Zero Hour is Terrible.

Guy Gardener · February 4 2013, 10:08 AM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2215797/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

I've really been enjoying King of the Nerds, a Survivor/The Apprentice reality Gameshow where "Nerds" compete to sit on the "Throne of Games" and win a hundred grand... Which is being hosted by Booger and Lewis from Revenge of the Nerds, so I was thinking to myself, what's Gilbert up to?

This is what Gilbert is up to and it's awful.

The story starts in 1949 where the Polish(I think?) underground is barely hiding a Religious supernatural artefact from the NAZIs that is tied in somehow to the coming Apocalypse.

That bit wasn't so abhorrent.

Skip to modern day, and a pretty girl is buying an antique magic clock from a flea market on the board walk, just in time for a Eurotrash assassin to break into her place of work and kidnap the horologist because he can't quite find the magic clock which she left at workshop at home .

Luckily her husband "Gilbert" an internet journalist publisher who travels the world debunking the supernatural, who is annoyed that his wife has been kidnapped and swears to god above that he will travel the limits of the Earth to get his woman back form the clutches of that evil Where's Wally who is on an international treasure hunt while dragging a bound woman with him.

Yup. Gilbert is on a never-ending Quest to save his girlfriend!

This almost sounds like Indiana Jones, but the production values are so cheap and the direction is off and the whole feel is direct to video and the staggering of the story makes it almost seem like a Scoobie Doo plot.

Very unimpressive.

Icemizer · February 4 2013, 01:28 PM

For a minute there I thought you were flashing back to the DC mini-series.

Guy Gardener · February 4 2013, 10:06 PM

To be fair, 9 times out of ten I usually am.

bigdaddy · February 5 2013, 06:45 PM

ABC needs to give up and just make miniseries for that time slot. It's up against American Idol, Big Bang Theory, Community. It's DoA, and should be a miniseries like Last Resort.

Christopher · February 5 2013, 07:32 PM

bigdaddy wrote:

...and should be a miniseries like Last Resort.

Except that wasn't a miniseries, it was a regular old TV series that got cancelled quickly, but that got enough advance warning of its cancellation to rework the last episode into a series finale.

And in any case, the term would've been "limited series." The term "miniseries," in TV usage, usually refers to something made up of two or more 2-hour installments, generally aired on consecutive nights.

Scout101 · February 5 2013, 07:45 PM

Think the point wasn't that Last Resort WAS a limited series, just that it SHOULD have been. If it was planned for 8-10 episodes and that's it, could have made it work. As an ongoing series, not sure how the premise was EVER going to work.

And if you sell it as a limited run, maybe you steal some eyeballs from the bigger competition, knowing it's a tighter story with a definite end, and that all 8-10 will air.

As an open series, going against big competition, guaranteed to have shit rankings and disappear soon anyway, unless it's ALSO a big hit. Not sure why you'd sacrifice something you think's going to be a big hit against a couple of the highest rated network shows, so ... ?

Guy Gardener · February 5 2013, 10:27 PM

200 billion people watch idol.

Does picture inside a picture count towards ratings?

bigdaddy · February 5 2013, 11:06 PM

Scout101 wrote:

Think the point wasn't that Last Resort WAS a limited series, just that it SHOULD have been. If it was planned for 8-10 episodes and that's it, could have made it work. As an ongoing series, not sure how the premise was EVER going to work.

Yeah, just do 13 episode miniseries. If they turn out to be a massive hit, do an American Horror Story, or even a sequel to the series. But have the series have an ending. These seem like miniseries shows anyways, and clearly just being used as filler. If they actually cared about Last Resort like they claimed, move it to Wednesdays at 10 and Nashville to Sundays at 10. Didn't even bother.

Guy Gardener wrote:

200 billion people watch idol.

Wow... must be popular in outer space!

Guy Gardener · February 5 2013, 11:46 PM

I was counting all the cats who belong to the crazy-catladies as people.

hbquikcomjamesl · February 5 2013, 11:58 PM

I kind of figured it didn't have anything to do with the movie that could have just as easily been called "Airport 1957" (and was the actual basis for Airplane!).

Wereghost · February 6 2013, 12:07 AM

^ I'm disappointed that it didn't, notwithstanding that this is the Sci-Fi/Fantasy forum. It's been too long since Airplane! was last referenced at length on this board.

Of course, Airplane II was sci-fi to an extent...

hbquikcomjamesl · February 6 2013, 12:39 AM

Except that Airplane II didn't involve Abrahams or the Zucker Bros., and rather abruptly stopped being funny on January 28, 1986.

February 4 2013, 10:08 AM	#1
Guy Gardener Admiral Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.	Zero Hour is Terrible. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2215797/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 I've really been enjoying King of the Nerds, a Survivor/The Apprentice reality Gameshow where "Nerds" compete to sit on the "Throne of Games" and win a hundred grand... Which is being hosted by Booger and Lewis from Revenge of the Nerds, so I was thinking to myself, what's Gilbert up to? This is what Gilbert is up to and it's awful. The story starts in 1949 where the Polish(I think?) underground is barely hiding a Religious supernatural artefact from the NAZIs that is tied in somehow to the coming Apocalypse. That bit wasn't so abhorrent. Skip to modern day, and a pretty girl is buying an antique magic clock from a flea market on the board walk, just in time for a Eurotrash assassin to break into her place of work and kidnap the horologist because he can't quite find the magic clock which she left at workshop at home . Luckily her husband "Gilbert" an internet journalist publisher who travels the world debunking the supernatural, who is annoyed that his wife has been kidnapped and swears to god above that he will travel the limits of the Earth to get his woman back form the clutches of that evil Where's Wally who is on an international treasure hunt while dragging a bound woman with him. Yup. Gilbert is on a never-ending Quest to save his girlfriend! This almost sounds like Indiana Jones, but the production values are so cheap and the direction is off and the whole feel is direct to video and the staggering of the story makes it almost seem like a Scoobie Doo plot. Very unimpressive. __________________ "Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft." Troy Yingst. My Life as Liz

February 4 2013, 01:28 PM	#2
Icemizer Fleet Captain	Re: Zero Hour is Terrible. For a minute there I thought you were flashing back to the DC mini-series.

February 4 2013, 10:06 PM	#3
Guy Gardener Admiral Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.	Re: Zero Hour is Terrible. To be fair, 9 times out of ten I usually am. __________________ "Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft." Troy Yingst. My Life as Liz

February 5 2013, 06:45 PM	#4
bigdaddy Vice Admiral Location: Space Massachusetts	Re: Zero Hour is Terrible. ABC needs to give up and just make miniseries for that time slot. It's up against American Idol, Big Bang Theory, Community. It's DoA, and should be a miniseries like Last Resort. __________________ "Bqhatevwr" - Former Senator Scott Brown

February 5 2013, 07:45 PM	#6
Scout101 Admiral Location: Rhode Island, USA	Re: Zero Hour is Terrible. Think the point wasn't that Last Resort WAS a limited series, just that it SHOULD have been. If it was planned for 8-10 episodes and that's it, could have made it work. As an ongoing series, not sure how the premise was EVER going to work. And if you sell it as a limited run, maybe you steal some eyeballs from the bigger competition, knowing it's a tighter story with a definite end, and that all 8-10 will air. As an open series, going against big competition, guaranteed to have shit rankings and disappear soon anyway, unless it's ALSO a big hit. Not sure why you'd sacrifice something you think's going to be a big hit against a couple of the highest rated network shows, so ... ? __________________ Perhaps, if I am very lucky, the feeble efforts of my lifetime will someday be noticed and maybe, in some small way, they will be acknowledged as the greatest works of genius ever created by man. ~Jack Handey STO: @JScout33

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February 5 2013, 10:27 PM	#7
Guy Gardener Admiral Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.	Re: Zero Hour is Terrible. 200 billion people watch idol. Does picture inside a picture count towards ratings? __________________ "Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft." Troy Yingst. My Life as Liz

February 5 2013, 11:46 PM	#9
Guy Gardener Admiral Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.	Re: Zero Hour is Terrible. I was counting all the cats who belong to the crazy-catladies as people. __________________ "Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft." Troy Yingst. My Life as Liz

February 5 2013, 11:58 PM	#10
hbquikcomjamesl Lieutenant Commander Location: Orange County, CA	Re: Zero Hour is Terrible. I kind of figured it didn't have anything to do with the movie that could have just as easily been called "Airport 1957" (and was the actual basis for Airplane!).

February 6 2013, 12:07 AM	#11
Wereghost Commodore Location: Ireland.	Re: Zero Hour is Terrible. ^ I'm disappointed that it didn't, notwithstanding that this is the Sci-Fi/Fantasy forum. It's been too long since Airplane! was last referenced at length on this board. Of course, Airplane II was sci-fi to an extent... __________________ "As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular." Oscar Wilde

February 6 2013, 12:39 AM	#12
hbquikcomjamesl Lieutenant Commander Location: Orange County, CA	Re: Zero Hour is Terrible. Except that Airplane II didn't involve Abrahams or the Zucker Bros., and rather abruptly stopped being funny on January 28, 1986.