Comments on: Reaper – Season 1, Episode 1 – “Pilot”

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Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:11:00 +0000

[...] My biggest issue– where is the serialized story arc? Granted, this was one episode, but as I said with Reaper, you can usually tell right away if a show is going to be strictly episodic, which is what Daisies [...]

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:06:31 +0000

While I definitely agree with you/our opinion based on the two pilots, of this week’s episodes, I think I maybe liked Chuck’s more. As I said above, I was very worried that Reaper would become formulaic right away because I didn’t see any seed sewn for good serialization. Last night’s episode was pretty much a carbon copy of the pilot, complete with “I’m sorry I dragged you guys into this” talk, the whole “I’m not cut out for this” chat, blah blah blah. They better start shaking things up.

Meanwhile, I thought Chuck was good and it planted some long-term info. Both Casey and Sarah are on his side, but Casey is going to kill him in 6 months! Expiration date. Nice.

And I would be honored to be on your blogroll. Hope to get more comments from you in the near future!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:26:41 +0000

Oh my gosh, Chuck and Reaper are SO the same show. I watched them both on the same day and tried to write them up separately and I kept forgetting which things went with which show! I liked Chuck because he was so Seth Cohen, but you’re right, Sam is actually awkward, as opposed to the fakey, tv-show-protagonist version “awkward”. Plus, I definitely like Sam’s love interest better, and Reaper on the whole was much better written, more absorbing, and definitely more funny.

Hope you don’t mind if I add you to my blogroll. I’ve enjoyed the reviews I’ve read here.

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:39:25 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Matt. Reaper was fun last night– definitely jump in there.

As for Jersey Girl, I agree that it def gets a bad rap for being out of Kevin Smith’s usual style. All that aside, it’s not very good at what it tries to be. As far as rom coms go, Jersey Girl was as bland and average as they come. If he’s going to try to do something different, why not try to put his own spin on it, or make it unique? Instead, he delivered a pretty lifeless, run-of-the-mill crapfest.

By: inthespoon

inthespoon — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:09:57 +0000

I enjoyed Chuck’s pilot episode too, but I found the second episode a bit more cliched and overall something of a disappointment. Reaper sounds like a blast so I’m trying to catch that one soon.

By the way, I hear a lot of people putting Kevin Smith down for Jersey Girl and I was curious why you didn’t like it. Obviously it’s unlike Smith’s previous work, but on it’s own merits it’s a decent, very light hearted romantic comedy. I get the feeling that some people see Jersey Girl, realize nobody’s selling weed or talking about bodily fluids and then write it off. I have no idea why I’m defending the movie but I don’t think it deserves its reputation as a total piece of crap.

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:18:33 +0000

True, Warsh. I gave them a brief mention, but perhaps not their full due. Your picture, by the way, is tremendous.

By: warsh

warsh — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:04:35 +0000

Surprised you left out the action scenes in both. The ones in Chuck were sweet, especially for a TV show. Reaper’s were cool too, and the dude on fire was pretty sweet, so I’d say theres some potential for that similarity to develop as well.