I'm a huge fan of this show and the DVDs...After the death of Family Guy i've been very concerned with all my favorite shows being cancelled.
Anyone a big fan of this show?
Anyone heard if it's going strong for a 4th season, or will it be cancelled in it's prime?
..is whats her name in this?.......
I love Alias! It's easily one of the best shows on TV. Part of the reason I got so into it was being able to get those dvds and catch up (and I suspect the sales help keep the show afloat too). Ratings wise, it doesn't do gangbuster numbers, but well enough that I suspect it will probably make it through season 5 to get enough eps. in the can for syndication.
jennifer garner has signed thru 2008 i believe. that is if the show goes that long. this is one of my favorite shows ever. i haven't missed an episode. when the pilot came on it looked like a cool LA FEMME NIKITA type show, of course about the only comparison is that she is a girl that kicks ass. i figured it could be a hit or miss. i am glad it was a hit. its like a mini-movie every week. unfortunately for people getting into it late you pretty much need to have watched it from the start to really understand it. a lot of times at the end of every episode i get chills, because it's always something so shocking. sure j.j. abrams created FELICITY, and i had my doubts, but i took a chance. and the guest stars are crazy. to name a few...quentin tarantino (who had a two episode stint as a villain), ethan hawke, david cronenberg, just recently isabella roselinni. lena olin was on last season, but there were contract disbutes or something. anyways, it's a phenomenal show.
Source: DVD Answers
Buena Vista Home Entertainment have sent over the final details on season three of Alias which stars Jennifer Garner. As we have already reported, this six disc package will be available to own from the 7th September and should set you back somewhere in the region of $69.99. Each of the included twenty-two episodes will be presented in anamorphic widescreen along with Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks. Extras will include a Burbank to Barcelona production design featurette, deleted scenes, a blooper reel, an inside look at the gadget lab where you can see Marshall Finkman's gadgets go from script to screen, audio commentaries (including one with the Biggest Alias fan who will be chosen in a national promotion) a script scanner and the Alias Diaries where you can meet the unsung craftsmen and technicians who bring the show to life.
On the last episode weeks ago I knew I heard his voice. The character was in the dark with his back to the camera.... and so it was..... Quentin Tarantino back on Alias. So cool. 8)
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E! Online reports that Lena Olin may be returning to "Alias". Lena is close to signing a deal to reprise her role as Sydney's mother, Irina, for at least one episode this season as part of a big reveal involving that whole crazy Sloane affair, which could include another player.
thanks for the updates mac. cool and cool. 8) glad someone is showing Alias some love.
i cant believe it. ABC should be ashamed. i was watching Alias back from last sunday. on the previews for this sundays episode they said "and oscar winner djimon hounsou returns." OSCAR WINNER! what the fuck. that is like the biggest screw up ever. i couldnt believe. i had to rewind it a hundred times. :shock:
Haha I rewound it a few times, too! I was a little... miffed by it.
Quote from: filmboy70i cant believe it. ABC should be ashamed. i was watching Alias back from last sunday. on the previews for this sundays episode they said "and oscar winner djimon hounsou returns." OSCAR WINNER! what the fuck. that is like the biggest screw up ever. i couldnt believe. i had to rewind it a hundred times. :shock:
From the current Entertainment Weekly:
Promos for the March 28 Alias, which airs on Disney-owned ABC, touted a guest spot by "Oscar winner" Djimon Hounsou. Didn't they catch their own broadcast, on which Hounsou lost to Tim Robbins? ABC acknowledges "human error."
i'm mad at Alias because it's on TV in time when CSI, a way better show, should be.
FEATURE - Sydney Bristow's DVD Mission
Atop a trendy Los Angeles hotel, actress Jennifer Garner and Alias creator J.J. Abrams decode the effects of a TV viewing phenomena known as ‘time shifting.’ By Larry Carroll, FilmStew.com
Handcuffs, high-rises, stiff drinks and secret identities were the themes behind a recent rollout party for Season Three of the hugely successful Alias DVD collection. Held in downtown Los Angeles on the roof of the swank hotel The Standard, stars from the show mingled with members of the press to discuss this month’s most eagerly-awaited home entertainment release not containing a droid, hutt, or sarlacc pit.
“It’s crazy, isn’t it?” remarked series star Jennifer Garner from the red carpet as she looked back on three years as CIA Special Agent Sydney Bristow. “I can’t tell you how many people say, ‘Oh, I’m in the middle of Season One,’ and I have to back my head up because they say, ‘What’s going on with this?’ or, ‘How do you like this?”
The star laughs, amazed by the burgeoning TV watching phenomena known as ‘time shifting,’ wherein people wait to cycle through an entire season of episodes on DVD, and the fact that there’s a whole segment of Alias watchers out there who’ve never actually watched an episode on the air. “They’re like two seasons behind! I’m like, ‘Do I break [the surprises] to them, or do I let them wait?”
Indeed, Alias is one of those TV shows that Hollywood is still trying to fully understand; like The Family Guy and Freaks and Geeks, the show’s home-entertainment success far outweighs the cumulative eyes that the program has captured while being broadcast on network television. That explains Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s willingness to throw a lavish premiere for a DVD-boxed set. Unlike those other shows, however, Garner and friends didn’t have to wait until they were cancelled to start expanding to a new medium.
According to Carl Lumbly, who plays Sydney’s loyal friend Marcus Dixon on the show, the adrenaline-rush ethic of Alias makes it perfect for DVD enthusiasts. “There’s an issue with our show because it’s very complex, and DVD offers people an opportunity not only to see it consecutively, but also to slow it down,” he says, giving props to the fans. “I know I watch the DVD for that reason, to see where we have been, and what exactly was that particular thing that I did in that show that I can now reference as we enter our fourth season.”
“So it kind of holds it a little steadier, and lets people take their own time to move through it,” Dixon continues. “And I think that there are certain people who appreciate the speed of it and the sort of ballistic nature of the way our scenes sort of swing themselves, and some people are not as comfortable with that, and it’s a little unusual. Most television shows, they will wait for you, and Alias from day one has said, ‘look, we’re going, get a ticket, grab hold and hang on.’”
The same advice could be given to those who attended the Alias Season Three bash. The customary velvet rope was replaced by linked handcuffs; each table upstairs had a small pile of keys. After riding up the neon-lit elevator to the roof, attendees were greeted by waiters in black clothes and sunglasses, offering liquor concoctions squeezed from a syringe into a shot glass.
After Garner, series creator J.J. Abrams and others thanked the crowd for attending, the disc’s bonus features were projected across the street onto the side of a neighboring skyscraper. Watching the cartoon rendering of Sydney Bristow kicking butt was nearly as entertaining, it turned out, as the expression on the face of the gentleman working out alone in the gym just under the beamed image, as he looked up to find hundreds of revelers watching him sweat on the Stairmaster.
The surprise of that moment ranked only slightly higher than Abrams’ own admittance that Season Three is the weakest of his Alias work. “Season Three was a little more kind of up and down in terms of some of the stories and follow-through,” he says. “I think we kind of let the story get ahead of us and get away from us. I couldn’t answer some fundamental questions about Sydney, which in the Alias universe is a capital crime. It’s a huge mistake when you lose your main character, and for me, my main thing is making sure I take care of my stories and my characters.”
Abrams still thinks there are some great things to be found in Season Three, however, and insists that he’s getting backing on track for Season Four, which is currently in production and will start airing in January. “I just feel like I didn’t do the best job last year,” he admits. “I’m very proud of the season, and ultimately there are moments that I love and there are episodes that I think are terrific, but it felt to me like we weren’t focusing at the end of the day on the most important thing, which is the characters and how they interact.”
“So for me, the mandate [with Season Four] was ‘character first,’ and I wanted to go back to the stuff that I loved about the show, seeing the way different characters interact, sort of using them in the way I felt they functioned best,” he continues. “This upcoming year feels like we’ve slipped back into that, it almost feels like we’re back at season one, but with all of the wisdom you gain after doing three years of the show.”
Garner agrees that fans should grab Season Three now that it’s in stores and brush up on the adventures of Sydney Bristow, because January is going to bring the show back to where it belongs. “We’re definitely going back to the feeling of Season One,” she says, “not just the story structure, but there’s a casualness in the relationships, like between me and Dixon, that I haven’t seen since the pilot at the beginning of season one. Sidney’s going to be a little happier this year. She’s not as lonely. I love, love, love that relationship so much, and the character is just really fun to play.”
Much like the “Alias” DVDs themselves.
Abrams takes 'Sailor' helm for Universal
Source: Hollywood Reporter
J.J. Abrams is attached to direct Universal Pictures' "The Good Sailor," a drama being written by Brent Hanley that revolves around the sinking of the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis. Chris Moore is producing with Abrams, who will oversee the development of the story.
On July 30, 1945, the Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea. Hundreds went down with the ship, but about 900 sailors were left in shark-infested waters. The ship was never missed, and by the time the survivors were spotted by accident five days later, only 316 remained. The ship's captain, Charles McVay III, was later court-martialed for the incident, the only World War II Navy captain to be court-martialed for losing his ship.
In the late 1990s, Hunter Scott, a seventh-grader from Pensacola, Fla., decided to do a school project on the event after watching "Jaws," in which the incident is recalled in a monologue. Beginning by contacting survivors, the boy's project generated publicity that led to a re-examination of the incident and McVay's exoneration in 2001 of culpability in the loss of the ship and its crew members.
Combining elements of the past and present, the drama would focus on the 12-year-old boy and his relationship with one of the ship's survivors, whom he forces to deal with the haunting events of 1945.
Not a fan of this season so far. Don't care much for the sister character, especially the lovey-dovey relationship with Eric. Don't know if the X-Files type direction is where the show going now, but vampires don't fit in Alias. It was good episode that Kelly MacDonald was on, but again, a freezing chemical agent that shatters the guy into a million pieces (like T2) takes the show past it's core.
I grudgingly have to agree. I'm a total fan of the show, and have been since episode one, but it's getting weak. It almost pains me to see it. I still think it's consistently entertaining, but it feels like cotton candy. There's just no substance to it anymore. I think it's because of the decision to make each episode self-contained, with missions that don't have much to do with the characters (i.e. the Kelly MacDonald episode). It does make it easier to gather new viewers, who can just come in at any point and follow along, and the ratings are higher now, but it's costing the show in quality.
But my GOD! Season 2 of the show was the best thing ever, sitting down with some hot chocolate every Sunday night and watching Alias was always just the best way to end the weekend before having to go to school the next day. I still maintain that the last episode of season two was the best thing I've ever seen on TV.
now that carnivale is over, i'm going to give this show a shot starting with season one. i hope it rules.
Despite the obvious "borrow" from Kill Bill, this last week's episode was definitely the best one of the season.
It was pretty good, but nothing like the older episodes. Unfortunately, you're right, it was one of the best of the season.
I happened to catch Lost before it, and Lost still sorta blew Alias away. I don't always watch Lost, and maybe that was just a really strong episode of Lost. But Alias SHOULD be better than it is right now; it should be kicking Lost's butt, even a great episode of Lost wasn't as great as those great episodes of Alias from season one/two. Nothing was as great... I'm getting nostalgic.
i watched the first episode which was good, but the wall-to-wall pop music, all of it terrible (except cat stevens "trouble" which was already used in Harold and Maude), was really distracting. is the entire series like this? or do they lighten up with it. it was not very well placed.
Quote from: themodernage02i watched the first episode which was good, but the wall-to-wall pop music, all of it terrible (except cat stevens "trouble" which was already used in Harold and Maude), was really distracting. is the entire series like this? or do they lighten up with it. it was not very well placed.
Umm... told you so?
haha, so IS the whole series like that? because i liked everything else but that.
Quote from: themodernage02haha, so IS the whole series like that? because i liked everything else but that.
No, they chill out on that. The original idea was to juxtapose her "normal" life with her spy life, and the pop music was put to her normal life just to make her seem like an average 28 year-old chick I guess. But they focused less and less on her normal life, and for the longest time she didn't have anything resembling a normal life. Recently they've been trying to put a little bit of that element back in with her sister (they live together, so they sometimes have a vibe of just two 20-something roomates). But they might've dropped that idea, too, because that hasn't been done in the past few episodes.
Season two had the perfect balance.
Quote from: themodernage02haha, so IS the whole series like that? because i liked everything else but that.
Did you give up on it?
NO WAY! we're done with 4 of the 6 discs of the first season and i've already got the 2nd season lined up in my queue. the music concern was really not an issue AT ALL after the first episode where it was really distracting. now theyre the episodes are sprinkled with a song or two here or there but nothing distracting. further thoughts soon...
Quote from: themodernage02NO WAY! we're done with 4 of the 6 discs of the first season and i've already got the 2nd season lined up in my queue. the music concern was really not an issue AT ALL after the first episode where it was really distracting. now theyre the episodes are sprinkled with a song or two here or there but nothing distracting. further thoughts soon...
I told you. Season two will blow your mind.
okay, i finished season one the other night. i'm hooked! its good, sometimes great but always highly entertaining. the thing about tv is, even when a show isnt great you can still get hooked on it. i've almost stopped watching movies due to my compulsive tv watching recently. which is really weird.
the last several episodes of the season were just great. the thing that sort of dragged the show down if anything was just during the beginning when you werent sure what the 'main arc' was and she was just going off on these missions that you didnt really know what the hell for and the repetitiveness of that. but once you start getting into the story and especially the characters the show really takes off.
my complaint about the music became non-existent, but as i found out the pilot had 9 songs in it. the rest of the episodes averaged between 2 and 4 songs which were more naturally placed. http://www.alias-tv.com/music1.html
anyways, i never had anything for or against jennifer garner in the past, but after seeing the show i really like her. its remarkable the way she pulls off her character so effortlessly and naturally being both tough as hell and vulnerable and making you never disbelieve. its also great how the character isnt written as some unstoppable robot but, you know, someone who isnt perfect and sometimes puts herself ahead of what else is going on.
also: one of the best things about the show (so far, for me) is how sloan went from being 'the bad guy' to someone you can really empathize with. this gives the show so many more layers and it becomes a lot more interesting and complex. really well done. all the characters are great really, (except for the roomate and her ex-fiancee who they've realized isnt as interesting and have shown less and less of, thankfully). but the dad is especially just..... enigmatically watchable.
one last thing, seems like a small thing but for me its a big thing. i LOVED how the show after running through all the 'previously on alias' stuff would immediately start into the new episode without you realizing you were now watching 'live' stuff because they DIDNT have the stupid fade to black. the first time or two they did the fade out it was excusable because she was passed out or something but then they got lazy and just started fading out whenever they wanted to. it sucked. it must have been a concious effort to make it that way in the beginning, i dont know why they stopped. and the episode where they skipped the opening to re-cap the whole season in the interrogation for 40 minutes, what was THAT about!?!
so, i would give it a B+ and i hope that season 2 is even better and that 3 and 4 arent a total letdown, because i'm definitely a fan now. i'll probably be caught up by the time season 5 premieres in the fall.
Quote from: themodernage02and the episode where they skipped the opening to re-cap the whole season in the interrogation for 40 minutes, what was THAT about!?!
That was an episode played after the Super Bowl. They were trying to attract more viewers by recapping everything that happened up until then so new viewers wouldn't be lost and maybe follow the series afterwards, since the mentality is, 'I don't like coming into a series I didn't start watching from the beginning.' And for loyal viewers, it was kinda a 'So Now Then' recap so you could remember plot-points that would prove a 'Pay attention so you know where the series is headed.'
that makes perfect sense. we knew they had to be recapping for new viewers, but what i couldnt understand was WHY would they be watching this episode? superbowl. gotcha.
okay, i'm midway through season two (i just watched what must've been the superbowl episode). lingerie on a plane and recapping obvious events. also, over the top awesomeness. thoughts so far...
some spoilers if you've never watched the show or are like 2-3 seasons behind like me...
i thought with all the shit that was going on in the cliffhanger of season one, that two was going to be some crazy complicated awesome. unfortunately they pretty much wrapped up all that stuff in the first episode and then went about business as usual. the tension with her partner knowing, will being kidnapped, all that stuff could've been really good stretched out for more drama. her mom immediately turning herself in? what was up with that? i guess i'll find out soon. it doesnt make any sense, who would believe her? why did she shoot sidney and then repent like 5 minutes later? should've been one or the other. everything with the mom in the hannibal cage got pretty repetitive at first too. it was nice when the family went on the mission though. the other thing is the storylines that seem to get dropped. not cool. AND, after all this buildup i thought the demise (probably) of SD-6 and sidney and vaughn kissing like that was sort of weak. not what i had imagined it. kind of like in garden state when theres like 10 other 'perfect' moments to have a kiss, and then they pick the one moment thats forced. i dunno, it just didnt seem right even though i wanted it. so it was also like ep III in how they had all this great stuff they started laying out and then just had to like cram it all in to make all this shit happen to fast! they didnt even seem to be building towards her telling her partner or like they were close to destroying SD-6. it was *like last episode, sloans gone. this one, the alliance is done. now, it seems like that would be the end of the show. no sd-6, no tension. (the equivalent of revealing laura palmers murderer). but, from the twist at the end, i hope the show has enough places to go. so my first impression (so far) is that i liked season 1 better. although now, i'm more of a junkie than ever. I CANT STOP WATCHING.
i finished season two a last week. and i think i'm going to have to go against the grain and say that i liked season one a lot better. it seemed more planned and natural and like you were getting somewhere and being guided by someone who knew what they were doing. season two was a lot of great ideas, some of which they used pretty well and some of which were not used very well. a lot of it was rushed and seemed as if it was being made up as they went along. while i enjoyed all the major twists, they didnt seem to be coming from a natural (inevitable) place, it was just like from out of nowhere. there were definitely some great episodes (and certainly if judged on their own) but as far as the progression of the overall season 2 storyline, i felt it was weaker than 1 by a longshot. even the twist at the end of the last episode, while a total TOTAL mindfuck seemed to embody the sort of last minute thinking 'how do we get ourselves out of this hole?' of the whole season. also characters sometimes seemed to do things that those characters would not have done. being untrue to the characters really bugs me. so, i guess i'm pretty disappointed if it all goes downhill from here, especially cause now i'm in for the long haul. i also watched the first two episodes of season 3 and atleast they seem to be setting up some things to last for the season and not resolving everything right away. (though it might've been nice to see sydney struggle a little longer to get dad out of jail, his beard was kickin!) vaughn being married and 'not regretting' it is just so heartbreaking, but there was no way the show could continue with the two of them being happy and together. i do appreciate the show for trying to change itself several times in order to become essentially a different show, the way all the characters dynamics/positions have changed is really interesting. but i think maybe i miss some of the subtlety and planning of the earlier stuff.
SPOILERS IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SEASON THREEfinished season three. it was very uneven and disappointing. though now i'm hooked like crack and even though i hear season 4 is the worst yet i can't wait to see it. the show has lost focus and become predictable. if someone seems good they're bad. there arent enough characters on the show for anything to be believable. its ALWAYS the same 5 people, its just getting ridiculous. the cliffhanger from last season was a good mindfuck and if they were truly interested in going somewhere new with the show they could've actually utilized the setup better. but instead they get back into the alias grind as soon as they can. they wrap up the what happened to sydney during those 2 years way too soon and too neatly. the fact that lauren was evil was SO convienent and predictable it was awful. but i figured ATLEAST they're setting us up all season for another knock-down drag-out bitchfight in the last episode, and it happens but is TOTALLY weak compared to the friggin one last season. the last episode was a total letdown. THAT is the cliffhanger?! some stupid documents that they will find a way to explain in like 2 episodes next season? in season 1 that would've just been a cliffhanger for a normal episode and now that its a season ender is a testament to how far the show has fallen. there were some great episodes during this season and good ideas but overall just a goddamn mess. jj abrams is an absentee landlord and his show is crumbling. did he even direct any this season? i was expecting him to atleast deliver a killer finale but he didnt write OR direct it. they also had will back way too soon, and i wish he wasnt gone cause he was one of the best characters. and they also had evil francie back way too soon for it to mean anything. and the sydney/lauren masks in the final episode were MI:2 bad. oh alias, what happened to you?
Quote from: JJ AbramsSeason Three was a little more kind of up and down in terms of some of the stories and follow-through. I think we kind of let the story get ahead of us and get away from us. I couldn't answer some fundamental questions about Sydney, which in the Alias universe is a capital crime. It's a huge mistake when you lose your main character, and for me, my main thing is making sure I take care of my stories and my characters. I just feel like I didn't do the best job last year. I'm very proud of the season, and ultimately there are moments that I love and there are episodes that I think are terrific, but it felt to me like we weren't focusing at the end of the day on the most important thing, which is the characters and how they interact.
i agree with him. so to those who watched all of season 4, did it get any better? how did his mandate to 'get back to the characters' get the show further off track?
Title: Alias
Released: 25th October 2005
SRP: $59.99
Further Details
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has kindly sent over final artwork for the fourth season of Alias which stars the rather wonderful Jennifer Garner. The six-disc package will be available to own from the 25th October this year, and should set you back somewhere in the region of $59.99. Extra material will include A Chat with Jennifer Garner, a Meet Mia Maestro featurette, some deleted scenes, a selection of bloopers and much, much more. We've attached our first look at the official region one package artwork at the link below: http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=7180&n=1&burl=
Garner to Become Pregnant Spy on 'Alias'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Jennifer Garner is expecting a baby, so her "Alias" character will be too, even though she's a globe-trotting spy. "We are going to embrace the fact that she's pregnant," ABC programming chief Stephen McPherson said, referring to the character, Sydney Bristow.
But the show will focus on making the situation realistic and not "campy," he said.
"We also don't want to put her in situations where she's endangering herself and the baby," making it difficult for viewers to suspend disbelief, he said.
Garner, 33, and Ben Affleck, 32, her co-star in the 2003 movie "Daredevil," wed in June. Their baby is due around Christmas, McPherson told the Television Critics Association on Tuesday.
"Alias" returns Sept. 29 for its fifth season in a new Thursday night time slot.
Asked if he thought the show might lose male viewers who eagerly anticipate seeing Garner in action, McPherson replied that "she'll be able to run a fair amount."
But he acknowledged her exploits would change when Garner is visibly pregnant. To protect the show's sex appeal quotient, a younger agent who is being mentored by Sydney will be added, he said.
That role has yet to be cast.
In the series, Sydney is in a relationship with another agent played by Michael Vartan — who Garner was romantically linked with in real life
Quote from: MacGuffinGarner, 33, and Ben Affleck, 32, her co-star in the 2003 movie "Daredevil," wed in June. Their baby is due around Christmas
Let's see... December minus June equals... carry the one.... SEVEN MONTHS!
Ow! My sensibilities! :nono:
Quote from: polkabluesLet's see... December minus June equals... carry the one.... SEVEN MONTHS!
december = 12th month
june = 6th month
12 - 6 =
6Quote from: polkabluesOw! My sensibilities mathematical abilities! :nono:
Bouchez picks up new 'Alias'
Elodie Bouchez is joining the cast of ABC's spy drama "Alias" as a series regular. In the upcoming season of "Alias," Bouchez will play Zoe Rienne, an internationally wanted criminal who, unbeknownst to Sydney (Jennifer Garner), has been secretly working with Vaughn (Michael Vartan) for several years. The fifth season of the Touchstone Television series premieres at 8 p.m. Sept. 29.
If things stay on this season opener path, the show should regain it's balance after jumping the shark in season 4. There are no needless sister characters, Eric is back as just a worker, and the show was full of action and intrigue.
Of course, with the series, there have always been some situations that require suspension of disbelief, but really... Vaughn was riddled with bullets. He should not have been alive to make it to the hospital, let alone carry on a baby name conversation. If the writers can work out stretches like that, some of the better seasons' magic will come back, although I have a feeling this will be it's last season. It looks like most of the producers and crew jumped ship to Lost, and how dumb is ABC to put this up against Survivor?
Quote from: PubrickQuote from: polkabluesLet's see... December minus June equals... carry the one.... SEVEN MONTHS!
december = 12th month
june = 6th month
12 - 6 = 6
Quote from: polkabluesOw! My sensibilities mathematical abilities! :nono:
That would be all well and good if you weren't counting both June
and December, which would just be silly.
Damn Australians... questioning my math....As for "Alias", last season just about did me in. I watched the first few episodes before realizing I just didn't care anymore and quickly abandoned it for one of the other twelve good shows that are on at that time period. I figure if I hear enough good things about this season, I'll eventually catch up on DVD. Or just watch more "Lost", which is apparently where JJ Abrams is now channeling all his
good ideas.
Although, Elodie Bouchez.......
Quote from: polkabluesQuote from: PubrickQuote from: polkabluesLet's see... December minus June equals... carry the one.... SEVEN MONTHS!
december = 12th month
june = 6th month
12 - 6 = 6
Quote from: polkabluesOw! My sensibilities mathematical abilities! :nono:
That would be all well and good if you weren't counting both June and December, which would just be silly.
Damn Australians... questioning my math....
haha, dude, u can only count either june or december, not both. when u count a whole month u land on the
following month.
let's say they married mid june, from mid-june to mid-july is one month
mid-july to mid-august is two months
mid-august to mid-september is three months
mid-september to mid-october is four months
mid-october to mid-november is five months
mid-november to mid-december is six months.
that's when she'll hav the kid, in december. even if u start counting on the very first day of june, it doesn't take 7 months to land in december. six would land on early-december and then one more month would put u in January of next year.
ur forgetting, while i may live in australia i'm actually descendant of mayan blood, we KNOW our calendars!
Fuck it. Like Barbie says, "Math is hard." I officially change my answer to the more accurate "between six and seven months." None of which will assuage John Ashcroft's sense of moral outrage when he hears of this.
Mum's the Word on "Alias"
When ABC announced it was moving Alias to Thursdays, it looked like curtains for Sydney Bristow. One month into the season, it looks like curtains for Sydney Bristow.
As the anchor of ABC's notoriously must-not-see night, the five-season-old spy adventure sank to 70th place (7.2 million) for the TV week ended Sunday, per Nielsen Media Research.
Even worse, in its first half-hour, the show ran behind NBC's world-famous Joey (68th place, 7.4 million) among coveted 18-to-49-year-old viewers.
And in the most ominous sign yet--if press releases can be considered signs--Alias was programa non grata in ABC's weekly ratings recap released Tuesday.
The network that found something nice to say about Supernanny (71st place, 7 million) couldn't bring itself to spin mother-to-be Sydney. In this instance, silence most likely is deadly.
Other ABC shows rating unmentionable status: Alias' Thursday partners in obscurity, Night Stalker (83rd place, 5.1 million) and Primetime (86th place, 4.5 million), not to mention every Friday series, save for the vaunted Supernanny. The formerly sturdy According to Jim (60th place, 7.8 million) was only noted in passing, as in "Rodney [57th place, 8 million] built on its According to Jim lead-in."
So far, ABC has yet to cancel or renew any series. But when Commander in Chief (ninth place, 16.2 million) gets three paragraphs' worth of glowing press-release ink, Freddie (45th place, 9.4 million) gets two, and Alias gets none, SD-6 intelligence is not required to determine which shows are bound for glory.
It's a shame the show got buried and has lost it's viewers because this season is turning out to be really, really good.
The new bitch is HOT. The idea is supposed to be that she replaces Garner after a while (should the show continue), when Garner leaves the show.
and who might this be?
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Quote from: MacGuffinIt's a shame the show got buried and has lost it's viewers because this season is turning out to be really, really good.
thats good to hear. i'm slogging through season 4 now. it's so funny because every season has me LONGING for the previous one. even 3 seems so good in retrospect... :(
Quote from: matt35mmThe idea is supposed to be that she replaces Garner after a while (should the show continue), when Garner leaves the show.
I like her character. She's a complete opposite of the tough characters which kinda grounds the show now, and way more vulnerable than Sydney ever was at the start of the series. The scene where she had to go back and retrace the steps of the office, seeing the employees, was nicely done.
Thank the Lord ABC got wise and will move the show back to Wednesdays!
This season just keeps getting better and better, and WooHoo, Sark returns!!!
so i just finished Season 4 finally. and it truly has jumped the shark. as i mentioned above, i thought season 3 was disappointing, but season 3 was gold standard compared to this schizophrenic mess. i couldn't even tell you what it was about. the other seasons i could atleast see even if there were some weak episodes the overall arc was worthwhile. but here besides introducing the sister who was completely unneccesary there really wasnt anything going on here. they had to bend over backwards in order to get all the characters into the same dynamic they had in the first season, which was unbelievable here and now devoid of any of the real mystery/tension that made the first season and a half so good. it seems like there are no certainties on alias. anybody thats dead can be not dead, anybody thats good can be bad. and it doesnt seem like earlier where the writers were leading you towards something only they knew. it just seems like they're making shit up episode to episode without even communicating with the other writers. but i'm still hooked on the characters even though i know how ridiculous the show is now. its like being addicted to crack and now it doesnt even get me high anymore, i just need it to get back to normal. i'm glad 5 is much better, i cant wait to get into it.
Quote from: MacGuffin on October 01, 2005, 05:42:03 PMIf the writers can work out stretches like that, some of the better seasons' magic will come back, although I have a feeling this will be it's last season.
:yabbse-cry: I knew it was a matter of time:
ABC: 'Alias' mission to end in MayABC has confirmed that its cult-fave spy-fi drama "Alias" will wrap its five-year run at the end of this season in May.
The Touchstone TV drama, which stars Jennifer Garner as covert CIA agent Sydney Bristow, has never been a top-rated show but has long been buoyed by a loyal cadre of fans who track every nuance of its highly complex and mysterious storylines. It was also among the first of a new breed of TV series that can be sustained for multiple seasons of modest primetime numbers on the strength of ancillary businesses, like DVD sales and video games.
"Alias" was in many ways the perfect spooky, moody, terrorism-fighting drama for its moment, debuting in the grim shadow of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Sept. 30, 2001. The series that made Jennifer Garner a major star was the brainchild of creator/executive producer J.J. Abrams, now riding high on ABC with "Lost."
"Right out of the box, 'Alias' attracted a cult following of fans that were completely invested in the show," said ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson, praising Abrams' talents and dedication to the show. "We owe both the storytellers and the fans a send-off worthy of a show that has been such a big part of the pop culture vernacular."
Touchstone president Mark Pedowitz made special mention of the contributions of Garner, who has earned four consecutive Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe trophy in 2002 for her work on the show. Garner has consistently shown her "dedication to the role and (has) unarguably the best demeanor in the business," Pedowitz said.
"Alias" executive producer Jeff Pinkner promised that the writing team was prepared to "wrap up the story of Sydney Bristow in a surprising and, we think, thrilling way." Instead of prolonging the tough decision about the show's fate, the early notice from ABC and Touchstone will allow cast and crew "the freedom to end the series in the climactic way it deserves," Pinkner said.
ABC said it would begin a "countdown" approach to the series finale in May. The series aired in the Sunday 9 p.m. slot in its first three seasons before moving to Wednesday last year and to the tough Thursday 8 p.m. slot this fall. So far this season, "Alias" has ranked No. 75 among all primetime series with an average of 7 million viewers and 2.9 rating/7 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to Nielsen Media Research.
In addition to Abrams and Pinkner, "Alias" exec producers this season also include Ken Olin, Jesse Alexander and Jeffrey Bell. Garner's costars this season include Victor Garber, Ron Rifkin, Carl Lumbly, Kevin Weisman and Balthazar Getty.
That really sucks. I thought it would last longer.
I know it's been generally going downhill, but I've been a part of this whole journey. It's been a fun trip. I hope this show ends as mindblowingly well as I know it can.
I used to huddle up at the TV with a cup of hot chocolate every Sunday night (back when it was on Sunday night). I shall miss it. :salute:
yeah this sucks. i think i ruined it. every tv show i watch started out cancelled (freaks&geeks,twinpeaks) and then the ones i started watching on the air are all getting cancelled (arrested, alias). and i am almost caught up finally. oh well. it seemed like they were priming the show for a new cast to takeover anyhow like the last season or two of xfiles when i think they could've ended that show with the mulder scully kiss. so i guess now they've just got to figure out some silly way to turn sloan way evil, get her sister out of the coma to marry weiss, bring vaughn back and end happily with sydney. i'm sure they'll pull something out of their asses. still sad though, i really love garner as bristow even when the story gets ridiulcous, its her character that keeps me coming back (and the surrounding characters). that always bums me out, never getting to see these people (together) again.
I wish I would've had a re-cap show because it took me a while to catch-up and remember everything that went down months ago. It seemed like the first hour was the left over episode before the hiatus and notice of cancellation, and the second hour was recently done with the thought of, "let's get this baby out of her so she can get back to kicking ass for the remained five episodes." They're bringing back some old faces (Will) so I hope the series does go out with a (satisfying) bang.
Jennifer Garner Says 'Alias' Had a Good Run
BURBANK, Calif. - "Alias" is coming in from the cold. "I think we have done these characters justice and to do any more would be pushing it," says series star Jennifer Garner, who plays double-agent Sydney Bristow, perhaps TV's most gorgeous female spy since Diana Rigg played Emma Peel on the `60s British series "The Avengers."
After five seasons, the ABC series that revitalized the espionage genre with a visually dazzling combination of glamor, angst and trickery concludes Monday, May 22, with a pair of episodes (9 p.m. EDT).
The brainchild of J. J. Abrams (who has since created ABC's hit drama "Lost" and directed "Mission: Impossible III"), "Alias" leaves behind a loyal, cult-like group of fans who understood the minutia of the double-dealing plot twists.
Yet mainstream viewers were often left scratching their heads over the spies' constantly shifting alliances between good and evil, not to mention their occasional faked deaths.
Show runner and executive producer Jeff Pinkner says it's "always been a family drama" and has "always played with the question of whether or not Sydney Bristow had a choice in what she was doing in her life ... fate versus free will."
The role made Garner an A-list star and her private life media fodder. Supermarket tabs tracked her divorce from "Felicity's" Scott Foley, her dating of "Alias" co-star Michael Vartan, her marriage last year to film star Ben Affleck and the November birth of their daughter, Violet.
Simply clad in black, action-star work clothes, the gracious, fresh-faced actress arrived promptly for lunch at the Mickey Mouse-themed Rotunda restaurant on the Walt Disney Studios lot, where the final episodes of "Alias" were in production.
Pinkner joined her and they shared feelings about the bonds that develop among cast and crew during the series run.
"This show will always be the backdrop to me growing up and I did it with these people. They've seen me struggle through stuff, figure stuff out, struggle through it again," said Garner, now 34. "They have been enormously kind to me the entire time and have done nothing but facilitate my growth, and been very patient."
That included her real-life pregnancy, which was worked into the plot, with Bristow giving birth to a daughter, Isabelle, in the April 19 episode.
Filming that sequence felt "too intimate," Garner said. "It was a horrible scene to shoot. I felt ridiculous. I kept saying to the crew, 'This wasn't what it was like. I wasn't like this. I was very calm.'"
Certainly more fun for the actress over the years were the many disguises Bristow adopted to go undercover, including "hundreds and thousands of dollars worth of wigs," Garner recalled. Her favorite was "the blonde bob," which she donned, along with blue contacts, to pose as a Nordic beauty. "It's the only time I've ever felt, `I wish I was this person.'"
She also mastered snippets of many foreign languages, the hardest being Czech.
And Garner is proud to say she performed many of her own stunts, though she's miffed that as her fame grew so also did Disney's insistence on stunt doubles.
She said she had wanted to do a "descender" in one of the final episodes, where "you're rigged in a harness. Couldn't be safer. A hundred and fifty feet. I've done higher than that several times."
But she was told insurance wouldn't cover her. "I was crushed. I was so bummed."
So on this day, she was happy to be going back after lunch to shoot a rappelling scene, even though "it's just a wussy thing."
Pinkner co-wrote one of the final episodes, but, teasingly, would only say, "People die; people live."
However, he assures the conclusion honors Bristow's ongoing romance with CIA agent Michael Vaughn (Vartan) and her relationship with her parents, particularly her father, double agent Jack Bristow (Victor Garber).
The final episodes also pay off the mythology of the show, based on the mysterious prophecies of 15th century seer Milo Rambaldi, and add another kink to the machinations of treacherous spymaster Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin).
Garner admitted to some ambivalence as production on the series drew to a close.
"I feel very much like a college senior," she said. "Kinda, `When will this ever end? I'm never going to get out of here!' and at the same time, `Oh, don't let it end. Who am I without it? I don't want it to end! I love these people.'"
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G'bye, Sydney.
A suitable ending. Cheers one moment, tears the next. I'm sad to see the series and characters go, but, like I said, it was time, especially with this series recycling ideas from movies (the final episode was straight out of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). The last few episodes felt contrived and rushed to sew everything up and give old characters their 'curtain call,' but it was a nice farewell.
yeah even though the last few years more or less sucked i'm still sad to see the characters go. it had some nice moments though i still hardly feel like any of it was 'real', you know? if jj abrams had come back to do it i think it could've really ruled. the last season or so has been more like an alternate universe that hardly relates to the early stuff. but it was still a good, if ridiculous, time. :(
Just announced for DVD release by Buena Vista Home Entertainment is Alias: The Complete Collection - Seasons 1-5 (due 11/21, SRP $199.99). The set is expected to include all five seasons as previously released on DVD (complete with all of the extras therein), along with a hidden bonus disc that includes 6 new featurettes: Head of Security (an interview with Abrams and Jennifer Garner's first interview after being given the role of Sydney Bristow), Case Closed (the final on-set cast reunion during the show's last week of filming), Identity Theft (Sydney's best disguises), Secret Agents (a tribute to the fans), Dossier 47 (on the show's infamous number) and the Alias in Overdrive action montage. You also get a hardcover book with introduction by Abrams, and a stamp of authenticity. All of this will be contained in a foil-embossed replica of The Rambaldi Box (a key prop from the series). Here's what it'll look like (photo by ComingSoon.net of the packaging on display at Comic-Con):
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Quote from: modage on June 22, 2006, 06:49:14 PM
Dear Universal Disney,
FUCK YOU.
Sincerely,
Me