The Hills

Well, I tuned in, then tuned out again.

If this is real in any way, it is clearly not reality as it happens. It is fairly obvious that most of the scenes have been planned. The tracking shot as Lauren drives to Los Angeles, the "Vogue want me there in 20 minutes" scene and the scene where she goes to register at fashion school... actually, the last one was quite nicely shot (the camera crew might have a better future ahead). However, it lacked the verisimilitude of (say) an episode of The Osbournes or even The Simple Life. In fact, it lacked the believability of The OC or One Tree Hill!

It does come across as a cheap (bad) soap, but with acting appropriate to a porn movie.

And no-one watches a porn movie for the acting.

I've been seeing this show for the last couple of weeks and just hoping for it to get exciting or scandalous but eh this one has to be the no. 1 contender for MTV's worst show. It basically has no storyline except may be a couple of girls blabbering something about fashion, partying and of course dating. And yes it seems very very scripted... Unless you're some rich pretty blonde roaming around with cameras, its impossible to get a job that easily. The pace of the show is pretty slow and the only thing that wakes you up when you're watching this show is the music which is randomly put in between the scenes. To sum it up, I am a reality show junkie and I can tolerate almost any kind of crap thrown at me but this show is just too freakin boring. Unless you're 11 yrs old or have the maturity of a 11 yr old, you're gonna get tired of this show.

This show has got to be the WORST by far on television. I would rather watch "all my children" or American idol reruns than this. Everyone knows this show isn't real, and even if it was, they live such boring lives why doesn't MTV do something useful? Like, oh, I don't know, play music? Hello! Music TV?!!?

Really I only saw about 10 minutes of it (because my friends told me I had to see it) and I swore it was the biggest load of crap. Survivor is more realistic than is!

Why are we watching shows about rich girls who have more than the need as it is while there are kids on the street in DC in NYC, there's even a genocide going on in Darfur and what are American Teens doing rather than figuring out what can be done to save the world we're living in? Watching a bunch of spoiled brats sit and eat salad and stare at each other. Seriously?

I have no understanding toward this show (or even the preceding show um Orange County?) If MTV just wants to wast money, please, buy us all a new house or something. Change someone's life for the better, don't give a TV show to a bunch of snotty brats who's biggest concern is who's dating who and why.

Waste of money, waste of brains, waste of TV.

OK to begin it is not real; everyone in this is an actor or actress who does not do a very good job of it. Most of the acting is just deprived because of the script. It seems that just before they film a scene or a part of an episode they will just tell the actors what to say and do because all the actions and speech is delayed or somewhat paused. There is no way in REALITY that people in L.A. or anywhere in the world would talk like this. (If you have ever seen Bryans girlfriend from family guy then she is a classic example of how all the girls act on the show.) I have never actually watched an episode from start to finish but I figured out that a fight in this REALITY is two girls chatting then one walking out the room, walking back in, then they both discuss how they feel about each other and bitch over who said what in the first place. Also a typical day is waking up, having your photographs taken for a magazine, staring in an advert or beauty show, Resting on a beach, meeting with friends, falling out over nothing anyone would in REALITY, saying sorry and making it up by having a party with no alcohol or drugs-like real teenagers in western culture.

Being English I wouldn't use the term deuce bags to describe the guys, i would call them wa****s. Again, in REALITY people don't, especially when its friend to friend don't keep using the words "Well I feel that" or "I think that she feels" it is just bulls**t and a typical example of escapism T.V. where girls with low self-esteem watch and dream of living in the hills. But as someone has also commented, these rich brats only have what they have thanks to their parents and to be fair the cast holds an average I.Q of 40 between them all.

Watching the people communicate on this show is like experiencing the shadow world that lies between sleep and wakefulness. Shallow words are spoken, followed by long pregnant pauses, meaningful looks and toothy smiles. There is waiting and then more waiting for something. It would be even more freakish than it is, if not for the fact that the women have such model-perfect looks and are a pleasure to look at. However, this would be intolerable and even hellish if regular-looking people pulled this. Conversation has been edited down to very feather-light fluff. Ambiance is always as tasteful as a romantically-lit, high-tone restaurant or a smart little clothing boutique. It's one long perfume commercial.