Interesting. While I actually like the way it came out better from the standpoint of the whole season, this may indicate that Joss' original instincts were right, that the original unaired pilot would have been smarter television. Suffice it to say, that pilot hits the ground running, giving away in one episode what took the first half-dozen as aired. (Not by any means everything, but it at least hints much more strongly that there's more going on than meets the eye.)
I think I'm more inclined to give shows a chance: I tend to give a show half a dozen episodes before I give up on it. Admittedly, that's probably because of B5, which stands as my favorite show of all time, and which took almost half a season to hit its stride. (Not to mention Next Gen, which was *terrible* for the entire first season, erratic for the second, and didn't really start to get solidly good until the third.) I can definitely understand the "I don't have time for this", but I've seen enough shows that took a while to click that I tend to let my curiosity rule for longer. That's a gamble, though, wagering my time against the chance of a payoff, and I'm certainly not always right...
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Date: 2009-10-05 12:44 am (UTC)I think I'm more inclined to give shows a chance: I tend to give a show half a dozen episodes before I give up on it. Admittedly, that's probably because of B5, which stands as my favorite show of all time, and which took almost half a season to hit its stride. (Not to mention Next Gen, which was *terrible* for the entire first season, erratic for the second, and didn't really start to get solidly good until the third.) I can definitely understand the "I don't have time for this", but I've seen enough shows that took a while to click that I tend to let my curiosity rule for longer. That's a gamble, though, wagering my time against the chance of a payoff, and I'm certainly not always right...