Dear God, This Looks Terrible
05.20.10I’m taking a couple days off from work so I can honor someone who was an instrumental part of my tank platoon’s invasion of Iraq seven years ago, and yet the most important thing I can possibly do while I’m in New Orleans is NOT sample the delicious food or thriving culture, but to warn you of this horrific abortion offered next fall by ABC called “My Generation,” an ABC drama airing next fall that details the lives of nine graduates of the high school class of 2000 in the year 2010.
I can’t put into words exactly what I hate about this stillborn turd — aside from the fact that it uses imagery from 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina to try to give the series emotional weight — but I watched the trailer above, and the most important thing in my life became to warn people NOT to watch this steaming puddle of ebola vomit. Here’s what you’re guaranteed: The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony,” and nine people — none of whom have gotten fat or gone bald in the ten years since high school — who JESUS GOD IT’S JUST TERRIBLE. TERRIBLE. JUST AGREE WITH ME AND SET IT ON FIRE.

It really looks stupid…why would ABC show this as doc?
@Matt Ah, just curious. I don’t believe I know him. However, interesting tidbit, remember at the end of generation kill where they showed the tank that had “Boob Tube” written on it, then they showed the interior of the turret with the porn taped everywhere? That’s was my platoon commander’s vehicle.
This show will only be authentic if it is shot exclusively with cell phone cameras.
@gremlin — I was in Delta Company, 1st Tanks. The only guy from 8th Tanks I know is Scott Dyer.
You can tell how bad an actor is when they’re made to act like “real people”…and everyone of these actors is simply horrible. Not one of them was remotely close to making the admittedly shitty dialogue believable. It made me nauseous to see these phoney people pretend they’re real people having lived real lives.
When you have actors this bad…it makes me want to watch a documentary. This show doesn’t have a chance.
Wow. If ABC had taken the time to find REAL PEOPLE instead of a bunch of cheap actors, I might not have cruel intentions towards this show.
What unit were you in? I know several people who were in 8th Tanks for the invasion.
I’m waging money that the producers will be on hand filming the way their lives change after this crap airs too. So, look forward to THAT in 10 years.
@Enrico Palazzo,
Class of ’99 rules! So, this show is a crappier, unfunny, nostalgic version of The Office?
I made it through 18 seconds of the clip. Before my photo-montage-cliche reflex kicked in and I stopped it.
18.
I graduated high school in 2000 and I cannot tell you how much pain my generation has gone through, since the Enron scandal. I have been on 3 different anti-depressants and I need to take a cocktail of Nyquil and Ambien just to go to sleep. Damn you Enron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Words cannot properly describe how simply awful this looks.
Between the Clinton clip and using a song that came out in 1997, I’m surprised they didn’t borrow more anachronistic footage for this decaying mason jar full of period blood. Where was the “I have a dream” speech, or the moon landing, or Normandy, or the Defenestration of Prague?
…needs more cliches.
I kept waiting for the Cloverfield monster to stomp on them. Now I really miss him. The Cloverfield Monster.
And that Clinton clip was from 98.
What is up with that nasty as pregnant belly button ? I hated this trailer so much that I used my real name. Just fucking dreadful. P.S. Thanks for saving us from a Greys Anatomy update
in trying to keep myself from puking in disgust, i accidently snorted weird and vomit actually came out my nose a little bit. It burned but that was still far more enjoyable than sitting through that god awful clip.
“oh, btw, you have a nine year old asian kid. nbd.”
This show should be one episode. It should be all ten of them trying to get their classmates to “Like” their shitty band or “upstart company” on Facebook.
Why did they show Clinton?
Gee, having Lost around isn’t so bad now is it?
I graduated in 1999. 9/11 and Katrina do not bother me at all!!!
@UU: No Who song, although I’m guessing that’s just because Pete didn’t want his song associated with this steaming heap of vapid bullshit.
I haven’t seen such blatant pandering to the audience since TIME announced their Person of the Year was YOU.
I just threw-up in my mouth. Sad thing, I know the wife is going to want to watch. We need his & hers DVRs.
Simple Minds’- Don’t You Forget About Me or GTFO
@Patty: Don’t forget Modern Family
These must be the most interesting people in the world–to have been at the World Trade Center on 9.11 despite all living in the 9th Ward while working for Enron before enlisting in the Army. Oh, metaphorically living through these events. Then they’re just like me. Unwatchable. And hungover.
This is just like that mini-series The 60′s except it doesn’t have Jeremy Sisto eating pot brownies.
I watched it all… do I get some kind of a prize now?
Wow…thank goodness they canceled Better Off Ted. I want to find the asshole that made these decisions and make his daughter stop being a virgin and start being an orphan on the same day.
Yes, how ever will the class of 2000 deal with the emotional toll from events in the decade since their graduation? 9/11, Katrina, Enron … it’s all too much weight to bear!
*continues eating cereal and watching Fresh Prince reruns*
/graduated in 2000
ABC deals almost exclusively in awfulness.
Lost and Pushing Daisies are the exceptions to the rule. Although I know most of you disagree with me on that. So…. yeah. ABC sucks.
@wehavehair, I’m just glad they didn’t use “My Generation” by The Who or did they? I didn’t watch the last minute or so of that suck fest.
I’m not sure if anyone noticed, but when they’re talking about how these kids didn’t fulfill their high school dreams, they’re playing a rare song by the band the Rolling Stoners. And get this — it’s called “You Cannot Always Get What You Wanted.” Pretty cool, huh?
I made it to the 2 minute mark, and now hate my-self for it.
Shocked that they didn’t work Blur’s Song #2 into that preview.
I hated everything about that. I hated the music. I hated the actors. I hated that they used 9/11.
Haha, you’re such a jokester… *watches video, weeps gently*
What’s the over/under on commercial breaks in the pilot until the network pulls the plug?