8th & Ocean

Did you know that modeling is hard work? Like Barbie and Ken dolls with pull-strings, the 10 young models on 8th & Ocean—with names like Briana and Vinci—spout banalities and pout about their miserable lives on cue for the reality-TV cameras that follow them around the, like, totally rad South Beach apartment complex they share, as well as on their really hard photo shoots. Featuring all 10 episodes of the 2006 series aired on MTV (the just-barely-music channel), the models here are as shallow as their chosen profession (maybe we're supposed to feel sorry for these young Venuses and Adonises being taken advantage of by modeling agencies or poked and prodded by photographers and stylists; or perhaps we're supposed to laugh—I couldn't work up the enthusiasm for either response). Which leaves us with the only important question: why is it always the crappy shows that come laden with bonus features? There's an entire disc here of “Advice from the Experts” on becoming a model, deleted scenes, cast bios, even a featurette on Miami hotspots. Optional. (M. Johanson)