Revolution - Abrams and Kripke's Lovechild
Woah! Wait. What?
Revolution <- Trailer for one of NBC's new fall dramas
J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Fringe, Lost) and Erik Kripke (Supernatural) have spawned an intellectual lovechild.
Basic Plot: All over the world, electricity stopped working. Not just the grid, everything, even batteries. It all stopped working all at once. (I smell supernatural/crazy science from these two, but since it's them I'm willing to accept this physics-defying premise and roll with it.) 15 years pass, society has regressed, and the real show begins. [Focus of trailer/blurbs seems to be character and the mystery of it all, plus the functioning of the new/old society.]
I am cautiously optimistic. I refuse to get my hopes up... but the potential is INSANE.
World grown over with pretty greenery? Awesome. Female lead (I think), awesome. Bows and Arrows (and guns but whatever), awesome. What is an essentially post apocalyptic future, but in a novel new way (to me). Obviously something caused it, but since that's a mystery what you get is a jump from normal to post apocalypse setting without zombies/infection disease, or war, or any of the usual suspects.
If this show achieves its potential, it could easily climb my list of favourites.
We'll see. Fall is a long way away.
One thing I can feel confident about is that with J.J. Abrams' name attached, loudly and proudly, to the show, it's 99% guaranteed a full season to show what it's made of. There's that 1% chance that it flops utterly (and NBC loves to pull plugs), but given the popularity of things like The Hunger Games and Walking Dead right now, I think it's likely to have the large initial audience required to give it that chance.
Thoughts?
EDIT:
Credits are billed as follows:
Executive Producers Eric Kripke, Jon Favreau, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Writer Eric Kripke
Director Jon Favreau
Kripke as prime writer gives me a lot of hope. Seasons 1-5 of Supernatural were amazing. If they'd let him end it, instead of continuing it without him, there would have been sadness at the series being over, and it may have ended tragically (I have my theories), but it would have been 5 compact, complete, and brilliant seasons.
EDIT 2: This and any future non-personal media review/info/etc. posts will be publicly viewable (so feel free to link/share/what have you). I have vague plans that may or may not get off the ground regarding blogging about entertainment in a more professional fashion. This post is somewhere in between.
Revolution <- Trailer for one of NBC's new fall dramas
J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Fringe, Lost) and Erik Kripke (Supernatural) have spawned an intellectual lovechild.
Basic Plot: All over the world, electricity stopped working. Not just the grid, everything, even batteries. It all stopped working all at once. (I smell supernatural/crazy science from these two, but since it's them I'm willing to accept this physics-defying premise and roll with it.) 15 years pass, society has regressed, and the real show begins. [Focus of trailer/blurbs seems to be character and the mystery of it all, plus the functioning of the new/old society.]
I am cautiously optimistic. I refuse to get my hopes up... but the potential is INSANE.
World grown over with pretty greenery? Awesome. Female lead (I think), awesome. Bows and Arrows (and guns but whatever), awesome. What is an essentially post apocalyptic future, but in a novel new way (to me). Obviously something caused it, but since that's a mystery what you get is a jump from normal to post apocalypse setting without zombies/infection disease, or war, or any of the usual suspects.
If this show achieves its potential, it could easily climb my list of favourites.
We'll see. Fall is a long way away.
One thing I can feel confident about is that with J.J. Abrams' name attached, loudly and proudly, to the show, it's 99% guaranteed a full season to show what it's made of. There's that 1% chance that it flops utterly (and NBC loves to pull plugs), but given the popularity of things like The Hunger Games and Walking Dead right now, I think it's likely to have the large initial audience required to give it that chance.
Thoughts?
EDIT:
Credits are billed as follows:
Executive Producers Eric Kripke, Jon Favreau, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Writer Eric Kripke
Director Jon Favreau
Kripke as prime writer gives me a lot of hope. Seasons 1-5 of Supernatural were amazing. If they'd let him end it, instead of continuing it without him, there would have been sadness at the series being over, and it may have ended tragically (I have my theories), but it would have been 5 compact, complete, and brilliant seasons.
EDIT 2: This and any future non-personal media review/info/etc. posts will be publicly viewable (so feel free to link/share/what have you). I have vague plans that may or may not get off the ground regarding blogging about entertainment in a more professional fashion. This post is somewhere in between.