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I was excited by the cast but now I'm bummed after the trailer. The floating names, the music, the quick montage... What was that?...

I also find it strange that Diana did nothing when General Zod was destroying the Earth. If it wasn't for Clark, our planet would have been doomed. Maybe she was at her mum's at that time and none of that shenanigans broke through Themiscyra's shield? Frankly, judging from BvS, i expected the ending of WW to be much more of a downer - everybody Diana knew dies, she's partially responsible for their deaths, she's broken and her soul is crushed. But the film finished with Diana sad, but still believing in love. Perhaps the sequel showing Diana in Hiroshima will explain some of the confusion I have now...

I was afraid Charlie would die just because she said that and made him go, pushing her more down the 'I don't care' spiral. As for the short amount of time regarding romance - it was about week and a half I think. And it was war, adrenaline was high. That's a relatively good time to fall in love and not fall out of love when one side of the couple dies (so you never got to learn their faults and reality never sat in). I have more problem with Clark / Lois romance in the DCU.

Well, I don't think Zeus is dead-dead, but I believe Hippolita thinks he's dead. But I also think the story she told Diana, though partly taken from Diana's origins in the comics, was a fairy-tale told to help the child sleep. And the movie Diana was not made of clay and brought to life by Zeus, but rather conceived by Zeus in the old fashioned way. Because if the whole clay sculpture thing was true, what was the thing Hippolita didn't tell Diana? Diana knew she was made by Zeus already and was in a way his daughter. The things she learnt from Ares in their final fight and the fact she could tap into her god powers shouldn't be a surprise to her... Unless she was not a clay-made but a flesh-made, a demi-goddess.

I think Thor and Vision are also not supposed to age and nobody's complaining. Same goes for Superman. But add a woman to the rooster and there's a 'oh my! She's 30? How can she be alive and well in 8 years time?'... Wonder Woman fighting age bias, that's new. - - - Anyhow - loved the movie, despite it's flaws. The final act was too CGIed for my taste, the whole Diana vs Ares fight looked completely artificial. The background of ever burning flames was just there (so they didn't have to render the airport?) but at least it was bright. I found some parts of the movie too dark - in colors department. I know it's DC's thing, but when you can't properly see if the characters are kissing or hugging, it's not a good lighting job. The concept of space and distances was also crooked, as some of you pointed out in the thread. The Turkey > Themiscyra > London trip took way to short, especially when juxtaposed to what was happening in the villains camp. I also have some issues with Themiscyra timeline and the question how long was Diana a child?... The narrative makes me believe Diana was barely in her adult years when Steve crashed by the island, but that would mean Hippolyta sculptured her out of clay 20 years prior... And Zeus was long dead by that time. Right? Themiscyra is an island where time doesn't take effect that much, so all the Amazons can be frozen in time, but was Diana a child for a longer period? - - - Still, I'm nitpicking. I really loved the movie, I loved Diana and her wonder at the world and the dread of realization that nothing is as easy as in the stories. To my surprise, I loved Steve, for the first time ever. I loved the band of misfits he called for and how not everything was a cliche there (the marksman did not fire a war-turning shot, for example). I loved Etta, for the little time we had her (wished we had more :) ). But what I loved most about the movie was the respect it gave to both women and men. Before this, i had to watch strong women being objectified (Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad), victimised (Black Widow kidnapped in the Age of Ultron) or relegated to sidelines, their stories left on the cutting room floor (Lois in BvS), while the men were heroes. But I didn't want a simple turn of the tables, with men helpless and women heroic. That's not the point. The WW movie shows me that it's possible to have a heroic woman and a heroic man at the same time on screen, without making one ridiculous and propping the other. Diana is a hero and Steve is a hero in their own right. He doesn't need to be stupid for her to be competent. She can be naive but still strong. He can pick her up from tarmac and she can fish him out of the sea. It's complimentary, even if she could easily juggle a tank. Now imagine Marvel doing that. Hopefully in the future.

The thing is, if the show's back for yet another season, the writers will just make Regina a Saviour. Or cast a curse that will make Emma look like Regina (oh, the possibilities of awkwardness in marriage with Hook!).

Or aggressive huge devils, actually. A grown swan is a beast.

I'm happy for Jen - she deserves to be a lead in her own show. I also hope OUAT doesn't get a new season. It's time to free all those actors to do better projects. I feel sorry for Colin already.

I must say I accept Joseph Fiennes as the Commander and Elisabeth Moss is perfect as Offred. The only complaint I have right now is the casting choice for Nick. I always imagined him ruggedly handsome, kind of roguish in appearance and Max Minghella is too baby-faced for my tastes.

I'm loving every bit of this show - well, "loving" is a bad word, because it's terrifying. But the production values and acting is extremely high. Also, being a fan of the novel, I admire the world building. ...Was that Margaret Atwood herself slapping Offred in that "it's her fault / to teach her a lesson" scene?...

That's probably going to happen only in fan fiction land... ...and end up with smut.

There's little to no friction in zero gravity, maybe that's the reason for speedforce to stop working. Then again, the time wraith should not be able to catch Thawne in space :) I felt sorry for Rip, I too felt the whole situation was overplayed. But it trully got to me that Rip was not protesting... until Sara endangered Gideon. And it's true, he himself did place Gideon in front of a nuke but now that he saw her as a human, he's no longer that eager. He even used the term "human shield", if I remember correctly. Still, I'm glad everything sort of returned to normal by the end. (I also want Nate gone now. Can he go now? Thank you.)

They also have David himself, and if the final battle takes place in David's own mind, they have a fair chance. (But I still think 99% of them is going to die, so...) I must say I love the show's cinematography: the colors, the frames, the way one scene transitions to another - it's a masterpiece in editing (also sound-editing). Very self-conscious.

And another thing that I realized: Mick has been through hell. He was subjected to brainwashing, torture and what-not at the hands of the Time Masters, he lost his best friend... yet did he get any professional help from his team? He's still being treated as an annoying afterthought. And he still keeps proving everyone wrong. I love Mick Rory. Someone please hug him.

Loved it. Funny and dramatic at the same time. I still consider Legends to be the best of the DC CW shows. The team just clicks well together. - - notes: - very "Doctor's Wife" episode with Gideon in a human body (and the voice actress could finally show her face!). "Killjoys" did a similar thing with Lucy. Here's to Gideon getting a body some time soon, but I'm afraid the writers will just forget about the kiss and had it a one time thing. - not too happy with the whole 'Stein will be gone soon' anvils they keep dropping. Just stop, show. Just stop. - Nate. I'm not a fan. He's ok but not front and center. But I'd be glad if his fate was to stay with Amaya in 1940's/1950's. Though I'd be sorry to lose Amaya. Like that one. - Oh, Rip. Good to have you back. Enjoyed you as the most effective member of the Legion of Doom. The guys are doomed without you, pun intended. And, like every self-respecting Time Lord, erm, Master, Rip has an affection towards his time machine. ("Did you wished really hard?") - So, who's the Captain? I'm thinking Sara will still keep the title.

Well, I like Mon-El (I'm probably relishing in my obsession with patriarchy/ male domination, right?... No. I just like Mon-El). I also prefer him to Jimmy Olsen. Still, this episode was so contrived it was painful to watch 90% of the time. Like - you know your child is nearing the hot stove, but you can't yell 'don't touch it!' kind of painful. So, J'on is love-sick and he loses his tactical judgement skills? What was that about? Kara can't see/feel her dad's metal arm? Really? The metal was undetected during medical checkup? I'm sure I'm missing something, I overslept a scene or else it's the stupidest plot hole that ever plot holed. --- But my twisted mind keep coming back to one thing in particular. Supergirl's sex life. Yes. You're telling me a girl who's skin is impenetrable to bullets has had sexual relationships with humans in the past? Yes, technically sex is many things. But maybe Kryptonians are built differently than Earth women? Because I'm pretty sure no human would be able to penetrate that defence and the result would not be limited to broken noses. Less than 4 times. I do have a twisted mind.

First, an unpopular opinion: I like Tom. I always had. There, I said it. Not surprising, I liked the pilot quite a lot. It gave me positive Mission Impossible vibes: the split screen, the fast pace, the gadgets, the stupid-yet-impressive solutions to simple problems (how to kidnap a swimmer? Let's blow up a hole in her pool and fish her out!). Even the cold open had MI:3 airplane scene. Funny, during this scene I thought "that's not how the cargo door opening work on a plane. Scottie should have flown out faster than her prisoner... And then it turned out a genuine cop-out. Nice work, script. You had me there. Almost the whole cast clicks well together, better than on the mothership. It's good not to have a character like Liz (a wonder that sucks all dynamics out of a scene) in the main ensemble. Guillermo del Toro's look-a-like (Dumont) is funny and competent without coming off as an all-knowing a*s. Matias is a pleasure to look at and his snark livens up the scenes. Tom's badassery increases exponentially when Liz is not around - it always had, nice to have it confirmed. Scottie was on fire, and are these Jocasta's vibes I'm feeling from her towards Tom? Awkward! The only person we didn't get enough info about was Nez - I might have missed it, but what is her unique skill-set? She seems just a token woman of the team currently. Anyhow, i'm in for the ride. Bring on the mother-son innuendos, crazy snark and marginalised Liz cameos. And in the end it will turn out Tom is not Christopher at all. But Christopher is alive... And is the big bad of the 2nd season (called it).

If only the show did this not in the 15th but like 8th episode... We could have used a lot less time-jumping after Flynn and a lot more renegade Eye-team. Fingers crossed season 2 is happening.

So much happening this episode! It was obvious the moment Lucas said he's fighting only for Dorothy that he'll do a 180 degree turn. The drama! The question is - how much does Roan remembers from being Lucas? Are his feelings toward Glinda weaker now that he had 'a moment' with Dorothy? What about Silvie? Are her loyalties with Glinda or Dorothy now? Will she be willing to harm Glinda if Dorothy's in danger? (I hope) Wow, Frank got paranoid and cold - killing all the Councilwomen in such a way. I think I'm on Glinda's side of this war, but i'm sure she's not so innocent as well. There's a reason why East was so mad with her and I hope it's far more than just breeding witches against the Wizard because, frankly, I think East was not too happy with the Wizard herself. So Glinda has spies all over Wizard's castle: Elizabeth and other girls of the Council, Roan among his Green Soldiers... Are there more soldier-spies? Did her romance / marriage with Roan began with true love or was that a spell to have a faithful spy? So many questions I'd probably never get answers to. ...and why did the red-haired Glinda's girl react as if she didn't recognize Roan at all? Did Glinda keep him in a mask or something? - - - As a side note, I kind of felt sorry for West this time. I may actually start to like her. And I wasn't bothered by Langwidere and Jack. Does that make me a bad person? Probably. Loved the house turning around scene, very Inception-like. - - - Also, drama-wise, I think the plot would have worked better without the cheesy wolves scene. We should have gotten Dorothy saving Silvie from the Wizard's Guard on their way out of the city, if they insist on having a scene like that.

"Theseus ship" refers to a paradox: does an object who had all its components changed still the same object it was in the beginning, or is it a completely new thing? It's usually connected with identity problems - if you change, due to a medical procedure or accident, are you the same person you used to be? Are you aware of the change? This can refer to the Cat Lady/Architect case, but also to doctor Latham, who's been trying to change his personality.

Damn, Evil!Rip is hot! Who would have thought? Can't we have this cold-blooded Rip as a Legend, alongside Sara and the gang? I dread, once his stint on the Legion of Doom is finished, we'll end up with one of these possible outcomes: 1. "I can't live with what I did when I was evil" Rip sacrificing himself and dying 2. "I can't be around the people I love and hurt" Rip leaving the team forever I love Arthur and would like to keep him around, so neither of these options pleases me. I'd rather have the team accept him and tease him about his evil shenanigans: "Remember when you broke my neck?" "Hey, people who shot General Washington don't have a say in that" "All those who never sided with an evil speedster, step up" - - - Anyhow, amusing 43 minutes of campy fun. Right now, among all those DC shows, this one entertains me the most. The best ensamble, everybody has their moments (even the bad guys) and the show does not shy from tropiness. The "Let's have sex to warm you up" scene was so tv tropes... I agree that Nate did not deserve that (I still didn't warm up - pun intended - to Ray 2.0) but I hope we will be spared drama in the future episodes. I'm burned after Hawks. - - - Did I mentioned how I loved an effective villain? Rip went straight for Sara and then immobilized the rest of the team. Ok, sara did say in the end that he picked his crew well, but... Nope. The Legends survived, but didn't win. Washington was never a target, just a diversion, so the villain got the upper hand. Way to go, Evil!Rip. - - - Stein's "I'm a physicist not a doctor!" cracked me up.

First: I respect the show for using 1st Person Perspective for Lucas/Roan memories. So often do we see a view from the outside - while more informative, it does not make much sense. So, good work, show. As for the whole logic of the scene and different accounts we have had so far: - Eammon thinks Roan didn't kill his men, because he was never a cold-blooded killer, - Toby says he saw Roan kill ten men before he stabbed him, - Lucas himself remembers Roan transporting young witches, being stopped by the Guard, the witches panicking and causing some of the soldiers to bleed from their eyes which resulted in them attacking Roan, Roan defending himself and killing some of the guards in the process before being stabbed by Toby, ordering the girls to run and taking Glinda's Pill of Forgetfulness [TM]. Now, what I believe might have happened was: Eammon got a report of Roan going off rails and slaughtering 10 men singlehandedly. Toby and other soldiers covered up the fact they: a) strung up a man on a cross for revenge and fun (judging by the state Dorothy found him in, the soldiers took their time doing that) b) let dozen of tiny witch-kids escape. If they didn't report having seen the girls and kept the cargo a mystery, they avoided a lot of questions. Either that, or the witches put some kind of reality bending spell on the surviving soldiers.

The way I see it is that once Lucas passes a certain point, he cannot very much control himself and just goes berserk. It happened with Mombi, it happened with the guards now. So, it happened twice before the eyes of people he kind of cares about - Dorothy and Silvie. He even said to Silvie, "I don't want to hurt you too". He stopped when the guard (Toby's his name, btw) mentioned the wound - the wound that Dorothy patched. So, Lucas might have stopped himself not because of Toby's words, but because he suddenly remembered Dorothy and her terrified face when he bludgeoned Mombi with a water pitcher. He believes he may not stop himself in time one day, and endanger Dorothy and Silvie. I think he considers himself a lose cannon, and, judging from his words about Dorothy's gun (no one should be able to wield such power so easily), he would rather isolate himself from others and face punishment. Because maybe, just maybe, the punishment will bring back his humanity.

Well, we didn't learn who Jon Snow was till really late in the game :) The mysteries don't bother me - what does, is that despite the fact that all 10 episodes were shot by one skilled director, we still have continuity problems and bad editing. Come on! Did all the budget go on effects and costumes and none to a single person watching beta roll, screaming - "Wait, wait, you can't use that shot!" or "wait, how they are suppose to get so fast so far?"

Still in love with the series, still having no problems with Dorothy / Lucas romance. Still nitpicking: - the flashback Mombi had in episode 01/02 was exactly the same scene we saw today. Bad editing, bad. - How did Eammon know Dorothy was the girl who fell from the sky? Did Ojo give him a detailed portrait? - The speed of travelling is mind-boggling and totally inconsistent.