TV: Anybody else watching the USA network's series "Colony?"

[angelatc]

It's about living in an occupied police state. Some things I find incredulous (they have drones but they don't track individuals with monitoring devices?) But I find it chilling. I think most people watching the show like to believe they'd be part of the resistance, but the reality is that at best they'd go along to get along.

It's pretty discouraging.

[Suzanimal]

Protected and served?

No but it sounds like something I would watch. I'll check it out.

[Suzanimal]

The first 5 episodes are here if anyone's interested.

http://www.usanetwork.com/colony

[angelatc]

The first 5 episodes are here if anyone's interested.

http://www.usanetwork.com/colony

If they have the "Behind The Wall" commentary up, i suggest watching it After the first episode I was sort of confused about tht was going on, but that clarified it for me.

Side note - it takes me forever to learn the names of the characters. Talking to my husband, "The woman who plyed Rick's wife on The Walking Dead" and "the woman who used to be on Picket Fences."

[randomname]

Is it any good?

[Origanalist]

Meet the Bowmans...er, Sullivans

In the Los Angeles bloc, four-fifths of the Bowman family -- father Will (Josh Holloway), mother Katie (Sarah Wayne Callies), son Bram (Alex Neustaedter), and daughter Gracie (Isabella Crovetti-Cramp) -- hide in plain sight from the Redhats, the foot soldiers who enforce the laws of land.

During the Arrival, anyone who had worked in law enforcement was rounded up, but Will -- a former war hero and special agent with the FBI -- managed to take on a new low-profile identity as a mechanic named Will Sullivan. Though Will has avoided capture, keeping his family safe and their home mostly in tact (we have to assume that the barbed-wire fence around their Echo Park Spanish-style home was not an aesthetic choice), the other fifth of the their family is missing. He’s Charlie, the middle child, and he’s thought to still be in the Santa Monica bloc where he had been on the day of the Arrival.

Hmm, so a former member of the enforcement class is magically transformed into one of the oppressed.

[Kotin]

is it worth watching? seen commercials but thats it

[Suzanimal]

is it worth watching? seen commercials but thats it

I'm going to give it a shot. It's scaring angela and she doesn't seem like the type that's easily scared so I reckon it's worth a look.

[Suzanimal]

FYI, the pilot is only on the above link until the 19th. If you're interested, I suggest you go ahead and watch.

S1 EP1
PILOT

AIRED ON 01/14/2016
AVAILABLE UNTIL 02/19/2016
In the short 10 months that it has been living under the Occupation, L.A. has changed quite a bit. After an event known as the Arrival takes hold of the city, its inhabitants find themselves under strict rule where everyone must abide by a curfew, forgo essential medical supplies, ration their food, ride bicycles, and subject themselves to constant surveillance. The worst part about it? The laws of the Colony are enforced by their fellow Angelenos who collaborate with their new “Hosts” for their own benefit -- cushier digs, more freedom, and safety for themselves and their families. Anyone who resists the rules will be arrested and sent to the Factory, and it’s pretty obvious this factory has nothing to do with cheesecake.

http://www.usanetwork.com/colony/videos/pilot-0

[Lucille]

Just found it On Demand. Josh Holloway? Mm mm mm. I'm in.

[Suzanimal]

Watched the pilot. Pretty good.

 

the occupiers are aliens

[angelatc]

is it worth watching? seen commercials but thats it

Watch the first scene of Ep 4, if you want a hint of what's going on.

[CPUd]

I like Broussard, he doesn't $#@! around. Katie played by Sarah Wayne Callies AKA the "show wrecker" I hope she dies soon before she wrecks this show like she did to Prison Break.

[specsaregood]

my first thought: is that the wall trump is gonna get the Mexicans to build?

[Origanalist]

Watch the first scene of Ep 4, if you want a hint of what's going on.

I can't, after episode three I was instructed to sign in with my cable provider. I don't have one of those....

[liveandletlive]

I like Broussard, he doesn't $#@! around. Katie played by Sarah Wayne Callies AKA the "show wrecker" I hope she dies soon before she wrecks this show like she did to Prison Break.

ha...atleast she didnt wreck The Walking Dead, which already started to become awful after 2 seasons.

[angelatc]

I can't, after episode three I was instructed to sign in with my cable provider. I don't have one of those....

Primewire. But only if you have good pop up blockers and anti-adware installed.

[angelatc]

The new government was able to determine who would support them, as well as who was an enemy by using the information they compiled from the databases that are routinely collected.

[opal]

I've been watching sporadically.. downloading it (katdotcr)

I keep hoping to see the "hosts" I'm hoping for some really off the wall make up creations. It does look like they're heading for an alien invasion theme.

[CPUd]

I've been watching sporadically.. downloading it (katdotcr)

I keep hoping to see the "hosts" I'm hoping for some really off the wall make up creations. It does look like they're heading for an alien invasion theme.

I bet they turn out to be humans.

[Son_of_Liberty90]

I get very uncomfortable about these shows it's difficult to articulate. I don't want to say they're preprogramming (Or "Predictive programming") our minds for a similar scenario to come, but it just seems excessive when we already have perfectly great totalitarian fiction a la 1984 and "Brave New World."

I am still wondering why we have not gotten a "Brave New World" movie/mini series yet. My guess is because we are living in one.

[CPUd]

I get very uncomfortable about these shows it's difficult to articulate. I don't want to say they're preprogramming (Or "Predictive programming") our minds for a similar scenario to come, but it just seems excessive when we already have perfectly great totalitarian fiction a la 1984 and "Brave New World."

I am still wondering why we have not gotten a "Brave New World" movie/mini series yet. My guess is because we are living in one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080468/


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145600

[timosman]

It's about living in an occupied police state. Some things I find incredulous (they have drones but they don't track individuals with monitoring devices?) But I find it chilling. I think most people watching the show like to believe they'd be part of the resistance, but the reality is that at best they'd go along to get along.

It's pretty discouraging.

For most of the people on this planet this is a history. Most people chose to "collaborate" under these circumstances. Americans have not been made to make these choices yet, but in a not so distant future this is going to be the reality and the choices that will be made under these circumstances might be surprising to some but hardly unexpected given the human nature.

Keep the faith.

[angelatc]

For most of the people on this planet this is a history. Most people chose to "collaborate" under these circumstances. Americans have not been made to make these choices yet, but in a not so distant future this is going to be the reality and the choices that will be made under these circumstances might be surprising to some but hardly unexpected given the human nature.

Keep the faith.

I honestly hope I am brave enough to take a bullet and just be done with all of it.

[CPUd]

So far they seem to be getting more done via working with the collaborators than the resistance, the little weasel dude is full of $#@! though- he thinks he's a knight, but he's really a pawn.

[Lucille]

Judging from the rep, the ladies here like Josh as much as I do.



DH has the flu and is convalescing, so I think I'll start this series today.

[LibertyEagle]

Just watched all that's out thus far. Pretty good.

[Son_of_Liberty90]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080468/


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145600

Looks like it was a mediocre TV production, and not well received by users. I'm talking about a modern, big budget adaptation that holds a mirror to our society and where we are headed.

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

The guy that plays the husband is such a bad actor. He belongs in a hallmark movie.

[angelatc]

The guy that plays the husband is such a bad actor. He belongs in a hallmark movie.

He has lines?