Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Locked thread
xeria
Jul 26, 2004

Ruh roh...

JediTalentAgent posted:

As an aside to all this, but wasn't Glee sort of originally pitched as a movie?

I wonder if that lent itself to a different perspective when retooling it for TV. Knowing it's only going to be a 1-hour pilot lets them trim the fat of a 90-120min film while looking at cut ideas and sequel ideas as things to more fully develop in series.

Never watched Glee, myself, though, so I'm probably missing something.

I believe the original idea for Glee was a movie (from one of the two non-Ryan Murphy showrunners), and also much darker than even the first season of the show it ended up being. Then Murphy got a hold of it and wanted to make it more comedic.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

DrVenkman
Dec 28, 2005

I think he can hear you, Ray.

Bown posted:

I totally forgot that Glee used to be good. They really dropped all the satirical elements (like all the cheerleaders being in the celibacy club) incredibly quickly.

GLEE was an odd beast in the first season. There were only 3 writers, and it was pulled from pillar to post as each writer did their own thing. I can't remember which one it was but one of them produced a show I wanted to see, which is a sadder show than what was usually making it to air. It acknowledged that for a lot of these kids (And for Will) Glee club would probably be the best thing they'd do. Then of course like anything Ryan Murphy touches it just goes off the rails.

lomzus
Mar 18, 2009
Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead at 46, Was to Headline New Showtime Comedy

http://tvline.com/2014/02/02/philip-seymour-hoffman-dead-dies-46-years-old/

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames

lomzus posted:

Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead at 46, Was to Headline New Showtime Comedy

http://tvline.com/2014/02/02/philip-seymour-hoffman-dead-dies-46-years-old/

Holy gently caress, this is depressing and unexpected. poo poo.

I'm gonna rewatch The Master tonight. Such a great film.

Irish Joe
Jul 23, 2007

by Lowtax
Man that sucks. PSH was a brilliant character actor.

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


Wow, he looked way older than 46.

precision
May 7, 2006

by VideoGames

raditts posted:

Wow, he looked way older than 46.

Especially for a heroin addict. For reference, this is what Burroughs looked like at FIFTY-six:

Mu Zeta
Oct 17, 2002

Me crush ass to dust

Tom Cruise is 51

Irish Joe
Jul 23, 2007

by Lowtax

Mu Zeta posted:

Tom Cruise is 51

Yup.

Joramun
Dec 1, 2011

No man has need of candles when the Sun awaits him.

Mu Zeta posted:

Tom Cruise is 51

William Shatner is 82

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Joramun posted:

William Shatner is 82



William Shatner's face is made of plastic

scary ghost dog
Aug 5, 2007
William Shatner looks 82 in anything but closeup. You think that's real hair on his head? He wore a toupee back in TOS.

timeandtide
Nov 29, 2007

This space is reserved for future considerations.
:twentyfour: teaser promos. Warning: these DEFINE the word "tease" and are only like 10 seconds each and show no actual footage, but they're nice mood setters.

http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/02/02/24-live-another-day-teaser-trailers/

CaptainHollywood
Feb 29, 2008


I am an awesome guy and I love to make out during shitty Hollywood horror movies. I am a trendwhore!
Who else here is a 'loser'?

http://www.digitalspy.ca/ustv/s227/agents-of-shield/news/a548207/clark-gregg-on-agents-of-shield-ratings-slide-losers-quit-watching.html

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

The longer 24 thing just aired during the Super Bowl. Chloe's looking kinda goth now and Jack literally does Big Boss' scream when he fires his gun, so I guess he's fully assumed that character.

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"
Jack Bauer & Chloe Salander+explosions+gunfire+screaming=Oh hell yes.

Webbeh
Dec 13, 2003

IF THIS IS A 'LOST' THREAD I'M PROBABLY WHINING ABOUT
STABBEY THE MEANY
For those who didn't see it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo4_r5RlBII

PriorMarcus
Oct 17, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT BEING ALLERGIC TO POSITIVITY


HAHAHAHA! Jesus. What the gently caress is this?

Mu Zeta
Oct 17, 2002

Me crush ass to dust

I think Stephen Fry plays the villain or something. It's going to be fun.

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"

Mu Zeta posted:

I think Stephen Fry plays the villain or something. It's going to be fun.

Fry is the British PM and William Devane is the POTUS.

Lovely Joe Stalin
Jun 12, 2007

Our Lovely Wang
Well that looks like dogshit.

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

Rapey Joe Stalin posted:

Well that looks like dogshit.
Shut up, it looks amazing. :colbert:

Gonz posted:

Fry is the British PM and William Devane is the POTUS.
Heller is the President now?! Oh gently caress yeah.

CaptainHollywood
Feb 29, 2008


I am an awesome guy and I love to make out during shitty Hollywood horror movies. I am a trendwhore!

Rageaholic Monkey posted:

Shut up, it looks amazing. :colbert:

It does look really good. Everyone has said that 24 would be such a better show if it were only 12 episodes... and now we're going to see it.

Mulva
Sep 13, 2011
It's about time for my once per decade ban for being a consistently terrible poster.

Gonz posted:

Fry is the British PM and William Devane is the POTUS.

President of tearing up poo poo?

DivisionPost
Jun 28, 2006

Nobody likes you.
Everybody hates you.
You're gonna lose.

Smile, you fuck.

Boogaleeboo posted:

President of tearing up poo poo?

President of Offense

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

DivisionPost posted:

President of Offense
:allears:

I can't wait to livepost with you guys again during Live Another Day. Liveposting here when 24 was on was always so much fun.

PriorMarcus
Oct 17, 2008

ASK ME ABOUT BEING ALLERGIC TO POSITIVITY

Where did BrooklynBruiser go?

X-O
Apr 28, 2002

Long Live The King!

I can't wait for 24. It's about time Jack Bauer was back on TV.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Rapey Joe Stalin posted:

Well that looks like dogshit.

It is a 30 second slow motion clip of Kiefer Sutherland firing a gun. How the hell does it look like anything? It's not good, it's not dogshit, it can't be either. It just... is.

Lovely Joe Stalin
Jun 12, 2007

Our Lovely Wang
BRITAIN! WE'RE IN BRITAIN LOOK IT'S BRITAIN, BRITAIN!


BRITAIN!

It looks like a parody clip from an ITV sketch show.

ChickenMedium
Sep 2, 2001
Forum Veteran And Professor Emeritus of Condiment Studies

:argh: "Our show doesn't suck, you suck!" :argh:

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002



God drat I am counting the loving days. JACK IS BACK!

Tuxedo Jack
Sep 11, 2001

Hey Ma, who's that band I like? Oh yeah, Hall & Oates.
I'm glad Jack is back, and I'm gonna watch it... But let's not pretend the last two seasons of 24 weren't garbage. My expectations are very, very low.

DaveWoo
Aug 14, 2004

Fun Shoe
I'm looking forward to the return of 24 and all, but man, that is one goofy-rear end promo.

*bang* *bang* AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGHHHHHH :byodood:

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"
O/U on total number of failed perimeters this season: 6

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"
Looking forward to seeing how many moles are embedded inside of the UK's Countere Terrourism Unitte.

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

Tuxedo Jack posted:

I'm glad Jack is back, and I'm gonna watch it... But let's not pretend the last two seasons of 24 weren't garbage. My expectations are very, very low.
What were you watching?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-iDguioxV8

(Though yeah, it definitely wasn't all this good.)

X-O
Apr 28, 2002

Long Live The King!

Tuxedo Jack posted:

I'm glad Jack is back, and I'm gonna watch it... But let's not pretend the last two seasons of 24 weren't garbage. My expectations are very, very low.

Season 7 of 24 was one of the better ones. The last season was probably around the middle of the pack though.

Mu Zeta
Oct 17, 2002

Me crush ass to dust

The 24 Redemption movie was terrible.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

Mu Zeta posted:

The 24 Redemption movie was terrible.
Yeah that was worse than the worst season of 24.

  • Locked thread