"Midnight on the Firing Line" discussion [spoilers]

[ruuger]

This is the discussion post for the episode 1X01 "Midnight on the Firing Line". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Extra reading:

The article for "Midnight on the Firing Line" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[traviswells.livejournal.com]

I was the same way (missed Gathering the first time around), but by the time I finally got around to seeing it, I still liked MotFL better as a first episode.

The problem I had with Gathering is that they had to spend a lot of the episode setting up things. There's a ton of backstory in that episode. The problem is, I think the episode itself suffers for it (I also watched the extended edition, which made it worse).

MotFL had more of a "dropping you in the middle of a situation and seeing you stumble" feel. Here's a universe: It's neat and weird. Why is it like that? No time for that, we've got a story to tell. Do try to keep up.

[shapinglight]

Yes, it definitely has that feeling, which I think was rather unusual in TV at the time.