5/31/15

Bradbury Whispers: Are You Listening?

Tomorrow night (June 1) the new show The Whispers premieres on ABC.  What do we know about this show?  Well it involves kids and someone whispering I guess, at least that is what this ABC description reveals:

We love to play games with our children. But what happens when someone else starts to play with them too? Someone we don't know. Can't see. Can't hear. In The Whispers, someone — or something — is manipulating the ones we love most to accomplish the unthinkable.

We already have our shows about children returning from the dead, and even kid zombies (sort of the same thing), so why not kids and whispering?  If you watch the trailer all you can see is blinking lights and running adults - nothing too scary unless you are afraid of exercise.  And you have the requisite FBI types involved as well.  Why not?

I might remain somewhat hopeful since the story is based on Zero Hour from Ray Bradbury, which was a pretty good story (and I won't give away the ending). But turning it into an entire series may not be wise.  And I do not recall the FBI getting involved. 

I am not sure if I am curious enough to even change the channel, but you have been warned.   I may wait for Childhood's End to get my fill of empowered children. 

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