Upon rewatching it, several times, I think it's one of the most seamless jobs of introducing a group of characters, a world, and an over-arching "net" of plot(s) in under an hour that I've ever seen. I'm *completely* ignoring "nah, that couldn't have happened" re: the ship/train, because honestly, at no point watching that scene did I think that a. it was shown or implied that no one saw it (as far out in the boondocks as they were it wouldn't have mattered, frankly) or b. that I was to assume such.
As to it being a horrible plot for new viewers... um, no, actually - if it weren't for the sheer joy of seeing someone *not* know that Simon wasn't really a Big Bad, I would consider showing it first over Serenity (the ep(s)) again. I do, however, defer as any good fangirl should to the true pilot, but my point being that through visuals (as well as the running diaglogue) we're told who and what these people are w/o it being handed to us like we were idiot children (to paraphrase Simon).
Lemme rewatch it again (it's been a bit) and I'll get back to you with more specific points.
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Date: 2005-10-25 04:35 pm (UTC)As to it being a horrible plot for new viewers... um, no, actually - if it weren't for the sheer joy of seeing someone *not* know that Simon wasn't really a Big Bad, I would consider showing it first over Serenity (the ep(s)) again. I do, however, defer as any good fangirl should to the true pilot, but my point being that through visuals (as well as the running diaglogue) we're told who and what these people are w/o it being handed to us like we were idiot children (to paraphrase Simon).
Lemme rewatch it again (it's been a bit) and I'll get back to you with more specific points.
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