The 4400

POSTED BY: Beatle
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 04:45
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BEATLE

Tuesday, August 3, 2004 1:37 AM

Has any of you been watching this show on the USA network? I am loving it and can't wait for each episode to come out.

MAKEROFPATHS

Tuesday, August 3, 2004 4:35 AM

Can't get it in Canada (yet), but I just read on tvshowsondvd.com it's tentatively coming to DVD (!) Dec. 21 from Paramount.

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"When one man chases a hare, he finds a hare. But when many men chase a hare, they find a dragon."
--Source: The Darkness That Comes Before, by R. Scott Bakker.

HAKEN

Tuesday, August 3, 2004 8:05 AM

Yup. Been watching it. It's great. They have a marathon this weekend for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. Almost makes me want to go and start a fansite for it.

BEATLE

Tuesday, August 3, 2004 5:52 PM

There would certainly be a lot to talk about.

OKKAY

Tuesday, August 3, 2004 8:15 PM

I'm watching it. Enjoying it for the most part. It's got a lot of interesting ideas, but it's also been a little slow in my opinion. There are a couple issues that they seem to be dragging out a little too long.

FLOATER68

Tuesday, August 3, 2004 8:45 PM

I really like Joel Gretsch, who plays Tom Baldwin. Does anyone remember him as the uber-evil Col. Crawford in Taken?

F68

HJERMSTED

Tuesday, August 3, 2004 9:30 PM

For a completely HUMORLESS show, The 4400 is pretty good.

Thankfully it's a short mini-series... the far too serious nature of every single character all the time would bore me in a full season run. This is the very same reason I stopped watching Smallville... all drama no humor.

I find myself imagining how differently Joss would have handled the whole "Close Encounters meets the X-Men" premise and in what ways he would have made it funny.

Joss would have probably put the "heroic" character (who beat up hoodlums in the park) in a superhero costume or something quirky I think. Some kind of pop-culture comic book referencing pathos was definitely needed in that character. The writing as it was didn't make me care about the character. Spoiler invis-o-text:

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His death was predictable and thus did not move me at all. Nor did the writers earn the sappy 'inspired masses' ending. This was one self-contained episode that should have been developed into a humorous character arc across the span of several episodes giving the viewer more time to give a crap about this guy.

I think the young premonition girl would be INFINITELY more interesting and hilarious with Joss writing her lines.

mattro

RIVERGIRL

Wednesday, August 4, 2004 1:17 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Floater68:
I really like Joel Gretsch, who plays Tom Baldwin. Does anyone remember him as the uber-evil Col. Crawford in Taken?

F68

typecasting??

anyway isnt this marathon leading to the finale? how can they possibly wrp up all the questions.

hopefully better than TAKEN did--50 years of lost lives, torture-betrayal etc etc because an alien fell in love ??

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

HJERMSTED

Wednesday, August 4, 2004 7:53 PM

I wonder how expanded the DVD set will be compared to what aired...

mattro

JAYNEZTOWN

Monday, September 17, 2007 4:06 PM

'The 4400' Creator Taking on 'Jericho'

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/jericho/the-4400-creator-taking-on-jer
-10742.aspx

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