tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post3143605680523189821..comments2024-03-28T09:13:28.499-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Vampire Diaries: One Way or AnotherBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-76982469664254594202017-01-18T23:52:19.329-05:002017-01-18T23:52:19.329-05:00Location spells really shouldn't work on Rayna...Location spells really shouldn't work on Rayna because she's immune to magic. I'm being nitpicky, but it bugs me every time they do it, which has been at least three by now. Mariannahttp://www.mariannahorn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-69412285387235640242016-04-18T07:29:19.942-04:002016-04-18T07:29:19.942-04:00They are limping to the finish line.
I never espe...They are limping to the finish line.<br /><br />I never especially liked the character of Elena (although she was a huge improvement over the book version) but I miss Nina's pretty face and all the other characters she played. The show isn't the same without her, and it seems to have demoralized the writers. Or at least that's one explanation for the work they've been turning in, which has gone from sometimes hit or miss to abysmal. The writers seem to be utterly at sea, and are taking the cast and viewers with them on the voyage.<br /><br />I expect next season to be similar to the last season of True Blood - which is not a great expectation to have - but at least TB still had its protagonist at the end. We won't even have that in this case. I hate to say it, but hopefully next season will indeed be the last for TVD. The story cupboard is pretty clearly bare, and the show has resorted to chopping it up with an axe and serving us the splinters. At some point, enough is enough.TheShadowKnowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073693648569864707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-28440250213140390632016-04-17T16:08:59.349-04:002016-04-17T16:08:59.349-04:00Elena being dead is not the problem..season 4 was ...Elena being dead is not the problem..season 4 was irritating because of her, season 5 was the worst of the lot, while 6 and 7 so far are hit and miss week to week.<br />Never should have killed Katherine and Nadia who had actual story left to tell and growth to do...Katherine's ending really pissed me off.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-1458554837340773262016-04-17T07:45:35.156-04:002016-04-17T07:45:35.156-04:00What Paul said. You really did nail it, Josie. I w...What Paul said. You really did nail it, Josie. I was actually unhappy with Alaric in this episode, and I didn't think that could ever happen. That is, when he's not turning into Klaus.<br /><br />What can they do to get the show back on course for a final season? Is it possible? Or will they simply be limping to the finish line?Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-8488307824494688812016-04-17T06:40:32.586-04:002016-04-17T06:40:32.586-04:00You nailed it, Josie. I had a think this week abou...You nailed it, Josie. I had a think this week about what's wrong with the show, and you covered just about everything that went through my mind. I miss Mystic Falls. I miss Elena. I miss the story of moderately naive people discovering supernatural shit and reacting to it. They're all so battle hardened now that a dinosaur in a pink tutu riding a broomstick could appear and no one would be particularly surprised. <br /><br />In short, I think there's no story left to tell. The characters have grown as much as they ever will, and everything now is just a retread of the growth/stories we've already seen. Plus, the way they dumped Lily's group half way through the season was baffling. Were we supposed to care about those guys? As you say, with no town to care about--Mystic Falls has now been relegated to a pantomime set with zero atmosphere--where is our focus supposed to be?<br /><br />With Elena gone, Caroline should have stepped up her game, but since Candice King has been mostly pregnant this season, they've had to rely on a bunch of dispensable strangers to keep the show going, and now they're all mostly dead, I'm not sure what they were attempting to do.<br /><br />I kind of wish this were the last season. I can't think of anything they could do to reinvigorate the show with the best stories probably behind them, actresses missing, and a ghost town for a set. I think is was Julie Plec who said that after Elena leaving she realised that the show was actually about Stefan and Damon. I disagree with that. I think it was always about Elena, and now she's gone and the focus has shifted to the Salvatores, it's just not the same show.<br /><br />On the plus side, I really like Bonnie. If you'd have said to me in season two that she would end up my favourite character, I'd have taken you by the hand straight to the hospital for the terminally bonkers. Which is either indicative of how good they're writing for Kat these days, or perhaps how far the rest of the characters have fallen. <br /><br />Also, Enzo is shit. Since his introduction they haven't known what to do with him. It's just irritating. And on that final 'positive' note I'm off to my folks to eat them out of house and home. Excellent review, Josie!Paul Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979646022056755322noreply@blogger.com