Amazing!!! This is what we have been waiting for! Amazing episode this one and probably the best of the season so far. Thea, Roy, Felicity, Malcolm, Nyssa, Shado... lots of plots going on but very well connected. I somehow knew he was Felicity's father from the first moment I saw him. I wonder why did he come back now. And Thea. It seems she is the one that is on that grave, but I don't buy it. Her bloodlust has nothing to do with Dahrk so, anyway, let's see what happens. It all seems that Ollie is capable of everything to save Thea but hey, killing Malcolm. No way. He is not gonna die because he is the one who will bring Vandal Savage back to life in LoT. So, I guess Nyssa wants him dead, but as Malcolm knows that being Ra's al Ghul is more important than Thea's life, he will fight Ollie back. I have the feelimg that Ollie is going to fake Malcolm's death. He cannot die. Another possibility, not very likely, is that Malcolm rejects being Ra's al Ghul (not likely). or that he wants to bring Savage's immortality to Thea. Anyway, I Wonder why don't they bring Constantine back like, come on, he made Sara a whole, so why couldn't he do the same to Thea. This would have been a great scene, when Nyssa told him to kill Malcolm in return for the Lotus. Ollie should have said ok, and what if I call Constantime to fix her? That would have been fun. I mean, I have the feeling that Constantine should be back to try to fix her. Malcolm cannot die. He simply can't. he is in LoT so what?
Next episode will be like travelling back in time to Arrow first and secomd Seasons. Fights and Ollie vs Ra's al Ghul. I physically can't wait for next week's episode. I simply cannot. I'm so excited to see how all of this develops.
Great Season so far!!!! Hope it continues like that
The whole theatre burst into spontaneous cheers several times, and the whole theatre completely went silent - people literally stopped chewing their popcorn - on numerous occasions.
Like you've probably already heard, the movie REALLY is a phenomenal throwback to the original trilogy, with an extra oomph and insane amounts of creativity and new found inspiration that will take the franchise to a whole new level.
The characters are three-dimensional, it's nowhere near as strictly black and white, good vs. evil like in most of the previous movies, and Adam Driver as Kylo Ren is the best example of that. Hands down, the best villian to appear in the Star Wars franchise other than Darth Vader.
Daisy Ridley & John Boyega are thrilling to watch, the old cast members, popping in during the movie were just as fun to watch.
J.J. Abrams and the writers somehow managed to create a plot that was very confined in space and time, yet they effortlessly captured the grand universe that is Star Wars with some pretty great throwbacks to the old trilogy plot-wise. Some might argue that it's lack of creativity and unnecessary repetition, but I thought it was a wonderful homage. It flowed naturally and there really was no dull moment.
Absolutely phenomenal. :)
Two exciting episodes in a row! I almost didn't blink during it because I was so focused
I expected the Wolves to make an appearance in Alexandria, but I didn't think it would be so soon and quite that vicious. I was sure that a bunch of walkers had separated from the horde Rick and the others were leading away and found their way there. So imagine my surprise when that lady who was smoking just got hacked out of nowhere
AThe writers once again did a great job in one single episode making me change my mind again about a character... I mean, I was faithless regarding Rick in 5.15 and then in the season finale he actually made sense and I was back in the "Go Rick" band wagon. The same happened to Carol! I really liked that they showed her more human and actually feeling sorrow and a little bit of guilty about killing people... because I was already wishing her demise about her attitude of "let's just kill everybody" from season 5. Carol stole the whole episode, she was impressive, smart, strong and human.
I also think it was important to see Morgan going from "not killing anyone" to finally realize that it was necessary.... TBH he was annoying me when all hell was breaking loose and he was making angry faces about killing those guys, not to mention he did allow some of them to run away carrying a gun, so it's a no brainer that they'll come back and next time will be worst
I also like that they are slowly redeeming Gabriel? His apologies to Carl was good and I since they both interacted more at the church it felt right. I am hoping that he will learn some things with him. One that really needs to step up his game is Deanna's son... the guy was useless.
And I felt really sorry for Aaron when he found his backpack
I'm liking Jessie so far... I was afraid she would be a helpless damsel in distress and run to Rick's arms, so now that she is starting to fight I'm happy about her development.
Ohh another thing I want Eugene and Aaron's boyfriend (I forgot his name) to help out in the clinic with that new doctor
This series succesfully shows the exact opposite of blockbuster movies: Create a great story with mediocre special effects and lesser known actors.
The writers behind this show do an amazing job creating one wonderfull Fairy tale adaptation after another. I did not like their previous work, but I think the writing is getting more mature (but they still make some errors that are frustrating.) But mostly they are not afraid to change major aspects of the fairy tales if necessary.
The creaters of this show also worked on 'Lost' and the 'TRON: Legacy' movie.
I really love how Rumpelstiltskin plays the evil maniac, especially during the first season. But there are more noteworthy roles in there, like the evil queen, her mother, Belle, Hook or Peter Pan. Emma Swan is pretty well played, but compared to the extreme characteristics of the fictional characters she is a bit bland.
The things I dislike most are probably some repeated main themes (family feuds/bad parent-child relations) and that they copy the characters of fairy tales a bit too literal from the Disney franchise from time to time.
Overall I think it is on of the best non-comedy shows of the past few years.
PS. I am glad Lady Gaga never replied on the invite to play the Blue Fairy.
Note: This review was written after watching the first 2 seasons.
A promising start. There are a lot of haters, though, and I think many were expecting it to be The Walking Dead. It's like 90% The Walking Dead, yet the 10% of new style is objectionable to many.
There is a bit of artistic flare here. The original is artistic too, but in the sense of George Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" being artistic: bringing zombie films to a new level. The new series is more about feeling what the characters feel, especially when they see zombies for the first time. For example, the opening shot is upside down, so we feel the confusion of a druggy waking up.
The Walking Dead is filmed in 16mm, to give it that classic, zombie movie look. I haven't been able to find the specs on Fear the Walking Dead, but I'm guessing it's done with high quality HD video cameras.
The acting is criticized by many. The teen girl is often singled out. Personally, I wasn't taken out of the experience at any point. However, one advantage of a zombie series is that any bad actors are going to become zombie food. We might have to wait until next season, though, for the script writers to react to any bad acting.
The pilot was slow. But slow is not necessarily bad. Take Alien (1979), for example. I felt the pace was appropriate and built the tension. I'm looking forward to the next episode.
I was looking forward to this when discovering the synopsis and wasn't disappointed at all. Quite the contrary, I was even pleasantly surprised by this pilot.
Not a fan of the rather young cast but I've seen much worse and guess I can deal with it on the long run.
I'd say the premise was set a bit fast but on the other hand it didn't drag the episode.
Somehow it feels a bit like the TV series Forever (fantastic series, btw) just in a lighthearted format, plus a zombie instead of an immortal. Comedy is rather subtle here but very well used.
The only issue I have is the morgue sidekick or boss of Liv, Ravi. He's just too laid back about this zombie thing and too willing to cover her up and send her off to do police work, risking her cover. While I appreciate a non dragging establishing of characters, some more background about Liv and Ravi would have been necessary to make it more believable here. But that is nitpicking.
Also, Rose McIver looks really hot as a zombie but not nearly as hot as a human. Or maybe I'm just into zombiegirls. shrug
Sidenote: The cover for this show here on trakt looks awful with the "main" characters posting in front of a white screen. Looks absurd and not fitting of the tone the first episode set.
