Then after awhile they showed a "surprise" screening of the 2004 pilot, I missed most of it, but since I had never seen it what I saw was interesting, but I can maybe see why it did not sell, though I liked Alec Newman as Barnabas.
You know, I had a really strong suspicion that the '04 pilot was going to be the "surprise." Though considering it had already been shown at the last three consecutive Fests, I don't know how much of a "surprise" it should have been.
But then, also considering that nothing they had originally planned to hype at the Fest has panned out as of yet (i.e the hoDS/NoDS DVD release and the Depp/DS film), I suppose they needed to try to hype as much of the older stuff as possible...
And as far as the '04 pilot goes, I liked a lot about it, but I particularly liked Newman's Barn.
Thanks for the report, Miranda.