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Jericho [** SPOILERS WITHIN **]

  • 04-10-2006 11:03PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,073 ✭✭✭✭


    WARNING: THIS THREAD WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR JERICHO
    After a nuclear disaster caused by several terrorist attacks destroys most of America, residents of a small Kansas town must come to terms with a new and very different reality.

    In the interest of keeping discussion on a specific show / episodes together, this is a general discussion thread for discussing said show during it's upcoming season.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,631 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Have enjoyed the first two episodes of this. Just enought teasers to keep you interested and a great sense of how lost they all feel... it could go horribly wrong but so far so good :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,073 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    I don't know.. have seen the first 3 episodes and i'm soooo torn on this!

    I mean the general idea is brillant.. but some truly awful dialogue and acting bring the show down. Not mentioning the truly uneven score played over some scenes.

    I read somewhere that one of the writers on it puts in a post on his blog saying something along the lines of be patient.. and that it really gets going from episode 4 onwards.

    I really want this to be good.. maybe i'm being two picky. But some recent dialogue in this gave me two huge laughs:

    In episode 2
    where i think it was Eric (Jake's brother) goes into the local bar and says for everyone to get to a shelter. They ask who he is.. and he says he's the deputy mayor. Everyone in the bar laughs at him.. and a voice from somewhere outta shot shouts... wait for it...

    "What.. did your Daddy make you a deputy..?"

    It's just so random, cliched, poorly dubbed and outta nowhere. I laughed!

    And in episode 3..
    when Jake and Stanley arrive back to get the people outta the salt mines after Jake forced the cave-in. Everyone in the cave-in hears the sound of a drill from the opposite site of the rocks and we get numerous shots of the big crowd of people standing in front of it.. and then someone shouts:

    "I think there's someone on the other side!" (D'YA THINK!!? :rolleyes:)

    I think the really dialogue really lets the show down.. it's patchy and poorly delivered. But i'll keep watching as i hope it gets good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    There are a few dodgy lines here and there but nothing big. The acting all round seems up to scratch,good show so far I reckon. Talk about bad dialogue,take a look at Heroes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    I liked the bit with the planes on the highway, and the pilots on the black box recorders mnetioning the different mushroom clouds over Topeka, KC and Denver - very cool. :)
    And I like the soundtrack - very intense.

    I was a bit put out over the whole fallout thing. I mean we're told the rainstorm cloud from the direction of Denver. We know there was a mushroom in Denver hours before. And there's no radiation fallout in the rain or in amongst the dust in the wind :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭BKtje


    "I think there's someone on the other side!" (D'YA THINK!!?
    I'm not gonna spoiler it but ive heard people shout out the obvious plenty of times. Hell ive even done it. Its not that unusual.

    There is some dodgy acting alright and i do enjoy the show but it better be going somewhere else i will prob loose interest.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    I've been watching it here in the US and I've been immensely enjoying it so far.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    Just saw the 3rd episode. I'm really liking this show at the moment. Interesting to hear about the tanks and F16s,makes you wonder what is going on. And what is the story with the Hawkins? I presume he knew it was coming,but why is he in Jericho and what is he at in the basement!?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    Heh, Dale has a myspace page

    And there's a great discussion going on here if you're into nitpicking (which I am :))


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    I wanna see the tanks and the F16s .. it's moving too slowly :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 214 ✭✭nah_biy!


    Up to episode 2, episode 3 is taking its time coming down :(

    But agree, it looks like a dodgy made to tv film [if that makes sense] Some of the landscape CGI is god awful [especially the kid on the roof]

    But I am getting into it, not least the fact it fills the void left by Prison Break for a few weeks :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mickd


    Its passable nothing to get exicted about. The OC/angst soundtrack is destroying its credibility as a tension building piece of work.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    Not the greatest episode tbh.

    Stringing out the fuel plot device was just a tired / boring concept. And the whole OMG A SINGLE COULD BLOW IT UP BUT WE'RE GONNA STICK IT ON THE BACK OF OUR TRUCK ANYWAY bit was just lame.

    Elsewhere, the line "they're not ready" from Hawkins in a previous episode makes sense now with his family having to learn a cover story. So they're a sleeper cell or something? And Victor and his family were supposed to rendevous with them? And what's with the laptop - Hawkins has satillite broadband? :rolleyes:

    There's so much potential in this show, but it's been let down by weak writing. Almost seems like as Heroes is getting better, Jericho is declining.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    I liked the episode. I agree Heroes is getting better but I still don't think its as good as Jericho.

    Hawkins is still the most interesting character. What is he at? He has his family memorize a fake story of who they are. He knew the Victor guy,"they" have a traitor. Who are they? Gah! :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    Forgot to mention, remember when Jake was telling everyone he was in the Navy / Army / Minor League Baseball / Tracheotomy-with-a-juice-straw person / Bus Driver ?

    If you see him after he steps out of the shower, he's wearing what looks like dogtags. So that means he must have some sort of military experience.

    That, or he killed a soldier or sailor :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,723 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Jericho got a full season order yesterday.....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    SofaKing wrote:
    Hawkins has satillite broadband? :rolleyes:

    indeed. wtf is that all about. the whole town is crippled, cant connect to the outside world when a broadband connection is possible

    the weak writing will be this shows downfall


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    Mossy Monk wrote:
    indeed. wtf is that all about. the whole town is crippled, cant connect to the outside world when a broadband connection is possible

    the weak writing will be this shows downfall

    its weak writing. its obviously more than just a broadband connection. he must be military or ex,or something big. It seemed like he has an USB type device he puts into it. Perhaps he has access to a satellite.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 214 ✭✭nah_biy!


    I found episode 4 a but of a non event, a filler maybe, hopefully #5 will se it all off.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 481 ✭✭SoSueMe


    TV3 will be showing it before the end of this year. With a full season renewal TV3 seem to have bought a hit show for a change.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,073 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Yeah.. this show is quickly boring me...

    Haven't changed my opinion much since my last post... the writing is dire and acting is wooden.

    Will give it another few episodes before i give up hope completely.

    PS - 'Heroes' has quickly turned my opinion around.. loathed the pilot but episodes 2 and 3 were fantastic. The opposite could be said for 'Jericho'


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,794 ✭✭✭Nuttzz


    basquille wrote:
    Will give it another few episodes before i give up hope completely.
    likewise, there is plot development and then just plain sloooooow


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,905 ✭✭✭User45701


    I dont reley like posting in a post like this like ive said its stupid to have 1 topic per season each episode should have its own post. If each episode had its own post you would get more of a responce and it would allow you to post a poll aswell

    But the end of episode 5 was very good looks like some sort of retillation strike by the US but against who...
    Also the episode name is Federal Responce


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,073 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    User45701 wrote:
    I dont reley like posting in a post like this like ive said its stupid to have 1 topic per season each episode should have its own post. If each episode had its own post you would get more of a responce and it would allow you to post a poll aswell
    Christ... give it a rest already! :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,723 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    1 topic per episode only works if the show has its own forum - otherwise the TV forum will be filled with pointless polls.

    If you want a forum, go ahead and request it.

    By the way, Firefox 2 has a built in spell-checker.... (hint hint :))


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    Meh, polls are overrated.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭BKtje


    Initially i thought i'd get bored but even tho its moving along quite slowly i am very much enjoying the show.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    moving very slowly. the whole thing is getting tedious now. i will give it one more week to get some bit exciting


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5 Arctice


    I live in Kansas (yes, the great empty flatness between the rockies and that vague thing off to the east know as "civilization"!), and I must say, that CGI landscape is about as false as it goes. NOWHERE in Kansas are the Rockies - or any sort of mountains - on the horizon. And trust me, Kansas has a big horizon. Let me Demonstrate:


    ______________________________________________|__________



    That little blip off to the right is a tree! A rare block for the wonderful winds we get here.


    Jericho is an interesting show, even if the dialogue sounds like it was spewed out of one of the family guy writers.

    Please take note that Kansas after a nuclear explosion looks exactly like Kansas BEFORE a nuclear explosion, only with more mutants and glowing plants.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭CivilServant


    Just barely enough action to keep the viewers intrested. The whole library fire was a pathetic attempt to fill the entire 5th episode. It could of easily progressed the storyline a lot further than it did. I'm beginning to question whether even the writers know what's going happen at this stage. And it's funny the recap of that episode encompasses the entire series in 60 seconds, cos that's just about all that has really happened! :confused:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,723 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    They're running it a bit like Lost. Snippets of stuff each episode (the handheld cam in episode 3, the asian broadcast in episode 4, the shot of the white house press room in episode 5...

    I like it anyway, just enough is happening to hold my interest. I wonder what Hawkins is up to?


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