yeah, I remember playing vancouver bingo when I watched the webisodes. It was funny.
I was worried when I heard that the pilot was going to be 2 hours. I was afraid they might drag it out. And I was right. They could have cut a lot of stuff out of the pilot and made the writing tighter. The webisodes were far from perfect, but the pacing was way way better in them.
Things they improved on: They made Ashley have more personality. They introduced the tech guy sooner. He was originally in the next batch of webisodes but it was nice to see him come in earlier. They fleshed out the Helen and Druitt stuff better. Little things like that were nice.
What I didn't like? They retooled Will's backstory so now he seems more like Daniel. I liked him the way he was before. Brilliant, but it didn't seem so contrived. And it was the Bigfoot character that came and scared him as a child, and not monsters that ate up his mom. I much much preferred that link between the two characters than the no-link we had this time. I had this huige disconnect with how they presented Will here vs the webisodes. I just found him more his own character in the webisodes.
I really want to like it so I'll see how the next episode goes. The next episode should finish off the remaining webisodes that aired online and then it will be new material.
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Date: 2008-10-08 02:53 pm (UTC)I was worried when I heard that the pilot was going to be 2 hours. I was afraid they might drag it out. And I was right. They could have cut a lot of stuff out of the pilot and made the writing tighter. The webisodes were far from perfect, but the pacing was way way better in them.
Things they improved on: They made Ashley have more personality. They introduced the tech guy sooner. He was originally in the next batch of webisodes but it was nice to see him come in earlier. They fleshed out the Helen and Druitt stuff better. Little things like that were nice.
What I didn't like? They retooled Will's backstory so now he seems more like Daniel. I liked him the way he was before. Brilliant, but it didn't seem so contrived. And it was the Bigfoot character that came and scared him as a child, and not monsters that ate up his mom. I much much preferred that link between the two characters than the no-link we had this time. I had this huige disconnect with how they presented Will here vs the webisodes. I just found him more his own character in the webisodes.
I really want to like it so I'll see how the next episode goes. The next episode should finish off the remaining webisodes that aired online and then it will be new material.