Post by babybear on Nov 15, 2005 13:44:42 GMT -5
The Apprentice Season 4
Episode 8
And so it begins…
After a short recap of last weeks show we are all set for this weeks dueling match. The way that Clay acted was like a baby who had his work in the sandbox destroyed by a bully. I mean come on. Are you a man or a child? Neither I guess…lol
It is already week 8 of this very long, argosies process called a job interview and it can only get more difficult.
The too predictable phone call to start off the show is placed informing the crew to gather in the boardroom at 8am. Ugggg! 8am I am still in my jammies sipping on a latte. Once in the boardroom we have Caroline, and Bill this week who is filling in for George and then enters the Don. Donald hits play on the remote and we watch a clip of Star Wars III, Revenge of the Sith and it still gives me goose bumps and I have watched it 5 times already.
The task is given.
The teams are to create a prototype representing what the retail chain, Best Buy will use as an interactive in store display to promote the duel release of the DVD, Star Wars III and the new video game, Battlefront II. The team that creates the best display, judged by the executives; Jim Ward from Lucas films and Gary Arnold from Best buy; will win. This is a monster task considering the fact that these movies have spanned 30 years and have made over 13 billion dollars in sales between their videos, toys and books to name only a few.
Back to the suite they go to choose their project managers and to organize their thoughts.
Capital Edge’s PM is Clay. He is such a sniveling pregnant dog…OMG Did you hear him speaking to his team; talking about making sure they obey him. Who does he think he is anyways? He needs to earn respect before he can talk to anyone in that fashion. The others in the team were right. If they take on this task and they lose, blame Clay. If they win, blame Clay for anything that went wrong. He needs to go. Alla, I thought from the very beginning, had some very good ideas. One of which was actually meeting with the executives they are trying to impress to get a feel for what they are looking for.
Team Excel picks their PM after much deliberation, Brian. This team was in trouble from the get go.
Now, I have only been to the big apple once, but even I know that in order to get where you need to be on time, you either need to give yourself an hour or have a private jet. I could not believe that they only left themselves 15 minutes to get to their meeting. You couldn’t make it from the suite to the lobby in 15 minutes what makes them think they are going to make it across town? The funny thing is, they actually seemed to be surprised when they finally got to the meeting 30 minutes late and the execs stood up and walked out saying they had another meeting to go to. You know Donald called them and told them to leave…. it will look better on TV. I don’t blame them though.
They now have to spend precious work time listening to Randal’s Star Wars for dummies workshop, as he was the only one who had seen the movies. What kind of a rock do you live under that you haven’t caught at least a few of the movies? Never mind the theater…. they are played for free on television.
Capital Edge’s presentation is starting to shape up as we focus on the photo shoot and our Darth Vader and Chewbacca models. I found they didn’t focus too much on Capital Edge on this task. I know we saw the fact that Alla was running the show while Clay was off flirting with the producer but really we didn’t see much of the preparation.
This teams focus was on the story behind how Anakin Skywalker becomes the lord of Darkness himself, Darth Vader. This was emphasized by the executives as the main focal point of the movie and what they wanted to see in the demo; which Excel would have know had they not been sitting in a taxi.
Excel seemed to have some issues settling on a focal point. They tossed around a few names; the Chancellor, Obi-Wan, Yoda and then that weird guy with the bad teeth. Even General Grievous would have been an ok pick, but for them to avoid the main character, the star of the show, the main event that is Darth Vader is ludicrous to say the least. Their theme was good vs. evil. Not much mention of the dark side whatsoever. It just seemed the entire show that the Excel team just didn’t grasp the concept at all.
Just comparing the presentations. For Capital Edge, you had Adam dressed like a Jedi and Felisha as Queen Amidala, compared to Excel where they were wearing Best Buy Shirts. Now, I have nothing wrong with the Best Buy shirt per say, but for a presentation with that many costume choices… it was a bit lame. We will ignore the fact the Clay decided to present a product he did not contribute to and tried to relay the thoughts behind the promo that weren’t his thoughts. Alla had to step in and over talk him in order to present the theme in it’s proper glory. That could have cost them the task if the other team hadn’t done so badly.
Poor Rebecca, whom I still don’t know if I like; tried her best to push their product that had no originality with only 30 minutes to prepare as Marshawn thought at the last minute that she wasn’t cut out for the job and backed away. Even Brian, the PM didn’t step up and take one for the team. Here’s an idea…. make the one person who has seen these movies do the presentation. That would have been the smart thing to do.
Now, I don’t claim to be a highly paid Businesswoman, but I know that if the people in charge of judging your work have to ask you why the star of your Blockbuster movie’s picture is not present… that’s not a good thing. And to top it off, they had to question the placement of the merchandise within the display. They had put a TV there to play the movie on, but if anyone stood there to watch the movie, the merchandise was blocked from view for anyone standing in the background. And here I thought the whole idea was to sell the DVD and the video game…how foolish of me.
Capital Edge’s concept was brilliant.
Watch It… Play It…Own them both!
It captured the very essence of the task. An essence Excel couldn’t have captured with an army of storm troopers leading the way.
Darkness falls and it is Boardroom time. The teams are asked to wait outside while Donald has his powwow with the executives from Best Buy and Lucas films. It was different the way they kept the cameras on the teams in the reception area instead on the actual conversations in the Boardroom. All you could hear was muffled comments.
The teams are asked to come into the boardroom. The execs say that both teams did well but they had a clear winner in this task.
CAPITAL EDGE is the winner. Clay is sitting there looking smug. He has a very obscure sense of grandeur. He is so delusional he actually thought they would vote for exemption and looked shocked when the group unanimously voted to not give him an exemption next week, should they lose.
The winning group is told what their reward is. They get to take a limo ride with previous Apprentice winner Bill Rancic and go view the new Trump Tower being built in White Plains, NY. The idea behind this is the team gets to learn from Bill first hand how to be Donald Trump’s Apprentice, which would be quite valuable to anyone looking to actually win this game. I think the groups need all the help they can get.
The limo shot was priceless. On one end you have Felisha, Alla and Adam laughing and talking and then on the other side you have Clay… pouting.
Bill shows them the building and Felisha is in heaven due to her love of real estate. Bill gives them a list of Apprentice do’s and don’ts. Some of which were: Donald needs someone who will win at all costs, they need passion and creativity, whose actions speak louder than words, a person who delivers the victory and be innovative thinking outside the box. All the familiar catch phrases that employers use to entice new employees. Bill is right though. Not all that’s left would make a good Apprentice to Donald Trump.
While Capital Edge is enjoying their reward, we pan the New York skyline all the way to Trump tower and the suite where the Excel team is packing their bags and getting ready for the dreaded boardroom.
I thought I was hearing things when PM Brian stated, “Too bad Randal is exempt” I can’t believe that anyone was actually blaming the one person who even saw the movie you are promoting.
And so the saga continues…
Entering the boardroom, team Excel is. A winner they are not, try again they must. Donald happy, he is not. Hear the words “You’re fired” someone will.
Anyways…
As I was sitting there listening to Marshawn and Brian blame each other, I was thinking; Brian does not have a very forceful voice. He is very soft spoken and that just doesn’t fly with Donald Trump.
You had your same typical comments thrown about such as, “They are very hard to manage” and “I told you that wasn’t a good idea” but you also had other discussions. Donald really wasn’t happy that they missed the meeting with the executives.
Brain spent a lot of time under the heat lamp answering Donald’s questions about why they missed the trip. Once Donald found out the Brian lived in New York he was even more outraged. He even stated “You couldn’t get to the Chelsea area from here at midnight with no traffic in 15 minutes, what made you think you could get there in mid morning traffic?”
The teams other faux pas was the exclusion of Darth Vader from their presentation. Why a team would leave out the one character that the entire movie is about is beyond me. It all stemmed off the fact that they missed the meeting. They knew it as soon as the execs walked out of the office. Brian looked around at the table and said, “We’re screwed”. And they were…
And last but not least, we have the coo-de-gras. Why did Marshawn back out of presenting the display? Did we ever get an answer? Oh, right. No we didn’t. We got her weak assed statement that she thought Brian was better suited for this presentation. That low talking loser couldn’t entice an audience with his pants down. He himself even said that he was a horrible presenter. Rebecca tried and didn’t do badly considering the prep time she had.
Donald goes back and forth between Brian and Marshawn…. Marshawn and Brian… You did a terrible job… you lost focus… you missed the meeting… you shunned your responsibilities…
“Brian… You’re fired!”
“Marshawn… You’re fired!”
“Go on, get out of here!” Donald says.
And so we will catch up you again next week and till then we leave you pondering the big question in everyone’s minds… How can they fill a TV timeslot for a 16 weeklong interview when you are on week 8 with only 5 people left?
Until then…
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!
written by Krismas
Episode 8
And so it begins…
After a short recap of last weeks show we are all set for this weeks dueling match. The way that Clay acted was like a baby who had his work in the sandbox destroyed by a bully. I mean come on. Are you a man or a child? Neither I guess…lol
It is already week 8 of this very long, argosies process called a job interview and it can only get more difficult.
The too predictable phone call to start off the show is placed informing the crew to gather in the boardroom at 8am. Ugggg! 8am I am still in my jammies sipping on a latte. Once in the boardroom we have Caroline, and Bill this week who is filling in for George and then enters the Don. Donald hits play on the remote and we watch a clip of Star Wars III, Revenge of the Sith and it still gives me goose bumps and I have watched it 5 times already.
The task is given.
The teams are to create a prototype representing what the retail chain, Best Buy will use as an interactive in store display to promote the duel release of the DVD, Star Wars III and the new video game, Battlefront II. The team that creates the best display, judged by the executives; Jim Ward from Lucas films and Gary Arnold from Best buy; will win. This is a monster task considering the fact that these movies have spanned 30 years and have made over 13 billion dollars in sales between their videos, toys and books to name only a few.
Back to the suite they go to choose their project managers and to organize their thoughts.
Capital Edge’s PM is Clay. He is such a sniveling pregnant dog…OMG Did you hear him speaking to his team; talking about making sure they obey him. Who does he think he is anyways? He needs to earn respect before he can talk to anyone in that fashion. The others in the team were right. If they take on this task and they lose, blame Clay. If they win, blame Clay for anything that went wrong. He needs to go. Alla, I thought from the very beginning, had some very good ideas. One of which was actually meeting with the executives they are trying to impress to get a feel for what they are looking for.
Team Excel picks their PM after much deliberation, Brian. This team was in trouble from the get go.
Now, I have only been to the big apple once, but even I know that in order to get where you need to be on time, you either need to give yourself an hour or have a private jet. I could not believe that they only left themselves 15 minutes to get to their meeting. You couldn’t make it from the suite to the lobby in 15 minutes what makes them think they are going to make it across town? The funny thing is, they actually seemed to be surprised when they finally got to the meeting 30 minutes late and the execs stood up and walked out saying they had another meeting to go to. You know Donald called them and told them to leave…. it will look better on TV. I don’t blame them though.
They now have to spend precious work time listening to Randal’s Star Wars for dummies workshop, as he was the only one who had seen the movies. What kind of a rock do you live under that you haven’t caught at least a few of the movies? Never mind the theater…. they are played for free on television.
Capital Edge’s presentation is starting to shape up as we focus on the photo shoot and our Darth Vader and Chewbacca models. I found they didn’t focus too much on Capital Edge on this task. I know we saw the fact that Alla was running the show while Clay was off flirting with the producer but really we didn’t see much of the preparation.
This teams focus was on the story behind how Anakin Skywalker becomes the lord of Darkness himself, Darth Vader. This was emphasized by the executives as the main focal point of the movie and what they wanted to see in the demo; which Excel would have know had they not been sitting in a taxi.
Excel seemed to have some issues settling on a focal point. They tossed around a few names; the Chancellor, Obi-Wan, Yoda and then that weird guy with the bad teeth. Even General Grievous would have been an ok pick, but for them to avoid the main character, the star of the show, the main event that is Darth Vader is ludicrous to say the least. Their theme was good vs. evil. Not much mention of the dark side whatsoever. It just seemed the entire show that the Excel team just didn’t grasp the concept at all.
Just comparing the presentations. For Capital Edge, you had Adam dressed like a Jedi and Felisha as Queen Amidala, compared to Excel where they were wearing Best Buy Shirts. Now, I have nothing wrong with the Best Buy shirt per say, but for a presentation with that many costume choices… it was a bit lame. We will ignore the fact the Clay decided to present a product he did not contribute to and tried to relay the thoughts behind the promo that weren’t his thoughts. Alla had to step in and over talk him in order to present the theme in it’s proper glory. That could have cost them the task if the other team hadn’t done so badly.
Poor Rebecca, whom I still don’t know if I like; tried her best to push their product that had no originality with only 30 minutes to prepare as Marshawn thought at the last minute that she wasn’t cut out for the job and backed away. Even Brian, the PM didn’t step up and take one for the team. Here’s an idea…. make the one person who has seen these movies do the presentation. That would have been the smart thing to do.
Now, I don’t claim to be a highly paid Businesswoman, but I know that if the people in charge of judging your work have to ask you why the star of your Blockbuster movie’s picture is not present… that’s not a good thing. And to top it off, they had to question the placement of the merchandise within the display. They had put a TV there to play the movie on, but if anyone stood there to watch the movie, the merchandise was blocked from view for anyone standing in the background. And here I thought the whole idea was to sell the DVD and the video game…how foolish of me.
Capital Edge’s concept was brilliant.
Watch It… Play It…Own them both!
It captured the very essence of the task. An essence Excel couldn’t have captured with an army of storm troopers leading the way.
Darkness falls and it is Boardroom time. The teams are asked to wait outside while Donald has his powwow with the executives from Best Buy and Lucas films. It was different the way they kept the cameras on the teams in the reception area instead on the actual conversations in the Boardroom. All you could hear was muffled comments.
The teams are asked to come into the boardroom. The execs say that both teams did well but they had a clear winner in this task.
CAPITAL EDGE is the winner. Clay is sitting there looking smug. He has a very obscure sense of grandeur. He is so delusional he actually thought they would vote for exemption and looked shocked when the group unanimously voted to not give him an exemption next week, should they lose.
The winning group is told what their reward is. They get to take a limo ride with previous Apprentice winner Bill Rancic and go view the new Trump Tower being built in White Plains, NY. The idea behind this is the team gets to learn from Bill first hand how to be Donald Trump’s Apprentice, which would be quite valuable to anyone looking to actually win this game. I think the groups need all the help they can get.
The limo shot was priceless. On one end you have Felisha, Alla and Adam laughing and talking and then on the other side you have Clay… pouting.
Bill shows them the building and Felisha is in heaven due to her love of real estate. Bill gives them a list of Apprentice do’s and don’ts. Some of which were: Donald needs someone who will win at all costs, they need passion and creativity, whose actions speak louder than words, a person who delivers the victory and be innovative thinking outside the box. All the familiar catch phrases that employers use to entice new employees. Bill is right though. Not all that’s left would make a good Apprentice to Donald Trump.
While Capital Edge is enjoying their reward, we pan the New York skyline all the way to Trump tower and the suite where the Excel team is packing their bags and getting ready for the dreaded boardroom.
I thought I was hearing things when PM Brian stated, “Too bad Randal is exempt” I can’t believe that anyone was actually blaming the one person who even saw the movie you are promoting.
And so the saga continues…
Entering the boardroom, team Excel is. A winner they are not, try again they must. Donald happy, he is not. Hear the words “You’re fired” someone will.
Anyways…
As I was sitting there listening to Marshawn and Brian blame each other, I was thinking; Brian does not have a very forceful voice. He is very soft spoken and that just doesn’t fly with Donald Trump.
You had your same typical comments thrown about such as, “They are very hard to manage” and “I told you that wasn’t a good idea” but you also had other discussions. Donald really wasn’t happy that they missed the meeting with the executives.
Brain spent a lot of time under the heat lamp answering Donald’s questions about why they missed the trip. Once Donald found out the Brian lived in New York he was even more outraged. He even stated “You couldn’t get to the Chelsea area from here at midnight with no traffic in 15 minutes, what made you think you could get there in mid morning traffic?”
The teams other faux pas was the exclusion of Darth Vader from their presentation. Why a team would leave out the one character that the entire movie is about is beyond me. It all stemmed off the fact that they missed the meeting. They knew it as soon as the execs walked out of the office. Brian looked around at the table and said, “We’re screwed”. And they were…
And last but not least, we have the coo-de-gras. Why did Marshawn back out of presenting the display? Did we ever get an answer? Oh, right. No we didn’t. We got her weak assed statement that she thought Brian was better suited for this presentation. That low talking loser couldn’t entice an audience with his pants down. He himself even said that he was a horrible presenter. Rebecca tried and didn’t do badly considering the prep time she had.
Donald goes back and forth between Brian and Marshawn…. Marshawn and Brian… You did a terrible job… you lost focus… you missed the meeting… you shunned your responsibilities…
“Brian… You’re fired!”
“Marshawn… You’re fired!”
“Go on, get out of here!” Donald says.
And so we will catch up you again next week and till then we leave you pondering the big question in everyone’s minds… How can they fill a TV timeslot for a 16 weeklong interview when you are on week 8 with only 5 people left?
Until then…
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!
written by Krismas