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Summary: More great JMS work...
Review: I think jeremiah (based on a series of graphic novels by hermann huppen) is an excellent show, and another example of JMS at his best. Although some of season 1 fell a little flat (mostly scripts NOT written by JMS), it is still an excellent show for any that like long, arc based entertainment. I was actually impressed with Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and I never thought in a million years I would say that. The stories are entertaining, and sometimes frightening (Firewall, Tripwire, etc.) Most importantly, it sets the stage for what has so far been an outstanding season 2. As a HUGE JMS fan, I can't wait for this set to hit shelves.
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Summary: Jeremiah
Review: I was hooked from the first episode. This isn't just another show, that entertains from episode to episode. This grips you and leaves you wanting more.The best part about the dvd's is that the next episode is just minutes away, instead of a week away. I'm glad to have this as part of my collection, and can't wait to have season two, sitting right beside it.
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Summary: I want to know what happens next!
Review: I was prepared to like this series, after being a big fan of Babylon 5. I don't have Showtime, so I didn't see it as it aired. The premise is good, and designed to appeal to network executives: 15 years ago, everyone past puberty died in a plague. Therefore, everyone left alive today is under 30... and has few social inhibitions against nudity or casual sex. (Hooray for cable!) People are starting to believe that they're not going to die the Big Death themselves, and are creating families and communities. The big raiding gangs are running out of places to raid, and people are banding together to kill them off. And now people in the hidden shelters, laden with the old technology, are starting to come out and shape the world... Will we make a new world that's better than the old? Or will the remains of the old shape the new? The show is very powerful. Right and wrong are frequently blurry. Real things happen; our heroes sometimes make a difference and sometimes fail. And it's got a socko ending! I gave this 4 stars because sometimes it seemed to lose focus. There are some practical issues; I think there's entirely too much clothing in good repair all over the place, and canned tuna doesn't last 15 years. I think. Though our characters do make it up from time to time. At one point, they identified someone from an enclave by his underwear: "Hey, Jeremiah, when's the last time you saw someone wearing undamaged underpants?" I also wanted to see more DVD extras. There were some features on the first disc, but all the others didn't even have a commentary track. I missed that. And for you hearing-impaired folks, I never managed to find a way to turn on close-captioning or subtitles. So if the show premise sounds interesting to you, go for it. If you're not sure, let's wait and see how the next seasons go.
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Summary: A tragically underrated sci-fi classic
Review: In this series by the creators of Babylon 5 (which I liked much less than Jeremiah), Luke Perry plays Jeremiah, a kind of lost, disaffected mid-20s guy who 15 years earlier lived through what's come to be known as the Big Death - a bioweapon hormone-based virus that 15 years earlier wiped out everyone who was past puberty. So it was that civilization was totally engulfed in post-apocalyptic chaos, since the only people who were left living were the children.
Things haven't changed much in 15 years. In fact, with supplies from "Before" rapidly waning, things may actually be getting worse. There's no electricity or running water or long-distance communication any more, batteries and gasoline are worth their weight in gold, food is hard to come by, and society is basically total anarchy. They're living off the scraps of the world "before."
In the midst of all of this, Jeremiah's on a quest to find the place that his parents told him they were heading to for safety before they disappeared 15 years earlier. He assumes they're dead like all the other adults, but still wants to know "how their story ends."
In the pilot he meets Kurdy, who is played to pitch perfection by Malcolm Jamal Warner as this slightly younger, very lonely guy and they sort of form a team, realizing there's strength in numbers. He's looking for something too - he just isn't sure what that might be yet.
The series is about the really gritty, harsh world they live in, the political battles between the various factions that want to take over, and the hope of a better tomorrow. The story telling is very intimate. The scripts are often punctuated by quiet, revealing moments for the characters, and the show makes no bones about how much the inhabitants of this world constantly suffer, so it's really harrowing at times, but the characterization and acting and plot are extremely gripping.
I originally caught this when it aired on Showtime and bought the season on DVD, and I wasn't sorry. The world of the show is very realistic, and the dialogue is fascinating, because none of these characters went to school much, and they all talk and act like you'd expect people whose world ground to a traumatic halt as children to act. They're bratty, selfish, manipulative, never stupid (survival skills born of necessity and all that) sometimes painfully naive, and always hopeful that things will return to the way they were "before."
The DVD has hours of extras that show exactly how much thought has gone into building the mythos of this show. Showtime is just now going to start airing the second half of S2 in September 2004 (the last new episode aired November 2003) and no one is sure about a third season. But this is modern sci fi at its best and most gripping, and while the price is a bit steep at nearly $80, it's well worth it for the quality. Who would have thought that a show starring Dylan from "90210" and Cliff Huxtable's only son could be this good? =)
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Summary: Just great!
Review: Jeremiah is set in a post-apokalyptic world where a virus has killed all adults. 15 years later, most people are fighting over the little crumbs that are left from the "old world", while some factions are trying to rebuild "their" versions of a new nation.
Jeremiah is all about hope in a hopeless world, about using and abusing power in order to build a society out of the ashes.
'Jeremiah' has complex characters, an interesting story arc and fantastic dialogs. And btw, I saw M-J Warner only on 'The Crosby Show' before watching this series and couldn't believe he is such a great actor!
To conclude, 'Jeremiah' is just one of the best shows I have seen on TV in a long time.
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Summary: THE BIG DEATH
Review: MAN WHEN I WAS WATCHING IT I FELT LIKE IT COULD REALLY HAPPEN,I WENT THOURGH ALL TYPES OF EMOTION WACTHING IT I COULD FEEL WHAT LUKE AND MALCHOLM WAS GOING THROUGH.BUT FOR ME IT WAS A GREAT RIDE BUT RIGHT NOW I'M WAITING FOR SEASON 2 TO COME OUT
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Summary: Jeremiah-Season 1
Review: One of the best series put out. If you like Stargate series, you WILL like this one as well.
The character development between the 2 main leads is great to watch. 2 strangers learning to understand and respect each other. The humor gets better, and its nice to watch the relationship grow.
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Summary: Knock-off of a knock-off....
Review: Saw the knock-off series "Jeremiah" when it was the classic Star Trek episode "Miri", in which all the adults past puberty were killed by a virus originally meant to prolong life. Also saw it as the Canadian TV series "The Tribe", in which all the adults are killed by some sort of plague. Also read it in "The Kindling", by Jennifer Armstrong, a novel in which teenagers must care for the younger kids after a virus wipes out their memories and kills all adults.
I laughed when the Amazon reviewer called the premise of "Jeremiah" "intriguing".
Well, the other works don't have Luke Perry or pretty F/X. Maybe that's the "intriguing" part of this latest adaptation of one of the most overused themes in Science Fiction.
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Summary: WAITING FOR 2ND SEASON
Review: SIMPLY WONDERFUL ALL THE WAY---JUST HURRY AND RELEASE SEASON 2 PLEASE ON DVD------IF YOU LIKE X-FILES YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOX SET
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Summary: Interesting new science fiction drama from "Babylon 5"writer
Review: The world ends not with a bang but a virus. The "Big Death" has wiped out 6 billion people made up of teenagers and adults and left a world full of orphaned children. Jeremiah is one of these orphaned children trying to find his way in a post-apocalyptic world created from the memory of a dead world. Jeremiah's goal in his new world and new life is to help as many people along the way as he can. His other goal is to find the mysterious "Valhalla Sector" that his father told him about before he died. Somehow it is tied into the tragedy of the past and the fate of the future. J. Michael Strazyncski's latest series written and developed for Showtime is adapted from Herman Huppen's comic book of the same name. While the scope of "Jeremiah" is much smaller than "Babylon 5", the stories are just as well told and focus more on character than technology. Luke Perry as the title character provides a fresh spin on a character that could easily have fallen into cliche. Malcolm-Jamal Warner provides balance for Perry's altruistic attempt to try and right the wrongs of the world. The two have chemistry on screen and make even the weakest episodes interesting. While "Jeremiah" has a way to go before it can follow in the rather large footsteps of "Babylon 5" and "Crusade", it's off to a promising start. Stracyznski wrote the pilot as well as roughly half 19 episodes included in this six disc first season boxed set. While the writing does occasionally fail to deliver, the series provides interesting and powerful entertainment as this new venue allows Stracyznski to tackle a number of subjects he wasn't able to with the broad canvas of "Babylon 5". One of the weaknesses of the first couple of episodes is the villain Theo. While it's interesting to see a woman cast as the "bad guy" in a series like this, the character isn't threatening enough. The picture quality is pretty good overall. The first disc has the 90 minute pilot episode (which, by the way, is available as a free disc with some sets of "Stargate-SG1: Season Five"). I was surprised that the sound is presented only in Stereo Dolby Digital Surround and not in the 5.1 format that's so popular with many new series. The sound quality is fine if a bit less sophisticated and involving than other similar sets. The extras are, curiously, on the first disc and are pretty slim. There's 1 audio commentary from Perry and Warner (nothing from creator/producer/writer JMS)on the pilot. Also included are deleted scenes for the 90 minute pilot, a stills gallery and a short featurette on the series that's pretty standard and was produced as a promo piece for Showtime. The price is certainly right; unlike "Star Trek: The Next Generation" or "Babylon 5" the 19 episodes (including the 90 minute pilot)and slim extras are priced fairly low for 6 discs. But, then, fans could have recorded it off Showtime and gotten almost everything here with the exception of the extras. Perhaps next time MGM will get it right with "Jeremiah". As it is, the series is well worth viewing and shows considerable promise. I didn't care for the accordion fold-out packaging (which is similar to that for Fox's "Dark Angel" boxed sets). Let's hope JMS has a chance to complete this interesting series to the planned conclusion.
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