"The Grid," a new TNT miniseries about "the worldwide threat of terrorism"

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,126085,00.html

LOS ANGELES — ''I hesitate to call it entertainment,'' Dylan McDermott (search) says about "The Grid," a new TNT miniseries about the worldwide threat of terrorism.

''It's intriguing. It's a deep and thoughtful piece and you really have to sit there and deal with a lot of different things, and you are instilled with some fear.''

Playing British agents in the series, which TNT produced with the BBC, are Jemma Redgrave and Bernard Hill. Another British actor, Alki David (search), portrays Muhammad, the terrorist ring leader.

Executive producer Tracey Alexander says that ever since 9/11 she was interested in creating a drama about how the world has changed since then. She also was inspired by the format of Traffic, the movie and TV series that depicted the international drug trade from various viewpoints. Alexander believes McDermott brings emotional power to his Everyman role. ''He personifies the anguish, fear and sadness a lot of people feel. Yet he has to continue to battle on,'' she said.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. My thought when I saw the commercial was the war on terror...

...has now "jumped the shark".

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. But it has "Muhammad, the terrorist ring leader"...

:scared: :evilgrin:

[Liberal Veteran]

4. How original!

:eyes:

ROTFLMAO!

[noahmijo]

2. Ehh I'll give it a chance

If has any messages similar to that as what was found in FX's "Meltdown" I'll give it a view.

[m-jean03]

5. Looks like pure propaganda BS to me

The ads say something about "the sexiest agents in the war on terra" :puke:

I just can't handle that phrase, "war on terra", to begin with, and the fact that they are SEXING it up is just so ridiculous. :grr:

I thought Juliana Margulies was cool, too. Can't believe she's doing this crap.

[Bombtrack]

6. Ted Turner & the BBC aren't exactly part of the vast right-wing conspiracy

I don't know if this includes you, but I'm tired of people on the left who help promote the stereotype that the left does not take the threat of terrorism seriously.

[m-jean03]

7. I didn't know who made the show

Sure terrorism is a threat, but there is no war on terror. You can't have a war on a concept.... Not to mention Bush has totally undermined any legitimacy that term MIGHT have by using it to refer to his oil wars in the Middle East. So you can see why I hear that term and my B.S. detector goes up immediately.

Maybe the show is legit. It just looked like ridiculous and opportunistic fear-mongering to me, but hey, maybe I shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

I don't watch much TV anyway, so I'm apt to be pretty cynical of most of the things I see advertised.