Peacock Channel issued a "Death Judgment" when there were still two episodes left in the show, because the ratings did not reach the expected value at the beginning of the development (the final rating for the 18-49 age group in the 2010-2011 broadcast season was 2.4). , announcing the cancellation of the renewal.
In the first episode, several terrorists of unknown origin hijack a passenger plane and force a change of course. When it flew to the top of the White House in the United States and was about to crash, a mysterious force made the passenger plane disappear in an instant. From the episodes that aired afterward, it became known that this event (not The Event in the title) was a life-threatening notice to the president from activists in "Aliens."
Even if we don't know the news of the show in the early stage of publicity, it is not difficult to speculate through this highly visual segment that "Shocking World" just ended in the last broadcast season (2009-2010). The route taken by the "God drama" "LOST".
Time flashes back to the narrative, the suspense burden shakes off, the hidden clues, the beginning of the "dilemma" in the opening chapter, as well as the hesitant dialogue and blank-type riddles throughout the play. However, none of these are things that Lost has played High in the six years it has been on the air.
It is a pity that "Jingshi", which borrowed various techniques from "Lost", and even the original copy (815 to 514), did not give us too many surprises. Perhaps the reason is that "Lost" has become a benchmark, giving the audience a preconceived notion, and subsequent "imitations" will be compared with this pioneer. Moreover, the various techniques in "Lost" were born to express the characters in the play, as well as the past, present and future of the characters. It is infused with emotion and skillfully interacting with various elements (religion, society, humanity, occultism, etc.) to shape several distinct characters and memories. However, the drama "Shocking the World" is not such a slow-moving, meticulous and character-oriented drama. From the fast-paced fast-paced nature to the gradually revealing old-fashioned sci-fi content, it directly proves that the so-called "technique" is only It's just parody, and this parody doesn't play tricks technically, let alone connotative results.
It can be seen that Nick Wauters, who has created another sci-fi drama "The 4400", is one of the main creators, and the techniques borrowed from the strong enemy "Lost" of the year cannot bring bright spots to the drama "Shocking World". For example, when the second half of the season (E11) started, the "flashback narrative" of the first half of the season was abandoned and a more direct and rigid narrative was adopted. This kind of hindsight is quite the meaning of making up for a dead sheep.
The other main creator, the side that executive producer Evan Katz excels at, has given the dying show a shot in the arm. Although the elements of political struggle and conspiracy theory in "24" he brought over are not obvious throughout the play, they, like a god of creation, hold the power to guide the whole play.
Specifically in E22, the role of the protagonist Sean Walker's powerful "mouth cannon" to "save the world with one person" is only to confirm his own protagonist's halo (without a lunch box), and the final Victory is still within the White House—the president exposes the vice president's conspiracy in a cabinet meeting.
I must not mention here that the screenwriter of "Shocking the World" monkeys move corn -- forgetting to move one by one. Didn't the CIA director already confront the vice president with test samples and surveillance video before, why is there still "insufficient evidence". But in the end, it was also because of the recording of these words that the evidence was consummated. The vice president fell to the ground for a while.
The ambition of the show "Shocking the World" is still quite huge. In the final episode, Agent Simon Lee, who was standing in the human camp, said hesitantly, "All the answers are in the scroll in your hand." Teleport to the spectacular scene between the earth and the moon. They all seem to be saying: "The good show has just begun." So
far, the suspense left by the story of "Shocking the World" is as follows:
1. What are all the answers in The Event that Simon Lee said? Why does the so-called "evolution" make it impossible for people on earth to survive?
2. Who is Mr. Dempsey? Why get scrolls, why commit suicide, why kidnap girls for fast-aging experiments?
3. As an alien, why did the President's wife not assist the alien leader Sophia in her work?
4. The technological level of aliens has reached the level that they can transmit the entire planet. Why is there no other solution to the disaster of solar fusion?
5. What happened to the accident that Sophia and her group fell to the earth?
6. The history of aliens living in the early stage of the earth, and the history of aliens after they left the earth.
7. How did the benevolent belief of aliens "pursuing peace" come into being? Why betray?
8. Can Leila, the mixed blood of earth and aliens, be cured after being infected with the mutant Spanish virus, and what is the future of the child with a quarter of alien blood in her stomach?
9. The aliens drive the entire planet to come, what actions will they take afterward?
With such a conclusion, it is a pity to find that the story of "Shocking World" has ended here.
"Shocking World" may not be dead, though, and it is said that Peacock may resell the show to other cable networks or digital TV providers. There is still a slight chance that the dead will come back to life, but looking at the entire US TV network as a battlefield, it is better not to have too much hope.
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