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A Supercool Trailer Emerges
For NBC’s Postapocalyptic
Midseason Drama DAY ONE!!

First? by presevil	Jul 7th, 2009 04:26:18 PM
Hell, I'll check it out. I'll probably watch Flashforward too though...I'm so fickle...
So....un-NBC-ish... by PennsyDeux	Jul 7th, 2009 04:30:31 PM
;)
Looks good. I suppose it will last a week by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 7th, 2009 04:35:25 PM

eh. by supergator	Jul 7th, 2009 04:38:00 PM
Won't be as good as The Colony on Discovery. www.discovery.com/colony
Looks very good by Rand92	Jul 7th, 2009 04:38:16 PM
I will be tuning in to see if it is as good as it looks. Maybe we're finally seeing the end of crappy reality shows and the start of real creative shows.
Great effects! Bad acting! by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS	Jul 7th, 2009 04:42:26 PM
Never has my enthusiasm died so quickly whilst watching a trailer! I was in "Wow! This looks fucking great!" mode when suddenly, up pops some dickwad who talks about how the world is dead in the most amateur way possible. After several more badly acted scenes, we get to Ms Save The World who couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. Christ almighty. Can they get rid of the actors but leave the effects please?
'Flash Forward' looked incredibly soapy and boring by Jardinier	Jul 7th, 2009 04:50:58 PM
from the clips that are online. This, on the other hand, looks like it has potential. Plus, the hot lady from 'Eli Stone' and 'Veronica Mars' is still hot. This is mid-season, right? If so, the television season really only starts in January... 'Caprica', 'V', this, 'Chuck', 'Lost'... hm, and look at that, all sci-fi programming for grown-ups.
I'll watch the pilot... by Iron-kong	Jul 7th, 2009 04:57:02 PM
but I'm getting bored with the Apocalypse. What's wrong with me?
Err... that's actually pretty cheesy looking. by odysseus	Jul 7th, 2009 04:59:00 PM
Awful acting, awful dialogue. I felt like I was watching the Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus trailer.
TV doesn't have enough plucky sci fi heroines!! by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 7th, 2009 05:00:58 PM
that are closet lesbians.
Wow, looks surprisingly good by jimmy_009	Jul 7th, 2009 05:06:54 PM
I figured ABC at first, definitely doesn't have the cheap-ass Heroes feel to it. I love anything post-apocalyptic. Count me in...until the promise of the premise starts trailing off like Heroes at least.
PLEASE NO 9/11 SYMBOLISM by thecosmicdudewithattitude	Jul 7th, 2009 05:31:04 PM
Let this be a genuinely original tale about a genuine meeting with a mysterious alien force, which may or may not be malevolent in iself, just...weird. Let mankind finally meet some "real" weirdoes from space or some other dimension, anything but thinly disguised symbols of earthly powers. PLEASE!!!!
good apart from dialog by Kobaal	Jul 7th, 2009 05:33:00 PM
"this world is dead, it just doesn't know it yet!!!" Fucking hell, doesn't anybody write a second draft anymore?
Needs more Michael Ironside by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 7th, 2009 05:39:25 PM
One of the best parts of the new Terminator movie was seeing that guy on screen.
Why all the Truman show music? by bah	Jul 7th, 2009 05:39:27 PM
Both pieces are from the soundtrack.
it's actually very smart to do the big effect episode one by BadMrWonka	Jul 7th, 2009 05:44:28 PM
I mean think about it, the invasion/attack/explosions, that's going to be 95% in the first episode, so if you direct a huge portion of your budget for the entire season there, you can really impress people from (forgive me) day one, and then get them hooked on smaller, more character-driven episodes later. save a little for the season finale, and you're golden. some of the dialogue here is a little overwrought, but it's kind of intriguing, and you know you want to watch the first episode, at least, to see if it's tolerable. the thing with the cop on the freeway was actually pretty well done, I thought. well I'm in, anyway.
What will we think of Day One in six months? by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS	Jul 7th, 2009 06:00:33 PM
Much like the question "What does Kathy Bates' pussy taste like?", this is a question that must remain unanswered as nobody has been there yet.
Someone ripped off my War of the Worlds series idea by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 7th, 2009 06:06:24 PM
Don't you guys think that would make a great series?
I'm preordering the season 1 bluray by one_guy_from_andromeda_	Jul 7th, 2009 06:11:39 PM
already
A for visuals, C- for dialog and acting by ThrowMeTheIdol	Jul 7th, 2009 06:17:22 PM
It might be interesting but I doubt it will be around long as it's another serial. The market wants more stand alone episode oriented shows - in my opinion of course, no one really knows for sure. :) I'll give it a try though for a while.
Looks good but the dialogue is a worry by aversiontherapy2	Jul 7th, 2009 06:29:38 PM
Parts sounded like they was written by someone used to doing daytime soaps. That whole, "...just doesn't know it yet" was horrible (as was the guy delivering it). Still, the rest of it (like the scene on the freeway) seemed well-written. Definitely worth a look.
Julie Gonzalo has never disappointed by leftofcentristdotcom	Jul 7th, 2009 06:36:29 PM
This woman should have a big career ahead of her. Attractive - with that aura of intelligence. We saw it in Veronica Mars and Eli Stone. At least the few of us who watched both series did.
Looks Pretty Good by RaRoMo	Jul 7th, 2009 06:47:37 PM
But it's the pilot. We'll have to see what the succeeding episodes look like. What works best in the pilot are the special effects-- probably not going to be too many more of them in the actual series. The acting in the clip is sometimes good, a few times not so good. Hopefully, they've got a good show runner, who cares. But it does look promising. This is the Jay Leno channel? Hmmmm...
lockesbrokenleg by Hellbastardo	Jul 7th, 2009 07:04:43 PM
It was a series in the 80's had The guy from the highlander show http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00 94578/
Tries too hard to convey the "emotion" of the series by estacado1	Jul 7th, 2009 07:08:48 PM
It would be better if they pushed more of the struggle to survive than the emotional daughter asking her father "did you cum for me?". I wouldn't watch it if it's more about relationships than the actual fight to survive. I have a feeling that V will also take more of the the relationship road too. I've been burned by BSG, and try to avoid relationship-based stories that tricks you into thinking it's sci-fi. And the chick that has a plan to defeat those things looks as if that it was her first day wearing glasses. Smart people=wear glasses is not applicable anymore in this day and age.
Hellbastardo by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 7th, 2009 07:21:27 PM
Yeah,I remember that show, but that series was pretty bad from what I remember. The aliens were cheesy.
CTU boss from Season 1 by Titus05	Jul 7th, 2009 07:21:43 PM
hey was that the guy who played Jack Bauer's first boss at CTU?...the guy who sacrificed himself by piloting the plane with the nuke into the desert
estacado1 by Jardinier	Jul 7th, 2009 07:26:21 PM
Actually, it was my impression that the woman with the glasses at the end isn't actually a woman, but another alien in disguise. The way she says "I chose each and every one of you" and "we're gonna save this world" kinda implied "I've known this was coming for a while, and this time I'm prepared to fight." So, if the glasses seem ill-fitting, maybe it's because she's not used to her humansuit yet ;). Of course, if that's the case, we've kinda been there before (some Cylons helping the humans in BSG, and apparently V is going that direction, too). A series of humans fighting off the invaders without outside help would be closer to "War of the Worlds on TV." Which would also be cool, as long as the aliens took care to study our ecosystems and don't suddenly succumb to bacteria (or dihydrogen monoxide).
This, like all apocalypse stuff, worries me by maelstrom_ZERO	Jul 7th, 2009 07:27:51 PM
I mean, it might just be me because I have an overactive imagination and I've read/watched so many post-apocalyptic things. But every time I see/read something relating to an apocalypse, I feel compelled to prepare for it. Does anyone else think of this stuff? Because if you think about it--really think--you'll realize that society is very, very fragile. And then you'll also realize that the majority of us are ill-equipped to handle the horrors of a post-apocalyptic world. Not many of us have practical experience like military training, woodcraft, medical expertise, or agrarian knowledge. So if things really do go into the shitter, most of us on these talkbacks are going to die very quickly. This is probably the main reason I've always wanted to learn some practical self defense (krav maga, I'm thinking), buy a knife, get a handgun and train with it, and a bunch of other post-apocalypse relevant things. I dunno, am I crazy for thinking this way?
WOW!! by blhotz	Jul 7th, 2009 07:28:51 PM
I don't think I've EVER been so excited for a new series after seeing the first preview. You guys screaming bad acting and scripting are nuts... no way you can judge that from the trailer OR a pilot!
I concur with Titbag . . . by SkidMarkedUndies	Jul 7th, 2009 07:35:26 PM
WOW.
It'll be gone by week three. by BrandonGK	Jul 7th, 2009 07:45:54 PM
It will either be canceled or unceremoniously shuffled off to Saturday night to burn off it's episode order.
this will be cancelled soon after flash forward by ackack	Jul 7th, 2009 07:48:23 PM
and before hitfix fails completely
We are ALL Jilted and Jaded by aceattorney	Jul 7th, 2009 08:00:01 PM
Well, almost all of us. So many shows started out epically, and ended up being too successful for it's own good, causing the writers to rethink the premise of the show in order to stretch the show out for another nine seasons. Yeah, I'm sure this show will be no different.
Think of a post "big one" LA. by drewlicious	Jul 7th, 2009 08:14:06 PM
Now thats a scary scenario. Everything so decimated that there aren't enough firemen, police, or national guard to keep the peace. Escape would be impossible, every bridge would be gone. Fires everywhere, downed powerlines, the works. I would imagine a post-invasion LA would be very similar.
Sounds a bit like Odyssey 5 by JadedMoviegoer	Jul 7th, 2009 08:24:16 PM
Let's see how this plays out... not holding my breath.
USE TRUMAN SHOW MUSIC AND... by digital8	Jul 7th, 2009 08:25:41 PM
YOU CAN PROMOTE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING...
Looks interesting, but very Lostish by CaptainSpamtilles	Jul 7th, 2009 08:30:55 PM
How the nerdy chick at the end knows more than the other characters know and she chose and brought them all together to serve a purpose.
I wonder if one of them can read minds by CaptainSpamtilles	Jul 7th, 2009 08:32:05 PM

So...the chick's Silver Surfer and the aliens are Galactus? by Ash Talon	Jul 7th, 2009 08:36:29 PM
That's what I'm getting out of this. The glasses chick is an alien coming to earth to help lead a resistance against her alien comrades(or enemies). As others have pointed out, it look incredibly cheesy. The cop freeway scene looks ridiculous. Oooh...that L.A. looking guy took apart that gun...he must be cool and have a mysterious past. The concept could be cool if we didn't know it was going to limited by a tv budget. If it was on pay cable, it might have a chance to wow. As it, it'll just be typical melodramatic BS but with a tinge of sci-fi.
Every fx shot in the book... by RickyRetardo	Jul 7th, 2009 08:46:57 PM
But besides the obvious, the one that got me was the REC / Quarantine tinted lens dragaway ripoff of a ripoff, right down to the tinted lens.
Captain Spamtilles, Ash Talon by sagaman	Jul 7th, 2009 08:50:20 PM
You've hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head. Be prepared for a lot of good looking folks running around with no one asking the obvious questions. And when they finally do, glasses chick will be quite coy, I'm sure. Info doled out in dribs and drabs over the coming months, as they hope to get picked up for another season...
It looks sappy as all hell. by BrandonGK	Jul 7th, 2009 09:07:25 PM
And did they have to make the cast as bland and whitebread as possible? Holy shit, even the aliens are fucking WASPs.
Aw, why are ya locking the dvd column Herc? by Shermdawg	Jul 7th, 2009 10:06:29 PM
That usually sparked up some good conversations.
Meh, whatever by waynefoolx	Jul 7th, 2009 10:22:12 PM
An alien/disaster/post-apocalypti c movie/show? Never seen that before.
You know, it looked interesting until by bb6634	Jul 7th, 2009 10:29:12 PM
people started talking. Remember when all the networks tried to ape Lost once Lost was such a success? Invasion? Jerico? Threshold? Surface? Yep. This seems exactly like one of those kind go-no-where shows. Pass.
one_guy_from_andromeda_ by bb6634	Jul 7th, 2009 10:31:00 PM
Trust me, it ain't gonna get that far. Give it two weeks then bye-bye.
im in but... by orange cinema	Jul 8th, 2009 12:06:16 AM
it feels like it might have the same 'slowness' problem that 'jericho' suffered from.
Cloverfeld: the series? by Maniaq	Jul 8th, 2009 01:52:41 AM
this trailer kept reminding me of John Windham's "Tripods" series - and how this could be a kind of prequel to The White Mountain... speaking of which, WHEN DO WE GET A WHITE MOUNTAIN REMAKE? the TV show was alright, but it was... alright... y'know?
GEEKS BEWARE! by FrancoNeroLuv	Jul 8th, 2009 01:54:52 AM
Do not let the cool sci-fi stuff woo you. Do not let them do to us what they did with Heroes again. Remember when a TV show about Superheroes was supposed to be cool? And do you remember how that show became 90210 with superpowers? I mean C'mon, I see at least 3 Peter Petrelli's in this trailer, not to mention it ends with a female HRG. Fool us once, Shame on NBC. Fool us twice, shame on us.
Well if Kings is any indication on how they treat good televisio by Tommy999	Jul 8th, 2009 03:23:38 AM
this wont last either
Trailer looks damn good. But so what. by V'Shael	Jul 8th, 2009 03:28:00 AM
Trailers can be made to make any shit look good. Fact is, NBC has a bit of a shit reputation when it comes to genre programming. I'll wait and see.
NBC... FUCK YOU! by LordEnigma	Jul 8th, 2009 03:31:34 AM
Seriously, this show will get a season. It will get a season at most. NBC are going to look away if this thing does not go gangbusters out the gate. I hope that it does. WE need good TV. It's one of those important things. Sort of.
Jericho REALLy picked up by the end by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Jul 8th, 2009 05:16:09 AM
But it was too late! Gotta hit the ground running NBC Nuts to it!
George Mason lives! But where was Sam? by The McPoyle Clan	Jul 8th, 2009 05:22:12 AM
I thought Carly Pope was supposed to be in this? Between her and the VM chick, it will get at least one viewing. I just hope the show isn't inhabited by idiots like Jericho was. We'll see, but don't condemn it yet.
This Went Wrong With The Hostile Aliens Theme by Media Messiah	Jul 8th, 2009 06:03:10 AM
They should have just focused this show on people trying to survive the passing of a comet or asteriods.
It needed aliens by Alientoast	Jul 8th, 2009 06:47:58 AM
The main advantage of the "evil aliens" is that it provides an ongoing and dramatic foil to the show: What is their plan? What are they doing? How do we stop them? While a comet or asteroid provides a backdrop of the classic "Society turns on itself and degenerates", there have been a few recent series with "society after the end" that didn't shine too bright. A War of the Worlds angle might work. Besides, most of the TV audience doesn't remember that old War of the Worlds TV show from the 80s/early 90s. I still remember one scene from that show where an alien-inhabited human shell was in a salon and the person in the chair goes "Can you take a little off the top?" then the alien holds up a table saw and starts it. That used to freak the shit out of me as a kid haha.
Holy shit you people have low freaking expectations. by all	Jul 8th, 2009 06:50:42 AM
If that's the best of this show's acting and writing, well...that's just fucking terrible.
That looks god-awful.... by the ageless stranger	Jul 8th, 2009 07:33:14 AM
I was thinking it was alright, then it hit the 1:14 mark. It went sharply downhill from there. Oh, and and the ambiguous genius chick, you know how we're supposed to know she's a genius? She wears glasses. Brilliant....
"This whole world is dead... it just doesn't know it yet!" by I Hope You Die	Jul 8th, 2009 08:02:49 AM
Literally the worst delivery of a line I've ever seen.
TRUMAN SHOW SCORE by chrisw79	Jul 8th, 2009 08:11:19 AM
It looked interesting until they used the Truman Show score at the end and Sarah Palin showed up!
Sagaman is absolutely right: by FluffyUnbound	Jul 8th, 2009 08:14:26 AM
"Be prepared for a lot of good looking folks running around with no one asking the obvious questions." Wouldn't it be cool if just once, just to see how it goes, people wrote a show where the characters were actually smart, and realized immediately obvious things immediately, and never failed to ask an obvious question just to keep the plot going? Maybe one show that did that one time?
95% of you are retarded by eROKv	Jul 8th, 2009 08:16:32 AM
the reason why the two characters had corny lines was because they are alien survivors of previous invasions that came here to help us. jesus H christmas if you are too dumb for network TV just go kill yourselves please.
The trailer actually wasn't that good by Bruce of all Trades	Jul 8th, 2009 08:36:47 AM
It started out interestingly enough, with some nice SFX, albeit of the TV budget variety, but the second half was edited like shit and the acting looked... questionable. I hope it's good, but lets face it, it probably won't be.
And what's with all the alien invasions all of a sudden? by Bruce of all Trades	Jul 8th, 2009 08:46:36 AM
First "V" and now this. And I could swear there was some other show coming out with a similar theme. I guess this must be the current fad in television.
more alien invasions please by eROKv	Jul 8th, 2009 09:40:35 AM
beats the shit out of the same courtroom dramas, hospital dramas, police dramas and reality tv bullshit that we've been spoon fed for years.
Looks better than the V remake. by Royston Lodge	Jul 8th, 2009 09:49:18 AM
Much.
eROKv by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS	Jul 8th, 2009 09:58:02 AM
Giving characters hokey dialogue and then letting them deliver it like third graders in a school play because they are playing aliens, is no freakin' excuse dude. Go and watch BSG. You'll notice that even the robots had some pretty damn fine dialogue.
Sorry by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS	Jul 8th, 2009 09:58:52 AM
I just realised that you said "alien survivors" but that's still not an excuse.
i realize by eROKv	Jul 8th, 2009 10:10:16 AM
i know its a hokey way of doing things but if the aliens dont have green tentacles coming out of thier nipples then there has to be some way for the (functionally retarded) audience to know that they aren't from around here. but i'm sure it will be horrible anyways. im always holding out hope for good TV so i guess that makes me the retarded one.
How ca nanyone comment on the effects/ by HoboCode	Jul 8th, 2009 10:26:46 AM
Can you really tell on that shitty little video? Anyway this looks like it may be promising. Has the Aussie guy from ER on it and that's a good thing. That guy is a tremendously talented actor.
Looks promising by Philvis	Jul 8th, 2009 02:59:47 PM
The trailer got my attention. What scares me is the fact anything like this typically gets canned 2/3 of the way through the first season, so I just wasted hours during the season for something unresolved. TV really has me leary of committing to new shows anymore. I do look forward to giving it a go though.
GODDAMIT EVERY TIME I SEE THAT AD FOR A GOTH CHICK by drturing	Jul 8th, 2009 03:29:50 PM
on the sidebar there I feel like fucking puking. can you get any uglier people to be in a fucking ad? seriously every time i see that image i need to scour my mind of the disgusting thought of that person actually fornicating
This show looks as bad as the singles ad on this page by drturing	Jul 8th, 2009 03:31:16 PM
and could it be any more like Lost? a microcosmic group of strangers who have tragedy visited upon them that reveals their secrets and bands them together while syrupy strings play and it turns out - gasp that they're all connected and are going to save the world!
Special Effects look good, shame about by theGoldbergV	Jul 8th, 2009 03:41:44 PM
everything else. If you didn't laugh when the guy said "This whole planet's already dead (dramatic pause) it just doesn't know it yet" then you've got a higher cheese tolerance than I do. And the woman at end "I chose each and every one of you, we are going to save this world". Blah. And then there's the cop about to shoot someone for walking on the freeway, its okay cop, we know you're a good man really and that you're only acting lke this to try and sustain a bit of normality, here, give me the gun and we'll all band together and save ourselves. Blah blah blah.
Probably had script problems from DAY ONE by ReportAbuse	Jul 8th, 2009 04:04:42 PM
Anyone, I can't see the danged video. Removed for terms of blah blah or something.
CONCEPT & VISUALS = COOL by NoHubris	Jul 8th, 2009 04:26:50 PM
Characters, casting and acting style = not cool.
Looking foreword to seeing Day One. by Naughty	Jul 8th, 2009 04:29:57 PM
But hopefully, NBC will fix the bad dialog on the pilot before it airs. AND YES!! BRING ON THOSE ZOMBIES!
theGoldbergV... yeah, you're actually right by YackBacker	Jul 8th, 2009 06:24:00 PM
I like cheesy sci-fi, so I can stomach all that you're mentioning, but you know what... they really could do better. I'm starting to lose my bandwith for this lazy entertainment. HEROES is a fucking disaster of lazy, hackneyed storytelling- what a lost opportunity too. They had the world's attention and blew it all to hell. My hopes for this show just went south now that I think of it.
What ruined it for me... by darthsynn	Jul 8th, 2009 08:23:24 PM
was the guy pulling that ridiculous pistol snatch and disassemble move on the cop. I guess he is supposed to be the badass of the group.
Oh yeah... by darthsynn	Jul 8th, 2009 08:24:28 PM
isn't Carly Pope supposed to be in this? I did not see her anywhere.
year one..from the station who brought us: Journeyman by lostbat	Jul 9th, 2009 03:21:06 AM
Yeaaah, won't watch before it is picked up for a second season.......
eeeeeeeeehhh Day one....... by lostbat	Jul 9th, 2009 03:21:30 AM

I'm a good cop... I'm a good cop... by David Cloverfield	Jul 9th, 2009 05:08:37 AM
Could go either way I guess
daaaang by eROKv	Jul 9th, 2009 07:03:43 AM
they didnt kiss each other enough during, imo
They by A G	Jul 9th, 2009 01:58:08 PM

are never gonna top LOST by A G	Jul 9th, 2009 01:58:25 PM
are they?
Wait - by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder	Jul 9th, 2009 02:56:15 PM
Lisa Loeb is the leader of a human resistance against alien mound-builders? I mean, I've heard worse....
Looks like dogshit to me by twogunjames	Jul 9th, 2009 04:05:38 PM
"Together, we're gonna save this world" cue inspirational music. GAG. Bad CGI has come to kill us all, but this metrosexual librarian will save us!
So when tthis show bombs what are they going to by lockesbrokenleg	Jul 10th, 2009 01:47:58 AM
mail to the studio?
"...what are they going to mail to the studio?" by Big Jim	Jul 10th, 2009 08:58:46 AM
One A Day Multivitamins The January 1st page from your daily desk calendar A Daewoo
"...what are they going to mail to the studio?" by Redc40	Jul 10th, 2009 11:07:39 AM
Bottles of A-1 sauce.
Complete White WASH again. I ask you...where's the color? by gobyron	Jul 11th, 2009 06:29:17 PM
So once again...I see there are no other races on the planet but white...come on Hollywood...you mean to tell me in SOUTHERN California there are no Hispanics or African Americans...just one or two here and there? I hope this show fails...it tries to make things so realistic that it misses to capture a segment of people that would other wise tune in to watch. As an African America, I will not be around for this show...not day one nor days two or three.
FUCK NBC burn me no more by Unnatural	Jul 11th, 2009 10:31:53 PM
So I am just supposed to forget the cancelling of Journeyman, Life and the fight that had to be put up to keep Chuck? FUCK NO. I will not watch new NBC shows because they just get cancelled. I will pick this up on DVD if it lasts more than a season. FUCK network TV.
OH here we go again doom and gloom by fatman48	Jul 15th, 2009 08:08:55 PM
That's all those liberal idiots in hollywood think about is doom and gloom they think everything we do is gonna destroy the planet. This planet has been around for millions of years and man can't destroy it no matter what the liberal pinheads say.

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