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#Post#: 5775--------------------------------------------------
Re: The River (Season 1)
By: Mac Date: February 9, 2012, 12:36 pm
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[glow=red,2,300]ABC's 'The River' Has "Soft" Premiere[/glow]
Yea, I can see why the numbers declined. The last half hour
especially is asking the audience for a 'just go with it'
mindset.
[quote]One thing about watching a new TV series is that you risk
getting attached, only to have it canceled before the debut
season ends. This is why I typically wait until the second
season is announced to jump aboard (although I took the day one
dive with "American Horror Story" and "The Walking Dead").
THR writes that the two-hour premiere of ABC's "The River,"
which, while soft in its returns and declining every half hour,
still topped last season's comparable mid-season time slot
entry, "Off The Map."
"The River" pulled in a 2.4 among adults 18-49, with a 2.5 at
9:00 p.m. and a 2.2 at 10:00 p.m.., and gave the net its
strongest showing in the time slot since the fall finale of
"Dancing With the Stars." ABC averaged a 2.4 among 18-49-ers for
the night and 7.6 million viewers.
While off to a weak start, there's still plenty of hope for the
new series from Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli -- but it
can just as easily capsize into the abyss...[/quote]
#Post#: 5782--------------------------------------------------
Re: The River (Season 1)
By: Mac Date: February 9, 2012, 3:05 pm
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More of the same... soft expecatations
HTML http://www.tvguide.com/News/Ratings-River-Runs-1042894.aspx
But as one person posted, thank goodness this has been built for
just 8 shows. If the studio's did it right (and they probably
didn't and include open ends for possible next season) I assume
it will cleanly end. From what I'm reading, mostly negative, I
expect to see even lower numbers for episode 3 and beyond.
I just need to determine if I can put up camera work... then I
can concentrate on the story.
#Post#: 5784--------------------------------------------------
Re: The River (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 9, 2012, 3:08 pm
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8 episodes? What the hell. You know, I may just put this off
till it runs it's entire "Season" and then watch them all back
to back. I'm very leery about it getting extended with all this
'soft numbers' talk.
#Post#: 5785--------------------------------------------------
Re: The River (Season 1)
By: Mac Date: February 9, 2012, 3:16 pm
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[quote]8 episodes? What the hell. You know, I may just put this
off till it runs it's entire "Season" and then watch them all
back to back. I'm very leery about it getting extended with all
this 'soft numbers' talk.[/quote]
Yep and they blew 2 of their wads like a cheap date last night.
Only 6 more to go. When you do watch it, for me, I noticed so
much and how fast they through information at you. To establish
the foundation and then through it in to high gear to get the
story going. That being said, I notice some odd developments.
Not supernatural stuff, just bad story telling.
#Post#: 5975--------------------------------------------------
Re: The River (Season 1)
By: Mac Date: February 15, 2012, 9:16 am
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[glow=red,2,300]Los Ciegos[/glow]
Admittedly I sat down to watch last night’s episode with a
I-hope-this-gets-a-hell-of-a-lot-better attitude. C’mon… impress
me.
It did not. The whole episode revolved around the group being
stalked by a jungle tribe while most of the group starts facing
temporary blindness induced by tree spores. All of this done
before and none of it getting me especially engaged. I could
care less about any of the characters. Scary? Hardly.
This particular episode seemed to take a break from its main
drive to search for Dr. Cole. That doesn’t help the momentum.
Brought that to a screeching halt.
And I’ll say it again and again, until the asshat studio’s get
THE SHAKY CAM SUCKS!!! Enough. More scenes that just give you a
headache. I mean, I’m looking away from the screen. Is that what
they want? I don’t think so.
And since I was rather bored with show, it only highlighted the
absurdity of filming certain scenes. Two scenes stand out. The
group splits up and 3 of the members are soon chased by the
tribe. Several times the angle of the camera is from someone who
is not there, they treat the scene like a fourth person
perspective.
An unintentional funny scene is when AJ Poulain (camera crew
member), has crawled into a tiny hole under a tree, and somehow
the camera catches his face crawling in and where he is crawling
too… at the same time. So the camera has backwards facing lens?
But the funny comes in when he starts to get buried, a tribe
member yanks him out from underneath, flinging him about, near
subconscious, and he is still holding the camera… pointed at
him… when he wakes up… he continues to hold and point the camera
at himself while he comes out of his fog.
Just plain stupid.
I may give this one more shot, but if it’s as stupid and/or
boring, I’m done.
#Post#: 5976--------------------------------------------------
Re: The River (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 15, 2012, 9:19 am
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Wow. That bad huh? You were so pumped up for this show and to
see it falling apart this fast for you is not encouraging at
all. You may just end up saving me 8 hours of my life.
#Post#: 5979--------------------------------------------------
Re: The River (Season 1)
By: Mac Date: February 15, 2012, 9:32 am
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From reading blogs and reviews, I'm not alone. Some are sticking
with it because technically it's only 7 nights total. So some
folks are going to stick with it because of 5 more shows.
#Post#: 6155--------------------------------------------------
Re: The River (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 19, 2012, 10:55 pm
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[center]Pilot Episode Review (Totally Rad Show)
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GxUeP1g9Ew
Really interesting review from both sides of the coin. Part of
me wants to check it out, but with all the negative reactions to
it I will wait till it wraps and see what people think of it as
a whole.
[/center]
#Post#: 6291--------------------------------------------------
Re: The River (Season 1)
By: Mac Date: February 23, 2012, 7:45 am
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So I've given up.
I forgot to even write about it because it was so unimpressive.
I will no longer try to remember when it's on. Taking it off
Watchlist too.
#Post#: 6294--------------------------------------------------
Re: The River (Season 1)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 23, 2012, 9:05 am
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Sheesh! If Mac can't finish it, a genre that he LOVES, then I'm
not gonna even try watching this later.
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