2012 Fall TV Thread

mindy project was decent, always nice to see anna camp.

revolution was dumb but watchable, lol at the usb drives that also happen to look like sacred amulets

it's really too bad they blew through a quarter season's worth of plot in the pilot. so much world building to be done in the trek to chicago, the search for the brother, the unveiling of the archer-guy's treachery. maybe the most rushed drama pilot I can recall?

yeah i think one of the (many) persistent problems with all these high concept post-Lost shows is how they never seem to know how to dole out the story or how much to show in the pilot to hook you.

I was kinda theorizing that the post-lost shows focused so much on the forced world-building and lazy character cliches without giving plot out directly (b/c they didn't have any, only a concept) that this pilot was trying to create a contract with the audience. Look! We have tons of plot! And more reveals than you can imagine! Without realizing how hacky and convenient it all would feel.

The Cape just looked straight up lolsy from the getgo

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, September 17, 2012 7:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I have great news for you. Mrs. D. and I watched the "Revolution" pilot on Hulu a couple of weeks ago, and when they finally revealed the bad guy, I said, "Is that the douchecanoe who starred in 'The Cape?'" And it is!!

the whole thing with "nate" the sexy double-crossing archer guy was so rushed and silly. and in the promo for next week's episode the main girl says "is your name even nate???" and he broodingly says "no," like this revelation means something and has any impact whatsoever.

ok so what's worth watching that's coming up? Forgot that the Mindy Kaling thing had started so that, s3 of Boardwalk Empire I guess, next season of Homeland. Is there an AV club rundown of promising pilots yet?

Mob Doctor was surprisingly good!

x-post the big relevation that General Whatshisname was the guy the hero was driving with the nights the lights went out is the kind of reveal that would have come several seasons into Lost.

Revolution was okay. Robin Hood Jericho Hunger Games.

sepinwall just did best/worst summary of the new broadcast shows.

Looks plausible, will check the first two anyway.

That's heartening to hear about Last Resort, as that's the only show on the fall slate that I've been looking forward to.

the biggest thing with Revolution is the medieval schtick just raises so many mundane questions, I get more lols out of it than anything. I laughed out loud at the furniture in the General's quarters in the final scene. Did they raid the local Civil War museums?

I'll admit to kinda liking Billy Burke tho, so I will keep watching.

Nashville sounds good, I will give it a try.

Wait, there is seriously a new Beauty & The Beast where the beast isn't even ugly? Lol.

i believe he transforms into a beast occasionally

There was this movie last year, I guess it's kind of a thing?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152398/

Re: Revolution, I thought the actress that plays Charlie was terrible.

Minor detail that sticks in my craw about shows like this: Miles made a big point about that bottle of single malt Scotch being the last one in the area, and he obviously loves Scotch, but when he gets up from the bar to leave with them, he leaves it behind! Pour the damn Scotch in the glass back in the bottle, and take it with you!

Will continue to watch, though.

yeah Charlie was kind of annoying

Pour the damn Scotch in the glass back in the bottle, and take it with you!

I said this pretty much verbatim to my friends.

Fun from RichJuz

http://gawker.com/5944295/tvs-fall-haul-revolution-and-the-mob-doctor

As Charlie and her crew (which includes the woman her father was banging before he was killed) search to find her uncle so that he can help them find her brother, music that sounds like it's coming from a shitty RenFair Game of Thrones cover band (they have one song: the theme) plays.

*kicks dirt* well I liked it

i totally forgot Mob Doctor was that show with Jordana Spiro. I guess I'll give it a shot

yeah i like jordana spiro, my boys was kinda the quintessential watchable crappy summer sitcom

Matt Saracen QB is the boyfriend
William Forsythe
Michael Rappaport!

it's no sopranos, more like a Rizzoli Isles kinda show without the cutesy stuff. which I'm okay with. Reminds me a bit of that Chicago cop show from a couple of years back?

the one that had Jennifer Beals in it

Flashdance (Cop Version)?

Maybe I'm just getting older but there are precisely zero new shows I'm looking forward to. I'm going to watch Last Resort and probably some of the comedies "just to see" but I recorded Revolution last night and I can't bring myself to watch it.

xpost COPDANCE yes

I still miss Chicago Code. I think it was actually moving in a good direction when it got axed.

that's what it was called! thank you. yeah I really liked it.

...but I recorded Revolution last night and I can't bring myself to watch it.

It's probably skippable, and that's coming from someone who liked Jerico. As noted above, the reveal of Monroe and Nate, and the closing scene (which hasn't been mentioned here), seem premature for a series like this. It's almost like the producers know the series won't last and have a 13-show full arc planned. I am only continuing because I love the premise, and the show time doesn't conflict with anything else I watch.

I am only continuing because I love the premise, and the show time doesn't conflict with anything else I watch.

That's the only reason I kept watching Awake last season and then it turned around and puked in my face with its final episode.

Inclusion of Giancarlo Esposito also makes it less sucky than it could be

pretty psyched for last resort though i have no idea how they can make that work as a Andre Braugher/Scott Speedman series rather than a Denzel Washington/Ryan Reynolds movie

lol i meant to write ryan gosling, but same diff

last resort just seems like such a weird idea for a tv show

curious to see how that plays out

yeah i assume they get off the sub eventually, they can't just spend three years down there going "NO, LISTEN TO US, MR PRESIDENT!"

"a very special submarine episode"

ohhhh i see, according to wikipedia they go to an island and start a nuclear-armed family robinson

also apparently they're trying to prove their innocence, but if they're on an island i can assume that means lots of INTERNETS and maybe some phone calls

I think there's a drag race with a rival submarine gang in season 2

It is Shaun Ryan of The Shield/Chicago Code/Terriers, so I'll give it a go.

Plus Braugher.

i'm in the great-credits-but-doomed-to-failure camp

Yeah I was pissed about how Awake ended too

yeah ryan plus braugher means i might check it out though i don't know how they strech an updated version of the bounty mutineers into a tv show. stoked for jennifer jason leigh on revenge.

Revolution is cheesy as fuck, but I really like the premise. A couple thoughts beyond the scotch thing:

1) I'm all for suspension of disbelief, but literally the first person they talk to in the first place they walk in is the guy they are looking for? GTFO.

2) These guys are maddeningly inconsistent wrt the overgrowth after 15 years. There are tons of industrial areas and warehouses around O'hare that wouldn't have completely just vanished, foundations and all, in just 15 years. Same goes for Wrigley, there'd at least be scattered foundations right around it.

3) Main archer girl has totally taken the Marissa Cooper school of acting classes.

lol seriously

i felt bad that the girl who played "Becca" in Superbad is also named "Becca" in this show, because how sad it must be to be a Becca once, let alone twice

the trailers for that show looked like terrible snl sketches.

I started a Nashville thread, btw

It's like 'Dallas' if Victoria Principal sang and Patrick Duffy played guitar: This is a thread for NASHVILLE

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