I'll contribute with a third bravo!Originally Posted by ShlupQuack
I'll contribute with a third bravo!
I dunno if it's just me, but I think the writing is getting worse. The past episode yet again had little surprise. Every episode anymore has absolutely nothing to do with the main quest, and is just another little episodic sidequest. At first I was able to tolerate the episodic nature, because unlike Shlup I didn't expect any better quality than that (this is not The Sopranos quality writing, here). But it's either getting worse or I'm just getting tired of it.
(SPOILER)There was NO drama behind Cara's "death." She just... died, so suddenly and anticlimactic that it was so obvious that she was coming back somehow.
Yes, the episodes are becoming too much about sidequests rather than the main quest. I don't really agree with you on the writing becoming worse, though. I actually thought that the last two episodes were quite enjoyable.(SPOILER)Yes, Cara's death was anticlimatic (even though her still torturing the soldier after having her throat slit was pretty badass) and you totally knew that she would recover/come back, but I still liked the episode. It was really nice to see the growing desperation of Cara, plus this episode pretty much entirely focused on her and the conflicts this new state of hers brought. It's never bad when Cara gets some more spotlight action. But yeah, I still agree with the fact that the episodes are getting really episodic.. but that's how the show's been all the time, basically. Also, I was glad to see Ted Raimi return. That guy's awesome.
I expected something pretty good going into the series, but it's kind of "meh". =\
I warned you.I'm only watching because I enjoyed the books and especially the book's characters. Admittedly the show does a good job with Kahlan and Cara, but with the seemingly haphazard writing and lackluster other characters, to me it's just something to watch over the weekend.
I loved this episode! I <3 TV!Cara 4evar. You of all people, Raistlin, should appreciate anti-climactic deaths (ala like half of the main Dragonlance characters). The characters aren't infallible; she smurfed up and got her throat slit. And still killed the guy.
As she got more desperate she got more awesome. She ended up telling them to go on without her, not upset that she was going to die but upset that she had failed. The look on Richard's face when he realized Cara had died was great; a lot of this show isn't about the dialogue, but the character's faces.
And Cara awkwardly sucking Richard's fingers was funny.
I actually quite enjoyed that part, I really like Cara as a character.
That kind of just made me uncomfortable. Then I wondered why no one has anything that can resemble a cup.
Or why she didn't dive in face-first herself. Or how that was possibly enough when 1/4 of a bottle of it (when it was watered down) wasn't enough.
I thought about both of those, but I just figured since this was pure and straight from the source I'd let that slide. But I really did wonder why she didn't go first, Richard could have held her and she could have just used both hands and started shoving that stuff into her mouth.
On a different note, I was actually quite enjoying catching up on the show, so now I'm kind of sad that I have to wait a week in between new episodes now.
I always love checking out new shows and just watching episode after episode, but I always hate waiting for new episodes.
Okay, I'll buy that "straight from the source" bit.
And I'm the same way about shows, heh. Often I see a show I know I'll like, but I just don't watch it so I can marathon it later.
So just watched episode 12...I am hoping that there is some actual plot that is about to happen within the vicinity of anytime soon.
I just thought they rushed through it too much at the beginning, making it incredibly obvious Cara would get quickly saved. I know main characters almost never die, but at least try to make it somewhat dramatic.
Haha, yeah, that was weird.
Yeah, that's one of their problems, that they rush through story lines in one episode that they should give the proper time to over at least a couple of episodes.
Yes, most of the episodes that actually followed plots from the books should have taken more than one or two episodes, such as Richard's training or the Sisters of The Dark stuff... ah well.
When Kahlan split into two, I almost peed my pants, as per my previous post.
I haven't read any of the stories yet, but it does seem like the episodes would benefit from expanded story arcs and less of an episodic nature.
I guess you can't really blame them too much though, a lot of shows are pretty episodic in the beginning and then start having more story arcs.
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