Top 10 Worst Ideas in Entertainment

[Janth]

Special Mention: Cancellation of Firefly.

Best show ever...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPRlH...eature=related

[Memnir]

George Michael leaving WHAM?

That's because when he left he left me hanging on like a yo-yo.

(Jitterbug)

[TigrisMorte]

This and add Cancellation of Enterprise.

The pain! The pain! Not only should that show have been canceled at conception everyone related with it, and Voyager, should have been forced to watch TOS and Next Gen. until they finally "got it".

[Darkrok]

I would think the dropping the turkeys from the helicopter on WKRP has to fit into the list somewhere.....or am I just showing my age
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST01bZJPuE0

Oh the humanity!

[Chai]

Ah time to start an argument neither of us could possibly win .

The Black Album is the best Metallica Album ever .

After the two best songwriters in the group, were no longer in the group, the band went downhill in a hurry.

Cliff (deceased) and Dave (kicked out).

Master of Puppets is a thing of beauty, both from a musical standpoint and an engineering standpoint. The Black Album just doesnt compare in either. I can hear the drum replacement all cobbled together when I listen to this, and tell that a machine is doing the work. I can slap it on a turntable and put a techno record on the other side and once the beats are matched I can walk away and thebeats wont go off to being unmatched again. The drumming on previous albums was solid and riveting. Why was this even needed?

Add a healthy dose of Lars whining about Napster around every corner and blaming the internet for lost sales when it was actually the bands shirking off old loyal fans while trying to grab at the more popular alternative fan base. - hey, other bands during that time didnt seem to have a hard time with sales. So lets ditch all the old thrash fans, most of whom would identify with Slayer and Sepultura, and make a grab at the Janes Addiction and Primus fans. Didnt work - most of those niche rock fans recognize genuine music -vs- change for profit. Even now, James talks about how the record labels had a heavy hand in deciding what their sound would be at that time. Micro management of musical sound doesnt work in the underground genres, heh.

Yes, the Black Album belongs on that list, sarcastic or not, LOL.

I would also add:

MTV moving to reality TV and talk shows.
-and-
WOW giving contact information to FEDs at will.

[Malky]

My personnal best : the Star Wars movie 'borrowing' ideas/models/etc from another film project and having such a success...

[Uska]

10. Canceling the Family Guy the first time.
9. Metallica's Black Album
8. The introduction of Scrappy Doo
7. Joanie Loves Chachi
6. Cancelling the Family Guy the second time.
5. D&D 4.0
4. David Lee Roth leaving Van Halen
3. Jar-Jar Brinks
2. Firing of Charlie Sheen from 2 1/2 Men
1. Restructuring of DDO forums

Sorry I like the black album as to Diamond dave I enjoyed sammys time with halen and didnt really enjoy dave's return van halen is dead to me after they booted anthony and replace him with wolfie and as to charlie he had to go stupid nut job. the rest of your list is ok

[Uska]

The pain! The pain! Not only should that show have been canceled at conception everyone related with it, and Voyager, should have been forced to watch TOS and Next Gen. until they finally "got it".

sorry for me Next Gen was the worst ST ever and wish it have never been why? two words Wesley Crusher or if you prefer just one word Wheaton.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4K2R8L0jcA

[Uska]

Ah time to start an argument neither of us could possibly win .

The Black Album is the best Metallica Album ever .

Maybe not the best but a good shot for number 2 I prefer Justice for all

[Lleren]

M&M turning down product placement in E.T.
So Reese's got it instead.

[Mr_Ed7]

My personnal best : the Star Wars movie 'borrowing' ideas/models/etc from another film project and having such a success...

What does this refer to?

[Mr_Ed7]

Well you can not have the other series without the original.

I love TNG...NOT in the first couple of seasons...seasons 3 or 4 I think is when it really took off for me.

Same with DS9...DS9 in the lase few seasons was dark, gritty, the cap was cool and I liked the various inter-personal relations.


If VGR was filmed with the captain AND her coffe AND A PALL MALL...then I would have gotten that series....


YES ENTERPRISE was...gone too soon!

[Morlen]

This and add Cancellation of Enterprise.

Firefly: Yes.

Enterprise: OMG make the time travel stop! If there is one plot that can be used in Science Fiction that gives me a headache and makes me shout "NO!" it's time travel. This show lost me at Alien Nazis.

[Lithic]

The pain! The pain! Not only should that show have been canceled at conception everyone related with it, and Voyager, should have been forced to watch TOS and Next Gen. until they finally "got it".

The Xindi and alternate reality storylines were among the best ones in any of the Star Trek series. I'd watch an entire series based in the Alternate Universe... gotta love those women's uniforms heh.

[basketaske]

2 1/2 Men is a ****poor show, with or without Charlie Sheen, but I guess it was a bad move.

[LazarusPossum]

I would say The Ropers was just as bad as Joanie and Chachi.

[Dandonk]

10. Canceling the Family Guy the first time.
9. Metallica's Black Album
8. The introduction of Scrappy Doo
7. Joanie Loves Chachi
6. Cancelling the Family Guy the second time.
5. D&D 4.0
4. David Lee Roth leaving Van Halen
3. Jar-Jar Brinks
2. Firing of Charlie Sheen from 2 1/2 Men
1. Restructuring of DDO forums

Number 3 is why I carry Greater Vermin Bane weapons around - just in case I run into him.

[Mr_Ed7]

Sorry I like the black album as to Diamond dave I enjoyed sammys time with halen and didnt really enjoy dave's return van halen is dead to me after they booted anthony and replace him with wolfie and as to charlie he had to go stupid nut job. the rest of your list is ok

Yeah I actuallypersonally have no problem with Sammy Hagar...5150 has some great releases/singles, again though a certain edge was lost when Dave left the band.

Eddie Van Halen seems to be the difficult one to work with.

[Ganolyn]

What does this refer to?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hidden_Fortress


"George Lucas has acknowledged the key influence of The Hidden Fortress on Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. This influence remains particularly evident in the technique of telling the story from the points of view of the film's lowliest characters, C-3PO and R2-D2. Kurosawa's use of frame wipes (sometimes cleverly hidden by motion within the frame) as a transition device also influenced Star Wars."

[slothinator]

M&M turning down product placement in E.T.
So Reese's got it instead.

And on this note, I think of two of the worst ideas in entertainment:

1 - Gratuitous product placement

2 - Making movies based on video games, or making video games based on movies; both seldom work out very well