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Post by manche on Apr 18, 2013 3:00:28 GMT -5
And it was interesting to watch the fact, that the crew created their enemies alone after realizing the fact, how many fights they have experienced. Without their effort the Trickster would not have had the opportunity to complete his plan.
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Post by manche on Apr 18, 2013 1:53:28 GMT -5
Firouz got a certain form of compensation, without the usage of his invention Sinbad would not have been able to defeat Vorgon. So Vorgon's defeat was the common work of Sinbad and Firouz. And Maeve helped a bit, without her advice Sinbad would not have known that the sunlight is deadly for Vorgon.
And Sinbad's chicken in the second season were not interesting, none of them for me. None of then had a bit of Maeve's charm and beauty, I do not mention the fact that her character was much more interesting.
And the redshirts, I hate it most for the reason, that in almost no episode was the reason for their presence. The rest of the crew did not need them. For example the first episode. Sinbad was able to save Bryn without troubles alone, after getting out from the lake with the water dragon. Three sailors died here unnecessarily. They could have kept alive the last crewman Jakar at least. It looked ridiculously. He stopped swimming in the middle of the lake and he was waiting for eating by the dragon?
And the next problem, which you mentioned was the lack of emotions. I want to talk again about the first episode. The crew lost one of their members. And Sinbad was the only one who showed some emotions. Maybe I am wrong, but I do not remember many emotions from the side of Doubar, Firouz or Rongar. I thought, that they liked her. And any of them never mentioned her name again after this episode. They also lost next three sailors, but it did not matter, the most important thing is that they found Bryn? I know, that they were only minor characters...
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Post by manche on Apr 18, 2013 1:46:14 GMT -5
And do you watch it in which language? He said it in the moment when he stuck in the web with Sinbad after the effort to save him. I watched it in Czech language for the first time.
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Post by manche on Apr 17, 2013 6:34:50 GMT -5
I did not have this idea about this situation, but it sounds very logically. Probably the intention was really to scared them to death literally. Also the explanation for fear of Rongar sounds very well.
It is interesting, that some of them were able to return into the reality without help of somebody (Rumina, Rongar) and the rest needed the help of others.
And the crab really exploded, it was not an illusion.
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Post by manche on Apr 17, 2013 5:59:53 GMT -5
I think that these monologues of Firouz were typical only for the first season. His image of the inventor was almost forgotten in the second season. During the first season he created a lot of inventions, but I do not remember, if he created one invention in the second season at least.
The scene with Doubar was funny, and also his line: "I can’t believe I just did that."
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Post by manche on Apr 17, 2013 4:13:55 GMT -5
I must correct my note about one of the most emotional episodes. This was the best emotional episode of whole Tv series.
Maybe the relationship between Maeve and Sinbad was described even better in the final episode of the first season, but from a global scale, this episode was full of great emotions from the beginning until the end:
Maeve and Doubar's support of Sinbad decision at the beginning of the episode. Rongar's sadness that he was selected for testing of Firouz's invention Maeve was very deeply hurt by the loss of Dermott and the effort to Sinbad give her support Firouz was destroyed the disappearance of Rongar. A desperate trying of Maeve save all people, which worsened the situation. A great scene between brothers, their best scene together with the events in the episode The beast of Basra. Sinbad's desperation when he lost entire crew. And the final scene of Maeve and Sinbad, not only their kiss, but also their last talk. All with the assistance of the rest of the crew, of course.
It is a little shame, that there was no room for expressing some emotions after the dissapearance of Firouz. We can understand it in the connection with the length of the episode, but the rest of the crew got this possibility. But it is only a small blemish of the entire episode.
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Post by manche on Apr 17, 2013 2:46:03 GMT -5
You are probably right that for Doubar was Fortazza only an unpleasant memory in this time.
I would want to know, why Rongar had the biggest fear from the wind-warriors from Conundrum. The crew had met a lot of demonic creatures until this time, so why the warriors? Why not Vorgon for example? (He almost caused his death... he almost caused the death of whole crew). I think, that this situation was the most dangerous in the whole season, maybe more that their encouters with Rumina.
The nightmares of Doubar and Maeve were the most dangerous from a simple reason. The rest of the crew had also met their biggest fear, but their enemy was imaginary in these cases. Sinbad could not drown, Firouz could not burn to death. But Doubar and Maeve had a real enemy against them.
And the final scene with revelation of hoods of old men was unforgettable. It was a little strange, that nobody, with the exception of Sinbad, did not notice the exactly same movements of the old men. Firouz maybe sensed something, but the rest of the crew certainly not. But It was great done.
And the scene, when Sinbad tried to stop Maeve in her attack at Rumina was nice.
And one question: the crab at the beginning it was the work of Rumina or the Trickster? It could not be the fear of Maeve, she has never seen this crab in the Ties That Bind.
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Post by manche on Apr 16, 2013 11:25:15 GMT -5
This was a great episode.
It was good to see Scratch again, the villians were weaker in the second season and Scratch improved their reputation.
As a big fan of the first season I was glad, that the plot with Scratch was finished (something was told us about the meeting Sinbad and Doubar with Scratch in Conundrum) and that Maeve was mentioned. It was a big shame, that this episode did not end her finding. This would be a great end of the whole series. It is true that the motif with Maeve looked a bit as created by force, because with the exception of Sacrifice and a small mention in The return of the Ronin it looked that the whole crew forgot to Maeve in this season. But I am the big fan of Maeve, so it did not matter me.
I like the way that Sinbad expressed his feelings towards Maeve. He did not say it directly, but he was willing to give up his soul for her rescue. It means something. Her loss was showed as one of the things, from which Sinbad blames himself the most, along with the loss of Dim-Dym and Mustapha. His talk with Mala "when you love someone" was great.
It was nice to see the memory of Mustapha also. I always thought, that Mustapha could have been a valuable member of the crew. He was not completely forgotten.
A lot of emotions were here. I missed it in the whole season.
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Post by manche on Apr 16, 2013 2:51:53 GMT -5
Maybe It would be interesting to extend the Doubar's bio about his encounter with Fortazza. It must have been the very important thing for Doubar, when he still had fear of him after 10 years.
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Post by manche on Apr 15, 2013 14:07:03 GMT -5
And the second crewman behaved like a little redneck. He was the quest in the castle and would be fine to show some courteous manners.
And it was funny, how Barada tried to persuade Sindibad to choose him instead of Rongar. He would probably had run very quickly after leaving of the castle. Only at the end he found a piece of courage, when he said that he will avenge his dead friend. 10 seconds of courage, it was a great performance.
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Post by manche on Apr 15, 2013 13:52:55 GMT -5
This could be also the intention. We saw the talk Doubar with "Fortazza" at first and after that we saw the talk Maeve with "Rumina". It could happen at the same time but for better explanation were those conversations carried out separately. Maeve must have been suprised by Rumina's strength.
And for the rest of the crew it must have been the big shock. They also had the nightmares, but this was worse. I thought, what they would have done, if they had arrived too late and had found one of them dead.
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Post by manche on Apr 15, 2013 13:17:13 GMT -5
One of the best episodes of the first season. Maeve really looked a little reluctant to use her spells against the Vikings, she probably relied on the help of our boys very much.
I have never noticed the usage of the stunt instead of Maeve in the first season, so I watched it more carefully and I noticed it finally. Maeve looks much more better...
The rescue mission of the rest of the crew was good. The typical Firouz's monologue in the dangerous situation: "when something happens in the forest" and the heroic efforts of Doubar to save Sinbad, which turned against him.
Sinbad's fear about Maeve was glorious.
And the final scene with Sinbad and his jealousy was funny. The reaction of the crew was also great. They suspected them of some mutual feelings for some time in my opinion. I believe, that this suspicion has started after the events from the episode Still Life. I clearly remember the scene, when Sinbad tried to persuade them, that he has not more feelings for Maeve then he has for the rest of the crew.
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Post by manche on Apr 15, 2013 7:54:55 GMT -5
manche: Lol, true that. ;D I, too, was pretty astounded to see the glove on Rongar's hand. But yeah, maybe Maeve gave it to him just in case. xP It was the luck for all vanished people that Rongar also dissapeared. Until this time, Dermott probably circled around them in the air. It could be a little distracting for them.
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Post by manche on Apr 15, 2013 7:49:25 GMT -5
I'm not sure about Marissa (that was the blonde woman, right?) though. I thought she was just a servant and in fact human. She did want to become a vampire though, and to become Orlock's wife. Or at least that's how I got it. And the two crewmen... whoa, I don't even remember them anymore. O.o But I only watched this ep once or twice. It's really none of my favourites so maybe that's why I forgot. Oh, or do you mean that whiny guy who was with the crew in prison? In any case, aye, I do agree with you - it was unnecessary to describe him as such a coward all time long. Weird does not even describe it. It was all like *quoting myself here for a moment*: Bryn: Er, guys, there are others in the dungeons, too. Shouldn't we go and free them? Sinbad: *walking by* Ah, they'll figure out how to escape. Firouz: But what with the guards? Will they really let them out? Doubar: Who cares? Let's go home. We've been heroic enough today. Rongar: *shrugs* >.> Your description is sitting very well. In the style: Anyone cares about these unknown people? No. You probably have the truth with Marissa, she probably was not the vampire, she only wanted to be the vampire. And the thing with the crewman (he named Barada), it was very pathetic. He only said useful phrases as: "we all die here." the whole time, he did not try to fight with guards as the others (Firouz tried it and he was also bound... but Firouz is a main character). At the end of the episode he seemed that he found a piece of courage, but it was not important, because our hero Sindibad arrived.
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Post by manche on Apr 15, 2013 4:24:29 GMT -5
When he is perched on Maeve's arm! it's (almost) always the same scene! ;D Yes and when Maeve has him on her arm she wears her coat ;D In this connection I found the interesting thing. In the episode The Village Vanishes in the scene when Maeve saw the vanished Dermott and Rongar, Dermott was sitting on the Rongar's arm. It looked, that he has the Maeve's gautlet on his arm. Maybe she borrowed it to him for the case, that he will dissapear earlier.
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