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Fox Lineup | 8/12/11

Posted on 08/12/2011 11:15:42 AM PDT by pabianice

Stephen Spielberg has remade "Jurrasic Park" for TV. It starts in September. It is described as a tree-hugger version of a time-travel story (Earth's atmosphere becomes so polluted that people have to flee back in time 85 million years.) An updated Robinson family (per "Lost in Space") is described as the main characters.

The trailers look like outtakes from "Jurrasic Park." My question: does this thing have a chance at "something over $4M" per episode?


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I love sci fi. I dislike crappy sci fi.
1 posted on 08/12/2011 11:15:44 AM PDT by pabianice
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*shrug* I’ll watch it.

Who could resist watching tree-huggers get eaten by dinosaurs?


2 posted on 08/12/2011 11:30:41 AM PDT by null and void (Day 932. The mob is decisive when the law is not.)
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Earth's atmosphere becomes so polluted that people have to flee

That's all I need to know. Scratch this off of the "to watch" list.

Too bad

3 posted on 08/12/2011 11:31:30 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Oh darn. Until I read the premise, I thought maybe it would be a “Lost” replacement.


4 posted on 08/12/2011 11:41:03 AM PDT by bayareablues
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He's certainly been busy on TV lately... I really got into "Falling Skies," although I'm pissed that I get to wait until next summer to see the rest of the cliffhanger!

Mark

5 posted on 08/12/2011 11:45:10 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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From Wikipedia for the Cretaceous period: Mean atmospheric O2 content over period duration ca. 30 Vol %[1]
(150 % of modern level)
Mean atmospheric CO2 content over period duration ca. 1700 ppm[2]
(6 times pre-industrial level)
Mean surface temperature over period duration ca. 18 °C[3]
(4 °C above modern level)


6 posted on 08/12/2011 11:45:15 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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Of course, because fleeing back into the past 85 million years is so much easier technologically (and morally) than just staying to do the hard work of cleaning up your environment.

The show would probably be more beliveable if it was about a long duration scientific expedition (hence bring along the kids) that gets marooned unexpectedly (e.g., the regular shipments of supplies stop coming through the time portal, communications go unanswered, don't know why, etc.). Faced with the prospect of being there forever, the family begins to adapt to its changed circumstances...etc.

But taking that approach would eliminate liberal Mr. Speilberg’s opportunity to moralize and we can't have that now, can we?

7 posted on 08/12/2011 11:50:35 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (“Si vis pacem, para bellum” - If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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My general reaction on watching the trailers is:

“Get the hook!”


8 posted on 08/12/2011 11:51:31 AM PDT by Ole Okie (!!)
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Of course, because fleeing back into the past 85 million years is so much easier technologically (and morally) than just staying to do the hard work of cleaning up your environment.

The show would probably be more beliveable if it was about a long duration scientific expedition (hence bring along the kids) that gets marooned unexpectedly (e.g., the regular shipments of supplies stop coming through the time portal, communications go unanswered, don't know why, etc.). Faced with the prospect of being there forever, the family begins to adapt to its changed circumstances...etc.

But taking that approach would eliminate liberal Mr. Speilberg’s opportunity to moralize and we can't have that now, can we?

9 posted on 08/12/2011 11:52:38 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (“Si vis pacem, para bellum” - If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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Please excuse the double post. The Internet link is slow today.


10 posted on 08/12/2011 11:56:50 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (“Si vis pacem, para bellum” - If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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I really got into "Falling Skies,"

I call it the "John Kerry" show since it flip-flops so much. Some of it I think is really good, some is beyond horrible. I thought the cliff hanger was beyond stupid.

11 posted on 08/12/2011 11:56:55 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (0 - 537 They ALL must go.)
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It will fail.

I anticipate that it will look stunning in high definition, it is less likely to have good actors and is unlikely to have good writing.

If they manage to get everything in line and produce a show that I like, they will cancel it. It is an ongoing thing I have with the networks.


12 posted on 08/12/2011 12:01:39 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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The show would probably be more beliveable if it was about a long duration scientific expedition (hence bring along the kids) that gets marooned unexpectedly (e.g., the regular shipments of supplies stop coming through the time portal, communications go unanswered, don't know why, etc.). Faced with the prospect of being there forever, the family begins to adapt to its changed circumstances...etc.

You just described "Stargate: Universe," which failed spectacularly and ended abruptly after one season too many.

13 posted on 08/12/2011 12:14:48 PM PDT by pabianice (")
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You have me there. Never got into Stargate spinoffs.


14 posted on 08/12/2011 12:31:12 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (“Si vis pacem, para bellum” - If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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40 episodes of SGU. Two seasons by SyFy’s count.
15 posted on 08/12/2011 12:36:41 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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Yes. Canceled two seasons too late.


16 posted on 08/12/2011 12:48:28 PM PDT by pabianice (")
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The show would not get a go ahead if the financials did not make sense. Foreign markets no doubt like the show due to compelling visuals and a cast that will reach beyond traditional American characters. Foreign distribution deals are no doubt already arranged and will defray a significant portion of the production costs. Story and script quality are another matter.


17 posted on 08/12/2011 1:05:43 PM PDT by Rockingham
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My question: does this thing have a chance

Only if it has nude women.......

18 posted on 08/12/2011 1:13:46 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (You can't forfeit the game Chuck! If you go home you forfeit!)
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I kept waiting for them to kill off Lou Diamond and other Colonel. The story actually started to get good the last two episodes - they all went into suspended animation capsules and shut up - except the kid who was left alone.


19 posted on 08/12/2011 1:40:19 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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The problem is it would never work...Much like the Back to the Future movies, they will change things so much when they go back in time that they will destroy the planet before they are born and everyone on the show will just dissapear “Vanished from existance” to quote Doc Brown.


20 posted on 08/12/2011 2:10:40 PM PDT by bayoung18
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