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Old 09-09-08, 07:25 PM
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now its fine
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I'm not impressed so far.
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The way they introduce new locations is weird (the text).
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I thought it was good until the mind meld thing. Is it possible for a pilot to jump the shark?
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Oh snap.
Old 09-09-08, 08:33 PM
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God damn. I am an idiot, I didn't see that coming.
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I kept trying to figure out who was playing Walter, and after looking at IMDB, it's John Noble, who played Denethor in the Lord of the Rings films.
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Loved it. Ill be here next week
Old 09-09-08, 08:39 PM
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I liked it, there are so few good intellectual shows out there and they usually get cancelled! I think this show has a lot of potential.

What was that one called a couple of years back, the one with the linguist, mathematician, etc... that was a good one too.
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i'll watch but i don't think this is gonna last.
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I liked it, very entertaining

i'll be staying on for more episodes
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My initial reaction was correct. I won't be back.
Old 09-09-08, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
I thought it was good until the mind meld thing. Is it possible for a pilot to jump the shark?

Put me down for the complete opposite. I was kinda bored and felt it was kinda slow going until the dunk tank. Then it took off and I'm in.

Then again, one of my favorite shows of all time was X-Files, and I'm a big JJ fan so...yeah...
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Nothing special. Didn't dislike it, didn't blow me away. I'll go week to week with this until I get tired of it.
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Originally Posted by Goat3001
Nothing special. Didn't dislike it, didn't blow me away. I'll go week to week with this until I get tired of it.
I could say the same about many first episodes of TV shows that I went on to enjoy greatly.

It's high time we get some good episodic TV back on the air. I love Lost, but every new drama that comes to TV now seems to be scripted with these season long arcs and if you miss an episode, you're screwed. I like it that this show isn't relying on you seeing each and every episode. Not that I plan on missing any based on what I saw, but I hope it does well for that reason...just so we can get some more TV producers to green light good episodic TV again.
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I thought it was a great premier. Not as good as the lost/heroes premiers but still pretty damn good. I actually like the female lead (which is rare for me), she's hot and she's a good actress. Even Passey (Dawson's creek) was pretty good. I'll be back next week but I agree with others that there's a chance this show can lose it's interest fast.
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Originally Posted by lordwow
The way they introduce new locations is weird (the text).
I agree with that...I guess they were going for something different, but the letters look like they are part of the environment in the show. Lame ass idea, if you ask me. Somebody had too much time to dick around with their computer on that one.
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Originally Posted by calhoun07
It's high time we get some good episodic TV back on the air. I love Lost, but every new drama that comes to TV now seems to be scripted with these season long arcs and if you miss an episode, you're screwed. I like it that this show isn't relying on you seeing each and every episode.
Except this episode introduced a major villain, and a possible conspiracy within the government that will play out over the course of who knows how many eps.

As for the ep itself, I liked it even if it was a rather pedestrian offering in terms of predictability within the plot, twists and such.
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Originally Posted by Feneant
I liked it, there are so few good intellectual shows out there and they usually get cancelled! I think this show has a lot of potential.

What was that one called a couple of years back, the one with the linguist, mathematician, etc... that was a good one too.
Threshold? I liked this and will keep watching.
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Thought it was awesome - I had seen the leaked pilot earlier and this version was MUCH better and the music was fantastic... I like the concept, think they've laid some good groundwork for an interesting series and I like the leads and the chemistry they have. I'm sticking with this one. (and I LOVE the 'Panic Room' style location titles)
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Thought it was good.

Season Pass'd.
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That foot chase was like something out of Casino Royale.
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Originally Posted by calhoun07
I agree with that...I guess they were going for something different, but the letters look like they are part of the environment in the show. Lame ass idea, if you ask me. Somebody had too much time to dick around with their computer on that one.
It was fine when they did it 6 years ago in Panic Room and it's fine here. No more lame than Heroes writing their episode titles on floors, walls, etc.
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Then again, one of my favorite shows of all time was X-Files, and I'm a big JJ fan so...yeah...
Same here. I just didn't like that plot point. It picked up afterwards though. I'll give it another shot.
Old 09-09-08, 11:19 PM
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The one part I didn't like was the car chase which looked like a poor attempt at doing a Bourne style sequence. With a shaky camera and way-too-quick editing to boot.


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