The Reaction

I'm incredibly surprised to see the reaction we've gotten after the first two episodes of G&C. It's exceeding well beyond what I could have dreamed and hoped, and yes, I was pretty confident but unsure of some of the liberties we've taken. I'm happy to see some of these things are paying off and working well. But I did want to take some time to address some of the criticisms we've received so that you, the reader, can understand better what we're trying to do.

1) Not enough action. I can see where this is founded, not all of our episodes will be packed full of action sequences. This is one reason why we're not labeled as an action show anymore but as a drama. That was a discussion that Jay and I had had many times before the final genre-casting was made. We feel that G&C is more a drama than anything else, about these people who are put into these extraordinary circumstances and forced to deal with them. Realism is our battle cry.

2) Too many characters. We do introduce a lot of characters in the first two episodes (believe me this is better, they were all in the first episode at first), and we know it's a lot, but we do nothing unless we find it to be pertinent to the story as a whole. Which is one thing I want to make a comment on here and now: G&C is an arc-based drama. We're telling many stories within one big one. The overall story is the story of Peter Parker. The best way to think of it as would be to think of each season as an act. Don't worry though folks, everyone gets their share of time.

3) One character is more developed than another. Jay and I discussed this a long time ago, and after fan reaction to everyone's favorite wise ass some things may need to be said. First off, no one character receives or has received more development than another. The way everyone seems is for a particular reason. Eddie, for one, does indeed seem to be more developed than the others, but a big thing to remember is that this is the Eddie we see. All the characters are only what we see. Trust me, as the season continues we'll begin to see some major developments for a lot of our main characters. 1.04, 1.07 and 1.11 are big for Peter, 1.04 is big for Gwen and 1.05 for Eddie. And MJ... Well, she's a little different. But that's for another time.

4) Shorts. This is more of a comment on things I've noticed being said about the shorts and I think Jay and I both feel the same way about this: The shorts are intended for optional story possibilities or as asides (chances for us to have fun with the characters, just wait for the Awesome Aussie). Please don't think that the shorts are major pieces of work. I wrote SPLAT! in an hour. Which explain some possible disappointment.

Overall, like I said, reaction has been great and exciting. I'm happy everyone is enjoying the series so far and I hope everyone enjoys "Renaissance" on the 19th, I know I had a lot of fun writing it and after it's posted I may take the time to post one of the deleted scenes here that I was sad was cut from the final draft. But that's for then and I still have a final pass to do on the draft, so good night, and good luck.

--JB