Jericho - the movie

Holy shit, when did they make a second stargate movie! (I assume the TV stargate and not the original movie)
 
stargate tv shows are not defunct...

there is another sg 1 movie in the works, the 1st sga movie is probably going to be released at the end of this year

and in the fall the 3rd stargate show is going to start
 
Possible minor SPOILERS:
The Jericho movie is supposed to show what was going on across the entire USA during the time period of the show. I'm sure it will still tie in somehow to the town of Jericho and its inhabitants, but I don't know how. So basically the film will try to retell some of the story from a different perspective, as well as be bigger, more actiony, with more locations, and be accessible to newcomers as a stand-alone film.

What I am fearful about is that it won't tie off enough plot threads to be interesting for fans of the show, but I hope that they will prove me wrong. It could seem like a cheap disaster movie or it could be an interesting action / intrigue film. If the film is financially successful I wouldn't be surprised if they make it film 1 in a trilogy of Jericho movies intent on closing the plot in its entirety (minor SPOILER: probably ending with the country getting put back together).
 
Ah-teen. You have The ark of truth and Continuum.

TheWesDude. I never said that the stargate SHOWS are defunct. Stargate SG-1 is though and that's the show those two movies are based upon so my statement is still correct.
 
What this is outrageous! I'm the resident Jericho fanatic! Why did I not know of this!? My mind... its all coming apart!
 
SimpleMinded said:
I never understand this type of thing. If the show was good enough to make a movie out of, why did they let it die?
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I can imagine it being more expensive to make a whole new season of a series than to make a ready-for-tv movie with a rather low budget which this most likely will be.
 
I'd love if the movie showed the politics and stuff related to the iminent war of Texas & Columbia against the Allied States of America, or the situation east of the Missi-something river (ONU is the law there).

JR Jansen said:
TheWesDude said:
and in the fall the 3rd stargate show is going to start
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Do you have some more info on that. A link perhaps.
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http://forum.gateworld.net/forumdisplay.php?f=1

All possible and impossible information about any and everything Stargate.
 
Man I watched the first season and forgot all about Jericho. Hopefully the movie is as good as the Tv series. The idea of a move isa bit unexpected. Hope it isn't shity like a remake of the blob of the invasion of the body snatchers. hope i didn't grave dig.
 
Public said:
JR Jansen said:
You have The ark of truth and Continuum.
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And they suck.
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I admit the first was not so hot but Continuum was a big improvement. And it had RDA!


Public said:
I never understand this type of thing. If the show was good enough to make a movie out of, why did they let it die?
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Nothing lasts forever.
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I think that's a poor way to look at it... To more accurately answer the question we have to look at why the network canceled the program. It's a simple thing called ratings.

Ratings are mainly obtained from a little box connected to less than 1% of American TV's. This is called the Nielsen rating system. These several hundred thousand boxes report back to network bigwigs what the American public is watching. There are also things like mass snail mail reports where you receive a letter that asks what you watch on certain days (usually will contain one USD for your trouble).

How does one end up with a Nielsen box and how are we assured those that do have them are an accurate representation of what America is watching? That's a question that was brought up after the 1st cancellation of Jericho and it was found that there was no clear answer.

The rating system is broken... Pure and simple. As technology advances it becomes considerably more easy to provide this information as cable and satellite TV companies can record certain statistics about what their subscribers are watching.

With that said, there is not the kind of cooperation or in some cases accurate statistics that the networks would like to have at their disposal. So they are left with what little info they have to go off of.

Jericho was saved through radical and unconventional means. Some of those mans I suppose could have been considered black mail. The NY CBS studios had periods where their shipping and receiving facility was packed with nut shipments and they were unable or hindered when it came to everyday shipping and receiving. Corporate offices were also crammed wall to wall with flower shipments. The above signs and a higher than normal call volume gave CBS a pretty good idea that they canceled the show prematurely.

I'm not convinced CBS in all earnestness intended to run the second season with success in mind. I think it was a bone thrown to calm the hungry hounds at their door. That soothed their hunger long enough for the majority to loose interest in Jericho so when it finally did daybew it would fail. CBS claims their line-up for the fall was all ready filled when they decided to renew Jericho for another season... Maybe, but, there were far too many at CBS that tried to dump as much dirt on Jericho's shallow grave for me to buy into that.

cdoublejj said:
Man I watched the first season and forgot all about Jericho. Hopefully the movie is as good as the Tv series. The idea of a move isa bit unexpected. Hope it isn't shity like a remake of the blob of the invasion of the body snatchers. hope i didn't grave dig.
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For those that have not watched it, its well worth the purchase of season 2. It gets much darker and provides some closure to season 1.
 
Yeah season 1 was a cliff hanger then season 2 was planed to be in the works and i was pissed.
 
While I liked the premise, the series itself was rather disappointing. Not nearly dark enough, the whole radiation danger was haphazardly implemented (hey, let's hide in the cellar while this nukelar rain passes, then out we go and rejoice!), too much focus on social dynamics. Or rather, not enough balance between this and the underlying survival theme.

In short, don't really care.
 
DexterMorgan said:
While I liked the premise, the series itself was rather disappointing. Not nearly dark enough, the whole radiation danger was haphazardly implemented (hey, let's hide in the cellar while this nukelar rain passes, then out we go and rejoice!), too much focus on social dynamics. Or rather, not enough balance between this and the underlying survival theme.
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at the start i could easily forgive it these flaws. hell, it's mainstream media, what did you expect?

but the more it went on, the worse it got. meh. didn't bother after the end of SE1.
 
Jericho needed less human drama and more Post Nuclear attacked America drama.

More politics less human emotional drama.

It could have been great but was unfortunately turned into a soap opera. Lame.
 
no - the whole point was people surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Frankly, I'm surprised FO fans didn't seem to jump on the bandwagon.

Jericho was great, especially in regards to the sub-plots with spies and shit. Also, the stepping-in of a modern military controlled by the corrupt remnants of the old government was a nice treat - Enclave, anyone?

Jericho is like the FO universe w/out the 50's pre-conceptions of a post-nuclear world. The small towns battling each other, the large government-like groups locked in high-level standoffs, it's all golden!

The spy bit really added to the show, so it wasn't just "Survivor: Post-Nuclear".
(actually, that's a great idea for a show! lol)
 
dingohunternigel said:
no - the whole point was people surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Frankly, I'm surprised FO fans didn't seem to jump on the bandwagon.

Jericho was great, especially in regards to the sub-plots with spies and shit. Also, the stepping-in of a modern military controlled by the corrupt remnants of the old government was a nice treat - Enclave, anyone?

Jericho is like the FO universe w/out the 50's pre-conceptions of a post-nuclear world. The small towns battling each other, the large government-like groups locked in high-level standoffs, it's all golden!

The spy bit really added to the show, so it wasn't just "Survivor: Post-Nuclear".

(actually, that's a great idea for a show! lol)
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The creators of Jericho even said, "I think Tim Cain is a genius."

So any similarities are most likely intentional. It was just too girly for most... Guess that makes me a girl, meh *shrugs*
 
danielje said:
It could have been great but was unfortunately turned into a soap opera. Lame.
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I agree. I still watched both seasons but much of the time it felt pretty hokey. Like all of the characters were still trying to remain in this blissful rural-American, hometown, apple-pie community, when the world around them had changed forever. It needed more power grabs, more action, more brutal realities, more grittiness (for being cut off from the outside world and its luxuries, most people looked exceptionally well groomed), and more killings for supplies and/or because they were a threat - ain't no such thing as CSI in the post-nuclear world.

On a different topic, Skeet Ulrich (who played Jake Green) signed on to a new TV Series, "Back". But since it is also being made by CBS/Paramount there shouldn't be any contractual disputes to keep him out of any Jericho movie(s).
 
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