This Friday on The Lone Gunmen EP 1 : Pilot

We are off....First off Welcome back all and happy new year...on to the show....
Well this is certainly a much more slicker and better produced tv show than any we have done so far, most certainly a product of the show being done in 2001. I was a little uncertain about this show but after the first episode it looks as if it might not be to bad. The characters have been somewhat developed already from the x-files though it has been so long since i watched that I don't remember much.
The opening sequence was pretty funny but I found it hard to believe they would be back home the next day after being caught red handed and the chip being gone that was a little hard to believe. It looks as though Eve spends all her time firing sub machine guns...How much is that chicks ammo bill?
The hole world trade center thing was very creepy. A mere 7 months before the real thing....I wonder if the FBI got in touch with anyone associated with the show.
All in all this epp held my attention very well I found myself interested until the end I give it a 7 on the TLG scale.
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Wow I like this show and I though only Art Bell new the truth. The LG are right behind him this show was doomed by the Government after this episode. They exposed their hidden plans. This show reminded me of the novel “State of Fear” if our nation doesn’t have an enemy we will make one up. You have to admit it was a little creepy predicting the future with 911 only a few months away. The show was very well done didn’t really buy into the chip part. If they did break in they would have been in jail for a while they wouldn’t of been released that quick. If they wanted to expose what was inside the chip why not wait and buy one. It would have been for sell soon. All that spying is already in the computers now. They simply use our ISP to collect the data. Going to give this one an eight on the LG Scale. Hope the next one is as good. Happy New Year to all.

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The first episode was well done. It seemed like some of the flavor of the x-files but with some comic relief. The camera shots, lighting and atmosphere were very x-file like. I enjoyed the x-files but I don't think that I ever watched this series. I think that the writers wanted to take a different path and add some comedy while keeping the underlying story line intact.
Not having to develop the characters and the high level plot helped keep the show moving. It kept my attention throughout the episode. But they added to Byer's character with all of the info about his father and they introduce Yves which leaves some mystery into her character.
I think that you have to just look past some of the 'technology' issues just like you have to look past some of the time travel inconsistencies in other shows. I think they use terminology that most people can relate to, or at least identify, like 'cookies' and IP addresses even though most geeks know that it's BS. The computer stuff in Terminator for example.
The 9-11 scenario was creepy. The flight from Boston to the WTC! Wow! I don't remember hearing about this in 2001. Maybe the terrorists got the idea from this show. Definitely must have freaked the writers out.
Some of the conspiracy lines and Yves with the automatic weapon fire seemed to be over the top but I think that it was trying to be funny.
I'll give this one a 7 on the LG scale for good suspense and flow while leaving some room for moving in either direction.

And away we go. The boys were interesting in the odd X-files episode, let’s see how they hold up on their own.

Conspiracy theory nut job scene to start things off, along with a rather unlikely Tom Cruise hanging from the ceiling in a Mission Impossible-esque theft attempt. I will state (without having to check) that this is the first time the term “Full body cavity search” has been used in a selected series, a harbinger of things to come maybe, along the lines of the immortal “Bat’s Breath” from our previous Voyage.

They were right on the money about the “Octium IV” chip too, just run a utility such as “Everest” and it’s counterparts on your computer and you’ll see that information gathering and storing have gone way beyond what the lone gunmen could have feared from the “Octium IV” chip.

The conspiracy involved is a bit of a stretch though, there would be plenty of ways to increase arms sales without having to cause domestic calamity. But there are conspiracy theorists who hold that the crazier and more unbelievable a plan is, the more it makes sense. It didn’t detract from the overall episode at all for me. The coincidence of this episode somewhat mirroring what would happen in real life is the kind of thing that gives conspiracy nuts…err… theorists fodder for their space cadet ideas. It’s easy to see how coincidences like these can be blown out of proportion and take on a life of their own. Add the “Boston flight cancelled” on the monitor as they exit the plane adds more to the equation.

Well done misdirection and excellent production values, along with a soundtrack that compliments the situations well. Excellent use lighting to set the atmosphere and mood, and great location shots make for a very well done pilot. Although it is ironic that ubber computer nerds would be using print media to disseminate their information. Nothing can be taken face value, there are nefarious hands at work in the back ground at every turn.

I went back and watched the episode again with the director and writer comments turned on, if you liked the episode as much as I did, it’s great to get the back ground information directly from the people that created the episode, especially after the bare bones DVD’s of the previous forays into TV land.

I give the pilot a 9 on the Gunmen Scale.


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