tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post4856684705998784434..comments2024-03-29T06:56:12.797-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Legends of Tomorrow: Bad BloodBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-43579666735625808342021-08-13T11:26:08.495-04:002021-08-13T11:26:08.495-04:00Hey, I'm Welsh rather than English, but can co...Hey, I'm Welsh rather than English, but can confirm that we learnt absolutely nothing about the Spanish Civil war in school.<br /><br />While we're on the topics of the Legends and school, my wife was in the same class as Matt Ryan, John Constantine's actor. She finds it fairly odd seeing him in this.Trousershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176781987763125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-40970494448958078692021-08-12T09:23:35.449-04:002021-08-12T09:23:35.449-04:00I just assumed that English schools do a better jo...I just assumed that English schools do a better job covering the Spanish Civil War.<br /><br />Anybody out there able to verify whether or not that's true?Mikey Heinrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053287699381988084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-36057547594311354282021-08-12T03:34:45.938-04:002021-08-12T03:34:45.938-04:00Mikey, this is a great review!
I also am not a fa...Mikey, this is a great review!<br /><br />I also am not a fan of Constantine's heel turn. His appeal is that he's a badass who won't actually mess with "us" (in this case, the show's protagonists). He messes with those in power, like the fascists. Now he's on the dark side and it's really disturbing.<br /><br />I wasn't surprised that Spooner didn't know much about Spain, because everything I learned about Spain in this era was definitely in my own time, never in school. I was impressed with how much Constantine knew about it, and I chalk that up to his political beliefs.<br /><br /><i>John: "And don’t even get me started on the devious little role of the Catholic church."<br />Spooner: "I’m Catholic, John."<br />John: "Yeah, well then you’ll understand my attitude toward priests."</i><br /><br />This is one of the greatest exchanges ever put on screen.<br /><br />However, I thought it was sort of hilarious that Spooner's quote from her mom came on the heels of that conversation. "We are saved by faith alone" is, like, the most Protestant thing a person can say.Josie Kafkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-3290750946336599592021-08-11T09:13:37.409-04:002021-08-11T09:13:37.409-04:00The more I think about this the more I think this ...The more I think about this the more I think this was a huge missed opportunity for them. If the betrayal of cute little Gus had seemed to mean anything to them they could have used it to underscore the whole 'Someone you love and trust suddenly turning dangerous and betraying you' theme. It would have played against John's plot quite well.Mikey Heinrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053287699381988084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-54790145260711774492021-08-10T19:08:31.538-04:002021-08-10T19:08:31.538-04:00I guess that's kind of my point. They did jus...I guess that's kind of my point. They did just randomly throw him off a cliff in this one, they just invested a lot of screen time on him before doing it in a way that didn't seem to pay off in any particular fashion. He went from 'cute little baby we're all cooing over' to 'set him on fire and boot him off to who knows where' without it really meaning anything. <br /><br />Which is fine, it just felt like all the screen time with him could have been better used on other stuff if it wasn't being used for any particular storytelling purpose in the Gus related sequences.<br /><br />After all, shows just let us assume characters are still around somewhere just not being part of the story being told right now all the time.Mikey Heinrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053287699381988084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-27768632592558732192021-08-10T16:35:53.192-04:002021-08-10T16:35:53.192-04:00I don't understand what you wanted them to do ...I don't understand what you wanted them to do with Gus? thrown off a cliff?<br />The last episode ended with Gus on the ship with no way to send him back, so of course he would still be on the ship unless you really wanted them to throw him off the cliff.<br />The argument that the show cannot cover facts from previous episodes because viewers will have forgotten what happened is stupid and is asking writers to treat audiences like idiots. They can and should address unresolved facts in previous episodes if people don't remember what happened then they rewatch.guerra55https://www.blogger.com/profile/09505601691309468824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-51699981062050788292021-08-09T02:59:31.278-04:002021-08-09T02:59:31.278-04:00The John stuff is absolutely something he would do...The John stuff is absolutely something he would do, sadly. Mind-rape is an okay phrase for what he did to poor Spooner. Just like Willow did to Tara in Buffy s 6. <br />Don't like it but I know what's coming. Or do I? <br />Poor Gus-Gus. <br />Mick won't survive those babies, so let's hope John can magic them into being born safely.<br />Lita is an MVP. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com