The "Event" this fall on NBC - what have you heard

[Samurai8472]

I have a feeling people from another universe have come to

-warn
-prevent
-keep the event on track to happen


I'm sure there will be 9/11 parallels

 

[cultcross]

I hope limited time travel ala "Seven Days" isn't involved -- although the clip of the guy freaking out on the plane might also be consistent with that. It'll be interesting to see if they can avoid running out of ideas before the end of season one.

It's Seven Days that seems the closest inspiration for this in my eyes - which I'm not too worried about because I thought Seven Days wasn't too bad a concept, albeit a little mishandled. Still, I can see any pilot of a show with this sort of premise being very like the Seven Days opener where the White House gets blown up.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Finding out who put the bomp in the bomp ba bomp ba bomp...is not The Event.

The Cubs winning the World Series...is not The Event.

This series making it to a second season...is probably not An Event.

 

[wildstar]

The Event.
Remain Indoors!

(any Mitchell and Webb fans)?

 

[Aragorn]

Aliens... from the future... of a parallel universe... trying to prevent the end of the world... caused by zombies... from hell.

 

[wamdue]

The Event.
Remain Indoors!

(any Mitchell and Webb fans)?

we have already done that on this thread

 

[Jack Bauer]

According to New York magazine

Spoiler: The Event is

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/08/a_flood_of_alien_invasion_proj.html

an alien invasion

I've no idea how reliable that spoiler is though.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

The Event.
Remain Indoors!

(any Mitchell and Webb fans)?

we have already done that on this thread

Yes. *Bang*

 

[Vendikarr]

The producers are going out of their way to compare The Event to other shows?

So everyone on the planet blacks out for exactly 2 minutes and 17 seconds, giving them visions of their lives in a parallel universe where fringe science and a special island exist, and this knowledge brings about an alien invasion that can only be stopped by a counter-terrorism agent who happens to be Lucifer's vessel and lives the same day over and over again?

I'd watch this. It would save me time since I wouldn't have to watch any other program.

 

[Lindley]

Well the ending would be a thing that couldn't please very many people.

I used to sing the praises of Lost and would lend out my DVDs of it to any friend who wanted them. Now I've told them not to bother with that bloody show.

I'll admit a few of the questions were given uninspired answers, and a few more which seemed important were ignored. But the finale wasn't that bad. What gives?

 

[Gojira]

I'm not really interested in this series because it is going to be one of those programs that strings the audience along forever and you only will learn a tiny tiny bit of information that might be useful later on. I see myself watching an episode and then getting made at myself for wasting an hour of my time to find out almost nothing.

Then if you do watch it you end up finding out it has been canceled mid season and they never got to the reveal and all your time has been wasted.

See I've felt this way ever since I got frustrated and burned by "The Nine."

Amen, I will not watch anything until it's finished and I've had reliable information that it's not simply spinning it's wheels week after week for seven years.

Add me to this list. I began watching the show Flash Forward which had a good premise for a movie but not a TV series. It ended up being slow and monotonous as they just strung it out and giving only little clues here and there.

If the Event is anything like that then I will skip it.

 

[bigdaddy]

Well the ending would be a thing that couldn't please very many people.

I used to sing the praises of Lost and would lend out my DVDs of it to any friend who wanted them. Now I've told them not to bother with that bloody show.

I'll admit a few of the questions were given uninspired answers, and a few more which seemed important were ignored. But the finale wasn't that bad. What gives?

Sadly it really was.

According to New York magazine

Spoiler: The Event is

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/08/a_flood_of_alien_invasion_proj.html

an alien invasion

I think the writer just lumped The Event in that.

I've no idea how reliable that spoiler is though.

 

[Lindley]

Well the ending would be a thing that couldn't please very many people.

I used to sing the praises of Lost and would lend out my DVDs of it to any friend who wanted them. Now I've told them not to bother with that bloody show.

I'll admit a few of the questions were given uninspired answers, and a few more which seemed important were ignored. But the finale wasn't that bad. What gives?

Sadly it really was.

Even with that view, it still doesn't explain how one could turn around on the entire show as a result of it.