Summer Glau added to 'The Unit' on CBS
POSTED BY: Mavourneen
UPDATED: Friday, August 25, 2006 13:32
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Originally posted by notmandatory:
Quickie Overview:
The Unit is an ultra secret unit within the Army who carry out covert missions around the world. They aren't above the law, but they are not under posse commitatus in some scenarios. Their wives all know their "secret" but are sworn to protect their husband's cover.
It's well written, and the action sequences are believable. I like the show and the storyline.
When is it on? It sounds like it might be worth checking out.
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Right now its on Fridays, but is moving to Tuesdays this Fall.
I'm glad- Stargate and BSG are Fridays at the NotMandatory house!
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Originally posted by notmandatory:
The Unit is an ultra secret unit within the Army who carry out covert missions around the world. They aren't above the law, but they are not under posse commitatus in some scenarios. Their wives all know their "secret" but are sworn to protect their husband's cover.
In the interest of critical counterpoint: YMMV. I've only seen a few episodes, but it wasn't enough to hold my interest. Sadly, the show tends to take itself way too seriously (I spent the first three episodes waiting for the to-me-inevitable G.I. Joe quip, but none was forthcoming), and the characters just aren't terribly likeable. Way too much testosterone ('course, I'm a geek, and most of these guys remind me of the people who tried to beat me up in high school [but couldn't 'cause I outsmarted them]). The one who's supposed to be the audience identification character is by turns cardboard and idiotic (he's military, do they really have to explain military terminology to him?), and the wives seem to be trying out for Desperate Housewives ("look how boring and inconsequential we are without our fellas around"). In general, the main themes appeared to be "look how badass we are!" "Follow orders and the good guys win." "Truth, Justice and the American Way(tm)." and "look how badass we are!"
It makes a great recruitment video, but as a show, it leaves me bored.
(I'd rather serve on an SG team than the Unit, personally. They're smarter and have more fun. And they let the girls play.
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I've never watched 'The Unit', but I'll be tuning in to see Summer
(I love seeing my BDHs getting steady work!)
Of course first we have to watch the finale of the '4400' this Sunday, I really like what they've done with Summer's character; at first it seemed like she was type cast as the crazy girl but she has gotten very interesting and kinda scary.
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I can't say that I've seen this show but it is good news for Summer and a role away from sc-fi.
Anyone know what channel it is shown on in the UK???
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Quote:You have to watch The Unit with a different eye than something like SG-1.
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
It makes a great recruitment video, but as a show, it leaves me bored.
(I'd rather serve on an SG team than the Unit, personally. They're smarter and have more fun. And they let the girls play.
The Unit is based on the Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (a.k.a. Delta Force) and is produced by a former member of the real-life unit. Many of the stories in the first season come directly from his personal experiences.
Some might see it as overtly gung-ho-go-America, but so far it's been noticeably non-political, and really it's the most accurate depiction of the lives of elite soldiers (from any country) that you'll ever see on TV drama (although Delta isn't as secret now as it's depicted on the show, it was 15 to 20 years ago).
If Jack Bauer were a real guy, this is what he'd be doing.
I'm also excited to see Summer on the show. I'm very curious to see what her character will be like.
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Originally posted by notmandatory:
Right now its on Fridays, but is moving to Tuesdays this Fall.
I'm glad- Stargate and BSG are Fridays at the NotMandatory house!
Same at the Bad2Verse Household! Come on OCTOBER!!!!! The return of BATTLESTAR!
If Sci-Fi Had Battlestar AND Firefly they could rule the 'verse.. there'd be no need for me to EVER touch my remote control again (Especially since this is the last season, and last show, of "Deadwood")
Well.. OK, I may have to have the History Channel and the Discovery Channel also, for those times when Battlestar or Firefly wasn't on
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Hmmmmm... Hope we get it on Free to Air TV in Australia sometime soon.... and hopefuly not at 12.30am, it's either brilliant or mind-numbingly 
stuff that gets put on in that time slot... 
Yay for Summer! 
Magdalena x x
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Originally posted by notmandatory:
Right now its on Fridays, but is moving to Tuesdays this Fall.
I'm glad- Stargate and BSG are Fridays at the NotMandatory house!
It was on Tuesdays at 9 when it originally aired. I started watching it because it was made by the same guy who did The Shield, my second favorite show of all time, Shawn Ryan, who also helped to procude 22 episodes of Angel and wrote for 5 of them.
The plot was good enought to keep my interest through all thirteen episodes, and of course I really like Dennis Haysbert.
I am really glad to see that Summer will have a cast role on this show, I am looking forward to the next season even more now. Thanks for sharing.
~Jimi
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I've never heard of the "The Unit" probably cause I'm English plus if it was on Sky or some digital channel I can't watch it cause I haven't got digital TV.I wish Summer all the best on her future acting rolls & hopefully playing the role of River sometime soon would be nice.Hey I wonder if Summer's got a role where she appears in more than a few episodes of the "The Unit" & she's playing a girlfriend will we finally get to see her in a sex scene(can't wait for that).
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