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Old 04-03-2014, 05:20 PM   #1
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THE LEFTOVERS (new HBO series from Damon Lindelof)

Been looking forward to this one for quite some time, and now we've finally got a premiere date for the start of its 10 episode first season. The pilot premieres Sunday, June 15th at 10pm, right after the s4 finale of Game Of Thrones, so it sure seems like HBO has a good feeling and some faith in it, they're pretty much giving it the best possible time slot.


It's based on a book by Tom Perrotta (author of books behind Election and Little Children) and it's mainly about the group of people apparently left behind on the planet after The Rapture whisks everyone else away to the afterlife. If I'm recalling this quote I saw a few months ago correctly, Stephen King called it "the best Twilight Zone episode you never saw". Damon Lindelof is writing the adaptation, Peter Berg directed the pilot and Lindelof is the main showrunner. The main cast includes Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler, Ann Dowd, Emily Meade and Annie Q.


The first trailer will both be online and air on HBO sometime this Sunday night, 4/6. (btw, for now at least can we please refrain from using this to talk about how much Lost sucked and the finale was a letdown...)
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    Prometheus sucked and was a letdown,
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    loopholllllllleeeee!!! *shakes fist*
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    Prometheus sucked and was a letdown,
    So was the end of Lost
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    I might check it out if it isn't cheesy.
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    I might check it out if it isn't cheesy.

    what the heck from everything that I wrote there in the OP would make you think that in particular would be a significant enough concern?
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    sounds interesting. still don't understand how justin theroux is famous. let me google .....he's been in a lot of stuff but is unrecognizable. good on him for banging aniston though
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    Re: THE LEFTOVERS (new HBO series from Damon Lindelof)

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    I might check it out if it isn't cheesy.
    It's HBO. That right there is enough to warrant at least watching the pilot.
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    what the heck from everything that I wrote there in the OP would make you think that in particular would be a significant enough concern?
    I couldn't stand those left behind movies, they were too preachy/religious.

    The plot of this sounds good but I don't want something that's going to be too preachy, when mainstream TV tries to do religion, it just comes off cheesy.

    I'm Catholic, but I don't need overbearing religion in my TV shows. You know what I mean?
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    Old 04-04-2014, 12:22 PM   #10
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    I couldn't stand those left behind movies, they were too preachy/religious.

    The plot of this sounds good but I don't want something that's going to be too preachy, when mainstream TV tries to do religion, it just comes off cheesy.

    I'm Catholic, but I don't need overbearing religion in my TV shows. You know what I mean?

    ohhhh okay. Well, don't mistake this show for any of those Kirk Cameron movies just because of a similar title. Granted I haven't read the source book, but I still feel reasonably confident in saying the last thing this series will be is preachy about religion. I think it's looking more at the sci-fi/genre angle of it all.
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    Old 04-04-2014, 12:29 PM   #11
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    ohhhh okay. Well, don't mistake this show for any of those Kirk Cameron movies just because of a similar title. Granted I haven't read the source book, but I still feel reasonably confident in saying the last thing this series will be is preachy about religion. I think it's looking more at the sci-fi/genre angle of it all.
    If they would have approached it like the 4400 instead of the Rapture I would have had a higher level of interest going into it.

    I'm still gonna check it out, HBO hasn't steered me wrong yet.
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    i read the book. i enoyed it.
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    i read the book. i enoyed it.
    is it overly religious?
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    dizzy, like I said in the OP, the guy who wrote this book, also did so for the movies of Election and Little Children, and with Stephen King comparing it to a great extended Twilight Zone episode, I really don't think you have to worry about religion. As weird as this may sound, I think the fact that the main plot is centered around something that has otherwise been commonly tied to a particular religion is almost incidental. Plus, the fact that Damon Lindelof wanted to make this into a TV show. and, someone who thinks Lost had a lot to do with religion, they really missed the point.
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    Hopefully the trailer should clear that up.
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    religion is there but not in a preachy way

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    I'll check it out. Sounds interesting enough.
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    Looking forward to that trailer today
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    Re: THE LEFTOVERS (new HBO series from Damon Lindelof)

    Alright well can't exactly say I'm super pumped after THIS teaser. Only 45 seconds long, and half of it was stock footage obviously not even from the show.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGjWr0K85S8
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    Only 2%? seems like a low number for a Rapture
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    oh wait, hang on... okay this didn't even fully click from my first view. From all that I read about this show, I was under the impression the 2% was about the number of people who REMAINED. That it was the large majority of people on the planet that were "taken", and it was this "small group" of people who were, well, the leftovers (obviously it would still amount to relatively a lot of people, but presumably the show would only center around a few of them).

    I was going to wait to actually check out the book in full until after this season was complete, but I think I might have to at least look for a synopsis right now.
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    Yeah from what I heard in the teaser 2% was what was taken.
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    alright a legit trailer now, all actual show footage about 2:40 long

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shn1mPejr_4


    this is technically NSFW, there's a tease of nudity and some language. Sunday June 29th at 10pm!! (right after the Thrones finale)
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    Yeah 2% doesn't seem like a whole lot to me. I dunno, might give it a try.
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    Looks amazing. So excited.
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    HBO typically delivers high quality television, IMO, and I am very interested in checking this show out.
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    That trailer was pretty bizarre.
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    Trailer really had me glued to the tv, despite not knowing WTF was going on.

    Looking forward to checking this one out.
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    saw the full trailer before GoT last night. this show looks like another winner for HBO.
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    Watch The Returned. It's a great series (only 8 episodes) and same kind of concept.
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