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Dunclane
Original Poster
1,009 posts
39 months
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Saw this advertised before Walking Dead last night and thought it looks ok, anyone here seen it already?
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Council Baby
16,424 posts
60 months
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Dunclane said: Saw this advertised before Walking Dead last night and thought it looks ok, anyone here seen it already? Yep. Decent series, different concept, thoroughly enjoyed it 
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Dunclane
Original Poster
1,009 posts
39 months
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Good stuff! I know some of jj abrams stuff can be a little out there, but this seemed more realistic.
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rudecherub
1,881 posts
36 months
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It's very good. Best Superhero show on TV, no spandex, almost Bourne meets Batman.
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VinceFox
14,798 posts
42 months
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Dunclane
Original Poster
1,009 posts
39 months
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Not sure it's coming soon
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VinceFox
14,798 posts
42 months
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saw the ad. it's got jesus in it so it must be good.
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rudecherub
1,881 posts
36 months
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mr2aw11
700 posts
93 months
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Just a bump... 22:00 C5 & C5HD tonight. Really looking forward to this. Deliberately not read too much about it, but the ingredients are all there - Jonathan Nolan, JJ Abrams, both responsible for some very good stuff (thinking more Super 8 and Star Trek for Abrams, rather than Lost, which started well but quickly turned into "just making s  t up as it went along"). Got a lot of time for Jim Caviezel also. Received well in the US, and got good reviews on IMDB. Gotta give it a chance, methinks...
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lawrence567
7,507 posts
60 months
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mr2aw11 said: Just a bump... 22:00 C5 & C5HD tonight. Really looking forward to this. Deliberately not read too much about it, but the ingredients are all there - Jonathan Nolan, JJ Abrams, both responsible for some very good stuff (thinking more Super 8 and Star Trek for Abrams, rather than Lost, which started well but quickly turned into "just making s t up as it went along"). Got a lot of time for Jim Caviezel also. Received well in the US, and got good reviews on IMDB. Gotta give it a chance, methinks... Been waiting for this to come on, i missed the first 15 mins as i was on the phone, what happened in it? Currently watching ATM!
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mr2aw11
700 posts
93 months
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lawrence567 said: Been waiting for this to come on, i missed the first 15 mins as i was on the phone, what happened in it?
Currently watching ATM! 1st 15 mins really a scene setter - unshaven drunk/bum Jim Caviezel defends himself against a gang of "wannabe gangstas" on the train, dishing out a good deal of controlled violence- these are the same guys he stole the guns from later in the episode. They're all lifted by plod, and he's released to rich guy's lawyers. A little bit of a back-story: female detective runs his prints and finds they're present at numerous international "crime scenes" (alluding to a past of government wet-work). In the wake of 9/11, Rich guy developed an all-seeing machine to predict terrorist activity, with a filtered list of minor events which he accesses via a back-door - and it's saving folks on this list that's his driving force now. Should bring you up to speed! There are episode guides aplenty on the Internet - not read any, but I'm sure they'll have given a tighter synopsis than I!
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Funk
13,150 posts
79 months
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An excellent series, really enjoyed it. Recommended!
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jet_noise
1,231 posts
52 months
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Dear All,
watched half of it then went to bed. Other half to complete on video.
They've been reading Lee Childs' Jack Reacher books. Somewhat formulaic but it's a good formula,
regards,
Jet
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lawrence567
7,507 posts
60 months
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mr2aw11 said: 1st 15 mins really a scene setter - unshaven drunk/bum Jim Caviezel defends himself against a gang of "wannabe gangstas" on the train, dishing out a good deal of controlled violence- these are the same guys he stole the guns from later in the episode. They're all lifted by plod, and he's released to rich guy's lawyers.
A little bit of a back-story: female detective runs his prints and finds they're present at numerous international "crime scenes" (alluding to a past of government wet-work). In the wake of 9/11, Rich guy developed an all-seeing machine to predict terrorist activity, with a filtered list of minor events which he accesses via a back-door - and it's saving folks on this list that's his driving force now. Should bring you up to speed!
There are episode guides aplenty on the Internet - not read any, but I'm sure they'll have given a tighter synopsis than I!
Thanks! I was watching but i could'nt hear the dialouge, so kind of got the 'jist of things! This looks like the start of a great series! Should keep me occupied until the new walking dead series start!
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Gun
11,816 posts
88 months
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Enjoyable first episode but I though Jim Caviezel was terrible, wooden doesn't start to describe him!
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Oakey
13,830 posts
86 months
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Council Baby said: Yep. Decent series, different concept, thoroughly enjoyed it So... it's been cancelled? Or on it's way to being cancelled? 
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VinceFox
14,798 posts
42 months
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Just a bump for this, ive watched them all now and it's really grown on me. Cracking series.
Aiui season two is about to start soon?
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Funk
13,150 posts
79 months
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The_Doc
2,260 posts
90 months
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Gun said: Enjoyable first episode but I though Jim Caviezel was terrible, wooden doesn't start to describe him! Hmm. I like Person of Interest and will continue watching it, but it's not really a great show. The premise is so weak, I feel like episodes hang on a thread, perhaps it's the geek in me looking at the plot holes continually. Also Michael Emmerson is just not gelling in this role. His limp/neck stiffness/thingy is like a half-arsed Kaiser Soze and that annoys me. I also cannot get his legendary performance as Ben Linus in Lost out of my mind. He was just so hateful in that, and by that I mean his performance was so good I actually felt real hatred to the character, in this role as a good-guy I cannot buy it. Caviezel is putting up a good show as the battle-hardened, ex-special forces good guy, but he's too close to a Jason Bourne character, and here's his problem too: Matt Damon did it better. I know TV serials are the new film blockbusters, and JJ Abrahams clearly still has a semi on for Mike Emmerson, but I'm not sure........ Also, now I think about it, the all-seeing-computer-snooping-on-everyone has been done before in The Dark Knight (amoungst many others I'm sure) Loving The Wire box set more than PoI at the mo.
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VinceFox
14,798 posts
42 months
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The_Doc said: Gun said: Enjoyable first episode but I though Jim Caviezel was terrible, wooden doesn't start to describe him! Hmm. I like Person of Interest and will continue watching it, but it's not really a great show. The premise is so weak, I feel like episodes hang on a thread, perhaps it's the geek in me looking at the plot holes continually. Also Michael Emmerson is just not gelling in this role. His limp/neck stiffness/thingy is like a half-arsed Kaiser Soze and that annoys me. I also cannot get his legendary performance as Ben Linus in Lost out of my mind. He was just so hateful in that, and by that I mean his performance was so good I actually felt real hatred to the character, in this role as a good-guy I cannot buy it. Caviezel is putting up a good show as the battle-hardened, ex-special forces good guy, but he's too close to a Jason Bourne character, and here's his problem too: Matt Damon did it better. I know TV serials are the new film blockbusters, and JJ Abrahams clearly still has a semi on for Mike Emmerson, but I'm not sure........ Also, now I think about it, the all-seeing-computer-snooping-on-everyone has been done before in The Dark Knight (amoungst many others I'm sure) Loving The Wire box set more than PoI at the mo. Youre kind of saying a lot of the stuff i thought for the first few episodes, but it's a real grower. I think the moment i started to really like it was when i remembered it was a series, with all that entails and stopped comparing it to filums (a compliment in itself).
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