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Post by Carey on Mar 8, 2010 5:09:54 GMT -6
Angel 6x02 - Blackout
Ok, time for the dreaded second episode. Alot of the time the second episode for a season is bad (See Supernatural episode 2), but this one was pretty good.
A pretty cool opening, love the Angel and Spike dialogue. Although I thought they had stopped their continuous fights in the later half of season 5? Wesley and Illyria's dynamic is pretty interesting. I can understand this Wesley, unlike last episode. He seems to be acting in a much more like....a broken Wesley.
Kate was annoying, I took Connors side here. Although him throwing that blade at the cop seemed like he backtracted 2 seasons. Angel doing his thing in the bar, then at Victor was awesome. I'm not sure about when Angel and Kate meet up in Hyperion. Just doesn't feel natural. I could be wrong, but wasn't the last time they saw each other in season 2? So she goes there and just starts apologising? Doesn't work for me, sorry.
The monster appearing as Angel disappears was cool, but the demon just felt really cliche. His dialogue just sucked. So he knew Connor was the Destroyer? Angels whole plan seemed totally useless. Angel at least learned that it was a mistake and it may have helped the tear between him and Wesley.
Angel has visions now. Interesting vision. The thing with Cordelia seemed a little too soon, but it at least seemed to get things back on track.
Quick question: How did Spike know Kate? He ran over to her in the Hyperion and said her name. I don't remember him ever meeting her.
Overall, A pretty cool episode. Clunky in places, it takes half the episode for the demon to appear, then he just dies a little while after that. Some good dialogue, some bad dialogue. Again, not much really happens. Some great scenes, especially with Angel and Spike. Overall, I give this a 5/10. Needs work. Has some good stuff, but a bad plot or characterisation.
Note: I'm still working on a review format so the first few may be a little clunky.
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Post by Carey on Mar 8, 2010 3:18:01 GMT -6
Forgot about Boone.
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Post by Carey on Mar 7, 2010 3:03:13 GMT -6
As much as I would like taking the credit for this, it was originally Jake Diamonds idea over on MZP, so yeah...
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Post by Carey on Mar 7, 2010 3:00:53 GMT -6
Thanks for the reply. I will continue reading, so I will see how everything goes. I may be wrong about the Lilah thing, but at the moment, it just doesn't work for me.
I can see what you mean about Wesley being angry, and if these were any other circemstances I wouldn't be surprised at this, but its chaos outside and I doubt even Wesley would go this far to get revenge. As I said, I'll continue reading. It was a good episode and I did enjoy it. I should have another review up either tonight or tomorrow.
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Post by Carey on Mar 6, 2010 8:12:24 GMT -6
Angel 6x01 - Casualties Of War
Well OK. My very first review.
It has some really good parts, mainly with Spike. The first bit was excellent, the whole showing the chaos in L.A. The bits with Connor were pretty cool, but killing Eve...I don't know. Doesn't really affect me. Kate is back so extra points there. That end scene was just perfect though. It felt very much like the pilot one, only showing us how far Angel has come. Plus a mention of Doyle!
There were some bad parts as well. Like, not much really happened. It felt more filler than anything. Just gave us a bunch of answers, set up a bunch of stuff and thats it. The whole scene with Angel and Lilah just felt...anticlimatic. We were getting ready for a massive fight, then the demons just stop. The answers seem to come far to easily. Also, Wesley wanted Angel dead so bad, he'd do it in the middle of an apocalypse and for fun?! There must be more going on there. I understand what you were doing for the Hyperion being inhabited already, but it didn't work.
Overall, its a good episode. Better than some season openers, but it has its setbacks as well. Anticlimatic in places, but it was good. I give this a 7/10 Flawed in places but the characers and/or plot bring it up.
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Post by Carey on Mar 6, 2010 8:07:57 GMT -6
Angel 6x01 - Casualties Of War
Well OK. My very first review.
It has some really good parts, mainly with Spike. The first bit was excellent, the whole showing the chaos in L.A. The bits with Connor were pretty cool, but killing Eve...I don't know. Doesn't really affect me. Kate is back so extra points there. That end scene was just perfect though. It felt very much like the pilot one, only showing us how far Angel has come. Plus a mention of Doyle!
There were some bad parts as well. Like, not much really happened. It felt more filler than anything. Just gave us a bunch of answers, set up a bunch of stuff and thats it. The whole scene with Angel and Lilah just felt...anticlimatic. We were getting ready for a massive fight, then the demons just stop. The answers seem to come far to easily. Also, Wesley wanted Angel dead so bad, he'd do it in the middle of an apocalypse and for fun?! There must be more going on there. I understand what you were doing for the Hyperion being inhabited already, but it didn't work.
Overall, its a good episode. Better than some season openers, but it has its setbacks as well. Anticlimatic in places, but it was good. I give this a 7/10 Flawed in places but the characers and/or plot bring it up.
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Post by Carey on Mar 6, 2010 5:35:48 GMT -6
10/10 - Perfect Great character development, intriguing plot. Very few flaws. Overall a top episode.
9/10 - Excellent Slightly flawed, but very good character development and plot.
8/10 - Great Some flaws here and there but the character development and/or plot makes us overlook those.
7/10 - Good Flawed in places but the characers and/or plot bring it up.
6/10 - OK Bad stuff mixed in with the good. Little bit more good than bad though.
5/10- Average Needs work. Has some good stuff, but a bad plot or characterisation.
4/10 - Poor Some good scenes, maybe some relevance to plot/characters but too problematic.
3/10 - Bad Some nuggets of good stuff, but FAR too much bad/useless stuff.
2/10 - Terrible Almost unwatchable/unreadable. Maybe a scene or two or useful stuff, but far too flawed
1/10 - Disastrous Bearly anything worth noticing. Very little "OK" stuff, if any. A failure.
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Post by Carey on Mar 6, 2010 5:30:54 GMT -6
This is where I will post all my reviews of episodes of VS as I read them. I will update as often as I can, and may review several series at the same time. Below is the list of VS, the episode titles and the score they got. The post below has the meaning for each score. Angel 6x01 - Casualties Of War - 7/106x02 - Blackout - 5/106x03 - Freak Like Me - 7/106x04 - Live By The Sword - 6/106x05 - Reward - 7/106x06 - Back In Business - 8/106x07 - Bloodlust - 9/10Season 6 - 7/10The Outcasts 1x01 - Along Came A Spider - 7/10 1x01 - Along Came A Spider (Version 2) - 9/10
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Post by Carey on Mar 6, 2010 4:49:22 GMT -6
In no particular order:
- Charlie Pace in Lost. The most moving death scene in the entire series, even beating Boone and Juliets.
- Angel in Buffy. Although he did come back in season 3, that death scene is still extremely sad.
- Dean in Supernatural. He may have been raised from Hell, but his death scene is still not easy to watch. Sam had to watch as he was ripped apart by a Hellhound, and then the final scene of him hooked to a never ending chain system in a green Abyss called Hell.
- Juliet in Lost. She didn't have an easy life. And he death was no different. After being pulled down into the hole and blowing up the nuke, she then died in the arms of Sawyer. Very moving. If only Kate could die now...
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Post by Carey on Mar 6, 2010 4:41:16 GMT -6
FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are the investigators of X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder is a believer in the existence of aliens and the paranormal, while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses on Mulder's discoveries. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully Seen as a defining series of its era, The X-Files tapped into public mistrust of governments and large institutions, and embraced conspiracy theories and spirituality as it centered on efforts to uncover the existence of extraterrestrial life. In addition to the long-term story arc, "monster of the week" episodes made up roughly two-thirds of the series. In such stand-alone X-Files episodes, Mulder and Scully investigated bizarre crimes with few long-term implications on the storyline, though the episodes provided growing background, such as the origin of the term 'X File.'
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Post by Carey on Mar 6, 2010 3:53:02 GMT -6
I was talking about the one before the back to the future one, Swap Meat.
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Post by Carey on Mar 5, 2010 6:46:40 GMT -6
Apart from Supernatural, every series here is interchangeable.
1# Supernatural
The greatest TV series to grace my screen. I rock out to the music 24/7 (I'm a metalhead). The myth-arc is very well laid down, going all the way back to the pilot, with some of the most interesting bad guys and a very rare look at a sympathetic devil (he's still evil though). The brothers are the heart and soul of the series, and no matter what they can't catch a break. They make us laugh, cry and draw us in in some of the most well-developed TV characters ever made. This is a series NOT to miss.
2# Lost
This show cops alot of flak, and sometimes it deserves it. It has continuty errors, bad characterisations and just things that don't add up. Yet most of the characters are what draws me into the series every week. I hate the Jack/Kate/Sawyer love triangle, but I love some of the other couples (Charlie/Claire, Sawyer/Juliet, Shannon/Sayid.) The storyline can draw me in, especially if it contains Locke, Ben and Richard. It's flawed, yet the majority of the characters are what I look forward to each week.
3# Battlestar Gallactica
The GREATEST sci-fi series ever. It's based in space most of the time, yet the focus is on the characters. Everyone is characterised very well, even the Cylons. The story does get a little irratating at times due to lack of planning and so many questions not answered, but it makes up with the season 2 finale and Gaius Baltar. Out of all the sci-fi series out there, this one is THE best.
4# Angel
A show that was better than its parent in many ways. Season 4 was bad in places, and the whole Connor arc was a hit-and-miss, but the majority of the series was good, especially season 1,2 and 5. The series finale just showed how good the series can be. If you like vampire detectives, this is the series for you.
5# Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Joss Whedon created one of the most important series since the X-Files. Full of hidden metaphors and morals, plus taking the cliche blonde female and turning her into a kick-ass heroine. Along with her friends, all beautifully crafted, they saved the world one day at a time, all while trying to survive life. It had its flaws, season 4 and 6 poke out here, but the majority of it ruled. The Angelus arc of season 2 really shines here, with one of Buffy's hardest choices. Plus we got Angel from here, so what more do you want?
6# Veronica Mars
Yes, I'm breaking the typical 5# list with another awesome series. A female teenage detective. It could have easily failed, yet it didn't. With Veronicas sassiness, the mysteries and characters that we learned more about as we went along (Who didn't hate Logan in the pilot, but love him as the series went on?), the show was close to flawless. Season 2 and 3 did drop in quality a bit, but it was still an awesome series.
7# X-Files
This wouldn't be a true list without THE most important series of the last 20 years. A series about 2 FBI angents, one a believer in the paranormal, Fox Mulder, the other a sceptic, Dana Scully. It had a very deep mythology revolving around Aliens and the government conspiricy involved in it. The stand-alone episodes were also pretty good. Season 1 was weak in parts, but seasons 2-4 was where the real quality was. Especially with the episode Barry Duane. I have only seen the first 2 seasons and it is still FAR better than many TV series on today. All we need now is that X-Files 3 movie...
There are other series I watch, but just aren't up to the standard of the top 7:
Alias - Excellent first 2 seasons, then went downhill. It spawned the virtual spin-off The DSR on MZP which itself has 2 spin-offs, so thats good.
True Blood - A pretty good series, yet it just doesn't have that excellent quality about it. Plus Bill annoys me. Buffy must kill him.
Moonlight - A good series, cliched yes, but it worked. Decent characters and the possibility of a good mythology. Too bad it was cancelled.
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Post by Carey on Mar 5, 2010 5:54:07 GMT -6
That episode in the psych ward was pretty average. I haven't seen the one after it but apparently its worse. The best episodes this season are the myth-arc, the top ones "The End" and "Changing Channels".
The hunter vs demon thing isn't so big anymore, its more hunter vs angels vs demons vs devil (Its a little complicated unless you've seen it). Pretty much, just every man for himself now.
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Post by Carey on Mar 5, 2010 1:19:30 GMT -6
I'm opposite of the post above me. I find the demon hunting and the apocalypse myth-arc the most interesting part of the series. The Angels just upped the standards.
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Post by Carey on Mar 2, 2010 5:47:48 GMT -6
That's it? You just go back to your IM-ing, you're like my...teenager. And she's on MSN 24/7
This isn't funny Dean,the voice is telling me... From Supernatural
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Post by Carey on Mar 2, 2010 5:41:54 GMT -6
I know this thread is pretty much dead, but anyway...
I try to stick to more what you would see or hear on television, than to read what they are feeling or thinking. I let the characters actions and dialogue show their emotions.
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Post by Carey on Mar 2, 2010 5:34:31 GMT -6
I always storyboard. I can't write without knowing where I'm going. It helps me with plot holes, and just has a much better sense of pacing.
That's just how I roll.
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Post by Carey on Mar 2, 2010 5:31:18 GMT -6
Supernatural Dramas. I am not big on action in VS, but don't mind it, as long as it is written well. As long as it has a good plot and interesting characters, I will most likely be into it.
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