LorenzoL

Sep 08 09:00pm
Series/Drama, 60 Mins.

"1986 (Pilot)" Episode #101.


Producer(s): Jon Harmon Feldman, Steve Pearlman, Andrew Plotkin .

Original Airdate: September 8, 2005.

LorenzoL

The reviews have not been kind but I'm planning to watch this show (at least for a while anyways). I love my DVR.

Chew

I'll be watching too. Sounds interesting.

Charlie Goose

It does seem interesting, although a little gimmicky. However, any show that tries to do something a little different deserves a chance. At least it's not another z-list non-celebrity being followed around by a camera.

meritocracy

Have the reviews not been kind? I haven't bothered to read any pertaining to this since having viewed the pilot a few months back. My thoughts were definitely of the "meh" variety. Still, if eye-candy's your thing, there's choice aplenty here. Alexa Davalos, who had a short stint on Angel and co-starred in The Chronicles Of Riddick, I personally find stunning. Amanda Righetti's always easy on the eyes, and Chyler Leigh is obviously not to shabby. Of course, Leigh is also regarded as one of the kiss of death poster children considering the number of shows she's been involved in which have either been cancelled outright, or never made it to air, which doesn't bode terribly well.

BTW, for those still mourning over the loss of Six Feet Under, Keith (Mathew St. Patrick) has a role in this as well.

runner001

what network is this on?

meritocracy

Fox...right after The O.C.

Geofferson

Definitely checking this out!

Groucho

I'll give it a try. It's an interesting concept.

aktick

Sounds cool...how often are the critics right anyways?

jrsl76

Great concept. I heard that the characters were very cliched, but I will check this out tonight based on the concept alone.

adamblast

Here's what I *don't* like about the concept: as far as the central mystery goes, sounds like it requires a good first episode, a good last episode, and 18 weeks of filler. I mean, nobody plans a murder for ten or twenty years... it's going to be completely irrelevant until the last episode, which is almost guaranteed to be anti-climactic.

mookiemeister

I'll tune in to see if it's any good.

ChrisHicks

what I don't like about the concept is the fact that we probably won't make it to the end of it. Fox will most likely have this off the air by mid Nov.

I really am very leary of watching anything new on Fox anymore. I enjoy a show and 3 weeks later its gone. Fox really should stop doing shows with arcs since we very rarely get a payoff.

FantasticVSDoom

Exactly, which was why I was so leary about starting Prison Break, but it seems to be going ok for now, and why I probably wont start this one since it seems to be very likely it might get the axe...

WallyOPD

I'm intrigued by the concept so I'll be checking this one out tonight. As long as it's not too horrible I'll probably stick around for the whole season (or however long until it's canceled).

Noojimbo

Recording it, probably watch it tomorrow.

DRG

I posted this in another thread, but it fits here: a positive Reunion review.
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/va/20050905/112591453100.html

slop101

That's weird - I've read nothing but positive reviews of the first few episodes - not crazy-over-the-top-positive, but enthusiastic ones that say the show has good potential.

adamblast

Here's the USA Today review where they hate, hate, *hate* it...

Uncool State of the 'Reunion'

meritocracy

Yep, that pretty much summed up my thoughts after I viewed the pilot. As for the review, this quote is dead on..."Leigh is actually sweetly disarming as the young Carla, but her transition into the older version is reminiscent of a high school girl playing Dorothy Parker."

DRG

Screw it, I thought it was an entertaining combination of trashy fun and a smart gimmick. Granted, it will be impossible for me to completely suspend disbelief (especially when these actors try to play late 30s), and the anal-retentive part of me thought it didn't really feel 80's enough (that was a new style Mountain Dew can dammit!), but I'll at least give it a couple of weeks.

B.A.

The guy who has a crush on Amanda Righetti's character makes the rest of the cast look Emmy-worthy.

Patman

What's sort of interesting is how they have to throw in all the cliches at a rapid clip because they have to try and cover the highlights of each year, so the plot twists are brought up and then dealt with without all the usual melodrama of episodic TV that strings out such plot development, all the while, the writers have to weave a murder mystery to sustain the show for 20 episodes. This show could be great, or it might be aiming too high and end up somewhat messy. Time will tell, but I'll tune in the next 5 years, err, episodes...

Oh, someone at Fox must love Amanda Righetti, they keep casting her and I keep tuning in.

Snowmaker

It was OK. I'll give it another shot next week. Chyler should have had her That 80's Show spike mohawk though.