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Annadog40 said

Zig said .

“How would some lions over power humans?” – Perhaps you missed the part where I wrote; There are many lions…many, many lions.

Then biowarfare. Use a mutated virus that attacks Lions then shoot the few that become immune.

You have much to learn about writing TV shows, movies etc…, Grasshopper.

If they did that, the show’s history would have amounted to just 15 minutes. It’s similar to the end of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy where the giant eagle rescued Frodo and Sam. Zag & I thought, “for Christ’s sake, why didn’t they just ride the eagle to Mount Doom and drop the ring into it?!?!” If they did that, the film would have been a short instead of a blockbuster series. 

trcanberra said

Zig said
ZOO is a show based on the James Patterson novel of the same name. I haven’t read the novel. Here is a blurb from the CBS website – no spoilers, just the premise.

ZOO is a global thriller about a wave of violent animal attacks against humans sweeping the planet. James Wolk will play Jackson Oz, a young, renegade American zoologist who spends his days running safaris in the wilds of Africa when he begins noticing the strange behavior of the animals. As the assaults become more cunning, coordinated and ferocious, he is thrust into the race to unlock the mystery of the pandemic before there’s no place left for people to hide.

Basically, after all this time of man being on the top of the food chain, the animals (wild and domesticated) have decided “enough is enough” and start exacting their revenge all over the world. We’ve watched the first two episodes and have the third one recorded. This show is très creepy.

So it’s kind of like The Birds with a few alligators thrown in for good measure?

Or lions – some Cecil B. De Mille type stuff??

That begins to describe it, yes. But there are more than just lions and alligators and birds (oh my). This show is very well written – Hitchcockian with its creepiness, despair, horror, etc… Every hour-long episode flies by – no dull moments. We are hooked on it. 

I know what you mean Ad40. It’s hit or miss with him. When I was in to reading fiction, I read some of his books – some were great, others not so much. I haven’t read any of his stuff (including ZOO) for a long time.

Some of these entries ALMOST make me want to watch some TV again Now And Then . Almost!

Pineapple Records said

I think Selleck is an underrated actor. 

Agreed. We enjoy his work in Westerns, particularly those based on Louis L’Amour’s books. He is also fantastic in the made-for-TV Jesse Stone movie series. I did not watch a lot of prime time TV in the 80’s, so I never watched Magnum.

Oudis said

I’ve only seen him as Magnum or Jesse Stone. I’ll have to check Bluebloods and his Westerns.

@Oudis , if you don’t mind a recommendation, I suggest starting with The Sacketts and The Shadow Riders. Sam Elliott co-stars in both – I feel those two complement each other perfectly.