The Official Alias thread - Page 3

TastyNugget · December 20th, 2004, 12:17 PM

Yup, I can't wait either.

I heard Garner was pregnant or something... is that true?

Chandler Mike · December 20th, 2004, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TastyNugget

Yup, I can't wait either.

I heard Garner was pregnant or something... is that true?

No idea about that...but if anyone can kick butt while pregnant, she can.

Anyone see her on NFL Countdown yesterday morning doing the fantasy football sketch?

Pretty hilarious...

Mike

Chandler Mike · January 4th, 2005, 04:53 AM

Since this thread was such a hot topic...

*bump*

Premiers tomorrow night, two hours! Right after an all new Lost!

Mike

WaywardFan · January 4th, 2005, 05:14 AM

I read that because JJ's getting this better time slot, he's hoping to attract new viewers. To that end, he's going to be treating this season (especially early on) in such a way so that viewers not familiar with the past seasons won't be very, if any, lost in what's going on. I think this is a good idea and I'm hoping to rope a few of my friends into Lost into Alias.

Wednesday might become the best night on tv.

Chandler Mike · January 4th, 2005, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by WaywardFan

I read that because JJ's getting this better time slot, he's hoping to attract new viewers. To that end, he's going to be treating this season (especially early on) in such a way so that viewers not familiar with the past seasons won't be very, if any, lost in what's going on. I think this is a good idea and I'm hoping to rope a few of my friends into Lost into Alias.

Wednesday might become the best night on tv.

That's cool...my neighbors haven't watched it before, but they love Lost, and knowing Abrams also does Alias, they want to watch it now.

So your tidbit there is good news!

Mike

WaywardFan · January 4th, 2005, 06:48 AM

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/041231a.php

Keen to jump into the fourth season premiere of "Alias" this coming Wednesday but worried that as a new viewer you won't understand what's going on? Don't panic. According to an interview up on Alias Media with creator J.J. Abrams, the two-hour opener will be easy for newcomers to follow - "We're not going to have any reprise (of previous seasons). We're not going to have any explanation...In no way is this first episode imposing or convoluted".

Til now the spy actioneer has been one of those shows that you have to watch every episode from the beginning to understand all the shifting character dynamics, twists and loyalty changes that have been going on. Unlike shows like "Buffy" or "24" which would reset each season, many of the storylines got carried over from year to year. This continuity became a problem last season when the intricate tapestry of developing subplots became so entangled it was near impossible for all but the hard core viewer to follow.

The plan, at least for the earlier episodes of this coming fourth series, is that more than a few of the eps will be self-contained. Like any show there's more rewards in it for the long-term viewer but the strategy is at least for the opening few weeks to make it easy for a new audience to jump into the show which hopes to benefit from its post-"Lost" timeslot. Don't expect the show to go all "CSI" reset each week style however, as the season goes on "Alias" will move back into the larger schemes (essentially it's like the show's first season all over again). "Hopefully, people will be so invested in the characters that they'll enjoy the ride" says Abrams.

On another note, anyone else notice in the preview that Syd is taking orders from Sloane? How the hell is that going to be explained. AND, wasn't it said that this season will return to the show's roots, i.e. the first season. So, does that mean Syd becomes a double agent, somehow, again?

Can't wait.

Chandler Mike · January 6th, 2005, 06:19 AM

Alias last night...wow...what a great season opener...

Loved the new APO, great acronym...and I loved how none of them knew what was going on until they got there.

The show is going to try and get back to the characters and not so much the plot/stories...which is great.

Marshall being recruited was even better....he was hilarious..."Sloan is behind you" rotfl!

I actually liked the episode better than the Lost episode on before it...

GOnna be a good season.

Mike

Chandler Mike · March 27th, 2005, 12:44 PM

Anyone still watching this show?

Getting better as the season goes on...

Anyone know what the heck Vaughn's dad had to do with Nadia? We completely missed that...

Mike

Chaplin · March 27th, 2005, 02:07 PM

The absence of Rumbaldi makes the show this year seem a little disjointed--more like episodic rather than having a larger plot arc.

Chandler Mike · March 27th, 2005, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Chaplin

The absence of Rumbaldi makes the show this year seem a little disjointed--more like episodic rather than having a larger plot arc.

Well, they were going for that a bit to get more viewers...but Rembaldi has been mentioned this season, so maybe we're going to see it again.

Plus Vaughn's story about his dad is becoming a larger plot it seems...

Mike

Chandler Mike · April 21st, 2005, 10:32 AM

Well, Alias seems to be getting better...last night was a great episode...I wonder what is going on with this duplicate Sloan...

Just a thought...he did create some machine a few years ago, then Sydney went missing...wonder if he somehow duplicated himself without knowing it...I dunno, crazy stuff going on.

Mike

Chandler Mike · May 27th, 2005, 06:46 AM

Well, after a bit of a 28-Days Later type of episode, Alias ended with a BANG...wow...

"Well first off, my name is not Michael Vaughn"....SLAM, a car crashes into them...

The end...

Wow....

Really makes me look forward to next season...

Mike

Brian in Mesa · July 26th, 2005, 11:42 PM

Garner's Pregnancy Written into Alias
Source: Associated Press
July 26, 2005

ABC programming chief Stephen McPherson said Tuesday that Jennifer Garner, who is expecting a baby with husband Ben Affleck, will play a pregnant Sydney Bristow in the fifth season of Alias. "We are going to embrace the fact that she's pregnant," McPherson said.

But the show will focus on making the situation realistic and not "campy," he added. "We also don't want to put her in situations where she's endangering herself and the baby."

Garner, 33, and Ben Affleck, 32, her co-star in the 2003 movie Daredevil, wed in June. Their baby is due around Christmas. Alias returns September 29 for its fifth season in a new Thursday night time slot.

While Garner will still "be able to run a fair amount," McPherson acknowledged her exploits would change when Garner is visibly pregnant. To protect the show's sex appeal quotient, an uncast younger agent who is being mentored by Sydney will be added.

Brian in Mesa · October 4th, 2005, 10:31 AM

Kevin Weisman on Alias
Source: Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
October 4, 2005

Alias co-star Kevin Weisman, who plays Agent Marshall Flinkman, disputes the notion that new cast mates Rachel Nichols and Élodie Bouchez will be taking over for soon-to-be mother Jennifer Garner.

"Rachel and Elodie are definitely involved, but they're not the main focus," the actor tells columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith. Balthazar Getty is a newcomer this season as well.

Weisman tips that yet more changes are in store on the show as the season unfolds. But big changes are typical of Alias, he points out. "We totally destroyed the entire set during the second season, and all of a sudden we were working for the CIA. Every year there are big things the writers like to establish. This year it just happens to be that she's pregnant."

In related news, the character Michael Vaughn (played by Michael Vartan) has been completely removed from the official website.

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No doubt that last part was done at Jennifer's request. Totally removed her ex from the show's site.

Chandler Mike · October 4th, 2005, 10:47 AM

Alias sucks...I really am not liking the show anymore...

The season opener blew...only good thing is that Vaughn died...

Mike