Minority Report (Fox) [** Spoilers **]

EoinMcLovin

Set in Washington, D.C., it is 10 years after the demise of Precrime, a law enforcement agency tasked with identifying and eliminating criminals…before their crimes were committed. To carry out this brand of justice, the agency used three precogs – “precognitives” Dash, Arthur and Agatha – who were able to see the future.

Now, in 2065, crime-solving is different, and justice leans more on sophisticated and trusted technology than on the instincts of the precogs. Precog Dash (Stark Sands, “Inside Llewyn Davis”) – driven by his terrifying, but fragmented visions – now has returned in secret to help a brash, but shrewd police detective, Lara Vega (Meagan Good, “Think Like A Man” franchise, “Californication”), attempt to stop the murders that he predicts. As they navigate this future America, they will search for Dash’s missing twin brother, Arthur, and elude others who will stop at nothing to exploit their precog abilities.

Also complicating matters is Dash and Arthur’s ingenious, but reclusive, foster sister, Agatha (Laura Regan, “Mad Men,” “Unbreakable”), who just wants Dash to return home.
A drama of crime and conspiracy, this is a timeless story of connection: two lost souls, Dash and Vega, who find friendship, purpose and redemption in each other.

http://www.ksitetv.com/minority-report/minority-report-cast-photos-from-the-fox-tv-series/67133

CastorTroy

Very dodgy effects. Can clearly see the wires for the jet packs at the 2:30 mark.

Seriously though, this reminds me of something else where they just get glimpses of what's going to happen and have to stop it. Don't think it was Dead Zone, but can't place my finger on it.

EoinMcLovin

CastorTroy wrote: »

Very dodgy effects. Can clearly see the wires for the jet packs at the 2:30 mark.

Seriously though, this reminds me of something else where they just get glimpses of what's going to happen and have to stop it. Don't think it was Dead Zone, but can't place my finger on it.

I don't think they were jetpacks, looked more like they were on ziplines. And is the show you're thinking of Early Edition ?

Wheety

Is this not the plot of Person of Interest?

EoinMcLovin

Wheety wrote: »

Is this not the plot of Person of Interest?

Similar but it's someone actually able to see the future and not about a computer that predicts crime

CastorTroy

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

I don't think they were jetpacks, looked more like they were on ziplines. And is the show you're thinking of Early Edition ?

Yeah, I know. Was just what they looked like at first glance.

And nope, getting tomorrow's newspaper today seemed to involve some pretty detailed stories. Might have been The Dead Zone

Agent Coulson

Looks terrible.

JP Liz V1

On Fox I cant see it surviving tbh

Go Harvey Go

God, another film being adapted for the small screen... :rolleyes:

pixelburp

Oh hey, a new US drama where an eccentric male specialist teams up with an ordinary female cop to solve crimes of the week. Network US TV really is a pretty turgid, uninspired pit of repetition

To be fair, the world of Minority Report was a pretty interesting one, and not just the pre-crime stuff. The all-pervasive surveillance and targeted marketing was interesting,and the world-building such as the driverless cars could open up some interesting script ideas ... BUT of course this is Network US TV and given the show's already an eccentric-male/cop-female team up I imagine it'll be the same stuff we've seen in every other procedural drama.

Technocentral

Doubt it will have the intelligence and poignancy of the Spielberg movie, looks like an action version only.

mafaa

First look: Minority Report aims to prevent future crimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20QQI6AobVI

Agent Coulson

Pilot is out there.

PhiloCypher

Just got done watching this , a far superior pilot then Lucifer which also dropped today. Its a testament to how far digital effects have come that they were able to so accurately match the films futuristic city on a tv budget. Felt a fairly seemless extention of the movie and not forced like I thought it would be.

One doesn't have to be a precog to know Fox will probably cancel it after 5 episodes of course but I'll certainly be sticking with it until then.

Effects

Wow. Looks incredibly bad based on the trailer.

Sudden Valley

A pretty ordinary bunch of tv actors and uninteresting pilot, but the world of minority interest is interesting. Like Lucifer it does seem like a typical police procedural with some supernatural elements to help them solve the crimes.

Agent Coulson

Poor acting poor script all just poor really.

sioda

Awful just plain awful gave up halfway through

Preset No.3

And the first cancellation of the new season is.....

Nody

PhiloCypher wrote: »

Just got done watching this , a far superior pilot then Lucifer which also dropped today. Its a testament to how far digital effects have come that they were able to so accurately match the films futuristic city on a tv budget. Felt a fairly seemless extention of the movie and not forced like I thought it would be.

One doesn't have to be a precog to know Fox will probably cancel it after 5 episodes of course but I'll certainly be sticking with it until then.

I'm in the other camp; I quit watching it halfway through because I was so bored with the generic cliches I could not be bothered to even finish it. Lucifer may be cliche but it's done with a glint in the eye of not taking itself too serious as well compared to this which attempts to be serious but utterly fails.

Sudden Valley

Lucifer also has better actors. Despite this being a golden age of television it seems too many shows have attractive actors with no talent.

googled eyes

Found the physical acting quiet wooden. Stuck out the pilot but will give this a miss

PhiloCypher

Nody wrote: »

I'm in the other camp; I quit watching it halfway through because I was so bored with the generic cliches I could not be bothered to even finish it. Lucifer may be cliche but it's done with a glint in the eye of not taking itself too serious as well compared to this which attempts to be serious but utterly fails.

Lucifer is on a hiding to nothing with me as its an adaption of a comic series I rate very highly and they've turned it into rote procedural in the vein of the Mentalist. Minority Report on the other hand while also a procedural is set in a universe I always felt deserved more exploration so it gets a pass from me, for now anyway.

the_syco

Just saw the pilot, and think it may do well. Didn't bother looking at the pilot of Lucifer yet as it sounds meh.

Axwell

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Poor acting poor script all just poor really.

This ^. A struggle to watch the full episode, cant see it getting any better after the pilot either.

Preset No.3

Starts tonight on American TV. I see this being an early cancellation.

Preset No.3

#MinorityReport (1.1 A18-49) goes scary low. Early cancellation!

Technocentral

Are there any intelligent sci fi shows out there the quality of the last Battlestar Galactica? They all seem to be aimed at meat head action fans?

Mr E

From recent years, Humans or Extant (Extant really improved after season 1)

Technocentral

Mr E wrote:

From recent years, Humans or Extant (Extant really improved after season 1)

Never heard of Extant, haven't seen Humans but heard of it, will check out both.

Mr E

Huge flop, apparently. I don't think I'll get invested for a few months. See how it does.

The Randy Riverbeast

I enjoyed V, it got canceled though so you might want to avoid it.

I was hoping this would do well but if its getting canceled I dont want to get stuck with some cliffhanger.

stevenmu

Person of Interest is probably the best sci-fi show of recent times, but don't tell people it's sci-fi, if the secret gets out it'll probably be cancelled.

BKtje

Thought it was so so. Interesting universe as others have mentioned but actors were pretty bad and it really does feel like a dumbed down action show.

I did enjoy it but don't plan to get invested seeing as it will be cancelled. That said I'll keep watching for the moment.

Preset No.3

TV Grim Reaper says it certain to be cancelled.

http://t.co/C4J3e3wsNn

youngblood

Not as good as limitless I thought, acting was dire

Squaredude

Made it through the first episode and turned it off 5 minutes into the second, absolutely awful.

pixelburp

God that pilot was so 'procedural' it hurt: it took absolutely no risks with the formula and my previous snarky comment about the eccentric, anti-social male / tough female cop team-up seem to hold true. Can't say there's much to come back for here, we've seen this kind of set-up a thousand times before, more charming & interesting variations of it too.

It certainly had the budget mind you & looked pretty slick, with a slightly more coherent future aesthetic than the mishmash worldbuilding of previous Fox sci-fi like Almost Human. I guess it helps that Minority Report is cribbing from a movie that already had a deliberately constructed world.

The pre-existing mythology is another problem theough: the movie had pretty strong themes about the erosion of individuals' privacy, alongside the inherently moral minefield pre-crime presented, yet neither elements were in the pilot. Heck, it frequently lamented pre-crime being shut down which made the whole thing feel even more thoughtless.

Skerries

I really struggled to finish the 2nd episode and won't be gong back

Agent Coulson

No real surprise.

It's bad news for Minority Report fans, as Fox has slashed the first season order from 13 episodes to just 10, hinting that the series could be cancelled.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a673017/fox-cuts-minority-reports-first-season-down-to-just-10-episodes.html#~pqKfUQvm48oeGH