Revolution: JJ Abrams, SciFi, Post-Apocalypse

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

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.

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.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

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 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)

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

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)

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.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

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?

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

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 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.