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[quote name="fabio"]My parents have been watching this regularly so I checked it out now that it's on Netflix. It's the exact same stuff you saw only a few years ago in <i>Jericho</i>, which was just a bloated <i>The Postman</i>. The twist is the JJ Abrams hook of a mysterious setup with mysterious objects and promised answers to string people along through the tedium. I'll say it again that Abrams is a reverse M. Night Shyamalan, putting the twist up front. Where M Night fucked up though was sticking to movies. Abrams figured out that if you front load a TV show, people will feel invested and stick with it no matter how bad it gets. I'm with Patrice O'Neal on Kevin Costner post apocalyptic movies. How did <i>Waterworld</i> get universally panned but Abrams' Star Trek endlessly praised by critics? Does more movies looking like videogames mean the critics have to take on the same AAA whorishness? [youtube id="WdMrF7aBRyQ"] [/quote]