Tag: pilot

  • Virtuality (TV)-Review, Analysis of Fate

    Virtuality Review/Analysis of Fate I read Variety almost daily and watch plenty of TV, but I wouldn’t even have known the TV movie/pilot Virtuality existed were it not for it being on Hulu’s homepage. It’s a sci-fi movie that was meant to be a TV pilot, about a group of astronauts on a 10 year…

  • Writing “Big” – Season 1 of Damages

    Damages Commentary On the advice of some fellow writers, I decided to check out FX’s Damages whose first season is conveniently available for free (and legally I believe, since it was linked from Hulu) on Crackle.com. I was actually predisposed to dislike the show, despite the raves of some writers I know, the concept just…

  • Breaking Bad-New Best Show on Television

    Breaking Bad Commentary I have watched a lot of TV pilots recently in a bid to familiarize myself more with the current tv landscape. Here’s a little rundown. Kings Southland Dollhouse Mad Men None of the above shows have grabbed me like my all-time favorite, FX’s The Shield, did. None of those shows inspired in me…

  • Kinda Like A Rough, Over-acted Draft of Juno

    United States of Tara Pilot Review One wonders how much clout a Steven Spielberg created series has based on the pilot of United States of Tara. The idea is okay, and certainly fits easily into the “edgy” family subgenre popular on channels like Showtime, HBO, and FX. But something is lacking in the execution. Maybe…