Yeah, the movie sets up some boundaries, but the show definitely took on a life of its own.
Starting from the earlier days is hard, which I understand. Watching it today, and knowing where it's going and knowing it's potential, the first season is.... dated. You need it for foundation, but it took them a bit to figure out what worked (and what worked horribly) and to find characterization. The new pilot was better though. They cut out all the crappiest and cheesiest stuff at least.
I'm looking forward to seeing those later seasons again (when we get there, we're only on season four at the moment). Mostly because I haven't seen those episodes as much, and they're not as iconic for me as the earlier years were. So that'll be fun.
Did you see Continuum? Claudia and Ben are obviously in that, though Claudia's role is a touch reduced because she was preggars.
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Date: 2009-08-26 06:09 am (UTC)Starting from the earlier days is hard, which I understand. Watching it today, and knowing where it's going and knowing it's potential, the first season is.... dated. You need it for foundation, but it took them a bit to figure out what worked (and what worked horribly) and to find characterization. The new pilot was better though. They cut out all the crappiest and cheesiest stuff at least.
I'm looking forward to seeing those later seasons again (when we get there, we're only on season four at the moment). Mostly because I haven't seen those episodes as much, and they're not as iconic for me as the earlier years were. So that'll be fun.
Did you see Continuum? Claudia and Ben are obviously in that, though Claudia's role is a touch reduced because she was preggars.