As Episode 1 of "Rennervations" (2023 release; 4 episodes of about 45 min each) opens, we learn that Jeremy Renner buys up decomissioned government vehicles of all kind left and right (including lots of buses and tracks) and keeps the bunch (over 200 vehicles) in a massive lot just outside of Reno, NV. Jeremy wants to overhaul some of them so as donate them to a worthy cause. In Episode 1, Renner and his motley crew will turn a 54 ft Greyhound-reminding bus into a mobile music studio for a youth organization in Chicago. At ths point we are 5 minutes into Episodes 1.
Couple of comments: I really like Renner, and he's the main reason I even gave this mini-series. A shot. I had no clue that Renner was so into music, and we watch him play piano as well as drums effortlessly. Even though the goal (to donate overhauled trucks or buses to a good cause) is commendable, in the end it is simply just the umpteenth extreme vehicle make-over show, of which there are many, many, many. Not to mention that at the tail end of Episode 1, we never even get any footage of the kids using the mobile music studio. We apparently need to just assume or imagine what hoe the mobile studio works out in day-to-day practice. Worse, as I started watching Episode 2, it felt like a complete copy of Episode 1, only now it's a city bus being turned into a mobile dance studio (for a youth group in Lox Cabos, Mexico). Halfway through Episode 2, I had had enough and I bailed. I have no intention of whatching Epsiodes 3 or 4, sorry.
"Rennervations" has been pushed heavily leading up to its premiere on Disley+ earlier this week. Of course Renner himself has been getting massive media attention due to his horrendous accident with his snow plow (this mini-series was filmed before the accident). I wish him well in his continuing recovery. For reasons unknown, Disney+ premiere 3 of t 4 episodes earlier this wee. But held back the 4th episode (presumably till next week). If you are a fan of extreme vehicle make-over shows, I'd readily suggest you approach this (with lowered expectations), and draw your own conclusion.
Couple of comments: I really like Renner, and he's the main reason I even gave this mini-series. A shot. I had no clue that Renner was so into music, and we watch him play piano as well as drums effortlessly. Even though the goal (to donate overhauled trucks or buses to a good cause) is commendable, in the end it is simply just the umpteenth extreme vehicle make-over show, of which there are many, many, many. Not to mention that at the tail end of Episode 1, we never even get any footage of the kids using the mobile music studio. We apparently need to just assume or imagine what hoe the mobile studio works out in day-to-day practice. Worse, as I started watching Episode 2, it felt like a complete copy of Episode 1, only now it's a city bus being turned into a mobile dance studio (for a youth group in Lox Cabos, Mexico). Halfway through Episode 2, I had had enough and I bailed. I have no intention of whatching Epsiodes 3 or 4, sorry.
"Rennervations" has been pushed heavily leading up to its premiere on Disley+ earlier this week. Of course Renner himself has been getting massive media attention due to his horrendous accident with his snow plow (this mini-series was filmed before the accident). I wish him well in his continuing recovery. For reasons unknown, Disney+ premiere 3 of t 4 episodes earlier this wee. But held back the 4th episode (presumably till next week). If you are a fan of extreme vehicle make-over shows, I'd readily suggest you approach this (with lowered expectations), and draw your own conclusion.