Ebert and Roeper replaced by...

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by JadedRaverLA

What's worse is that neither of the new co-hosts is even considered an important enough reviewer to be tracked on RottenTomatoes.com (much less metacritic.com). Yes, they actually got two people with less credibility and influence than your average teenage blogger. Way to go!

Lyons, in particular, should never be allowed to write or speak on film... ever! If you read his quotes I posted above, you can see why. "I Am Legend" is "one of the greatest films ever made"??? However Mankiewicz turns out (all due respect to his grandfather, but nepotism is not a job qualification, and being on TMZ does not make you a movie critic), unless he throws Lyons off the balcony in the first episode, the entire show should just be cancelled.

Lyons is NOT a film critic... he's a fanboy who looks good enough to get hired first by MTV and then E! Check out his IMDB page... the forum is mix of posts asking "Why the F does he have a job... this guy is a moron," and "OMG... he's SO hot." That's about it. Nothing he has ever done can be considered criticism... he writes about how cool it is to hang out with (and date) celebrities, sneaking into preview showings, and getting invited onto the sets of movies. Although I modified my original post to placate some members here, he really does come across as a reject extra from 'Entourage.'

I'm just hoping Roeper's new show ends up on a prominent network where it can be seen by people. It will NEVER be Siskel and Ebert, but it can at least be two passionate, intelligent people discussing films... which is enough to get me to tune in.

The market will dictate the wisdom of the decisions. Personally, the presence of Lyons or Mankiewicz doesn't bother me into an apoplexy, because I haven't watched the show since Ebert left. So I really couldn't care less. I am amused, however, by the outraged indignanty of others in this forum. The joke's on them, as far as I'm concerned. Rage on! and I'll keep making the popcorn and having a good laugh at your outrage.