I just discovered this moments ago. It looks very interesting. I have to say, as a post-apocalypse, science fiction fan, I find this show to be very promising. It's from J.J. Abrams and John Favreau, which alone is enough to get me excited, but check out the synopsis:
A group of people struggle to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously disappeared.
There's some obvious influence from other works in there, but I don't know of any other TV show, except maybe Jericho, that tried to do anything like this before. It also has Giancarlo Esposito, who played Gus on Breaking Bad, as well as Mr. Glass/Magic Mirror on Once Upon A Time. Very cool to see this guy getting so much attention. He's a great actor.
I really hope this show lives up to its potential. I'm definitely stoked!
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Sounds like The Change series from S.M. Stirling. I'm sure your right though, that it sounds like other stuff as well.
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IGN.com was being funny so here is the youtube link for anyone who would rather use that.
I think it looks great, taking the best elements from table-top rpg's while not alienating the common viewer with magic and whatnot. With the terrifying level of popularity The Walking Dead has achieved more people should be open to this kind of show, giving it better odds than its predecessors of Jericho and Jeremiah. I look forward to seeing how they fill the meat of the show, clearly they have taken the bones of good D&D session (the group enters a seedy tavern and learn one of the npc's in their group is a traitor, pure sadist GM material) and the choreography looks fascinating whereas most shows follow the same "block-block-punch, block-block-kick, block-parry-duck as the opponent makes a dramatic wide swing."
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I mean it doesn't HAVE to only last that long, and the people at the helm are pretty top notch, but high concept stuff like this has always been accompanied by a lot of fanfare ever since Heroes came out, and most of it went downhill fast. These kinds of shows rarely make it very far these days before the studio pulls the plug. It needs to be a smash hit, otherwise it'll go down in flames very fast.
I love the cast. Giancarlo Esposito is a total badass, and one of the best villain actors I've ever seen. I also like Tomin from Stargate, though it looks like he dies in the first episode. And I even like the premise. I kind of wonder how the numbers will compare to Falling Skies, which is also a post-apocalyptic show but with pretty good ratings and a low budget. Graphics are getting cheaper every year, but that tends to make people think bigger to make up for it. Shows are just too expensive and studios are too impatient for a hit for them to cultivate any sort of fanbase with a slow build. Especially with expensive shows like this, studios rarely stop and remember that audiences really do want to see character and plot development take a sane path.
Edit to add: You notice that most successful post-apocalyptic shows, like Walking Dead or Falling skies, are on cable channels like TNT and AMC. I'm surprised USA doesn't have one, except they like quirky character dramedies. Every time the networks try this they reach for the stars and cancel when the ratings aren't off the charts.
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I was going to use the term 'whedoning' but then I remembered how much The Avengers has already made.
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Even without the Avengers, he had two incredibly successful series before Dollhouse and Firefly were canceled.
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