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Post by Raffy on Jul 31, 2011 16:09:24 GMT -5
Episode SynopsisThe 2nd Mass prepares to take the fight to the invaders with an assault on one of their bases. But Weaver’s increasingly strange behavior worries Tom that he might not be fit to command. Hal and Tom encounter a left-behind woman (guest star Blair Brown, Fringe) who employed a suspicious means of surviving the invasion, making it unclear whether they can trust her. Sneak Peek Promo
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Post by breizh22 on Aug 4, 2011 6:18:59 GMT -5
I really liked this episode is my favorite ... it worked on me!
I let myself be drawn into the story and all the twists
For cons, I hope that the hypothesis that Skitters were former children is wrong because it is impossible. How can you one from 2 feet to 8 feet? They are controlled as children ...
The new E.T are similar to humans, we return to the theory of Mechs that didn't resemble Skitters ....
I look forward to see more, as I understand it next week there are 2 episodes
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Post by blackpearl1980 on Aug 4, 2011 7:06:08 GMT -5
Yes you are right - 2h-Finale...and i think now, that it is indeed impossible to transform humans to skitters - but Ben`s skin is changing, it would be interesting to see where the transformation is going in the end, maybe we see some kids who were harnessed before Ben? Maybe it took a pretty long time for that mutation?
And I am really looking forward too, so we are two who were totally exicted
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Post by janet on Aug 5, 2011 2:00:23 GMT -5
I also liked this better than last week. I wasn't entirley convinced by Weaver's breakdown and then sudden recovery and the new aliens don't look that original, but there was more Noah and he was great as a sympathetic and worried listener, a thing he does so well.
I am also interested in the child/skitter puzzle. Although I'm not sure if it makes much sense technically, it is interesting dramatically so the 2hour finale will be intriguing.
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Post by claired80 on Aug 5, 2011 5:39:49 GMT -5
Yes! I found an okay streaming for my bad connection, and could now watch the episode. ;D I found it good... better than some others before. There are still the 'usual' cons of telling/showing too much rather than just hinting at something and let the viewer guess.  Like we really didn't need to hear Tom explicitly tell Hal he was lying about Gloucester of course... or even Ann saying that the skitters weren't maybe always skitters. We get that. Her worried face should be really enough. Points like that make me really wonder about the writers. Are there really so worried that the viewers don't get it? What audience do they think they are aiming at? 6-7 year old? Just correcting this flaw would make the show so much better imo. It really wouldn't take that much. It's not something big like the acting or direction that have a problem. It's just a matter of removing a few sentences that are totally useless and make you think the writers think you are stupid. Which is easily annoying and can trigger 'hate' reactions back. Really a pity...  Okay, aside from that, I really liked the episode. ;D I liked Pope bringing little comic relief (loved the references to NPR and "made in Japan"). I liked the conversation between Tom and Weaver. Noah's acting was great. ;D I liked the weirdness of Sonya... I like a character like that whom you can't easily define as "bad or good". The tea scene in her place seemed surreal and I just really liked it. And I like that the episode wasn't only about the upcoming attack and about the fact that finally they can try to not only survive, but to fight back. This positive plot was nicely contrasted by the fact that the commander of the 2nd Mass is losing it, and that there is a potential inner threat (Rick and Ben). I liked how this was showing on the very last picture of the episode, with Tom smiling, but with some kind of worry still on his face, not just a simple happy smile. |
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Post by darksparrow on Aug 6, 2011 11:32:57 GMT -5
As usual, Claire says it best. I think that might be the reason for the amount of "haters". Nobody likes to feel like an idiot, with the writers having to explain everything. And that's ESPECIALLY true for 'geekier' people looking for a certain level of sophistication and class that isn't there in the writing.
I'm definitely more offended by the writing than many people seem to be. It's a deal breaker for me, and I'm making a conscious exception here, because, well, Noah. But some of my friends expressed such strong opinions that I actually felt hurt. The worst thing is that I like the show despite all the faults, and I have to be the one to defend it, while really cringing through many many scenes. Right now it's like a guilty pleasure show, and I keep feeling that it SHOULDN'T have to be. That's not because it's a bad show, it just isn't... classy. it certainly doesn't deserve any hate. I can think of many very successful shows, off the top of my head, with WORSE writing, worse directing and worse acting(*), that somehow don't irritate me as much as this one does, because I just want it to be better, I keep hoping for it to get better and feeling disappointed.
Aaaaaaaaaand we're back again to me being a party pooper and being negative. Right. Let's stay on a positive note- the episode was fun to watch, quality analysis aside. Kept me interested and on the edge of my seat. I was very intrigued about Anne's discovery, I felt for Weaver and his long overdue breakdown, I looooved the encounter and tea scene with lady crazypants, I'm not a fan of the new alien (too CG) and I thought Noah was amazing.
I was cheering for pope the moment I saw the bullets and realized where they were going with that. Make your own bullets with Mech Metal? Oh well, I suppose anything's possible.
And where are we on the 'can they read our minds' topic? I tend to agree with Tom- that drawing could have been any house front.
I'm almost sure it's not actually possible, unless there's some sort of stem cells that are inserted surgically and are made to mature into 'legs' with some crazy alien technology, which is really too far-fetched. I can 'buy' the harness controlling the CNS, but it seems highly unlikely to me that a fully formed, teenage human being can mutate into an eight legged spider thingy in any sort of 'natural' process that doesn't take hundreds of millions of years. Even for ONE differentiated cell to mutate into another type of cell is highly unlikely, and consider the number of mutations that would have to take place to produce four new limbs!
*I'm still loving everyone's acting except for Will Patton. He's just... not good.
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