Chew

Episode: "Pilot"




DTV has had the pilot of this episode running on one of their advertisement channels since early Tuesday morning and I got a chance to catch it last night. Without spoiling anything, I'd say the first episode is nowhere near as strong as FX's three main dramas. It's still something I plan on watching every week to see where it goes, but it's not the typical FX drama we've come to expect. I'm not saying it wasn't any good, however.

das Monkey

I reviewed the DVD release of the pilot last week, and I agree with your assessment.

das

B.A.

I've been waiting for this for about a year. I hope Bochco doesn't disappoint.

Geofferson

I'll be tuning in!

Big Worms

Ditto.

DodgingCars

I got a DVD preview (first 10 minutes?) of it from EW and I liked what I saw, so I have Tivo set to record it.

slop101

Whoa, this just came out of nowhere. I hadn't even heard about this show. Why haven't they been running any ads for it?

Shannon Nutt

TIME did a review of this in its new issue and said it was full of cliched characters.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...086172,00.html

Chew

On the other end of the review spectrum is USAToday's Four Star review.

Rypro 525

you must not watch alot of fx, the ads for this have been non stop for the past month.

Noojimbo

There were like 3 the other night during just 1 episode of Rescue Me.

Deftones

I wasn't interested at first, but the more previews I saw and the fact that there's nearly nothing to watch during the summer, I decided that I'm gonna check it out.

B.A.

You guys need to turn your sarcasm meters on.

slop101

^ thank you.

Phil L.

I'll be tuning in. A review I read today said that this show takes 3 episodes to really get rolling. So I figure I'll take that as advice and unless I *really hate it* tonight, I'll probably give it the three to decide.

Mopower

Kind of blah so far. Full of cliched characters to be sure. The guy with glasses is the intellectual? An angry black guy? A farm boy from Texas? And I highly doubt they go around bumping rap music in their Humvee's in real life. I don't remember seeing any sound systems in the Humvee's I've seen.

Noojimbo

It was alright, last scene was the most exciting. Like mopower I don't really find any of these characters special, and I really can't stand Doublewide's voice.

lucasorion

I was busy taking apart a laptop while watching it, and sometimes I'd pause in my work to watch several minutes straight, so it was ok.
The scene where the guy yells "We didn't come for your oil, we came to kick your ass!" was pretty ridiculous though.

Rypro 525

in farenheight 9/11 a solider says that he drives around iraq blasting rock music in his humvee, so its possible.

mikehunt

ended up being a bit meh

Boot

I tend to agree with most of the assessments here, although I can see how this show needs some time to really get its stride. Tonight's episode seemed to be more focused on setting tone and introducing characters (including the character of the war). Although some of the characters were rather cliched, hopefully they'll be less os once they're fleshed out a bit. I thought it showed definite promise.

DVD Josh

One word review - sucked

Many word review - cliched characters, basically took AN and FMJ and Platoon and rolled into one, unoriginal, "yes we know you think we shouldn't be in Iraq" POS.

Next week we get see what Vic Mackey would be like as a sargeant in the marines. Fun!

mikehunt

Bull from Band of Brothers is on next week. And I think Calley from BSG

mikehunt

And why isn't he using the forward grip, that's what it's there for. The magazine isn't a grip and putting pressure on it can cause misfeeds and jams

Heat

For what it's worth, I agree with your conclusion: I'll watch a few more episodes. It has promise, but doesn't look like a "great" show yet.

Then again, I watched the pilot episode for Seinfeld a month or so ago, thought it sucked (acting was much too forced, little chemistry between the actors), but obviously they worked out the bugs.