"The Shannara Chronicles" and "Colony"

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tomBitonti

Adventurer

• Jan 4, 2016

• #1

Hi,

These snuck up on me.

One episode of "Colony" has already aired. Any reviews?

Episodes 1 and 2 of "The Shannara Chronicles" air on 05-Jan-2016.

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shannara_Chronicles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_(TV_series)

Thx!

TomB

 

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Umbran

Mod Squad

Staff member

Supporter

• Jan 4, 2016

• #2

I have to admit that for Shanara, I thought, "A fantasy series... on MTV? Do I care?"

 

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Mallus

Legend

• Jan 4, 2016

• #3

The trailer that emphasized how Shannara is set in post-apocalyptic Earth made it look lovely. I'm in for a few episodes!

 

Istbor

Dances with Gnolls

• Jan 4, 2016

• #4

Umbran said:

I have to admit that for Shanara, I thought, "A fantasy series... on MTV? Do I care?"

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I have to agree. Why? Why is MTV handling this? Why would they want to? WHAT HAPPENED TO MTV!?!

 

Mark CMG

Creative Mountain Games

• Jan 4, 2016

• #5

I'm looking forward to seeing how both turn out. Honestly, I'm of a mind that the more fantasy and sci-fi (and superhero stuff) that gets produced, the better. The good ones will stick around and the bad ones will be replaced by newer efforts. The days of a bad show making those genres toxic to other attempts seem to be behind us. Between Netflix, Amazon, cable, and network (and whatever else) we're getting tons of new shows and plenty of money behind them. "Huzzah!" I say.

 

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tomBitonti

Adventurer

• Jan 4, 2016

• #6

On reading the description of "Colony", the depiction seems to be very close to life in a concentration camp. Interesting, but I wonder if I'm willing to accept it as entertainment.

Thx!

TomB

 

Sacrosanct

Legend

• Jan 4, 2016

• #7

Really looking forward to the Shannara Chronicles. The reviews I've seen already have all been universally impressed, comparing it to a series that would air on HBO or Showtime, with the production quality.

 

Ryujin

Legend

• Jan 4, 2016

• #8

I can't put my finger on it, but something about "Colony" leaves me cold. I didn't find the characters engaging, but that's hardly unusual for a new series. I could say the same about ST:TNG, Babylon 5, or in fact may other series I ultimately grew to enjoy. Maybe it's the "unseen aliens with an evil purpose" trope that did it? I'll have to give it a several episodes before I can come to a conclusion.

The idea of "The Shannara Chronicles" is interesting and MTV hasn't really been a music channel for going on 20 years, so this might have something to it. While I've never read the novels it seems like all of my friends have, and they've universally liked them. We'll see.

 

Umbran

Mod Squad

Staff member

Supporter

• Jan 4, 2016

• #9

Istbor said:

WHAT HAPPENED TO MTV!?!

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A long time ago, "MTV," came to stand for, "Miscellaneous Television".

 

Istbor

Dances with Gnolls

• Jan 4, 2016

• #10

Don't get me wrong. I am in no small way excited about anything with the Shannara world. I genuinely hope that it does well, if for no other reason to maybe cause more media for that series to blossom.

I want to see some Rimmer Dal and Shadowen pretty bad.

I guess there is the Wishsong so... Music TV achieved?