrack, a musical score that could easily replace the fingernail remover as one of the world's great torture devices."
"After absurdly quick visits to an Alaskan glacier, Lake George, wherever, the entire ensemble meets at the State Capitol Building in Lincoln, Neb. Godd gosha mighty, couldn't they all jjst have gone straight there in the first place?"
Finally,
"Treasure Hunters is likely to be a fiasco, and a horrendous one, but on a scale better described at teensy or weensy"
Doesn't sound good for the success of TH in this area, at least. Audiences do follow Mr. Shales' critiques.
Link for the entire article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/16/AR2006061602024.html?sub=AR
Slowhatch:
Another pan (but not as caustic) from the NY Times. Some stuff about TJ:
--- Quote ---In tomorrow's episode, an image of a Jeffersonian cane appears in an explanatory video. We learn that the cane, which the contestants will find, secretes a key, and parts of the cane combine to form a gadget that can open a box.
--- End quote ---
chunkylover53:
I will at least give it a shot. It's like Ebert and Roper, if they hate it chances are I will probally like it.
puddin:
I read the bad reviews but don't care what the critics say ! I'm going to watch no matter what !! :jam:
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