'The Girl in Question'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
So I'm not sure saying it's all about violence against women washes, frankly.
Did the press get the first three eps, or the pilot and two later ones? I remember w/ Wonderfalls, it was something like 1, 5, and 8. (And then 2 was included in the second wave of press kits, and then Fox changed the order of the other ones.)
Dude, I never touched Willow.
Tim killed Tara! Get him!
Jessica, they got the first three.
Then I got nuthin'.
Tim killed Tara! Get him!
Yeah, get him -- so I can buy him a beer!
Am I the only person who likes crime style dramas to be gruesome?
In this crowd? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
I feel like I should do a body count spreadsheet. But I won't. (I do, however, think that would make an excellent feature for your site, Kevin. A weekly butcher's bill.)
I disagree with much of what the Zap2It person had to say. But I think a lot of her comments are a perspective/taste thing. (For example, I'm in the, "Horrifically gory, YAY!" Camp, myself.)
I agree somewhat on the "Rebecca in peril issue." Though now I'm trying to remember all the episodes I've read because I feel like the problem becomes less...problematic? as the season goes on. Plus there are some great Rebecca moments, even while in peril, that mitigate the peril a bit, for me. Therefore, I'm gonna say I agree on the "Rebecca in peril issue," with respect to the first three episodes.
Of course, I am the first to admit that I have no perspective. I couldn't love the show more if it were my own. (Well, maybe a little more. I know my bank balance would love it lots more.) So perhaps I am not the best judge.
It's interesting, and maybe after things air we can discuss, but the three I picked to go first were not at all the first three written or produced. I know, I know, you're all thinking "that damn FOX!, airing out of order!" It's me. Not them. I wanted what I thought were strong episodes that represented the tone up front. And there are some continuity things I was careful not to disturb. But if I'd aired strictly as written, she wouldn't have been in peril in the second episode, for instance. But, much as I like that episode (and the network loved it, so they wouldn't have minded it being 2nd and not 4th), I didn't feel it quite represented what the show was as well as say, Pre-Filer or even Old Wounds, which I am running 2nd.
But why should you have to air as written, or produced? All that matters (to me) is the continuity of the arcs and the character development. The stories can be applied as needed.