Because people are going to watch a procedural show set in a time when there is almost no police work done. Everything in Gattaca was technology based and so easy, everyone was logged in some sort of DNA database. And you can't connect to a cop who is among the elite in society because they were "built" before they were born. #gattaca
@LegalizeRoofies: That could be the hook that makes it interesting... A totally removed Enforcer of some sort becoming more aware of his 'elite-ness' and the discrepancies between the castes. He might become a sort of champion for the second rate citizens (in that Douglas Quaid way).
I am also thinking this is a disaster.......could be i will be wrong.
we do need new scifi.love to see more scifi not based on movies,comics,or old tv shows. #gattaca
@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: From what I recall, though, even the Total Recall tv show was like Blade Runner too. So, best case scenario, we get Gattaca by way of Blade Runner. I would watch that. #gattaca
@92BuickLeSabre: The cast was very pretty. I liked it too. Managed to see all the episodes on satellite -- it was a sharp-looking show, nice sets and design. #gattaca
NCIS started circling the drain in season 5, season 6 just pulled it into the toilet for me.
There was such potential for developing Tony's character, and what did the do - threw it right out the window. They've gotten too far away from the "N" part in the show's title.
Re: Gattaca series
There are going to be a lot of "terrorists" in it. This I foreseee. #gattaca
@LiC: Yeah! Moon Terrorists! I really, really hope they explore the whole space travel side of the movie. And some of the more geo-political ideas that can exist in such a world as that of Gattaca
@Jeremy Tapsell: Or the lower castes will start rebelling against society's perception of the superiority of the upper castes. Vincent Freeman was a closet rebel against the new order of genetic determinism. Gattaca implied that all the genetic manipulation is just an expensive and unnecessary scam to make money off the rich valids and the superiority of their genes has less to do with their success than their wealth and privilege. I have a feeling in the new show there will be many rebels against the caste system and they won't be closet-cases either. They may start off a MLK-type peaceful civil rights movement but it may veer towards Malcolm X. #gattaca
I found the film kind of plodding, though it was nice enough to look at. Can't think how that much boring could be stretched into a full series though. #gattaca
@Ryanrule: CSI: New York still has some entertaining moments. CSI: Las Vegas is improving with fresher cast members. CSI: Miami is and always has been sucktastic to the nth degree and nothing could make it good. At this point the only thing the producers of CSI: Miami should and could do is cancel the show, euthanize the cast, and commit seppuku to retrieve some of their pride. NCIS has always been a tired, sucky copycat of CSI hybridized with JAG.
I don't know how seriously you should take a report that misspells the name of movie/TV show twice. (The article spelled it Gattica, so maybe it's set in a NY prison for the genetically enhanced.) #gattaca
The primary problem I see with NCIS: The Future, is that it already exists in the form of NCIS and NCIS: LA
The primary positive I see is that I'm kind of a sucker for NCIS: LA.
(C'mon, LL Cool J, Chris O'Donnell, an actress that looks like a Na'vi (Daniela Ruah), and Linda (frickin'!) Hunt? Don't tell me that's not compelling television.) #gattaca
@ggodo: LL Cool J is a little like Bruce Willis for me. Whatever it is that has, he has it, and that's what he does, and it's all that he does, and I'm totally drawn in by it.
And O'Donnell is no Laurence Olivier, but he's 8 steps above the average police procedural actor that isn't a "NYC stage actor/The Wire alum in an L&O guest spot." #gattaca
@92BuickLeSabre: See, I don't min those two as much as the rest, but I really think that the show needs to decide what it it, and what role each character has on the team. It's a show about a group that does not "officially" exist, yet it runs like a standard police procedural, investigating crimes that don't have any link to their jurisdiction until they find one halfway through. After writing this, I guess I don't have a problem with the cast, so much as having them misuse who they have. Also, where did Lady Gibbs go? #gattaca
@ggodo: I kind of pretend that it's a reboot of The Unit so I don't have to worry about the jurisdictional issues. Because really not one but two shows about the Naval police? I mean, rock on Navy, but seriously, it's not even the largest nor the most interesting branch of the Armed Forces.
And I agree, they still have some footing to find.
(And apparently they didn't like Lady Gibbs, so they dumped her after the first two-parter. I didn't see it, so no take there.) #gattaca
@92BuickLeSabre: Because really not one but two shows about the Naval police? I mean, rock on Navy, but seriously, it's not even the largest nor the most interesting branch of the Armed Forces.
The USN is acutely aware of the latter issue, which is why it spends vastly more money on media outreach than any of the other service branches. (Slate, I think, had an article on this a few years ago that explained about why, if you relied on Holllywood, you would think the USN was far and away the largest, most significant branch of the military.) #gattaca
@starjade: Saw it in 6th grade. Didn't really understand it completely until I saw it again a few years later. I agree, it was a great movie but I don't think a cop show is the best way to turn it into a series. The show should focus on one or a group of genetically defective people as they try to do basically what Ethan Hawke did in the film. #gattaca
Yes this book was the whole reason I read the twilight books, and I thought it was a very good read. The whole set up with the love triangle between her main guy and some jackass does infuriate me at times, and it does get a bit too 'lovey dovey' during some moments, but overall, good story. I keep seeing people say that its basically 'this plot' with 'this add on', but most things are influenced by previous works. Anyway, i would recommend this book even if you hate the twlight mania.
the video reminds me of the videos they played for the clones in 'the island' when they get selected to have their organs harvested. it leaves one with the impression the host will fatten them up so twilight can feed on their now more succulant entrails. it is disturbing.
The Host was an alright read (nothing special) but I'm not convinced it's filmable. The main conflict takes place in one woman's head. How do you show two people talking to each other within one body? Voice-overs? Please tell me they are not planning to film two hours worth of voice-overs.
11/03/09
So, Gore Vidal will be returning, will he?
To play 'Ironside' this time, perhaps? #gattaca
10/31/09
10/31/09
There is also the possibilty of cool space crime.
#spacerape #gattaca
10/31/09
we do need new scifi.love to see more scifi not based on movies,comics,or old tv shows. #gattaca
10/31/09
10/31/09
They could also go with the "Total Recall 2050" kinda atmosphere (or whatever that TV show was called). #gattaca
10/31/09
10/31/09
10/31/09
it wasn't that bad of a show. oprah was president and women can get penises' implanted #gattaca
10/31/09
I loved that show, in a WTF sort of way. #gattaca
10/31/09
10/31/09
There was such potential for developing Tony's character, and what did the do - threw it right out the window. They've gotten too far away from the "N" part in the show's title.
Re: Gattaca series
There are going to be a lot of "terrorists" in it. This I foreseee. #gattaca
10/31/09
10/31/09
10/31/09
10/31/09
10/31/09
10/31/09
10/31/09
10/31/09
The primary positive I see is that I'm kind of a sucker for NCIS: LA.
(C'mon, LL Cool J, Chris O'Donnell, an actress that looks like a Na'vi (Daniela Ruah), and Linda (frickin'!) Hunt? Don't tell me that's not compelling television.) #gattaca
10/31/09
10/31/09
And O'Donnell is no Laurence Olivier, but he's 8 steps above the average police procedural actor that isn't a "NYC stage actor/The Wire alum in an L&O guest spot." #gattaca
10/31/09
10/31/09
And I agree, they still have some footing to find.
(And apparently they didn't like Lady Gibbs, so they dumped her after the first two-parter. I didn't see it, so no take there.) #gattaca
10/31/09
10/31/09
The USN is acutely aware of the latter issue, which is why it spends vastly more money on media outreach than any of the other service branches. (Slate, I think, had an article on this a few years ago that explained about why, if you relied on Holllywood, you would think the USN was far and away the largest, most significant branch of the military.) #gattaca
10/31/09
TOP GUN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo...! #gattaca
10/31/09
10/31/09
09/23/09
09/23/09
09/23/09
09/23/09
09/23/09
09/23/09