tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post8842919052626664725..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Continuum: Minute by MinuteBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-48394143444168806032020-07-20T15:12:43.491-04:002020-07-20T15:12:43.491-04:00I enjoyed this episode a lot, particularly the Kie...I enjoyed this episode a lot, particularly the Kiera/Garza stuff, but Kiera really bugged me when she laced into Alec. Seriously, why should she expect Alec to prioritize her need to get back to her own time over Emily's life? I'm tired of her expecting Alec to drop whatever he's doing to help her all the time. She's so monumentally self-centered. <br /><br />As far as why preserve a continuum in which the war over time travel occurs, it's probably in part a philosophical fear of the law of unintended consequences. The devil you know is better than the devil you don't. Also, the knowledge than excessively paradoxical timeline can make the universe wink out of existence would be something of an incentive to preserve the current line warts and all. The fact that other timelines still exist that might be better isn't much of a comfort.<br /><br />By the way if you really want a time travel series that will make your head hurt, the German series Dark is probably the most complicated show of all time.magrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-40233644993188546222014-08-15T16:18:28.534-04:002014-08-15T16:18:28.534-04:00I am finally getting around to watching Season 3.....I am finally getting around to watching Season 3...not sure why I waited so long! I forgot how good this show is. Great characters with intricate relationships and a puzzle of a plot. So confusing, but that is why I like it! Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-1899031031565537972014-08-03T05:11:00.194-04:002014-08-03T05:11:00.194-04:00I know that my brain will explode sometime before ...I know that my brain will explode sometime before the end of this season. It's already making rattly sounds after just this first episode.<br /><br />But you know what - I think the person who makes the sacrifice they referred to (and travels back a thousand years to set up the time cops), will end up being either Alex or Kiera.Kikishuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319105158915343858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-85765285550189749192014-04-09T23:45:35.412-04:002014-04-09T23:45:35.412-04:00I just finished watching the season premiere. Wow,...I just finished watching the season premiere. Wow, indeed! I think there's no doubt that Kiera shot her other self, but I have a hard time believing she'll do the same to one of the Alecs. My bet would be that one of them sacrifices himself to save the girl. (I wouldn't go all in, though!)Katerinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708733194258917064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-46305624628925279672014-04-07T18:17:30.277-04:002014-04-07T18:17:30.277-04:00Thanks so much for all the comments. So glad so ma...Thanks so much for all the comments. So glad so many are into this show.<br /><br />pucklady eulogy limerick! woohoo!<br /><br />What Jess said. Seriously. I have a reviewing disadvantage because I haven't rewatched and reviewed the first two seasons -- I just zipped through them. I'm sure there's a lot I'm going to miss. But it'll still be fun to review and discuss.<br /><br />Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-5261427396454076542014-04-07T17:54:30.377-04:002014-04-07T17:54:30.377-04:00Love the return of the pucklady eulogy limmericks!...Love the return of the pucklady eulogy limmericks!<br /><br />I keep thinking about this premiere, and I now realize that I need to go back and watch at least the last couple episodes of S2 to remember what led to some of the final developments. I seem to recall some pretty momentous stuff with the police captain initiating the proto-CPS and Carlos aligning himself with Julian. But I can't remember quite how they got to those points, and now that F.Kiera and Alec are mucking about with the timeline, I'm not sure if we'll get to those same places or not. So much to keep track of on this show!Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-74201770005715784412014-04-07T00:07:17.245-04:002014-04-07T00:07:17.245-04:00Goodbye to mysterious Escher
In the time travel se...Goodbye to mysterious Escher<br />In the time travel series refresher<br />It was Em did the whack<br />But Kellog talked the smack<br />With a smile reminiscent of Cheshirepuckladynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-32354358321504833552014-04-05T20:34:28.270-04:002014-04-05T20:34:28.270-04:00Man, because of that double "wow" on the...Man, because of that double "wow" on the beginning of the review now I'm so curious to know what happens...<br /><br />Anyway, great to have Continuum reviews. But I still have one season ahead to catch up.<br /><br />Billie, I too almost dropped the show because some of the episodes on the first season were way too procedural. But there were always some details here and there that just kept me hooked even on the weaker episodes.Lamounierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225447169375363236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-4115527782969536392014-04-05T17:19:33.218-04:002014-04-05T17:19:33.218-04:00Mmmmm, chocolate orange, mmmmmm.
Yay for Continu...Mmmmm, chocolate orange, mmmmmm. <br /><br />Yay for Continuum reviews. Now I can share my crazed bewilderment with everyone else. <br />Mark Greighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984193299389764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-78156769155378796632014-04-05T17:01:13.202-04:002014-04-05T17:01:13.202-04:00It's totally a chocolate orange, sunbunny! I ...It's totally a chocolate orange, sunbunny! I always thought that, too. But "Grapefruit of Death" is so funny! :)Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-77645629426508621202014-04-05T16:29:42.781-04:002014-04-05T16:29:42.781-04:00"I am SO GLAD you are reviewing this show! An..."I am SO GLAD you are reviewing this show! And I feel so much better that I am not the only one with a million questions." Same, Sooze. Same.<br /><br />GRAPEFRUIT OF DEATH. (Personally, it always reminded me of those chocolate orange things you smash and then pull apart)sunbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553429350476841139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-50206451169905830432014-04-05T14:17:45.098-04:002014-04-05T14:17:45.098-04:00I am SO GLAD you are reviewing this show! And I f...I am SO GLAD you are reviewing this show! And I feel so much better that I am not the only one with a million questions.Soozehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978234874807444924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-90069579377772635652014-04-05T14:06:59.289-04:002014-04-05T14:06:59.289-04:00These discussions are going to be so much fun! I&...These discussions are going to be so much fun! I'm so glad to have this show back. I love how we are supposed to be rooting for Keira, but the timeline she wants to preserve leads to that awful corporate future. Should we just root for the Freelancer ideal of preserving history, no matter what awful outcomes it contains? It is an interesting moral question.<br /><br />I completely missed the thing about how the Freelancers were the descendants of the ones that originally traveled back the 1,000 years, and weren't (in general) time travelers themselves. Katherine said they originated at a point in time 100 years past Keira's time, right? 2177?<br /><br />I, too, think that Freelancer Keira killed Other Keira. I guess it could have been Emily or Travis, or maybe even Jason or Kellogg, but my money is definitely on F.K. at this point.<br /><br />Re: the family business. Escher (Mark Sadler) was shown to be a Freelancer at one point, right? Didn't he have the tattoo? The cult seems to have knowledge of how things played out down the line, so perhaps he was privvy to that knowledge. And as Alec's father, he'd then know that time travel is the family business. Or something like that, right? I frequently have trouble putting all the pieces together on this show, and I'm sure I'm forgetting key details that weren't in the "previously on" trailer.<br /><br />Re: Curtis --- I'm confused on that one, too. Because Keira killed the version of Curtis from her time period, right? The one that traveled back with the prisoners. So where did this one come from? Is he originally from this time period, but traveled to the future at some point, then came back with the prisoners? What the ...? How are there two? I can't remember the details from the episode where we learned that Curtis was a Freelancer. Ack!<br /><br />So many questions. I'm hopeful the comments can help sort them out!Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-82461813614623242922014-04-05T13:24:42.748-04:002014-04-05T13:24:42.748-04:00Yeah, for me the sign of a good episode is that wh...Yeah, for me the sign of a good episode is that when the credits roll you're holding your breath with an expletive ready to tumble out of your mouth. <i>Continuum</i> reminds me a lot of <i>Fringe</i>, not in concept, but in the fact that it too had an enjoyable but average first season, only for the writers to focus on what worked for the second and never stop running with it. That is my hope for <i>Continuum</i>, that it keeps on doing what it does best, and if this episode was anything to go by, it's heading in the right direction. Holy shit, indeed.Paul Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927027468227544676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-83703680057598090492014-04-05T13:05:10.141-04:002014-04-05T13:05:10.141-04:00I'll definitely watch it, then.I'll definitely watch it, then. Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-60986400777768735182014-04-05T13:02:57.322-04:002014-04-05T13:02:57.322-04:00Josie -- yes, yes, yes. I tried the first few epis...Josie -- yes, yes, yes. I tried the first few episodes and dropped it when I thought it was just a procedural with a time travel twist. I'm now kicking myself that I didn't stick with it just a little longer.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-22555813552544634892014-04-05T12:59:25.785-04:002014-04-05T12:59:25.785-04:00So...I love time-travel stories, especially ones t...So...I love time-travel stories, especially ones that get all timey-wimey. But I wasn't drawn in to this show after the first episode of the first season. Should I give it another shot?Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.com