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pilot

posted 19 years ago by Jack_1515
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I was part of the test audience for the pilot episode before it was released. I thought the pilot was excellent. Mysterious, intriging, with shades of the Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan's 1960s series). However, when they began the series they abandoned the promise showed in the pilot, watering down the relationship between McArthur's character and his driver, stuck some dumb broad in and made it into more of a routine fugitive-esque run-around. The pilot showed promise for the show to be a real mystery and potential critique of political/government/military power. The series died a well-deserved death, but the pilot showed real promise and vision.

[–] dopeyharp0 18 years ago

I never had a chance to watch the pilot episode, but have a commercial for it during an episode of "Mann & Machine."
It sounded like a great premise for a show. In the commercial, Alex McArthur's intenseness during an interrigation scene ("I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM!) made me want to watch the movie.. which is what I thought it was just going to be. Had no idea it was going to being a t.v. show.
Had the same thought about "The 4400".. then after the movie was over, I was "rather peeved" that it was going to be a freakin' television show. I don't watch it either.
If I had known Clancy Brown (Mr.Eugene Krabb - Kurgen) was in "LOST", I'd have started watching that when it first came on.

[–] tejas55 16 years ago

Well, since you saw the preview on TELEVISION and it "sounded like a great premise for a show", then why in the "heck" were you surprised it was a "freakin' television show"? Actually, it was a mini-series. And if you're strictly a movie freak and prefer movies that run about 90 minutes and that's it, consider the fact that a tv series or mini-series is much better than a movie. A tv series always has a pilot or pilot "movie" then continues on and on, sometimes for years. With a movie, it's over quickly. No more. Series can be enjoyed for years and characters can be fully developed. I'm sure glad series like The Wild Wild West didn't stop at one movie. It continued for years and over 100 episodes. It can be enjoyed over and over.

[–] dopeyharp0 16 years ago

In the blurb of an ad on t.v., it didn't sound like it was going to be a t.v. show/mini-series.
I'm not necessarily "just a movie freak." I do enjoy the occasional mini-series.

"What time is Recess?"

[–] 16 years ago

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[–] dopeyharp0 16 years ago

I don't think that anything shown on TV is cheapened. Edited for content and time, maybe.., but not cheapened.
As for it being "rated", when "The Fifth Corner" came out, that tv rating thing wasn't in effect.

"What time is Recess?"