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Originally Posted by Thrillerboy
I've dropped the whole "they're not marketing towards us" line plenty of times myself in this thread. Honestly, it's not really the point right now. The reason I say this is because when this series was still in production, the producers and some of the cast were gushing about how this wasn't just some Twilight-esque drama that panders specifically to the crowd you're mentioning. They pointed out there would be blood, sex, nudity (though this I knew wasn't going to be anything mind-blowing...it's cable), and to a lesser extent, transformations. I'm not saying they were promising us fucking AWIL, but they made a point of saying this was more than some chick show, even if that was the original target audience of the book series. Now, at this point, it seems they oversold themselves, or maybe there's cut footage that will see the light of day on a DVD/Blu-Ray. Who knows?
Budget is the likely culprit here. It seems clear that they are picking and choosing which parts of the transformations to show based on what's cheaper and easier to do. That adds to my belief that they blew their load on that first episode, which showed in how they glossed over the second. Not surprising, but disappointing. If this was a hurdle for them, why not keep one of the two tfs in your pocket from the first episode, and put more effort into the one we just got last night? To be such a key moment (the "first change"), it really felt rushed.
I know how this all goes, expectations-wise. I already went back to reading up on the other three or four projects I'm waiting on after the second episode of this. If we ever get that amazing tf scene, I think it will come from a place you'll least expect it. Or I can just start researching all the techniques and materials it takes to do it myself. (I'm not even being all that sarcastic with that last statement...)
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Completely agree with you. It is what happened with the show. And yes, we enjoyed the TF and so on. I even enjoy the series, it follows the booknot exactly but almost, as long as the series had the supervision of Ms Armstrong herself.
To say a couple of words of hope, maybe we could get some other interesting TFs, as well as a not null chance of having some "director's cut" in the DVD. And there will be some other shows in the near future, or that I hope so
. The best of all is that maybe this show, if it becomes popular, could prepare the ground for more female werewolf-related stuff. What do you think?