Anybody else excited about "Drive"?

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:57 am

http://www.drivefans.com/index...mid=1h ... ve/Seeings how I am a very big fan of Firefly, and Tim Minear and Nathan Fillion were apart of that show I am pretty excited about it. But am also a bit freaked. It is on Fox, whom canceled Firefly. And will no doubt pit it against CSI or something like that. Expect the worst and hope for the best I guess.

VforVIBE · Post by **VforVIBE** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:32 am

I've never heard of it before, but after reading about it, I wanna see it!

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:00 pm

I feel it is my duty to make it known to the masses. The Captain needs to be back on the little screen. One way or the other.

VforVIBE · Post by **VforVIBE** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:58 am

Was it just me or was the Captain lookin a little... pudgy?

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:42 pm

Looks like he's gained a few pounds. Just more of him to love.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:46 pm

ive never heard of this show or seen anything about it, but i am forsure going to watch it and see!!

GMJAP · Post by **GMJAP** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:59 pm

Fox is such a bunch of pricks. After cancelling Firefly they have the chutzpuh to tout it under Tim Minear's creds. If they think it's something to proud of that they've got Firefly's producer, why did they cancel it? Jerks.

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ZubenElGenubi · Post by **ZubenElGenubi** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:36 am

Quote, originally posted by GMJAP Â»Fox is such a bunch of pricks. ...and effing ripoffs. Note the highlighted portion below:Does that sound familiar to you Supernatural fans? They even had the balls to use an Impala. B@$+@rd$.-Zuben "recent Firefly Fan inductee"

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ZubenElGenubi · Post by **ZubenElGenubi** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:41 am

Oh, you know the game where you have to try to describe a movie/TV show as a cross between two other movies/shows? Here's Drive in a nutshell:"Speed" meets "The Cannonball Run"

KNINE · Post by **KNINE** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:09 am

Firefly was one of my all-time favorite shows. It was actually original. I wish they'd bring it back.

ZubenElGenubi · Post by **ZubenElGenubi** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:58 am

LOL...my wife was reading this thread and said, "It's great that they're getting Nathon (the captain on Firefly) back. They should put the rest of the cast in the show and rename it 'Firefly'."I'm still reeling from the "two brothers in a...Impala"

DopeVibeGT · Post by **DopeVibeGT** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:45 pm

Never heard of. Doesnt look really interesting to me, either. LOL Since I'm a Sci-Fi fan, I did liked Firefly.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:08 pm

Quote, originally posted by ZubenElGenubi Â»...and effing ripoffs. Note the highlighted portion below:Does that sound familiar to you Supernatural fans? They even had the balls to use an Impala. B@$+@rd$.-Zuben "recent Firefly Fan inductee"I've never seen Supernatural, but the "gorgeous and mysterious female stowaway who may hold the secrets to the race" part reminds me of River from Firefly. And tell your wife I agree with her.

ZubenElGenubi · Post by **ZubenElGenubi** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:55 pm

(removed)..I got so caught up on the "two brothers" that I completely missed the "female stowaway". Good call, redlava.I'm afraid this is going the way of Lost...too many possible storylines to keep together for more than a couple seasons.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:46 am

BumpThe 2 hr. premier of "Drive" is this Sunday at 8:00 Eastern and then another episode is on Monday at 8:00 Eastern on Fox.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:41 am

Reminder:The 2 hr. series premier of Drive is tomorrow night at 8:00pm E on Fox

b train · Post by **b train** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:59 am

I'll give it a shot, need somthin to fill the time till BSG season 4

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:52 am

ohhhh i cant wait to watch this.

Atomb · Post by **Atomb** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:52 am

this show came in under the radar for me...i didn't even read this thread!!watched the 2 hours last night and my wife and i were hooked...it's pretty interesting...cheesy special effects on occasion and it does jump around a few story lines.has anybody ever read "the Longest walk" by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)?This show reminded me of Longest walk meets running man....

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:09 pm

That's right, you Canadians got to see it early. There should be an additional episode for you guys either on Sunday or on it's regularly scheduled time on Monday. So don't miss that one.

coldmm803 · Post by **coldmm803** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:02 am

just watched drive, that was good, i dont have time for another show on mondays tho, this will b hard, o the decisions

KNINE · Post by **KNINE** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:54 pm

It got my attention. I'll keep watching. I watched because I like the Firefly guy. I would like to see more cool cars, though.I had to laugh during the one night scene when the left tail lights on the Impala weren't working. I used to have a '63 Impala, and I had the hardest time keeping all six tail lights going at the same time. I was always having grounding issues.

Atomb · Post by **Atomb** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:46 pm

it's a monday show too?!?!?well, heroes and black donnely's wins out in our house so i guess drive drives off into the sunset!

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:16 am

That's why my TiVo, and before that, my VCR, came in handy. I thought it was a great premier. And FOX decided to air the episodes in order this time, so that was nice. I found that blond chick (Ivy) to be rather annoying, I was actually looking forward to her being shot. But alas, it never happened.

MAVibe · Post by **MAVibe** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:33 am

Quote, originally posted by Atomb Â»this show came in under the radar for me...i didn't even read this thread!!watched the 2 hours last night and my wife and i were hooked...it's pretty interesting...cheesy special effects on occasion and it does jump around a few story lines.has anybody ever read "the Longest walk" by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)?This show reminded me of Longest walk meets running man....Yes, it kind of reminded me of that too!....I didn't find it to be as intense as I would want it. The resolution between guy in the pick-up and the blonde was both rushed and forced (names of characters escape me at the moment). There does seem to be some cheesiness about storylines and sfx.But, all in all it was okay--- I'll watch it again to see how it progresses. It's entertaining enough.

Atomic · Post by **Atomic** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:03 am

I am SO hooked on this show.And now there's this excellent R/T Challenger in the mix? I had better get TIVO or I'll have to resort to the old VCR for recording Heroes.

MAVibe · Post by **MAVibe** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:39 am

Yup. That Dodge was pretty sweet. Not a bad episode either, though I'm still opposed to some of the characters.....

VforVIBE · Post by **VforVIBE** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:54 am

DOH!!! I missed tonight's ep.

b train · Post by **b train** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:16 pm

mmmmm challenger RT and a Trans Am. So happy

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:02 am

Quote, originally posted by VforVIBE Â»DOH!!! I missed tonight's ep.Have no fear V, Red is to the rescue!!!!http://www.myspace.com/driveonfoxI am really starting to like this show. Drive has bumped Heroes from the #2 spot of my favorite active shows. Still well behind Lost, but that's a damn good show. Looks like Nathan has his own secrets.

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:02 am

Ok so I caught sunday's 2 hour special on FOX. seems ok but the bimbo minivan mom bugs me a lot. A lot of characters to follow too. I missed monday's show... what happened?

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:22 am

Watch the episodes here. http://www.myspace.com/driveonfoxAlex got a car upgrade, a '72 Challenger, his old car. And we found out that he used to be a wheel man for bank robbers before getting married and leaving that life behind. That was the main event, a few other less significant plot twists as well.

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:22 pm

Quote, originally posted by redlava Â»Watch the episodes here. http://www.myspace.com/driveonfoxAlex got a car upgrade, a '72 Challenger, his old car. And we found out that he used to be a wheel man for bank robbers before getting married and leaving that life behind. That was the main event, a few other less significant plot twists as well. maybe they will play a recap later.Oh... anyone catch the new snow on SPEED called Setup? seems kinda cool. 10 teams are decided out of like 100 people and given the opportunity to race against eachother on the track in their own pontiac solstice. They have to get the cars race ready with the tools and parts made available to them. Plus they need to catch the eye of sponsors like Quaker State, No Fear, Bridgestone and so forth. Each team gets a different sponsor based on who the sponsor picks. first episode seemed pretty cool. Now I got a few shows to keep track of. Setup, Bullrun and Drive lol

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:36 am

When they say you are out of the race they freakin' mean it.The thing I want to know is what is going to happen to Rob and Violet to keep them in the race. Will it be greed or will Rob realize that deserting is a little bit better than 20 years in Leavenworth.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:08 am

Bad News. Looks like Fox canceled Drive after only three weeks.http://www.variety.com/article...&cs=1

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:25 am

wow really? that was quick.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:47 am

One thing I have learned about Fox is that if 15 million people don't watch the first episode then it will pretty much get axed soon after. Drive had about 6 million every week. Not bad, but not great either.The final two unaired episodes are supposed to be shown in May.

Mavrik · Post by **Mavrik** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:21 am

The website is blocked by websense at my work so... can ya paste it please? someone?

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:57 am

fox kills all good shows, they air them at bad times and in the wrong order....GRRRRRR speed channel should pick it up or something.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:31 pm

Here you go Mavrik. Fox has impounded "Drive," steering the show off the network highway after four episodes.Despite decent reviews, "Drive" quickly stalled, averaging just a 2.3 rating and 6 share among adults 18-49, and 5.6 million viewers overall.Monday night's "Drive" didn't help matters, coming in fifth place for the hour (1.5/5) and driving "24" to record lows, dropping Fox to fourth for the night.Having shoved a Denver boot on "Drive," Fox has now gassed up "House" repeats in the Monday 8 p.m. slot.Net is still mulling whether to burn off the last two remaining segs of "Drive" on air, or stream the final segs online.Fox revved up six segs of "Drive," which revolved around a group of people forced to take part in an illegal cross-country race. Nathan Fillion stars.Tim Minear and Ben Queen created and exec produce "Drive," which comes from 20th Century Fox TV. Greg Yaitanes also exec produced. Still a little bit of hope yet that somebody else may pick it up, but with poor ratings hard to imagine that anybody would risk it.

KNINE · Post by **KNINE** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:33 pm

Poor Nathan. Thay guy can't seem to catch a break. I really liked Firefly, but I guess that show never caught on either.

TJinPgh · Post by **TJinPgh** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:06 am

As a quick follow up to this, Fox released it's May Sweeps lineup and Drive has officially been pulled. I'm not certain that they will even air the final two episodes that were filmed (they filmed 6 total).These things have a way of turning up in the internet, though. So, if they do, we can probably find them there at some point.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:42 am

Fox has said that the final two episodes filmed will air on July 4th back to back starting at 7 pm Central.That's the Fox I know and hate, airing the final two episodes of a show that never really took off on the biggest summer holiday. They will probably see the bad ratings and be like "See, it's a good thing that we canceled this show. People didn't want to skip BBQ's and fireworks and parties to watch this show." Great decision guys.

VforVIBE · Post by **VforVIBE** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:57 am

Quote, originally posted by redlava Â»Fox has said that the final two episodes filmed will air on July 4th back to back starting at 7 pm Central.That's the Fox I know and hate, airing the final two episodes of a show that never really took off on the biggest summer holiday. They will probably see the bad ratings and be like "See, it's a good thing that we canceled this show. People didn't want to skip BBQ's and fireworks and parties to watch this show." Great decision guys. Mmmm... July 4th... Transformers...It is quite sad to see a baby of a TV show aborted, it was never given a chance.

NascarXprt · Post by **NascarXprt** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:43 am

Almost like "Fastlane" but shorter.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:22 pm

Just a reminder bump for the last two filmed episodes of "Drive" on Wednesday July 4th at 7pm central on Fox.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:29 pm

:Edit:The date was changed for the final two episodes of Drive from July 4th to Friday, July 13th

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:51 am

Holy Hell!! How many times can Fox cancel this show!? The date for the final two episodes has been moved from July 4th to the 13th, now they have been removed completely. Hopefully they will at least put them online so I can watch them cause they sure as hell seem to not want to put them on the tube. Give us some American Idol repeats or a Go Fish game show instead.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:49 am

Looks like the last two episodes are now available online. And if you go here, it explains what would have happened on the show if it were allowed to continue.http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/07...ed-ono ... efans.com/

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:48 am

Glad I lost interest in this show.