Jericho (New TV Show) - ComicCon Review (Spoilers)

[Mistwell]

So I was wondering if people's opinions changed from earlier in this thread now that folks have seen it.

They cut a few scenes here and there in the TV pilot. There was another scene with people trying to steal from the market, and the owner begging them not to. I think another scene where the lead character sees the empty prisoner bus. But, those are pretty minor cuts.

 

[Blue Sky]

Interesting note: I live in Lawrence, KS, where they're filming parts of the show. The other major production in our town was The Day After, a movie about the fallout after nuclear war. Scary, huh?

 

[Ranger REG]

Interesting note: I live in Lawrence, KS, where they're filming parts of the show. The other major production in our town was The Day After, a movie about the fallout after nuclear war. Scary, huh?

Sounds like a good place to experiment, observe, and study the general populace and their behavior and/or actions toward a nuclear incident.

Anyhoo... What's the deal with the mysterious black man, Robert Hawkins?
[sblock]In the second episode, we saw him deciphered morse code coming through one of the radio pieces in the police station or town hall. Yet when the mayor's wife asked her if anyone is coming through the communications, he claimed there is no outside contact.

He went home with the decoded message and started pinning places on his map. I assume there are the places that have also been struck with a nuclear explosion.

Question is: why did he keep that from the local authorities?[/sblock]

 

[Brown Jenkin]

So I was wondering if people's opinions changed from earlier in this thread now that folks have seen it.

They cut a few scenes here and there in the TV pilot. There was another scene with people trying to steal from the market, and the owner begging them not to. I think another scene where the lead character sees the empty prisoner bus. But, those are pretty minor cuts.

I expressed my dislike for what I thought I saw coming. Turns out my first impressions were right. If other like it I leave the thread to them, but I just don't buy the premise.

 

[Ranger REG]

I expressed my dislike for what I thought I saw coming. Turns out my first impressions were right.

Meh. I'm hoping that post-production editing improves (like I do with WotC-published books).

 

[JEL]

Sounds like a good place to experiment, observe, and study the general populace and their behavior and/or actions toward a nuclear incident.

Anyhoo... What's the deal with the mysterious black man, Robert Hawkins?
[sblock]In the second episode, we saw him deciphered morse code coming through one of the radio pieces in the police station or town hall. Yet when the mayor's wife asked her if anyone is coming through the communications, he claimed there is no outside contact.

He went home with the decoded message and started pinning places on his map. I assume there are the places that have also been struck with a nuclear explosion.

Question is: why did he keep that from the local authorities?[/sblock]

[sblock]It could be that he didn't want to panic the people who'd be crammed into a bomb shelter and stuck there for days[/sblock]

 

[Ranger REG]

[sblock]It could be that he didn't want to panic the people who'd be crammed into a bomb shelter and stuck there for days[/sblock]

[sblock]But why didn't he inform Mayor Green? It's one thing to keep it from the public, though everyone pretty much know that Atlanta was also struck due the phone message Dale's mother left, but to withold information from the authorities of Jericho?

It also seems that Jake is not the only one who lies what he does. The mysterious Robert Hawkins have so far claimed he's a science teacher and St. Louis cop.[/sblock]

 

[Fast Learner]

[sblock]I'd think that he didn't tell Green because the man had just had a heart attack (or whatever). I agree with the "not further panicking folks" theory, at least for now.[/sblock]

 

[Shalimar]

[sblock]I agree with the not telling the man who had just had a heart attack that half the country had been nuked. Keeping him alive since he can bring people together is quite key.[/sblock]

 

[Arnwyn]

[sblock]That second episode sucked. I complained (in the earlier thread) about the number of contrivances, and this episode was worse.

Dumb, dumb, dumb. (But I still love the whole 'nuclear war/day after' concept.) But a bad episode, overall. Blech.[/sblock]