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[deleted] t1_j1s58d3 wrote

Reply to comment by Snuffl3s7 in The most upsetting TV cancellations of 2022 by sundaynightheat99

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Snuffl3s7 t1_j1s5upg wrote

I'm not basing my opinion of the entire show on the pilot, I don't have one. But it's the pilot's job to get me to watch the rest of the show, which it failed to do.

Twin Peaks has one of the strongest pilots of all time, in contrast. Even relatively poorly written shows like Lost have great pilots, and that goes a long way.

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JohnnyMojo t1_j1s76ls wrote

I get it to some degree but a show can only do so much within it's first episode. RBW was like a puzzle that only gets weirder and weirder as it goes on.

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Snuffl3s7 t1_j1t2mhl wrote

I don't think it's about how much happens, but how it's executed.

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james_carr9876 t1_j2di5qb wrote

I definitely don’t think Lost is poorly written, I would’ve used The Walking Dead as an example of a poorly written show with a great pilot.

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Snuffl3s7 t1_j2dudmx wrote

Really? To me it's very clear from watching 3 seasons of Lost that the writers didn't know where they were going. And also the season-long plot was always very contrived and see-through. Again giving an impression that they were making it up as they went along.

The Walking Dead is in the same boat.

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james_carr9876 t1_j2e65v2 wrote

I used to find they had a lot of filler in the middle of the first three but the arcs would pay off brilliantly. The Walking Dead is just a mess tbh.

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Snuffl3s7 t1_j2f65km wrote

Brilliant is an exaggeration in my mind. I've watched a lot of shows with better payoffs in half the episodes.

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james_carr9876 t1_j2fdgvd wrote

Fair enough it’s just a matter of opinion at the end of the day I guess.

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