My Nephew Is In The New Tomorrow!

No silly, not mine!… But this persons. (Click the link!)

Just though I’d let you know, lol, “Mangasama’s” mother also searched TNT on Google.

Oh, the things you find online… Just needed to do another post :D The links are from a BB called Spank Mag, doesn’t contain anything filthy, but bad language *tuts*

(Don’t ask me the point of this post, cos frankly I have no clue!)

New Tomorrow Articles From UK Mags!

I found two articles today, in UK TV listing magazines. Scans of both can be viewed by clicking the links below. Be sure to get your own copy of these mags this week! (Well, that’s if you want to, lol).

1. Radio Times : Kid’s TV : The New Tomorrow
Features big pic of Faygar and info on the series.
Magazine price: 90p

2. TV Choice : Kid’s Zone : Kid’s Rule!
Features pic of Sky, info and brief episode synopsis.
Magazine price: 30p

They’re not much, but it’s all I can find! If you find any others please do let me know :)

Scroll down to read another article from an Australian sci-fi website which I also posted here today, plus info on video clip downloads. Cheers!

Another Review For The New Tomorrow!

From http://www.frontiermagazine.net/ – Yay a sci-fi-ish perspective!

The Tribe, A New Tomorrow
Written by Catherine Jemma
Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Channel 7, Saturdays 11am

Well I have now had the chance to see the first (TV station compile, double-ep) episode of the series which started at 11 am on Saturday 17th of September.

Clearly this series (The Tribe, A New Tomorrow) is more a spin-off than a sequel/sixth season, to the previous five season run of The Tribe.
It would appear that the target audience are about 8 to 13 year-olds (ie even younger than was intended for the original The Tribe). I had been of the belief that this new series was intended for a much older audience and would be starring the same regulars, who by now are obviously all young adults (originally The Tribe started in 1999, starring mostly teens and intended primarily for teens).

As such I couldn’t really recommend this series at all for adult sci-fi fans. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not dissing it. I wish it all the best screening to its target audience. I’ll probably keep half an eye on it over the next few episodes, just to see how it develops anyway.

So far all new faces, and reference is made to “The Mall Rats” being quite some time in the past (one might guess 40 or 50 or a hundred years or more even).

Going by the end credits, Channel 7 Australia seems to have actually been involved in the making of this particular series.

Remember that ABC-2-Digital-only is currently partway through screening season three of the original The Tribe from 6.30 to 7pm Monday to Fridays, so y’all can catch up with Amber-Eagle, Trudy, Bray, Lex, Salene, May, Jack, Ellie, Alice and the others then.

Patsy….. “So, is killing not wrong anymore?”
Trudy….. “We don’t have to worry about Right and Wrong anymore, ZOOT decides for us.”

useful websites:
# Official site of the original series www.tribeworld.com This excellent site has extensive links including eps synopses etc
# New Official website of the new series www.thenewtomorrow.net
New Official website for USA viewers (now that The Tribe original series is now screening all around the US), full details at www.thetribe.tv
# An excellent fan-made website from the UK with emphasis on the new series www.tribeheaven.co.uk .

Yes! That link to tribe heaven was really there!
Full article can be viewed online here.

Australia are continuing to screen the series in one hour blocks, so they’ll be finished by the time the UK is halfway through the half hour episodes! (May mean plans for a second series will go through quicker?).

The New Tomorrow showing in the UK on Channel 5, Sunday 2nd October, 11am(ish).

The Tribe – A New Tomorrow, A Review

From The Sydney Morning Herald:

The Tribe – A New Tomorrow
By Ben Wyld
September 17, 2005

The Tribe – A New Tomorrow, Seven, Saturday 11am

A group of survivors are living in the wild in small groups. Around them, roaring predators patrol the dark jungle. Sound familiar?

The parallels with Lost are easy to find, but this is a spin-off of the New Zealand company Cloud 9’s The Tribe, now in its sixth series. Like the original, The New Tomorrow is aimed at eight-to-12 year olds and set in a world with no adults, where children create their own society.

The double-episode opener introduces us to the three main tribes: the peace-loving Ants, who live in the mountains; the proud Barbs of the forests; and the oppressive Privileged, who want total domination and enslave those known as the Discards. Each tribe has its own pagan mythology, extravagant costuming and colourful face paint. And, upon closer examination, each tribe has its own underlying tensions that threaten its order.

Today, there’s schadenfreude afoot when the Privileged carry out an attack on the Ants in the guise of the Barbs. The spiritual elements seem ponderous and the Ewok-styled costuming a little naff, but the plot moves along nicely and might just find a foothold with the intended audience.

Lol, Ewok style costumes!!!

Article can be found here.

The New Tomorrow : Spoilers And Such!

From Channel Five, UK;

the new tomorrow(1/26)
11.05–11.35

This new children’s show is a sequel to teen drama ‘The Tribe’, which has distinguished itself as a cult hit series around the world. It explores similar themes – of a world without adults and all that entails – but introduces new and younger characters and is aimed at a slightly younger children’s audience .

New viewers can fully enjoy the show without being familiar with The Tribe. But ‘Tribe’ aficionados will also enjoy the series, finding storylines evocative within ‘The Tribe’ mythology. Unfolding against a backdrop of photogenic snow-capped mountains and streams, pine forests, rolling valleys and hills, this scenic wilderness is inhabited by tribes of children. Some live in encampments of tents, others in crude primitive-style dwellings, and others in caves: this could be 1,000 years in the past – or even 1,000 years into the future. In one particular valley, there is a dangerous, mysterious and uncharted no-go area around with seemingly no signs of human or animal life – only machines from a bygone age.

The series focuses on the interplay of four tribes; The Ants; the Barbs; the Privileged and the Discards. The children battle against the forces of Nature from the first snows of winter, to the parched lands in summer, and rain and floods in the fall, punctuating themes of living off the land. Some tribes worship the sun and moon. Their culture and entire heritage seems to emanate from ancient markings visible from caves and rocks – and huge mysterious stone edifices reminiscent of Stonehenge and Easter Island. The markings seem as if they have evolved from an ancient civilisation but are also reminiscent of the machines that roam the technological graveyard in the Forbidden Zone.

The New Tomorrow combines action and adventure, mystery and intrigue, humour and pathos with underlying themes of hope and human endeavour where good always triumphs in the end.
Can the dream of the original Mall Rats (from ‘The Tribe’) to create a fair and just society and a better world finally come to pass through their descendants and a new generation of children, struggling to make sense of their environments and lives – in a world with no adults?

In this first episode, an enigmatic stranger called Sky arrives causing mystery and suspicion amongst the Barbs and Ants. Who is Sky? Where did he come from, and what does he want?
Flame, the Leader of the Privs, is especially concerned by Sky’s presence and wonders if Sky could somehow threaten Flame’s notion of extending his rule. Meanwhile, the Ants and Barbs are more concerned about movement from the monster machines in the forbidden zone. The Ant Tribal leader, Faygar, disagrees with the leader of the Barbs, Zora, on the best way of dealing with the machines – and Flame.

Holy poo!!!
The forbidden zone?
Ancient markings?
Monster machines?
Could Sky be Amber’s son Bray?!?!

Can’t wait!

It’s A Bit Boring Being A TNT Extra!

It’s A Bit Boring Being A TNT Extra!
Friday, September 16th, 2005 at about 6:29 pm

Lol, been searching other blogs and came across this blog here.

Basically it says:

My boy has been given 5 more days of being an extra in the new tv show – The New Tomorrow (I think its called that) – which is a spin off from The Tribe. TVNZ haven’t even bought it but it has been sold to the UK so family and friends watch out for it – I think its due to be screened in September this year. He seems to enjoy it – probably for getting off school more than anything – but says it is boring at times with loads of waiting around and redoing of scenes. Still – its an experience.

Lol, I hope the owner doesn’t mind me copy and pasting, I even had the cheek to leave my link on their blog *evil laughter* ;)

Full blog page can be found by clicking here.

The Fabulous Life Of Nick Fenton!

Lol, found an article published in The Northland School Newsletter, Nick who was pictured in the net, plays the character called Sky. He isn’t Bray!?! Oh well.

From Northland School’s Newsletter. 15th June 2005 (yes that old!):

STUDENT NEWS
On Sunday, I interviewed one of our students who is away at Cloud 9 Studios in Lower Hutt filming a children’s television series called “The New Tomorrow”.

He is very busy at the moment, and usually wakes up at about 6:30am and gets picked up around 8:00-8:30. Before filming each scene, they [the characters] have to rehearse each scene three times, and the time it takes will depend on how long each scene is. The filming for each scene takes about half an hour to an hour, and the number of shots used depends on how many characters are in the scene.

Nick learns his lines very easily, and spends time at home going through them with his mum or dad, the day before he films them. His character’s name is Sky, and he is the main character in the series. His make-up is quite cool, but it hurts a lot at the start, even though the pain goes away later on. When he is not required on set, he is doing school work with a tutor in a caravan that’s been turned into a school room. He comes home each day at no earlier than 5:00, but usually around 6:30pm.

However, he is not out there every day. Some days he will be back at school the whole day, some days he will leave around lunch time. He will be back at school permanently around about the start of September. He is really enjoying this experience and it’s a good opportunity for him to show his talent in movie production, and who knows where he might end up? Look out Peter Jackson!

By, Patrick Hayes
Student Council Correspondent

Uhm, just don’t confuse him with ‘that chick from Neighbours’… Well OK it’s not likely… Anyway, Tribeworld have said (Monday 5th September) it’s the final week of filming!!! Which probably means as you read this, filming has finished.

The New Tomorrow Official Site should open this month and the series start next month or so in the UK and Australia.