I think it's not that the premise seems outlandish, but that it seems unsustainable beyond a single season -- once the race has been run, then what? But then, like you said, look at Lost and 24, which had the exact same issues when they began. (Or Prison Break - is that still on?)
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Jessica - Apr 11, 2007 4:32:24 pm PDT #5091 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
sumi - Apr 11, 2007 4:33:37 pm PDT #5092 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
It's still on and has been renewed for season 3.
Daisy Jane - Apr 11, 2007 4:37:18 pm PDT #5093 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I think it's just the last review's headline struck me weird. Who cares about the premise? If it's executed with panache or whatever, then yay! I could have the best premise ever (and I think I do somewhere kicking around in my head). If I pull it off poorly, it's a bad show (or book, or comic or whatever).
Monique - Apr 11, 2007 4:37:27 pm PDT #5094 of 10001
Aren't a lot of shows like that?
LOL. I was just complaining about how people are battling with "Others" while stranded on an island on ABC; whispering with ghosts and struggling in a post-nuclear world on CBS; flying and jumping ahead in time on NBC; driving around the country, fighting ghosts and ghouls on the CW; and seeing the future on USA. Come on now.
Yahoo TV's offering up the first 4 minutes, 38 seconds. Dunno where you should go if you watch it and talk about it, but there you go!
Ailleann - Apr 11, 2007 4:37:28 pm PDT #5095 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
It's still on and has been renewed for season 3.
And I actually think they've done a pretty good job of making the plotline sustainable. At least so far.
Daisy Jane - Apr 11, 2007 4:39:42 pm PDT #5096 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
LOL. I was just complaining about how people are battling with "Others" while stranded on an island on ABC; whispering with ghosts and struggling in a post-nuclear world on CBS; flying and jumping ahead in time on NBC; driving around the country, fighting ghosts and ghouls on the CW; and seeing the future on USA. Come on now.
Perzactly!
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2007 4:49:40 pm PDT #5097 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And I actually think they've done a pretty good job of making the plotline sustainable. At least so far.
I agree. I really liked the second season.
Yahoo TV's offering up the first 4 minutes, 38 seconds. Dunno where you should go if you watch it and talk about it, but there you go!
Oooh! I will resist. Too much of a tease. I can wait a few more days! I can!
Tamara - Apr 11, 2007 4:59:15 pm PDT #5098 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Well the Hollywood Reporter's review is a hell of a lot better than Variety's.
I had to watch the first 4 minutes. Is it Sunday yet?!
IAmNotReallyASpring - Apr 11, 2007 5:21:41 pm PDT #5099 of 10001
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
I haven't been following the coverage for Drive very closely but I think that one of the reasons it's being called outlandish is because the premise points towards a convoluted backstory for the race; to make sense of it, you have to imagine huge conspiratorial machinations and that can lead one to a Da Vinci Code kind of place.
DavidS - Apr 11, 2007 5:34:42 pm PDT #5100 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Incidentally, Tim Goodman had an offhand mention of Drive in his column today and basically indicated it was a spring burnoff and had no chance of survival.
That doesn't seem in keeping with the promo energy Fox has put into it, but I can't think of a lot of spring debut shows that have succeeded. Mid-season, yes. Buffy was itself a midseason debut show.