RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS
The brother who played the cop- wasn't he the cop in John Doe? Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone watch Jericho last night? Nothing yet to make me feel one way or the other. Apparently--apparently--the US was nuked, as the residents saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon one day, and next thing all radio and phone communications are down. No contact with the nearest major city, Denver. One kid got a call on his home answering machine from his parents who were vacationing here in Atlanta, and you can hear an explosion and screaming, after which the message cuts off. So there's an assumption it was a major attack. At this point, though, there's nothing approaching data on what really happened. The most intriguing character is a Black guy who is a former St. Louis cop. He's handling the crisis well, telling the local officials how to do their jobs better. They're starting to look to him for innovative ways to keep the peace, get power, etc. Kinda cool to see a Brother take the lead and not be a reformed criminal with street smarts and all that. Other than that the show's a big mystery so far, and i have no clue as to when we'll know for sure what happened. _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 20 September, 2006 12:17 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS Another won't-last-even-if-it's-good scifi show premiering tonight. I guess you can think of it as Lost on the prairie. Apparently this small Kansas town is effectively cut off from the rest of the world by what *seems* to be a nuclear holocaust. Is the rest of the world destroyed? How did they survive then? Will anyone from the outside world ever enter the town? Are they in another dimension? Hmm...reminds me of Lost. One wonders how many slowly-unfolding-mystery shows the public will tolerate. I'm already hearing some complain that there are too many shows like Lost, Prison Break, Vanished, 24 etc., that make you catch evey show, either due to the action or a mystery that slowly reveals itself. Frankly, I love such shows, but even I can't take a whole bunch of them. I quit watching Vanished for that reason. I'll give Jericho a try, but sadly, given the bodies of scifi shows littering the landscape recently--Tru Calling, Jeremiah, Jake 2.0, John Doe, Threshold, Surface, Invasion--I wouldn't be too thrilled about its chances. http://www.cbs. http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/about/ com/primetime/jericho/about/ JERICHO is a drama about what happens when a nuclear mushroom cloud suddenly appears on the horizon, plunging the residents of a small, peaceful Kansas town into chaos, leaving them completely isolated and wondering if they're the only Americans left alive. Fear of the unknown propels Jericho into social, psychological and physical mayhem when all communication and power is shut down. The town starts to come apart at the seams as terror, anger and confusion bring out the very worst in some residents. Jake Green (Skeet Ulrich), prodigal son of the town's mayor, becomes a reluctant hero when a school bus crashes as a result of the explosion. Mayor Johnston Green (Gerald McRaney) is conflicted with the return of his estranged son, but is called to action when the town begins to riot. Johnston's wife, Gail (Pamela Reed), is the strong, savvy first lady of the town who runs interference between her husband and her favorite son. Attempting to usurp the mayor's power is Johnston's politic al adversary, Gray Anderson (Michael Gaston), who is not above putting his personal agenda before the welfare of the very community he wants to lead. Though the cloud appears in the distance, it affects all the residents in Jericho, including Dale Turner (Erik Knudsen), the 16-year-old trailer park kid everybody picks on, who finds himself in a position that could change his status; Robert Hawkins (Lennie James), a mysterious stranger who seems to be a jack-of-all-trades as he steps in to help restore order; Heather Lisinski (Sprague Grayden), a pretty young schoolteacher on the bus with her students returning from a class trip when the glare from the explosion causes a terrible accident; Emily Sullivan (Ashley Scott), Jake's high school sweetheart who lives outside of town and innocently goes about her business unaware of the catastrophe, Bonnie Richmond (Shoshannah Stern), a pretty 17-year-old who is hearing impaired; and Bonnie's older brother Stanley (Brad Beyer), Jake's best friend from childhood and an avid car lover who works on the family farm. In this time of crisis, as sensible people become paranoid, personal agendas take over and well-kept secrets threaten to be revealed, some people will find an inner strength they never knew they had, and the most unlikely heroes will emerge. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Excuse me
Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS
I watched it. My friend (also named Martin) watched it. Our unified verdict? We'd sooner watch VH1... Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I watched it. My review? Eh. Beats watching VH1. I was trying to remember why this seemed so familiar and then I remembered The Trigger Effect. (http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt0117965/) Anybody else see this movie? It's ten years old now. The nuclear explosion thing is what is going to kill this show. Eventually they are going to have to show that people are alive across the country. And then the show will be about what would happen to Americans if they didn't have technology, which is a show that has been tried a hundred times. This show would have been a great mini series or a TV movie. But I don't think I'm gonna be a regular viewer. And PLEASE don't let them start doing online components to the show for clues or stuff like that. After Lost and Push, Nevada, I'm done reading TV shows. From here on, If it ain't on the screen in between the ads, I'm not interested. What I WOULD like to point out is the show that came on AFTER this...Criminal Minds. One of the only shows I watch regularly now. This show has turned Shemar Moore's career AROUND. He's GREAT in this show about the Criminal Behaviour unit of the FBI. The start of the show is the crime, a lot like Crossing Jordan or the early days of CSI. It's got enough reference to science for folks who care, enough whodunnit for the CSI crowd. I'd be interested to see what more science and speculative fiction fans think of this show. On Sep 21, 2006, at 12:49 PM, James Landrith wrote: Thanks for the recap Keith. I missed the first 45 minutes and forgot to set it up to record. Now the last 15 minutes I saw makes more sense with your summary. I did like the mayors admonition to the citizens to not break my heart again by acting in all manner of jackassery. I grew up in a small town like that (near Peoria, IL) and I can certainly picture a few idiots I knew losing their minds in a crisis. Of course, my father was (at different times) on the Village Council, Mayor, Fire Chief, Rescue Chief, and all-around-volunteer-guy, so I probably felt a bit more of a connection to that character than others may have experienced. I hope the writing is up to par and it doesnt become clichéd and predictable. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:17 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS Anyone watch Jericho last night? Nothing yet to make me feel one way or the other. Apparently--apparently--the US was nuked, as the residents saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon one day, and next thing all radio and phone communications are down. No contact with the nearest major city, Denver. One kid got a call on his home answering machine from his parents who were vacationing here in Atlanta, and you can hear an explosion and screaming, after which the message cuts off. So there's an assumption it was a major attack. At this point, though, there's nothing approaching data on what really happened. The most intriguing character is a Black guy who is a former St. Louis cop. He's handling the crisis well, telling the local officials how to do their jobs better. They're starting to look to him for innovative ways to keep the peace, get power, etc. Kinda cool to see a Brother take the lead and not be a reformed criminal with street smarts and all that. Other than that the show's a big mystery so far, and i have no clue as to when we'll know for sure what happened. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links Excuse me while I whip this out. Cleavon Little , Blazing Saddles - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED
RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS
Thanks for the recap Keith. I missed the first 45 minutes and forgot to set it up to record. Now the last 15 minutes I saw makes more sense with your summary. I did like the mayors admonition to the citizens to not break my heart again by acting in all manner of jackassery. I grew up in a small town like that (near Peoria, IL) and I can certainly picture a few idiots I knew losing their minds in a crisis. Of course, my father was (at different times) on the Village Council, Mayor, Fire Chief, Rescue Chief, and all-around-volunteer-guy, so I probably felt a bit more of a connection to that character than others may have experienced. I hope the writing is up to par and it doesnt become clichéd and predictable. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:17 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS Anyone watch Jericho last night? Nothing yet to make me feel one way or the other. Apparently--apparently--the US was nuked, as the residents saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon one day, and next thing all radio and phone communications are down. No contact with the nearest major city, Denver. One kid got a call on his home answering machine from his parents who were vacationing here in Atlanta, and you can hear an explosion and screaming, after which the message cuts off. So there's an assumption it was a major attack. At this point, though, there's nothing approaching data on what really happened. The most intriguing character is a Black guy who is a former St. Louis cop. He's handling the crisis well, telling the local officials how to do their jobs better. They're starting to look to him for innovative ways to keep the peace, get power, etc. Kinda cool to see a Brother take the lead and not be a reformed criminal with street smarts and all that. Other than that the show's a big mystery so far, and i have no clue as to when we'll know for sure what happened. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS
I watched it. My review? Eh. Beats watching VH1. I was trying to remember why this seemed so familiar and then I remembered The Trigger Effect. (http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt0117965/) Anybody else see this movie? It's ten years old now. The nuclear explosion thing is what is going to kill this show. Eventually they are going to have to show that people are alive across the country. And then the show will be about what would happen to Americans if they didn't have technology, which is a show that has been tried a hundred times. This show would have been a great mini series or a TV movie. But I don't think I'm gonna be a regular viewer. And PLEASE don't let them start doing online components to the show for clues or stuff like that. After Lost and Push, Nevada, I'm done reading TV shows. From here on, If it ain't on the screen in between the ads, I'm not interested. What I WOULD like to point out is the show that came on AFTER this...Criminal Minds. One of the only shows I watch regularly now. This show has turned Shemar Moore's career AROUND. He's GREAT in this show about the Criminal Behaviour unit of the FBI. The start of the show is the crime, a lot like Crossing Jordan or the early days of CSI. It's got enough reference to science for folks who care, enough whodunnit for the CSI crowd. I'd be interested to see what more science and speculative fiction fans think of this show. On Sep 21, 2006, at 12:49 PM, James Landrith wrote: Thanks for the recap Keith. I missed the first 45 minutes and forgot to set it up to record. Now the last 15 minutes I saw makes more sense with your summary. I did like the mayors admonition to the citizens to not break my heart again by acting in all manner of jackassery. I grew up in a small town like that (near Peoria, IL) and I can certainly picture a few idiots I knew losing their minds in a crisis. Of course, my father was (at different times) on the Village Council, Mayor, Fire Chief, Rescue Chief, and all-around-volunteer-guy, so I probably felt a bit more of a connection to that character than others may have experienced. I hope the writing is up to par and it doesnt become clichéd and predictable. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:17 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS Anyone watch Jericho last night? Nothing yet to make me feel one way or the other. Apparently--apparently--the US was nuked, as the residents saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon one day, and next thing all radio and phone communications are down. No contact with the nearest major city, Denver. One kid got a call on his home answering machine from his parents who were vacationing here in Atlanta, and you can hear an explosion and screaming, after which the message cuts off. So there's an assumption it was a major attack. At this point, though, there's nothing approaching data on what really happened. The most intriguing character is a Black guy who is a former St. Louis cop. He's handling the crisis well, telling the local officials how to do their jobs better. They're starting to look to him for innovative ways to keep the peace, get power, etc. Kinda cool to see a Brother take the lead and not be a reformed criminal with street smarts and all that. Other than that the show's a big mystery so far, and i have no clue as to when we'll know for sure what happened. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS
You bet. Skeet Ulrich's character is the standard ne'er-do-well son who seems to be at odds with his overdemanding father. But we're not sure what's up, as he returned to town to get money owed him--I think from his beloved grandfather as an inheritance. His dad thinks he's just a user, but his mom knows some secret about why he needs the money, which we're led to believe is actually a good reason. The family dynamic consumed most of the show. When you came in, it was all aftermath as various people tried to deal with things, the most obviously critical of which was the school bus accident and the star's collision with a car driven by an elderly couple, resulting in their death and his injury. One crazy dude who's on the lookout for aliens (isn't there always one in a small town) lent the mayor his HAM radio, but nothing yet on whether it can reach anyone. Was it cool having a dad who was so central to your town's life, or did it put unfair expectations on you to follow in his footsteps? -- Original message -- From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the recap Keith. I missed the first 45 minutes and forgot to set it up to record. Now the last 15 minutes I saw makes more sense with your summary. I did like the mayors admonition to the citizens to not break my heart again by acting in all manner of jackassery. I grew up in a small town like that (near Peoria, IL) and I can certainly picture a few idiots I knew losing their minds in a crisis. Of course, my father was (at different times) on the Village Council, Mayor, Fire Chief, Rescue Chief, and all-around-volunteer-guy, so I probably felt a bit more of a connection to that character than others may have experienced. I hope the writing is up to par and it doesnt become clichéd and predictable. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:17 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS Anyone watch Jericho last night? Nothing yet to make me feel one way or the other. Apparently--apparently--the US was nuked, as the residents saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon one day, and next thing all radio and phone communications are down. No contact with the nearest major city, Denver. One kid got a call on his home answering machine from his parents who were vacationing here in Atlanta, and you can hear an explosion and screaming, after which the message cuts off. So there's an assumption it was a major attack. At this point, though, there's nothing approaching data on what really happened. The most intriguing character is a Black guy who is a former St. Louis cop. He's handling the crisis well, telling the local officials how to do their jobs better. They're starting to look to him for innovative ways to keep the peace, get power, etc. Kinda cool to see a Brother take the lead and not be a reformed criminal with street smarts and all that. Other than that the show's a big mystery so far, and i have no clue as to when we'll know for sure what happened. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS
Keith, it's a movie he's doing, not a series, about Che Guevara. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other day--yesterday?--I posted something about all the TV shows with slowly unfolding clues, and that keep you guessing as to what's what for one or more seasons. That's great, intelligent, suspenseful TV. Well needed in what's become a wasteland of reality shows and one-shot CSI/Law and Order clones. But yeah, too many of such shows starts to become a strain. If you were watching Lost, 24, the new Vanished, Kidnapped, Prison Break etc., you'd indeed have to watch every ep to stay up. And actually a good show with action and suspense--24, Prison Break--at least doesn't keep you guesing. As you said, too many of these shows with cleverly placed clues, slowly doled out revelations? Becomes overwhelming. I know I sound as if I'm being ungrateful, as it's the intelligent TV I wanted, but some of the themes simply don't warrant the format. I'd heard that Criminal Minds was disturbring in its graphic nature and subject matter, so I never really watched it. Glad to hear Moore finally got a good non-soap opera gig that's steady. And he really needed something that took him away from the whole pretty boy image, where he's always a heart throb. Now if former Law and Order alum Benjamin Bratt could only be so lucky. I think they cancelled that horrible E-Ring he was in last year. Who was smoking crack when they decided to cast Dennis freakin' Hopper as an army general??!! -- Original message -- From: Daryle Lockhart I watched it. My review? Eh. Beats watching VH1. I was trying to remember why this seemed so familiar and then I remembered The Trigger Effect. (http://www.imdb.com/title/ tt0117965/) Anybody else see this movie? It's ten years old now. The nuclear explosion thing is what is going to kill this show. Eventually they are going to have to show that people are alive across the country. And then the show will be about what would happen to Americans if they didn't have technology, which is a show that has been tried a hundred times. This show would have been a great mini series or a TV movie. But I don't think I'm gonna be a regular viewer. And PLEASE don't let them start doing online components to the show for clues or stuff like that. After Lost and Push, Nevada, I'm done reading TV shows. From here on, If it ain't on the screen in between the ads, I'm not interested. What I WOULD like to point out is the show that came on AFTER this...Criminal Minds. One of the only shows I watch regularly now. This show has turned Shemar Moore's career AROUND. He's GREAT in this show about the Criminal Behaviour unit of the FBI. The start of the show is the crime, a lot like Crossing Jordan or the early days of CSI. It's got enough reference to science for folks who care, enough whodunnit for the CSI crowd. I'd be interested to see what more science and speculative fiction fans think of this show. On Sep 21, 2006, at 12:49 PM, James Landrith wrote: Thanks for the recap Keith. I missed the first 45 minutes and forgot to set it up to record. Now the last 15 minutes I saw makes more sense with your summary. I did like the mayors admonition to the citizens to not break my heart again by acting in all manner of jackassery. I grew up in a small town like that (near Peoria, IL) and I can certainly picture a few idiots I knew losing their minds in a crisis. Of course, my father was (at different times) on the Village Council, Mayor, Fire Chief, Rescue Chief, and all-around-volunteer-guy, so I probably felt a bit more of a connection to that character than others may have experienced. I hope the writing is up to par and it doesnt become clichéd and predictable. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:17 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Jericho Premieres Tonight on CBS Anyone watch Jericho last night? Nothing yet to make me feel one way or the other. Apparently--apparently--the US was nuked, as the residents saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon one day, and next thing all radio and phone communications are down. No contact with the nearest major city, Denver. One kid got a call on his home answering machine from his parents who were vacationing here in Atlanta, and you can hear an explosion
