Anyone else watch this last night? I normally don't watch non-sports live but wanted to watch this to avoid spoilers at work.
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It was decent, but didn't seem that original to me. If others watched it then I'll add more thoughts.
My dad watched it. I had no idea it was on....I don't watch hardly any TV!
I was flipping between the game and pawn stars last night.
[hide]SPOILER|It struck me as very Batman like, more so Batman begins then anything, but without the rich backstory of his training (it is a TV show after all, lol). IMO, it started too quickly. I would have preferred a slower start and fewer villains introduced. Why on earth introduce three villains right off the bat? The conflict between The Cape and Chess also started immediately. Not that I have a huge problem with that but it seemed to push the story forward too quickly, though I guess it was necessary for his disappearance. Unlike most comic stories the hero has a day job, with The Cape being 'dead' that adds a bit to the story that I'm sure will be a conflict for him on multiple occasions.
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Monday (02/14/2011) was the first episode I thought was great. That being said it ended with a 'To Be Continued,' so it hasn't wrapped up. I can understand them wanting to wait to lay the groundwork to get to an episode like this but it still feels like they have wasted several weeks getting to an episode with this much quality. All that being said better to start slow than to Firefly it and air the episodes out of order.
On a completely unrelated note, I just type 'firefly' into wikipedia and the insect came up. I really expected the TV series to be the default for 'firefly.'
I Love Firefly. Never watched it on TV the original, but caught it all on Hulu one day with a pulled back when I couldnt leave bed. Now I have it permanently on my Roku. My 11 year old loves it and we have watched all the way through. Between Zombies (Walking Dead) and Sci Fi I might actually make her a semi geek. Or I can hope anyways.
Bad news, now listed as: "essentially cancelled".
I wish I could say I was surprised. It just took too long to get rolling. They finally got around to adding a lot of depth to the characters but it needed to happen within the first three hours IMO.
Though, with Heroes being mentioned at the top of the article it is making me want to watch Heroes again (well at least season 1).
Never has a show been so awesome and sucked so bad.