Cannonball Run



...the TV show

4/5/2007 9:52:16 PM

cancelled

4 eps

4/5/2007 10:00:56 PM

looks silly

4/5/2007 10:02:42 PM

If it's been cancelled, why do they even bother showing any of the episodes?

4/5/2007 10:07:48 PM

Yeah, doesnt look good, but: Tim Minear, Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker. Ill be watching.

4/5/2007 10:35:29 PM

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 11:02 PM. Reason : .]

4/5/2007 10:36:55 PM

Why would Nathan Fillion do this show? It looks so bad. Plus if it's a race across the US, how long could they drag that out?

4/6/2007 3:14:23 PM

AWESOME fucking movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116147/

4/6/2007 4:14:39 PM

awesome movie to fuck to?

how so?

[Edited on April 6, 2007 at 4:23 PM. Reason : fds]

4/6/2007 4:23:17 PM

The first two episodes were pretty decent.

I think I like it.

4/15/2007 2:25:38 PM

on a semi-related note, my fiance is pissed that the wedding bells was cancelled. i watched it a couple times and it wasn't all that bad for a chick show

4/15/2007 2:28:46 PM

^^^^hahahha

director, Steve wang

4/15/2007 2:51:01 PM

i think i'll watch tonight because i heard the "race" scenes were pretty good

4/15/2007 2:54:18 PM

Ive heard its a lot different than the promos make it look, but FOX is pushing it to the "Fast and the Furious" type crowd. Also, the promos that show the cheezy looking driving scenes (where its obvious its fake) arent cut from the finished product, but rather elements...the finished product should look as good as any other modern car driving scene (should).

It looks bad, yeah, but everything Tim Minear has done (that Ive seen) has been great...Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, The Inside.

AICN deems it FOXs best new series in years, which means it will probably be cancelled by next month: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32292 (spoilers).

4/15/2007 5:42:42 PM

good start

4/15/2007 8:08:22 PM

but can it last?

[Edited on April 15, 2007 at 8:19 PM. Reason : way too much unexplained drama in the first 20 minutes]

4/15/2007 8:14:51 PM

why doesn't the blonde girl hitchin a ride have a cell phone of her own?

4/15/2007 9:04:38 PM

meh

4/15/2007 9:05:51 PM

^^ maybe she wasn't invited, or it doesn't work since she stole the flash drive or something. it would seem that she'd already be disqualified though so i'm not sure what her true purpose is yet

[Edited on April 15, 2007 at 9:06 PM. Reason : ^'s]

4/15/2007 9:06:00 PM

hah

"i think i should have shot you"

4/15/2007 9:46:37 PM

Does this show look like it's any good? Fox has already tested my patience by airing it in Family Guy's and American Dad's place.

4/15/2007 9:56:49 PM

i like this show, it has great potential

4/15/2007 10:00:23 PM

its alright

but looks likes theres gonna be a bunch of ridiculousness along the way

4/15/2007 10:01:10 PM

Quote :

"Cannonball Run ...the TV show"

though cannonball run actually had a race - these types of maddash scrambles always make me think of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

4/15/2007 10:31:05 PM

Nice Firefly mini-reunion for the first scene of the series (detective also played Early in "Objects in Space". In fact, his characters name was "Detective Ehrle"

Theres a bit of unbelievableness, but a lot of fun. Nathan Fillion is awesome as usual.

4/15/2007 10:35:55 PM

Dear Fox:

I was planning to watch the two hour premiere of this show. Thankfully I didn't waste the entire two hours watching it.

4/15/2007 10:41:11 PM

i kinda missed the simpsons

4/15/2007 11:24:37 PM

Quote :

"Cannonball Run ...the TV show"

Actually, if you want Cannonball Run the TV show, you should check out Bullrun on Spike.
http://bullrun.spiketv.com

It's actually not a bad show.

4/15/2007 11:31:37 PM

Quote :

"its alright but looks likes theres gonna be a bunch of ridiculousness along the way"

Pretty much. But having watched the first episode they've got me hooked for another couple at least...

4/16/2007 1:24:27 AM

I like so far. Saw it last night flippin through channels. Another episode tonight....just might watch it

4/16/2007 8:43:37 AM

watching it now, doesn't seem bad

4/16/2007 10:09:34 AM

Quote :

"looks likes theres gonna be a bunch of ridiculousness along the way"

Welcome to Fox.

Signed,
Prison Break and 24

4/16/2007 11:13:00 AM

yep, I liked the first 2 episodes, can't wait to see what's up next

4/16/2007 11:28:59 AM

fell asleep before the first episode was over. just couldn't hold me.

4/16/2007 11:48:53 AM

Quote :

"Plus if it's about survivors of a plane crash people breaking out of prison a terrorist attack a race across the US, how long could they drag that out?"

It does sound like a pretty ridiculous premise, however,

Quote :

"Tim Minear, Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker. Ill be watching."

If its a good character based show then just about any premise can be made to work. I'll give it a few more episodes at the least. (Not to imply that Prison Break or 24 fit that mold, I don't know why either of those persists).

[Edited on April 16, 2007 at 1:52 PM. Reason : ...]

4/16/2007 1:48:16 PM

seems like a lot of these shows really should be following the BBC formula for making shows, where they (sometimes? often?) purposefully plan to make x number of shows, or x seasons, right from the beginning, instead of attempting to draw the shows out for as long as possible, as long as they're making money.

Ricky Gervais has a quote about that somewhere - for his reasons for wanting to make the original The Office only 2 seasons long. Since he had a fixed number of shows to work with, the was able to introduce some story lines (Tim/Dawn), make them interesting, and wrap them up exactly how he wanted to as the show went off the air. While I love The Office (US), it certainly does look like it's going to suffer (already is, actually) from Jim/Pam fatigue. With the US's open-ended commitment to making the show as long as possible, story lines inevitably have to be killed and introduced to keep things fresh.

But can you imagine a show getting a green-light at a major studio in the US where the producer comes in and says "hey, we have this great idea - we want to film 16 episodes, earn a lot of money, then go off the air completely, and you can find something else to fill our spot next season!"

4/16/2007 2:08:51 PM

^you right.

or atleast know when you need to wrap the show up. The Wire for example is entereing its last season (5) and the writers and producers have said this is it. There are no other storylines that they feel would be quality enough to continue on. 24 is jumping the shark along with many many others. And certain shows (black donnellys imo) aren't getting the chance they deserve.

4/16/2007 2:14:41 PM

wasnt there a movie about a car race with a bunch of randomly chosen people to get $texas

4/16/2007 3:05:33 PM

^ rat race

4/16/2007 5:03:20 PM

Quote :

"seems like a lot of these shows really should be following the BBC formula for making shows, where they (sometimes? often?) purposefully plan to make x number of shows, or x seasons, right from the beginning, instead of attempting to draw the shows out for as long as possible, as long as they're making money. "

It's easier for the BBC to respect that kind of creative integrity as they are...a government funded corporation and don't have to worry about ad-revenue.

Sadly most show writer's/creators do start out with a set story arc in mind, for most of them the problem is usually getting enough episodes to tell the story they want. If you're making a pilot that may or may not get picked up "Well what are we going to do in Season 8" is not high on the list of priorities, its more like "What are we going to do if we have to do this in half a season". If they do get to where its running long its hard to say no when people are throwing money at you and you want to establish credibility for future projects.

4/16/2007 5:09:37 PM

new episode on now

4/16/2007 8:03:22 PM

I really want to find these mountains that are in FL.

4/16/2007 8:05:12 PM

^The gas station was obvious too as you dont see those pump nozzles anywhere around here (or at least I havent seen them anywhere other than national news stories on gas prices.)

Quote :

"seems like a lot of these shows really should be following the BBC formula for making shows, where they (sometimes? often?) purposefully plan to make x number of shows, or x seasons, right from the beginning, instead of attempting to draw the shows out for as long as possible, as long as they're making money."

Daybreak was supposed to be a self-contained season...of course ABC couldnt even finish airing all of those. Im sure they would have brought it back for a "Day 2" if it had succeeded, but the plotline was supposed to wrap up at the end of the season.

Katie Finneran shows up as Tullys sister...the Tully family is becoming the Whos Who of past Minear projects. Tully passing all of those people after being off the road for so long, that was a little out there though...hot fucking ride though.

4/16/2007 9:53:03 PM

This whole show will be a who's who of past Minear/Whedon projects...just like all past Minear/Whedon projects...

My favorite so far was Jubal Early as the FBI? Agent investigating the wife's dissappearance. That first scene with him and Nathan was great I thought. Somehow I think they'll be more to this.

Also I thought this episode was lightyears better than the "2-Hour Premiere", I'm surprised they didn't show this episode first and then go back 3 months later and show the premiere right before they canned it.

4/17/2007 11:00:19 AM

what happened last night--had to work late

4/17/2007 7:48:20 PM

http://www.myspace.com/driveonfox

4/17/2007 8:35:06 PM

bttt

4/23/2007 8:27:10 PM

i still like this show. the depth they are giving to each character really works to produce a very intricate plot. i can't say that it is a great show yet, but it does have potential

4/23/2007 10:25:44 PM

i like this show a lot, but I really hope its only 1 maybe 2 seasons long

4/24/2007 1:11:24 AM

i like the show too, but the guy who plays tully seems to have the acting versatility of a wet mop

4/24/2007 6:36:25 AM