12 Monkeys, Episode 1
Nov. 29th, 2022 07:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annavereMade the 12 Monkeys sales pitch to my boyfriend (which mostly involved me explaining that it was never intended as a remake of Terry Gilliam's film, that was just a marketing ploy) and that has become our evening show, now that Breaking Bad is done. So far he's enjoying it.
Things that jumped out at me: The extremely limited cast for the pilot, waiting until later to introduce the future world, which is shown in only a few snippets. This allows both Cole and Cassie plenty of space to interact and establish themselves as characters without getting crowded. Cole is also, notably for a leading man, introduced as a hot mess, staggering injured and awkward through most of the episode and deadpanning a bunch of lines that are funny without being clever (because why should a post-apocalyptic time traveler be witty, really when you think about it?). Cassie is more a standard heroine - gorgeous, sincere, out of her depth but trying to adapt.
Then there's Aaron, introduced as the ex, the square, the empty suit. I still like him, and I'm resolved to be in a good enough headspace to handle whatever happens.
Leland Goines, creepy and genre savvy, and Katarina Jones, introduced with the bad lighting and hubris of a villain, were the other recurring characters here, but it was very much an "introduction to time travel," with the apocalypse waiting in the wings. An excellent pilot episode, in other words, and better the second go round.
Things that jumped out at me: The extremely limited cast for the pilot, waiting until later to introduce the future world, which is shown in only a few snippets. This allows both Cole and Cassie plenty of space to interact and establish themselves as characters without getting crowded. Cole is also, notably for a leading man, introduced as a hot mess, staggering injured and awkward through most of the episode and deadpanning a bunch of lines that are funny without being clever (because why should a post-apocalyptic time traveler be witty, really when you think about it?). Cassie is more a standard heroine - gorgeous, sincere, out of her depth but trying to adapt.
Then there's Aaron, introduced as the ex, the square, the empty suit. I still like him, and I'm resolved to be in a good enough headspace to handle whatever happens.
Leland Goines, creepy and genre savvy, and Katarina Jones, introduced with the bad lighting and hubris of a villain, were the other recurring characters here, but it was very much an "introduction to time travel," with the apocalypse waiting in the wings. An excellent pilot episode, in other words, and better the second go round.
