It’s Official: ABC Greenlights Shawn Ryan’s Drama ‘Last Resort’ To Pilot

COMMENTS (13)

• Good lord, I’m exhausted just reading this summary.
  So they refuse to deploy nuclear weapons in the line of duty, but they found their rouge nation on the basis of their capacity as a nuclear threat?

  Comment by takeitoutsidemimi — Friday January 6, 2012 @ 6:25pm PST  Reply to this post

• Tom Colicchio?

  Comment by JPR — Friday January 6, 2012 @ 7:00pm PST  Reply to this post

• Why make a trillion when we could make… billions?

  Comment by doppelganger — Friday January 6, 2012 @ 7:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• All the men in Sherwood Forest are shaking their heads. This sounds even worse then the premise of ‘Crimson Tide’. Finding refuge at NATO? Natives they meet!?!

  On the Beach + Sea Quest DSV = Extraordinary Crap

  BTW, those boomers wouldn’t make it past the next budget review.

  Comment by P. Lee — Friday January 6, 2012 @ 10:27pm PST  Reply to this post

• Im an actress and the Best tv pilot script I ever read and read for was Ryan’s, “ride along” which was soon changed to Chicago code aired and cancelled… I think they were anxious to get a name attached in the lead and even though she was good, the actress did not carry across what I read. sometimes you’re just better off with undiscovered talent so the script and story can take the lead…
  In a recent pilot I was in, they used a big movie director… Nice guy, but I felt like he hadn’t read the brilliant script… For my part anway. In one scene a camera move seemed what was written, an awesome flow(from the well known writer), but the director made a cut instead. Sometimes name directors and name talent can overtake such great writing it’s a shame.
  The show got picked up, so I’m looking forward to seeing it, and hope all my few lines remain in.

  I’m a huge fan of Ryan and out of all of the tv writers, I’d love to work with his material most.

  Comment by Elaine — Saturday January 7, 2012 @ 4:34am PST  Reply to this post

• I’m sorry, but could you explain the premise again, this time more slowly and using language that an 18-49 year old without a graduate degree in Convoluted Television Pilot Screenwriting could understand?

  Comment by academy screamer — Saturday January 7, 2012 @ 5:51pm PST  Reply to this post

  • The crew of a submarine ignores an order to fire a nuke, secede from the United States and “declare themselves to be the world’s smallest nuclear nation with 24 nuclear warheads”. Is that any clearer or where are we losing ya?

    Comment by gp — Sunday January 8, 2012 @ 10:46pm PST  Reply to this post

    • ….but tell me more about the chow….

      Comment by spot — Thursday October 11, 2012 @ 4:25pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I’ve been excited for this project since the beginning. I really hope it’s good. I have complete and utter faith in Ryan and Campbell (though, you never should have touched Green Lantern, pal). This is going to be a blast…I hope…

  Comment by BlahBlahBlah — Monday January 9, 2012 @ 8:02am PST  Reply to this post

• Crimson Galactica.

  Comment by Vincent Hanna — Monday January 9, 2012 @ 12:55pm PST  Reply to this post

• Whew. Finally an antidote to 24.

  Comment by Captain Bly — Wednesday February 8, 2012 @ 9:47am PST  Reply to this post

• Last resort is complete rubbish. The screen writers should give me a call to help them get it right. I have 20 years experience with submarines. Everything is wrong from the sub design to how the sailors operate. They need some serious consulting if they plan on making another season.

  Comment by j. nixon — Wednesday October 10, 2012 @ 11:26pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • can’t they just air re-runs of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea?
    I mean to make things a little more realistic…

    Comment by spot — Thursday October 11, 2012 @ 4:23pm PDT  Reply to this post