Television - October Road 1: The Show May Be Over, but the unanswered questions live on forever

~Unfaithful~ · 01-10-2009, 01:23 PM

Welcome to the first October Road thread with the closing of the board. The opening is currently under construction!

SoLongSelf · 01-10-2009, 01:34 PM

Thanks for getting us started Sarah!

**+supernova+** · 01-10-2009, 01:46 PM

I will add this to the thread guide! Glad to have you over here with us!

~Unfaithful~ · 01-10-2009, 05:46 PM

Thank you

metal heart · 01-10-2009, 06:11 PM

sorry you all lost your board

macphoen2 · 01-10-2009, 06:41 PM

I'm reposting this from the old board:

The following event was set up by another Roadie on the ABC.com board.

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WELCOME ROADIES, OCTOBER ROAD FANS, GROUPIES OR ANYONE INTERESTED IN "WHAT GOES ON", PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN US.

We are having our First Annual October Road Reunion January 17th, 18th and 19th (Monday-Martin Luther King Day), for those of us that have that day off, it will give us an extra day to write letters.

Please spread the word to everyone so they may join us.

Please feel free to comment, to share, to eat and be merry. Sully's will be open for refreshments and wings (among other things). Maybe, we will run into Eddie and Janet, Nick or Hannah, Pizza Girl, Ikey or Owen or all of the above.

We want to show ABC how committed we are to this TV show and that we are not going anywhere. So let's shut this message board down from being overloaded because of all the activity this weekend. We can do it.

Snippity-lou to all of you until then and remember to spread the WORD.

LONG LIVE OCTOBER ROAD!!!

It is sure to be memorable and I'm also passing this along to my fellow Roswellians here, as I was involved in the fan community. This is whole experience being back on Fan Forum for me has been a true reunion. Once again, you'll find us by googling "October Road ABC message board".

Here is what's new:

Jonathan posted on his MySpace blog that the 15-minute epilogue will start shooting (tentatively) in L.A. on January 24th.

And speaking of "Life on Mars" which returns with new episodes Wednesday, January 28th, the first seven episodes have been put back up on the ABC.com full-episode player. If you haven't catch this, in addition to many references watch out for guest appearances by Odette Yustman in episode #4, Brad William Henke in episode #6, and special guest appearances in the pilot and the mid-season finale (episode #7) - you'll know those when you see them.

Full Episode Player - ABC.com

So get everyone you know to watch these episodes and to tune into the return on the 28th.

Jonathan has another independent film, "Ready or Not", that will be released to DVD in 2009 (one month later after the release of "Broken Windows", on March 24).

The trailer for "Ready or Not" can be found on the official website:

READY OR NOT

You can pre-order a copy on Amazon.com now.

Amazon.com: Ready Or Not: Christian Oliver: Movies & TV

In addition to the OR reunion, we're trying to drive up sales of The Complete First Season DVD.

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I want to bring your attention to something I noticed early this morning. There was a spike in DVD sales for The Complete First Season on Amazon and it was nearing the 4,000 range. (Right now the current sales rank on Amazon.com is 8,986.) Believe me when I say that is a huge increase than what it was before today. People are purchasing or blind buying this current season available. More important than ever, we need these sales to continue.

I've brought back the "Pay October Road Forward" Campaign for this reunion for a particular reason, which I'll repost from the "Invitation to the October Reunion" thread now that I'm seeing a clear upward momentum going here.

Amazon

Amazon.com: October Road - The Complete First Season: Rebecca Field: Movies & TV

The official Yahoo group for "Pay October Road Forward":

PAY_OCTOBER_ROAD_FORWARD : PAY OCTOBER ROAD FORWARD

Sign up to be notified when The Complete Second Season (or whatever the official title will be) is available for purchase from Lionsgate.

Amazon.com: October Road - The Complete Second Season: Bryan Greenberg, Laura Prepon, Geoff Stults, Tom Berenger, Jay Paulson, Evan Jones, Warren Christie, Jonathan Murphy, Lindy Booth: Movies & TV

The Complete First Season was released on October 30, 2007 and low sales are one of the reasons it was licensed to Lionsgate to handle DVD distribution. Over a year later and a continuously growing fan base, let's blow their minds by getting this on Amazon's Bestsellers list.

I'm also going drop the following into this update:

Stephen McPherson, President
ABC Studios
500 South Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-4551

Anne Sweeney, President
Disney-ABC Television Group
3800 W. Alameda Ave., Room 504
Burbank, CA 91505-4300

Mark Pedowitz, President
ABC Studios
500 South Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-4551

Sponsors list that was compiled by another Roadie for the March 10th two-hour finale last year:

Verizon (3 ads), Target (2 ads), Citicards (2 ads), Geico (2 ads), Mazda (2 ads), Toyota (2 ads)

The rest here just had one ad: Tide, AT&T, Wendy's, Red Lobster, Clorox, Tresseme, Draft, Carnival Ships, Home Depot, Dove, Gatorade, McDonalds, Windex, Neosporin, Ocean Spray, KIA, Revlon, Quaker, Dominos, Oreos, Red Bull, Ziplock, Abreva, Victoria's Secret, Ford, Claritin, Pedigree

HBO Online: Corporate Info

Here's the number to call (copied from their website):

You may contact HBO's Consumer Affairs Department at 212-512-1208 Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM Eastern Time.

Please send all letters to HBO at the following address:

HBO Consumer Affairs
1100 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

When you write or call HBO, you'll want to mention Bryan's pilot ("How to Make It in America" which was picked up for reportedly an eight-episode order) and that Bo Mitchell ("Doodie") has a series coming up on February 15th called "Eastbound & Down".

Hope to see you all at the reunion in the "Sully's Finest Sludge Cafe" thread!

**Pure.Magic** · 01-11-2009, 09:17 AM

Hey guys.

You'll be seeing more of me. Ive only wached one episode till now, so im not even sure about the names of the characters. But i will stop by once i have some clue whats happening on the show,

cuz i know that im hooked.

SoLongSelf · 01-11-2009, 09:55 AM

^ OR is very easy to get hooked on! You'll have to keep us updated as to where you are with the episodes!

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Originally Posted by +supernova+ (View Post)

I will add this to the thread guide! Glad to have you over here with us!

Thanks for getting us added. We really appreciate it.

**broken|smile** · 01-14-2009, 04:19 AM

Hey guys

I just watched the second episode of OR, looks like I missed the um first episode had no idea they started airing it last week, can anyone fill me in as to what happens?

Im Sheida BTW

macphoen2 · 01-16-2009, 12:57 PM

Just bumping this thread up to remind everyone that the previously mentioned OR reunion (in post #6) starts tomorrow.

Sheila and Pure.Magic, feel free to drop by the ABC.com message board.

**JamieScott** · 01-17-2009, 11:29 AM

I just noticed the October Road board was shut down. :\

I was the one who posted back in November that Bryan told me after one of his shows that they were no longer filming the final 15 minutes. Well, maybe Bryan didn't even know what he was talking about because now this article is out: October Road: TV Show Costar Says Series Finale Date Set | TV Series Finale

I hope it is true, but I'm not going to believe anything till I see it.

macphoen2 · 01-17-2009, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JamieScott (View Post)

I just noticed the October Road board was shut down. :\

Yes, the one here on Fan Forum. The one on ABC.com is still up and running.

SoLongSelf · 01-18-2009, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Freaky Wednesday (View Post)

Hey guys

I just watched the second episode of OR, looks like I missed the um first episode had no idea they started airing it last week, can anyone fill me in as to what happens?

Im Sheida BTW

Episode 1 Recap here

Hope that helps!

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Originally Posted by JamieScott (View Post)

I was the one who posted back in November that Bryan told me after one of his shows that they were no longer filming the final 15 minutes. Well, maybe Bryan didn't even know what he was talking about because now this article is out: October Road: TV Show Costar Says Series Finale Date Set | TV Series Finale

I hope it is true, but I'm not going to believe anything till I see it.

Thanks for the info. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens!

**broken|smile** · 01-18-2009, 08:22 AM

Oh thanks for that Becca

**JamieScott** · 01-18-2009, 03:20 PM

You're welcome, Becca. I'm just going to stop thinking about the 15 minute ending and pretend it's not happening... then if it does happen, I'll be very surprised and happy.