This is primarily my concern. This whole project is wholly reliant on Amtrak service. My concern would be for the future if the state decided to build the rail and Amtrak drops the service if the financials don't turn out as expected. I'm curious to see what the backup plan is should Amtrak service fail.

Meanwhile where I live in Fitchburg it was catching every snowflake like they were Pokemon. Fitchburg is in that weird spot being in the foothills and getting snow like Western Mass.

The rent in Fitchburg is going up too. Average here is now $1600 (at least in December 2022).

https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/fitchburg-ma/

me crying in Fitchburg with Until

I'm in the Fitchburg area Facebook group and the mayor gets constantly ripped on. Honestly the entertainment value is worth being a member.

The mayor has been present for any new business that opened but I think only a handful have survived so far. There is a new bookstore coming to the downtown that I hope does well but we'll see.

This is very true. I have a feeling that the leak I watched was not the complete product though, as if it was leaked in post-production without being 100% done to show to executives.

I could definitely see ABC passing because of the budget. It kind of doesn't make sense since why make the pilot anyway if the budget was ultimately going to be an issue?

Did you watch the Big Thunder pilot? The whole thing felt off and unfinished but that could be just the nature of the leak (such as what the potential advertisers saw was probably more refined).

I'll be checking this one as well. I grabbed these as soon as I saw they were uploaded. Never know how long they'll be up.

I watched "Drew" last night. It deviates greatly from the books and uses the character names. Still, it was an interesting watch and it did give off the vibe of "The Nancy Drew Files" which was a books series in the 1980s that was darker and grittier than the classic books. Not sure about the NYC detective angle but I guess they didn't want to do another small town mystery series yet again (not that the NYC choice was any better).

This was passed over by CBS who decided to pick up "Doubt" instead, which was another pilot written by the same people who wrote "Drew". That ended up being cancelled so it's up in the air whether or not "Drew" would have done better or not.

That's a shame that it's not active considering all the stuff that's already out there. Too niche of an interest I guess.

Dang it. This would have been an instant subscribe for me. I wonder if there's any sub like it lurking around beyond the ones mentioned already.

Interesting to know. Should be an interesting watch.

Was this pilot an earlier attempt at "Gilded Age" that ended up on HBO or a completely separate thing?

Yep. This is the one.

I think r/lostmedia might be interested too.

Unfortunately no. There was 80 leaked on Archive.

https://archive.org/details/tv_tunnel

I already have lol. There's the "Gilded Lilys" pilot from ABC trying to make an American Downton Abbey, the "Big Thunder" pilot also from ABC based off the Disney park ride, and "Drew" which was CBS' attempt to make a Nancy Drew show a few years before the CW made theirs.

I don't know the background of this one. What makes this a standout from the list?

Looks like there's something here for everyone.

The thing that upsets me about this is how well-done the adaptation is. The screenwriter Sarah Phelps went on to adapt other Christie novels, including "The Pale Horse" (one of my favorites from Christie) and completely butchered it. It still boggles my mind that she was able to get the tone of the book perfect for "And Then There Were None" but then drop the ball on the other equally creepy novel. She had great potential but then went off the rails with other Christie adaptations.

I know! Although to be fair there is a Grease 2...which was something.

I'm curious what vibe and tone they're going with this: a 1954 Mean Girls, Heathers, or something else entirely?

Anyone else here a sucker for used bookstores?

Do you mean making Worcester another hub? I can see that. Right now everything reroutes through Boston so I wouldn't mind if Worcester had its own little network