JJ Abrams to make another TV show about an island

[RoJoHen]

It might switch off between something like a gangster drama in the 30s where someone gets murdered by their cellmate, and the present-day when their ghost is running around scaring tourists. Hopefully it won't be as silly in execution as I'm making it sound.

Actually, if done well enough, that sounds kind of awesome.

 

[Mr Light]

Did they disappear into a space/time portal??? If so then I'll watch!

 

[RoJoHen]

I hope they find a dockey wheel underneath the prison.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

It might switch off between something like a gangster drama in the 30s where someone gets murdered by their cellmate, and the present-day when their ghost is running around scaring tourists. Hopefully it won't be as silly in execution as I'm making it sound.

Actually, if done well enough, that sounds kind of awesome.

I'm a bit disappointed that the premise now sounds like it won't need the flashbacks...maybe we'll get some...

 

[lennier1]

With all the crappy remakes the title made me think Fantasy Island would be the next victim.

 

[Orac Zen]

^
I saw the thread title and immediately thought "So long as it's not Fantasy Island".

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

A real one this time, with fewer smoke monsters and a lot more tourists: Alcatraz!

Doesn't sound sf/f, but it might have light genre elements.

Alcatraz is described as "a show about mysteries, secrets and the most infamous prison of all time: Alcatraz."

Is it going to be a historical drama set when the prison was running, or a contemporary drama about the island as a national monument? If the latter, they'll definitely have to amp up the ghostly balderdash.

It's not a very big island and frankly my dears, it's not even very interesting. The best thing about it is the incredible views since you're right in the middle of the bay. I think they should just bulldoze those crumbling, ugly-ass buildings and turn it into a lovely park but I know they make boatloads of money from tourists so forget about that.

If it's anything like the show 'Colditz' I might be interested. However World War 2 has been done to death. Showing the same war over and over again that lots of people died in just for entertainment value is downright irritating.

If anything they should make a respectful war-time drama set during the first world war.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Did they disappear into a space/time portal??? If so then I'll watch!

Sounds like something sci-fi-ish is going down here.