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The last ship- season 1 (US pace)
alexjones
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new series starting on TNT tonight, about a virus that wipes out most of the world population, and the crew of a US navy ship trying to find a cure to save what's left of humanity
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Yeah, I will check that out. It airs in Canada tonight -- on the "Space" channel.:)
It's based on a book (although the book has a nuclear war rather than a virus).
NO love triangles or people being caught and escaping all the time.
I'm afraid that's a given in US genre shows more than ever these days .
Could have done without the 'Where are you daddy?' video and the 2nd in command thinking it was a good idea for the crew to go find their love ones. rolleyes.
Feisty female scientist saves the world again.
Didn't understand why they didn't at least send someone onto land to have a scoot around
Also, the nuke seemed to be thrown in a left hanging (so far) as an element of the story. Surely it wasn't just there to show how hard ass the captain is...
The nuke could have been sent by the people who weaponised the virus, in an attempt to stop the ship from creating a cure.
btw: when the Russians were attacking the ship I did like how they used every different type of weapon they could to shoot them down, cos just using one would be boring eh ?!
Well I thought it was aimed at the ship first but then I thought it was targeting somewhere else. You could be right, maybe we will find out soon enough. Perhaps they are. Wing stalked by the Russians after all those guys in the Arctic must have come from somewhere.
Feisty female lead *yawn"
90% of the world wiped and only we can save it *yawn*
I switched off after 20 minutes
The story has a lot of potential. The pilot kept me interested enough to come back. Ratings-wise the show had a very solid debut int he US too!
Not necessarily. It can also mean the character will be killed (a Star Trek "Red Shirt"), and that is actually what I was expecting to happen.
BSG on a boat?:)
so unoriginal
and the same old "let's set everything up in the first episode"
formulaic stuff
probably still watch it
It certainly could've done with a feature-length pilot rather than a 45-minute pilot as the setting up of the story did feel a bit rushed. The characters needed time to react and come to terms with the global pandemic unfolding in front of them.
Don't worry I'm sure we will get loads of 'on the boat' dialogue filled scenes with lots of soul searching and very little FX to blow the budget.
I would love it if the show developed into something complex and cerebral like BSG, but I doubt it given Michael Bay's involvement . One can hope though .