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Current Talk '10 II / Re: WB 2004 Pilot Redux
« on: July 18, 2010, 07:07:41 PM »and in general whining about how it wasn't "Dan's vision."
Thanks heavens it wasn't. And as I said in the topic from the '05 showing (the topic that's linked at the top of Zahir's post), the fact that it wasn't was one of the best things about it. (One can only wonder if Pierson is fighting for "Dan's vision" with the Depp/DS film? If so, then no wonder a final script hasn't been decided upon because one can probably presume that most of the other parties involved are looking for a fresh take and not a complete and umpteenth rehash of everything that has gone before. But that's a discussion for the Depp/DS film topic...)
I think it is truly unfair to air criticisms during an introduction to the pilot, thereby planting seeds in people's minds rather than letting people make up their minds for themselves. And I know I'm not alone in that as several members have mentioned their problems with the various ways the pilot has been introduced at the Fests...
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what I saw was an excellent re-imagination of the basic story. A few plot holes along the way were closed as well. The look was extraordinary (although methinks it would have been tricky to sustain for a weekly series), the hints of where there going with the whole idea were fresh and interesting.
I couldn't agree more.
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Roger, rather than a sarcastic dilletante, came across as a stubborn and extremely withdrawn man with his own dark secrets.
I'm really disappointed that we never got to see how Roger would have been developed because, according to Mark Verheiden (Exec Producer/Writer), Roger was intended to be the real villain and I think Martin Donovan would have been great at it...
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Anyway, I wrote a fuller review and am posting it on my blog tomorrow morning.
I look forward to reading it.