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shadowkat1. It's getting hard to avoid spoilers on Avenger's Endgame, mainly because people don't appear to know how to keep spoilers out of their subject headings (professional writers and neophytes alike).
It is is a spoiler when you state:
"Avenger's Infitinity War killed 85% of the Characters including Black Panther"
or
"Darth Vader is Luke's father."
or
"They Killed Tara!"
or
"Captain Jack's Farewell - I still can't get over it."
These are spoilers. Hello.
All I want to know?
* Did you like it?
* Did you see it on IMAX, Regular, or RPX? (I don't do 3D).
2. Rosewell, New Mexico
Saw the last two episodes last night which included the season finale. (At least I think it has been renewed. Be surprised if it isn't, they keep renewing all the other shows..on CW. Some of which are bit head-scratching. And they are ending several as well.)
Anyhow, it surprised me.
Well anoyo and I were right about the science -- they get their power from the earth's electro-magnetic field and bio-electrical energy in humans. Basically electricity fulls them -- but of the natural variety - such as lightening, or the bio-electrical field inside people.
Didn't expect Max to sacrifice himself to save Rosa -- although he probably thought he could resurrect her without sacrificing himself. Not sure why -- he had to know there'd be a price.
The fact that Noah kept Rosa in his pod, suspended in animation all this time, made sense. He was a bit obsessed with her. But why didn't he pursue her as Noah and not hijack Isobel to do it? I didn't understand why he hijacking other people's bodies to do what he needed to do. Was it for kicks? To stay hidden? Or because he hadn't fully healed?
Of course they kill off Noah before he can explain what happened and who they are -- he tells them just enough to intrigue everyone. I personally think Noah was the stowaway on the ship, that resulted in it crashing to earth and everything getting grabbed. Not sure how the people on the ship saved Max, Isobel and Michael.
But they must have put them in the pods and secreted them somewhere that even Noah could find. Noah apparently didn't have his own pod and took someone's which was defective -- which is why he had issues. I think he was the stowaway that hijacked the ship.
I could do without the nasty government conspiracy and evil military trope, but with aliens -- it's going to be there. Which was my problem with the original series.
Along with the X-Files. Working for governmental agencies has made me less tolerant of this trope over time -- why? The government is incredibly dysfunctional and ruled by idiots. I just don't think they are smart enough to pull it off.
Speaking of? I liked what Kyle did with Alex's Dad. Didn't shoot him, instead shot him up with barbituates which will put him into a lengthy coma.
Felt a little sorry for Alex, who is in love with Michael, but because of what his father did to Michael and Michael's family -- he may never be able to get a chance with him again. Michael told Isobel or someone, can't remember who, that it hurt too much to love Alex. Every time he gave in -- he crashed. Maria Deluca is easier to love, less pain. (And it has nothing to do with his sexual orientation, which I love. It's about the situation. ) Also, that may not be true -- we don't know what Maria's mother is up to.
I don't think Max is dead -- he's the savior and the hero of the series. So next season may be about bringing him back. Don't know.
It is is a spoiler when you state:
"Avenger's Infitinity War killed 85% of the Characters including Black Panther"
or
"Darth Vader is Luke's father."
or
"They Killed Tara!"
or
"Captain Jack's Farewell - I still can't get over it."
These are spoilers. Hello.
All I want to know?
* Did you like it?
* Did you see it on IMAX, Regular, or RPX? (I don't do 3D).
2. Rosewell, New Mexico
Saw the last two episodes last night which included the season finale. (At least I think it has been renewed. Be surprised if it isn't, they keep renewing all the other shows..on CW. Some of which are bit head-scratching. And they are ending several as well.)
Anyhow, it surprised me.
Well anoyo and I were right about the science -- they get their power from the earth's electro-magnetic field and bio-electrical energy in humans. Basically electricity fulls them -- but of the natural variety - such as lightening, or the bio-electrical field inside people.
Didn't expect Max to sacrifice himself to save Rosa -- although he probably thought he could resurrect her without sacrificing himself. Not sure why -- he had to know there'd be a price.
The fact that Noah kept Rosa in his pod, suspended in animation all this time, made sense. He was a bit obsessed with her. But why didn't he pursue her as Noah and not hijack Isobel to do it? I didn't understand why he hijacking other people's bodies to do what he needed to do. Was it for kicks? To stay hidden? Or because he hadn't fully healed?
Of course they kill off Noah before he can explain what happened and who they are -- he tells them just enough to intrigue everyone. I personally think Noah was the stowaway on the ship, that resulted in it crashing to earth and everything getting grabbed. Not sure how the people on the ship saved Max, Isobel and Michael.
But they must have put them in the pods and secreted them somewhere that even Noah could find. Noah apparently didn't have his own pod and took someone's which was defective -- which is why he had issues. I think he was the stowaway that hijacked the ship.
I could do without the nasty government conspiracy and evil military trope, but with aliens -- it's going to be there. Which was my problem with the original series.
Along with the X-Files. Working for governmental agencies has made me less tolerant of this trope over time -- why? The government is incredibly dysfunctional and ruled by idiots. I just don't think they are smart enough to pull it off.
Speaking of? I liked what Kyle did with Alex's Dad. Didn't shoot him, instead shot him up with barbituates which will put him into a lengthy coma.
Felt a little sorry for Alex, who is in love with Michael, but because of what his father did to Michael and Michael's family -- he may never be able to get a chance with him again. Michael told Isobel or someone, can't remember who, that it hurt too much to love Alex. Every time he gave in -- he crashed. Maria Deluca is easier to love, less pain. (And it has nothing to do with his sexual orientation, which I love. It's about the situation. ) Also, that may not be true -- we don't know what Maria's mother is up to.
I don't think Max is dead -- he's the savior and the hero of the series. So next season may be about bringing him back. Don't know.
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Date: 2019-05-07 10:53 pm (UTC)See, if you'd read my post (:P), I'm pretty sure Max being dead is going to be fixed in episode one. Like, Liz only got there first because she was already out in the desert, at the graves. I'm pretty sure Isobel and Michael also felt it, and they're going to show up, and it's going to be something like they have to work together to bring him back, or something. Like, they all have bits and pieces of all the powers showing up now, so it makes sense. It feels like one of those cliffhangers that will be, like, immediately resolved.
In the show, I can't remember how Kyle ended up. He was originally an antagonist, as was his dad, the Sheriff, and slowly, they both became allies. Michael Trevino, though, is a really great ally with previous issues that make him imperfect, and thus more interesting. Original!Kyle was kind of flat and boring. (Though his actor was excellent. Way better than a lot of the rest of the cast. Nick Something-or-Other, went on to be on Revenge as a love interest? Or something? I don't know. He now produces things, but I can never remember his name until I see it.)
Did it get renewed, officially? I haven't seen anything.
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Date: 2019-05-08 01:42 am (UTC)Looked up Roswell -- it first aired in 1999 and ended in 2002. So late 90s/early 00s, and around that time they weren't doing LGBTQ stories on network tv. This is before streaming, social media, etc took off. Willow/Tara on Buffy were controversial. WB wouldn't let them kiss, and Roswell was on the same channel.
UPN did allow a kiss and a sex scene. That attitude didn't start to change until closer to 2010. About 10 years after it first aired.
Roswell.
And yep, it's official Roswell, New Mexico renewed for S2
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Date: 2019-05-08 02:59 pm (UTC)Oh, UPN. Is UPN still a thing? Hmm.
I'm glad it's renewed, though.
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Date: 2019-05-08 07:09 pm (UTC)No, UPN and WB became CW. CBS bought both out and merged them into the CW.
I didn't watch it all -- I was in my early thirties at that point, so ...but I was into Buffy (which was far more adult, it had BDSM sex scenes in 2002.)
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Date: 2019-05-08 07:09 pm (UTC)Sigh...should be "didn't watch it "at" all".
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Date: 2019-05-08 08:12 pm (UTC)And yeah, makes sense. I knew UPN sort of disappeared, and I knew the WB became the CW -- I remember that. I just wasn't sure if UPN became something else. It merging with the CW makes sense, though.