Unaired pilot? Is it good? I hadn't heard of it before this.
It's on the DVD as a special feature. Basically, when they first pitched the show, they pitched it as six 60 minute episodes. So, the first pilot they did was only an hour long - still the cabby story-line, but no Mycroft and no mention of Moriarty. The BBC liked the pilot, but they wanted it to be three 90 minute episodes instead - which meant that they had to rewrite and refilm everything. In my opinion, it was the best thing they could have possibly done. The pilot is amusing and good, but the change basically brought the show from "good" to EPIC AWESOME.
There are SOME things about the pilot that I like better, but overall, what aired is far superior. If you do a search on youtube of "Sherlock unaired pilot" you can find bits and pieces of it. It used to be ALL up there somewhere, but it's probably been taken down by now.
And this sentiment is one of the endearing things about you, imo. (plus the grammar rant.)
Aww, shucks. Thanks.
I have trouble explaining it, but this is one of the tiny moments that seals the deal.
Hey, when it comes to falling in love with a character, sometimes it's difficult to put it into words. ;)
I feel this makes me an awful person, but the reality is it would be incredibly odd for me to make eye contact with a stranger in a public setting like that anyway. I can't decide whether that's because I've lived in urban areas a lot, because I'm anxious in crowds, or just because I don't like strangers. But in any case, yeah, I probably wouldn't have noticed him either.
I don't think that makes you an awful person. Truth be told, I might do the same. I'd like to think I wouldn't - but who knows. I was raised to stay out of other people's business. I do tend to notice strangers around me though, so I think I definitely would have noticed. I still have this vivid image in my head of driving through town with my mother in the rain and passing a teenage boy on a bicycle who was crying...just riding through the rain crying.
I don't think I would have talked to him if he was on the phone, but if I just saw a man standing there crying (as I'm sure he was after he hung up the phone)...I'd like to think I would have asked if he was okay...possibly seen the laser pointer. Though, busy intersection...maybe all those people have some place to be. People get less willing to help others when they've got somewhere important to be and are running late - so who knows. Maybe I would have rushed right by and spend the rest of my life wondering what was wrong, like I do with the boy on the bicycle.
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Date: 2012-08-23 08:14 pm (UTC)It's on the DVD as a special feature. Basically, when they first pitched the show, they pitched it as six 60 minute episodes. So, the first pilot they did was only an hour long - still the cabby story-line, but no Mycroft and no mention of Moriarty. The BBC liked the pilot, but they wanted it to be three 90 minute episodes instead - which meant that they had to rewrite and refilm everything. In my opinion, it was the best thing they could have possibly done. The pilot is amusing and good, but the change basically brought the show from "good" to EPIC AWESOME.
There are SOME things about the pilot that I like better, but overall, what aired is far superior. If you do a search on youtube of "Sherlock unaired pilot" you can find bits and pieces of it. It used to be ALL up there somewhere, but it's probably been taken down by now.
And this sentiment is one of the endearing things about you, imo. (plus the grammar rant.)
Aww, shucks. Thanks.
I have trouble explaining it, but this is one of the tiny moments that seals the deal.
Hey, when it comes to falling in love with a character, sometimes it's difficult to put it into words. ;)
I feel this makes me an awful person, but the reality is it would be incredibly odd for me to make eye contact with a stranger in a public setting like that anyway. I can't decide whether that's because I've lived in urban areas a lot, because I'm anxious in crowds, or just because I don't like strangers. But in any case, yeah, I probably wouldn't have noticed him either.
I don't think that makes you an awful person. Truth be told, I might do the same. I'd like to think I wouldn't - but who knows. I was raised to stay out of other people's business. I do tend to notice strangers around me though, so I think I definitely would have noticed. I still have this vivid image in my head of driving through town with my mother in the rain and passing a teenage boy on a bicycle who was crying...just riding through the rain crying.
I don't think I would have talked to him if he was on the phone, but if I just saw a man standing there crying (as I'm sure he was after he hung up the phone)...I'd like to think I would have asked if he was okay...possibly seen the laser pointer. Though, busy intersection...maybe all those people have some place to be. People get less willing to help others when they've got somewhere important to be and are running late - so who knows. Maybe I would have rushed right by and spend the rest of my life wondering what was wrong, like I do with the boy on the bicycle.