Arknor is that a bit like men keeping cables old motherboards cpus just in case?
No, because what we do is called keeping useful stuff, what they do is called hoarding.
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No, because what we do is called keeping useful stuff, what they do is called hoarding.
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[TW]Fox;23326016 said:A 3 month break?
Nice one guys - that'll make sure its killed ratings wise just like FlashForward was and therefore not renewed for a second series
what? they're going to bugger up yet ANOTHER series with a massive gap in the running schedule?
Full season pickup means jack es, these days. Revolution is made in US, not Canada, so I can imagine it has almost Terra Nova costs in locations and green screen post production. On one hand three month hiatus is absolutely necessary for those type of show, in order to shoot remaining episodes after network burns through initial order, but on a downside, it's usually during those long brakes that
a) network realize they can maintain decent viewership in that time slot with something like American Model Talent Dancing On Ice at fraction of the cost
b) studio calculate just how much maintaining quality for the remainder of the season will cost, they then make "adjustments". You then end up with half the episodes at full price and half shot as purely "filler" - you know the type - two part episodes where half of the cast hides in a shed/stable/cave with two camera angles and discuss "meaningful stuff", or await for one of the characters to awake from coma, sob and tears up a lot for 45 minutes while the rest of the cast get about 5 minutes of screen time, filled with them walking around the same jungle set in circles. All of which is propped by brief appearance of some outsourced "celebrity guest star", typically someone picked from "weddings/barmitzvah/birthday stars " agency catalogue, some dude that was once fifth in command on the least popular Star Trek spin off, or a girl we didn't give monkeys about in second half of the "Lost" (oh wait, that's already main cast).
I don't see Revolution surviving full season. The show just doesn't know what it wants to be. And ends up doing all the wrong things and making basic casting mistakes. Most of us probably hate the kid they are all trying to rescue. Isn't the rude uncle, his flag tattooed lady friend or even the fat geek more interesting to watch than lead actress who cries a lot and constantly drags episodes away from interesting action? How often in the middle of the episode do you find yourself wondering what evil is Gus from Breaking Bad up to, instead of what good is Charlie trying to do? Character scripting in PG series is really simple. At the end of the day - if you were a kid, and you were playing "Revolution" with your mates on Sunday afternoon, you know, the way you were Han or Luke or Chewie back in a day, who would you be? Right? That's what scripting of action series is all about. Who do we support? Who do we cheer for? Stupid kid? Whiney sister? Confused mum doing nasty stuff for food? Well, there is your necessary focus change for the second half of the season.
I think in the middle of hiatus the episode order will be reduced and best we can hope for is one season. Then just to urine everyone off, the network will decide "not to order second season" over the summer so it all ends with some complicated cliffhanger and no conclusion. At best.
a) network realize they can maintain decent viewership in that time slot with something like American Model Talent Dancing On Ice at fraction of the cost
b) studio calculate just how much maintaining quality for the remainder of the season will cost, they then make "adjustments". You then end up with half the episodes at full price and half shot as purely "filler" - you know the type - two part episodes where half of the cast hides in a shed/stable/cave with two camera angles and discuss "meaningful stuff", or await for one of the characters to awake from coma, sob and tears up a lot for 45 minutes while the rest of the cast get about 5 minutes of screen time, filled with them walking around the same jungle set in circles. All of which is propped by brief appearance of some outsourced "celebrity guest star", typically someone picked from "weddings/barmitzvah/birthday stars " agency catalogue, some dude that was once fifth in command on the least popular Star Trek spin off, or a girl we didn't give monkeys about in second half of the "Lost" (oh wait, that's already main cast).
I don't see Revolution surviving full season. The show just doesn't know what it wants to be. And ends up doing all the wrong things and making basic casting mistakes. Most of us probably hate the kid they are all trying to rescue. Isn't the rude uncle, his flag tattooed lady friend or even the fat geek more interesting to watch than lead actress who cries a lot and constantly drags episodes away from interesting action? How often in the middle of the episode do you find yourself wondering what evil is Gus from Breaking Bad up to, instead of what good is Charlie trying to do? Character scripting in PG series is really simple. At the end of the day - if you were a kid, and you were playing "Revolution" with your mates on Sunday afternoon, you know, the way you were Han or Luke or Chewie back in a day, who would you be? Right? That's what scripting of action series is all about. Who do we support? Who do we cheer for? Stupid kid? Whiney sister? Confused mum doing nasty stuff for food? Well, there is your necessary focus change for the second half of the season.
I think in the middle of hiatus the episode order will be reduced and best we can hope for is one season. Then just to urine everyone off, the network will decide "not to order second season" over the summer so it all ends with some complicated cliffhanger and no conclusion. At best.
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I'm watching it because:
Charlie is hot as hell.
Miles is actually kinda fun to watch because you can almost tell he's thinking "quit crying, quit getting in the way, and quite whining and let me do my thing FFS."
Other than that...I suppose the "concept" is good...save for the massive loop holes.
Charlie is hot as hell.
Miles is actually kinda fun to watch because you can almost tell he's thinking "quit crying, quit getting in the way, and quite whining and let me do my thing FFS."
Other than that...I suppose the "concept" is good...save for the massive loop holes.
It won't, the season break will see to that.
Breaks might work with established shows (walking dead for example), but even then they give it a cliff hanger to keep your interest.
A new show can't do that, it needs to keep things moving to build up the interest and the viewing figures.
[TW]Fox;23330572 said:Which is exactly what happened with The Event and FlashForward
Neither of those came back in a prime time slot however....Revolution will follow The Voice in a prime demo timeslot. It has as good a chance as any to succeed and NBC are not as trigger happy as Fox....also it has good figures in the right demographics unlike both Flash-Forward and The Event which had half the demo ratings and viewers that Revolution has at the hiatus point.
Sky bought exclusive rights to three seasons of "Revolution" yesterday. A bit unprecedented for a show with very average ratings and viewing figures, no awards, only 10 episodes currently made and further 12 episodes on trickle conditional order starting from end of March.
Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing. But wow, they rushed it like it was "Lost". Very optimistic.
Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing. But wow, they rushed it like it was "Lost". Very optimistic.
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Gave up on this 4 episodes in.
I liked The Event. There is this couple in it that act as filler but all in all it's a good show.
I liked The Event. There is this couple in it that act as filler but all in all it's a good show.
It was far better than FlashForward.
Shame Sky are taking so long to show Revolution though, even when it comes back on the air in the States, Sky are going to be quite far behind. Even DStv in South Africa have been showing it since December.
