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I’d say some sort of psychic link; when Kasha was truth probing Desmond, she locked in on his eyes, became hypnotized even. interesting, as such power on the male side shouldn’t be possible for the next 10k years :) (or even longer) as to why Kesha had to die? long-term plan has been set in motion, now that the young fiancé is dead, the princess may not go to Sisterhood’s school. A new Truthsayer will be sent over to the Emperor. New variables on the board. The burning is also an interesting thing: is it like an electric burning, from a machine malfunction? Or, lore-wise

I guess that is how it feels when an intellectual property you love gets adapted and changed:) I have a habit of rereading the original Herbert books every year, all six of them. Couldn’t care less for the prequel sequels. Surprisingly, I quite enjoyed the first episode (and yes, I did enjoy Villeneuve’s version, despite the changes). So far, the series has grabbed my interest: the hint at the greater plot, the familiarity of the setting coupled with the potential for surprise. Something the Acolyte tried to do, but wasn’t allowed. There’s a lot of time between the series and Paul’s birth, so a lot of possibilities can unfold, unburdened by the legendarium. I’m curious if and how the lore will be broken (atm, Desmond Hart has the biggest potential there:)). A nitpick: why does the fashion remained almost completely unchanged for 10k years? Or has it just been going in circles the way we’ve been rehashing baggy trousers from the 1990s? Technology I can understand, no thinking machines (also, haven’t seen a single Mentat yet, perhaps they’re about to become a thing in the course of the series), but clothing and jewelry? Impossible:) —— I know what I said about prequels and sequel (from Brian Herbert) . I’m aware the series is supposed to be based on Sisterhood of Dune. So far couple of names and one event match. I’m hoping that’s it :)

So… Butcher did take V a while ago. And he thinks he doesn’t have any powers… Head!Becca may be a manifestation of that power or a defense mechanism of sorts.

That did not disappoint. I’m satisfied at this point, as the payoff is good. Previous episodes had all the clues, and it all makes sense in retrospect. I now assume the mission Sugar is part of is taking too long to get results and the „people in charge” decided to change the approach to a more aggressive one (experiments on people? Experiments on young women?). What is the mission? Seems observation is one of the objectives, but I have a feeling the other group is more focused on figuring out how to be compatible with humans.

Another crazy theory then: the society of polyglots consists of time travelers from the future- or travelers from alternate, post-apocalyptic dimension, the one where our moon was destroyed. I’m still most invested in “aliens” theory :) Any Fringe fans around here? The typewriter in the case was a little callback for me to that show. Plus, they didn’t show the keys, we don’t know if there are letters, pictograms or anything else there.

I’m loving this, the mood, the cinematography, the mystery. As for the big advertised twist, I’m really hoping for something like The murder/ lost girl case is not as interesting as John himself. It’s the necessary background to move the mystery of John’s true identity along. I’m surprisingly fine with that.

I’m currently liking the show, but I enjoy the 50s flashbacks and Shaws storyline in general much more than the Randa kids. They are both annoying and, though technically workings adults, behaving like bratty teenagers. The only younger character I’m interested in atm is “May”. Can we just focus on Shaw past and present, please?

Neither is McDonalds, yet they went there past episode… On the other hand, hot cocoa from a machine would be a novelty to Timely, a person from the past. I can see how something average to us would be groundbreaking to them.

It may also be that a collar does not consider itself to ever be a weapon, rather a gift. Or, since the act has never been done, there are no safety protocoles around it: collar encountered exception unknown error:) I really loved this season, this episode I got teary eyed a couple of times and for different reasons: Hopper, Heroes of the Horn, standoff against Ishmael, sinking of the ships… so many great moments! On the funny side, Rand’s Indiana Jones moment was a nice touch. And the tough prisoner guy (whose name escaped me and is now gone forever) saying: „I’ll hold them off!” and then perishing on his next breath.

I have an issue with Velma as a show: I don’t understand the severity of reception. Having watched 2 episodes, I don’t understand why is it supposed to be much worse than any other adult oriented cartoon. I usually ignore the „oh no, woke-lgbtq-people of color broke my franchise” crowd, but this time it’s not only these channels, it’s almost everyone. And I don’t see why. Velma is not an amazing series. It’s average. But I don’t really see how its treatment of legacy characters is different from Comissioner Gordon’s reimagining in Harley Quinn (which is considered funny). Why is Velma less funny than some jokes in Rick and Morty? I don’t see a stark difference, why one is much worse or better than the other.

The kid that played Poppy was incredible, spot on! For most part of the episode, I was thinking the boy who was cast as little Ian was not doing a good job… and then the father appeared and I understood. Wow. Right in the feels. It was a sad, beautiful episode.

Well, that was seriously disappointing. The production values were from the 90s, dialogues written like poor fanfiction and the plot was totally predictable. One good thing was seeing Warwick and Joanne on screen. Having said that, hello my new angry watch! Haven’t had one for a while.

Alright, not really sure how we can speculate if it’s „no spoilers” thread, but I may have one thing:) Aneurin Barnard’s eyes are naturally green, however his 1899 character has dark brown eyes. The actor wore contact lenses on set. Knowing the creators of the series, this can be important:) edit: the allele for brown eyes is always dominant over the other two (green and blue). So the fact that Daniel has brown eyes can be important. Won’t write more as spoilers…

Yes! My shipping heart loved this scene! To be fair, I really liked (narrative-wise) how their relationship progressed throughout the series: from mutual interest, frail trust, distrust, back to trust again. In the previous episodes we had at least two scenes of Maura running towards Eyk and him just firmly stopping her with prodding questions (1.04 and 1.05). Here he just hugs first, asks questions later :)

But then the UK version was completely different:) I think the US Life on Mars paralels were on purpose, especially with the Bowie song (albeit, not the titular one). I also believe the 2099 is another layer of simulation, what’s with Maura’s eye pupil being a triangle in the final shot - a clear indication that something’s off (if it was a US network show, I’d say that was made for shock value and will be forgotten next season, but since it’s Jantje and Bo, I have faith it’s a serious clue)