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On 11/14/2018 at 11:45 AM, Pestilentia said:
Nah, it's just the happy people don't post about it a lot.
I'm 28 years in and very happy.
Give it time. There is no such thing as a problem free marriage.
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1 hour ago, Trini said:
We'll see, of course; but I'm pretty sure The Flash isn't following Legends' timeline.
That doesn't make any sense to me. Aren't all of the shows supposed to follow the same timeline? Aren't they all within the same universe? If "Arrow" is already setting up the ARGUS takeover first hinted in "Legends", then doesn't that mean they are all part of the same timeline? After all, "The Flash" mentioned Martin Stein's old laboratory . . . and his death.
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Barry's dad was a brilliant scientist that was in jail unfairly, his mom was killed. Caitlin's parents are both supposedly well-respected Highly Educated people in their field. Don't know about Cisco don't care, but the black parent is drug-addicted and left their child making the other one a liar.
Francine West's story arc does not seem similar to Iris and Nora's conflict. Certainly not to me. Why would Iris compare herself to her mother, considering that she doesn't really have any idea why she had Nora's powers suppressed in the first place? Come to think of it, I suspect that Nora doesn't really know. What if the circumstances that led Iris to have Nora's powers suppressed are still in play, because Iris, Barry and everyone else were too busy paying attention to Nora's outbursts? What if Iris had a very good reason to suppress Nora's powers? And why hasn't anyone considered this?
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I’m also really tired of the “can this marriage be saved” trope.
That's more or less the natural state of marriage.
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I believe that George genuinely loves Elizabeth. He always has. Even from the beginning. But I do believe that during his "courtship" of her and their early marriage, he also saw her as a trophy wife, as a blow against Ross and as someone who could help him rise on the social class ladder.
However, I also feel that Ross' attitude toward Elizabeth was no better . . . even worse in some ways. I believed he viewed her as some feminine ideal for him to worship. And I think what she wanted was a companion to love. I also believe that Ross' ideal of Elizabeth led him to react in anger when she became engaged to George, by forcing himself upon her. George was not only his enemy, but someone from the lower class, whom he believed was unworthy of being Elizabeth's husband. By raping Elizabeth, Ross not only took revenge not only against George, but against Elizabeth for this second rejection of him and for sullying his ideal of her.
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I enjoyed the Elizabeth/Ross conversations. I was wondering why she felt the need to tell Ross that she was content.
I did NOT enjoy this one bit. I'd tell you why, but that would mean bringing up the novels. Needless to say, I think that Debbie Horsfield and the BBC have seriously undermined this saga.
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After watching this episode, I finally realized that Stick was the real "dundering dumbass". What a stupid thing to do. Didn't he realize that keep Danny with the other Defenders was the smarter move, instead of manipulating them to sideline Danny, so that he could kill the latter? What an idiot.
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I think Constance Burge's handling of Season 2 nearly sabotaged the series for me. I was never that impressed by it and the show seemed to be stuck in some kind of artistic rut. I thought Season 3 was a great improvement of the series. But the whole Source story arc from the second half of Season 4 pretty much destroyed the series for me. And it all went downhill from there.
QuoteAs much as I loved Prue. I hated that she became very good at throwing punches. I do agree that it made sense for Phoebe to good at martial arts.
Prue had started her martial arts training in Season 2. But she didn't really get to use it, until Season 3. And honestly, I thought Shannen Doherty made a better on-screen fighter than Alyssa Milano.
I never understood why the series didn't recognize Paige's TK for what it really was . . . teleportation. "Orbing" or "telekinetic orbing" just sounded ridiculous to me.
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I found the scene with Morwenna being chased in the woods by dogs and George's men rather ludicrous. I felt as if I was watching the 18th century Cornish edition of "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN".
Otherwise, it was a decent episode . . . especially those scenes featuring Elizabeth and George.
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I don't think Peter Morgan really understood Prince Philip or how difficult his role as prince consort truly was. I could tell by watching this episode. Some of the assumptions that Morgan made struck me as ludicrous.
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One of the more frustrating aspects of "THE CROWN" was its portrayal of Prince Philip. I don't think Peter Morgan, the showrunner, truly understood him. Everyone talked about how Philip should have stopped complaining about his boredom and support the Queen. He has always supported her, whether he was complaining or not. Even when he criticized her, he was supporting her. But Philip had a very good reason to complain. The Palace courtiers and the Queen Mother, who never wanted him to marry Elizabeth in the first place, did not want him to have any influence upon the Court. I think their idea of Philip as consort was for him to sit on his ass most of the day, doing nothing - aside from acting as royal stud or escort to major events and state visits. That's it. From what I have read about Philip, those first four to five years of the Queen's reign were very frustrating for him. It wasn't until after his 1956-57 tour that he started establishing his own style and role as consort. He established the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and the Commonwealth Study Conferences. He joined the Queen’s Privy Council for both Britain and Canada. He served as president of the National Playing Fields Association and The World Wildlife Fund. He also served as Chancellor of the Universities of Edinburgh and Wales, while at the same time began engaging in more State Visits by himself, on behalf of the Crown.
But for some reason, the series never really established or hinted this. Season One had established his earlier frustration at being prince consort, but didn't really follow through in the second season. Instead, it continued to speculate on whether he cheated on the Queen or not. What made this even more annoying is that the idea of him having an affair with a Soviet Union ballerina who was 11 years his senior is ludicrous. Chances are they would not be hanging around in social circles and she would have been monitored by MI-5 during her tour of Britain. As for his connection to the Promfumo Affair . . . like Princess Margaret and several other members of the Royal Family, Philip was a patient of Dr. Stephen Ward. There has been no real evidence or anything of women being procured for him by Ward. And yet, Morgan seemed to be stuck in this obsession over whether Philip had committed adultery or not. That's it.
By the way, I think sending Charles to Eton would have been a bad idea. I'm not saying that he should have went to Gordonstoun. But I feel that Eton was a bad idea, considering that it was next door to Windsor Castle. Charles would have benefited from an easy escape route if things got tough. And Eton, like many other English public schools (private schools) could be rather tough, if not at the same level as Gordonstoun. His worse problem was that none of the students were willing to befriend him, due to fear of being accused of sucking up to royalty. And it was Princess Theodora, Margravine of Baden, who was responsible for placing Philip with Kurt Hahn, not Princess Cecile.
QuoteThat's true. Although was it just a coincidence: because he went to school in Britain that it was natural to him to fight for it? If he had stayed in Germany, maybe it would have been just as natural to fight for it. Or maybe he would have been retained as an enemy alien?
Around age 17 or 18, Philip made the choice to remain in England and join the Royal Navy.
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I'm aware that the series is different from the novels. I'm aware of this. I just don't like how Debbie Horsfield handled these changes. Then again, I wasn't that impressed by how Coburn and Barry handled their adaptation from the 1970s.
It's odd. Coburn and Barry made a lot of unnecessary changes to Graham's first four novels. Changes that I thought were badly written. Yet, they did a better job with the adaptations of Books Five to Seven. Their adaptations weren't perfect, but pretty good.
I feel the complete opposite with Horsfied's adaptations. I thought she did a pretty good job in adapting Books One to Four - with the exception of the second half of "Warleggan" and a few other stuff in the earlier novels. But Horsfield's adaptations of Books Five and Six have pretty much disgusted me. I found most of the changes unnecessary and heavy-handed. Worse, these changes seemed to be all about making Ross and Demelza nearly ideal at times . . . to the point that I'm beginning to dislike Demelza. I've disliked Ross since he raped Elizabeth in the second half of Season 2.
Just now, CTrent29 said:I'm aware that the series is different from the novels. I'm aware of this. I just don't like how Debbie Horsfield handled these changes. Then again, I wasn't that impressed by how Coburn and Barry handled their adaptation from the 1970s.
It's odd. Coburn and Barry made a lot of unnecessary changes to Graham's first four novels. Changes that I thought were badly written, especially for Book Four - "Warleggan". Yet, they did a better job with the adaptations of Books Five to Seven. Their adaptations weren't perfect, but pretty good.
I feel the complete opposite with Horsfied's adaptations. I thought she did a pretty good job in adapting Books One to Four - with the exception of the second half of "Warleggan" and a few other stuff in the earlier novels. But Horsfield's adaptations of Books Five and Six have pretty much disgusted me. I found most of the changes unnecessary and heavy-handed. Worse, these changes seemed to be all about making Ross and Demelza nearly ideal at times . . . to the point that I'm beginning to dislike Demelza. I've disliked Ross since he raped Elizabeth in the second half of Season 2.
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Lucy is not Flynn’s wife. He remembers meeting her when she is older than she is now - most likely the version of Lucy we saw at the end. We just saw him say so an episode or so ago. That would also mean she’s not his daughter. Flynn is in love with Lucy. He just knows she’s not in love with him and therefore he keeps his feelings unshown must of the time.
Pity. I think he is more suited for her. My days as a supporter of the Lucy-Wyatt relationship ended by the third and fourth episodes of Season Two. It also made me realize that Abigail Spencer has a stronger and more mature screen chemistry with Goran Višnjić than she does with Matt Lanter.
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Season Four was probably the first one that I did not love. It seemed to veer between heavy-handed humor - even without Ralph and a very annoying main villain. But I was satisfied with the finale.
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I wish Oliver had been convicted and forced to spend some time in prison.
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I think we're a long way from the days of "Turn, Turn, Turn" in late Season One and "CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER". For me, that period was the high point of the MCU.
QuoteThen what is the purpose of SHIELD? Because it seems like they only exist to make messes and then frantically try to clean them up.
SHIELD has been creating and cleaning up messes since its early days. Operation: Paperclip anyone? It took the agency over sixty years to clean up that mess.
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On 10/27/2017 at 6:54 PM, rebecca dewinter said:
Thing is, he gave Elizabeth the opportunity to back out gracefully before the wedding. She chose not to so in his mind, his job is done, he can rest easy that she loves him and will be happy in their marriage. Little did he know that her mother had to talk her into it. And I don't think he was being super unreasonable in his jealousy though? The way he expresses is terrible of course, but you saw how Ross and Elizabeth were giving each other the heart eyes during their dance in S1E2 and Ross is always hanging around being super manly and more useful than Francis could ever hope to be. In addition to the fact that he knew both Ross and Elizabeth during the pre-war days, I can't blame him for being insecure about his wife.
I'm not a book reader so I don't know how Francis is physically described in the books of if Ross is actually supposed to be that handsome, but in the 2015 show at least, can you blame a guy for feeling insecure next to Aidan Turner.
In the novel, Elizabeth had no doubts about marrying Francis at the time. Mind you, like the miniseries, Ross didn't bother to talk to her until the wedding reception. But Elizabeth truly believed she was in love with Francis, when she married him.
However, by the "Warleggan" novel, she came to realize that she made a mistake in marrying him. And in a conversation with Ross in the novel, she eventually admitted it. Why Debbie Horsfield made these changes when it was unnecessary, I don't know. Then again, Horsfield made a lot of unnecessary changes in her adaptations of Graham's novels. Her worst changes occurred in late Season Two and throughout most of Season Three. So far.
Why would Kylo Soller feel insecure next to Aidan Turner? He is a pretty damn handsome looking man in his own right, with eyes and cheekbones to die for.
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A woman who even isn't 30 years old yet and only had less than five years experience as a SHIELD agent, is suddenly the right person to become the new SHIELD director? I've lost my respect for this show. I don't care anymore. I don't care if Daisy was a lot younger when she became SHIELD's director in the comics. It's a stupid and implausible story arc. It's like facing all of the bad writing I had to endure from the MCU movies between "Ant-Man" and "Black Panther". You know, when this show first began, I used to ignore the complaints that Skye aka Daisy Johnson aka Quake was the show's Mary Sue. I know realize they were right and I was wrong.
I've lost any enjoyment I was having for this show.
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I really have no problems with Deke. Considering how Daisy was acting like a bull in a china shop on that space station, I would have betrayed her myself. I can't believe that Coulson views her as the right person to succeed him as the next SHIELD director. Good grief!
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I've passed through Harper' Ferry (via the train) on several occasions. I don't recall any "fort". I do know that the U.S. Army had stored some of their arms and ammunition inside the town's firehouse, which also served as an arsenal.
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How can I put this? To me, Season Two was a mess. The narrative was all over the place. Noah nearly got pushed to the background . . . the series' leading man. Cato's narrative arc lacked any logic whatsoever. And I spotted more historical inaccuracies than I did, last season. It was just a mess. If the WGN does cancel the show and it gets picked up by someone else, I hope and pray that the show runners do a better job with the writing.
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Physically, Legend is the right person for the role - the right skin tone and the right age. Unfortunately, he is not an actor.
What is going on with this show? Cato seemed to have lost his sense or his brains, this season. And now Rosalee wants to head back to Georgia and rescue her family . . . while she is in her second trimester. What the hell is going on with this show? It seems as if it has lost all direction.
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I wish I could enjoy this, but I find myself being distracted by the historical anachorisms. The hairstyles worn by Elizabeth Hawkes and other members of her "sewing circle" look like they belong to the 1890s, instead of the 1850s.
Cato has white servants working for him . . . in 1858 Philadelphia? Worse, he and Noah were dining at a fine restaurant in the same city that served white customers. In 1858? They would have been denied service, no matter how rich Cato was.
And could someone explain why this show has Harriet Tubman operating in the Ohio River Valley, when she mainly operated between Maryland and Canada?
Someone needs to study their history for this show.
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I'm sorry, but I don't agree with any of you. Right now, I'm shaking my head at many of these comments, because I'm just shocked at what I'm reading in compare to what I have seen in regard to Oliver's own behavior in the both the past and in the recent flashback. I simply cannot believe what I'm reading. This is sad.
S04.E06: Episode 6
in Poldark (2015)
I won't be watching that. Debbie Horsfield has proven to me that she is incapable doing real justice to Graham's saga. And I fear that she'll stick some drippy "happily ever after" coda at the end of Season 5.