Revolution: JJ Abrams, SciFi, Post-Apocalypse
 

Sounds great right?

The only worry is that NBC is picking it up.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/02/02/j-j-abrams-nbc/

Sounds interesting. Hopefully it does not take too much of his attention away from the Star Trek sequel and Alcatraz.

No phone, no lights, no motor cars,
Not a single luxury,
Like Robinson Crusoe,
As primitive as can be.

Network TV = no thanks.

I wish he'd concentrate on Star Trek and quit farting around with this other stuff - I really don't like the idea of waiting 3 1/2 years between movies (at least).

Yeah, seems like he has too many irons in the fire.

I just checked IMDB - the release date of the next one is May 2013 - that's FOUR YEARS.

**** you, Abrams. Like I don't get enough of this shit waiting for George Martin to write new books. 4321

I think he's rewritten Star Trek enough. I don't need a reboot.

IF he doesn't move it back another 6 months like the first one.

Yeah, I know. :banghead:

At least they're currently filming.

I don't think JJ's actually doing very much with these shows, just throwing his name on there as a producer credit to help get them on the air. I don't think he's actively involved in the production of any of them.

All I know is if Darth Lucas can churn out his ridiculously overblown Star Wars movies once every three years, Abrams should be able to at least do the same with much more character heavy Star Trek movies.

Bit more information:

The pilot is written by Supernatural creator and former showrunner Eric Kripke (which is a plus in my book, I love that series) and will be directed by Jon Favreau.

Just announced - Giancarlo Esposito has landed the lead role. Formerly Gus Fring on Breaking Bad and currently part of the ensemble in ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Awesome.

So... this is a pretty blatant plot ripoff of the "Dies the Fire" fantasy series written by S.M. Stirling.

I'll watch it, though.

Wierd Al rep

Bump for the n00b

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This show wasn't too bad when it was called "Jericho"...

Seems pretty different to me.

Airliners falling out of the sky. LMAO

Physics went insane? Seriously?

That's the explanation for why technology stopped?

I stopped after I heard that.

GUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Walter can't kill the unkillable!

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I'm in.

It was a joke.

It will end with a cliffhanger and a cancellation. This is NBC you know.

This is what is holding me back from watching. I do not want to invest in a show, only to have it cancelled with no ending. I might start watching if they announce a renewal for a second season.

**** Abrams. WORK ON STAR TREK YOU ASSHOLE!!!!!!! :cuss:

I second this. No ****ing excuse why the next Star Trek movie is not already on the big screen.

They rebooted it with a good cast, and now it takes 3 1/2 ****ing years between movies, assuming it doesn't get kicked back to December again? Seriously, at this rate, how many more can we expect? One, maybe two? Goddamn prick. If he wasn't willing to commit to it, he should have left it the hell alone.

He's like the movie version of George R.R. Martin. :banghead:

I'm still pissed there's never been a big screen Felicity movie.

Didn't they say 2013 right after the first one came out?

I will give it a chance since it has Gus in it. =)

Story and setting has potential.

Seeing as how it is NBC, it will go all "Heroes" inside of 6 weeks.

we will get 12 episodes, then a 3 month break, then 2 episodes and 2 month break. And then the plot and characters will just be stupid.

If it was an HBO show, it would be awesome. Since it's not, it will fail in style.

How?

There is no explanation for why shit quits working. Why would batteries stop working?

Planes falling out of the sky?

Stupid.

Maybe, just maybe they will use the screen time to explain the story and plot.


It's a crazy!


BTW, the planes falling out the sky part is ****ing reeruned.

Keep f-ing doubting J J Abrams

I think it looks cool, but they could have done without the bullshit that is gonna come from one person having the power source, like they indicated on the commercials. Why even have something that reeruned in there? Just do a series about people trying to survive in that situation, leave out the dumbass shit.

This was used in Escape from L.A. Satellites broadcasting a continuous EMP as a doomsday weapon. At the end of the movie Snake activates it (too bad he didn't do it in the beginning, because Escape from L.A. really sucked). I believe surviving post EMP was the premise of Dark Angel, but I didn't watch it.

In any event, it's already been done. So quit ****ing around and WORK ON STAR TREK DAMMIT! :#

Yep.

Dumbest. Premise. Ever.

What was the show a few years back in which the world experienced a brief blackout? His sounds like more of the same, only dumber.

After the LOST final season and the cancellation of Alcatraz, I'm no longer interested in J.J Abrams TV projects.

Not gonna waste my time.

FlashForward maybe? That's the one where all the people in the world blacked out. I think I made it through the first 20 minutes or so of that one.

If Revolution didn't have Giancarlo Esposito in it, I probably wouldn't watch it at all.

It's been in Post for quite a while. They could have had it ready for Christmas but Paramount wanted it to be a summer "Tent Pole".

Hook us up with an advanced rough cut screening Dane!

Yep, that's it. Thanks!

I'll watch Revolution if all of you guys think it's must see TV and also think it'll make it beyond season one.

I'm just too jaded by Abrams at this point to invest.

The show I want to see succeed this fall is Last Resort. Big fan of Andre Brauger (and Shawn Ryan). Although Vegas looks kind of cool, conceptually, as well.

I don't know that I've read much of a positive word on the pilot, at least so far.

'course part of the problem is that we're in a society that, while on one hand we've grown to like serialized drama, on the other, we're not patient enough to invest more than a week or two into anything. So it's a hard mountain to climb getting a new show to stick, or getting people to watch long enough for the show to grow and improve.

(especially on NBC)

The early word on Vegas is that it's really good and really cool. IMO, they couldn't have chosen two better actors to lead the show. I hope it's kinda like Michael Mann's old series, Crime Story, but I'm betting it's less stylistic and more "CBS" accessible.

The biggest bummer is that Vegas, or Vega$, is a series name that is already in lexicon. Hopefully, they'll reference Dan Tana at some point (which is actually an Italian restaurant on the corner of Santa Monica & Doheny that Frank Sinatra used to frequent in the 60's. GREAT place that's still there today).

I would LOVE a serialized drama and much like Game of Thrones for example, I think other people love it, too.

The problem is that J.J. Abrams, through LOST, has ruined the "high-concept" serial. I just don't trust him and I don't think this will last because most people I speak to don't trust him, either.

Oh, I agree with that, I was more commenting on how quickly we give up on shows these days. If they aren't the 'best thing ever!' right from the first second of the pilot, we just give up and watch something else. It's like we've forgotten that sometimes things can be a slow burn. 'course part of that is having so ridiculously many options at our fingertips. Why waste time on something that looks meh when there's 700 other channels to flip through?

I have Uverse and the pilot is available already on demand. I'll try and watch it tonight maybe. I'm pretty sure it's widely available online as well.

I'm sick of post apocolyptic and its NBC. This thing is doomed from the start. I'm not wasting my time on it.

in short....

Not worth it. :D

I'm going to check Cox on Demand to see if they have it, if they do, I'll watch it tonight and report back.

I think that Fringe was a somewhat of a "slow burn" but it's got a solid following, especially with DVR numbers and the fact it's on a Friday night. I'm looking forward to the final 13 episodes but hope it continues in some form, as Josh has hinted.

One of the main reasons why I think Revolution will fail is that Alcatraz was getting 6.7 million viewers on a Monday night not including DVR, yet was canceled. That leads me to believe that Fox didn't want to get into a "LOST" type situation and have a series with no true resolution.

The final few episodes were beginning to feel more and more like Lost, especially since they continually referenced "The Island".

Lindelof is a dickfoot.

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Ok, I'm like 5 minutes into this thing and it's dumb. Planes falling from the sky, then it starts 15 years after the power goes out and nobody has aged one bit. Fail so far.

Shocking

actually they aged quite a bit, problem is the people they showed in the previous 15 years are only 3 people. The Brothers and the Militia dude.

Its not bad, ill give it a few episodes before i decide one way or another. The end of thedamn episode was pretty decent.

Watching the premiere right now.

what'd you guys think?

I'm willing to give it a chance, won't be surprised if it crashes and burns though.

The premiere was okay.

Kinda, sorta hoped they'd build up the black out more.

Gets a 6 out of 10 from me. The whole ninja, I can take out 42 militia people by myself was way over the top. Planes falling out of the sky....uh, ok, whatever you say. The poisen in the whiskey thing was kinda cool tho...didn't see that coming. The British woman was the most interesting character of the lot.

I do like the concept of war lords, militia, etc. I think that is exactly what would occur in this type situation.

Not great, but I hated it less than I expected, after reading some early reviews. Has promise I think.

Yea, thats pretty stupid. Theres a reason guns replaced sticks, stones, knives and swords as mans weapon of choice.

yeah, i wanna know what happens directly after the black out. I know we will get flash backs, but it would be cool if they started it from there rather then 15 years down the line. 15 years down the line does give them ALOT to work with though. 15 years of flashback content is alot.

they said that guns were banned and its pretty illegal to even have one for whatever type of rules they did have.

Thoughts

1. It was a little goofy.
2. Still better than the stuff SyFy puts out
3. Liked it more than I liked the pilot of Terra Nova
4. If they could show blood it would be better. That fight seemed too fake...
5. I will keep watching

Agreed. The electricity went out, plane went down - blew up, then boom 15 years later.

WTF.

i have no idea why they cant show blood, Everyone has seen 24 and that show pushed and pushed and pushed the limits of brutal killings n regular tv.

Wow, that sounds even worse than I imagined. Thanks for posting this synopsis!

:thumb:

I liked it. Will definitely be watching in the future. I don't think the mom (Juliet from LOST) is actually dead.

watched the first one. I'm interested.

Not bad. Has potential...

Truth is, its not that bad. Its a bit cheesy, but there is some good stuff in there like Giancarlo. Dude is made to play a bad guy. Also, the brother who was some kind of special black ops guy back before the black out.

Though, for 15 years down the line people dress to clean, not all, but some.

was the black dude in Breaking Bad?

The review I read was pretty bad, but it went after the logic of the show more than anything.

Honestly, it wasn't terrible TV. And there just isn't much from the Scifi genre to choose from, so I will keep watching.

The ratings were good, so maybe the show will last for awhile.

Having said that, I so miss Battlestar Galactica, DS9, and even Lost. I have high hopes for Last Resort on Thursday, but I don't see how they keep the story line going.

Yea, I kind of thought that the immediate aftermath would have made an entire season. Explaining how the Militia and regions came to be, etc.

Maybe that's still coming, kind of like flashbacks in Lost. Who knows with Abrams.

Just wait for the flashforwards.

I'm watching the pilot now. First thing I notice is how everybody has nice clothes, is well groomed and basically look like models. Yeah, that would happen in a post-apocalyptic world. LMAO

Not terribly impressed so far. It should at least be better than The Postman. So far, it isn't.