Cthulhudrew
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This show continues to confound me. If Luke is unbreakable and can survive an explosion, why would he be stopped by a shotgun blast to the face?
Probably caused some internal damage to his brain; concussion or worse. The shotgun burst might not penetrate, but that much force so close to his head and neck presumably is what hurt him.
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11 episodes in, this isn't a binge it's a full on bender. Anyway, I think Luke's bar was the same bar Karen and Foggy got wasted at in Daredevil, isn't it? I'm kind of disappointed there hasn't been more crossover between the shows, because it looks like they filmed in the same area (Marvel Hell's Kitchen is real world Brooklyn) and I keep thinking they'll run into each other.
Foggy's buddy officer Mahoney was at the precinct when Kilgrave took over everyone's minds. Does that count?
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Haven't finished watching this episode yet, but holy crap- NUKE!?!?!
EDIT: Oh, and Jessica is the queen of bad plans. Although that ending answered a question that's been bugging me since around episode 2 or so.
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Man. Tennant is sooo good. Kilgrave is a character that in the comics (like so many other characters over the years) has been written all kinds of ways- from nefarious to creepy to campy- so it is really cool to see what the writers, directors, producers, and Tennant are doing with the role.
Why is it that the Netflix shows can get the villains so well, and the movie franchises still struggle to make any memorable villains outside of Loki? Is it because they are limited in terms of the time given to spend on villains (2 hours vs. 13 or so) as well as the exorbitant costs and time involved? Is it because the "big name" actors in the primary heroic roles take up so much time and expense? I'm sure all number of reasons, but whatever it is, I wish they'd take a cue from DD and JJ, and start to actually invest in their villains, because no matter how much you put into your heroes, the ultimate measuring stick of their heroism is directly proportional to the villains they face off against, and the more personal their connection to them, the more drama you are going to raise and the more satisfaction the audience will derive once they are defeated.
(Side note: this is why I think they need to introduce more villains in the individual film franchises, and have a Masters of Evil team-up in the big Avengers picture; so that it raises the stakes of that movie. End side note.)
I'm still not entirely sure how much I like the Jessica Jones show; it's not as interesting to me as Daredevil was- but Tennant's Kilgrave is what really draws me in.
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I am wondering about that as well. My first thought was maybe he didn't want the guy remembering later and making noise about it, but that doesn't really track. Maybe he brought it for her? He seems to be someone so used to getting whatever he wants and Jessica was probably the first person to ever walk away from him. Maybe he wants to prove something.
At a guess, I'd say it's because with the purchase being legitimate, the house is now something Jessica can never take away from him. He knows she's after her, and that she's trying to prove he can control people. Even if she does that now, somehow, he will always have this part of her- her family home. And whatever he might do there from now on, any time she thinks about her home, any time she revisits, those memories will always be tainted by Kilgrave.
In essence, he's retroactively insinuating himself into her life, before he ever met her. Very insidious. The man is a fiend.
(Now, admittedly, if she does prove him to have mind control powers and he does get sent away, I'm sure someone could come forward and say that the money he used to purchase it was illegally gotten, and/or the house could be seized for legal reasons as collateral to repay his victims or something, but it would still not ever go back to Jessica.)
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I can't believe Liv didn't make the connection when she saw the photo of Minor in Bozzio's research.
Did she see it, though? I thought only Blaine saw it.
Who was the woman at the end that was watching the FBI agent's house?
Someone I did recognize- a former coworker in the role of the dead guy's ex-girlfriend (hey, Fiona!) Always nice to see friends doing well in their chosen careers.
(And then I start wondering where I went wrong, and get all morose and moody like dead magician brain Liv. sigh)
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1. Grodd's telepathic, right? We saw him dominate the mind of the guy at the beginning of the episode. So he should have been able to search the memory of Wells-2 and figure out that the memories didn't match up and that Wells-2 was playing him even before Wells told Caitlin to run.
I'm guessing the mind-control blocking ear buds Cisco whipped up were keeping Grodd from doing that.
Where the hell is Barry's dad going again? Why does he keep leaving, is there a reason he can't stay in Central City? He was released from prison because they found out he didn't kill his wife.
I could see why he just needs to get away; he's spent the last 15 years of his life in prison; everything and everyone around Central City is a reminder of that to him.
Me? I can't even stand to go back to jobs that I quit. I know my dad often feels the same about cities or places he has bad memories and experiences with.
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I foresee Grodd being treated as a second-class citizen among the more "civilized" denizens of Gorilla City; the "nouveau riche" to their distinguished pedigree... and that pissing him off, and him staging essentially a class revolt, and overthrowing the city. Earth-2 is going to have a new problem when Zoom is taken care of. Yes, this will not end well.
Some of the animations of Grodd seemed much improved from his episode last season, although his appearance also seemed unnecessarily different. Still, it was a good Grodd episode. Enjoyed it.
Also, was it just me, or did Wells seem to know a little bit more intimate details about Grodd than he probably should have? He could have just been guessing and grasping at desperate straws in an effort to distract the big ape, but I don't know...
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I really like this show, but I've always feared it would end up like many serialized sci fi shows and most time travel shows and become an aimless, convoluted mess that collapses under the weight of its own internal logic and mythology (or lack thereof). Unfortunately, that promo doesn't do anything to allay that fear.
Sadly, that's my fear after seeing the promo, too. I thought they did a really excellent job in the first season about making things really consistent and at least giving the appearance (to someone who hasn't seen the "ending") of making it seem as if they had a definite plan and were keeping it on track.
This promo, though, seems like they are throwing a lot of things into the mix that just feel (from an admittedly very short preview) as if they are losing the forest for the trees. I guess I've just seen too many shows that get ruined by their own success, and the sudden prospect of potentially multiple seasons making the throughline get muddled as they try to keep the momentum going without resolution (LOST being a prime example; Orphan Black was another one for me).
I hope I'm wrong. April seems so far away... I need a time machine.
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They gave them names, but I already forgot them. She and brown haired girl babysat them when they were kids, I think.
Ironically, I think they only named the dead people in this episode. If they gave names to the guy and girl who rode off on Daryl's bike at the end, I totally missed it.
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The vfx in this show just amaze me. I wouldn't have thought they had a terribly huge budget or anything, compared to similar shows, but either they have a lot more than I thought, or else they're just very, very good at doing what they do on a limited budget. That demon they summoned looked really good, and the slight blurring effect they gave it made it suitably otherworldly.
I thought after the ending last week that Kelly might possibly be a Deadite biding her time, but if so, that means a lot of her interactions this episode (notably with the cop) wouldn't really be in character. Perhaps she's possessed and doesn't know it? (Or maybe I'm way off base.)
Glad that Lucy Lawless' character is finally getting close; she seems to have some kind of Deadite detection ability ("Deady-sense?").
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They pretty much lost me from the beginning with the whole "Don't watch this! If you're watching, you're already dead!.., but if you're watching, you might as well keep going..." silly message (why would anyone record a message like this if it wasn't meant to be watched, apparently plot reasons that for various reasons I didn't get to).
The Blair Witch/Found Footage narrative didn't help matters, because it was too self-aware to really allow me to ever get into the story, much less any kind of horror. There was a moment or two when I found myself starting to get into things, and then they'd pull me right back out with the narrator's dialogue. The "mystery" of the helmet cams/not-helmet-cams was immediately apparent to me once they started showing things from Clara's perspective (obviously not wearing a helmet), so when the captain confirmed the lack thereof, I wasn't at all surprised.
And then I dozed off at some point after that, so didn't even see much of anything up until a brief bit of the message at the end with the doctor's face melting away into one of the sandmen and giving some cryptic warning. Having no real desire to go back and re-watch, I picked up the gist of the rest of what happened from here.
Overall, it didn't do much of anything for me, although (as noted above) it put me to sleep, which is perhaps a very appropriate result of this show? (Maybe I'm infected.)
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So, I'm not sure I see the logic in Sara going to Central City to deal with her whole "I can't stop killing people" thing. Like, there are people in Central City. Lots of them, from what I understand.
Yes, but they have a friendly, speedster hero that can stop her murderous assaults nearly before they begin? :p
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My guess is that Blaine thought that Grampabrain would allow him to guilt-trip his father into signing over the family business.
My thought was that if his dad flashed on the memories of how cold-bloodedly Blaine killed off the one person he supposedly loved, that his father would know just how dangerous Blaine could be and back the f off.
Or maybe be guilted into realizing how horrible a father he was that his parenting could result in this.
But probably the first one.
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I saw someone speculate at one point that all of this Legends setup was the reason they've been doing more of these character moments; because they're kind of treading water until that happens and they can really jump into Arrow's own season plot.
Whether that's it or not, I don't much care, because to me it's working. While there have been a few missteps and awkward moments of PIS, for the most part, I feel like we've finally got character development I don't think I've seen in this show since maybe season 2 (but more likely season 1); that they are allowing them to breathe, and actually be characters. I'm loving it. Good job, Arrow scribes!
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So here's my theory, as I've been thinking about it:
With no Thawne, Henry's wife and Barry's mother doesn't die. Barry doesn't become a forensic scientist, but still decides to be a scientist, eventually being recruited as Wells' golden boy at Star Labs (replacing Hartley and Cisco in this universe). He dies during the particle accelerator accident, but Henry- in his stead- ends up getting powered by the speed force (or something similar). Now Henry blames Wells for his son's death (and maybe his wife's- what if she died, too?). He determines to kill Wells, even going so far as to kidnap his daughter so that he can torment Wells with the thought of his child's death.
Might even explain Wells' fascination with developing meta-detecting technology, in case Henry decided to get revenge.
EDIT: And I still say they're going to end up finding a body that turns out to be Earth-1 Patty Spivot by mid-season.
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So I went into this episode thinking that Zoom must be Earth-2 Barry; what would better parallel the Thawne/Barry mentor-betrayed trust relationship than a Well/Barry villain who kidnapped my daughter/hero I must learn to trust relationship?
But with the Robert Queen/Hood throwaway at the beginning, and the clearly much bulkier Zoom vs. Barry? I'm thinking Zoom is Earth-2 Henry Allen.
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Bruce is also an idiot, but I can forgive that because's he 12. I can't believe the thought that Galavant magically at the exact answer he was looking for and didn't question it at all.
I was just glad- and honestly surprised- that Alfred mentioned that it was extortion, because that's the first thing that popped into my head, and shows like this usually try to hide the fact that they've written a scenario wherein the "helpful ally"/nefarious villain is actually not doing anything in the interests of the naive hero because otherwise they'd have to actually have characters respond like real people rather than just fall right into the plotlines they're trying to push through, and would prefer that the audience doesn't see the strings as well.
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Also way to go spill Clark's secret, Jimmy. For that you get to be called Jimmy, that's a rookie mistake. You've been calling him Superman this whole time. Why would you suddenly switch to Clark?
Especially after he just got done telling Kara's sister that he's really good at keeping secrets.
Apparently only when he's consciously trying to keep them. :p
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ETA: Thanks, MrsRafaelBarba. And does anybody else expect the Strike Force members to start wearing red shirts?
Yeah, they're not even trying anymore with these guys. At least they (half-heartedly) attempted to give some kind of character to the original four (and aren't there still two left?) but quickly gave up. Now they seem to not even be attempting to pay any kind of lip service to making the audience give a crap about the Strike Force and its increasingly dwindling numbers. Why bother, when you'll just drum up some more extras next week?
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Jim and his goofy expressions. SMH
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S06.E05: Now
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Who knew lesbians were so plentiful in the ZA? I'm all for Tara finding a romantic interest, but Dr. Crybaby laying a playground kiss on Tara was kind of random.
Not to mention invasive. Is it somehow less predatory for a woman to kiss another woman full on the mouth when consent was not previously and expressly made than it would be for a man to do the same (to either gender)?
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Not quite as good as the first episode, but some really great moments. Especially the end.
"You know they were Jewish, right?"
"I did not." Awkward moment. "Really wish you could've said something when I was making the dumb crosses."
Anyone want to take odds that Kelly is a Deadite already?
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Andrew as Lash. That's actually pretty clever for this show. Good on them.
I suppose, given this show's track record, I shouldn't be surprised that Coulson didn't bring up the whole "putting people in cryonic suspension without their consent" thing (see, season 1 and killing innocent security guards in a top secret facility because their lives were less important than Skye's, etc.)
S02.E07: Did You Do This? No, You Did It!
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Hank is definitely into some UFO research there; the book lying on his desk was something like "Palace of the Gods" about UFOs. I wonder if he was an abductee?
And I wonder where Mike got that car?
And I wonder if Simone is really dead?
I wonder...