Anyone else who just gets mad at this?
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Tridentmovies — 16 years ago(July 19, 2009 04:21 PM)
"I have seen 7 episodes of this crap now and it is just so annoying."
You have seen 7 episodes and yet you're wondering WHY they do certain things? That's pretty stupid, isn't it? Has it occurred to you that the reasons may lay beyond episode 7?
"So, I think the idea for this show is just plain bad. I mean why, for the love of god WHY, doesn't this organization just kidnap Tom and force him to give them the negatives, or kidnap his wife for the same reason?"
Yeah, those ideas are a lot better for a show. Except for the obvious fact that if they make him give the negatives, the show would be OVER. Get it?
And again, the reasons why they don't kidnap him may be explained if you bothered to watch beyond episode 7. Or do you always want all your answers in the pilot?
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MovieCriticMarvelfan — 16 years ago(July 27, 2009 08:48 PM)
So, I think the idea for this show is just plain bad.
It's a brilliant show plus come on it's a treat to see Bruce Greenwood.
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I mean why, for the love of god WHY, doesn't this organization just kidnap Tom and force him to give them the negatives, or kidnap his wife for the same reason?
That could work too but do you think Tom would ever give up the negatives even in a situation like that?
Why do they waste time and money (and must be an incredible amount of money) on following Tom around and just messing with his life?
Because it probably would attract too much attention to kill the guy and take the information from him.
And how did they get these people to deny ever meeting Tom?
LMAO. Um let's see harassment, possible beatings, jail, torture, and death seems like denying someone their existence facing any of these options and more would seem easy.
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wtdk123 — 16 years ago(November 27, 2009 07:25 PM)
The show isn't about the negatives (as you'll discover as you move forward) that Veil hasit's about what Veil doesn't have and about what his real identity is which is revealed in the last three episodes of the series. It had a much broader canvas than the story presented in the pilotalmost everything you learn about Thomas Veil in the pilot is misdirection.
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NightTrekker — 16 years ago(August 06, 2009 09:54 AM)
So, I think the idea for this show is just plain bad. I mean why, for the love of god WHY, doesn't this organization just kidnap Tom and force him to give them the negatives, or kidnap his wife for the same reason? Why do they waste time and money (and must be an incredible amount of money) on following Tom around and just messing with his life? And how did they get these people to deny ever meeting Tom?
Short answer: keep watching.
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Zz9pza — 16 years ago(October 19, 2009 03:59 PM)
Its not about the negatives, its about Tom, I'm guessing that he has already had his memory altered in the past, and now they need to keep him on the run protecting the negatives to prevent the real problem from surfacing. Given all that theroy, why they don't just cap him I'll never know, I guess because the series would have lasted 22 minutes. I like it because it is the flip side of the coin of an equally odd show called The Prisoner.
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drloomis666 — 15 years ago(September 30, 2010 10:27 AM)
7 episodes is'nt even half a season.Your hardly giving the show a chance.Its explained much later how they were able to make his wife and dying mother deny they ever knew him in the final episode.And it was done in a way that i did not expect.They left it on a great cliffhanger that made me wanting more.Unfortunately the powers that be were to stupid to know what a potential cult classic they had on their hands.I'd have loved to have seen what this show would havd done given a few more seasons.
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unstabledavid — 15 years ago(November 07, 2010 09:47 PM)
i think you need an imagination to enjoy science FICTION this show would have lasted much longer on any other network and, like other comments ive read this show was bounced all over different time slots. i religously taped each episodes and got many of my co-workers hooked..of course it wasnt perfect some (not that much) of the dialoge was cheesy but so was star trek and star wars so whats your point? and by the way tv guide called it the coolest show on tvupn cancelled it and replaced it with a gem called "homeboys from outerspace" lol i kid you not
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shempXIV — 13 years ago(February 01, 2013 04:49 PM)
Like THE PRISONER, one could say NOWHERE MAN is allegory about a man struggling to REMAIN HIMSELF in a Kafka/1984-like nightmare, to be FREE in a society (or attempted/would-be society) that "demands" unquestioning obedience from its citizens.
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speedy1383 — 11 years ago(August 12, 2014 04:31 PM)
I did love this show. I looked forward to it every week. I chuckle at the mention of no DVRs back then. I don't know how we as a society ever survived without the DVR. It really makes TV watching so much easier. Game changer.
I wish this show didn't get cancelled after 2 seasons. It could have gone on a few more yrs. I wonder if they would have changed the ending if it lasted longer.