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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: The E on September 28, 2012, 03:12:02 pm

Title: Last Resort
Post by: The E on September 28, 2012, 03:12:02 pm
A new show on ABC, it chronicles the trials and tribulations of the USS Colorado, a nuclear submarine that receives the order to nuke Pakistan, but the Captain and his XO have reason to question their orders. As confirmation, they receive a Tomahawk to the face. Then they commandeer a small island.



This show is all kinds of awesome.
Andre Braugher, who I didn't know before this, plays the Captain of the boat. Scott Speedman plays the XO.

You should watch it immediately, if you have the chance.
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: Nuke on September 28, 2012, 03:36:30 pm
il have to check that one out. im glad you brought it up cause i heard about it a couple days ago and completely forgot its name.
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: LordVerex on September 28, 2012, 03:58:23 pm
whatched it, show is flipping awesome
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: Luis Dias on September 28, 2012, 04:34:57 pm
Seems riveting! Very funny setup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCY9bJvjd20
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: Crybertrance on September 30, 2012, 02:09:36 am
Hmmm....Inteerresting....Will try it out, thanks E
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: Nuke on September 30, 2012, 04:28:15 am
it wasnt bad. but i get the feeling the plot will diverge away from submarines and nuclear warfare with time and will degrade into something like lost. but for now its another show to watch.
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: achtung on September 30, 2012, 01:22:18 pm
I wanted to watch, but iI forgot.
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: Fury on September 30, 2012, 01:54:01 pm
I watched the first episode and it does seem very promising. Will watch more.
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 30, 2012, 07:58:39 pm
seems to me this would be a better movie than a TV show.  i don't know how long they are going to be able to stretch it for.
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: Alex Heartnet on September 30, 2012, 08:01:16 pm
Well, if it only went for one season then that won't be so bad, although TV producers just don't think like that.
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 30, 2012, 09:30:24 pm
it seems the only options anymore for TV series are to get cancelled after a few episodes instead of making it a whole season, or be kept alive far past the point they should be until what was a good series dies a horrible, gurgling death.  episodic type shows are really the only ones that endure.  i hope this one doesn't go to ****.  2-3 seasons with a good closer would be nice. 

i should note, i'm talking network prime-time here, not all the obscure **** everyone here watches :P
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: The E on October 01, 2012, 01:46:18 am
Last Resort is scheduled for a 13-episode run. I suppose that means that the makers have a plan that works in that format.
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: Black Wolf on October 01, 2012, 08:19:15 am
Something like American Horror Story had a good idea. Do a single season arc, close it off and then, if your show get renewed, do another, separate arc with (maybe) a few of the same characters. Admittedly, not something that can be made to work for all shows, but it's a good system where it works.
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 01, 2012, 08:52:09 am
Nobody here taped this, and I didn't either. Crap.
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: Solatar on October 01, 2012, 10:25:23 am
Nobody here taped this, and I didn't either. Crap.

Just discovered it's free to watch on Hulu, with ads of course. 

...or is that just for US folks?
Title: Re: Last Resort
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 01, 2012, 10:28:48 am
I'm always leery of that, after I discovered how badly CBS screws you on it, but we'll see.