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11-10-12, 08:44 PM | #106 |
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Not sure, I DVR and run through the ads. he ratings for the show are pretty bad, and ABC only ordered two additional episodes, instead of a full season.
I will say, having someone swipe the CO's nuke key adds a needed plot twist. And the ep was much better for having zero DC chick in it.
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11-16-12, 08:17 PM | #107 |
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11-17-12, 12:03 AM | #108 |
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The writing was on the wall. Take our nitpicking of detail, both technical and procedural out of it and you're still left with the fact that it just really wasn't a very good show. The writing was flat, the characters little more than cardboard figures and the primary story arch was schizophrenic at best. The show wanted very badly to be Lost with submarines, but it just couldn't keep you invested and retain the big story secrets, which was Lost's great strength.
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Last Resort... TV mythology tough to pull off
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11-23-12, 10:12 PM | #110 |
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I like the show, but they've really been pressed to come up with new stuff each week. I hope they do an excellent job of ending the show.
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11-23-12, 10:44 PM | #111 |
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12-04-12, 11:21 AM | #112 |
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You guys may not like it for it's realism, and granted it is a case of everything happens at once, but the series is good and is far better than watching "I'm a Celebrity" or "X Factor"
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12-04-12, 12:50 PM | #113 |
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Heck yeah it will be interesting to see how they wind it up
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12-04-12, 02:27 PM | #114 |
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That's like arguing that Domino's Pizza is better than horse dung. Well, of course it's better than reality television, but that doesn't make it a good hour drama.
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12-05-12, 07:38 PM | #115 |
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I like it a bit as well. Strange that they're canning it; it got good critical reviews. Well, at least they'll give it a proper ending.
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12-06-12, 01:43 AM | #116 |
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I also enjoy this show. I started watching it because it had to do with a submarine but in the end its not even about the sub. Sure it lacks realism but i'm not hardcore enough for that to affect me. I think it simply shouldn't be judged for the submarine itself, its just an accessory... Like a car in a cop show.
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01-22-13, 11:19 PM | #118 |
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The first episode was great !!! A stealth war involving modern subs.
But it very quickly became the "Island" and all the small petty problems the cast faced. What I really wanted to see was the story line from both ends of the mystery war sort of like they did in "24". If the writers had maintained the "edge of your seat, what happens next" approach instead of the tiny personal problems of everyone on the island and how they all reacted, this could have been a great series. I always want to get a look at what the president was doing & what were his/her objectives. But we never got that side of it except in tiny bits & pieces put in the series inbetween all the junk. The last episode said the "Season Finale" was coming this Thursday??? If the series was ending, wouldn't they have said "Series Finale"??? This show could be a hit if the writers made it more like the movie "Enemy Below".....
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01-23-13, 01:18 AM | #119 |
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Good analysis. And welcome back, FAdmiral, haven't seen much of you lately.
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01-23-13, 08:37 PM | #120 |
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Had some medical issues (at 74,who doesn't) and hopefully this year
sometime, they will be all behind me..... BTW, any yearly meets being planned, maybe for next year in Texas. Footnote: Just because ABC cancelled this show because of some silly executive reason doesn't mean some other network or cable net won't revise it if they like the series and have much better writers than ABC did...
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