True about MotW. When I found out the premise I thought it would be MotW-y, and I was sort of glad, because I thought the reason Firefly got cancelled was because it wasn't MotW-y enough. It was all big arcs and stuff, which I rather prefer, but for some reason networks think that's not commercially successful. While I want quality I want it to be successful too (difficult combo!) so that I can keep watching it!
But now you mention it, I fell in love with BtVS because someone told me Angel's story up to S1 of AtS, not because S1 was so great. I thought it had a lot of good stuff but I wasn't utterly in love with it until Prophecy Girl. Though The Pack and Angel were good stuff indeed ;o)
If I kept up with tv at all, which I don't any more, I'd watch it next week even if it wasn't Whedon, because the premise hits a lot of my kinks. But the show does strike me as a weird combo of--"we're trying to appeal to mass market besides the niche Whedon folks!" and "we think you'll stick with this because you're niche Whedon folks". I think the network wants both, which is dumb. If they get the latter they're sure to get *some* of the non-Whedon folks. Whedon built a base from somewhere; if the show is as good as his others it will always draw an audience.
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But now you mention it, I fell in love with BtVS because someone told me Angel's story up to S1 of AtS, not because S1 was so great. I thought it had a lot of good stuff but I wasn't utterly in love with it until Prophecy Girl. Though The Pack and Angel were good stuff indeed ;o)
If I kept up with tv at all, which I don't any more, I'd watch it next week even if it wasn't Whedon, because the premise hits a lot of my kinks. But the show does strike me as a weird combo of--"we're trying to appeal to mass market besides the niche Whedon folks!" and "we think you'll stick with this because you're niche Whedon folks". I think the network wants both, which is dumb. If they get the latter they're sure to get *some* of the non-Whedon folks. Whedon built a base from somewhere; if the show is as good as his others it will always draw an audience.