ABC's the Last Resort: Really brings the crazy - Page 8

Onkel Neal · 11-10-12, 08:44 PM

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.

Onkel Neal · 11-16-12, 08:17 PM

Sunk.

ABC Cancels Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue

Takeda Shingen · 11-17-12, 12:03 AM

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.

Onkel Neal · 11-22-12, 09:18 AM

Last Resort... TV mythology tough to pull off

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment...gh-to-pull-off

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Lost is the perfect illustration. The hugely popular genre drama was originally intended for a finite run of only 13 episodes. When the show caught on and was picked up for a whole season, and then another, and then another, and so on for six years, the writers soon found themselves inextricably wedged between a hatch and hard place.

TinCanWolf · 11-23-12, 10:12 PM

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.

Takeda Shingen · 11-23-12, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TinCanWolf

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.

Holy crap it's TinCanWolf. How are ya buddy?

B4rberblacksheep · 12-04-12, 11:21 AM

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"

Onkel Neal · 12-04-12, 12:50 PM

Heck yeah

it will be interesting to see how they wind it up

Takeda Shingen · 12-04-12, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by B4rberblacksheep

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"

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.

Kaye T. Bai · 12-05-12, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TinCanWolf

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.

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.

IonicRipper · 12-06-12, 01:43 AM

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.

Kaye T. Bai · 12-06-12, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by IonicRipper

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.

Same here, it's a show set (partly) on a submarine, rather than a show "about" submarines.

FAdmiral · 01-22-13, 11:19 PM

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".....

Onkel Neal · 01-23-13, 01:18 AM

Good analysis. And welcome back, FAdmiral, haven't seen much of you lately.

FAdmiral · 01-23-13, 08:37 PM

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...

11-10-12, 08:44 PM	#106
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	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. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

11-16-12, 08:17 PM	#107
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Sunk. ABC Cancels Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

11-23-12, 10:12 PM	#110
TinCanWolf Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Louisville, Ky Posts: 45 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ U-64/7th Flotilla USS Helm DD388/2nd Fleet

12-04-12, 12:50 PM	#113
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Heck yeah it will be interesting to see how they wind it up __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

12-06-12, 01:43 AM	#116
IonicRipper Engineer Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 206 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	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. __________________

11-17-12, 12:03 AM	#108
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	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.

12-04-12, 11:21 AM	#112
B4rberblacksheep Nub Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 2 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	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"

01-22-13, 11:19 PM	#118
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	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"..... __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

01-23-13, 01:18 AM	#119
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Good analysis. And welcome back, FAdmiral, haven't seen much of you lately. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

01-23-13, 08:37 PM	#120
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	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... __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org Last edited by FAdmiral; 01-26-13 at 02:04 PM.