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J.J. Abrams sells sci-fi apocalypse pilot to NBC (EMP/solar flare?)
Entertainment Weekly ^ | 2-2-12 | James Hibberd

Posted on 02/03/2012 4:47:50 PM PST by dynachrome

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"One Second After"?
1 posted on 02/03/2012 4:48:01 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: KevinDavis

Sci-fi ping.


2 posted on 02/03/2012 4:48:47 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: dynachrome

NBC won’t buy it unless they can say it was caused by Christians or global warming.....jmo.


3 posted on 02/03/2012 4:49:59 PM PST by Grunthor (Mitt Romney and anyone supporting him can go fornicate themselves with a cactus)
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To: dynachrome

ugh

Yay, a TV show that will celebrate the rise of agrarian socialism and the fall of capitalism /sarc

You know its going to be totally PC


4 posted on 02/03/2012 4:51:02 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

“totally PC”

And no zombies ala “Walking Dead”


5 posted on 02/03/2012 4:52:47 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: Grunthor

global warming caused by capitalism, obviously


6 posted on 02/03/2012 4:55:56 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: dynachrome

Because Jerhico did so well.

Do I really seed the /s?


7 posted on 02/03/2012 5:16:23 PM PST by RedCell (Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi / "...it is their duty, to throw off such government...")
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To: RedCell

Duh

seed = need


8 posted on 02/03/2012 5:18:46 PM PST by RedCell (Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi / "...it is their duty, to throw off such government...")
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To: RedCell

I checked out Jericho on DVD from the library and watched it in a few days, I was surprised to see that it was about romance and relationships after a mushroom cloud is seen in the distance and the power goes off.

It was useless.


9 posted on 02/03/2012 5:27:25 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: dynachrome
Ugh. The writer of Supernatural is writing the pilot. It's going to be abysmal. And expensive. And cancelled after six episodes.
10 posted on 02/03/2012 5:33:50 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: dynachrome

“No phone, no lights no motor cars,
Not a single luxury,
Like Robinson Crusoe,
As primitive as can be.”


11 posted on 02/03/2012 5:38:48 PM PST by mikrofon (Cast away series)
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To: dynachrome
it's been done
12 posted on 02/03/2012 5:38:55 PM PST by Vroomfondel
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To: dynachrome

The concept is not new.

A similar, short lived animated series from 2007: Afterworld

Netflix link/description:

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Afterworld_Season_1_Episode_1/70211560?trkid=438403


13 posted on 02/03/2012 5:40:51 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: dynachrome
“In this epic adventure thriller, a family struggles to reunite in a post-apocalyptic American landscape: a world of empty cities, local militias and heroic freedom fighters, where every single piece of technology — computers, planes, cars, phones, even lights — has mysteriously blacked out … forever.”

Post-apocalyptic world with no modern technology is a theme that's been done to death in science fiction, and it doesn't take much imagination - it's basically our past. It's a lot harder to create a convincing, intelligent projection of a future in which modern technology continues to develop.
14 posted on 02/03/2012 5:42:13 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: ansel12

Yeah, “Jericho” was lame. What a hero! He found a bus! And Blackwater is looting and killing!


15 posted on 02/03/2012 5:42:28 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (Don't stop. Keep moving!)
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To: dynachrome

How much do you want to bet they will portray conservatives as gun-toting, self-serving and evil nutcases, while liberals will be portrayed as ‘voices of reason in a world gone mad’?

It’s Hollywood - count on it.


16 posted on 02/03/2012 5:44:04 PM PST by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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To: dynachrome

There’s no hook that could compel me to watch yet another post apocalyptic drama.

The idea is as boring as vampires.


17 posted on 02/03/2012 5:47:37 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Now I know how the average lefty would feel if Fred Phelps were elected President.)
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To: dynachrome

Let me guess:

Women bosses, all taller and stronger and smarter than any man.

I yearn for masculine men and romance, not sex. Oh, if only we could have a little paternalism.


18 posted on 02/03/2012 5:49:15 PM PST by donna (I want to live in a Judeo/Christian country where we know that, before God, men & women are equal.)
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To: Future Snake Eater

I forgot about Blackwater.

That was one of the weird things about the show, I was wondering about the disconnect between the audience that you could expect to be drawn to such a series, versus the writing and focus of the actual series.


19 posted on 02/03/2012 6:03:03 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: dynachrome

I’ll watch anything J.J. does, now he just needs to add Damon and CArlton to the writing team and Micheal Giacchino to do the music.


20 posted on 02/03/2012 6:03:13 PM PST by mom4kittys (See you in another life, brotha)
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