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USA Brings The First New DEAD ZONE Since August!!
I am – Hercules!!
“The Dead Zone” begins its sixth season tonight, the first to shoot in Montreal instead of Vancouver. One cool thing about this is Montreal is less than 100 miles from Maine, where the saga of Stephen King’s troubled psychic Johnny Smith is set.
When we last left the series, evil congressman Greg Stillson had emerged as a hero, Sarah Bannerman got knocked up and Johnny found himself threatened by the menacing Janus.
Promisingly, the executive producers blog this:
… the show's writers, directors, and cast have worked hard to bring The Dead Zone back to its emotional roots. In "Heritage" [the season premiere] and in all of the upcoming season, our characters will grow together and apart, struggle and succeed, and rise and fall like never before. We're closer to them now than we've ever been.
That's a credit to Executive Producer Scott Shepherd, whom we tried for years to bring into The Dead Zone family. He was always too busy producing shows like Tru Calling, Reunion, and Angela's Eyes. But with Season Six on the horizon this past fall, kismet was kind, and after a long courtship we finally got hitched. He's a masterful storyteller, writer, and showrunner who infuses heart into everything he does, and he's galvanized The Dead Zone, bringing out a wonderful freshness. What's more, he's done so with great respect and love for the show's roots, laid down by Michael Piller.
Under Scott's direction, this season harkens back to the early years of The Dead Zone – by drawing on the emotional underpinnings that first made the series a standout, and by getting at the heart of the show. Not since Michael Piller has the series enjoyed this kind of emotional rawness and realism.
Hrm.
10 p.m. Sunday. USA.
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That's a credit to Executive Producer Scott Shepherd, whom we tried for years to bring into The Dead Zone family. He was always too busy producing shows like Tru Calling, Reunion, and Angela's Eyes. But with Season Six on the horizon this past fall, kismet was kind, and after a long courtship we finally got hitched. He's a masterful storyteller, writer, and showrunner who infuses heart into everything he does, and he's galvanized The Dead Zone, bringing out a wonderful freshness. What's more, he's done so with great respect and love for the show's roots, laid down by Michael Piller.
Under Scott's direction, this season harkens back to the early years of The Dead Zone – by drawing on the emotional underpinnings that first made the series a standout, and by getting at the heart of the show. Not since Michael Piller has the series enjoyed this kind of emotional rawness and realism.
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Walken is the shizznit!
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but they started looking crappier and rushed when they expanded the number of episodes per series, i havent seen up to the end of series5 yet so i skipped most of the article but good to hear it's going back to the style of the earlies.
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Meh.
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Shit, when does season 4 finally start in Germany? Or comes out on DVD? Don't make me use BitTorrent, you bastards!
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I can see where it could be more Maine-ish than Vancouver... though they could have just used the old 'Starhunter' facility just across the Maine border in New Brunswick. Fredericton... Portland.. very similar.
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i've been waiting for the dead zone to come back for ages. It's a solid little program no major highs, but thankfully no major lows. with piller gone, i hope they'll keep up the quality. i'm looking forward to the new run!
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Tossing that cane away was a big mistake. I liked "Apocalypse Guy" and all that.
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was when they stopped using the Jeff Buckley song in the opening credits.
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Of course their going to rave about their own product.
A better question would have been : "Okay you're giving the show over to some guy who was responsible for that crapfest TRU CALLING, which was shit-canned, and two other shows I've never heard of. How is this a good thing?" -
...doesnt meean that future johnny cant connect to him by touching somethingelse - future johnny jusat has to go nad touch something that he remembers touching a great deal in the past.
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Maybe Johnny's new government-given computer from the 5th season finale survived the apocalypse...
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Stillson hasn't exactly become a hero; he's a hero in the public's eyes, and a dupe to everyone else. He's still a total jerk-ass.
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Beware Spoilers: Is it just me, or does it look like Bruce got fat and Stillson got a botched facelift? Also, J.J. apparently got younger as everyone else was getting older, and the kid playing him is annoying as Hell. This little brat had a bigger role in one episode than that other kid had in the first 5 seasons combined. At least that kid LOOKED like he was really Johnny's kid. This kid has moppy hair and a weird nose. This brings me to...killing Walt? WTF? Bruce also leaves, Purdy probably too. I get the feeling this is like the last season of Earth Final Conflict, where they just decided to cut down the cast in order to save money. The new writers SUCK.
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that they totally replaced the actor that plays JJ?
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did the acting get WORSE, and how many characters are they getting rid off. and is this some sort of re-boot. It seems like everybody was acting like nobody new JJ is really Johny's son. THIS SHOW DEFINATELY JUMPED A PACK OF SHARKS
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If they did, yes, it just jumped them all. And yes, I did notice the J.J. swap. I ranted about it a few posts above. I guess maybe it was necessary since they moved to Montreal, but yeah, its like they tried to make the kid look younger and Sarah saying something about J.J. not having a dad now and I'm thinking...hey...what about his real dad...standing right in front of you. I think this season is going to be like The Matrix Revolutions and the final season of Earth: Final Conflict. I'm not going to watch again, and I'm going to pretend it doesn't exist. At least the 4400 was cool.
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THAT was awful. I used to love this show, I still love Anthony Michael Hall's Johnny Smith but man, that episode pretty much shut down the entire premise of the show last night. If Stillson doesn't cause Armageddon, didn't Johnny kind of fulfill his destiny, show over? Instead, they did away with almost the entire cast, replaced the former actor for JJ with Eddie Munster, got rid of the credits (which I havent been a fan of since the loss of the Jeff Buckley theme...) and pretty much hung long time fans out to dry, leaving us to wonder, WTF? They should have just wrapped this show up last season or at least used this season to end the series right. But really, I say this show ended a few seasons back when Johnny threw his cane into that river...that, to me, is when this started its sad decline. If the next episode is not so great, I may just start DVR'ing them and watch them at my leisure...
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does anyone know when USA's repeating it?
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Dude, need to see this show...I hated in season 4 when they got cane and tossed out the "Apocalypse Guy" stuff
Now, they got rid of the Stilson starting Armageddon?!?!?! WHat????
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Though Walt's death was very sucky and a cheap way to ratchet up the relationship between Johnny and Ezri (who will no doubt lose Johnny, too after he saves us from Armageddon)the new kid SUCKS ROYAL ASS. He's the kid from Kicking and Screaming..the weird kid who told jokes by simply pointing out when someone said something stupid. Bring back JJ1!
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I figured when he tossed the cane, it would be over, no more Dead Zone, since they basically threw away the plot that actually interested me.
Then I slept through the last season. Literally, I don't think I've seen a single episode of season 5, and I was shocked, SHOCKED I TELL YOU, when I turned to USA last night at 11:07 and the description of the 6th season opener of DZ popped up.
So I watched it. Wish I hadn't, but I did. Complete disaster, the writers should all be lined up and shot for their effort. First I see Walt, who obviously just came off of a bad tanning bed excursion, and then, by the end of the episode, he's dead! And Bruce? Gone! Purdy? Gone! Apparently now we'll just have Johnny maintaining lame ass episodic content that has no cohesion from one episode to the next.
And that JJ kid...jesus, cut the fuckin hair and learn how to act.
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wow, that made me laugh for like 10 different reasons...
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Or they Dead Zoned BSG Season 3. Too many stand alone filler episodes, not enough serialized storyline.
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Okay, we all hate the new J.J. AND the way they are clearing the decks - losing Walt, Bruce, Janus, Stilson (now longer a threat) and possibly Sarah? Why not just have Johnny read his own future in some desert town - "Ooops, looks like the chili is gonna disagree with me today..." "Oh no, I'll misplace my keys..." Is it just me, or is Johnny getting too many reads? It used to be he'd search around, or shake a hand - now, he sits on a bench and gets one - his ass is psychic, too? And is "My Dad taught me how to tie my tie - he was gonna teach me how to shave..." supposed to be emotional resonance? I thought I was watching an old long distance commercial... I realize they need conflict, and they could never sustain King's book over so many seasons (it only went this long with all the stand-alones) - but aren't they going at it wrong as Captain Murphy said? It's like hiring someone to clean tables and they do so by knocking everything to the floor and raking it into a corner... Give me the days when Johnny was going to be nailed as a psycho, he and Sarah were making goo-goo eyes at each other, Walt wasn't sure about him - AND BRUCE HAD DREADS! At least the 4400 is kicking much A.
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The show will be re-run Friday morning at 3 AM. I guess they have lots of confidence in their product.
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I had always held hope in my heart that there would be a standalone episode of DZ where Johnny would go with J.J. to drop off his car at Joe Camber's place for repair, only to be stalked by a huge psychotic Saint Bernard with rabies. Finally, Walt shows up to save the day, but... OH MY GOD! WALT JUST GOT HIS THROAT RIPPED OUT! HOLY S@$T!
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last episode for me.
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