Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Jake 2.0 Appreciation #1 - Page 3

Andia · 10-23-2003, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cancered_gemini:
<STRONG>AH! They're giving away free Jake 2.0 DVDs at the official site! That's so awesome. Heh. I'm getting mine. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
</STRONG>

Aw... too bad... it looks like they closed the giveaway now... that was a short time to get that stuff. Hm... good thing I signed up when I did. Well, I hope people got a chance to get the DVD. Btw, am I dorky or what to be the person to post the last four times in a row? Eh... where is everyone?

Andia

icyfire36 · 10-23-2003, 05:41 PM

Ah man I missed it. I love getting free stuff and one of Jake 2.0 would have been nice.

icyfire36 · 10-23-2003, 05:41 PM

Ah man I missed it. I love getting free stuff and one of Jake 2.0 would have been nice.

Andia · 10-23-2003, 09:42 PM

Aww... man... that's really too bad. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Still, you can get the episodes through other means. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Andia

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Andia · 10-23-2003, 09:42 PM

Aww... man... that's really too bad. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Still, you can get the episodes through other means. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Andia

[ 10-23-2003: Message edited cancered_gemini ]

Andia · 10-24-2003, 05:21 PM

Article from Zap2it:

Quote:

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - It's Oct. 13, Canadian Thanksgiving Day, and "Jake 2.0" star Christopher Gorham -- in Los Angeles on a brief break from production in Vancouver -- sits down to dinner with executive producers Silvio Horta and David Greenwalt at the Marie Callender's restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard.

Having just finished an interview across the street at E!, Gorham is trying to remember what he said that inspired Greenwalt to call him "witty and fascinating."

"I'm all those things," he says, then laughs at himself. "I don't remember. It's all a blackout. But we were talking to the crew last week about the porn version of 'Jake 2.0,' and I said it would be called 'Jake 10.0.'"

"Coming soon to a theater near you," Greenwalt adds.

While "Jake 2.0" definitely gives thanks that it's still on the air on UPN, there's no doubt it's suffered from a time slot that also includes ABC's "The Bachelor," NBC's "The West Wing" and Greenwalt's former show, The WB's "Angel."

"We're hanging on," Greenwalt says. "We are holding an audience in the face of an enormous onslaught."

Adding to the onslaught is FOX's buzzworthy soaper "The O.C.," which returns from baseball hiatus on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 9 p.m. ET, right across from "Jake" (it was formerly skedded for Thursday, but FOX executives decided they didn't want their show to face "CSI").

"That's the scariest thing," Horta says. "I watch it, but I will forbid it from my TiVo. It is bad for my TiVo from now on. No more."

On "Jake 2.0," Gorham plays an NSA computer tech upgraded to field agent when he gets an accidental injection of nanites, tiny computers that enhance his body functions (hence the porn reference above).

Ironically, Gorham read for the role of geeky teen Seth Cohen on "The O.C.," a part now played by former "Gilmore Girls" star Adam Brody. "It was between me and him," Gorham says.

The characters of Seth, an outsider in tony Newport Beach, Calif., and Jake are not dissimilar, both nerdy guys with the courage to go toe-to-toe with the cool kids if necessary. Turns out Gorham falls in that category as well.

"I've always gone back and forth from being a nerd to being a cool guy," Gorham says. "In 7th grade, I was a nerd, but did not know it. In 8th grade, I was on a ski trip with the ski club, and one of the cool girls -- there were two cool girls that everyone was in love with -- leans over to my seat and says, 'Chris, remember last year when you were a nerd?' I was like, 'No. What are you talking about?'

"I had the same friends, I just added new friends. Suddenly the tough, cool girl on the bus is inviting me to her house party. I said, 'Who's coming?' 'All the cool kids.'"

"Jake is both cool, and he's got a little geek in him," Greenwalt says. "Chris really embodies both those things. He's innocent, but he's also, 'I can kick your ass.'"

With both UPN and "Jake 2.0" struggling to find an audience in a crowded marketplace, the show's creators hope for patience from all involved.

"We're on a long, slow build," Greenwalt says. "People need to understand it's a fun, entertaining show."

"Once people see the show," Horta says, "they really like it. They tune back in. It's just a matter of getting them."

"You can tell it's building," Gorham says, "because Howard Stern is talking about it every week on his show. Steve Harvey is now talking about it on his show. It's building. It's out there. Our biggest advertising is word of mouth, it just takes longer."

As he has since the beginning, Greenwalt considers Gorham his secret weapon. "It's amazing to find a guy who can do both comedy and drama," he says, "who will not murder your joke in the pram. It's a mixture of technique and honesty.

"I don't know if Chris is a Method actor, but he's very technical and extraordinarily natural. It's my favorite thing."

"A broad range of people come up to me," Gorham says. "There are kids who used to watch me on 'Popular'; now their parents are coming up to me as well. There's the guys at immigration at the airport, at customs, they're like, 'Hey, Jake, what's going on?'"

But all this popularity doesn't mean Gorham gets a free pass through security. "Last week, they sent me in to get inspected because of this. They pulled everything out of my backpack, I think, because of the money. It was humiliating.

"They weren't convinced that I didn't have more than $10,000 on me. I was like, 'You've got to be kidding.' I think I had $15 on me. They looked in my wallet and were very disappointed."

Andia

[ 10-24-2003: Message edited cancered_gemini ]

Andia · 10-24-2003, 05:21 PM

Article from Zap2it:

Quote:

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - It's Oct. 13, Canadian Thanksgiving Day, and "Jake 2.0" star Christopher Gorham -- in Los Angeles on a brief break from production in Vancouver -- sits down to dinner with executive producers Silvio Horta and David Greenwalt at the Marie Callender's restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard.

Having just finished an interview across the street at E!, Gorham is trying to remember what he said that inspired Greenwalt to call him "witty and fascinating."

"I'm all those things," he says, then laughs at himself. "I don't remember. It's all a blackout. But we were talking to the crew last week about the porn version of 'Jake 2.0,' and I said it would be called 'Jake 10.0.'"

"Coming soon to a theater near you," Greenwalt adds.

While "Jake 2.0" definitely gives thanks that it's still on the air on UPN, there's no doubt it's suffered from a time slot that also includes ABC's "The Bachelor," NBC's "The West Wing" and Greenwalt's former show, The WB's "Angel."

"We're hanging on," Greenwalt says. "We are holding an audience in the face of an enormous onslaught."

Adding to the onslaught is FOX's buzzworthy soaper "The O.C.," which returns from baseball hiatus on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 9 p.m. ET, right across from "Jake" (it was formerly skedded for Thursday, but FOX executives decided they didn't want their show to face "CSI").

"That's the scariest thing," Horta says. "I watch it, but I will forbid it from my TiVo. It is bad for my TiVo from now on. No more."

On "Jake 2.0," Gorham plays an NSA computer tech upgraded to field agent when he gets an accidental injection of nanites, tiny computers that enhance his body functions (hence the porn reference above).

Ironically, Gorham read for the role of geeky teen Seth Cohen on "The O.C.," a part now played by former "Gilmore Girls" star Adam Brody. "It was between me and him," Gorham says.

The characters of Seth, an outsider in tony Newport Beach, Calif., and Jake are not dissimilar, both nerdy guys with the courage to go toe-to-toe with the cool kids if necessary. Turns out Gorham falls in that category as well.

"I've always gone back and forth from being a nerd to being a cool guy," Gorham says. "In 7th grade, I was a nerd, but did not know it. In 8th grade, I was on a ski trip with the ski club, and one of the cool girls -- there were two cool girls that everyone was in love with -- leans over to my seat and says, 'Chris, remember last year when you were a nerd?' I was like, 'No. What are you talking about?'

"I had the same friends, I just added new friends. Suddenly the tough, cool girl on the bus is inviting me to her house party. I said, 'Who's coming?' 'All the cool kids.'"

"Jake is both cool, and he's got a little geek in him," Greenwalt says. "Chris really embodies both those things. He's innocent, but he's also, 'I can kick your ass.'"

With both UPN and "Jake 2.0" struggling to find an audience in a crowded marketplace, the show's creators hope for patience from all involved.

"We're on a long, slow build," Greenwalt says. "People need to understand it's a fun, entertaining show."

"Once people see the show," Horta says, "they really like it. They tune back in. It's just a matter of getting them."

"You can tell it's building," Gorham says, "because Howard Stern is talking about it every week on his show. Steve Harvey is now talking about it on his show. It's building. It's out there. Our biggest advertising is word of mouth, it just takes longer."

As he has since the beginning, Greenwalt considers Gorham his secret weapon. "It's amazing to find a guy who can do both comedy and drama," he says, "who will not murder your joke in the pram. It's a mixture of technique and honesty.

"I don't know if Chris is a Method actor, but he's very technical and extraordinarily natural. It's my favorite thing."

"A broad range of people come up to me," Gorham says. "There are kids who used to watch me on 'Popular'; now their parents are coming up to me as well. There's the guys at immigration at the airport, at customs, they're like, 'Hey, Jake, what's going on?'"

But all this popularity doesn't mean Gorham gets a free pass through security. "Last week, they sent me in to get inspected because of this. They pulled everything out of my backpack, I think, because of the money. It was humiliating.

"They weren't convinced that I didn't have more than $10,000 on me. I was like, 'You've got to be kidding.' I think I had $15 on me. They looked in my wallet and were very disappointed."

Andia

[ 10-24-2003: Message edited cancered_gemini ]

crash landing · 10-25-2003, 09:45 AM

I need some seriously help here peeps. Did anyone here the song that played at the end of Jake 2.0. The one that played when Jake and Diane danced. I was wandering what the song was called.

crash landing · 10-25-2003, 09:45 AM

I need some seriously help here peeps. Did anyone here the song that played at the end of Jake 2.0. The one that played when Jake and Diane danced. I was wandering what the song was called.

Andia · 10-27-2003, 05:28 PM

Well, whatever the song is, I couldn't find it. [img]smilies/look.gif[/img] I did a search on whatever lyrics I could catch... it obviously is not a very well known song.

Andia

Andia · 10-27-2003, 05:28 PM

Well, whatever the song is, I couldn't find it. [img]smilies/look.gif[/img] I did a search on whatever lyrics I could catch... it obviously is not a very well known song.

Andia

crash landing · 10-28-2003, 10:52 AM

Or maybe it is a brand new one that hasn't came out yet.

crash landing · 10-28-2003, 10:52 AM

Or maybe it is a brand new one that hasn't came out yet.

Andia · 10-28-2003, 07:15 PM

Hmm... interesting new episode tidbits...

After Jerry 2.0 this Wednesday, there's:

11/05 Middleman - Assuming Jake is the target of a dangerous Polish mercenary, who has just arrived in D.C. and wants to steal a nanite project, after the NSA intercepts a phone call, it turns out that Jake is not the target. And it turns out to be someone else on the team, after all.

11/12 Whisky-Tango-Foxtrot - When a miniature nuclear bomb goes missing from a military base, the NSA suspects that the theft is an inside job, engineered by a member of the Wolf Pack, an elite U.S. Special Ops unit, so Jake is sent undercover as a new member of the team to ferret out the traitor.

11/19 Spy Vs. Spy - Jake goes on trial before an NSA emergency board of inquiry after he disobeys a direct order to kill a sexy, female spy accused of stealing a biological weapon, but if Jake is found guilty, the Special Ops project -- and Jake -- will be shut down for good.

12/03 Prince & The Revolution

(from tvtome)

Andia

[ 10-28-2003: Message edited cancered_gemini ]

Andia · 10-28-2003, 07:15 PM

Hmm... interesting new episode tidbits...

After Jerry 2.0 this Wednesday, there's:

11/05 Middleman - Assuming Jake is the target of a dangerous Polish mercenary, who has just arrived in D.C. and wants to steal a nanite project, after the NSA intercepts a phone call, it turns out that Jake is not the target. And it turns out to be someone else on the team, after all.

11/12 Whisky-Tango-Foxtrot - When a miniature nuclear bomb goes missing from a military base, the NSA suspects that the theft is an inside job, engineered by a member of the Wolf Pack, an elite U.S. Special Ops unit, so Jake is sent undercover as a new member of the team to ferret out the traitor.

11/19 Spy Vs. Spy - Jake goes on trial before an NSA emergency board of inquiry after he disobeys a direct order to kill a sexy, female spy accused of stealing a biological weapon, but if Jake is found guilty, the Special Ops project -- and Jake -- will be shut down for good.

12/03 Prince & The Revolution

(from tvtome)

Andia

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