Manhattan [WGN - US]

Richard Dower

This sounds brilliant!....a must watch imo!, its NOT Gossip Girl! or Revenge....its the Manhattan project!


http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/04/wgn-america-orders-13-episodes-of-drama-manhattan/200869/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29

WGN America has ordered 13 episodes of the drama, written and created by Sam Shaw (Masters of Sex) who will serve as Executive Producer alongside EPs David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross. Emmy Award®- winning director Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing, Sports Night) is attached to direct and will also serve as Executive Producer under his Shoe Money Productions banner. MANHATTAN will begin production in New Mexico this winter for a Summer 2014 premiere.



Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science – the mission to build the world’s first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico – MANHATTAN follows the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families as they attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.

Skerries

hopefully it doesn't BOMB!

eh! eh! see what I did there?

kmurph

Sounds explosive.





I'll get my coat.

expectationlost

kmurph wrote: »

Sounds explosive.





I'll get my coat.

your lab coat?

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hM9Q3TKew

Manhattan starts on WGN America on Sunday, July 27

mafaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeIAY7XLepo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBL880ipiTQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3YknwcYhHk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoFa4iHmakA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAjcDRlAFo

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‘Manhattan’ Campaign Blasts Away Image of History Lesson

mafaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tfFU4OK6Hw

don ramo

so did anyone watch this yet, im kind of in two minds about it,

FloatingVoter

Watched the first episode. I'll stick with it for now. I know the amounts of secrets leaking and sleeping around actually happened. Just once it doesn't stray too far into Desperate Housewives territory.

ben.schlomo

I thought it was a solid start and the look of the previews for the rest of the season make it look worth the while.

mafaa

the pilot was engaging, would be trying a few more episodes

Alfred Borden

Gonna give this a shot tonight.

_Whimsical_

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Watched the first episode. I'll stick with it for now. I know the amounts of secrets leaking and sleeping around actually happened. Just once it doesn't stray too far into Desperate Housewives territory.

I don't really get the DH reference though I've heard others use it too.
It seemed like a pretty tense, serious drama to me.I wasn't overwhelmed by ep1 but I'll give it another go as it seemed decent enough.

FloatingVoter

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I don't really get the DH reference though I've heard others use it too.
It seemed like a pretty tense, serious drama to me.I wasn't overwhelmed by ep1 but I'll give it another go as it seemed decent enough.

The DH reference means descending into soap opera using the serious stuff as a background. Desperate Housewives was a soap with murder and betrayal running as background. This is centered on some very interesting characters facing a moral dilemma (who also had lives worthy of a soap).
It'll be worth watching either way.

The Black Oil

The pilot's got a bunch of stuff and contrasts it wants you to be aware of. We've got the newbies, stressed out project leaders, mission objective, supply shortages, cost of war, gender divide, an abundance of intelligence/intellectual capability, but a lack of time. At one point, a frustrated teenager shouts 'everything's a secret!' Funny, since I recently read some analyses of other shows lately wherein the complaint noted the need to drop big neon sign to alert viewers to certain things. That, and there's a little bit of repetition of this show justifying itself.

Episode 2's an improvement - some predictable moments, but more flow to the storytelling, core story remains the primary focus and all drama - conflict. Plus there was a

Krypton

reference in there.

mafaa

episode 3, fun quote

dunlavey that shot sid liao " i don't swim well, it's landlocked where i'am from "

soldier " then you will be the 1st guy in history to drown in the desert "

ben.schlomo

Enjoyed this weeks episode, story is moving nicely on, its well acted and shot pretty well too.

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I like this show. Reminds me of Rubicon - in a good way. There's the main project, how hard everyone works, security, etc. There's also subversion, even some of the women are getting on board with that, which is good to see. The science involves some bumbling, progress, mistakes, the human cost, and equations. Then of course, we Frank Winter who'll go to bat for his team, whilst not being afraid to tell them that they're idiots. The Army is obsessed with compartmentalisation - a word that perhaps crops up a little too often. People know bits, but few if any are aware of the big picture, and things are afoot in certain quarters. The more background female characters are prostitutes or there for some casual sexism. Overall, there's a decent balance between the bomb aspect and human drama. Each time the story inches along, this week's being

Site X, and ze Germans.

It doesn't seem to need to rely on big reveals. John Carroll Lynch popped up this week, you might recognise him from The Americans.

P_1

Must admit to enjoying this. The actor who plays the one armed colonel must be getting sick of being so typecast though. The only times I've seen him on screen sees him wearing some kind of US Military officers garb.

ben.schlomo

Thoroughly enjoying this show, well acted, well scripted, well shot and a plenty of intrigue. The final five episodes should be good judging by the mini preview.

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Yeah, hopefully. Interesting to see where it goes now that (1.08)

Isaacs has approached Winter.

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I'm up to 1.10 with this. I don't want to say too much, but I rather like it, for example Olivia Williams's character. You root for the core characters, and the secondary ones have their place, too. Then there's Richard Schiff who pops up infrequently and makes his G2 man's presence known. The business of secrets still burns brightly through the show. Might upset a few Christians due to some aspects, but they've got the morality question covered, also.

ben.schlomo

Another great episode this week, judging by the interest here its clearly a massively underrated show. Hopefully it will be picked up for a second series, i see the ratings arent particularly good so thats a worry.

larchielads

Took a punt on this and really glad i did considerin there is bugger all else on. Boardwalk empire nearly over altogether so i needed a fix and this so far has filled it. Didnt watch episode 11 yet.
I know this series is nearly over and have no idea if theres gonna be series 2. Hope so.

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1.11 was good. The men have the bigger egos, naturally, but there's no BS about the women. The jigsaw continues to come together, though it's a little shredded, too. Richard Schiff's G2 man continues to his light in people's eyes.

JP Liz V1

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Another great episode this week, judging by the interest here its clearly a massively underrated show. Hopefully it will be picked up for a second series, i see the ratings arent particularly good so thats a worry.

Renewed

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Yay!

Alfred Borden

I really dont know how i feel about this show. Some episodes are brilliant and some are so dull. Hopefully it can get more consistent next season.

evilivor

Raf32 wrote: »

I really dont know how i feel about this show. Some episodes are brilliant and some are so dull. Hopefully it can get more consistent next season.

I feel the same - it's well made, great score from Jónsi and Alex, fine cast and yet...

It just lacks something and maybe that is direction - maybe it's the fact that we know the ultimate outcome, but I watch it out of loyalty rather than love.

Alfred Borden

evilivor wrote: »

I feel the same - it's well made, great score from Jónsi and Alex, fine cast and yet...

It just lacks something and maybe that is direction - maybe it's the fact that we know the ultimate outcome, but I watch it out of loyalty rather than love.

Sums it up for me as well. Surprised to see it kept on tbh.

ben.schlomo

Raf32 wrote: »

I really dont know how i feel about this show. Some episodes are brilliant and some are so dull. Hopefully it can get more consistent next season.

Dont find it remotely dull, theres humour, serious drama, intrigue, etc. Dont understand the 'lacking direction' comment either, i think its been well structured and is coming to a logical conclusion so far. Every episode ends with questions left to be answered next time which is always good.

evilivor

Better than average episode this week.

ben.schlomo

Yep twas a great finale, loads to look forward to for the next season. Again it was well acted, Charlie and his wife were excellent this week.

Burgo

Yeah a great final.Another show I really enjoyed, can't wait for the next season of this and the knick.

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1.12

Kudos again re the cinematography and the women continue to get some pointed scenes. Secrets have a way of squeezing the characters, that's been the pattern all season long. Thus far, some of them are more toxic than the nuclear capabilities. Spoiler ink on -

A shame to see Akley go.

1.13

Strong teaser. Richard Schiff's character is obviously a Coca Cola fan. Some inevitable restructuring going on. Had its share of tense moments here. Those

house mics had to come into play at some point and Frank takes the fall.

'It's for the War Dept. Use small words.'

Interview with Sam Shaw over at Vox

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William Petersen joins Source

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Griffin Dunne Joins WGN America’s ‘Manhattan’

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Promo time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jjymVjorkY

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Returns October 13th.

Source

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGz8vFHzzFQ

eddhorse

Looking forward to the second season of Manhattan. Its an under rated show no doubt, but i like the time frame setting and obviously the controversial history behind the bomb and the acting is top notch.

May rewatch the finale of season 1.

somesoldiers

The Saboteurs recently shown on More 4 wasn't bad. Told the story of the Germans trying to come up with the bomb and the Norwegian/ British efforts to sabotage their efforts

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Inside season 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab62PSnzqRU

Technocentral

Just started this, on third episode, very enjoyable.

Technocentral

somesoldiers wrote: »

The Saboteurs recently shown on More 4 wasn't bad. Told the story of the Germans trying to come up with the bomb and the Norwegian/ British efforts to sabotage their efforts

Would love to see this, is it online anywhere?

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Off to a strong start. Presume the 1945 stuff is might be from the s2 finale and everything from now on is the build up to it.

Secrets still burning through.

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Think this season's going to deliver, 2.02 was a cracker of an episode. The prison location was great. They really walked a fine line when they

introduced Beucker who seemed like he might well be a Nazi, but also had a whiff of being an agent to sus out Frank, who still has got a way to go as far as redemption. They made great foils for each other.

Elsewhere, the pieces continue to move around the chessboard and WAMDs, kids. What'll be the chain reaction (geddit?) of the secrets spilling out?

Campfire scene was about right.

silverharp

just watching the first series, its very good , I like the little things they throw in like the pregnant woman smoking and spraying the kids with DDT, wheres 'elf and safety when you need it. It lacks a bit of the atmosphere of the war dramas set in England probably because the whole base setting is pretty remote.

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2.03

Fritz

Must look up if there were radio broadcasts about physics beyond mere announcements. Ya know, I saw Spectre today and it's funny to compare how the two handle the theme of information quite differently. It's a lot more layered here, obviously they can do that in a series. It seeps through every wall on the Hill.

Glad to see

Glen back.

Also loved how they explored Frank and Liza's back story some more. Rather than have

Liza be the hack's source it was her daughter. Gives Liza some distance and keeps her focused on Frank.

The

Hershey's situation escalated quickly, eh?

:pac: :eek:

No Pulitzer for propaganda. Let's go to Jupiter. Also great scene buttoning at the end!

WWFD?

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2.04

That teaser, eh?

They seem to love the sport analogies and the bug references. Col Darrow certainly

squashed Frank like one. Relatively low key return for him at the very end (not without cost)

and jaysus, that chilli!

Leadership pains for Charlie and Helen. Future Site X visit on the cards for Paul. Nora's right about interactions between her and Jim, careful now. Will Oppenheimer get his head back in the game?

Also, references to ****, faeces and vigorous intercourse. Quite a few days on the Hill. :pac: