Re: Anybody Watch or Record The Dresden FilesOriginal Pilot 3AM-5AM EST

"Mac Breck" <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Just wondered what people thought of it.

I'd downloaded a cap of the airing on Space from January via BitTorrent.

It's hard to compare, since I don't have the DVD set, and haven't
seen the shorter version of "Storm Front" since it was first on a
year ago. But storywise, it was pretty much the same as I remember
from the shorter version. The only element that seemed unfamiliar
to me was that Dresden had a re****ter kinda-sorta-girlfriend. I
vaguely remember someone of that sort from the shorter version,
but it seemed obvious here that she was intended to be a regular
character but was dropped for the series.

The pilot was also filled with backstory exposition about Dresden's
past, all of which seemed familiar, so I expected that it was all
footage that was used in other episodes.

I thought it had all of the typical weaknesses I tend to find in
pilots, especially 2-hour ones. They tend to be unfocussed as
they try to juggle an interesting plot and character backstory.
Rarely do they integrate the backstory *into* the plot.

Other than all of the continuity glitches from airing the episodes
in the wrong order, I actually think it was better to do it the
way Sci Fi ended up doing it: get the character up and working,
and *then* fill in the backstory.

-- jayembee