pilots get made months and sometimes even a year before the rest of the show. since filming the pilot he has done work on the movie Quarantine, Bolt, Spectacular and now is on Broadway. They probably just coulndt get him back when they started filming.
And i do like Stark better and will miss him.   See 7 other replies

see Pulp Fiction for the definitive definition (no thats not redundant) of "pilot"   See 7 other replies

i really like them both, stark and the origional. It took me a while to relize that the blond guy from the pilot is supposed to be the same guy stark. I'm not sure if they have the same name but they do play the same role.   See 7 other replies

I respect your opinion, but in no way was the pilots character better than Stark. Stark had excellent back and forth with the sheriff. The shared love interest, and the un-spoken respect each had for each other helped define both the characters and plot. The guy in the pilot was just filling a spot. They could have gotten by by just refereeing to him in the 3rd person. And I hope Stark will make a return when the show resumes.   See 7 other replies

Tony Stark is Iron Man, The character on the show is Nathan Stark, they share a last name because they're both geniuses, was it planned that way, who knows.   See 7 other replies

who is Tony Stark?I keep thinking about Iron man.
Wasn't that character's name Stark?   See 7 other replies

He's only in the pilot and I seriously doubt he'll be back.
It's my understanding that this is a fairly commonplace thing with pilot episodes. If I'm not mistaken, the pilot episode is created soley to show to test audiences/network executives, and is a way of testing the waters without throwing money at a bunch of episodes. If the pilot episode goes well, the show is green lit and they start making the series.
However, when a series is picked up there is often a bit of fine-tuning with the cast, sets, etc. You'll notice that the sections in the pilot episode are set up horizontally, but the sections are set up vertically in the rest of the series. The facade of Henry's is different in the pilot episode as well. Even the GD insignia is different between the pilot and the rest of the series. German's character was surely just a casualty of this fine-tuning process.
And as a comic geek, I get a kick out of the fact that they "borrowed" Tony Stark's name.   See 7 other replies