This show’s modest production values made it seem more like a CW teen drama than the network blockbuster it needs to be. I liked the pilot okay, but I guess I expect a little more futuristic gloss (nifty personal gadgets, flying cars, floating touchscreen displays) with my sci-fi TV.
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I asked Movie Date Andrew to take a look at the pilot and share his thoughts (solely based on the TV version since he hasn’t read the book.) He says: Now I know how you book readers felt! I'M SO SORRY! #DeliriumPilot So, what did author Lauren Oliver think? I don’t know what she felt overall about the pilot, though she does feel our pain now about the book ending: Hope the TV powers that be give this pilot another look, and perhaps slow down the story a bit so the viewers can connect more with the characters.
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Though the TV show takes liberties with the source book, I think the series has potential and I’d like to see where the story was heading. Since so much plot is crammed into 45 minutes rather than the slow buildup of the book, it’s hard to get fully invested in the story. Nice touch! Also was happy that the dance parties at 37 Brooks, Hana and Lena’s running scenes, the beach scene, the sheep at the interview, and the police raid made the cut.Įven though it’s essentially the same, the TV ending doesn’t pack a punch like the book ending. I enjoyed the little references to love in the pilot that popped up on book and record shelves in Thomas Fineman’s pre-cure room. I liked that the Resistance group is a focus in the pilot, and some familiar names pop up. Their mission is a little different than in the book though- I wonder why! Tack (Corey Reynolds) and Alex (Daren Kagasoff) in Delirium. Her son Fred (Delon de Metz) is matched with Hana. He also looks to be infatuated with Lena’s friend Hana, an interesting change from the book.Įlyse Hargrove (Michael Michele) is a senator and presidential candidate sparring with Thomas Fineman. Julian is starting to question his father’s anti-love tactics. Julian is the “uncured” son of Thomas Fineman (Billy Campbell- remember him from The Killing?), hothead leader of the Deliria-Free America group. Julian (Gregg Sulkin) appears in the pilot, even though he first shows up in the books in the sequel Pandemonium. But, I spy a love triangle coming on with Julian. Hana is Lena’s BFF, who breaks the law by going to dance parties (forbidden, just like Footloose!) Her husband match is someone with big connections. Lena (Emma Roberts) meets Alex (Daren Kagasoff) in Delirium.
(In the book Lena lives with her aunt & uncle and cousins) In her formal interview with the authorities Lena meets Alex (Daren Kagasoff), a member of the Resistance /double agent who is tasked with recruiting Lena to the cause, but of course they fall in love instead. Seventeen-year-old Lena Holloway (Emma Roberts) lives with her sister and her brother-in-law, and she’s eager to find out her husband match and get the cure for deliria. It seems like a trend to pack a whole book’s worth of material into one episode of television ( About a Boy), and the Delirium pilot in fact wraps up much like the book version. I watched the pilot the morning of its release on Hulu, and overall I found it pretty entertaining. You can follow everyone’s reactions on twitter with #DeliriumPilot. There’s even a special Delirium inspired dinner menu if you want to really get thematic with it. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don’t.ĭelirium fans gathered for twitter viewing parties with author Lauren Oliver (she’d never seen the pilot before!) to see this YA favorite on the small screen. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. It’s hard not to be afraid while I’m still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn’t touched me yet. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. The TV pilot starts Emma Roberts as Lena. The story follows a 17-year-old girl named Lena who is about to undergo a procedure that will “cure” her from love. But, in an unusual move, Hulu is streaming the Delirium pilot for all to see for a limited time! Could this series get a second life?ĭelirium is a YA dystopian romance book about a society where love is outlawed. Usually when a pilot is not picked up that is the end of it – they never see the light of day. Last year YA fans were disappointed with the news that the TV pilot of Lauren Oliver’s Delirium was not picked up by Fox.
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