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Post by manche on Apr 14, 2013 16:27:23 GMT -5
Not so bad episode, but a few things were not so much great done:
Not so much room for the majority of the crew.
Magic of Bryn is very unbalanced. In the first three episodes she looked very powerful, more than Maeve, and later her magic is not strong enough for stopping the group of drunk pirates (the episode Castle keep)
The final fight with the main villian and the usage of the sunlight. Do vampires really need the windows in their castles, when they know that the sunlight is deadly for them? And i thought that Marissa was also vampire and she had not problems with staying at the sunlight.
Two crewmen - I considered to be redshirts both of them. Very surprisingly, one of them survived. But it was really necessary to describe him as an incompetent coward during whole episode?
And the leaving the rest of prisoners in the cage was a little weird.
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Post by manche on Apr 14, 2013 15:35:15 GMT -5
The same situation was with the nightmare of Rongar, there were also used the old footages from Conundrum. In connection with exploding sticks the Firouz's fear looked really weird. But his monologue by the rope... the typical Firouz. And the showing of the Rumina's human side was very well done. And one interesting note: Doubar did not really hurry with his attack at Fortazza, did he? It was nice of him to give Maeve time for talking with "Rumina"
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Post by manche on Apr 14, 2013 15:19:36 GMT -5
Maybe you are right, that the whole change of dynamics was not depended on the Maeve's departure only, but also on the complete change of the atmosphere of this Tv series.
The change of Sinbad in the typical sailor with a woman in every port was the next thing, which I did not like in the second season. I also was not pleased with the usage of redshirts in whole second season. It started in the first episode and continued it the whole season. This phenomenon was not used in the first season almost. In the majority of these cases these redshirts have not a different purpose than being killed by the hand of a villian.
And one question to this episode. I have never clearly understood the scene with Maeve, Sinbad and Milasco in the forest, where the branches attacked them. Were they aimed at Maeve for her knowledge of magic? Or Vorgon tried to pretend the attack at himself? And how is possible, that our trio was able to leave the village, where the wall was completely around?
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Post by manche on Apr 14, 2013 14:42:31 GMT -5
Yes, They probably needed to make the development of the events a little faster, this was probably the reason for the scene with the effort of Maeve to create the hole into the wall. Until this scene, people dissapeared one after another. This was the opportunity to let people disappear faster.
And the motif with Belkor was great. He looked as a typical villian at the beginning of the episode, but he showed as the good guy at the end. And the role of the villian did not miss him in the second season.
And I agree in the connection with the ties among the crew in the both seasons. The second season was too much centred to Sinbad and Bryn in my opinion. The dynamics of the crew was disturbed by leaving of Maeve. The rest of crew did not have so much room in some episodes. And Maeve had natural chemistry with all crew and this ability I completely missed by Bryn.
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Post by manche on Apr 14, 2013 14:32:48 GMT -5
I think that would be shame, if this great episode was not here.
It was interesting to see Rumina in a certain form of cooperation with the crew.
The nighmares were interesting, although it is interesting that Firouz had fear of fire. I was thinking that scientists usually work with fire. I assumed during the first watching that Sinbad's nightmare had a connection with his kidnapping by Rumina in the episode The Beast Within, but I found the better explanation for this situation on this website. But I am sure that the footage from this episode was used there.
Doubar and Maeve's nightmares were very scary. It would be horrible, if one of them was killed by the hand of the second.
The twist at the end of this episode was very interesting and very surprising. Sinbad is the clever man. ;D
And the last scene between Maeve and Sinbad was very nice.
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Post by manche on Apr 14, 2013 10:30:47 GMT -5
The unnoticed dissapearance of Firouz could have been the director's intention. He maybe wanted to show the helplessness of the characters to do something with the situation. He was simply there in one minute and the next minute was gone.
And I must agree with the identity of the villian. I suspected Belkor at first, that he had a connection with the events. I suspected Milasco later, that he brought the curse into the village but without any intention. We heard about the existence of Vorgon in the middle of the episode and his existence was not sure after the scene with "killed" Milasco. The final explanation was given in the last ten minutes.
This episode was one of the most emotional episodes in whole TV series. It showed the strong bond among all members of the crew. This is one of the reasons, why I love the first season.
And the crew's reaction to the kiss between Maeve and Sinbad was really great. Doubar looked surprised in a pleasant way, Firouz looked completely confused and I am not sure, what Rongar was thinking at this moment.
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Post by manche on Apr 13, 2013 17:25:25 GMT -5
I was surprised that this episode was not here. This is the best episode the whole TV series in my opinion. The most interesting plot, the good and freaky enemy, a lot of emotions are here. The dissapearences of all members of the crew, it was very emotional, with exception of the dissapearance of Firouz, it was a bit out of frame, I did not notice his dissapearance for the first time, until the moment, when Doubar said it. When I watched this episode for the first time, I was afraid that Sinbad will be looking the new crew. And I almost forgot, this episode was very important for the relationship between Maeve and Sinbad. The scene with the kiss was great and the surprise of the rest of the crew was great done, especially their expressions.
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Post by manche on Apr 13, 2013 13:30:40 GMT -5
Thank you all very much. I am a big fan of this Tv series, especially season one. I must admit that i was not satisfied with the development this Tv series in the second season. I am glad that I have the opportunity to talk about this Tv series with some fans. My family has not much understanding for this my hobby. It is nice to meet some fans.
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