tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post5167785953880244017..comments2024-03-28T10:18:52.493-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The Originals: Wheel Inside the WheelBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-64484969010422355382014-11-17T05:41:32.435-05:002014-11-17T05:41:32.435-05:00TJ, you should definitely reconsider. Marcel becom...TJ, you should definitely reconsider. Marcel becomes much less involved in the story as well as becoming less grating on the nerves. <br /><br />Anon, I had no recollection of them ever mentioning Freya. Thanks so much for commenting, and reminding me. I guess centuries worth of mythology is kind of a lot. :)<br /><br />Also I noticed that the witch I referenced as Talia is being called Dahlia in some places. Closed captioning says Dahlia is correct. Whoops. Laure Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692780015410946019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-89601013847307996072014-11-15T12:48:06.376-05:002014-11-15T12:48:06.376-05:00Great review and just an fyi they did mention the ...Great review and just an fyi they did mention the oldest daughter dying from a disease back in tvd and how that was the reason they left europe to come to america...and then when the youngest son died from the wolves that was the reason mikael told esther to find a spell so no more of his children could die...i believe this was said in season 3 by rebekahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-6730652227017435872014-11-13T20:39:55.753-05:002014-11-13T20:39:55.753-05:00TJ,
I, too, tired of Marcel early in the first se...TJ,<br /><br />I, too, tired of Marcel early in the first season. But at this point (early in season 2) I don't find him smug or annoying--he is a much better character now.<br /><br />I think you should reconsider!Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187607644975494747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-80972808192442957832014-11-13T20:06:09.384-05:002014-11-13T20:06:09.384-05:00I love TVD and I was really enjoying TO at the beg...I love TVD and I was really enjoying TO at the beginning.<br /><br />But...I haven't seen any eps of The Originals since midseason last year. I just got irritated with one of the characters...Marcel...I just couldn't stand him. His smug smile drove me crazy, and I was thinking, "I like this show, don't let this chracter bother you"...but I just sort of just piled up the episodes on the DVR and never watched them...<br /><br />So...I'm wondering. Shall I reconsider? Is season 2 making up for my Marcelotitis??TJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-44933330400805164252014-11-13T12:51:58.689-05:002014-11-13T12:51:58.689-05:00I think Davina's less powerful than Esther or ...I think Davina's less powerful than Esther or Dahlia and certainly less skilled and knowledgeable. However, despite the fact that it's never been explicitely made clear it seems that in order to break or bypass a spell directly you need more power than was required to cast the original spell. For example Bonnie needed the power of 100 witches to kill an original and back when she fought Klaus (when he was in Alaric's body) after Maddox had cast a protection spell on him she found it hard to break despite having the power of 100 witches at her command.<br />In addition, many people have speculated that Esther is putting them into different bodies so that if they have children in those bodies they won't be genetically part of Esther's bloodline and thus not be owed to Dahlia.OneOnOne1162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-23517068271809462352014-11-13T12:07:02.719-05:002014-11-13T12:07:02.719-05:00One more comment -- Nathan Parsons, who plays Jack...One more comment -- Nathan Parsons, who plays Jackson, was really wonderful in a vampire role on the last season of <i>True Blood</i>. I bet that's why they brought him back and made him broodier. If they give him more to work with than last season, he could be a much more enjoyable character, and possibly even romantic triangle material. Or would that make it a rectangle, now that Klaus is sort of in the picture?Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-74018414467381169712014-11-13T08:11:53.208-05:002014-11-13T08:11:53.208-05:00It feels like over the summer, the writers decided...It feels like over the summer, the writers decided that they didn't have enough family drama to play with, so they went with deeply expanding the family. <br /><br />The whole Talia thing does work within the mythology of the series. None of Esther's children can have children, but they still live forever, therefore Talia gets no first born tribute. And I'm not surprised that Klaus's daddy finally showed up.<br /><br />I also liked Klaus versus Esther. <br /><br />Three out of four new cast additions from me, I think.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.com