17th Precinct Unaired Pilot

[fembuck]

Unaired Pilot - Part One | Part Two | Part Three (on the youtube)

I’ve just watched the 17th Precinct un-aired pilot and I'm really sad that it didn't get picked up. Honestly, I wasn't that excited about it when I first heard about it, but having seen what they did with it I am now very disappoint that it didn't get picked up.

I've heard complaints that the show didn't have a "hook" or that there were no memorable scenes or lines in the pilot and that astounds me because I found a lot things in the pilot interesting and memorable and it definitely hooked me.

First, let's start with the shallow.  Tricia Helfer.  That's enough right there, but Tricia Helfer as a necromancer, a necromancer named Morgana ... *iz ded*  There honestly wasn't tons of her character in the pilot, but I definitely wanted to see more of her (especially lounging around all sexy in bed lol)

I thought the stuff about the magical legal system was really interesting, how it was more based on feelings and emotion than facts and logic.  I never would have thought about it, but in a world that based in the mystical, in magic, it makes sense that their legal system wouldn't have the logical, factual organization that ours does.

About a quarter of the way through the pilot it's revealed that Esai Morales' character Liam, used to actually be Lisa, and around eight years before the pilot he had some kind of magical sex change.  That's not interesting and new?  Also, it seemed like Lisa and Mira (Stockard Channing's character) were lovers/romantically involved with each other before the sex change and getting background of them was something I was really interested in (not to mention that Stockard playing lesbian would have been very relevant to my interests).

I must be easier to please than most (pls, no that's what she said jokes ;) because the ending really hooked me.  I found it utterly fascinating that a movement to bring "science" into their world was the doomsday prophecy that had everyone so worried, and the reveal of the bullet really worked for me. Science goes against everything their world is founded on, and they would have no more defense against our scientific weapons (i.e. guns) than we would against a crucio spell.  I definitely would have liked to see what the show would have done with this, especially with the minds of BSG and Caprica behind it.

*sigh*  It would have been a beautiful show (with a beautiful cast).  R.I.P 17th Precinct, you were taken away far, far, far (a lot more "far's") too soon.

Comments

[mayireadtoday.livejournal.com]

If it was a book series, I'd be interested in reading the first book. I think it'd work much better that way so they could explain the differences in the world. Because even the little things confused me and took me out of the fictive dream. It took me a while to figure out that that stream that the dectective stuck his hand in was the equivalent of a computer.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I'd love to read a book series about this verse, but I think the show probably would have been alright without it. I remember when Game of Thrones came out a lot of my friends who hadn't read the book were kind of overwhelmed when they watched the pilot (cause like this pilot you got a LOT of information about a world you'd never really seen before), but by like the third episode or so once they'd gotten used to the universe (and more was explained) they loved it.

And now I'm mourning the loss of the show (and the fact that there are no books that I can read about it) *le sigh*