anyone else watching Jericho?

[AJ Dual]

That is why I still like Jericho. It does have a very unique premise. Attempting to deal, even semi-realisticaly, with a limited nuclear attack is pretty original. Other than "The Day After" which was realy a made for TV movie, I can't even think of a telivision series that came close.

As long as there's no MZB's being chased by left hand drive GT Ford Falcons, it'll be okay. 

[ilbob]

I hadn't watched any of the episodes yet so last night I watched the first 8 on the Internet, and the 9th this morning.

I could just nitpick all the technical mistakes (and there are a lot), but really, you have to give the writers a certain amount of creative freedom.

I give it a thumbs up.

[cosine]

What did y'all think of the latest episode of Jericho?

[gunsmith]

I didn't like the insinuation that some kind of "patriot" militia
was behind the bombings.
It's as if Hollywood thinks that if we just beat ourselves up that jihadist will just leave us alone.
Same problem I had with that lame movie "child of man".
Liberals see a bad man with a gun so they ban the gun, not the bad man.
I am so sick of political correctness being shoved down my throat in the guise of entertainment.

[Jamisjockey]

I didn't like the insinuation that some kind of "patriot" militia
was behind the bombings.
It's as if Hollywood thinks that if we just beat ourselves up that jihadist will just leave us alone.
Same problem I had with that lame movie "child of man".
Liberals see a bad man with a gun so they ban the gun, not the bad man.
I am so sick of political correctness being shoved down my throat in the guise of entertainment.

We don't know that the group isn't jihadist islam converts....

[Ron]

Looks like it is a military coup or something along those lines. Who else would have access to the satellite they used to show the guy playing with his kid in the yard?

[HankB]

I suspect the producers or the network required "politically correct" villains . . . notice that the (mostly) white guys delivered their bombs, the black guy (Hawkins) didn't blow up Columbus but rescued his family instead . . . it wouldn't surprise me if the bombers turn out to be neonazis who've infiltrated our government and have been running our brutal, illegal & immoral policies for years, and have grown impatient with the pesky little obstacles in their way (like the Constitution) as they try to reform America. 

(When they made Tom Clancy's The Sum of All Fears into a movie, the same mentality was at work when they made the villians modern neonazis instead of the Arab fanatics of the book.)

[RocketMan]

After Wednesday's episode it was pretty clear the villians are some "right wing conservative" group.  Those are almost the only kind of bad guys Hollywood will portray these days.
I am betting the missile launch will turn out to have been done by a conservative administration, and it will have been against an innocent country.  The EMP burst was in retaliation for those nuke shots.
The  earlier dropping of supplies with Chinese markings will turn out to be opportunism on their part.
I used to be interested in the show.  After Wednesday, seeing how the plot line is taking a typical Hollywood PC direction, it is losing its appeal.

[xsquidgator]

So, anyone watched the show recently (today is 3-12-08)?  I started watching a month or so ago when they started playing the first season's episodes on SciFi, and now we're DVRing the new episodes when they come on Tuesday nights.  Just watched episode 29 or 30 where the townspeople finally string up Goetz.  Good stuff.

By coincidence I've been re-reading Unintended Consequences the last couple of weeks (just got into the really good part last 1/3 or so) and the similarities between that and "occupied Jericho" really have me going.  You know, when it's time to bury 'em it's time to dig 'em up kind of stuff.  Anyone else get good and worked up watching this?

[mtnbkr]

It is definitely getting better.

Chris

[gunsmith]

its been a long time since I watched, political correctness of last year made me return to reading yet again.

[RocketMan]

It is definitely getting better.

Chris

Agreed.  I've started watching again.  The writing seems a little tighter, the stories more interesting.
Not great TV, but more watchable and more enjoyable than the first season.

[SomeKid]

It's like the writers are screaming "WOO HOO! LOOK AT THE BIG SECRETS WE"RE NOT TELLING YOU!  WOOOOOOOAH! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK!" They're just telegraphing it so hard, trying to compete with LOST&

Exactly. (As for Lost . . . aside from the silliness of the BIG unseen monster that was eating people, I quit watching Lost when the group was attacked by a polar bear in the jungle and were OUTRAGED that the guy who saved them used a GUN they felt he shouldn't have had . . . and then he let himself be disarmed.)

An armed man, let unarmed people disarm him, after he saved their lives? You joke, right?

[mtnbkr]

IIRC, they were outraged because he stole the gun and he let them have it because it was empty anyway.  No ammo means the gun is no more useful than a rock.  Lots of rocks on the island...

Chris

[mtnbkr]

its been a long time since I watched, political correctness of last year made me return to reading yet again.

It's a lot less PC this year.  The main characters are starting to talk about concepts such as freedom, oppression, etc.  Without getting into much detail, this week's episode had them dealing with their main oppressor.

Chris

[HankB]

The coming attractions imply Major Beck is going to hammer Jake and the towns of both New Bern and Jericho because Goetz finally got what was coming to him.

Of course, Goetz had already been FIRED by Ravenwood (and their employer, J&R) for embezzling funds, so I don't know what the problem is here. And it's not clear why Jake & Jericho are going to be punished, since Beck found Goetz strung up at New Bern.

Maybe they need to come up with some reason to have a car chase with a nuke . . . time for "willing suspension of disbelief" again.