Rollergirls

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I can't be the only one who watched A&E's Rollergirls last night, was I?

I was really looking forward to the show. The commercials made it look sort of cool and I sort of wished I could rollerskate but the show was such a yawn and a half.

They weren't all bad ass and cool, in fact they were all sort of pathetic IMO.

I felt the same way I feel when I watch Reality Bites . . . that maybe I've gotten too old for all this crap.

Anyone else?

[topher]

You know I watched it last night. Talk about flat and boring. I was sucked in by the promos and was rather disappointed.

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Bored the hell out of me. Bring back Rollerjam!

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I've actually been to the Rollerderby here in Austin, so I was excited for this show. It didn't really sustain my interest though and I was pretty much just half-watching the whole time. The excitement the girls had over TP'ing somebody's house was so high-school and not bad-ass or cool, as Jensational mentioned.

I also could not get over how stupid-hipster Venus Envy's boyfriend's glasses were. I wanted to grab them and stomp on them. Her mom looked just like Jane Pauley.

Since I live in Austin, I will probably give this show another couple tries, but I'm not holding my breath.

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I watched it too and found it boring. My Aunt Mary used to watch rollerderby on tv in the 70's. I can't believe it was actually on, but I remember her cracking open a Schaffer and watching it.
"Schaffer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one"

[ladymadonna]

I felt the same way I feel when I watch Reality Bites . . . that maybe I've gotten too old for all this crap.

LOL! I felt the same way about Reality Bites the first time I saw it... when I was 20-ish. It was just a sucky movie, hands down.

As for Rollergirls, I have nothing to add, except that my nickname to my very best friends is Rollergirl, for reasons semi-related to Boogie Nights. I just don't think the world is ready for a roller derby revolution just yet. Give it two more years.

[DaisyNukem]

I watched this last night. What a bunch of boring people. I really didn't care about any of them.

I think the show could be better if they showed more of the "bouts" with a lot less editing. I thought they were interesting, but hard to follow because of all the cuts to show the falls etc.

[stillmecholo]

I specifically didn't watch the show because I got annoyed with the promo during every commercial break during the A&E 24 marathon.

Glad to hear I didn't miss much.