tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post6633246238383485702..comments2024-03-28T17:08:01.559-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Travelers: Season Two ReviewBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-33029105989529880402018-12-15T05:27:15.178-05:002018-12-15T05:27:15.178-05:00Magritte, do yourself a favor and try to give 12 M...Magritte, do yourself a favor and try to give 12 Monkeys another shot!<br /><br />The show takes a while to get into because the writers had a series long storyline mapped out and they use the first season to lay the foundation of that story out. It is basically exposition compared to the other 3 seasons. <br /><br />Each season was better than the last with the finale season being one of the best written endings to a scifi show I have ever seen.<br /><br />12 Monkeys has got a fantastic overall story as well as multiple characters/relationships that feel genuine. I almost stopped watching it because I was always unsure of what was happening most of the time.. but reading forums online/watching later episodes always would make it come together.JChristoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330697057016707349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-21195102810698325742018-02-08T22:07:40.555-05:002018-02-08T22:07:40.555-05:00The title sounds like a Knausgaard reference. Know...The title sounds like a Knausgaard reference. Knowing how these TV writers are, probably so.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Struggle_(Knausg%C3%A5rd_novels)JohnRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-31315392288602175392018-01-11T10:25:45.008-05:002018-01-11T10:25:45.008-05:00I agree season 2 really kicked it up a notch from ...I agree season 2 really kicked it up a notch from season 1. I appreciate that in each character’s story line there’s some tragedy or angst that is not there to be resolved for a happy Hollywood ending. Everyone has to live with the problems they found themselves in. I especially liked the episode where Philip was given the update to future “history” but he can’t tell anyone what he now knows. <br />I read elsewhere that a fan theory going around is that Simon overwrote Grace in the final episode just as traveler 001 did with his therapist. If you watch her befuddlement at the end of the episode she doesn’t seem herself. That would be a sad turn of events. I liked Grace. Mark Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-74309348753492337782018-01-06T17:23:41.945-05:002018-01-06T17:23:41.945-05:00Oh Billie, how I have waited for this review. And ...Oh Billie, how I have waited for this review. And what a wonderful review it was! You were spot on on all accounts. Agree that Trevor was underused this season, but what a great season it was. I also loved the finale and the groundhog ep.<br /><br />I am a bit scared though - is this show now cancelled?? Eric McCormack is doing Will & Grace again - does he have time for two shows?? We NEED another season, preferably with Amanda Tapping now as a series regular...<br /><br />TJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-58198547492607164152018-01-06T10:11:54.341-05:002018-01-06T10:11:54.341-05:00Thanks for reviewing this season, Billie. I too a...Thanks for reviewing this season, Billie. I too am really enjoying Travelers. Though the "people going back from a terrible future to change the past" is a crowded genre, I think it may be the best show of the kind. Perhaps it's because instead of focusing on complex gyrations of plots involving multiple timelines, it centers on the struggles of characters trying to fit themselves into the lives of other people in an unfamiliar world.<br /><br />The character relationships are exceptionally well-written. As I was binging my way through DS9 these past few months, I couldn't help but think that while DS9 has many good qualities its romances were comparatively weak. I think part of what makes David so appealing is he's the kind of guy who usually doesn't get the girl in Hollywood. And he's so cuddly.<br /><br />It's funny, Twelve Monkeys is one of my favorite films, but I haven't really been able to get into the show.magrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-81935199540200220412018-01-06T02:01:59.331-05:002018-01-06T02:01:59.331-05:00milostanfield, I so agree that Patrick Gilmore as ...milostanfield, I so agree that Patrick Gilmore as David is a scene stealer. He's wonderful. I hope that he forgives Marcy because I don't want to see season three without him.<br /><br />I guess I need to try <i>12 Monkeys</i> again. :) <br /><br />John Varley is my favorite science fiction author. Couldn't handle the movie. I did review all of his books, though and <i>Millennium</i> is one of my favorites.<br />Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-59361200655637827252018-01-05T23:00:21.775-05:002018-01-05T23:00:21.775-05:00Love this show too. I think of Travelers and Conti...Love this show too. I think of Travelers and Continuum as peas in a pod. So many similarities. About the only thing different is we don't ever see the future in Travelers (so far) like we did in Continuum. The ambiguity over whether the Corporate future was the side to pick or the rebels was a great part of Continuum. Travelers has our team, Traveler 001, and another Traveler faction in the same vein. I think the big ? here is how far does one trust an AI to run things. The AI is almost like a god to MacLaren.<br /><br />I think Travelers will eventually be the better show because the travelers inhabit the bodies of existing people instead of just showing up.<br /><br />Patrick Gilmore as David steals every scene he is in. Love the character, especially his awful phone messages.<br /><br />What do you think of 12 Monkeys? Also, check out Milennium (1989), the movie version of a John Varley story.<br /><br />PS - Spoiler Kitten is a major heart melter.milostanfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601982445850157037noreply@blogger.com