What are your favorite pilots, and what did you love about them? It's ages ago but the pilot of NCIS was great. It is a crime drama but also very light hearted compared to others and you got all that. You got the characters, you saw what they are made of right from the start and you saw the interesting dynamic between them since they are pretty different and still make a great team. The story was interesting, pretty realistic and I got curious to see more of the team, how they work more normal cases, how Kate would do as the new girl in the team etc. I remember loving the Fringe pilot for the good pace and introduction of the characters. You got a feeling for the team and also got what kind of show it is (full of disgusting things with a big secret behind it^^) but it didn't give away everything that was about to come and you definitly couldn't sit back and say 'Oh I know what will happen next and in the coming episodes'. More recently I was blown away by the Nikita pilot. Introduction of characters was done really well, you knew who Nikita was and you got a good first impression of the others. The action wasn't overpowering the story AND before you thought 'Oh okay every episode will be like this' you got an information that gave the whole thing another edge and that made me eager to watch more and see how things develop.
Conversely, what are your least favorite pilots, and what turned you off? Tough since I'm barely hooked right from the first episode and I tend to forget pilots I watched in generalxD But I'll try:
Rizzoli&Isle. I got busy and didn't watch further but I remember being a little disappointed after watching the pilot. I don't remember everything but I think I had the feeling that the plot was a little all over the place. I had too many unanswered questions in the end that should've been answered in that episode so I get a better feeling for the characters. The introduction of the two leads was okay, but I think the supporting roles came a little short/fell flat and so I didn't want those characters to much in the picture because I didn't learn anything about them anyway.
Criminal Minds. I didn't even watch the pilot completely the first time. I watched the second episode first and liked what I saw. The pilot is an okay episode but a little confusing, you get information about characters without any explaining what they are talking about (especially Gideon who is so important and back to the team after a crisis, you get bits that there was something but they don't bother to tell what). I was also not that convinced of the introduction of Elle, but I can't describe what put me off there. Maybe that I didn't see any profiling skills though that was what she wanted to do. I'd have liked it if they'd have shown that she was prepared to join that unit.
Rubicon. It was such a clever show, very subtle with a great plot for the season but the pilot was abit heavy, a lot of characters without too much of an introduction and it was slightly confusing. There are two plots coming together through out the season and both were introduced in the pilot but I was waiting all the time what the heck it meant because it wasn't made clear what scenes a,b,c had to do with d,e,f. Some things needed either more explaining or should've been taken out and put into the second episode.
That was kind of cool! Kind of makes me feel like I'm practicing for the editor job I wanna have one day^^
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Date: 2011-09-20 06:29 pm (UTC)What are your favorite pilots, and what did you love about them?
It's ages ago but the pilot of NCIS was great. It is a crime drama but also very light hearted compared to others and you got all that. You got the characters, you saw what they are made of right from the start and you saw the interesting dynamic between them since they are pretty different and still make a great team. The story was interesting, pretty realistic and I got curious to see more of the team, how they work more normal cases, how Kate would do as the new girl in the team etc.
I remember loving the Fringe pilot for the good pace and introduction of the characters. You got a feeling for the team and also got what kind of show it is (full of disgusting things with a big secret behind it^^) but it didn't give away everything that was about to come and you definitly couldn't sit back and say 'Oh I know what will happen next and in the coming episodes'.
More recently I was blown away by the Nikita pilot. Introduction of characters was done really well, you knew who Nikita was and you got a good first impression of the others. The action wasn't overpowering the story AND before you thought 'Oh okay every episode will be like this' you got an information that gave the whole thing another edge and that made me eager to watch more and see how things develop.
Conversely, what are your least favorite pilots, and what turned you off?
Tough since I'm barely hooked right from the first episode and I tend to forget pilots I watched in generalxD But I'll try:
Rizzoli&Isle. I got busy and didn't watch further but I remember being a little disappointed after watching the pilot. I don't remember everything but I think I had the feeling that the plot was a little all over the place. I had too many unanswered questions in the end that should've been answered in that episode so I get a better feeling for the characters. The introduction of the two leads was okay, but I think the supporting roles came a little short/fell flat and so I didn't want those characters to much in the picture because I didn't learn anything about them anyway.
Criminal Minds. I didn't even watch the pilot completely the first time. I watched the second episode first and liked what I saw. The pilot is an okay episode but a little confusing, you get information about characters without any explaining what they are talking about (especially Gideon who is so important and back to the team after a crisis, you get bits that there was something but they don't bother to tell what). I was also not that convinced of the introduction of Elle, but I can't describe what put me off there. Maybe that I didn't see any profiling skills though that was what she wanted to do. I'd have liked it if they'd have shown that she was prepared to join that unit.
Rubicon. It was such a clever show, very subtle with a great plot for the season but the pilot was abit heavy, a lot of characters without too much of an introduction and it was slightly confusing. There are two plots coming together through out the season and both were introduced in the pilot but I was waiting all the time what the heck it meant because it wasn't made clear what scenes a,b,c had to do with d,e,f. Some things needed either more explaining or should've been taken out and put into the second episode.
That was kind of cool! Kind of makes me feel like I'm practicing for the editor job I wanna have one day^^
I hope it helps =D