Smash.

[Guy Gardener]

Sweet Jesus, it was just like a movie.

Well, act one of course.

I truly had no idea how beautiful Debra Messing was that she could stand beside Katherine McPhee and not vanish.

Glee looks like a Loony Toon in comparison.

Anyone else watching?

 

[FPAlpha]

Sorry but the show isn't for me.

I'm not that big of a fan of musicals with few exceptions and this seems to be about the production of a musical so one big minus.

Additionally no humor i could see (no prerequisite but if the main theme doesn't hold my interest there has to be something else).

So that leaves the actors and although i know and have seen many of them in other shows/movies i'm no hardcore fan of any of them so i don't stick around (as opposed to Castle for example.. i'm not into cop shows but am a big fan of Fillion so decided to check out Castle.. good decision).

I know that it's unfair to judge an entire show by the pilot episode but to be honest that's what a pilot is for and this one just didn't grab my attention for reasons mentioned. It may be the grown up version of Glee but the focus is so far away that i will not watch it as opposed to Glee who in its first season had everything i wanted to see.. humor, nice voice talent and a good selection of adapted songs (Glee is currently slipping away but that's a different topic).

I may inform myself from time to time what people think about the show and how it develops and if there's overwhelming feedback i may return but i don't count on it.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I'll watch it when it debuts Feb 6. It's not my usual thing, but I'm hopeful anyway. I'm sure NBC is desperate for it to be a hit, too.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Really?

I wonder how I saw it then?

Batsbreath!

Stupid timer on my omni is always glitching.

Here's a draw...

"Rich people lying about money."

How can't that end in ultadramatic bloodshed?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I wonder how I saw it then?

The theater of your mind. I wouldn't be surprised if you've already seen some of the 2012-13 season. How's the CW's Beauty and the Beast remake, btw?

 

[Nerys Myk]

I wonder how I saw it then?

The theater of your mind. I wouldn't be surprised if you've already seen some of the 2012-13 season. How's the CW's Beauty and the Beast remake, btw?

Floor's sticky and the seats are uncomfortable. I don't even want to speculate about the smell.

 

[Starbreaker]

One of the best pilots I've seen in a LONG time. Terrific acting, some interesting music, and really much more than Glee for adults. I can NBC having a huge hit on their hands here.

 

[CaptainCanada]

I'm interested to see this (I do wonder how much mileage this premise has, but I'm more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt).

 

[Beagleman]

One of the best pilots I've seen in a LONG time. Terrific acting, some interesting music, and really much more than Glee for adults. I can NBC having a huge hit on their hands here.

Agreed on all accounts. This just might be a winner.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

The premise could have a lot of mileage. They can do the Marilyn Monroe musical the first season and then come up with completely different musical for the next season, with most or all of the same characters, and just keep going indefinitely.

Star Trek: The Musical. In the original Klingon. Well, it's one way to get the damn thing back on TV...

 

[Trekker4747]

I truly had no idea how beautiful Debra Messing was ...

You've not been paying attention.

 

[Caliburn24]

Watched the pilot over on Hulu. Slickly produced, looks expensive, decent acting. The music is good. The inside-baseball feel is interesting.

But I'm just not sure if it can sustain my interest. The preview of what is to come in the season really did not sell me. Cat fights between the two female leads? Check. Bickering between the writer and choreographer? Check. Drama between the producers and that annoying assistant? Check. Innocent ingenue being corrupted by success? Check. Rich successful white-person family drama(that was the most fake feeling strand of plot in the pilot)? Check.

 

[Mysterion]

I truly had no idea how beautiful Debra Messing was ...

You've not been paying attention.

You got that right.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

I truly had no idea how beautiful Debra Messing was that she could stand beside Katherine McPhee and not vanish.

I new that when she was on Prey 13 years ago.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The premise could have a lot of mileage. They can do the Marilyn Monroe musical the first season and then come up with completely different musical for the next season, with most or all of the same characters, and just keep going indefinitely.

Star Trek: The Musical. In the original Klingon. Well, it's one way to get the damn thing back on TV...

Have you ever seen the Canadian masterpiece Slings and Arrows?

Each season is season/year in the life of a Shakespeare company at a huge drama "festival" and we see them thrash though the ins and out of one of Bills projects, as it almost kills them making sure that the show goes on... Actually... Quite a few people do die.

Starring Paul "Due South/Witches of Eastwick" Gross.

He's also haunted by the seeming drunk super-flamboyant homosexual, no one else can see, who used to be boss, until this ghost died in the pilot and Paul Gross took over, over his dead body.

3 seasons about ten years ago.

I was watching Prey recently and I'm thinking, who the frakk is the male lead? He looks so familiar! My gods, it's the drunk who lost the family fortune in Brothers and Sisters!

however.

Look at Lost.

The first four years of filming only covered 38 days on the island.

Meanwhile Kieffer only captured 8 days on film in 7 years on 24?

(there was a tv movie between seasons.)

It's not hard to play with time.

You must remember that M*A*S*H* took 11 years to film, even though the Korean war lasted 3 years, and there was one episode near the end where they followed a baseball season that lasted an entire year.

It's really easy to play with time.

 

[bigdaddy]

I watched it on demand. Overhyped by mile. The pilot should be two hours because it felt rather short and long at the same time, but it might have promise.

 

[Technobuilder]

I saw it.

I was actually kind of impressed with the quality of the production numbers.

I don't know how they're not going to produce the damn musical IF they keep putting out numbers like those.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

They've probably got some master plan to produce the musical for real on Broadway. They could do that with every season's musical! The TV show is just a PR vehicle!

 

[Temis the Vorta]

The day is upon us, the thread is bumped.

PS, guess what, I read that they really are thinking about doing Broadway shows based on the shows developed in the series.

 

[Takeru]

Watched it for Debra Messing and Christian Borle (I've had a crush on him since I saw him in Legally Blonde ) but wasn't interested in the premise. But I'm suprised how much I liked it, I just hope we see more of the actual behind the scenes stuff like writing, casting, rehearsing etc., not just "We wrote a new song!" *poof* "Performance!" week after week.

I did not like that there was so much focus on the Karen character and her private life, I don't care if her parents want her to move back to Iowa and I don't care about her boyfriend. He seems to be a good guy but I just don't care about that stupid relationship and I already know that he will start whining that she's never home as soon as rehearsals start and she will cry because she fears her dream of being a Broadway star will ruin her relation ship.

Anjelica Huston's divorce drama is okay, I could do without it, but at least it threatens the production of Marylin which makes it not completely unrelated.

I don't like the assistant, he screwed up by releasing the video and there was no point in hiring him back, his "Being part of a musical made me feel complete" story didn't move me at all, there are probably thousands of people like him in New York, I didn't believe for a second that Tom would care about that, he probably heard it dozens of times from people who weren't idiots. He should have sucked him off to get his job back.

I like Ivy and think she should get the part, mainly because she's doesn't have a boring boyfriend and her annoying mom is just an unseen character on the telephone. But seriously, I like her much better than Karen.

My favorite minor character: Dennis, the hot dancer! I hope we see more of him.

If this show is a success I hope they keep only a few actors for the next season/musical: Messing, Borle and Huston. They should bring in new directors and actors for the musical every year, maybe keep Ivy as a supporting character who does not get a part in season 2's musical and then as a main character again for season 3. It's fine if Tom and Julia want to work with her again, but not every year.
They could and probably should use Smash as a showcase for Broadway talent.