February 14 2006
Variety confirms Tim Minear's new pilot 'Drive', gives details.
In Variety speak, the pilot is "a sudser revolving around an "Amazing Race" competish, but on acid" (best phrase ever!). In normal everyday English, it's about a bunch of people competing in an illegal cross-country road race.
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That said, I don't have anywhere near enough information about this show to feel anything either way. However, seeing as it's Tim Minear, I think it's safe to say that it will be interesting.
[ edited by rabid on 2006-02-14 19:11 ]
rabid | February 14, 12:10 CET
ObserveandApply | February 14, 12:20 CET
Also:
Al Murray? On a US show? What were they thinking...
And a US remake of Worst Week? After their dull remake of the fantastic Coupling I dread to see what they do with this. Both shows starred the hot (and talented) Sarah Alexander. Mmmm.......
zz9 | February 14, 12:33 CET
Turtle | February 14, 12:58 CET
Bayta | February 14, 13:03 CET
His deal is with 20th. 20th sold the show to FOX. He is under contract to develop shows for 20th. 20th then sells shows to whichever network. Fox usually gets the first bite at the apple.
Second verse, same as the first...
Allyson | February 14, 13:14 CET
Target demographic wise, that show is what Fox want I suspect. Plus, he works for 20th Century Fox... And although they aren't supposed to be connected, they so are.
gossi | February 14, 13:14 CET
EdDantes | February 14, 13:21 CET
impalergeneral | February 14, 13:22 CET
rsfayez | February 14, 13:24 CET
Simon | February 14, 13:37 CET
kalia | February 14, 13:50 CET
Rogue Slayer | February 14, 13:50 CET
Simon | February 14, 14:04 CET
Saje | February 14, 14:05 CET
"Who?"
"Roger Moore."
Man, I loved "The Cannonball Run" when I was 10 years old.
rbt | February 14, 14:05 CET
Mort | February 14, 14:07 CET
I wouldn't want to take the joy of those 13 episodes away just because there weren't 22, 44, or a hundred episodes of it.
The 13 aren't less enjoyable because it's not 22, it's just more precious, I think.
Allyson | February 14, 14:10 CET
Djungelurban | February 14, 14:15 CET
As far as the premise of the pilot, I do not judge a show by its premise unless it is just inherently (sp?) objectionable. Something like lets take some happy couples and see if we can get them to fight and break up would qualify. ...Wait a minute, I think they did that one and it did qualify. In the hands of the right artist, just about anything can be good. Tim is an artist. I look forward to seeing his next work.
newcj | February 14, 14:22 CET
Simon | February 14, 14:30 CET
holymother | February 14, 14:33 CET
Which is why you have a widely acknowledged masterpiece like 'Fawlty Towers' which appears to have only run for 12 episodes or less than half a season.
ETA: which is what Simon said above ;).
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Saje | February 14, 14:35 CET
Yeah! Imagine my disappointment when hubby finally got me into Cracker, only to drop the bomb on me that there were barely enough episodes to fill a standard US season!
Rogue Slayer | February 14, 14:41 CET
Angel TheVampire | February 14, 14:43 CET
(must say Cracker was one of those shows which had me shaking my head in despair when I found out there was a US remake - tho' in fairness I didn't see any of 'Fitz' so it's probably not fair of me to prejudge - but it was just so brilliant as it was, why remake it ?).
Saje | February 14, 15:12 CET
And I heard about the remake but never saw it. I mean, it had the painter from Murphy Brown as Fitz...puh-lease!
Rogue Slayer | February 14, 15:23 CET
electricspacegirl | February 14, 15:32 CET
I'm sure Tim will find a way to make it dark. A cross country race is a great way to smuggle something or someone. There could be a body in the trunk. Besides I can't remember the last show that had weekly car chases!
IMMORTAL | February 14, 15:38 CET
Rogue Slayer | February 14, 15:48 CET
I'll be giving 'Drive' a chance anyway tho', as others have said, the premise doesn't exactly inspire the dance of joy. The lad's got game tho' (I really enjoyed Wonderfalls) and if anyone can make this worth watching (apart from his purple Jossness) it's TM.
Saje | February 14, 16:15 CET
It's primary problem was that it tried to condense the 2 or so hours of an ITV two parter into 42 minutes. The pilot for example had the same basic crime as the first British two parter. This left little time for the character moments that defined Cracker, little build up of suspense, and very little cracking. Character faults that were carried over were toned substantially down. Essentially it could have been any other US procedural.
Ocipital | February 14, 18:27 CET
Answer: if it's something like The Inside or Wonderfalls, the creators had the foresight to make the 13 episodes one complete arc. I'm counting the days down to the new 'The Inside' episodes air, because the last few that aired on US TV were all outstanding - things like 'Declawed' were truly creepy for the reason of the main character focus. It's a procedual but it's actually all about the characters - the crime is just the back drop for learning about who those people are, and some of them are fucked up.
So, in other words, Tim good.
gossi | February 14, 18:41 CET
Nebula1400 | February 14, 19:18 CET
Profit is one of the best canceled series that I've ever seen. I realize that it's all subjective, but there is definitely an argument for watching/buying a xxld show, whatever your reason may be.
Willowy | February 14, 20:44 CET
I quite enjoyed the Inside (the later episodes were fantastic.) I haven't seen any of the originally "unaired" episodes yet. With that said, I look forward to another mini-series from Tim Minear. Wait... Damn you Fox!
rabid | February 14, 22:55 CET
A question for which lots of interesting answers are available from those of us who bought the Firefly DVD boxset on word of mouth long after the show was cancelled and, in many cases, well before the BDM was on the horizon.
purplehazel | February 15, 06:54 CET
The Do That Girl | February 15, 09:33 CET
The characters to me just didn't feel real, more charicature than anything else, and mostly just carriers for - admittedly - great situations or very funny dialogue. So while I liked (and even admired) it on the surface, I just couldn't connect with anyone on a personal level and as such the show just never clicked.
Still, after Joss and Aaron Sorkin, Tim's probably still my third favorite tv-writer, so I'm certainly looking forward to this.
GVH | February 15, 10:50 CET