But I was probably more relieved than the crew when they received the transmition from Moya and Pilot. Maybe we can get back to some more interesting stories?
Yeah, I think Claudia Black was out of the country anyway. And also they were having problems with the Sci-Fi network at the time not getting that a lot of people found J/A was what appealed to them with the show. Instead they were promoting it as Stargate, and as John picking up new alien women all the time.
I believe the plan with the first five episodes was to try and make the show easier to understand for new viewers, by introducing the regular cast gradually. Hence the first episode just having John, Chiana, and Rygel, along with Sikozu being introduced to everyone at the same time. And then just sort of going along picking up the rest of the crew. It wasn't what they do best.
I did really enjoy Crichton Kicks though. The two-parter felt too Star Treky, and I personally think they wasted too much of the budget on a not particularly good episode. Lava's a Many Splendered Thing had it's moments (especially with John and D'Argo scenes aww), but it felt a bit pointless and too much like filler. Loved Promise. Natural Election was again too much filler for me, although it did have some interesting character work for Chiana. John Quixote I did enjoy
Oh also they got a lot of new writers early in season 4, so you might notice that episodes tend to focus more on John, and there's less giving Aeryn a pro-active role.
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Date: 2007-03-25 12:13 pm (UTC)Yeah, I think Claudia Black was out of the country anyway. And also they were having problems with the Sci-Fi network at the time not getting that a lot of people found J/A was what appealed to them with the show. Instead they were promoting it as Stargate, and as John picking up new alien women all the time.
I believe the plan with the first five episodes was to try and make the show easier to understand for new viewers, by introducing the regular cast gradually. Hence the first episode just having John, Chiana, and Rygel, along with Sikozu being introduced to everyone at the same time. And then just sort of going along picking up the rest of the crew. It wasn't what they do best.
I did really enjoy Crichton Kicks though. The two-parter felt too Star Treky, and I personally think they wasted too much of the budget on a not particularly good episode. Lava's a Many Splendered Thing had it's moments (especially with John and D'Argo scenes aww), but it felt a bit pointless and too much like filler. Loved Promise. Natural Election was again too much filler for me, although it did have some interesting character work for Chiana. John Quixote I did enjoy
Oh also they got a lot of new writers early in season 4, so you might notice that episodes tend to focus more on John, and there's less giving Aeryn a pro-active role.