Amazon Pilot Season Discussion Thread
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So is Mad Dogs.
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I like the way it is done: gritty with an "1984" feel to it.
It also has a great deal of "mystery" to it, if you know what I mean. Things happen with little explanation: People being arrested; a woman running off with someone else's bag; a jet flying overhead; a suspicion that what is happening shouldn't be happening...
I hope they can keep up the quality and writing.
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http://variety.com/2015/digital/news...-2-1201435977/
Amazon Greenlights 5 Series, Renews ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ for Season 2
Here’s a rundown of the five new shows:
“The Man in the High Castle”: Set 20 years after the Allied Powers lost World War II, the U.S. and much of the world have been split between Japan and Germany. Story plays out in the Western U.S., following intrigues as tensions between the two superpowers heightens. The hour-long pilot starred Alexa Davalos (“Mob City”), Luke Kleintank (“Pretty Little Liars”), Rupert Evans (“The Village”), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (“Mortal Kombat Legacy”), Joel De La Fuente (“Hemlock Grove”), Rufus Sewell (“Eleventh Hour”) and DJ Qualls (“Z Nation”). Pilot was directed by David Semel (“Madam Secretary,” “Heroes”) and written by Frank Spotnitz (“The X-Files”), both serving as executive producers. Also executive producing are Ridley Scott (“Blade Runner”) and David W. Zucker (“The Good Wife”), with co-executive producer Jordan Sheehan of Scott Free Prods. and executive producers Stewart Mackinnon and Christian Baute of Headline Pictures (“The Invisible Woman”). In addition, Isa Dick Hackett will executive produce and Kalen Egan will co-executive produce on behalf of Electric Shepherd; Christopher Tricarico (“May in the Summer”) is also executive producer.
“Mad Dogs”: Based on the U.K. series created by Cris Cole (“The Good Times Are Killing Me”), show follows the reunion of a group of underachieving 40-something friends each at a crossroads in their lives who reunite at one of the group’s Belizean villa to celebrate his retirement. Pilot starred Steve Zahn (“Dallas Buyers Club”), Billy Zane (“Titanic”), Romany Malco (“Weeds”), Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos”) and Ben Chaplin (“The Thin Red Line”). Executive producers are Cole, Shawn Ryan (“The Shield”) and Marney Hochman (“Last Resort”), Andy Harries (“Strikeback”), Suzanne Mackie (“Kinky Boots”) and Charles McDougall (“The Good Wife”). The pliot was directed by McDougall and is being co-produced with Sony Pictures Television.
“The New Yorker Presents”: Half-hour docuseries from the Condé Nast magazine. The pilot featured a short film with actors Alan Cumming (“The Good Wife”) and Brett Gelman (“Go On”) based on a story by Simon Rich (“Saturday Night Live”) and directed by Troy Miller (“Arrested Development”); a poem by Matthew Dickman; a documentary by director Jonathan Demme (“The Silence of the Lambs”) about biologist Tyrone Hayes based on a Rachel Aviv article; and an interview with performance artist Marina Abramović, conducted by New Yorker writer Ariel Levy. Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (“Taxi to the Dark Side”) is executive producer, joined by Dave Snyder (“Death Row Stories”) and Condé Nast Entertainment president Dawn Ostroff (“The Fashion Fund”). Pilot is co-produced by Condé Nast Entertainment and Gibney’s Jigsaw Prods.
“Just Add Magic”: Aimed at kids 6-11, show is based on Cindy Callaghan’s young adult book of the same name and adapted by Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco (“Sullivan & Son,” “Fairly Odd Parents”). Single-camera live-action pilot was directed by Joe Nussbaum (“George Lucas in Love,” “Awkward”). Story centers on a girl and her two friends who stumble on her grandmother’s mysterious cookbook in the attic — and discover it has some interesting recipes. Show stars Olivia Sanabia (“Extant”), Abby Donnelly (“Suburgatory”), Aubrey Miller (“Austin & Ally”) and Judah Bellamy (“Home”).
“The Stinky & Dirty Show”: Animated show for preschool-age children is based on the “I Stink!” book series by Kate and Jim McMullan, adapted by Guy Toubes (“The Adventures of Chuck & Friends,” “Littlest Pet Shop”) and animated by Brown Bag Films (“Peter Rabbit,” “Octonauts,” “Doc McStuffins”). Show follows the adventures and mishaps faced by two best friends — and unlikely heroes — Stinky the garbage truck and Dirty the backhoe loader.
Amazon Greenlights 5 Series, Renews ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ for Season 2
Here’s a rundown of the five new shows:
“The Man in the High Castle”: Set 20 years after the Allied Powers lost World War II, the U.S. and much of the world have been split between Japan and Germany. Story plays out in the Western U.S., following intrigues as tensions between the two superpowers heightens. The hour-long pilot starred Alexa Davalos (“Mob City”), Luke Kleintank (“Pretty Little Liars”), Rupert Evans (“The Village”), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (“Mortal Kombat Legacy”), Joel De La Fuente (“Hemlock Grove”), Rufus Sewell (“Eleventh Hour”) and DJ Qualls (“Z Nation”). Pilot was directed by David Semel (“Madam Secretary,” “Heroes”) and written by Frank Spotnitz (“The X-Files”), both serving as executive producers. Also executive producing are Ridley Scott (“Blade Runner”) and David W. Zucker (“The Good Wife”), with co-executive producer Jordan Sheehan of Scott Free Prods. and executive producers Stewart Mackinnon and Christian Baute of Headline Pictures (“The Invisible Woman”). In addition, Isa Dick Hackett will executive produce and Kalen Egan will co-executive produce on behalf of Electric Shepherd; Christopher Tricarico (“May in the Summer”) is also executive producer.
“Mad Dogs”: Based on the U.K. series created by Cris Cole (“The Good Times Are Killing Me”), show follows the reunion of a group of underachieving 40-something friends each at a crossroads in their lives who reunite at one of the group’s Belizean villa to celebrate his retirement. Pilot starred Steve Zahn (“Dallas Buyers Club”), Billy Zane (“Titanic”), Romany Malco (“Weeds”), Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos”) and Ben Chaplin (“The Thin Red Line”). Executive producers are Cole, Shawn Ryan (“The Shield”) and Marney Hochman (“Last Resort”), Andy Harries (“Strikeback”), Suzanne Mackie (“Kinky Boots”) and Charles McDougall (“The Good Wife”). The pliot was directed by McDougall and is being co-produced with Sony Pictures Television.
“The New Yorker Presents”: Half-hour docuseries from the Condé Nast magazine. The pilot featured a short film with actors Alan Cumming (“The Good Wife”) and Brett Gelman (“Go On”) based on a story by Simon Rich (“Saturday Night Live”) and directed by Troy Miller (“Arrested Development”); a poem by Matthew Dickman; a documentary by director Jonathan Demme (“The Silence of the Lambs”) about biologist Tyrone Hayes based on a Rachel Aviv article; and an interview with performance artist Marina Abramović, conducted by New Yorker writer Ariel Levy. Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (“Taxi to the Dark Side”) is executive producer, joined by Dave Snyder (“Death Row Stories”) and Condé Nast Entertainment president Dawn Ostroff (“The Fashion Fund”). Pilot is co-produced by Condé Nast Entertainment and Gibney’s Jigsaw Prods.
“Just Add Magic”: Aimed at kids 6-11, show is based on Cindy Callaghan’s young adult book of the same name and adapted by Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco (“Sullivan & Son,” “Fairly Odd Parents”). Single-camera live-action pilot was directed by Joe Nussbaum (“George Lucas in Love,” “Awkward”). Story centers on a girl and her two friends who stumble on her grandmother’s mysterious cookbook in the attic — and discover it has some interesting recipes. Show stars Olivia Sanabia (“Extant”), Abby Donnelly (“Suburgatory”), Aubrey Miller (“Austin & Ally”) and Judah Bellamy (“Home”).
“The Stinky & Dirty Show”: Animated show for preschool-age children is based on the “I Stink!” book series by Kate and Jim McMullan, adapted by Guy Toubes (“The Adventures of Chuck & Friends,” “Littlest Pet Shop”) and animated by Brown Bag Films (“Peter Rabbit,” “Octonauts,” “Doc McStuffins”). Show follows the adventures and mishaps faced by two best friends — and unlikely heroes — Stinky the garbage truck and Dirty the backhoe loader.
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This could truly be something special with The Man In The High Castle. This is like The Forever War, The Foundation Trilogy or The Martian Chronicles (ignoring the noble but falling way short TV miniseries). Mythic science fiction works that have never been properly done or even attempted.
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For those who would like to watch the full premier episode of The Man in the High Castle, it can be seen on YOUTUBE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTF8inDJ-aE
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTF8inDJ-aE
Enjoy.
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The Man In The High Castle (2015 - pilot on Amazon Streaming)
Looks to be free right now, watched it tonight. Based a Philip K. Dick story. Wow, terrific show. Even my wife, who has steered clear of most Netflix/Amazon produced show, really got into this one. Set in a post World War II 1962, except Germany and Japan won the war, and divided up America among themselves. So far, only the pilot is available, but cannot wait for the rest of the series.
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Dur. Just saw that it's been available since January. Do not know how I missed it!
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Some additional discussion: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/624...ot-season.html
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Some additional discussion: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/624...ot-season.html
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Understandable, not exactly heavily promoted. It's was the diamond in the rough for this years Pilot Season.
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Well not bad timing though as it went to series so probably an announcement soon as to when it premieres.
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So (apparently) episode 2 is going to be shown at Comic Con... and (also apparently) streamed online? I've only seen mention of this regarding Entertainment Weekly's website, however. Does anyone that maybe has a bit more knowledge about this have anything more/more concrete?
Is it only going to be some "live streaming" deal where you either see it or miss it? And only on EW.com (not even Amazon?!?) Seems... insane, to me, that this incredibly hyped and anticipated series for a *pay* Internet streaming content service is going to have the very first second offering given only to some magazine's website, months in advance.
Because that leads to my final question: How to watch. Anybody with experience on EW.com's "streaming content"? Is this going to be some deal where I've got to watch it in a browser, meaning not necessarily on my "smart" TV in glorious big screen HD? While I don't mind being forced to watch it at 10-11 pm tomorrow night only, I *really* don't want to think I'll end up watching on my tablet due to not wanting to spend hours setting up/figuring out how to somehow get a browser live video stream to display on my Samsung TV.
(And, just in case this should be news to anyone/I didn't miss some other thread discussing this, one of the articles from EW mentioning this news: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/06/man-in-the-high-castle-comic-con-stream )
Is it only going to be some "live streaming" deal where you either see it or miss it? And only on EW.com (not even Amazon?!?) Seems... insane, to me, that this incredibly hyped and anticipated series for a *pay* Internet streaming content service is going to have the very first second offering given only to some magazine's website, months in advance.
Because that leads to my final question: How to watch. Anybody with experience on EW.com's "streaming content"? Is this going to be some deal where I've got to watch it in a browser, meaning not necessarily on my "smart" TV in glorious big screen HD? While I don't mind being forced to watch it at 10-11 pm tomorrow night only, I *really* don't want to think I'll end up watching on my tablet due to not wanting to spend hours setting up/figuring out how to somehow get a browser live video stream to display on my Samsung TV.
(And, just in case this should be news to anyone/I didn't miss some other thread discussing this, one of the articles from EW mentioning this news: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/06/man-in-the-high-castle-comic-con-stream )
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I really enjoyed it too, despite
But the subject itself has me intrigued enough that I'll definitely be checking out the whole season in November.
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But the subject itself has me intrigued enough that I'll definitely be checking out the whole season in November.
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Agreed about that ambush. I also thought, why not try to take him alive and get info out of him? Oh well I am liking the show and will stay with it.
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The music in this is what's really selling me as well as the look. It's very unique in the style. Can't wait to see more of it.
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Have tried out Edge and Good Girls Revolt thus far. Liked both but was surprised that I'd prefer GGR to be picked up between the two. I love Strahovski and westerns, so Edge has that going for it; however, I like the music and many of the actors on GGR.