Re: 8x16, part I / comments 4/6arabianMay 14 2017, 15:28:16 UTC
RE: Katherine over Elena - What do you think was the reason for this? I mean, at least one of Katherine's scenes was disposable. The Katherine/Damon conversation in the forest. As fun as the lines and the delivery were, there was no new information there of any kind. We knew Katherine liked Stefan better, duh. We knew Damon was totally secure in his relationship with Elena since a VERY long time. So what was the point of that particular scene? Give us the DE proposal instead, show! *shakes fist* lol
I have NO clue. I really, really don't. I mean, they knew that the wig looked less obvious on Katherine than Elena? I don't know. I really, really don't. I have no clue. The only thing that could come to mind would be that the ridiculous rumors were true and that Ian and Nina just could not stand working together.... but Nina plays Katherine and 99.9% of her scenes were with Damon, so I do not know.
“Speaking of Damon and Caroline… they may have had only one scene, but it was amazing.” - Yes, it was, and it was definitely one of those
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Re: 8x16, part I / comments 5/6arabianMay 14 2017, 15:31:34 UTC
& One more thing on the proposal scene that we didn't eventually get. I was thinking about that some more and realized that it's REALLY hard to come up with original wording for a marriage proposal. Not that I suggest that Julie & Kevin wouldn't be able to write a mind-blowing scene of this kind ;) Sure they could. But... Maybe, just maybe, *they* felt like the scene they wrote wasn't *that* good, and perhaps THAT was the real reason why it was cut? Damon & Elena were never a cliché couple. All of the tropes that can be found in their love story were always done in new, different, refreshing, original ways, and so, maybe that proposal scene just felt too ordinary to be included? I don't know. Just something that crossed my mind.
Or they are LAME? Yeah, that works. Grrr.
“Stating that had Nina Dobrev remained with the show past season 06 until this finale that the triangle would have been re-ignited was clearly not true.” - Yeah, my reaction when I read those comments from Kevin: PLENTY O' GIFS That was just beyond silly. I don't
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Re: 8x16, part I / comments 6/6arabianMay 14 2017, 15:36:43 UTC
“Damon didn't matter. Elena, Jeremy, Bonnie… not a one of them mattered compared to Jo, and then more understandably, his daughters.” - I don't know if you're still watching “The Originals” (or intend to at some point)
I already told you, yes. An actor I love (Jason Dohring, he played Will Kinney) was on the show so I caught up and am watching it now.
I just wanted to say that this kind of thing got addressed on that show recently and it was one of those rare moments in regard to that show when I was not wondering why I'm still watching it
Erm, I don't watch it with any depth at all (and actually skim the internet while it's on (LOL) so I have no clue what you're talking about, LOL!
But back to Alaric, yes, he never really came back to himself, so to speak, and it does make me sad, because I kept hoping to see/hear something more meaningful from him than “yeah, I care”. Well, at least we got that, I guess...
Yeah, sigh, but he was SOOOOO Alaric on the episode of TO.
Thank you! I'm glad to hear that because I know it did take a while for me to get it up.
But where were Isobel and Jeremy I wonder?
As much as I loved Isobel (and I so did), she did NOT belong there. At all. Yes, Elena no longer despised Isobel, but she certainly didn't love her or like her. She just no longer detested her. As for comparing Isobel to John?
Yet the same should have applied for Isobel, shouldn't it?
Nope. She knew John her ENTIRE life. Yes, not as her father, but as her uncle. And maybe Jenna didn't like him all that much, but he was her father's brother and he was a part of the family. She knew he was her family. She may not have been all hunky-dory with him, but he was family. And her anger towards him came when he went after the vampires, but she realized towards the end that what he was doing was all to protect her and non-vampires, and in the end, he sacrificed himself to save her life.
And are we to assume that Jeremy is still alive or why wasn't he part of the
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Re: 8x16, part I / comments 7/6 (lol)arabianMay 14 2017, 16:13:34 UTC
“Then Damon disappeared because while Elena was seeing her family, Damon was seeing his. That made sense to me.” - That would work for me if we were spared that shot of Elena looking at her suddenly empty hand. What was that shot for??? You cut DE engagement scene for time, but you waste 3 seconds to show Damon disappearing from next to Elena?? Why??? I mean, I get your explanation and I understand what happened, but I just thought the execution was odd.
I agree.
“Naturally, she would have run to them, lost in her joy over seeing them, but then glanced after back to where Damon was before Jenna (JENNA!) would have simply told her with a calm smile, "he'll be back." That would have cleared up any confusion about Damon and Elena in the afterlife.” - Such a great simple idea! Yes, THAT would've been perfect and totally enough for the scene not to feel weird.
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I have NO clue. I really, really don't. I mean, they knew that the wig looked less obvious on Katherine than Elena? I don't know. I really, really don't. I have no clue. The only thing that could come to mind would be that the ridiculous rumors were true and that Ian and Nina just could not stand working together.... but Nina plays Katherine and 99.9% of her scenes were with Damon, so I do not know.
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Or they are LAME? Yeah, that works. Grrr.
“Stating that had Nina Dobrev remained with the show past season 06 until this finale that the triangle would have been re-ignited was clearly not true.” - Yeah, my reaction when I read those comments from Kevin: PLENTY O' GIFS That was just beyond silly. I don't ( ... )
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I already told you, yes. An actor I love (Jason Dohring, he played Will Kinney) was on the show so I caught up and am watching it now.
I just wanted to say that this kind of thing got addressed on that show recently and it was one of those rare moments in regard to that show when I was not wondering why I'm still watching it
Erm, I don't watch it with any depth at all (and actually skim the internet while it's on (LOL) so I have no clue what you're talking about, LOL!
But back to Alaric, yes, he never really came back to himself, so to speak, and it does make me sad, because I kept hoping to see/hear something more meaningful from him than “yeah, I care”. Well, at least we got that, I guess...
Yeah, sigh, but he was SOOOOO Alaric on the episode of TO.
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Thank you! I'm glad to hear that because I know it did take a while for me to get it up.
But where were Isobel and Jeremy I wonder?
As much as I loved Isobel (and I so did), she did NOT belong there. At all. Yes, Elena no longer despised Isobel, but she certainly didn't love her or like her. She just no longer detested her. As for comparing Isobel to John?
Yet the same should have applied for Isobel, shouldn't it?
Nope. She knew John her ENTIRE life. Yes, not as her father, but as her uncle. And maybe Jenna didn't like him all that much, but he was her father's brother and he was a part of the family. She knew he was her family. She may not have been all hunky-dory with him, but he was family. And her anger towards him came when he went after the vampires, but she realized towards the end that what he was doing was all to protect her and non-vampires, and in the end, he sacrificed himself to save her life.
And are we to assume that Jeremy is still alive or why wasn't he part of the ( ... )
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I agree.
“Naturally, she would have run to them, lost in her joy over seeing them, but then glanced after back to where Damon was before Jenna (JENNA!) would have simply told her with a calm smile, "he'll be back." That would have cleared up any confusion about Damon and Elena in the afterlife.” - Such a great simple idea! Yes, THAT would've been perfect and totally enough for the scene not to feel weird.
Right?!?!? Ah well.
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