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SirFozzie
11-02-2006, 03:44 PM
Ok, this sounds like someone decided to cross-breed "Battle Royale" and "Cannonball Run" while on acid..


FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE "DRIVE" RACES TO FOX THIS SPRING

New Drama Series from Executive Producer Tim Minear ("Firefly," "Angel," "Wonderfalls")

FOX, home of award-winning suspenseful dramas 24 and PRISON BREAK, revs up this spring with the intense new drama series DRIVE from executive producers Tim Minear ("Firefly," "Angel," "Wonderfalls," "The Inside") and Ben Queen.

The next time you're cut off by a crazed driver on your way to work, cut him a little slack. He could be racing for his life.

DRIVE is an action-fueled drama following a diverse group of Americans driving for their lives (or the lives of their loved ones) in a sinister, cross-country road race. Some of them have been coerced into joining The Race; others have sought out The Race themselves, hearing rumors of the $32-million prize. Each has a reason to compete. And each must win.

Among the varied racers are a man thrust into The Race in an effort to find his missing wife; a single mother competing under great strain ... or possibly something much more strange; a buttoned-down scientist and his rebellious 15-year-old daughter; two brothers in a stolen, pimped-out Caddy that carries secrets of its own; and a gorgeous and mysterious female stowaway who may well hold the key to the secrets of The Race.

There are other competitors as well, but when no one is told whom they're racing against, or even where the finish line is, anything is possible. With each mile clocked, the drivers get closer, not only to the finish line and a critical, life-changing victory, but to understanding the mystery behind The Race itself.

Created and executive-produced by Tim Minear and Ben Queen, DRIVE is a 20th Century Fox Television Production. Greg Yaitanes directed and executive-produced the pilot.

Honolulu_Blue
11-02-2006, 03:46 PM
Doesn't sound so too bad actually. It has some potential. Acutally, the more I think about it, the more I like it. I'd tune into the first ep. Tim Minnear is a talented guy.

Izulde
11-02-2006, 03:47 PM
This actually might be mildly interesting.

sabotai
11-02-2006, 03:50 PM
I guess I'm in the camp that thinks it sounds terrible.

I might watch it to see how bad it is, though. :)

JonInMiddleGA
11-02-2006, 04:03 PM
Hmm ... sounds like we'll have to watch the series finale online (if they even get far enough to film the ending at all).

ctmason
11-02-2006, 04:20 PM
That's got "three eps and out" written all over it.

Cork
11-02-2006, 04:28 PM
This sounds like a Lost/Prison Break clone on wheels.

-Cork

Ksyrup
11-03-2006, 06:56 AM
If Dom Deluise isn't in this, I'm not watching.

Subby
11-03-2006, 07:32 AM
Canonball Run is the best american film of the last 30 years.

Discuss.

Pumpy Tudors
11-03-2006, 07:52 AM
I had to read this whole thread twice before I realized that this isn't a reality show.

st.cronin
11-03-2006, 08:11 AM
Canonball Run is the best american film of the last 30 years.

Discuss.

What's to discuss? Also, the sky is blue.

rkmsuf
11-03-2006, 08:28 AM
place jbmagic seal of approval here

Swaggs
11-03-2006, 08:28 AM
I'm never going to watch another serial drama on Fox again. They cut the plug, in midseason, on one too many shows for me to every get invested in another one.

Butter
11-03-2006, 08:45 AM
"in an effort to find his missing wife"...

"Hey, in order to find your missing wife, you have to win this race I'm having."
"OK, sounds cool. On one condition... will there be a mysterious female stowaway?"
"Absolutely."
"I'm in."

Ryche
11-03-2006, 08:48 AM
Canonball Run is the best american film of the last 30 years.

Discuss.

Cannonball Run II protests

Rizon
11-03-2006, 08:50 AM
They should just rename this "Cliche"

Mustang
11-03-2006, 08:58 AM
http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/ratrace-cast.jpg

M GO BLUE!!!
11-03-2006, 11:34 AM
Canonball Run is the best american film of the last 30 years.

Discuss.

How can you say such an obviosly ridiculous falsity?

The best american film of the last 30 years was Smokey and the Bandit II!

Kodos
11-03-2006, 11:40 AM
J.J. -- I saved that lady's dog!

Ksyrup
11-03-2006, 11:46 AM
a buttoned-down scientist and his rebellious 15-year-old daughter;

They're on the run because she got impregnanted by the local high school football star and HIS FATHER IS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY!!!!