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It was fun ... but wait and see how the next few episodes go
The premise (that Ichabod Crane and the story of the Headless Horseman are unknown to us, and that Ichabod and the Horseman are bound together, so when one rises again, the other comes along) is intriguing, but there are some plot holes you could drive a truck through, and the whole show seems to be a bunch of concepts thrown at a wall to see what sticks.
We do have handsome young british male protagonist (Ichabod) and suprisingly, a young African-American female police officer duo, who work well together, but have no sudden spark of chemistry (as say, Sherlock's Cumberbatch and Freeman or Supernatural's Ackles and Padalecki (or Collins) or XFiles Duchovny and Anderson) but that's not to say they couldn't develop this, we've only seen the pilot.
I do enjoy that the Superintendant is also African-American (as well as one of the policeman) so we don't have token casting, alas John Cho was quickly dispatched, I am also excited that Abby's sister will feature in the stories to come.
Ichabod's wife being a secret (good) witch is intriguing, along with the idea that she is still alive (after 250 years) and trapped by evil members of a rival coven.
But I do wish that we didn't know that the Horseman is actually one of THE Four Horseman, and is Death itself, rather than a mysterious German Hessian, it robs the character of any backstory (as human) and dulls the unfolding of what could be a great mytharc.
I thought the idea that the Priest had also lived since the Revolutionary War, only to be quickly slaughtered was a missed chance (at more mystery) and in the end, the Horseman was easily defeated, and the knowledge that his head (the only thing stopping Armageddon) is just sitting in a jar at the Super's desk with no magic protection is a bit off putting.
And the reveal of a blurry naked devil-demon person was very underwhelming, particuarly considering how well they did the horseman.
I don't know that I will like if the show becomes monster-of-the-week with all of them flocking to Sleepy Hollow, or if they play too much comedy with Ichabod being Fish-Out-Of-Water, my daughter was thinking he was like Sherlock (in terms of book smarts) mixed with Castiel (the socially challenged Angel from Supernatural)
It's not heartening that the creators of this show wrote the two last StarTrek movies, when Into Darkness was pretty fantastically drecky, but we are giving this series at least another viewing.
The premise (that Ichabod Crane and the story of the Headless Horseman are unknown to us, and that Ichabod and the Horseman are bound together, so when one rises again, the other comes along) is intriguing, but there are some plot holes you could drive a truck through, and the whole show seems to be a bunch of concepts thrown at a wall to see what sticks.
We do have handsome young british male protagonist (Ichabod) and suprisingly, a young African-American female police officer duo, who work well together, but have no sudden spark of chemistry (as say, Sherlock's Cumberbatch and Freeman or Supernatural's Ackles and Padalecki (or Collins) or XFiles Duchovny and Anderson) but that's not to say they couldn't develop this, we've only seen the pilot.
I do enjoy that the Superintendant is also African-American (as well as one of the policeman) so we don't have token casting, alas John Cho was quickly dispatched, I am also excited that Abby's sister will feature in the stories to come.
Ichabod's wife being a secret (good) witch is intriguing, along with the idea that she is still alive (after 250 years) and trapped by evil members of a rival coven.
But I do wish that we didn't know that the Horseman is actually one of THE Four Horseman, and is Death itself, rather than a mysterious German Hessian, it robs the character of any backstory (as human) and dulls the unfolding of what could be a great mytharc.
I thought the idea that the Priest had also lived since the Revolutionary War, only to be quickly slaughtered was a missed chance (at more mystery) and in the end, the Horseman was easily defeated, and the knowledge that his head (the only thing stopping Armageddon) is just sitting in a jar at the Super's desk with no magic protection is a bit off putting.
And the reveal of a blurry naked devil-demon person was very underwhelming, particuarly considering how well they did the horseman.
I don't know that I will like if the show becomes monster-of-the-week with all of them flocking to Sleepy Hollow, or if they play too much comedy with Ichabod being Fish-Out-Of-Water, my daughter was thinking he was like Sherlock (in terms of book smarts) mixed with Castiel (the socially challenged Angel from Supernatural)
It's not heartening that the creators of this show wrote the two last StarTrek movies, when Into Darkness was pretty fantastically drecky, but we are giving this series at least another viewing.
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Date: 2013-09-20 09:46 am (UTC)At the moment it seems like a mixture of an old fashioned mystery (eg the headless horseman) and explaining everything immediately because the audience aren't going to sit around for the end (eg said horseman is actually Death - couldn't they have at least waited until the last episode to reveal that)? I haven't explained it very well, but that's how it seems to me.
It's supposed to be a pilot, so maybe they're throwing everything into it to see what works?
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Date: 2013-09-20 02:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-09-21 12:45 am (UTC)I didn't expect a modern re-telling of the legend but I did expect there would be more elements of it. I also don't understand why they chose to have the legend be unheard of or non-existant in this version. I kept waiting for someone to say "oh shit, THAT headless horseman!".
Here have some Simon just because I'm listening to DD right now. :)
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Date: 2013-09-21 11:53 pm (UTC)