I don't like shows to skip ahead in time, though six weeks isn't that bad--BSG skipped six months or a year, right? I don't like having to fill in the blanks of how they got to the bunker, what Wyatt's injuries were, who else was injured, killed, etc
Oh, good point! I can also deal with 6 weeks, but you're right, I'd completely forgotten Wyatt's injuries after that one scene in the beginning. It felt weird and unconnected. Maybe I haven't seen season one in too long. :/
Isn't it? Can you give me an example of an empire that has tried to rule the world that hasn't devolved into evil?
Ah, okay, well, no. :) That's not what I meant. I meant that they don't see themselves as evil. They might think that it's necessary to kill people/make sacrifices to reach their goals, but they don't think that their idea of a society is to be evil.
But you make great points about what terrible things they've already done, and I had forgotten about Lucy's grandfather, too. I loved that arc.
My main objection is how much they've changed the tone. It's gotten far too dark for my taste.
True. I don't mind dark, per se (although letting Lucy kill a man in the first ep was drastic), but not the way they're doing it. They're apparently thinking making people more single-minded and drawing the lines even more strongly between good and evil will up the stakes. It doesn't, it just makes it look like even more of a stupid comic-superhero setup. Really, Lucy was the only human in that whole scenario, and I hope there will be more of that going forward. I guess I'll pin my hopes on that.
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Oh, good point! I can also deal with 6 weeks, but you're right, I'd completely forgotten Wyatt's injuries after that one scene in the beginning. It felt weird and unconnected. Maybe I haven't seen season one in too long. :/
Isn't it? Can you give me an example of an empire that has tried to rule the world that hasn't devolved into evil?
Ah, okay, well, no. :) That's not what I meant. I meant that they don't see themselves as evil. They might think that it's necessary to kill people/make sacrifices to reach their goals, but they don't think that their idea of a society is to be evil.
But you make great points about what terrible things they've already done, and I had forgotten about Lucy's grandfather, too. I loved that arc.
My main objection is how much they've changed the tone. It's gotten far too dark for my taste.
True. I don't mind dark, per se (although letting Lucy kill a man in the first ep was drastic), but not the way they're doing it. They're apparently thinking making people more single-minded and drawing the lines even more strongly between good and evil will up the stakes. It doesn't, it just makes it look like even more of a stupid comic-superhero setup. Really, Lucy was the only human in that whole scenario, and I hope there will be more of that going forward. I guess I'll pin my hopes on that.