Post by Ron HubbardPost by Ron HubbardDespite Brannon Braga being associated with it, the new show really
looks
Post by Ron Hubbardlike it
Post by Ron Hubbardhas great promise. Unknown aliens, woman running around half-naked, and
Brent
Post by Ron HubbardSpiner-- a winning combination I think.
Zombies from Outer Space
All good.
The problem I think is stated right in the series signature tag line, "What to
do if we're screwed". People like to have a sense of hope in their weekly
entertainment, especially these days. "WTDIWS" didn't exactly attract me to
watch this in the first place (being scifi and featuring Brent Spiner did) and
after the first two hours I'm left with a bit of a downer feeling.
If _Threshold_ continues to be crisis management week after week, keeping our
heads above water but with no hope of rescue in sight, it's going to disappear
fast. Being on CBS sets a much higher bar for ratings survival than on any
other network these days.
And last night's overnight's were sort of a wash. _Threshold_ finished second
behind NBC. CBS expects to win Fridays. And this was for a premiere episode
against mostly repeat programing. Plus series playing to more
sophisticated
Post by Ron Hubbardtastes usually do better in the overnights than the final nationals.
On the plus side _Threshold finished number one in the key 18-49 demo where
CBS is looking for improvement on Friday night. The key may be if _Threshold
can sustain that margn.
Why the concern about the North Koreans? This was a USN ship two hundred miles
off the US coast. Wouldn't the USN just tell the Koreans hands off, keep your
distance, all while holding a very large *shotgun*?
A home video camera which records multi-spectrum images?
And if the aeronautics expert's fiancée turns out to be the zombie sailor's
emailing ex ...
OTOH
- "You are not Borg"
LOL!!
Oh, I didn't know they were of the coast of the US; then the Korean angle
was just a red herring after all they were international waters. But I'm not
gonna nit-pick over minor things like the camera when it's in a pilot.
They are trying to find their way and Threshold seems
to have gotten of to a better start than Enterprise ever did.
I have a 6th sense when it comes to whether or not a series will survive,
and Threshold seems to me it's going to last a while. If it's going to be
good, only time will tell.
That other new show, Surface, seems intriguing but
if that kid has a cutesy alien critter like E.T. or something, then that's
going to sink it straight to
the bottom.
Supernatural is looking really cool despite that made-for- the young & hip
feel to it that all of the WB's
shows have (except for 7th Heaven). But I'm not too impressed by those kind
of superficial flashy video
effects. Overall, it may not be a bad new season
after all.
Ron