Revolution: JJ Abrams, SciFi, Post-Apocalypse

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by notorious

Did you watch it with me and my wife? We both noticed the exact same thing.


Just like Falling Skies and Walking Dead, they missed a fantastic opportunity to build the characters while showing the chaos after things shut down.

Walking Dead did fail to do enough with that, but if this show lasts I doubt they pass up on it. I would imagine J.J. is planning to explain it like he did on Lost if given the time.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

Walking Dead did fail to do enough with that, but if this show lasts I doubt they pass up on it. I would imagine J.J. is planning to explain it like he did on Lost if given the time.

Which brings us to one of the most annoying aspects of Lost - episodes that were almost completely flashbacks that advanced the linear story about 5 minutes. God I hated that - I nearly quit watching in Season 2 because of that and later wished I had.

I guess this time the backstory is more interesting than the present story, though, so maybe flashbacks will be a good thing.

The more I think about this the more annoyed I'm getting. **** you, Abrams. I hope you don't plan on getting all flashbacky in the next Star Trek movie.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by frazod

Which brings us to one of the most annoying aspects of Lost - episodes that were almost completely flashbacks that advanced the linear story about 5 minutes. God I hated that - I nearly quit watching in Season 2 because of that and later wished I had.

I guess this time the backstory is more interesting than the present story, though, so maybe flashbacks will be a good thing.

The more I think about this the more annoyed I'm getting. **** you, Abrams. I hope you don't plan on getting all flashbacky in the next Star Trek movie.

I liked the way Lost was. I am probably more patient than most TV viewers are. Not saying you aren't patient or not justified in your anger, just saying I am maybe patient to a fault. I also really liked his Star Trek movie but am not a Star Trek viewer so I can't really judge it in that way.

I liked all the seasons of Lost. Wasn't a fan of the ending as most weren't but I didn't freak out about it. I still enjoyed the series. The one thing is I used to be able to watch the reruns, after seeing the ending I can't. People who watched it on DVD sure got a huge help though not having to wait 6 months for the premiere each year.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

I liked the way Lost was. I am probably more patient than most TV viewers are. Not saying you aren't patient or not justified in your anger, just saying I am maybe patient to a fault. I also really liked his Star Trek movie but am not a Star Trek viewer so I can't really judge it in that way.

I liked all the seasons of Lost. Wasn't a fan of the ending as most weren't but I didn't freak out about it. I still enjoyed the series. The one thing is I used to be able to watch the reruns, after seeing the ending I can't. People who watched it on DVD sure got a huge help though not having to wait 6 months for the premiere each year.

The LOST ending sucked so much as that if Lindelof were a chick, I'd skull**** her upon sight.

**** LOST, **** Lindelof and his snide, shitty attitude and **** Carlton Cuse.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

The LOST ending sucked so much as that if Lindelof were a chick, I'd skull**** her upon sight.

**** LOST, **** Lindelof and his snide, shitty attitude and **** Carlton Cuse.

I'm sort of that way with Battlestar Galactica, too, although not nearly to the same extent, since it was an infinitely better show. However.....

If the Cylons were created by man, how in the **** did some of them end up being reincarnated from other Cylons who had lived on another planet halfway across the galaxy centuries earlier? And what was the deal with the angels? And why the **** would everybody wander off alone on a new, unexplored planet and shitcan all of their ships and technology? And.... ****, I could go on all night, but I guess what I'm saying is that often the trip is better than the destination.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

The LOST ending sucked so much as that if Lindelof were a chick, I'd skull**** her upon sight.

**** LOST, **** Lindelof and his snide, shitty attitude and **** Carlton Cuse.

Lindelof was also the guy who wrote Prometheus. and of course he left everything opened ended with more questions than answers. Par for the course with this guy.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by frazod

Which brings us to one of the most annoying aspects of Lost - episodes that were almost completely flashbacks that advanced the linear story about 5 minutes. God I hated that - I nearly quit watching in Season 2 because of that and later wished I had.

I guess this time the backstory is more interesting than the present story, though, so maybe flashbacks will be a good thing.

The more I think about this the more annoyed I'm getting. **** you, Abrams. I hope you don't plan on getting all flashbacky in the next Star Trek movie.

women love that cheesy flashback crap. They eat it up like a squirrel on a nut. Women watch more TV than men, do the math...

[WoodDraw]

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

Walking Dead did fail to do enough with that, but if this show lasts I doubt they pass up on it. I would imagine J.J. is planning to explain it like he did on Lost if given the time.

I doubt JJ is very involved with this, if at all. He's taken a hands off approach to all of "his" television shows for awhile now.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by WoodDraw

I doubt JJ is very involved with this, if at all. He's taken a hands off approach to all of "his" television shows for awhile now.

From what I understood he was around to get Lost going before handing it over completely. I just assumed that is what he was doing with this one.