It's horrible. It has potential, but its like the director is trying for the first time, and failing. why swim naked. why go back for her phone. why does everyone act like complete retards. I just wanted the show to end. I think my 6 year old son could write a better show. i hope the writers and director get their *beep* together, because this could be very good.
I must admit, I'm not sure whether I liked it or not. I didn't really like any of the characters and, speaking of bad writing, the French girl hurt her foot when she was escaping from the car park and hobbles off to get help .... and then starts walking normally later on. Maybe there was an explanation but it irritated me. I didn't like the constant swearing of the Irish guy either. It just got tedious. I don't know whether to vote for this or not - it might improve (and could be very good - as you say, it has potential), but it might not. It does need to improve.
sharedamn you people are picky, you've never hurt any part of your body and very shortly after, even seconds after, its ok? The same thing must have happened to you 100 times in your life
she didn't scream or thought she said it was broken, she just said "ouch my foot"
just relax and enjoy tv, you people are too much with your message board detail whining
Yeah, like stupid -little- children. This pilot-thingy was awesome, sucks nothing came of it. :/
shareIt seems you would have been happier watching a Disneyland production or one of the Harry Potter movies. What Can I say? Different strokes for different folks.
sharethe cop riding outside of the emergency car from downtown to the suburbs ... I will put in 1st place of most retarded things ;)
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If that's the biggest problem of the show (or any show, really), I'd be quite satisfied!
I know people enjoy picking on these small details and I'm sure they really ruin shows for some people but I personally couldn't usually care much less about whether the cop was riding the ambulance outside for too long or not. Someone hurts her leg and then it's suddenly ok - stupid? Sure. Deal breaker? No way. MOST OF THE TIME, these can even be explained fairly decently:
Why swim nude? Maybe she didn't want her only set of underwear to get wet? Maybe she didn't care about people watching? Some people would ask "why NOT swim nude?" to begin with. Maybe she wanted attention? Maybe the writers wanted to add a nude scene (which was not even revealing)? Who cares - all perfectly good explanations.
Why go back to get the phone? Maybe she wanted to be able to contact her husband IF the power comes back on and hopes he's not abandoning his phone either? Maybe she wanted to have the photo of her daughter in case the power comes back on? Maybe it was poor writing? Again, who cares - they are all perfectly ok alternatives and I'm guessing she did not exactly think 100% rationally to begin with, given the circumstances.
Of course things like these start piling up but I can ignore them if it's not too much. And like I said, I do understand that details like these can ruin shows to some people.
ANYWAY! I don't know why but the show just felt kinda awkward. For example, the ending felt a bit TOO out of place, even though I was expecting something like that. I guess it all boils down to the execution and I guess the episode was simply not very well made technically. Also, some of the actors really did not seem very good (which is something that can easily ruin shows for me).
That said, I do find the idea very interesting and would definitely be interested in seeing more. On top of that, the pilots are often not the brightest gems of the shows either so I have hope that the technicalities will be improved. The basis is there and now they just need to make it run just a bit smoother.
I agree with you on most points, and yes it was a bit awkward but i think it will find its feet given the chance.
The Breaking Bad pilot had under a million viewers but just got better with each episode, apart from the series finale that is.
"its only 8 o'clock and you're already bored,you don't know what it is but there's gotta be more"
Apart from the series finale? Are you saying the finale wasnt good? It was possibly the best television show ever and a VERY VERY good ending.
shareThe Breaking Bad pilot created a premise strong enough not to be forced to fall back on gimmicks in its last ten minutes. Such a ham-fisted ending in order to create interest in a show is an indicator of a lack of story to tell.
Also the events could have been milked much more. I guess that is where the Amazon concept of producing lots of pilots and wating for feedback fails: there won't be feedback for stories told in a clever way. The netflix way of comitting to a show and giving it a whole season allows the story to be told more slowly and provides a better foundation for a show on the long run. Of course the failed attempts also hurt more that way.
That bit certainly had me boggling. WTF was she doing there? If they were knocking around the ambulance, why wasn't she thrown off by the bystanders? It was just a weird and nonsensical throw away situation.
shareYep, how was she not pulled off the back? The mob was all over the ambulance trying to roll it. But I guess they were polite and respectful to the officer hanging in the back. LOL!
shareAgreed!! What on earth was THAT about!? There was plenty of room inside the vehicle.
sharePilots are notoriously bad, this suffered from being rushed and trying to fit to much in in one episode, if this was walking dead or something of the same pace we just watched 5 episode in one, I see it running out of material way to quick, but I still wanna see more, I'm sure amazon will throw some cash behind it if it gets picked so improvements will defo come
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Def agree. Artificially inflated drama. It was like watching an amateur improv group who can't do anything but swear and resort to violence. I wanted to like it as I love Chris Carter. I get the importance of a cliff-hanger, especially when the likelihood of further production depends on buzz, but I felt like the (incredibly obvious and inevitable) cliffhanger was bookended against an hour of droll drama.
sharehave to admit, only got through the first 20mins or so and gave up. poor acting, no idea what is supposed to be going on and no proper time line. the french lady wakes up, talks to husband and kid on phone, goes to audition, goes back to another building(to what purpose i have no idea), gets stuck, gets out then finds a cop that said communication had been down since the day before, yet all appears to have happened in the space of an hour or two at most?? maybe the missing day was later explained, but wasn't willing to wait around to find out. very disappointing given it's from Carter and had some top notch actors in there, hope The Rebels gets picked up instead!!
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gets stuck, gets out then finds a cop that said communication had been down since the day before, yet all appears to have happened in the space of an hour or two at most??
I cringed from reading this topic title.... well not 'cringe' but snort derisively.
shareMight I suggest you get you great writing 6 year old a job in Hollywood, or do not watch the show!
The writing is not the greatest, but I am enjoying the show, and I am looking forward to the next episode.
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Completely agree.
I don't agree with jaxxntk though saying they tried to fit "too much" into this pilot and it was rushed.
Literally nothing happened....
French girl goes for audition, goes into parking garage, gets stuck, gets out, goes to mansion, runs out of mansion and ends up in forest - the end.
They didn't build any of the other characters - they're all faceless people as far as the story goes so far.
Pilots are meant to introduce you to the cast and the story - this just hopped around the French girl for the entire show and she's one of the least likeable characters in it because she just keeps moaning or doing stupid sh!t that makes no sense ("The After" could be entirely based on the aftermath of what the French girl does AFTER she realises she constantly keeps forgetting to bring her phone with her).
Also, why did she feel the need to take the mini-bar down to the parking garage?
They've been locked in the garage for an hour or two and she's already in survival mode taking rations down to them?
And when the group were driving out in the truck, I can understand the surprise on everyones faces when they see the massive crazy crowd... but why was the black guy surprised as well?
Surely he drove passed this mob when he stole the truck and drove down to the parking garage?
Also, he just abruptly turns up at the old lady's house - at no point did the writer see a need to cut to the inside of the truck and show the old lady suggests going to her house - really lazy writing.
And take a look at that whole scene and see just how many times the old lady mentions her maid by her name. I reckon she called her name about 30 times.
Same goes for the cop calling the black guy D every time she speaks to him.... completely unnecessary and really, really unrealistic.
They actually did build the other characters, the characters just aren't interesting.
Black man, self proclaimed innocent, tired of being seen as a beast "never killed anyone before" but seems to have no issue shooting at people....
Blonde chick is being funded by lawyer, not especially bright has the 888 tattoo (888 represents jesus in christian mythology) she's also got a presumably mid west accent and knows enough about the bible to recite it
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Also, why did she feel the need to take the mini-bar down to the parking garage?
They've been locked in the garage for an hour or two and she's already in survival mode taking rations down to them?
They actually did build the other characters, the characters just aren't interesting.
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