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Last Resort Season One |OT| From the creator of The Shield and Terriers

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Ducarmel

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hwalker84 said:
What happened after the captan made his TV tape? Damn dvr switched.
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I might be mixing this up either it ended with the xo saying just a little crazy or they show a montage of the island other characters and one scene were those thugs actually have the two missing submariners
 
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petethepanda

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They damn near killed that pilot by not making it two hours. It was way too fast.

This is good but I'll be amazed if this doesn't quickly become one of those "I wish this was on cable" shows. Don't see how a show like this can fit into the "we expect this to last for as long as humanly possible" network format.
 
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TripOpt55

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I have thought this looked kind of dumb since it was announced. I figured people were just interested because of Ryan (which is a good enough reason to be honest, he is great). I just watched the pilot though and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I'm in.
 
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Emerson

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Busty said:
I see that loads of posters have been giving the Last Resort pilot a thumbs up with some even saying it's their number one new show this season. To them I must say..., what pilot were you watching?!

Man alive the pilot for Last Resort was dreadful. And I say that without any hyperbole, it was truly, truly horrible. I'm waaay behind on my pilots for this season but at this point I'd say I preferred the Revolution pilot to Last Resort and even that was just okay in my book.

I had heard that SonyTV spent a fortune on the pilot (shot in Hawaii, a lot of the Sub sets were on huge gimbles, a Martin Campbell directed pilot) but the whole thing looked so horribly cheap. The set design was flat and uninspired and everything looked so fake.

-- The moment the crew started playing La Bamba and dancing around the bridge was the worst of the pilot's many cringe worthy moments. Especially when, from nowhere, the Latin chick turned up with a leather jacket and sunglasses. Sunglasses she then promptly stuck on the Captain's head. These guys are so fun. They are like a frat house underwater. URGH. Awful.

-- Some of the secondary characters were non existent and the world's first Calvin Klein underwear model turned Navy SEAL was particularly poor. Zero charisma or stage presence and his 'break down' scene was unintentionally hilarious.

-- Andre Braugher's character could have a slight 'Apocalypse Now style Kurtz' vibe to him but they completely rendered that inert when he said he was trying to act 'mad' like Reagan in an earlier speech. It could have positioned Speedman's character as man caught way out of his depth.

-- The Autumn Reeser character was also very puzzling. She's a smoking hot executive at an arms manufacturer using her sexuality to get contracts and yet she also appears to own the company and invent the gadgets they sell? Garbage. Total garbage.

It's as if someone took a Jack Ryan novel and made it fuck a Mexican soap opera at gun point and Last Resort is the weird mutation that was spawned.

But in saying that the leads (Braugher, Partick and even Speedman) are good and there does seem to be lots of potential for drama as this tiny nation develops and finds it's place in the World at large.

But I'm really not sure just how the producers intend to get potentially 100+ episodes from this concept. I suppose everything will be clearer in episode two. It can't possibly be any worse than the abysmal pilot.
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I don't really agree with your conclusion (that the pilot was dreadful), but I agree with almost everything else. This pilot had a lot of those cheesy cringe moments that network TV is pretty good at providing.
 
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Eggplant Wizard

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For the record Shawn Ryan didn't create Terriers, he was just the co-showrunner.

I thought this was fine. It could turn into something great, but I'm not praising it quite as much as most critics yet. Really anxious to see how the ratings turn out.
 
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ari

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dumb as fuck. Did not like it. Couldn't stop laughing from all the navy lingo getting botched.

Easily a season and dump job from ABC.
 
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AngmarsKing701

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I think it was 3.5 submarines out of 5.

It just felt rushed. Decisions that could have had a huge impact were handled in seconds. All the tension that could have been there, the possibility of a mutiny, etc. was just washed right under the rug in the blink of an eye.

I hope now that they've gotten the premise setup that they take their time. It has potential.
 
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bigboss370

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AngmarsKing701 said:
I think it was 3.5 submarines out of 5.

It just felt rushed. Decisions that could have had a huge impact were handled in seconds. All the tension that could have been there, the possibility of a mutiny, etc. was just washed right under the rug in the blink of an eye.

I hope now that they've gotten the premise setup that they take their time. It has potential.
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i feel like they introduced those tensions quite well as a taste of whats to come. its not 'swept under the rug' but just a sneak peek for us about the directions the plot may and probably will go.
 
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Arment

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Huge fan of the pilot. The pacing was intense and that worked well in this case I think. If they keep it up I'll be impressed.
 
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X-Frame

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I really enjoyed the pilot as well. Sure, there are some nitpicks but overall I thought it was a great episode. I am definitely on board for the season.
 
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The Storyteller

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Loved it. Cheesy awesomeness. It's basically LOST meets Battlestar Galactica, and this makes for a surprisingly good mix. Andre Braugher brought shades of Admiral Adama badassery back onto my tv screen, so fuck yes, I'm completely sold on this show.

Volimar said:
I didn't know Dichen Lachman was in it. Now I wish I'd have watched it.
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She only had one line of dialogue, not enough for me to even tell if she was playing an aussie :(
 
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Jim

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Finally watched the premiere and thought it was quite good. Liking it better than Revolution so far definitely. More tension, better characters, etc.

The ratings weren't spectacular though as expected. Difficult time slot plus many may have watched the pilot online over the past couple of weeks.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...-premieres-for-elementary-last-resort/150554/
the debut of ABC's Last Resort did not make a huge impact drawing a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating (up a tenth from the 2.1 Charlie's Angels drew a year ago) and 9.1 million viewers.
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RatskyWatsky

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I quite liked the pilot. It certainly would have benefited from being two hours, but I think they did the best they could given the limited amount of time they had to work with. Some things were clearly rushed and most of the characters were lacking in development, but I'm sure those things will be addressed in future episodes.

I thought both the inside and the outside of the submarine looked pretty good. I don't quite get the complaints. People are making it out to be on the same level as the dreadful looking submarine on Lost, but it was nowhere near that bad. Did it look amazing? Nope. But I thought it was pretty darn good for a TV show.

I do agree that party scene was lame though. It was corny and cringe inducing, and certainly the worst part of the pilot.

Too bad the ratings were shit, but that was expected. I hope ABC at least decides to air all the produced episodes. Are all 13 finished?
 
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sweetvar26

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I liked it but as some other posters have mentioned already, should have been a two hour pilot. Character development was not up to the mark and things felt a bit rushed.
 
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Napoleonthechimp

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I hope that real navy personnel aren't as... "chummy" as they are in this show. People who could start a nuclear apocalypse with the press of a button should not be that casual about their job.

Also, are submarine interiors that roomy?
 
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jamesinclair

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Excellent pilot, although I guess its a theme when you film in Hawaii?

I agree with most, should have been two hours, and I have no idea how they will sustain it as a series.
 
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TripOpt55

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That is too bad about the ratings. I didn't expect it to do well in that department, but after seeing the pilot, I wish it did do well.
 
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tim.mbp

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Didn't like the pilot. Seems way too corny with some terrible acting. The speechifying was just meh. The bartender chick was way hot.
 
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jey_16

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I didn't mind it....sure there were some cheesy moments but there is a solid premise. I just really hope it doesn't turn into a show just about life on the island but knowing broadcast tv, it probably will
 
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Napoleonthechimp

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The Storyteller said:
Revoltipowersignn is atrocious. I'll happily watch a probably cancelled super fun show than another Abrams abomination. One has loads of potential, the other squandered any potential it had 15 minutes in.
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Revolution is infinitely better than Last Resort. The latter is so poorly produced at every level that I have to consider the idea that it was intentionally sent to die.
 
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ivysaur12

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The Storyteller said:
Revoltipowersignn is atrocious. I'll happily watch a probably cancelled super fun show than another Abrams abomination. One has loads of potential, the other squandered any potential it had 15 minutes in.
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It doesn't matter because that's not the point I was referring to. Revolution will get, at worst, a 22-episode season. You'll be lucky to see another 5 episodes of Last Resort.

And if we're all adding our two cents, yeah, meh. Cheap production values, cardboard cutout characters, moves too quickly and makes little sense. If this was going to be the pilot storyline, it should have been 2 hours, not 1. But it doesn't matter, it's not long for this world.
 
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jamesinclair

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ivysaur12 said:
It doesn't matter because that's not the point I was referring to. Revolution will get, at worst, a 22-episode season. You'll be lucky to see another 5 episodes of Last Resort.

And if we're all adding our two cents, yeah, meh. Cheap production values, cardboard cutout characters, moves too quickly and makes little sense. If this was going to be the pilot storyline, it should have been 2 hours, not 1. But it doesn't matter, it's not long for this world.
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I disagree, last resort will hold its audience very well of quality remains the same, revolution will bleed very quickly
 
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