ABC's the Last Resort: Really brings the crazy
 

After viewing the Yahoo edition of the new show, all I can say is wow, there's a whole lotta crazy here.



In the span of 44 minutes

• Boomer sub ordered to fire nukes
• Boomer captain questions orders
• Deputy Secretary relieves Boomer Captain of command
• XO and now acting captain questions order
• Navy SEALS barge into the conn to pistol whip the crew
• Other US sub fires Tomahawk on Boomer
• US nukes Pakistan
• Lots of people get yanked off the phone by ominous Fed-types
• Boomer captain commandeers island and NATO station
• Boomer captain fires nukes at DC (and the XO goes along with that)

The really nutty part: at the end, the Captain suggests the rebuild their dream society on the island.

I like action movies, I like sub action movies, but Crimson Tide has been done and Last Resort does not do it better. There are so many actions taken that simply beggar belief--how fast can a nuclear sub commander go rogue? If he had been planning to go rogue for years, well, maybe the moves that Captain Marcus Chaplan makes would stand up to scrutiny. But otherwise, it's really a stretch to think an American captain would nuke DC. Don't they know about the Smithsonian?

There are sub-plots, like the super-hot female officer struggling to earn respect in a man's world; the GQ Seal who goes all Lord of the Flies as soon as his boots are dry; and the unspoken bond between the Captain and his XO that defines loyalty. But the sum of its parts is still Network TV, and not the Breaking Bad/LOST/Mad Men variety. Last Resort stumbles with an eagerness to establish the storyline that would be better served over several episodes. I mean, in the pilot nukes have been fired, islands stormed, government's toppled with intrigue, and people shot--where do they plan to go from here? It's gonna be quite a step down to keeping peace in the town and ensuring a treaty to keep liquor imports coming.

Watch for yourself, comments welcome!

Neal
SUBSIM


Owwww!
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5963




This is Captain Marcu...oh hell, you know who I am--I've said it 23 times already.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5955




Brink hell, we're knee-deep in it!
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5957




Push the damn button already! It's my turn next.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5964



There's still time for a little of this.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5956




At last, at last...
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5962





Bet you don't see that every day on Gilligan's Island.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5961



Hey baby, I've got your thermonuclear right here.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5960





Another "oh crap!" moment coming up.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5954




Pakistan gets it in the balls.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5958



We've thought of everything. Glad the US don't got no stealth bombers, that would suck for us.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5959

What the...

{Disappointed groaning}

:down:

You Expected Realism?
 

Leave it to ABC to finally get women into the sub fleet.:doh:

I suppose with the concept of an unstable Presidency and military top command resigning, it is not inconceivable that a submarine commander would ask for conformation of a back-channel launch command.:har: I sure hope he didn't nuke too many ships off the coast of Washington.

But I suppose it is still a little far fetched. Isn't the ABC nuclear fleet leadership program like a six-week course now? I doubt anyone with training as in-depth as that would succumb to doubt with confirmed launch orders in hand!:salute:

So, pretty much exactly as we expected it would be then:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=195251

Screen Shots
 

Also, I thought it was very apropos that you placed the snapshot of the active launch missile tube directly below the snapshot of the girl straddling the guy in bed.
Followed of course by the actual missile launch!
:ping:

:rotfl2:

http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/upl...asy_island.jpg

Hello, everyone, welcome to the Laaaaast resort.

Oh, that's what the show is about? It's not about the "last ski resort" or the "last golf resort".

So it's a serious show about the US Silent Service and the serious nature of their work?

http://www.jppredicts.com/Blog/wp-co...8/NoSoFast.jpg

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5956












The show lost me by the opening credits.

1. What would hollywood do w/o CGI?
2. The chick looks like Melissa Gilbert.:haha:

http://i.ebayimg.com/04/!B-UO9fgBWk~...wDkkzg~~_1.jpg

Pa, are we at war?

3. OMG, there's a teminator on board! Everybody run!
4. Looks too PC for me.
5. $5 says there will be time travel by episode 5.
6. By episode 6, Hurley, Jack and Kate will be on the sub. Hurely plugs up the head and the show goes into it's second season.

My prediction: So it's Titanic+Crimson Tide+U-571.

Pa, why is everything written in German Pa?

I'm not Pa, I'm John Locke, and this submarine has special powers.



Oh-ficial RottenMcBee review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQyG7wS5-M

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=5959

Dude on the left: "So, what do you think will be lower? Our ratings or the Raiders next final score?"

Dude on the right: "Wait, is this the island that has the killer smoke, cuz I didn't sign up for that."

Dude on left: " So what does your character do again in the show?"

Dude on right: "My character is the guy in the motor-pool."

Dude on left" You've seen Star Trek, right?"

Dude on right: "yeah, why?"

Dude on left:" So the Capt'n, exec, and the dude from the motorpool go on a special mission,which character dies?"

Dude on right:http://my-popart-portrait.com/images...pg?bg=0xFFFFFF

Thanks for the link to watch the first episode before it premieres, gonna watch it at the weekend. I'll give it a try, but I am also someone who masochistically watched Terra Nova every week to see if there would be any developement. - never happened, lol

*lowers expectation bar to ground level*

Denny Green already reviewed it:

(note: has bad language)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc

I dont watch tv for a long time or its rare this days...why? because films like this and others looks like a mexican or Brazil novel...and i dont have time to this! :D

Hey, at least Terra Nova had Stephen Lang. :up: