Andy DehnartBy showcasing some decent films recently, On the Lot was getting dangerously close to not sucking. But, true to form, the show did everything it could to make its penultimate episode as bad as possible.
The three finalists–Will Bigham, Jason Epperson, and Adam Stein–were revealed, but instead of presenting new films, they just showed old ones again. “Encores,” Adriana called them without laughing. Yes, the only information “America” (read: the filmmakers’ family members) has to make their decision are old films. All the judges had to comment on were films they’d already seen, leaving them to instead ask Successories-style questions. All we had to watch were films we’d already seen.
It was boring to fast-forward through it all. What the hell were the producers thinking? My guess: “How can we save even more money?” They only have one more night of phoning in a reality show. The results, which were originally scheduled to air Tuesday following a Monday performance show, will air next Tuesday.
Also last night, during the voting window on the East coast, the online voting form wasn’t available for at least some time; instead, an error message said, “We are sorry but web voting is currently not available, you may vote by Toll Free or SMS using the numbers below:” Then again, who really noticed or cared?