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⌈ Secret Post #2635 ⌋

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[Casshern (film)]

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[cosplay, Anthony Misiano]

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03. http://i.imgur.com/4s3vCwo.png
[link for nudity/etc. naked mpreg snape with boobs.]

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04. http://i.imgur.com/aQi1eUV.png
[link for nudity (OP requested it; not really sexual though. probably would've been ok, considering the one below ↓)]

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08. [posted twice]

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[Josh Radnor]

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10. [SPOILERS for Sherlock]

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11. [SPOILERS for Grimm]

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12. [SPOILERS for Twisted]

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13. [WARNING for ephebophilia]

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14. [WARNING for suicide]

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Usually, pilot episodes are shaky, but not always! And sometimes, even they are shaky, they throw out some really cool ideas.

Take special note of those instances where the style or tone of the pilot is kind of different from that of the show proper, and you actually liked the weird tone.

The first episode* of Titus is a true classic. The show started out strong and was consistent throughout its entire run.

What I love is that they built up the character of Ken Titus throughout the entire episode, really painting a strong picture of him via the use of flashbacks -- and only having him show up in the present moment towards the end, right as his sons are making fun of him.

It really says a lot about him that they assume he's dead because he hasn't left his bedroom in 4 days, not even to get a beer. (But they don't want to go in to check on him.)

* When the show originally aired, FOX made the producers air the 2nd episode first. On the DVDs they're ordered properly.

To this day, I have never seen a show that consistently made me laugh as hard as "Titus". I was devastated when it was canceled.

Murder Rooms. Too bad it costs a fortune to buy!

I haven't seen it in a long time, but I remember really enjoying Due South's pilot

I really like both the first and second pilots of Star Trek TOS - "The Cage" and "Where No One Has Gone Before." The second one in particular has an ethereal, haunting, almost Twilight-Zone-y quality to it that never really pops up in the show again. I love Star Trek TOS to pieces but I was always a little disappointed that there was never again an episode that had that unique tone that Where No One had. And as for The Cage...Number One. Just Number One. Number One is one of my favorite characters in the entire franchise, and not just on principle. And bb!Spock! And the cerebral tone was pretty fascinating compared with the rest of the show -- almost British, really.

Basically the same as Star Trek for the Starsky and Hutch pilot, which had a level of grit and an aura of paranoia and isolation that was never shoved to the surface quite as visibly ever again as far as I can remember (although that pilot had the excuse of having the budget, screentime, and flexibility of a TV movie.) It did establish some of my favorite elements of the show very strongly right out of the gate, like the fact that the justice system was rotten at the core.

I also liked the pilot of Six Feet Under way more than the rest of the show. Tbh, if the rest of the show had been more like the pilot, I might have kept watching. I loved the black comedy and the fake ads and the intentional hallucinations of dead people that were phased out after a few episodes in.

And Sherlock's A Study in Pink. *sigh* I wish it had been a standalone TV movie, to be honest. It would have worked so much better that way -- as a unique and wonderfully creative modern take on Sherlock Holmes rather than it's own separate entity with it's own internal plot and meaning. Because that internal plot and meaning turned out to be fucking awful and infuriating as a thing in itself rather than as a purely derivative work.

Edited 2014-03-22 00:54 (UTC)

Are you talking about the TOS episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" or the TNG way-too-closely-named episode "Where No One Has Gone Before".

I do love TOS's "Where No Man Has Gone Before" - like you said, the tone of the episode is just quite unique. In spite of the sexism (what are you going to do - it was the late 60s), there's so much I like in that episode. The barrier at the edge of the galaxy; the sudden development of their esp abilities, and how quickly that power changed them (and their creepy silver eyes); that empty supply planet freaked me out as a kid, and the poor guy that got killed by the cables. And Kirk having to deal with his (admittedly crappy) BFF, only to get a new BFF.

tl;dr - I also love this episode. (And I like their shirts in this ep. They look nice and warm.)

*facepalm* Yes I mean Where No MAN Has Gone Before, silly me. And I like those shirts too!

I think Lost's pilot is really good.

I love the pilot of Revolution. The fight scene there was so amazing and just sets the tone for the rest of the season (don't get me started on the second season). I just love how the show was introduced with all the characters.

Leverage.

"Going to Plan B, huh?"

"Actually, this is Plan H."

and

"You should have just paid us."

Friday Night Lights. It set the tone for the whole series - particularly, the interview scene with the football players was a brilliant way to introduce their characters and get a lot of information across quickly.

And and AND they do the paralysis-inducing injury of Jason Street in that very first episode. Talk about a punch to the gut right away.

Breaking Bad.

Hannibal. My initial thought was, "Oh, look, another serial killer series. Let's see if they do something more with it than they did with The Following."

After the pilot; o_0 Yeah...they did something more. The pilot scared me and yet I was blown away at how beautiful it looked and sounded. It was one of the best directed pilots I had ever seen.

The Life on Mars pilot

american or UK?

UK (I like to pretend the American one doesn't exist)

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