Jump to content

Fall 2006's New Shows Discussion


DaysnPassionsFan

Recommended Posts

  • Members

KIDNAPPED (NBC) - B+

Wednesdays 10PM

I really enjoyed the pilot. This show wasn't on my list of "can't wait to see" pilots, but after watching it I was impressed. It has a very cinematic quality to it (NBC usually does, even with their downright awful dramas), and the acting is superb. Very exciting and definitely intriguing.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 31
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Members

I just watched the pilots for Desire and Fashion House on My TV, why I think I will commit sometime to Fashion House, Desire did nothing for me, I ended up ff through most of it ......

Desire is more trashy kind of show, and I don't think it belongs in the 8:00 it was almost like watching max after dark

Fashion house was actually pretty good, It was more real life...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Really?! Where did you see the pilots for DESIRE and FASHION HOUSE?!

I knew I would like FH more than DESIRE. It just looks like a better show, IMO. The only thing I hate about FH is that it is up against GREY'S ANATOMY on Thursday. Which means no one is gonna watch it but me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

THE BLACK DONNELLYS (NBC) - A-

As someone who passes on "The Sopranos" and doesn't see what the big deal is about "The Godfather," I have to say I think "The Black Donnellys" is one of the best new dramas this season. It has an excellent story, effortlessly balances light and very heavy, dramatic moments, and has a pretty solid cast. I can't wait until December/January when "ER" takes a backseat to make room for this. Honestly, I'd take "Black Donnellys" over ER anyday.

NBC is on a roll this season, for me, even though I'm probably not going to watch "Studio 60" religiously, its still well-written and has a powerhouse cast.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I have viewed Hidden Palms and Heroes. Hidden Palms is a really good teen drama. The guy, who played Zack from The O.C. is the standout character. The neighbors are also good additions. The lead is played well by the guy who played Psycho Oliver on The O.C. He really improved as an actor IMO. The CW should of had Hidden Palms in their fall lineup, instead of mid-season.

I also liked Heroes. I thought that I wouldn't like it that much but it was actually pretty good.

So far this is the order I'd rank the pilots that I've viewed.

1. Traveler

2. The Nine

3. Hidden Palms

4. Heroes

But all four of these shows are pretty good. Nice batch of shows.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Administrator

Just finished watching it and ITA that NBC is on roll!!! I give this show an A+ for the writing, directing and acting. Like you said, the cast is solid. I really like the relationships between the four brothers. Loved ending with The Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)" playing in the background. I really had high hopes for this show since Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco are behind it and it didn't disappoint me.

I haven't seen 'Studio 60' yet :( but so far NBC is back with quality drama! Thank you, Kevin Reilly for picking these shows.

My ranking of the pilots so far:

Dramas

1. The Black Donnelly's

1. Friday Night Lights

1. Heroes

1. The Traveler

5. Hidden Palms

6. Kindapped

7. Secrets of a Small Town

8. Jericho

9. Runaway

10. Shark

Comedies

1. The Class

2. The Singles Table

3. Rules of Engagement

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Here are my annual reviews:

Studio 60(B-): Great cast, but quite a disappointment. With the pedigree of the people behind the scenes (the creative genuis behind The West Wing and Sports Night, two of my all-time faves), I was expecting more. But I do see some potential in this show.

Traveler (A+): Utterly fantastic and exciting. Literally there has nothing on TV that has been this consistently exciting in a long while. The casting and the writing and the directing were all pitch perfect. I don't get why ABC is holding this until midseason.

Friday Night Lights (A): As everyone else is saying, this is just absolutely dramatic and wonderful and emotional. The fresh faces on the show deliver and deliver and my endless crush on Kyle Chandler continues. Love it.

Runaway (D-): Or as I like to call it, The Most Cliched Show in the History of the Universe. A family on the run! This is gonna be quality TV! Yeah, I'd rather watch Desire than this [!@#$%^&*].

Hidden Palms (F): Why, Kevin Williamson, why? You hooked me with Scream, chained me with Dawson's Creek, broke me with Wasteland, lost me with Glory Days, stalked and beat the [!@#$%^&*] out of me with Cursed, and now I'm filling charges for emotional distress. Oh, and battery.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I saw "Secrets of a Small Town" and wow... I don't know what it was, but it was just a wierd experience. I had no idea where the hell the show was going. I though it was going to be a "Providence" like show where the prodigal daughter returns home. Then we get this cloud of eerie mystery that engulfs the show. Then after that, it seems like we've descended into "Point Pleasant" or a bad "Dark Shadows" rip-off.

The unusual/trippy soundtrack doesn't help either... it was so out of place. Overall it was just wierd... that's the only word I could use to describe it.

It was a D for me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Well, Toups, stupid me downloaded "Vanished" and forgot it debuts Monday, LOL.

That show was like watching a movie. It was SOOO great! Even though I must argue that the cast ensemble is too large, I guess I shouldn't really care. :P

Wow. The writing is top notch. So many twists and turns... WOW.

I LOVE this show. :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Administrator

It's an A for "Justice."

It looks like it's going to be a procedural show like most Jerry Bruckheimer shows. I could see CSI fans watching this show instead of 'Lost.' The show is very slick, style-ish, up tempo, and there's not one moment where the show is boring, IMO. Victor Garber is awesome as usual and it was great seeing Kerr Smith again who's really good in the pilot.

To me it was CSI (the high tech stuff) meets The Practice (gritty crimes).

If you're going to watch a new law show this season, watch this one, not Shark (soooo boring).

The only downside for me is that it's unserialized and I usually drop those shows if I have to. I prefer serialized shows.

My Updated List

Dramas

1. The Black Donnelly's

1. Friday Night Lights

1. Heroes

1. The Traveler

5. Justice

6. Hidden Palms

7. Kindapped

8. Secrets of a Small Town

9. Jericho

10. Runaway

11. Shark

Comedies

1. The Class

2. The Singles Table

3. Rules of Engagement

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • Just started the May 27 episode and first thing I see is that Willow got an ugly haircut since hte last time i watched
    • I'm pretty sure he was. But point taken.
    • Still here ^^ Come on Prime Video, it's due to bring it back!
    • Got through the eighth season, and it was... painful. 

      Please register in order to view this content

    • I agree 100% with both you and Mitch64.  Soaps have been going further and further off-course since 1981. TPTB just don't have a fundamental understanding of what makes soap fans so loyal. I'd love to be on a writing team with both of you.  Maybe we could put together a real soap opera, and show people what its all about...  
    • They weren't in town, but Fletcher worked at the paper (and we saw anniversary Journal headlines for the 50th, although I don't remember if Roger was one of them), and I'd think Alex would have at least heard of him due to the damage he did to Spaulding only a few years before her return to the fold. I know I have to remember it's not real life, of course.
    • YES. The videos being uploaded to Spauldingfield are almost to the point where Alan is reintroduced. They're already talking about the guy he pretends to be, and yes, he returns at a masked ball. In fact, that masked ball is almost beat for beat the same as the masked ball where Alex was introduced! Get a new schtick. Before the Kobe era, that's pretty much what they did. Characters would just show up. Maybe other characters would talk about them for a while--the Chamberlains, Tony, Maureen, Andy, Kelly, Carrie--but then they would just appear. When Hope came back, she simply knocked on Bert's door and said something like, "Hi, Grandma, I'm home again." No particular fanfare. Sometimes it would be a bit dramatic--Jennifer and Morgan were introduced when Mike accidentally crashed into their car, for instance, and Alan and Elizabeth were introduced through Jackie's flashbacks when she was remembering giving up Phillip for adoption. Nola was involved in the Roger return. Roger's return in 1980 was very dramatic, but in a way that made total sense. He was trying to kidnap a child, so dressing up as a clown did not seem crazy. The mask bit was not only silly, it didn't even make sense. Alex never knew him, so there was no reason for him to be masked in front of her. Yeah, she knew OF him, but there's that phenomenon called cognetive dissonance. If you see someone outside of an expected situation, you probably won't recognize them, especially if you never met them in person and think they're dead. I bet a CIA spook like Roger would be familiar with that concept. And he didn't have to be skulking around SF for months. Again, I will cut Long a little slack--it was not her idea to bring back Roger, she was told to do it. She never wrote for the character. It was something that was not planned. They originally went to Zaslow to offer him the role of Alan. He, of course, turned them down because that was a ridiculous idea, but then he suggested coming back as Roger. At such short notice, it's not strange his return was not handled well.
    • Eh...but neither had been in town. Know the name Roger Thorpe? Sure. But Alex would have gone crazy trying to memorize all of Alan's co-conspirators/lovers/wives and Fletch didn't even know Roger/Adam was on the island, IIRC. But who knew or should've known each other is always a little dicey when people come back to town. 
    • I wouldn't call Tomas' cuts a modern cut. They appear to be a slim/extreme slim cut⏤cut slimmer down the sides, with a higher armhole, which pulls up/out, depending on the fit of the person's body. Again, I feel like Ms Featherstone is buying to fit the wrong parts of the body; instead of buying to fit their widest parts (shoulders), she's buying things to fit their middle/waist (which is the easiest to ultimately fix without a complete re-cut), and it shows in the finished product. And the only reason it irks me is because I worked in suit sales for nearly ten years, and I notice these things immediately. The fashion(s) on this soap are miles ahead of three of the four others (I like the fashions from Y&R), but the tailoring is a choice, especially where the men are concerned.
    • There probably would have been a good chance they knew of him, especially with his ties to Spaulding and his being involved in so much scandal (meaning there would be plenty of photos and articles around they both would have seen), but I agree the mask was silly, clearly just a TV moment.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy