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  • ThePPL
    MVP
    • Jun 2008
    • 1030
    #46
    Re: Awake (NBC series)

    The biggest commercial I've seen of it was during the SuperBowl. I guess if you don't watch NBC often, you wouldn't have seen it.

    I will admit that I felt more encouraged to watch Awake because it was posted on this forum.

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      • Steel5
        MVP
        • Feb 2010
        • 1768
        #47
        Re: Awake (NBC series)

        Originally posted by ThePPL
        The biggest commercial I've seen of it was during the SuperBowl. I guess if you don't watch NBC often, you wouldn't have seen it.

        I will admit that I felt more encouraged to watch Awake because it was posted on this forum.
        That's an issue though. Ads for NBC shows are not seen as much as others because less people are watching NBC to begin with.

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          • AllJuicedUp
            Rookie
            • Apr 2011
            • 349
            #48
            Re: Awake (NBC series)

            So I'm about 2 minutes into the show and I hear the wife talk for the first time and I think to myself, "Oh ****, thats the chick from Terriers."

            There's another show that got cancelled way before its time.

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              • CMH
                Making you famous
                • Oct 2002
                • 26203
                #49
                Anyone watch the second episode?

                I enjoyed it a lot but I'm getting a Journeyman vibe which saddens me.


                Sent from my mobile device.
                "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                  • ThePPL
                    MVP
                    • Jun 2008
                    • 1030
                    #50
                    Re: Awake (NBC series)

                    Originally posted by CMH
                    Anyone watch the second episode?

                    I enjoyed it a lot but I'm getting a Journeyman vibe which saddens me.


                    Sent from my mobile device.
                    I watched it. Definitely not as good as the pilot, but solid episode. Thought the "green world" case was kind of interesting (Pretty **** up what the doctor did), and a cool twist at the end of the show.

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                      • CMH
                        Making you famous
                        • Oct 2002
                        • 26203
                        #51
                        Re: Awake (NBC series)

                        Originally posted by ThePPL
                        I watched it. Definitely not as good as the pilot, but solid episode. Thought the "green world" case was kind of interesting (Pretty **** up what the doctor did), and a cool twist at the end of the show.
                        I'm slightly disappointed with the last minute reveal because it changes the show. Makes it more sci-fi rather than some inexplicable phenomena the man is going through.

                        Sometimes not everything needs an explanation.
                        "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                        "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                          • ThePPL
                            MVP
                            • Jun 2008
                            • 1030
                            #52
                            Re: Awake (NBC series)

                            Originally posted by CMH
                            I'm slightly disappointed with the last minute reveal because it changes the show. Makes it more sci-fi rather than some inexplicable phenomena the man is going through.

                            Sometimes not everything needs an explanation.
                            Yeah it changes the whole dynamic of the show, but I'm fine with it because it also brings more substance, hopefully preventing the show from getting stale.

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                              • NYG_Meth
                                The OS Artist Guy
                                • May 2003
                                • 3920
                                #53
                                Re: Awake (NBC series)

                                I did not like the reveal at the end of episode 2 at ALL. I really don't like the whole "conspiracy" angle. It seems so cliche and unnecessary, making the show more about twists and thrills than substance and character development.
                                MIKE METH
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                                  • CMH
                                    Making you famous
                                    • Oct 2002
                                    • 26203
                                    #54
                                    Re: Awake (NBC series)

                                    Originally posted by NYG_Meth
                                    I did not like the reveal at the end of episode 2 at ALL. I really don't like the whole "conspiracy" angle. It seems so cliche and unnecessary, making the show more about twists and thrills than substance and character development.
                                    Exactly how I feel.

                                    Truthfully, it felt like a studio executive push. Something a head honcho said had to be thrown into the story because otherwise none of this makes sense.

                                    How about just telling a story that involves a man battling between two realities in which one of his loved ones has passed away? That's already interesting enough.

                                    Now the show feels like a more dramatic No Ordinary Family.

                                    You know, with its low ratings, I'm walking away. Saving myself the disappointment. Hopefully Touch doesn't disappoint me.
                                    "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                                    "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                                      • JayBee74
                                        Hall Of Fame
                                        • Jul 2002
                                        • 22989
                                        #55
                                        Re: Awake (NBC series)

                                        Missed the second episode. I just added it to my Hulu que. I'm DVRing the third one tonight.

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                                          • Money99
                                            Hall Of Fame
                                            • Sep 2002
                                            • 12695
                                            #56
                                            Re: Awake (NBC series)

                                            I'm really enjoying the show, but after 3(?) episodes I'm ready for them to progress the reasons he's living in two worlds and the reasons behind the accident that sparked it all.

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                                              • untrugby
                                                Haterade Drinker
                                                • Aug 2010
                                                • 1613
                                                #57
                                                Re: Awake (NBC series)

                                                Originally posted by Money99
                                                I'm really enjoying the show, but after 3(?) episodes I'm ready for them to progress the reasons he's living in two worlds and the reasons behind the accident that sparked it all.
                                                exactly why the show cant and wont last more than the half season. I hope they know this and have the whole thing wrapped up by then. I didnt mind the reveal at the end of the 2nd episode because you can only do so much with the dual realities especially since he doesnt care which one or if either of them are real.

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                                                  • CMH
                                                    Making you famous
                                                    • Oct 2002
                                                    • 26203
                                                    #58
                                                    Re: Awake (NBC series)

                                                    I think that reveal is the death of the show.

                                                    It could have been a procedural with a dramatic twist. A man struggling between two worlds because he loves both people equally, but being handed this opportunity to experience both realities so that he could solve crimes and help people.

                                                    There are far more better reasons for him experiencing this: limbo, coma, a gift. This sci-fi element is hogwash.
                                                    "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                                                    "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                                                      • ThePPL
                                                        MVP
                                                        • Jun 2008
                                                        • 1030
                                                        #59
                                                        Re: Awake (NBC series)

                                                        Originally posted by CMH
                                                        I think that reveal is the death of the show.

                                                        It could have been a procedural with a dramatic twist. A man struggling between two worlds because he loves both people equally, but being handed this opportunity to experience both realities so that he could solve crimes and help people.

                                                        There are far more better reasons for him experiencing this: limbo, coma, a gift. This sci-fi element is hogwash.
                                                        There was nothing sci-fi about the twist on the second episode. Like NYG_Meth mentioned, it just opened up a "conspiracy angle".

                                                        The show feels kind of dry sometimes and I almost tuned out of it at the beginning of the third episode, but tuned back because there was nothing on. I must say I was glad I did. It was cool how he was trying to get advice with a criminal in one world, when he was dead in the other.

                                                        I agree the reveal would be the end of the show. It would affect Michael's whole life and possibly take off the illusion he's living. There's no "mini-series" label, so my guess the producers intentions is to make the series last even a couple of seasons if possible.

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                                                          • CMH
                                                            Making you famous
                                                            • Oct 2002
                                                            • 26203
                                                            #60
                                                            The only way someone can exist in two different worlds - using the assumption that an entity or corporation was responsible for it - is if something scientific was done to him.


                                                            Sent from my mobile device.
                                                            "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                                                            "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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