{"id":2116,"date":"2015-09-22T21:14:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T21:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2015-10-20T19:37:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T19:37:48","slug":"limitless-post-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/2015\/09\/22\/limitless-post-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Limitless- Post #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few days, CBS has been generating a lot of hype over the premiere of Limitless tonight at 10. \u00a0Their campaign resides mainly on social media where they are posting to their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LimitlessCBS\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LimitlessCBS\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/limitlesscbs\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> pages every hour revealing a different aspect of the show. \u00a0In addition, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ew.com\/article\/2015\/09\/22\/limitless-bradley-cooper-campaign-poster\" target=\"_blank\">poster<\/a> has been released to promote the show, resembling a fake senator campaign ad to re- elect Eddie Morra. \u00a0A juice truck also drove around Los Angeles to give out &#8220;brain juice&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Limitless?src=hash\">#Limitless<\/a> juice truck will be outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuzzFeed\">@Buzzfeed<\/a> LA office (7323 Beverly Blvd.) from 1-2pm today! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/z0TOiDHEgc\">pic.twitter.com\/z0TOiDHEgc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Limitless (@LimitlessCBS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LimitlessCBS\/status\/646040046513070080\">September 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite this, critic reviews of the show remain skeptical. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/limitless-review-bradley-cooper-spin-off-is-ridiculous-and-charming\/\">The Wrap<\/a>\u00a0stated that Limitless has the potential of being good because of the differentiation from other cop shows, but initial impressions have them thinking the story is bland and too attached to the plot from the film. \u00a0Likewise, <a href=\"http:\/\/flavorwire.com\/538690\/the-limitless-boredom-of-cbs-speed-fueled-limitless\">Flavorwire<\/a> called the show &#8220;boredom with a bradley cooper cameo&#8221; for the same reasons. \u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/09\/22\/arts\/television\/review-limitless-on-cbs-stars-jake-mcdorman-as-a-brainiac.html?_r=0\">New York Times<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2015\/09\/limitless-cbs-review\/406528\/\">The Atlantic<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/tv\/columnist\/2015\/09\/21\/review-show-limitless-has-its-limits\/72396068\/\">USA Today<\/a>\u00a0all agree that Limitless is too similar to the film in both visuals and storyline.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ew.com\/sites\/default\/files\/1442864306\/limitless-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few days, CBS has been generating a lot of hype over the premiere of Limitless tonight at 10. \u00a0Their campaign resides mainly on social media where they are posting to their Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram pages every &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/2015\/09\/22\/limitless-post-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[563,1],"tags":[92,564],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2330,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions\/2330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}