ABC's THE RIVER
ABC's THE RIVER
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#1ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/7/12 at 10:06pm
The other heavily-hyped TV premiere this week with Spielberg's name behind it.
Watching it now...holy yeesh does this ever suck.
#2ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/7/12 at 10:22pmoy I'm dvring it to watch later. Should I bother?
#2ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/7/12 at 10:29pm
Gosh, this is awful.
Aside from having every horror movie cliche imaginable, there are characters with completely obvious "secrets", and writing that's laughably bad.
It's desperately trying to be the new Lost, but it's failing miserably.
#3ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/7/12 at 11:11pmyeah, I'm ten minutes in and it sucks.
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#4ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/8/12 at 2:08amwhy does everyone's response to tv shows now have to be "it's trying to be the new Lost"... sheesh...
#5ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/8/12 at 3:00amMeh I thought it was ok-- I suppose I could stick with it for the six more episodes planned for this year. Nice to see Joe Anderson.
#6ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/8/12 at 6:06am
why does everyone's response to tv shows now have to be "it's trying to be the new Lost"... sheesh...
With this show, it's painfully obvious. Jungle setting, flashbacks, a creepy, unknown, being that kills people, and now they're conveniently marooned.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#7ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/8/12 at 8:05amI didn't think it was that bad. I'll give it another couple weeks.
#9ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/8/12 at 10:29am
Not sure what other shows people have been comparing to "Lost," but what I saw was pretty much just a sh*tty version of "Lost."
I made it through about 20 minutes and then tried to tune it out, as the bf kept watching.
I kept hearing those awful lines tumble out of the characters' mouths and THUNK to the floor. I honestly can't recall when I've heard worse dialog.
I have to say though that, while admitting it was clunky, the bf liked it. So, to each his own.
Updated On: 2/8/12 at 10:29 AM
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#10ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/8/12 at 10:52am
I lost LOST about sometime through the second season, but comparing the two shows what an art form it is to make a spooky TV show with strong storytelling.
Watching this rather unappealing cast spout that dialogue (which ranges from "I'm not a kid anymore!" to "What do you want from us??!!") was painful. They all seemed, well, lost.
#11ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/8/12 at 10:55amBesides the tacky dialogue and story line, the jumpy camera work that they're using is irritating to me. I thought they were trying to be a little too much Blair Witch.
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#12ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/8/12 at 11:38am
Once Upon a Time... the new LOST
Fringe... the new LOST
Alcatraz... the new LOST
Flash Forward... thew new LOST
The Event... the new LOST
Person of Interest... the new LOST
Heroes... the new LOST
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#15ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/8/12 at 11:52am
After a few weeks, I found Once Upon a Time to be the new Sominex.
#17ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/9/12 at 4:21amTo be (kinda) fair, the shaky "home movie" video work is a staple of the producers who did the Paranormal Activity movie (at least the first). I honestly didn't see so much Lost (and I didn't think Lost tried hard to be particularly spooky--just a bit mysterious--in its early episodes anyway), but I guess it is kinda a mix of the two (and of course Paranormal Activity goes back to Blair Witch). I think it also suffers somewhat from trying to be a full on horror show but on network tv.
Broadway Joe
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/10
#18ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/11/12 at 7:13amThis show sucks, it's boring and the cast is terrible. It won't last very long.
iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#19ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/13/12 at 8:40pm
I've enjoyed it so far. There. I said it. I understand all the criticism and will admit that much of it is justified, but still, I'm ready for episode 3.
It probably helps that I never watched Lost.
#20ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/14/12 at 3:23pm
Fringe... the new LOST
Fringe?!?! I never heard that comparison. It's basically the new X-Files, but nothing like Lost.
After a few weeks, I found Once Upon a Time to be the new Sominex.
Oh, thank God. I thought it was just me.
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#21ABC's THE RIVER
Posted: 2/14/12 at 5:35pmI think The Lost comparison is very short sighted. If you watched episode 2, all those "OMG smoke monster" comparisons don't apply anymore. If anything, The River is an anthology horror series disguised as a narrative show. The first episode was the baby monster. The second episode was haunted dolls. It feels like the characters are going to stumble across a new horror every week as they journey further and further to find the missing people from the abandoned boat.
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