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Shooting Order Vs Airing Order
Soulless Mystic5523:
Although, I personally am a fan of the extra long premiere. It worked for Eureka, and other series in the past. By having that extra time, you can get your heavy hitting in, and still have time to explain everything. But with out having seen that origianl 2 hour pilot, we don't know how good a job they did doing that.
John T. Folden:
--- Quote from: Priscellie on February 12, 2007, 03:25:24 PM ---
That's bizarre. It flies against what was said in the press release a few months ago. I'll have to check it out.
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I would love to know the answer to this, as well. It could just be a mixup on the site with who ever posted the preview just going off the numbers previously used for the last 3 episodes BUT...
Was the original pilot a single, two-hour episode (101) or was it two episodes (101,102) simply shown together. This would explain why "Birds..." was 103 as I've never heard any reason for Rules Of Engagement to be held back if it indeed is the 2nd episode in production order.
John T. Folden:
--- Quote from: iago on February 12, 2007, 09:17:41 PM ---Here's what I realized recently. While the first two episodes weren't nearly as strong as the third, they did the heavy lifting necessary for us to understand who the core characters of the series are and what they do.
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Yes, for all the knocks it takes I thought "Birds..." worked exceptionally well as a pilot (and the flashbacks just added to that feeling). of the 3 we've seen so far it's the only one that really works well in that position, imo. Some people say it doesn't hand out enough of a 'starting point' but it doesn't seem radically different to the pilots for Buffy or the 2005 revival of Doctor Who (and it compares favoriably with those episodes, as well).
John T. Folden:
--- Quote from: Mystic5523 on February 12, 2007, 10:42:41 PM ---Although, I personally am a fan of the extra long premiere. It worked for Eureka, and other series in the past. By having that extra time, you can get your heavy hitting in, and still have time to explain everything. But with out having seen that origianl 2 hour pilot, we don't know how good a job they did doing that.
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Well, it's just my assumption but... given that they're going to the extra lengths to cut it down to a single hour, I'd guess it had more problems than just recasting...
John T. Folden:
--- Quote from: Priscellie on February 12, 2007, 03:25:24 PM ---That's bizarre. It flies against what was said in the press release a few months ago. I'll have to check it out.
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Priscellie, do you have any verifiable sources for the production codes? I've been adding them to the Wikipedia listing for the show but they get continually removed by other editors due to not having a valid source (and urls to web forums are apparently unfit.)
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