Here’s a nice review of the upcoming DVDs of the first season of LIFE by Chris Ball on Cleveland.com There’s never any mention about the music selection, but I wonder if people who review those DVDs are even aware of that fact, probably not. Sucks, not just because I think we deserve to know, but because the original music selection was so much better and made scenes so much more powerful, than it’s really not the same to watch either version.
Anyways, nice review, sadly it looks like what was liked then won’t be next season, I’m thinking of this for example : “Shahi exudes a powerful sexuality, which LIFE manages to utilize without seeming too obvious.” Yes, that was another good thing on the show, but seems NBC decided to make more obvious, I guess those guys are either blind, stupid, or both. My guess is both.
It’s about time the NBC PR machine started cracking and they seemed to be doing it by sending its shows to as much special screenings as possible, Life included. Unlike The CW’s dubious move to hold back special screenings for 90210 NBC has included Life in the NYTVF Premiere Week and recently, Paley Center and TV Guide’s Fall Preview Party where new and returning shows are screened for public consumption.
Admission is free but registering in advance is a must.
Read the article below for more information:
Paley Center/TV Guide Fall Preview Parties in Los Angeles Offer Fans a First Look at New Pilots and Returning Favorites
A nice article from USA TODAY about LIFE and the challenges ahead of the show for its sophomore season, after a shortened season cut in the middle by the writers’ strike.
NBC’s LIFE is revived; but question is, can it thrive? By Gary Strauss, USA TODAY
In life, one seldom gets a second chance. That’s the premise behind NBC’s LIFE, the cop drama that gets a second chance of sorts when its new season opens Sept. 29 (10 ET/PT).
NBC is giving viewers ample opportunity to sample the series after the writers’ strike cut its freshman run to 11 episodes. Three more shows air on Oct. 3, 6 and 10, when it rests in its Friday slot.
“NBC understands the difficulty of selling this show,” says creator Rand Ravich. “The first episode needs to serve as a pilot, as if you’ve never seen it.”
Indeed, new viewers may need a refresher course on the characters and complex back stories. British actor Damian Lewis (BAND OF BROTHERS) stars as Charlie Crews, an L.A. cop who is back on the force after serving 12 years for homicides he has been cleared of, and he’s tracking the conspirators who framed him. Crews emerges from prison as a Zen disciple, challenged by modern conveniences and partial to fast driving and fresh fruit.
A few months ago Star TV started airing Life and part of their promotions was to arrange an interview with Sarah Shahi, there’s been a few versions of the interview floating around in the Net but I think this versions is the most complete one yet.
Found this interview while surfing the net, its a more complete version of the Star TV arranged interview:
Here’s an ad for the upcoming DVDs of the first season of LIFE in the September 1st issue of TV Guide :
LIFE: Season One Get sucked in to the mystery behind Detective Crews’ wrongful imprisonment or a triple murder he didn’t commit. Check out deleted scenes and bloopers.
Here’s another promo video for the upcoming season of LIFE, and I kinda like this one. Dani’s new look is still there but we don’t get to really see her here, and it just feels more like the show…
Question: All promos seem to end with a “Fridays this fall”. Do you think people are aware the show actually returns on a Monday (September 29th) ? Since NBC decided to have the show air on both Mondays and Fridays for a couple of weeks, might be good to let people know about it too, no?
A first batch of casting calls (as well as the episode’s name) was posted here, and then more casting calls, and if that still wasn’t enough for you, here are some new casting calls :[Toggle Spoiler]
[ COUNTER CLERK ]
Male, 40s. The clean-cut, helpful counter clerk at a pet store in the mall. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES…CO-STAR. (3 lines)
[ TEENAGE BOYS ]
Male, 16. Two preppy kids who are sitting in their car when an on-foot police chase takes place across the front of the car. The cop is the very sexy Reese, so they think it’s pretty cool…CO-STAR. (NO DIALOGUE)
[ MOM ]
Female, 40s, Caucasian. An upper-class suburban mom who is putting her kids in the van after a trip to the mall when a police chase literally lands in the back of her van and gives her quite a scare. And then, unbelievably, it happens again…CO-STAR. (NO DIALOGUE)
[ KIDS IN CAR ]
3 to 6 years old, Caucasian. The children of the upper-class, suburban mom who start screaming and crying when a police chase ends up, quite literally, on their van. PLEASE SUBMIT TWINS AS WELL…CO-STAR. (NO DIALOGUE)
I’m slowly getting used to Dani’s look it helps that she still continues to sport the buttoned up look and the practical shoes. What do you guys think?
Call it irony I guess, but soon after we confirmed that the DVDs for the first season of LIFE would not feature the original music selection but some replacements NBC felt more appropriate (read: were cheaper to use), comes an interesting piece in VARIETY about what? The importance of music and how it is used to tell stories and advance plots in shows like our very own LIFE !
This article reinforces one more time how despicable this whole thing is, and how much it hurts the show. Because on more than once occasion, the music on LIFE isn’t just a background noise, it’s so much more, it’s been carefully selected to make us feel a certain way, to convey certain feelings, to create a special atmosphere, and to replace those songs by others is simply to rewrite part of the episodes, it’s like NBC re-shot scenes to use a different actor because it was cheaper that way… disgusting is what it is.
Ever since it’s been announced that the DVDs for the first season of LIFE were coming up, there’s been one thing that has been really worrying me : what music would be used ?? It’s no surprise to anyone who’s been watching and loving the first season that the music on LIFE is incredible. It’s always very carefully chosen, more than ever it is part of an ensemble, just like L.A. could be seen as a character on the show, the music is a voice, an important one.
The creative minds behind the show have not hidden that it was a very important part of the show, and the musical selection has always been pretty amazing. But, while the episodes as they originally aired were done the way they were intended to, NBC soon introduced some crappy “rewind version” replacing the music carefully selected for the show by some other songs, cheaper songs.
Of course it is a nightmare, I never watched those because it made me sick, it ruined everything, it sometimes completely destroyed the atmosphere of the scene, the tone, changed the feelings that were communicated as we were watching it… Gosh, I hate NBC. And ever since the news that the DVDs were coming, I have feared that NBC, trying to save a few bucks, would do the unthinkable and ruin the show right on the DVDs, not using the original music.
Bartender: She had that Canadian thing, you know?
Reese: What would that be ?
Bartender: Happy for no reason.
Crews: I think my partner might not be familiar with that concept.
(Reese looks at him.) — S02E01
