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"the leftovers" teaser (HBO + LINDELOF)
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Broder Salsa
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SAM SAM SAAAAAAAAAAAM
WALT WAAAAAAALT WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT
Well it's hard to live up to a masterpiece like lost, this didn't look that interesting.
WALT WAAAAAAALT WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT
Well it's hard to live up to a masterpiece like lost, this didn't look that interesting.
arts&crafts
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Not a great teaser, the voice over guy sounds so amateur. Still day 1 because HBO. Also such a peaceful piano song, I want it in full length.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Is that R Bruce Elliott?
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Looks melodramatic and Lindelolf's involvement is extremely off putting, but I'll still watch it though because of the aych-bow.
Also, why do only 2% of the world's population get raptured? Isn't the rapture supposed to take every Christian or whatever?
Also, why do only 2% of the world's population get raptured? Isn't the rapture supposed to take every Christian or whatever?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
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perrottashowwwwwwwwwww
perrottashowwwwwwwwwww
dave is ok
aztek is ok
The trailer made me interested. Hearing it's Lindelof kill any and all interest
Skinny Pete
Banned
Lindelof? I'll pass.
Winterblink
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Think "Left Behind"
Are you joking or is this really a rapture show? I mean a biblical actual rapture show? That would have be less interested, but if its just an open ended "A bunch of people vanished" without the whole 'lol god did it' angle at least I could maybe hope to see some aliens or something.
dead souls
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I'll give it a shot, but I can't say I'm particularly interested or hopeful.
The time when HBO dramas used to be the best on television seems further and further away.
The time when HBO dramas used to be the best on television seems further and further away.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Shatner's Bassoon
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How many times has the trope "a bunch of people mysteriously go missing and then return" been used for TV?
infiniteloop
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Hari Seldon
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The preview before GoT last night looked like this show was filled up to its elbows in tits and balls. So they are making some show on the rapture, and filling it with tits and balls. Sounds like a solid plan, I definitely see an audience that likes religious programming mixed with porn.
SquiddyCracker
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Can someone who has read the books spoiler me?
Because this show looks like a fucking Lost-esque blueballing tease that will drag out the "mystery" for several seasons before delivering an underwhelming "answer".
Noooopeeeeeeeeeeee.
Because this show looks like a fucking Lost-esque blueballing tease that will drag out the "mystery" for several seasons before delivering an underwhelming "answer".
Noooopeeeeeeeeeeee.
EmeraldSwords
Banned
This has my interest. Saw it last night before the start of GOT and it looks promising.
NYCmetsfan
Banned
Have HBO shows ever really done this?
SJRB
Gold Member
Why is there so much sex in this trailer?
Hasphat'sAnts
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Are we gonna see Arwen nekkid in this?
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NYCmetsfan
Banned
Probably why they didn't get raptured
SquiddyCracker
Banned
No, but Lindelöf has.
In the past they have just cancelled the shows before it got to that point.
NYCmetsfan
Banned
Yeah, I know.
I'm a lost fan lol (I wasn't as disappointed as most, in fact I liked the ending)
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Is this what they are doing with the rest of the unused Beastmaster scripts? The whens they edited for Lost weren't good enough for the mythology.
Is that Ashodin? lol
From what I've read this is much more about how people deal with tragedies in the aftermath than it being a religious book. In fact I don't think the book is very religious at all in the overall focus.
I'll give this a shot. The full trailer looked good. I'll admit I'm skeptical about Lindelof. Big Lost fan but liked Cuse and the other writers more. And Lindelofs work post-Lost has been IMO poor. But I'm game to try a new show on HBO.
So it's people moping around or engaging in pansexual frenzies. Or wearing white robes and trolling the masses.
No amount of James Blake music can get me excited about this. I might watch the pilot just to do so, but I don't see anything interesting.
No amount of James Blake music can get me excited about this. I might watch the pilot just to do so, but I don't see anything interesting.
Pretty much. Take it for what it is. Personally, I think human drama is much more interesting than "mystery". So if they get the right actors to pull it off, and the characters are well written enough (that is the strong suit of the book, at least according to critics), then you have the potential for a really great drama.
The Walking Dead is supposed to be a drama. Maybe to many, Zombies and a post-apocalyptic world is a more interesting world/background (not speaking for you). Just saying in general. But that show can't write characters to save its life. And because of this, it lacks drama. Personally, I think the whole "rapture" premise is pretty weak. It's been done to death, and I just don't find it compelling. But if the book/story has well written characters, and the drama within the community plays out nicely, it could be a great show.
So while I can agree the world/setting of this show doesn't look great, I thought the acting looked pretty decent, and the small town imploding at least IMO sounds compelling.
Orbis Tabula
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Yeah, I'd be interested in spoilers too. It doesn't look like the kind of show that will be worth sitting through in order to get "answers."
Have not read the book, I just know a lot about it based on friends having read it, critic reviews etc.
There isn't much focus on the rapture itself, and there isn't a lot of mystery. The cult and weird people in robes are just citizens that lost their minds psychologically. So it's a stab at how people can use religious organization for an outlet in turmoil. The stories main focus is a family that is torn apart. The sheriff becomes the mayor, while his wife leaves him and joins a cult. His daughter basically spirals out of control, because their family fell apart. The rapture is never confirmed or solved, and isn't a real focus outside of people initially trying to grasp what happened.
Again the focus is mainly on this small community and how they fall apart and deal with the event.
Again the focus is mainly on this small community and how they fall apart and deal with the event.
Unless I'm wrong, someone correct me.
That's a shame. Sounds like the book isn't very good. Not even from a character/drama level? It's just overall bad?
I'll still give it a shot, but I'm definitely weary.
I'm with ya, I mean I quit Walking Dead at the season two premiere because I could no longer stand the characters.
I would have more faith in a show exploring mass grief if it had a different creative team, and perhaps a more grounded inciting event. But given that there is a mystery present, and Lindelof's steering the ship... I don't know how this lives as a series without delving into the mythology. How long can you have people just fight about different coping mechanisms and philosophical differences?
I did enjoy The Returned a lot, which is kind of a reverse rapture situation, and the character work and unique grieving process there. Of course, that could easily go off the rails once they inevitably start doling out more answers and mysteries. The long production delay may point to them struggling to figure out where to go.
I know I've seen reactions across the spectrum, not much of consensus.
Well I can only speak for myself but I didn't like it. A lot of people did, though.
Perotta just never goes anywhere with his premise. There are hints of interesting things going on in the world - the cult, mainly - but the book spends so many pages on the hackneyed teen drama, lechy wish fulfillment for the main character, and other banalities that I just didn't care. I get that this is the point - focusing on the everyday in the wake of the apocalypse -- but the execution was poor.
It COULD make for a good TV drama, though. I guess we'll see.
Orbis Tabula
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I see. Thanks guys. Sounds a bit like HBO's attempt at an Under The Dome, then. Hopefully they can make a better show that UtD turned out to be. Either way, don't think I'll be tuning in.
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