Comments on: Nothing is what it appears to be

By: moley75

moley75 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000

On-topic sh-mopic.

Not all pilots have that moment when you think I’m going to like this a lot but Dead Like Me does as George says “Aww shit” as a toilet seat plummets towards her.

The pre-credit sequence sold Gilmore Girls to me. I can’t see how the show is going to appeal to you, if you don’t like the first five minutes.

PS I love that moment in “The Witch”, SMG was so cute.

By: stephanie b

stephanie b — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:34:46 +0000

Veronica Mars‘ pilot stands out for me because I remember there being a definite moment when I fell in love with Veronica. (When Vice Principal Clemmons asks Veronica to open her locker for a “surprise” inspection and it’s completely empty except for a picture of Clemmons shaped like a heart.) And I still fall in love with her every time I watch that moment. Surprisingly, very few pilots offer those moments.

I also remembering falling in love with Jaye in the Wonderfalls pilot when she pushes the Texas house frau into her hotel room after she punches her. (What can I say? I like women with chutzpah.) I don’t think I fell in love with Buffy until the beginning of “The Witch” when she’s standing in the library with her pompoms and asks Giles, “You don’t like the color?”
But anyway, I’ve gone completely off-topic.

And I think Veronica Mars was a very good show… Well, the first two seasons were. Every bit as good as Buffy at its best. But if it’s not your thing, that’s cool too.

By: moley75

moley75 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:51:33 +0000

That pilots are generally not that great is a common theme across the Web often accompanied by some excuse about exposition. At the end of Dead Like Me pilot, I said to Andy that even if the rest of the series is rubbish then at least we have a great TV movie. I wasn't that taken with the Veronica Mars pilot - I certainly never watched another episode and I don't have that sinking feeling that I missed out. The Lost pilot was awesome and what a let down the rest of it was. On the other hand, I liked the Gilmore Girls pilot in a way that was reminiscent of my reaction to the BtVS pilot, I just knew I was going to enjoy these programmes and I was rather sold on Ugly Betty from its pilot on too.

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:43:23 +0000

I thought it was alright. I’m still not sold on the idea and I’m not sure the premise can sustain itself for all that long (or that she’ll be able to hold together all the different roles). But we’ll see. I could imagine a relatively strong arc of two seasons…but I can’t really imagine how it could last beyond that.

Then again, it may get canceled after one season so it won’t matter.

Also, agreed on the terrible, terrible scenes with Penikett. The kickboxing one makes my soul hurt just thinking about it.

By: stephanie b

stephanie b — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:15:20 +0000

I was bummed that the first scene was included too. The scene by no means explained everything, but it was too much too soon. I'm also concerned about the Ballard storyline, but we'll see. And who says that all pilots suck? I tend to think they are ultimately an average episode of the series, unless the series sucks in which case the pilot probably sucks too. I'm not a huge fan of the Dead Like Me pilot. I think the reap of the little girl on the train was too maudlin. I do really like the Wonderfalls pilot though. And Veronica Mars.