The CW 2017 Fall TV Trailers: Valor, Life Sentence & Dynasty

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All things considered, this may not have been the most opportune time for The Old Republic Game Director James Ohlen to state in a Design Notes blog post that, “This first Game Update will show everyone how serious we are about expanding Star Wars: The Old Republic
The problems with Valor ‘s pilot stem largely from how many threads it attempts to weave into the series’ tapestry, and how amorphous the show ultimately feels as a result. The opens with the story of a secret mission in Somalia flown by an elite U.S. Army group known as the Shadow Raiders that ends disastrously and leaves only Warrant Officer Nora Madani (Ochoa) and Captain Leland Gallo (Matt Barr) alive. The two leave behind one of their team members, Jimmy Kam (W. Tre’ Davis), who falls into the hands of a group of terrorists. Following a time jump, the pilot moves back to the States, where Nora is recovering from her injuries – both physically and psychologically – while also dealing with the secret she and Gallo have been keeping about the truth surrounding their failed miss
While exploits and glitches can hardly be considered strangers to massively multiplayer online role playing games, the situation with Rise of the Rakghouls is particularly unfortunate. The update, announced just last week, was originally slated to release January 17th, but got delayed at the last minute so that additional testing could be completed. Nevertheless, an exploit got through, and it’s a big
The issue, in a nutshell: giant turrets in Ilum’s PVP area post 1.1 are awarding opulent amounts of Valor, leading a huge number of (mostly Imperial) players to farm them, which isn’t too hard given that the turrets respawn instantly. As a result, players are allegedly able to max out Valor in practically no t
It’s clear that Valor intends there to be high stakes all around, as that’s one of the appeals of military dramas. But in fashioning the series to fit in with The CW’s more teen-friendly content, something gets lost in translation. The addition of Nora and Gallo’s comrade-in-arms affair complicates matters for both characters, but as is so often the case with television dramas, complication doesn’t necessarily result in complexity. To make matters worse, though they are both well suited to the show’s soapier aspects – particularly the scene where Nora and Gallo seek catharsis by smashing some drywall with a sledgehammer – Ochoa and Barr aren’t quite as convincing as a pair of elite U.S. Army helicopter pil
Valor fulfills The CW’s president Mark Pedowitz’s wish for a military drama, and marks the network’s third attempt at bringing such content to the lineup. Meanwhile, the reboot of Dynasty is the next in a long line of re-imaginings of television properties for a new generation. The CW is aiming for the 90210 and The OC crowd with the show, making its pairing with the genre-straddling Riverdale on Wednesday nights a smart choice. Life Sentence is also a departure from the network’s superhero side of things, as the show centers on a young woman (played by Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale) who discovers she’s no longer dying of cancer and now has to live with the consequences of certain decisions she made when under the impression there was no tomorrow (sorry, charming but canceled CW sh
Life Sentence , on the other hand, looks like it could be a charming hit for the network, as it has an interesting core premise but also a charming supporting cast that, from the look of the trailer, will offer the series plenty of story lines to explore as the series goes on and the initial conceit eventually moves into the background. Seeing that sort of future proofing in a trailer isn’t too common, so it might be a good thing that Life Sentence seems so aware its concept will only take the series so
When The CW announced that it would fall in line with NBC and CBS and deliver a military drama for the 2017 fall TV season with **Valor ** it heralded a potential change for the network that has been associated mainly with DC Comics over the last few years. Shows like Arrow , The Flash , Legends of Tomorrow , and Supergirl have become The CW’s identity to a certain degree, while the long-running Supernatural and critical darlings/award-winners (Golden Globes, but still) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Jane the Virgin are still around to service the interests of those who are maybe only tangentially interested in the geek-friendly line up the network has been offering. As such, the move to offer a military drama is a notable departure, one that makes even the Dynasty reboot seem less risky by compari