Iron_Giant

Love the video clips of the show, I will be watching it opening night.

The Incredibles meets the Fantastic Four.

http://abc.go.com/shows/no-ordinary-family

Gunde

Yeah I'll definitely check it out. Gonna be weird to see Vic Mackey not being Vic Mackey

chino77

looks really stupid to me.

Giantrobo

Looking forward to it. Hopefully it will learn from HEROES' mistakes....

Groucho

Not sure what you are talking about, but along the same lines it's going to be weird not to see Daddio being The Commish, or Darla not being Rita.

TGM

Vic Mackey is a much more iconic and beloved character than Rita or Chiklis' role on the Commish.

DJariya

I'm looking forward to it. It's got a better creative team behind it (The creators are Greg Berlanti- Brothers & Sisters, Everwood & Jon Harmon Feldman- Tru Calling) than that idiot Tim Kring over at Heroes. Plus, Chiklis is awesome.

Plus, you can't go wrong with Autumn Reeser...although that probably means she won't be on Human Target season 2.

Deftones

I'm interested, but I have a bad feeling about it. Looks like they are going to play it up to be more corny than say Heroes ever was. Plus, I hate Julie Benz, so that may turn me off.

Barings

While Mackey is a very iconic character, people have forgotten two things: 1) how well Chiklis inhabited the Commish role and 2) how incredibly bad Daddio was. The Commish doesn't even play in syndication, but casting a 29-year-old to play a 40-something "schlub" showed how well he was suited to that role. Also, the fitness regimen Chiklis underwent to transform himself for The Shield (and bounce back from career killer Daddio) gives me high hopes for the show.

I'll definitely be watching tuning in because of the show's pedigree and because it is an interesting concept.

Iron_Giant

My wife and I loved Michael Chiklis in The Commish and he was perfect as Ben Grimm/The Thing.

His powers are what the 1st Superman had - Strong, can't be hurt, could leap over a building...no speed though. 1st Supes could not fly, had no super hearing/vision/heat beams...

I think it is going to be fun to watch the show, there are plenty of story lines with the family relationships and powers all mixed together.

bigjim25

Daddio was the greatest comedy of all time.

Neitzl

I was able to watch this in June and I have to say I really liked it. I'm a big comic book fan though, so I'm a bit biased. It really is a live action Incredibles. Chiklis is pretty good, as is his wife. The one thing that is annoying me is that this show uses the "interview documentary" style that The Office, Park and Rec, Modern Family, etc use. I'm tired of that technique. I wish they used another way to get into the characters heads than this interview process.

But all in all, I had a lot of fun watching it.
I also watched another ABC pilot "Generation Y". Avoid this one, IMHO.

Xander

Has a good cast and the premise is interesting to me, so I'll be checking it out. Cautiously optimistic.

DJariya

I just watched the Pilot online and thought it was really good. Wasn't planning on watching it 1 month early, but it's the weekend, so why the hell not? ABC posted a preview of the Pilot online:

http://noordinaryfamilyabc.blogspot....ot-online.html

You have to register with ABC.com or sign in through your Twitter or Facebook accounts. There is also a password you need to enter= Extraordinary

It will stay online until it reaches 50,000 views, but there is no indication of how many views there are yet.

Since the episode hasn't officially aired here are some of the backgrounds of the characters:



I thought it served as a really good introduction to the characters and sets up the show nicely. Chiklis and Benz have good chemistry and IMO are very believable as a married couple. The Pilot goes right to the point and shows how the family gets their abilities and they learn how to adjust and adapt to them. I would definitely say that this is indeed The Incredibles the live action series if you want something to compare it to.

^^ Yes, as mentioned above they do use the interview style format that Modern Family uses. However, it is shown at the end that they:



I'm not going to go into too much more detail, but I think it's a promising start for the show.

DJariya

Okay, so I noticed 40-50 more views of this thread since I gave you all a headsup about the Pilot being available online legally from ABC. I don't know if it's still available, but did anyone here watch it or are you waiting until September 28th? I will watch it again on September 28th just so I can see it in HD.

MrSmearkase

I'm going to hold off until the broadcast premiere, but I am looking forward to the show.

Shannon Nutt

I was just telling my wife last night that the show looks like it might be okay, but whomever gave thumbs up to the title should be fired. I mean if you haven't seen many of the previews on TV (and most TV viewers are casual ones), are you really going to stop the remote at something called "No Ordinary Family"?

MrSmearkase

/\ Yeah, plus the similiarity to Modern Family, also on ABC.

Mordred

I haven't seen a preview for this at all. Never heard of it until this thread. I saw the thread title and my first thought was "who the hell started a thread on a Lifetime movie?" then I saw that thread mentioned ABC and my second thought was "I wonder if that's really supposed to be ABC Family?"

I'm mildly curious now.

DJariya

Need a trailer? Here ya go

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DJariya

BTW, I just checked and the Pilot is still viewable on that ABC Preview site for those interested.

Raul3

The trailer looks interesting enough. Will see if I can check the pilot later today.

conscience

Saw the pilot. Thanks DJ.

Completely and totally unoriginal but a decent cast brings this to 'tryout phase' in the fall for me. Definitely DVR-and-catch-it-when-I-have-time material.

Red Dog

Doesn't do much for me, but ABC (and ESPN) has been promoting the hell out of this during their LLWS coverage.

dstrauss

Watched the pilot, and it was utterly and completely predictable, but there was a hint of promise so I will probably give it a few episodes in September to see if it catches me.