Comments on: GM: Its Own Worst Enemy?

By: pariah

pariah — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:49:51 +0000

I love the generic term “operative.”

He’s an operative. He blows things up.

By: KixStart

KixStart — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:42:07 +0000

Can I buy a Camaro today? If not, then there’s not much point to the advertising, is there?

The premise of the show was interesting… Upon viewing, some elements seemed very implausible and the bit with the wife extremely so.

Bring back “Smith.” Better show, better actors (I like Slater but I like Liotta better), more plausible and that guy drove an Italian exoticar, didn’t he? That’s the old school… That’s the way to do it.

By: Redbarchetta

Redbarchetta — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:50:49 +0000

The show wasn’t that bad, wasn’t great but it better then most of the other crap on TV. Surprisingly there was very little camera time for either car in it. I was expecting it to be like Knight Rider where everything is a Ford.

By: geeber

geeber — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:51:23 +0000

What’s old is new again.

Ever wonder why Samantha and Darren Stevens always drove Chevrolets? Or why everyone in their neighborhood did, too?

Why Mr. Ed’s owner only drove Studebakers?

Why Miss Hathaway – Mr. Drysdale’s secretary on The Beverly Hillbillies - could afford a brand-new Dodge Coronet convertible on a bank secretary’s salary? And why Mr. Drysdale drove a Chrysler Imperial?

Why Major Nelson and the gang at NASA exclusively drove Pontiacs?

For the record, I watched the last half of My Own Worst Enemy and thought it was pretty good. Let’s just hope that Chevy doesn’t use the show to flog the Aveo…

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:49:18 +0000

How come you say CBS and the ad says NBC?

Dyslexia. Text amended.

By: yankinwaoz

yankinwaoz — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:47:06 +0000

How come you say CBS and the ad says NBC?

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:44:58 +0000

SherbornSean :

OK, so car companies hitch up with lousy TV shows all the time. Remember the original Charlie’s Angels when one of the girls got stuck driving a Pinto?

Is that the one where Jill Monroe dies inside the Pinto in a horrific fireball? Or was that Tiffany Wells? Or Julie Rogers? Actually I think it was Rogers, in an episode called “The Terror of Tahiti Village.”

By: jaje

jaje — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:41:31 +0000

I have not read about or seen this show – something about Xtian Slater’s acting abilities (and his voice and facial expressions) just make me walk away or change the channel quickly – even for a commercial. But this sounds like John Woos version (read too much special effects that do not help the plot) of a Dexter rip off series.

By: Dr Lemming

Dr Lemming — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:35:42 +0000

I’m partial to Mr. Ed.

By: SherbornSean

SherbornSean — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:33:07 +0000

OK, so car companies hitch up with lousy TV shows all the time. Remember the original Charlie’s Angels when one of the girls got stuck driving a Pinto?

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:11:45 +0000

I thought the show was great! Spivey just represents the suburban dad working to pay for it all. He’s still a guy and not a Mr. Mom so I didn’t see an issue about borrowing his… or Albright’s Camaro. I don’t mind writing in a cool car to the show either. All bad boys after all require a hot car!

I can’t wait to see more! I’ve subscribed to it on iTunes in HD (for AppleTV).