Fave Episode in Season 2

by **foster** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:10 am

Hi again everyone!

This time I'm doing one on Season 2.

My fave is most definitely Grey Skulls.

Cheers

Foster :grin:

by **Marion** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:48 am

Some explanation why an episode is the favourite one would be interesting...

by **foster** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:11 pm

Ok here goes...

Grey Skulls is my fave because it focuses mainly on a secondary captain instead of a main character, i.e Scarlet or Blue.

Ochre is also one of my fave characters, and one I would like to really know more about.

Overall this episode is interesting, differant and in places funny. :grin:

by **Father Unwin** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:23 pm

I have chosen Storm At The End Of The World because it is consistently excellent. The snowy streets and houses are wonderfully brought to life and the whole episode is full of atmosphere.

I like the idea of Mysteronising an entire town and in this episode a Druzynik gets to destroy the whole town, not once but twice. The image of the church tower crashing and spinning to the ground is memorable.

So often, NCS delivers a great build up but the endings can be somewhat 'samey' and predictable. In this episode, the second half is as good as the first. I really thought Blue had died too.

by **foster** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:20 pm

I really thought Blue had died too.

I thought Blue had died as well. The first time I watched it I was in complete shock. :shock:

I was thinking, wait, he can't die, he's like a main character. I really thought for a second they had killed off a main character because it was comming to the end of the series.

by **Serena Lewis** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:38 pm

I've chosen Grey Skulls, and again it was a hard decision. I like all of them loads (except Best of Enemies and Dominion, which I'm noty bothered on), but Grey Skulls was just outstanding. Ochre is a fantastic character!

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by **foster** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:55 pm

Ochre is fantastic!

I agree from the bottom of my heart. i love the irish accent.

by **Serena Lewis** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:06 pm

She makes me proud to be a little bit Irish! We need to see more of her. She's a main character in my stories (Stop it! Stop it!) which I hope does her justice.

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by **foster** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:49 pm

We need to see more of her.

DEFINITELY!!!

She's the type of secondary character (although I really think she is a main one), that deserves to be mentioned a lot. Lets just say, she was believable. Julia Brahms did a good job with the accent, unless she is Irish herself. :grin:

by **Serena Lewis** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:13 pm

Don't think Julia is Irish, because on a few occasions, Ochres accent faltered, plus Julia voiced Scarlets nephew, Mikey, with a very good...erm...different accent. Probably American, I can't tell, I'm rubbish at accents.
Ochre is believable, much more so than Destiny.

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by **foster** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:46 pm

Ochre is believable, much more so than Destiny.

Destiny is the worst excuse for a main character I have ever come across. :evil:

by **Serena Lewis** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:42 pm

Yeah. It's like, at the start of the series, you try to like her, as it's obvious shes gonna be a main character and everything, but you just can't.

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by **foster** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:45 pm

I also found that with Scarlet...he seemed to be right EVERY time...it just got so predictable.

by **chrisbishop** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:04 pm

I'd like to make an observation. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I'm not trying to put down any of your opinions.

I must say that I found it very strange that the main character of a series - whose name indeed forms the TITLE of that same series, would be regarded with such a low opinion by those who are supposed to be the fans of the same series. The guy is supposed to be the hero around which everything revolves, yet by reading some of those posts, you would think that he doesn't have any redeeming quality in him

. Okay, the character has flaws - the creator tried to make him human, and all humans have flaws. And perhaps those flaws could be regarded as a way to still keep him related to the human race - remember, in what extraordinary circumstances he was transformed into something ELSE than human!

In addition to that - Scarlet is also trying to display emotions that can also be qualified as being 'very human'. You can take your pic, but for this post, I will only take one: the capacity to love, show and show tenderness to someone of the other sex (Destiny, in most of the episodes...). Yet, that same display of human emotions - which are used by the writers to show yet again that he IS still human - or desperately tries to convince himself he is - seems to only rise criticism - and perhaps disdain?.

Perhaps it's only negative comments that we seem to notice the most, or perhaps those some negative comments are easier to come by than the positive ones?

Well, for one, I will make myself the devil's advocate - if only to offer a balance.

And again, this is not directed against anyone's comments in particular. But debates NEED to have contradictory opinions - or there won't be any debates at all!

by **Serena Lewis** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:10 pm

I kinda liked Scarlet, and I do think Wayne Forester is a great voice artist. He has got redeeming qualities, the ability to show compassion, and that sort of thing. I just can't stand Destiny. I'll think of redeeming qualities for her, but it might take a while.

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