After watching this evening's show, my question is, who is writing this copy? They either need better writers, or Ami needs a better director.

But that's just my opinion...

I agree with you, smarti. It's not just YOUR opinion, now it's OUR opinion.

Can I just say, that bit with the "portrait"...
*snerk*

You can add me to the list of opinions as well.

With the reruns that have been airing, I'd expect the new episodes to be of better quality than what we had last year.

I dunno, I think the show is setting itself up for disaster.

Alright, last night was the first night I did not watch the show. What happened. I will have to catch the rerun on Thursday.

I know in episodes past they seemed to focus on the personal aspect of folks rather than the tattoos itself.

I hope these guys don't get a big head....

I was disappointed, too. Everything just seemed...I don't know...forced. I understand it's a reality show (i.e. nothing real about it) but it seemed more contrived than previous episodes.

What season are you guys watching at the moment? I think season two has just started over here.

What was so bad about this particular episode?

It was very poor editing and scripting. It was worse than some of the scripted dialogue for award shows.

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Originally posted by fiesty_redhead:
Everything just seemed...I don't know...forced.

That's it exactly fiesty. I don't blame Ami, he's not an actor. It's the director's job to get a good performance out of him, but even the best director will struggle with a bad script.

I don't claim to be an expert narration writer, but I could certainly come up with better jokes than "stick a fork in him". Ugh.

ukdiva - we're in the middle of season 2 over here.

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Originally posted by smarti22:
That's it exactly fiesty. I don't blame Ami, he's not an actor. It's the director's job to get a good performance out of him, but even the best director will struggle with a bad script.

So true! It seems like the writers haven't learned enough about Ami's personality to write natural dialogue/monologue for him. He didn't seem comfortable saying half the things he said.

Add me to the list.

The writing is extremely bad, but I don't know if the blame falls on Ami. If there are writers for the show they need to spend more time with him to get a better feel for his personality and choice of language. The narration is painful to listen too, but not as bad as the sparkles. Which leads me to my next critique.

Last night instead of bits of sparkles covering the end result tattoo I noticed they decided to use one big shiney sparkle covering Harold's piece. The glare of it was completely distracting. Viewers would like to see the entire tattoo; sparkle free please.

More Garver and Darren tattoos next season. Less Ami and Nunez and the forced reminder that they are single players who love to party. More tattoos, less personal lives outside the business.

...remember everything we see is at the mercy of the editors.

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thought the nine-eleven bloke was so jolly about his tattoo-its a shame that he passed away.I for one thought it was really nice to dedicate the show to him.

More Garver and Darren tattoos next season. Less Ami and Nunez and the forced reminder that they are single players who love to party. More tattoos, less personal lives outside the business.[/QUOTE]

I completely agree! Too much of the personal coverage and it feels "staged". Would love to see more of the "art".

I know what you mean about the sparkly shiny stuff. It really does take away from the finished tattoo. Sometimes they also use a soft focus lens. It makes the tattoo look so light and faded, instead of sharp and bold like new tats look.

You are right - the final pictures look like a six-year old polaroid that's been sitting on someones car dash.

do they intentionally make the photos bad?

As someone who is in the photography field - whoever is shooting the finals is lighting them like c---. The sparkles only make the image look worse...

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More Yogi! ;-)

That may be the case, josie. What with the whole copying issue....

hmm yes oh wise one...that just may be the case since i frequent photobucket alot i have seen where people can turn small clips into photos...

Yoji's motorcycle filler was completely irrelevant to the show. What was the point of it all? Was anyone else wondering where he was going? Yoji looked like he was riding in circles around the block three or four times. Yoji where are you going? Need directions?

Show fillers are not necessary when the episode is already solid. Extend on the storyline of the artist or the person having work done. Fillers are not needed.

they used Yoji riding a bike as filler? What...did they run out of semi-naked girls?

That wasn't filler, that was product placement. The motorcycle company is a sponsor.

Did any one else notice that when they were trying to get yoji to eat the worm from the tequila, it was from the same time that Ami was getting his frog tatt. It just seems like they run out of new stuff to put on so they go to the older episodes and pull from what they have already taped.

yep i noticed that too. It was pretty funny,but come on whats up with flipping back and forth with older stuff and new....pretty disappointing

i agree...wish i could have seen the brand shorts he had on again...*wink*...i think one i saw after had jostarr in again after we saw her wonderful performance!! where has she been anyway?? oh yeah me no like the sparkles either..i mean i love shining things but not like that!...ok drank way too much coffee this afternoon!