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Furtherman

05-19-2010, 12:11 PM

Willmore

05-20-2010, 07:41 AM

Crippler

05-20-2010, 11:29 AM

Honestly, I'm so tired of the conspiracy shows.

Don't worry, you won't have to put with it for long. I'm sure NBC will plug it to the point of driving everyone absolutely insane, then when the first three episodes lose in the ratings to "Dancing With the Stars" it'll get cancelled. How do I know this? Because I'm interested in the show after seeing the trailer.

Furtherman

09-20-2010, 06:29 PM

Anyone watch? After that ending, I think they have me hooked.

HBox

09-20-2010, 06:33 PM

Anyone watch? After that ending, I think they have me hooked.

Unfortunately the last series with disappearing planes and flashbacks galore was a bit shit.

But I'm a dumb asshole so I'm still with it for now.

Dan G

09-20-2010, 06:37 PM

Anyone watch? After that ending, I think they have me hooked.

I watched. The flashbacks got a little tiresome, but I do understand that they need to explain characters/plots. Overall I liked it...until the end. I didn't want to watch some supernatural show. So I was a little bummed at that ending.

Having said that, I will watch again next week.

extracheese

09-20-2010, 07:06 PM

Having watched Flashforward LOST Persons Unknown..etc...it feels like ive seen it all before. But im a sucker for these kinda shows, and the acting looks good.

Lots of reviewers who have seen 5 or 6 episodes,,,,consider it wrth seeing.

So ill watch.

Devo37

09-20-2010, 07:21 PM

i thought it was good. i wasn't expecting the
vortex zapping the plane awayending, though the stupid review in the NY Post today revealed (with a 'spolier alert' right before the spoiler, where my eyes were reading and could already see the damn spoiler, instead at the beginning of the article where i could've just skipped the whole article) that THE EVENT is probably
an alien invasion, so i guess that's who the "they" in "they saved us" was.

i'll be watching next week....

Snacks

09-20-2010, 07:37 PM

They have advertised the shit out of this show! At first I was going to watch this but shows like this always seem to get cancelled after 4 or 5 episodes right before they get to the twist or before they let you know what truly is going on. After being fucked over before on shows like The nine, six degrees, reunion, windfall, persons unknown etc I have decided to not watch these types of show til I know they make it. Once I know it has aired all the shows I will watch them on someones DVR or buy/rent the dvds!

Fallon

09-21-2010, 04:25 AM

It took 40 minutes before I got into the show, the constant flashes back and forth was kind of annoying, but the plane aiming at El Presidente and the whole cruise thing has me wanting to know whats going on.

Willmore

09-21-2010, 06:39 AM

I'm avoiding this like a plague.

1. I'm not convinced it's a good show.
2. I'm going to get hooked if I watch it.
3. Ergo, I must not watch it and save 40-60 hours of my life for something better.

Kevin

09-21-2010, 07:46 AM

They dubbed it as Lost and 24s Baby..

So is Jack Baur in a plane crash then spends 6 years trying to find Sahid in 6 confusing ass days, then we find out they both died or are in purgatory or whatever the fuck happened?

GET ME JACK BAUER!

NO I DON'T WANT TO DO IT!

DO IT FOR YOUR COUNTRY! PLUS ITS IN A TROPICAL ISLAND..

OK, BUT AFTER THIS I'M DONE, I MEAN IT THIS TIME, MR PRESIDENT!

Furtherman

09-21-2010, 12:57 PM

The Event gets pulverized by The Situation
The Event may be our most anticipated new TV series, but not enough viewers agreed with us. The show's debut pulled in a respectable — but not stellar — 11.13 million viewers, according to Nielsen's admittedly entrail-based numbers. The Event came in third place, behind The Situation's debut on Dancing With The Stars (20.99 million viewers) and the return of Two And A Half Men (14.49 million viewers). The Event will have to hold on to a lot of those 11 million viewers in the next few weeks, to avoid being an early casualty.

Also, the return of Chuck posted a not-that-great 6 million viewers. The big winner, for genre fans, was Nathan Fillion's Castle, which got superb ratings thanks to its Dancing lead-in.

Not good news, considering NBC has a quick trigger finger when it comes to canceling shows.

disneyspy

09-21-2010, 01:02 PM

Not good news, considering NBC has a quick trigger finger when it comes to canceling shows.

just watched chuck and the event,i'm in for both for the season,this chase show tho,fuck i wish i had recorded hawaii5-O

Brad_Rush

09-21-2010, 01:13 PM

this chase show tho,fuck i wish i had recorded hawaii5-O

As soon as I heard the name Bruckheimer I knew it wasn't for me

Furtherman

09-21-2010, 01:33 PM

n/m

disneyspy

09-21-2010, 01:35 PM

n/m

oh sure,rub it in

oh wait,i just quoted an edit

forget it

Crash

09-27-2010, 12:35 PM

Anyone gonna watch tonight? They say we get "answers". I doubt it. We won't get answers until season 3 at best.

I liked the first episode, but you really had to suspend disbelief. A guy drives an SUV onto an active runway and shadows a jumbo jet taking off? Then sits on the runway and talks on the phone? And police aren't riddling his car with bullets? This is a post-9/11 world ya know. And how'd John Ritter's boy sneak onto a passenger plane? That has to be the most I-don't-give-a-fuck ass-backwards airport in America.

And don't get me started about the cruise ship.

Of course, afore mentioned plane disappears in a vortex, so there's suspended disbelief for ya. What do I know?

Yes, I will be watching. I'm an ass.

JPMNICK

09-27-2010, 02:46 PM

i am giving it 3 episodes. if something doesn't get solved and move the story along, i am out.

johnniehardrock

09-27-2010, 03:33 PM

Reminds me of Flashfoward/Lost/24 combo. I think the alien thing will come out tonight but I cant belive that the cripple lesbian sometimes bitch lady from ER is an alien and that we have a black president..........

fezident

09-27-2010, 04:52 PM

fuck this show

Crash

09-27-2010, 06:16 PM

This show should be everything I like...aliens, conspiracy theories...

but goddamn there's some bad acting and writing in this thing.

I'm giving it another 14 episodes tops. If it doesn't get better I'm out.

Furtherman

09-28-2010, 05:35 AM

So we learned some good stuff last night, and I think the most important is the genetic markers of the "prisoners". I think they said they're only about 1% different than us, with some minor differences, like they age slower.

So my theory: they're human, but from the future. Time travelers. It seems they arrived prepared, in clothes of the era, however the initial crash in the Alaskan mountains wasn't supposed to happen. Some unforeseen event in the future causes them to travel back in time to survive, but they're are some left behind monitoring events and changing them where need be, as in saving the President from that plane crash. However, I'm not sure about why all the passengers had to die anyway (shades of Flight 93 conspiracies).

Perhaps Sean is the anomaly in this, by running away he becomes a bigger, and necessary part of the future's plan.

Gutter

09-28-2010, 09:59 AM

just watched the 2nd episode.....its ok so far......i am really sick of seeing the whole, i'm a cop, i don't give a shit, eye rolling flippant attitude....its like watching a real life Officer Barbrady work. its frustrating cause you feel for the main guy.....being in a situation that you know your innocent and no one will even listen to you......makes the whole cop thing worse.....if he really was a murderer why would he try to report a missing person? well logically she must not exist right? thats a sensible thought progression. stupid tv show cops.

i dunno.....i guess i'm in for now.....though i don't see this going too far.....much like FlashFoward, the sci-fi/special agent drama aside from Fringe (which was close to the buzzsaw itself at one point early on) really hasn't worked as of late.

Furtherman

10-04-2010, 11:00 AM

foodcourtdruide

10-04-2010, 01:37 PM

"Tonight! We have more answers."

I hate the ads for The Event.

It's insulting. They might has well be saying, "come here and we'll give you some candy little kiddies."

I blame all you Sopranos and Lost haters for the dumbing down of serialized programs!

I'm not sure what your last sentence meant. I think Lost lovers dumbed down seralized programming by alleviating the writers from having the responsibility of presenting coherent storylines by over-explaining and analyzing every scene. And excusing idiotic plot points that were clearly there simply to pro-long the story, by saying they existed as pieces of a complex puzzle.

foodcourtdruide

10-04-2010, 01:39 PM

Part of me wants to get into The Event, but part of me is scared of another Lost or Flashforward, where we're constantly given puzzle pieces. Every answer exists to present another question. It's exhausting and pointless.

Furtherman

10-04-2010, 01:43 PM

I'm not sure what your last sentence meant.

"Nothing happened!"

"What happened to the Russian in the woods?!"

"What is the island!?"

Furtherman

10-05-2010, 07:47 AM

Zombies!

foodcourtdruide

10-05-2010, 07:56 AM

Watched the first two episodes, not bad. The acting is solid and the melodramatic nonsense isn't quite as bad as Flashforward. Hope the story veers away from the love story and goes more towards the President/CIA.

Dan 'Hampton

10-05-2010, 03:48 PM

Waiting for the hd version of ep3 to show up on demand. Surprisingly not that bad.

Crash

10-05-2010, 04:48 PM

foodcourtdruide

10-05-2010, 05:29 PM

um...did they think they could kill every agent in the Yuma FBI field office and it wouldn't cause a stir? That seems a little heavy handed doesn't it?

You've got the backing of the Executive Branch. You can't dummy up some paperwork and get a temp to answer a phone somewhere? Nah, too much trouble. Let's blow this fucker up instead.

I thought that was retarded too, why not just take the easier, more conceivable explanation of re-routing the call rather than kill 10+ agents? This is Lost all over again, overly complicated plots for no apparent reason.

I kind of liked that Sean kept getting caught by the FBI. It just seems more realistic. How long can someone in his position really run?

KnoxHarrington

10-05-2010, 09:01 PM

I thought that was retarded too, why not just take the easier, more conceivable explanation of re-routing the call rather than kill 10+ agents? This is Lost all over again, overly complicated plots for no apparent reason.

I kind of liked that Sean kept getting caught by the FBI. It just seems more realistic. How long can someone in his position really run?

Yeah, I'm getting the feeling this show's going to have to start pulling some of that bullshit to last much longer. 3 shows in, and it really does feel like they could have everything wrapped up in another 4 or 5 episodes. Though, of course, as you say, they're going to complicate things to keep this going.

Furtherman

10-06-2010, 05:32 AM

Yeah, I'm getting the feeling this show's going to have to start pulling some of that bullshit to last much longer. 3 shows in, and it really does feel like they could have everything wrapped up in another 4 or 5 episodes. Though, of course, as you say, they're going to complicate things to keep this going.

That's what I was talking about earlier in the thread. Now they have to spare the mystery because to many viewers are now to impatient to wait for reveals. They need answers now or they start bitching.

extracheese

10-06-2010, 08:03 PM

I thought it was silly how the cop..who was suspicious of the woman in the van - didnt see her hands - and didnt have his weapon drawn. Isnt that like Police procedure 101?

Same with the reunion with the turncoat and his woman. Knowing how valuable this man is, and that enemies would go to any length to shut him up, you woulndt allow a face to face reunion (youd show her through glass or monitor) and youd check her for weapons.
ridiculous.

I dont recall ...how did shawn know to be on the plane in the first place? He is shown on the plane, trying to talk down his father in law pilot. But the flashbacks dont explain how he knew that his FIL was going to try and fly a plane into the president

Furtherman

10-19-2010, 08:33 AM

Picked up for a full season.

Really liking the show.

President Underwood was badass last night.

disneyspy

03-07-2011, 04:04 PM

its on!!

jonyrotn

03-07-2011, 04:09 PM

its on!!
I'm dvring it..I love this show but i'm not willing to watch commercials for it yet..

disneyspy

03-07-2011, 04:17 PM

I'm dvring it..I love this show but i'm not willing to watch commercials for it yet..

i was going to just watch it ondemand but there aint shit on tv besides this tonight

jonyrotn

03-07-2011, 04:40 PM

i was going to just watch it ondemand but there aint shit on tv besides this tonight
Well....
I'm happy you ain't got shit on your tv tonight but if shit on your tv is usually a problem maybe it's to close to the bathroom..

johnniehardrock

03-07-2011, 05:08 PM

Who is the alien chick Maya that Sterling is interviewing? Any ideas. She looks like Ally Sheedy

disneyspy

03-07-2011, 05:13 PM

Who is the alien chick Maya that Sterling is interviewing? Any ideas. She looks like Ally Sheedy

i thought it was Famke Janssen but shes not on the cast list

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1582459/fullcredits

disneyspy

03-07-2011, 05:15 PM

could be heather mccomb http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566187/

disneyspy

03-07-2011, 05:33 PM

her name is clea duvall http://theeventwiki.com/Maya

johnniehardrock

03-07-2011, 05:59 PM

Thanks disney...she was on Carnivale

disneyspy

03-07-2011, 06:03 PM

no problem johnnie,you're the only cool one on this board tonight

underdog

03-07-2011, 06:32 PM

no problem johnnie,you're the only cool one on this board tonight

I'm almost through the 2nd new episode. For once, Canada is ahead of the US.

disneyspy

03-07-2011, 06:37 PM

I'm almost through the 2nd new episode. For once, Canada is ahead of the US.

how long was the first episode?

underdog

03-07-2011, 06:55 PM

how long was the first episode?

About 45mins without commercials.

disneyspy

03-07-2011, 06:57 PM

About 45mins without commercials.

it was 2 hours here in the good ol US of A

underdog

03-07-2011, 07:03 PM

it was 2 hours here in the good ol US of A

Was there a 2nd episode? We got two 1 hour episodes.

disneyspy

03-07-2011, 07:06 PM

Was there a 2nd episode? We got two 1 hour episodes.

no just one 2 hour episode,it ended with them taking off in the giant copter

underdog

03-07-2011, 07:08 PM

no just one 2 hour episode,it ended with them taking off in the giant copter

Yeah, that was the end of episode 2 here.

extracheese

03-07-2011, 07:11 PM

What a great episode!
reminded me of the good ole '24' days.

I really hope they can keep it up.

btw: both of those military dudes were pussies and not realistic. The Colonel knew what releasing Thomas and his people on the world would reap. Wouldnt he be willing to give up his wife and daughter to prevent that??
Same for Private at end of episode. Isnt letting one man die (who was willing to die) better than letting them all go??

WampusCrandle

03-10-2011, 12:09 PM

so, I have been wanting to get involved with this show, but from what I've been reading that the show might not see past the first season.

Is it worth getting into from the beginning?

Chimee

03-10-2011, 01:48 PM

#savetheevent

RingWraith

03-10-2011, 02:51 PM

so, I have been wanting to get involved with this show, but from what I've been reading that the show might not see past the first season.

Is it worth getting into from the beginning?

I think it's starting to be really good in this first season. It took me a couple of episodes to really get into it. This past monday's episode was great.

Anyhoo, I hope The Event gets picked up for a second season.

disneyspy

03-14-2011, 05:45 PM

shes half hot and half damn sexy

King Imp

03-14-2011, 06:55 PM

shes half hot and half damn sexy

Are you referring to this POA?

http://spewf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Taylor-Cole-Maxim-1.jpg

disneyspy

03-14-2011, 07:07 PM

Are you referring to this POA?

http://spewf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Taylor-Cole-Maxim-1.jpg

cmon man,its lent,dont do that to me

Gutter

03-15-2011, 05:44 AM

i jumped in at the beginning of this show and lasted about 5 episodes before i realized how terrible it is.

Chimee

03-15-2011, 12:26 PM

disneyspy

03-15-2011, 12:34 PM

I'm still watching it, but not with any sort of interest. It's just something that I started watching that I'll keep watching until it is eventually canceled. Right now I'd say that V is a better alien show than this is.

And I cannot stand how the blonde girl does these serious drama scenes, but she always looks like she's cracking a smile.

ya i'm the same way,i mean i watched all 4 fucking seasons of HEROS and at least in V they're moving the plot along,the fucking EVENT has slowed down to a crawl and its not like they're even setting anything up,just filler but i'm in

Furtherman

03-15-2011, 01:27 PM

I'm still in too.... and enjoying it... but who knows if it will get picked up. It too way too long of a break, which is a rookie movie at this point for a network. It really seems like they don't care.

RingWraith

03-16-2011, 01:22 AM

And I cannot stand how the blonde girl does these serious drama scenes, but she always looks like she's cracking a smile.

WOW! Glad I'm not the only one who noticed it. hah! She pretty much have the same face for every scene. I like the show, but I don't her in the show at all.

underdog

03-21-2011, 07:01 PM

This show has just turned into such awfulness and I can't stop watching.

disneyspy

03-22-2011, 05:07 AM

i fell asleep about halfway thru last night

CHUCK is so much more entertaining than this snooze fest

CountryBob

03-22-2011, 06:22 AM

Same here - I DVR'd it for a few weeks now and was going to enjoy watching them in a row but after the first 3o minutes or so, I havent went back to keep watching. They had a good concept but didnt deliver. And they said it was going to be the new "LOST" - ha!

underdog

03-28-2011, 07:34 PM

"Oh, looook. I am french! I have red wine and cheese out! Listen to my accent!"

God, this fucking show just keeps getting worse and worse.

underdog

04-04-2011, 08:12 PM

I hate this show, but i keep watching. #canceltheevent

extracheese

04-04-2011, 08:21 PM

I love this show. action, intrigue, mystery, hot girls with guns, and torture.
Whats not to love??

underdog

04-04-2011, 08:34 PM

I love this show. action, intrigue, mystery, hot girls with guns, and torture.
Whats not to love??

Lack of plot, no answering whatever questions they raise, bad acting, constant pan ins.

CountryBob

04-20-2011, 10:39 AM

Finally pulled the plug - I erased all of the episodes that I havent seen yet - just never could get interested in this show.

And I had such high hopes....:down:

RIP The Event

foodcourtdruide

04-20-2011, 10:50 AM

Lack of plot, no answering whatever questions they raise, bad acting, constant pan ins.

Besides the bad acting, you've just described Lost.

Chimee

04-20-2011, 12:17 PM

Besides the bad acting, you've just described Lost.

I'd say that The Event and every show like it is more far worse than Lost because they're a direct response to the success of Lost. Now every show wants to be raise more questions than it answers because that's what worked for Lost and NBC is desperate for a hit.

disneyspy

04-20-2011, 04:55 PM

i dont see how questions are really being raised on this show after the first 3 episodes it has seemed pretty cut and dried,i'm just glad they got rid of the continuous flashbacks

underdog

05-13-2011, 01:32 PM

FINALLY! (http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/05/13/nbc-cancels-the-event/)

foodcourtdruide

05-13-2011, 02:00 PM

I'd say that The Event and every show like it is more far worse than Lost because they're a direct response to the success of Lost. Now every show wants to be raise more questions than it answers because that's what worked for Lost and NBC is desperate for a hit.

Ron really nailed it when he called Lost a storytelling Ponzi scheme.

Brad_Rush

05-13-2011, 04:25 PM

I actually started getting into it for the second half of the season. Sure it wasn't a great show but it was better than the other crap on TV. I thought the story was pretty entertaining. I am moderately sad it is being cancelled, but it won't affect me too much.

I am glad that law and order LA is cancelled. What a boring show that was (and I am sure a super big budget for NBC with all the stars they crammed in there)!

Chimee

05-13-2011, 04:29 PM

Makes me glad that I gave up on the show a few episodes ago.

Furtherman

05-27-2011, 08:44 AM

Well, that series finale was incredibly insane and messy. I had to laugh at "The Event". What a craptasic show. I'm surprised NBC even bothered bringing it back after that 3 month hiatus.

Gutter

05-27-2011, 08:52 AM

I couldn't believe that you sat through all that awful dialog and terrible acting.

Furtherman

05-27-2011, 08:53 AM

I couldn't believe that you sat through all that awful dialog and terrible acting.

I had to see where it went!

Gutter

05-27-2011, 09:00 AM

I had to see where it went!

i wanted to, but after the last episode before they took the long break, i just couldn't deal anymore. they were reaching real far to steer the plot and when its that obvious, i just can't hang.

sailor

05-27-2011, 06:21 PM

i enjoyed it.

underdog

05-27-2011, 08:40 PM

Well, that series finale was incredibly insane and messy. I had to laugh at "The Event". What a craptasic show. I'm surprised NBC even bothered bringing it back after that 3 month hiatus.

Did they even solve anything? I still haven't watched the finale.