Original Pilot? New Pilot?

POSTED BY: Ness
UPDATED: Thursday, May 30, 2002 18:04
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NESS

Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:25 PM

The pics up on the site are from the original pilot? So did Joss get frustrated and just decided he needed to reshoot thet whole thing? Can anyone fill me in?

RINGWRAITH

Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:40 PM

From what I heard (and Haken or someone else can probably confirm this) it was because Fox felt it was a little slow, or unexciting or something, and they wanted it a little more action-packed, thus the re-write.

Hope it helps, I'm kind of in the dark too.

"How will this end?"
"In fire."
--Babylon 5, 'The Coming of Shadows'

DARKANGELRULES

Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:50 PM

Firefly SUCKS A BIG ONE!!! FOX canceled Dark Angel for this piece of ?? I swear they are idiots!!!! And you are all idiots for watching. Of course some of you didn't have the pleasure of seeing DA. Well it's was--IS a thousand times better than Firefly!!! you FOX!!!

Dark Angel lover for ever

JONWES

Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:05 PM

Hmmmmm

NOVAGRASS

Friday, May 24, 2002 12:39 AM

Originally posted by DarkAngelRules:
Firefly SUCKS A BIG ONE!!! FOX canceled Dark Angel for this piece of ?? I swear they are idiots!!!! And you are all idiots for watching. Of course some of you didn't have the pleasure of seeing DA. Well it's was--IS a thousand times better than Firefly!!! you FOX!!!

Dark Angel lover for ever

Wow... ummm... irrational much?

Anyway... back to the topic...

The original pilot will be used at a later date... and get this! It's going to be released as a feature film in England! Damn you lucky limey bastards

Dylan Palmer, a.k.a. NoVaGrAsS,

Of Star Wars Episode 2: "It's like CSPAN with Lasers!"
-The Daily Show Movie Reviewer

HAKEN

Friday, May 24, 2002 1:44 AM

Where did you hear that it was going to be released as a feature film in England?

MALCOLM

Friday, May 24, 2002 1:48 AM

Fox is "saving" the "original" two hour pilot for a... "Tonight on Fox, A Very Special Two Hour Firefly... The Origin" kinda thing.

I also heard that the "new" one hour pilot is not a "rewrite" and is more or less the next episode of the show post "original" pilot -- everyone is already on the ship. Fine, but it would be nice to see the freakin' back story. I might as well go watch Dark Angel...

JORGASNAROVA

Friday, May 24, 2002 2:18 AM

A sci-fi show getting two pilots is hardly a new thing. The original pilot for "Lost in Space" sold the show, but Irvin Allen decided to re-shoot the opening episode to add new characters, like the Robot and Dr. Smith, to provide more intrigue. Footage from the original pilot was later incorporated into several of the first season episodes.

CBS rejected the vampire detective pilot "Nick Knight," so the writers and producers spent a couple years reacquiring the rights and rewriting the story for the syndicated market, where, as "Forever Knight" the remake sold and did quite well.

Another CBS program that had two pilots before going to weekly series was, of course, "Gilligan's Island."

The most famous two-pilot show was, naturally, "Star Trek."

JONWES

Friday, May 24, 2002 2:35 AM

I figured they would do something like that. I'm glad we'll get to see the pilot eventually. I kind of like getting the backstory later, actually. First episodes can be kind of weak that way, introducing the characters and what not. They never used to do that in series. Before they used to jump right into the middle of the action and fill you in as you go along. So I like that. I think it'll make a strong first episode.

Jon

RINGWRAITH

Friday, May 24, 2002 3:52 AM

Originally posted by Jonwes:
I figured they would do something like that. I'm glad we'll get to see the pilot eventually. I kind of like getting the backstory later, actually. First episodes can be kind of weak that way, introducing the characters and what not. They never used to do that in series. Before they used to jump right into the middle of the action and fill you in as you go along. So I like that. I think it'll make a strong first episode.

Jon

That's something I'd like to see. The episode roars along and you've got all these characters and you don't really know who they are but a little is revealed as the episode, and subsequently the series, goes on. If JW can skip the "meet and greet" in the first episode I can live with that.

"How will this end?"
"In fire."
--Babylon 5, 'The Coming of Shadows'

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