5:03 pm - 05/14/2012
When one J.J. Abrams series passes away, it seems there's almost always another one waiting in the wings to take its place. With Fox's Alcatraz cut short after one season, Abrams' new high-concept NBC series Revolution is now on the way—and we've got the first, extended trailer right here.
If nothing else, this show looks risky. It's built on a big idea—all the electricity in the world is gone, apparently for good—then jumps 15 years into the future to an earthy post-apocalypse that feels like a bigger-budget version of the short-lived Showtime series Jeremiah. Only cooler.
The world is run by fiefdoms and militias, with everything from the White House to Wrigley Field buried under more than a decade of urban decay. Swords and crossbows are now commonplace, and the whole world feels like the bizarro Wild West.
Of course, this being a J.J. Abrams show, there is the big conspiracy setup: At least one character knew the blackout was coming and could hold the key to fixing everything. Cue the hero's journey, mysterious characters, etc.
You have to think that if this series didn't have big names like Abrams and Supernatural creator Eric Kripke behind the scenes, it'd be a little too "out there" for a major network. Luckily, the right people got behind it, and we'll get to see how this very cool alt-pocalypse plays out this fall.
Check out the extended trailer below:
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I would love to see this work...but since it's NBC it won't...which is sad. Also, why doesn't JJ have a tag?
A show that I will want to watch but if it's good NBC will cancel it
When one J.J. Abrams series passes away, it seems there's almost always another one waiting in the wings to take its place. With Fox's Alcatraz cut short after one season, Abrams' new high-concept NBC series Revolution is now on the way—and we've got the first, extended trailer right here.
If nothing else, this show looks risky. It's built on a big idea—all the electricity in the world is gone, apparently for good—then jumps 15 years into the future to an earthy post-apocalypse that feels like a bigger-budget version of the short-lived Showtime series Jeremiah. Only cooler.
The world is run by fiefdoms and militias, with everything from the White House to Wrigley Field buried under more than a decade of urban decay. Swords and crossbows are now commonplace, and the whole world feels like the bizarro Wild West.
Of course, this being a J.J. Abrams show, there is the big conspiracy setup: At least one character knew the blackout was coming and could hold the key to fixing everything. Cue the hero's journey, mysterious characters, etc.
You have to think that if this series didn't have big names like Abrams and Supernatural creator Eric Kripke behind the scenes, it'd be a little too "out there" for a major network. Luckily, the right people got behind it, and we'll get to see how this very cool alt-pocalypse plays out this fall.
Check out the extended trailer below:
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I would love to see this work...but since it's NBC it won't...which is sad. Also, why doesn't JJ have a tag?
Abrams too
LMAO at the 2012 World Champions on Wrigley Field.
so I sort of don't want to get involved with it because I know it'll never be resolved and the characters will go to shit and they will just keep throwing new mysteries in and killing off random people and...ugh
Awake for example. Excellent show (RIP), but it was starting to drag.
Either they're amazing but cancelled after the first season or it all turns into an utter clusterfuck.
From Fallout 1/2 and New Vegas with the California Republic and Legionairres and shit, it'd be crazy. I imagine it like a cross between True Blood and Spartacus. But it'd have to be on HBO or Starz or something.
IMO this looks like the non-religious version of Battlefield Earth right now. :/
I did this with LOST when it started to veer off course, they got off the island only to find that they are the only survivors of a nuclear holocaust and DHARMA knew it was coming and was preparing for the end.
That's how you know it's science fiction, ooooooh creepy.
and giancarlo esposito is waaay too good for this. the rest of the cast is literally a bunch of white bread nobodies.
also this is a super fun timeline from a couple days to billions of years without people: http://www.worldwithoutus.com/did_you_k