Once upon a time...

This is a mini-review of SYFY's airing on the rejected pilot for "Three Inches." I'll probably make an extended review of this for my nerdly blog later, but some thoughts...

My two cents/sense: This was a decent show. At a normal hour length, this would probably be a sit-down-with-a-bowl-of-popcorn show that you look forward to every week. The characters were all likable and identifiable, but not necessarily falling into tropes or stereotypes. When I first read the description of the Human Smell, I have to say that the little actor that they picked to play him was not at all what I was expecting (the boy is downright adorable). The supporting cast were able to put a lot of depth and realism with their characters without a lot of screentime apiece.

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With shows like the Big Bang Theory so popular, I could see Three Inches being viable, but you know what? Three Inches is too watchable of a show to be on SYFY; it's almost too good for SYFY, especially with the video quality being so bright and crisp. This show belongs on a network like USA (after all, their shows are character-reliant and -driven; they don't make their shows so that the rest of the world can mock them for poor special effects and dredging up has-been mall divas to "act" in their upteenth sequel to Crocoshark or whatever).

Why won't the Universe just let James Marsters have his own show!?

From SYFY's Facebook and Digital Spy:
"A bunch of you have asked us about our potential upcoming show Three Inches starring James Marsters, here's the latest."

Three Inches Pilot Still "Under Consideration."
Syfy president Mark Stern has revealed that sci-fi drama Three Inches is still under consideration for a series pickup.

The project, which was originally dropped by the network in favor of drama series Alphas, will focus on Walter Spackman, an underachiever who is struck by lightning and develops the ability to move objects with his mind, but only by three inches.

Stern told Assignment X: "We're looking at another way to get Three Inches going. We love it, so we're trying to figure out a way to do both [that and Alphas] right now."

He also revealed that the cast of the original Three Inches pilot, which included Buffy actor James Marsters and Torchwood's Naoko Mori, will likely return for the revamped series.

"That would be the idea," he confirmed.

Three Inches was originally produced as a one-hour project, but is currently being retooled as a half-hour, single-camera comedy.