Jerrica's conflicted about the artifice of her on-stage persona, but at least she's happy thinking that she's going to make enough money to help Aunt Bailey out of some financial trouble, and then the other shoe drops. and they're a hit, even though Jem ends up looking like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Sia somehow joined their DNA, had a child and worked together on her look. The robot, 51n3rg.y (pronounced "synergy"), leads the girls – and the audience – into a subplot which has Jerrica searching for clues to something that her father left for her to find when she became old enough to do so. (Taking out the word "weird" and substituting "dumb" and/or "dumber" would be more accurate.) A small robot which Jerrica and Kimber's dad invented (but could never get to work) and which Jerrica holds onto for inspiration, suddenly starts beeping and flashing. "That's when things start to get weird," says Jerrica's narration, referring to their first night in Starlight Mansion.
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Rio is right down the hall, but that still doesn't stop these very independent girls from getting into some serious mischief. Erica has the girls stay in the "Rock Star Suite" in Starlight Mansion. (pretty dumb, if you ask me) without any more supervision than Erica, her driver, Zipper (Nathan Moore), and Erica's son and employee, Rio Pacheco (Ryan Guzman). Even after meeting Erica, Aunt Bailey lets the four teenage girls go back with Erica to L.A. Erica's the kind of person who casually insults people when she talks, insists on having her way, and isn't above manipulating people to get it. Erica (the female version of television Jem's nemesis, Eric) isn't the magnanimous God-send she appears to be. Jerrica agrees – on one firmly-held condition – that her sisters come with her as her band. The video goes viral and everyone is asking "Who is Jem?" One of those asking is Starlight Music CEO Erica Raymond (Juliette Lewis) who finds Jerrica and offers her money to perform three shows in L.A. "Jem" becomes, quite literally, an overnight sensation. Kimber, who is the opposite of Jerrica and lives her entire life online, gets a hold of Jerrica's video clip and posts it on YouTube. One day when the girls all decide to entertain themselves by putting on fun make-up, wigs and clothes to make a "music video", the chronically private Jerrica is inspired to record one of her songs on video and in costume as "Jem". They also all comment on each other's clothing and hairstyle choices, sometimes even doing the "favor" of making changes in each other's styles. Jerrica and Kimber write songs and all four girls play instruments. The four teenage girls live as sisters and are all into music and fashion.
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Also in the house are Bailey's two previously adopted daughters, Aja (Hayley Kiyoko) and Shana (Aurora Perrineau). Jem, whose real name is Jerrica Benton (Aubrey Peeples), is a teen who lives with her younger sister, Kimber (Stefanie Scott) and their aunt Bailey (Molly Ringwald), who took the girls in after their father died. Still, having said all that (and with more "dumb" complaints to come), I admit that "dumb" is rarely an all-or-nothing proposition and even "dumb" movies can be mildly entertaining.
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#JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS DVD REVIEW MOVIE SERIES#
The TV series was only created to help sell toys! That may be good business, but it's kind of a dumb reason for people to start watching a new show, which basically amounts to a half-hour toy commercial.
#JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS DVD REVIEW MOVIE MOVIE#
The lead character is a singer who performs under the nickname that her father gave her but "Jem" should be spelled with a "G"! And why call the band members "the Holograms" (something that isn't really there) when part of the point of the movie is that Jem's musicians are an indispensable part of the act? Now, before someone says that I don't know what I'm talking about, yes, I am aware that this movie is a live action version of a popular mid-late 1980s animated TV series of the same name (and the same spelling), but that doesn't mean that the adaptation (or the original) doesn't contain some dumb ideas.
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Take "Jem and the Holograms" (PG, 1:58) for example. Unfortunately, in spite of the best efforts of many smart, talented and hard-working people, "dumb" is the first word that comes to mind when thinking about a particular movie. But I don't mean to say that the people making the movie are dumb.