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Posted: 7/27/2015 8:39:51 PM EDT
Great show and I wish it wasn't canceled. Do you think if it was aired today it would have had a better chance?
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just like firefly, if it was worth it they would bring it back. Let it go man
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Fuck no. It have a pro gay, strong minority cast despite being set in Kansas, and guns are for psycho white supremacists.
Never figured out how they managed to get it on the air. Maybe because it was on CBS? |
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I liked the first half season or so, but then it just became a bunch of drama that I didn't want to watch anymore. I rarely watch prime-time TV except for an occasional one like that or The Mentalist, and I grew tired of it too.
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How is Jerico different from Revolution or any "end of the world" show
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just like firefly, if it was worth it they would bring it back. Let it go man It had one season 14 years ago. It is over. Get over it. |
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I really liked the show.
Everything from script to acting. Wish it would make a come back. |
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Just introduced my Son to it- be loves it (S1:E4 currently). They finished the show off in comics, but I haven't purchased any.
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Dumb show...I didnt like how the "hero" was everywhere and seemed to be the only one that could save the town and do anything and everything.
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I enjoyed Jericho, but I also didn't watch it expecting it to be a documentary.
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Today it probably wouldn't take off. If it came out a year later than it did, I think it would've gone multiple seasons. That was the time when everybody was really into prepping and stuff.
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I enjoyed it, but there were so many plot holes due to funding and budget issues. Oh well
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It was okay. If you enjoy it, try Banshee. It's more like Justified (except good). I think it's a fantastic show. No prepper theme, but lots of guns and fight scenes. And the women .
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I liked jericho but it had to much of what I'll refer to as "family drama" or needless drama that added little, if anything, to the show. Some of that is okay but to much of it can make a program boring. During the first season, the show should have focused more on the conflict between jericho and new bern as well as focusing on watching the citizens of jericho defend their country from invading armies or elements from a rouge federal government (or both). The rouge federal government theme was already being dealt with with the robert hawkins nuclear bomb plot storyline so having the people of jericho rise up to defend their town against rouge government elements would have made sense at the time as it would have fit the hawkins storyline pretty well. Basically, season 2 ended where season 1 should have been all along from about the third or fourth episode---with the opening shots of a Second American Civil War.
This might sound arrogant of me but, sometimes, when I watch certain tv shows or movies, I start to think to myself "I could write or produce a show---or, at least, an individual scene---better than this. Geez, what were the producers thinking when they did this or that?". Seriously, GD here could probably come up with a pretty good show if we really set out to do so and the biggest obstacle holding any of it back would be the financing that it would take to get it produced and put on the air. Forget going to the networks and shopping a storyline to any of them. Just take it directly to netflix or youtube and see if it can sink or swim on its own there. A story with some good, believable, writing, a believable storyline, some good action balanced off by some good, well written, plot developments and portrayed by good actors who could pull it all off and make it look interesting, realistic and worth watching would likely survive---and even thrive---on a place like netflix or youtube. Sponsors would be needed but it would be easier and cheaper to get that for netflix or youtube than it would be for some network like abc, cbs or even amc or fx. Also, the good thing about doing an internet only show is you likely would have more artistic freedom and less censorship issues that you would have to contend with versus what you would have to face with a normal tv network. In a nutshell, tv networks are old school but the future is on the internet and NOT on any cable or free tv network. |
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It's still on Hawkins just ended up in Walking Dead and goes by Morgan now. The Zombies had just not gotten to Kansas yet.
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This. Interesting premise, but the over-arching story was...not there. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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No. It was silly and went no where. This. I really wanted to like it because of the premise, but it was just too stupid. I gave up somewhere in the latter part of the first season. |
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I enjoyed it. I even smiled when the Texas ANG saved the day.
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It got a little retarded at the end, but I agree it was a good series. I still dont think it would have lasted any longer now with the direction it was heading.
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I cant remember was this about the same time as the Unit and the writer strike that gave us crappy "reality" TV
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It was okay. If you enjoy it, try Banshee. It's more like Justified (except good). I think it's a fantastic show. No prepper theme, but lots of guns and fight scenes. And the women . ETA: grammar View Quote I saw an episode while at a friend's house and I thought it made Jericho seem like a television masterpiece in comparison. My friend and I were actually laughing at some of the scenes despite them being non-comedic scenes. It pales even more dramatically in comparison with Justified (which I thought was outstanding television). |
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I liked jericho but it had to much of what I'll refer to as "family drama" or needless drama that added little, if anything, to the show. Some of that is okay but to much of it can make a program boring. During the first season, the show should have focused more on the conflict between jericho and new bern as well as focusing on watching the citizens of jericho defend their country from invading armies or elements from a rouge federal government (or both). The rouge federal government theme was already being dealt with with the robert hawkins nuclear bomb plot storyline so having the people of jericho rise up to defend their town against rouge government elements would have made sense at the time as it would have fit the hawkins storyline pretty well. Basically, season 2 ended where season 1 should have been all along from about the third or fourth episode---with the opening shots of a Second American Civil War. This might sound arrogant of me but, sometimes, when I watch certain tv shows or movies, I start to think to myself "I could write or produce a show---or, at least, an individual scene---better than this. Geez, what were the producers thinking when they did this or that?". Seriously, GD here could probably come up with a pretty good show if we really set out to do so and the biggest obstacle holding any of it back would be the financing that it would take to get it produced and put on the air. Forget going to the networks and shopping a storyline to any of them. Just take it directly to netflix or youtube and see if it can sink or swim on its own there. A story with some good, believable, writing, a believable storyline, some good action balanced off by some good, well written, plot developments and portrayed by good actors who could pull it all off and make it look interesting, realistic and worth watching would likely survive---and even thrive---on a place like netflix or youtube. Sponsors would be needed but it would be easier and cheaper to get that for netflix or youtube than it would be for some network like abc, cbs or even amc or fx. Also, the good thing about doing an internet only show is you likely would have more artistic freedom and less censorship issues that you would have to contend with versus what you would have to face with a normal tv network. In a nutshell, tv networks are old school but the future is on the internet and NOT on any cable or free tv network. View Quote Human drama is an essential element for any outstanding television programme. People trying to help their small town and families survive are going to have their families in their lives, and it's going to be an essential element to their personal dramas. Some people may find it "boring," but shows that try to be action-packed are rarely interesting. TV shows are no different than movies in that regard, but you have more opportunity for character development. |
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It got a little retarded at the end, but I agree it was a good series. I still dont think it would have lasted any longer now with the direction it was heading. View Quote I think it would have ended up being a bit better overall if it had gotten to do another season or two instead of the short capstone second season it got. While I understand why Gerald McRaney had to leave the show, it's unfortunate that he did, I think. It wasn't perfect, to be sure, but it was better than a lot of other programmes I've seen, although it never rose to the level of shows like Breaking Bad, Justified, The Americans, etc., and I don't think it ever would have. A show that I think is a perfect example of a show that had an interesting premise that I found appealing but was executed very poorly was Last Resort. |
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I really liked Jericho, but I didn't think it would be on more than 1 season. .. the theme of people standing up in a crisis, and using guns to defend themselves was a little too much for network tv to allow. . God forbid people get the idea they could be self reliant. ..
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I think it would have ended up being a bit better overall if it had gotten to do another season or two instead of the short capstone second season it got. While I understand why Gerald McRaney had to leave the show, it's unfortunate that he did, I think. It wasn't perfect, to be sure, but it was better than a lot of other programmes I've seen, although it never rose to the level of shows like Breaking Bad, Justified, The Americans, etc., and I don't think it ever would have. A show that I think is a perfect example of a show that had an interesting premise that I found appealing but was executed very poorly was Last Resort. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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It got a little retarded at the end, but I agree it was a good series. I still dont think it would have lasted any longer now with the direction it was heading. I think it would have ended up being a bit better overall if it had gotten to do another season or two instead of the short capstone second season it got. While I understand why Gerald McRaney had to leave the show, it's unfortunate that he did, I think. It wasn't perfect, to be sure, but it was better than a lot of other programmes I've seen, although it never rose to the level of shows like Breaking Bad, Justified, The Americans, etc., and I don't think it ever would have. A show that I think is a perfect example of a show that had an interesting premise that I found appealing but was executed very poorly was Last Resort. I agree. They tried to fit too much into too few episodes. |
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No. It was silly and went no where. View Quote Profoundly unsatisfying and annoying show. It did have a couple of interesting bits. Why the heck was the guy who triggered the nukes a disaffected CIA guy? I am no fan of the Central Intelligence Agency but where does some random CIA guy get 38 nukes? Or perhaps I am thinking of the wrong show.... |
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Because the target demo for Revolution was teen age girls? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How is Jerico different from Revolution or any "end of the world" show Because the target demo for Revolution was teen age girls? Man I detested that show. Why did half the guns have red dot sights? Oh, time to end the season, how about Something something evil carnival. Worked out well for Heroes! Another show I despise. |
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Quoted: Human drama is an essential element for any outstanding television programme. People trying to help their small town and families survive are going to have their families in their lives, and it's going to be an essential element to their personal dramas. Some people may find it "boring," but shows that try to be action-packed are rarely interesting. TV shows are no different than movies in that regard, but you have more opportunity for character development. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I liked jericho but it had to much of what I'll refer to as "family drama" or needless drama that added little, if anything, to the show. Some of that is okay but to much of it can make a program boring. During the first season, the show should have focused more on the conflict between jericho and new bern as well as focusing on watching the citizens of jericho defend their country from invading armies or elements from a rouge federal government (or both). The rouge federal government theme was already being dealt with with the robert hawkins nuclear bomb plot storyline so having the people of jericho rise up to defend their town against rouge government elements would have made sense at the time as it would have fit the hawkins storyline pretty well. Basically, season 2 ended where season 1 should have been all along from about the third or fourth episode---with the opening shots of a Second American Civil War. This might sound arrogant of me but, sometimes, when I watch certain tv shows or movies, I start to think to myself "I could write or produce a show---or, at least, an individual scene---better than this. Geez, what were the producers thinking when they did this or that?". Seriously, GD here could probably come up with a pretty good show if we really set out to do so and the biggest obstacle holding any of it back would be the financing that it would take to get it produced and put on the air. Forget going to the networks and shopping a storyline to any of them. Just take it directly to netflix or youtube and see if it can sink or swim on its own there. A story with some good, believable, writing, a believable storyline, some good action balanced off by some good, well written, plot developments and portrayed by good actors who could pull it all off and make it look interesting, realistic and worth watching would likely survive---and even thrive---on a place like netflix or youtube. Sponsors would be needed but it would be easier and cheaper to get that for netflix or youtube than it would be for some network like abc, cbs or even amc or fx. Also, the good thing about doing an internet only show is you likely would have more artistic freedom and less censorship issues that you would have to contend with versus what you would have to face with a normal tv network. In a nutshell, tv networks are old school but the future is on the internet and NOT on any cable or free tv network. Human drama is an essential element for any outstanding television programme. People trying to help their small town and families survive are going to have their families in their lives, and it's going to be an essential element to their personal dramas. Some people may find it "boring," but shows that try to be action-packed are rarely interesting. TV shows are no different than movies in that regard, but you have more opportunity for character development. Yeah, I get that. However, an example of what I'm talking about in regards to jericho were the sub plots involving mitchell cafferty as well as the pending divorce between eric and april greene. To much time was spent on those subplots. Also, they devoted an entire episode to a fire at a library which did absolutely nothing to help push the show along in any meaningful way. Okay, a library caught on fire and some firefighters and teachers were able to save some kids and a few books from being burned up. Okay. Whatever. How does this help the people of jericho get their country back and recover from 23 nuclear bombs going off all across the country? We don't need "action packed drama" in every episode. Again, I get that. However, we had a show whose main plot was that the country had been attacked with 23 nuclear bombs. That was the main premise of the entire show---the multiple nuclear attacks on the continental United States. How does jericho (and the rest of the country, for that matter) deal with that? Any subplots that are in the show should help support the main plot of the show and, in my opinion, saving libraries or farm chemicals didn't do that. |
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Quoted: Profoundly unsatisfying and annoying show. It did have a couple of interesting bits. Why the heck was the guy who triggered the nukes a disaffected CIA guy? I am no fan of the Central Intelligence Agency but where does some random CIA guy get 38 nukes? Or perhaps I am thinking of the wrong show.... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: No. It was silly and went no where. Profoundly unsatisfying and annoying show. It did have a couple of interesting bits. Why the heck was the guy who triggered the nukes a disaffected CIA guy? I am no fan of the Central Intelligence Agency but where does some random CIA guy get 38 nukes? Or perhaps I am thinking of the wrong show.... You're memory is almost right. It was a CIA guy who had one nuke. Twenty three nukes went off in various U.S. cities and Mr. CIA was hiding number 24 in the small town of jericho. I thought that was a good subplot but, again, the producers never really fleshed it out as well as I thought they could have at the time. |
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It had one season 14 years ago. It is over. Get over it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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just like firefly, if it was worth it they would bring it back. Let it go man It had one season 14 years ago. It is over. Get over it. You shut your dirty whore mouth |
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You're memory is almost right. It was a CIA guy who had one nuke. Twenty three nukes went off in various U.S. cities and Mr. CIA was hiding number 24 in the small town of jericho. I thought that was a good subplot but, again, the producers never really fleshed it out as well as I thought they could have at the time. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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No. It was silly and went no where. Profoundly unsatisfying and annoying show. It did have a couple of interesting bits. Why the heck was the guy who triggered the nukes a disaffected CIA guy? I am no fan of the Central Intelligence Agency but where does some random CIA guy get 38 nukes? Or perhaps I am thinking of the wrong show.... You're memory is almost right. It was a CIA guy who had one nuke. Twenty three nukes went off in various U.S. cities and Mr. CIA was hiding number 24 in the small town of jericho. I thought that was a good subplot but, again, the producers never really fleshed it out as well as I thought they could have at the time. He was supposed to infiltrate a secretive group believed to have acquired nukes from the FSU that had gone missing during the breakup and disarmament period. His mission essentially failed. Only one city was saved. I think it was 25 total. NYC's bomb was discovered and the effort to detonate it stopped in time. |
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Quoted: He was supposed to infiltrate a secretive group believed to have acquired nukes from the FSU that had gone missing during the breakup and disarmament period. His mission essentially failed. Only one city was saved. I think it was 25 total. NYC's bomb was discovered and the effort to detonate it stopped in time. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: No. It was silly and went no where. Profoundly unsatisfying and annoying show. It did have a couple of interesting bits. Why the heck was the guy who triggered the nukes a disaffected CIA guy? I am no fan of the Central Intelligence Agency but where does some random CIA guy get 38 nukes? Or perhaps I am thinking of the wrong show.... You're memory is almost right. It was a CIA guy who had one nuke. Twenty three nukes went off in various U.S. cities and Mr. CIA was hiding number 24 in the small town of jericho. I thought that was a good subplot but, again, the producers never really fleshed it out as well as I thought they could have at the time. He was supposed to infiltrate a secretive group believed to have acquired nukes from the FSU that had gone missing during the breakup and disarmament period. His mission essentially failed. Only one city was saved. I think it was 25 total. NYC's bomb was discovered and the effort to detonate it stopped in time. Yeah, you're right. I forgot about how the New York bomb plot had been stopped and how that saved NYC. |
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He was supposed to infiltrate a secretive group believed to have acquired nukes from the FSU that had gone missing during the breakup and disarmament period. His mission essentially failed. Only one city was saved. I think it was 25 total. NYC's bomb was discovered and the effort to detonate it stopped in time. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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No. It was silly and went no where. Profoundly unsatisfying and annoying show. It did have a couple of interesting bits. Why the heck was the guy who triggered the nukes a disaffected CIA guy? I am no fan of the Central Intelligence Agency but where does some random CIA guy get 38 nukes? Or perhaps I am thinking of the wrong show.... You're memory is almost right. It was a CIA guy who had one nuke. Twenty three nukes went off in various U.S. cities and Mr. CIA was hiding number 24 in the small town of jericho. I thought that was a good subplot but, again, the producers never really fleshed it out as well as I thought they could have at the time. He was supposed to infiltrate a secretive group believed to have acquired nukes from the FSU that had gone missing during the breakup and disarmament period. His mission essentially failed. Only one city was saved. I think it was 25 total. NYC's bomb was discovered and the effort to detonate it stopped in time. Now that just makes me think of what was happening in New York after all those bombs went off. Sure they survived the explosion but how long until food runs out? Or water, but that would have also made for an a really expensive show. |
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Is Jericho the only tv show to be returned to air by viewer demand?
I've gotta say at least it's the only show to have that happen only to be re-cancelled when said viewers neglected to watch when it returned. |
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Now that just makes me think of what was happening in New York after all those bombs went off. Sure they survived the explosion but how long until food runs out? Or water, but that would have also made for an a really expensive show. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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No. It was silly and went no where. Profoundly unsatisfying and annoying show. It did have a couple of interesting bits. Why the heck was the guy who triggered the nukes a disaffected CIA guy? I am no fan of the Central Intelligence Agency but where does some random CIA guy get 38 nukes? Or perhaps I am thinking of the wrong show.... You're memory is almost right. It was a CIA guy who had one nuke. Twenty three nukes went off in various U.S. cities and Mr. CIA was hiding number 24 in the small town of jericho. I thought that was a good subplot but, again, the producers never really fleshed it out as well as I thought they could have at the time. He was supposed to infiltrate a secretive group believed to have acquired nukes from the FSU that had gone missing during the breakup and disarmament period. His mission essentially failed. Only one city was saved. I think it was 25 total. NYC's bomb was discovered and the effort to detonate it stopped in time. Now that just makes me think of what was happening in New York after all those bombs went off. Sure they survived the explosion but how long until food runs out? Or water, but that would have also made for an a really expensive show. They were probably just fine. It's a city with a diverse economy that is part of a State that includes agriculture. The State could be its own country if it came to that. |
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I liked jericho but it had to much of what I'll refer to as "family drama" or needless drama that added little, if anything, to the show. Some of that is okay but to much of it can make a program boring. During the first season, the show should have focused more on the conflict between jericho and new bern as well as focusing on watching the citizens of jericho defend their country from invading armies or elements from a rouge federal government (or both). The rouge federal government theme was already being dealt with with the robert hawkins nuclear bomb plot storyline so having the people of jericho rise up to defend their town against rouge government elements would have made sense at the time as it would have fit the hawkins storyline pretty well. Basically, season 2 ended where season 1 should have been all along from about the third or fourth episode---with the opening shots of a Second American Civil War. This might sound arrogant of me but, sometimes, when I watch certain tv shows or movies, I start to think to myself "I could write or produce a show---or, at least, an individual scene---better than this. Geez, what were the producers thinking when they did this or that?". Seriously, GD here could probably come up with a pretty good show if we really set out to do so and the biggest obstacle holding any of it back would be the financing that it would take to get it produced and put on the air. Forget going to the networks and shopping a storyline to any of them. Just take it directly to netflix or youtube and see if it can sink or swim on its own there. A story with some good, believable, writing, a believable storyline, some good action balanced off by some good, well written, plot developments and portrayed by good actors who could pull it all off and make it look interesting, realistic and worth watching would likely survive---and even thrive---on a place like netflix or youtube. Sponsors would be needed but it would be easier and cheaper to get that for netflix or youtube than it would be for some network like abc, cbs or even amc or fx. Also, the good thing about doing an internet only show is you likely would have more artistic freedom and less censorship issues that you would have to contend with versus what you would have to face with a normal tv network. In a nutshell, tv networks are old school but the future is on the internet and NOT on any cable or free tv network. View Quote Now first off I watched the whole series and really enjoyed the premise of it, but I totally agree with you. The "family drama" as you call it made the show very tedious at times. Whole episodes devoted to what sort of love triangle character X is now in, hanging out at the town bar playing pool, etc. Hey, isn't there a unprecedented crisis going on? Remember when the ICBMs launched? Nobody in town seemed all that concerned to me. Hey Skeet Ulrich have another beer with Blondie McBarbie. I always assume when a show like this has too much of that sort of drama, it's the result of some producer seeing focus group data, and deciding that the show needs to include a certain amount of these types of story arcs to pull in as many demographics as possible. It just ends up looking stupid. The main problem with the writing of the show, is that the premise revolved around a type of event that Americans might be suspected to react a certain way towards - at least to those of us who are honest about what Americans are capable of. Frankly, it seems like Hollywood writers don't know what that is, or really aren't that willing to admit to it. The residents of Jericho, Kansas seem pretty helpless, unprepared, ill-equipped, and without much resolve. To anyone who has spent a significant amount of time in any sort of rural/aggro community, that's a total joke and it's sort of insulting to the viewer - especially the type that might be interested in this sort of show. If the writers were honest about what Americans are capable of, the plot line might have progressed more quickly into more serious issues, as you've imagined it. But that's not wholesome family TV is it. |
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I watched it. Had high hopes for it. AAAAaaaaannnd...nope.
Let me sum up this series: "Holy shit! Nuclear explosions! Anybody know what's going on?" "Anybody? No? Nobody? Uh...does anybody care? No? Me neither." "Nuclear war? Yeah, terrible, whatever...but don't you see? Can't you FUCKING SEE? MY WEDDING IS RUINED!" "Hey, does that weird old survivalist guy still have a HAM radio? That guy's a freak. What a weirdo. Why anybody would prepare for the end of the world like that is beyond me." "Since we drove all the way out to this hospital to look for drugs, let's just take those and go. Leave all the machine guns and bullets laying around from the guys we just killed. Why would we ever need that junk? LOL!" "It's been a while...does anybody care what happened yet? No? Me neither. Let's go get a drink!" |
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