Carlton Cuse doing Civil War drama for ABC

[Nowhere Man]

Does this mean the Civil War + Aliens or something else.

 

[Tulin]

Quite the dilema for me. I'm a Civil War fanatic, but after LOST I swore I'd never watch another Cuse project.

Indeed.

At the end they will all wake up from their "flash sideways"(whatever the FUCK that means!)dream and they'll be in a church in purgatory.

LOL!!!111

So original. You said this about the alien prequel.

And I was RIGHT.......wasn't I?!?


Oh wait a MINUTE.........

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I thank God I'm too stupid to realize just how bad TV is.

Yeah I envy you. I have only a handful of shows I consider worth watching, but then again, I'm all that more excited when something that sounds potentially decent comes along, which is why I started this thread.

I sometimes fear for the medium of TV as it seems we've become such a hypercritical society that it doesn't seem like anybody can just sit back and relax and enjoy a TV show for what it is, just simple entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.

That's just this place, and posters here are not at all representative of the larger audience. The vast majority of people whose viewing supports the TV industry are quite content with mindless drivel - otherwise how does the mindless drivel get renewed? The TV biz is in no danger at all. Anything interesting to watch - especially on network TV - is the endangered species. (Fortunately, cable is taking up a lot of the slack.)

Does this mean the Civil War + Aliens or something else.

I wouldn't worry about that. Pretty sure it'll be straight historical fiction.

 

[gh4chiefs]

That's just this place, and posters here are not at all representative of the larger audience. The vast majority of people whose viewing supports the TV industry are quite content with mindless drivel - otherwise how does the mindless drivel get renewed? .

Yeah I'm learning this is a "tough crowd" as I mentioned in another post. Sometimes I'm really at some of the things I read here.

But I tell you what, I'll take what you call "mindless drivel" over the mess that was LOST in the end, any day of the week. To me, that wrap up and conclusion was some of the most ridiculous shit I've had the misfortune to watch in my nearly 50 years. But yet I know LOST is generally hailed around these parts as one of the greatest shows of the decade.

Me, I'll stick with simpler stuff that makes more sense, even if it is "mindless drivel." (Unfortunately my drivel tends to get cancelled.)

EDIT TO ADD: The irony here is, although I've sworn off ANY future projects from "The creators of LOST", Carlton Cuse actually created one of my favorite TV shows, Nash Bridges.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

But I tell you what, I'll take what you call "mindless drivel" over the mess that was LOST in the end, any day of the week.

I give high marks for creativity, so I prefer an imaginative disaster to yet another police procedural. At the very worst, it gives me something to yak about here. Not that I thought Lost was a disaster by any stretch, but if you weren't in it for the characters, I can see how the finale would seen like a total cheat.

Guess what, JJ's new show Alcatraz sounds like another Lost: built around a sf/f mystery.

 

[gh4chiefs]

But I tell you what, I'll take what you call "mindless drivel" over the mess that was LOST in the end, any day of the week.

I give high marks for creativity, so I prefer an imaginative disaster to yet another police procedural. At the very worst, it gives me something to yak about here.

Well THAT was fun for about 3-4 season, and by that time I'd invested enough time that I didn't want to quit it. At that point it never occurred to me that we'd get that kind of ending. And at that point, I was totally on your side, thinking it was one of the greatest shows ever. 3 years later, not so much.

Guess what, JJ's new show Alcatraz sounds like another Lost: built around a sf/f mystery.

You couldn't pay me enough to get started on that show. They got me once, and I vowed NEVER again.

 

[PsychoPere]

Variety has a new article online with some more details on the project.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

The two are keeping mum on details other than to say it will be a story focusing more on fictional characters than on historical figures. It's envisioned as a serialized saga with a clear-cut "beginning, middle and end," Cuse said -- a storytelling form he knows well from "Lost."

...

The "raw facts" of the Civil War are compelling all on their own, Wallace noted, but the goal is to bring the era alive for viewers, not to recount every step on the battlefield.

"We are dramatists, not historians. We want to let the audience experience what it was like to be in these times and live through these dramatic experiences," Wallace said.

Sounds good to me. I doubt the ending will be as controversial.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I wonder if it'll do a Rome type thing where it'll focus on a couple of grunts, but have the big picture play out in the background.

Of course, it's ABC, not HBO, so I doubt they can be that ambitious (provided they want to be).

 

[DarthPipes]

Sounds intriguing.