I saw the commercial for this and thought that it made me think of a lame Incredibles rip off. Chiklis needs a new agent.
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I watched and was underwhelmed by the preview. After a crash in the > Amazon, Jim Powell (Michael Chiklis) and his family discover they have > superpowers. Jim has Siegel & Shuster era Superman powers: he can stop a > bullet but he can't fly, so he leaps to crime scenes ala the Hulk. His wife > Stephanie (Julie Benz) is a female Flash. The kids kinda get gipped in the > super power lottery: the girl can read minds (ala Sookie Stackhouse) and the > son can solve complex math problems (like Einstein?). The narrative is > clunky in several regards. First, somehow nebbishy police sketch artist Jim > is best friends with the District Attorney (Romany Malco) and when he > reveals his super powers to his best friend his best friend builds him a > "liar" in his garage - not Jim's garage but in the D.A.'s garage. Sure, I > guess that could happen. > > Lastly, late in the premiere episode it is revealed that the serial bank > robber (who has been robbing banks wearing a Barack Obama mask)is revealed > to be a teleporter. C'mon man! If dude is a teleporter why is he pulling > these penny ante robberies in an Obama mask? If EYE were a teleporter - > well, nevah mind! > > ~(no)rave! > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> wrote: > > > > > http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/08/21/abc-makes-no-ordinary-family-pilot-available-online/60621 > > > > ABC has made the pilot of No Ordinary Family available for online > screening, at least for the first 50,000 viewers as announced earlier today > via the "No Ordinary Family" fan site Twitter acct I've written before > that I'm not sure how it will do as a series, but I really enjoyed the pilot > when I watched it a couple of months ago. I'm not sure if the version online > is exactly the same as the one I saw, but I recommend it if you're looking > for some lighthearted action fun. > > Viewing the pilot requires you to login with your ABC.com ID or Facebook, > Myspace or Twitter logins and the password is "Extraordinary" (without the > quotes). Sorry international readers, but I wouldn't look for it to work > outside of the USA. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > >
