Alcatraz on Fox

[Sweet Rabbit]

What's worse is that is shows Fringe as a likely cancellation.

that show is on the chopping block every year

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

It would be great if SYFy picked up both Alcatraz and Fringe because Fox sucks worse than a Hoover vacuum cleaner.

FOX needs to do something like this

 

[ShadowX81]

Pretty much agree 100% of what you said. I expect each "killer of the week" to reveal a little something of why they're doing what they do or where they have come from, but they don't.

Here's something that's bothering me....if they haven't aged since the 50s (assuming they haven't been around since then), how can they actually navigate around the present day's world??? Wouldn't they be scared out of their mind by all the tech ????

To be fair, excapt for computers the world really hasn't changed all that much since the 60s. Atleast not to the point where navigating it would be completely alien and unfamilliar. Though it is wierd how none of them seem even the least bit suprised that they are 50 years in the future.

I also find it wierd that every criminal so far has been a sociopathic serial killer that follows strict patterns and likes playing games with cops. In real life, Alcatraz was mostly filled with run of the mill bank robbers, car hieves, or people that only had killed someone once in the heat of a fight. Nothing all that exciting. If any of these people suddenly got dumped into the present day, I bet that they wouldn't be all that much of a problem for society.

My problem with this show is that it really isn't any different from the hundreds of other proceedural crime shows out there. The fact that these men are time travelers from alcatraz barely factors into it at all, so it is essentially just like every other show about cops chasing badguys.

 

[Matt S]

I barely watched last week's show and I didn't watch last night's at all. I don't think I want to wait till the 63rd show to get any answers, IF we ever do.

I hear ya, and thus far, that's what this show is: find the bad guy of the week. If they cancel it, no loss. I like the actors but its a pretty slow ass paced show and it has not really sucked me in. Just watch it since it is well acted

 

[BadMoon]

I think I'm done with this show. The least they could do is show off the girls body to entice me to stay around another week. But I digress. They dress a hot girl like a man in every episode, while not giving us anything. I stopped watching House years ago because every episode was the same. Just a new patient and a different illness. That's not fun to me.

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

I hate it for Sam Neil. He's amazing, but his last two shows will have been canceled. (Happy Town, and this)

 

[BadMoon]

I hate it for Sam Neil. He's amazing, but his last two shows will have been canceled. (Happy Town, and this)

Agree with that I do I do.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

I hate it for Sam Neil. He's amazing, but his last two shows will have been canceled. (Happy Town, and this)

I liked Happy Town.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

I really enjoyed the two hours of Alcatraz Fox aired on Monday.

I'm not sure where the ratings are on this show but I hope we get a second season.

 

[The Josh]

Yeah, this show has been a lot of fun. So a second season would be great to see what they flesh out of the story.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I still have to watch this week's episode

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Yeah, this show has been a lot of fun. So a second season would be great to see what they flesh out of the story.

Although the mystery of the inmates has been a slow reveal, the last two episodes shown on Monday had me wanting more.

I still have to watch this week's episode

They were pretty good, IMO.

 

[-jay-]

Although the mystery of the inmates has been a slow reveal, the last two episodes shown on Monday had me wanting more.

That's good though because if we knew the mystery already it would be just another cop show.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

That's good though because if we knew the mystery already it would be just another cop show.

True. But the reveal has been extremely slow.

I don't want everything thrown out right away but give me a nice tease to get my mouth watering for more.

 

[-jay-]

True. But the reveal has been extremely slow.

I don't want everything thrown out right away but give me a nice tease to get my mouth watering for more.

What were you like with Lost?

 

[Darth Snoopy]

What were you like with Lost?

This -->

 

[-jay-]

 

[blue_rogue]

Well, it's on the bubble, so it doesn't look good that it'll be around for a second season. I don't know how Fox expected it to do well going up against The Voice, The Bachelor, and Two and a Half Men.

https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/21/bubble-watch-fox/120726/

Whenever FOX has a new show with sci-fi elements it's like they intentionally air it in a slot where they know it will fail.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Very good episode tonight. I wasn't expecting what happened to Clarence.

 

[The Ween]

I gave up on this show about 3 shows back. Just couldn't keep my interest.