Dead Pool resolution
OK, what I decided to do was, rather than have people predict the second show to be canceled or something, I would have people write a paragraph about which new fall show is their favorite and why. Pretty simple.
I'll post any good ones up here (e-mail me if you want to be anonymous).
We'll pick a winner on Friday.
posted by AndyW @ 10/09/2006 03:00:00 PM
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7 Comments:
Well since Vanished is going to die and with the show out of the 9PM slot on Monday nights, I have to say I watched an episode of Heroes. The first impression is great so I will go with "Heroes" as my new favorate show.
I thought this show would be another "Surface." I was dead wrong.
I did like the ideal behind Vanished but they better wrap that one quick like Kidnapped.
For the record I thought Heroes would bomb in my TV predtions on MY blog.
Just got done reading your article("'Smith' becomes fall TV's 1st casualty") and I gotta say - I'm extremely disappointed. Network Exec's continue down the path of
making zero sense. Green light a show, especially one with this much firepower (figuratively and literally), give it 3 episodes and kill it before the storyline has a chance to develop? Nice. Not that this is anything new mind you, but if people wonder why cable is better than broadcast TV... well,
here's yet another example.
What started off as one of the potentially best TV seasons
in recent memory has suddenly exploded into mundane same ole
same ole. "Smith" and "Kidnapped" are the two NEW shows that really fired me this season. While "Vanished" was losing me (Ming Na and Gale Harold are terrible actors), they made a huge save and left us with one helluva cliffhanger before going on hiatus due to baseball. Killing off Kelton and bringing in a new guy who could actually act (Eddie
Cibrian, who played Russell Varon on last year's cool Sci-Fi
show "Invasion" - which also got canned) was a step in the right direction... not to mention that the plot is starting to get juicy.
I like "Heroes." It's got the same feel as Shyamalan's 2000 movie "Unbreakable" with Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. I'm a big ole comic geek at heart too, so that helps. At least they picked it up for a season and we'll get to see the plot develop.
But that's the problem with most
TV execs... they need to see NOW NOW NOW results. And it's getting worse too. Both "Smith" and "Kidnapped" are slow
moving, plot intensive STORIES that need time to develop. It's a sad testament to not just TV execs, but our society in general. Everyone wants everything NOW, in our impatient world. Sad.
I find it interesting that you still "loathe" Jericho. What
exactly do you "loathe" about it? Granted it's taking a bit for it to get its feet. I'm intrigued by the setting - I'm a HUGE sucker for post-apocalyptic stories. Stephen
King's "The Stand" is my fave book because of the where and when it takes place. I'm really intrigued by who Lennie James' character (Robert Hawkins) is, and why does he seem prepared for all this?
Anywho...
"Jericho" makes me itch. It's all so awful - the woman running her finger through the muck and saying "What's this?" "That's what's left of Denver," and the ridiculous radiation scare and the planes on the highway.
I'm all for a little post-apocalyptic fun and games, but "Jericho" doesn't even begin to earn my suspension of disbelief.
And Skeet Ulrich needs to get eaten by mutants, post haste.
> "Jericho" makes me itch.
Hahaha! I sorta get where you're coming from. It has a weird filmed on a "backlot" feel. Trust me, it ain't my fave new show, but it's half way interesting enough to keep tabs on. It feels a little like Jeremiah, the show on HBO a few years back.
> It's all so awful - the woman
> running her finger through the
> muck and saying "What's this?"
> "That's what's left of Denver,"
I thought that was rather funny. ;)
> and the ridiculous radiation
> scare and the planes on the
> highway.
Hmm... while I personally haven't been in a radiation scare scenario, it seems to me that if air traffic control across the board goes down, planes would land on the closest avaiable flat stretch of ground... highways. It's been done in TV/movies before. As for the rain bringing down radiation... that's a a fact. So I'm not sure what part of those you would have to suspend your disbelief on since both are very likely to be accurate.
> And Skeet Ulrich needs to get
> eaten by mutants, post haste.
Ya, agree with ya there... not a big fan of the Skeet.
On the plane thing - I get that it was a cool visual, but if there were mushroom clouds all over the place, the EMP's would have fried the planes real good-like.
Assuming they survived that (and withholding judgement on the pilots simultaneously seeing mushroom clouds in Denver, Kansas City and Texas), why don't they just land at a, you know, airport?
We've got a bunch here in Colorado Springs, for instance.
Or, barring that for whatever reason, put yourself in the pilot's shoes: I'm out of gas and need to put my 757 down somewhere close. Do I choose: A) A 2-lane highway outside the scenic hamlet of Jericho, Kan., or B) A 6-lane interstate long enough to land the Space Shuttle on.
As you can see, I'm totally geeking out now... anyhoo, it goes back to that suspension of disbelief thing. They didn't earn it, so I won't do it.
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Now THIS is geeking out! ;)
> On the plane thing - I get that
> it was a cool visual, but if
> there were mushroom clouds all
> over the place, the EMP's would
> have fried the planes real
> good-like.
Except that the EMP radius from a ground based nuclear explosion would be confined to a small area. If it was exploded in the air, that's a different matter. See this link for the explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse
> Assuming they survived that (and
> withholding judgement on the
> pilots simultaneously seeing
> mushroom clouds in Denver, Kansas
> City and Texas), why don't they
> just land at a, you know,airport?
Assuming that Jericho, KS, is near the KS/CO border (as it's presumed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho%2C_Kansas), the airspace near them wouldn't be in any direct contact with an EMP burst. What's more, there wouldn't be a "big city" near them for hundreds of miles in any direction (roughly 200 to Denver, 400 to Kansas City and 300 to Wichita). With thousands of other planes in the air, I'd want to get my butt on the ground ASAP instead of risk flying blind straight into another jumbo jet.
> We've got a bunch here in
> Colorado Springs, for instance.
But as we know, Denver got nuked. And if anything, the Springs would likely be in the area of EMP burst (only being roughly 99 miles apart). At the ery least it would be too risky to attempt. Not only that, but would YOU want to risk flying blind for hundreds of miles in a metal tube that let you only see straight out the front window? I think not! ;)
> Or, barring that for whatever
> reason, put yourself in the
> pilot's shoes: I'm out of gas and
> need to put my 757 down somewhere
> close. Do I choose: A) A 2-lane
> highway outside the scenic hamlet
> of Jericho, Kan., or B) A 6-lane
> interstate long enough to land
> the Space Shuttle on.
I'll give ya that. But do they have 6-lane highways out in the middle of Nowhere, KS?
> As you can see, I'm totally
> geeking out now...
Not as much as I am! :D
> anyhoo, it goes back to that
> suspension of disbelief thing.
> They didn't earn it, so I won't
> do it.
I totally understand what you're saying. My wife and I are big Prison Break fans. First season was great, but this season is so-so. They have some good episodes, but some really unbelievable ones, thus making it hard to suspend my disbelief. This coming from someone who was a P.I. (and did some bail enforcement) for 11 years and has no problem believing EVERYTHING that Jack Bauer does! ;)
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