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Current Talk '03 I / Re:Best and Worst of Leviathans
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Most welcome character (the one you were happiest to see)?
Quentin
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Your favorite character in Leviathans, period.
Carolyn. The writers really gave her some meaty material to work with - well, pre-CIP that is...
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Favorite duo (non-romantic)?
Julia and Chris. They made a perfect team when they were trying to get to the bottom of Barnabas' "problem" and the truth about "Olivia".
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Favorite romantic pairing?
Hmmm... Jeb and Bruno. You can't tell me that two people fight like that without something else behind it! And they made such a perfect pair. A pair of what, though, I don't know.
My own category: LEAST Favorite romantic pairing?
Hands down it goes to Mr and Mrs. Sky Rumson!! Talk about a credibility gap!
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Favorite minor character?
Nelle Gunston. I really like Elizabeth Eis.
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Most irritating character?
Do *I* even have to answer that?
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Scene(s) you can watch over and over and over and...?
Well, Roger calling Jeb "A Cheap, Insufferable Pig" comes to mind. But seriously, there are quite a few great moments (particularly in the first half of the story). Some that come to mind:
- Barnabas accuses Julia of being a bad detective, and Julia throws that remark back in his face after she witnesses how overly concerned he is with Carolyn.
- "Grant" remembers he's Quentin.
- Paul and Liz's confrontation at the Inn.
- Carolyn at Paul's funeral.
- Julia and Quentin realize Jeb has turned Barnabas into a vampire.
- Angelique and Nicholas come face to face again.
- Willie realizes Barnabas is again a vampire.
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Most wasted opportunity?
Probabaly the two biggest are the appearances of Paul and Quentin. But Paul was never intended to be a continuing character, so I can forgive his waste more than I forgive that of Quentin, who was nearly as popular as Barnabas when it came to fan appeal.
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Best plot twist?
Was there one? Perhaps I blinked and missed it...
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Creepiest moment or event?
I think I'd also go with Barnabas programming Philip to kill Megan.
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Which scene had you yelling at your TV screen the loudest?
Whoa! Way too many to count, much less list!
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What moment made you cheer the loudest?
Toss up between the deaths of Jeb and Bruno and the banishment of Peter
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Moment in which you most wondered, "What were the writers smoking?"
Moment?! Try the entire second half of the story!
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Event or revelation that made you ask, "What were the writers smoking?"
Well, Philip's whole incarceration for the murders Jeb had committed would definitely rank up there!
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Favorite quote?
Do I even need to list it?
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Favorite prop?
Carolyn's feather duster. The sight of her dusting around the antique shop never fails to make me laugh out loud.
My own category: LEAST Favorite prop(s)?
Those stuffed and mounted animal heads at the antique shop. What the hell were they even doing in an antiques shop?!!
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Favorite special effect?
Not a special effect, but having Carolyn's childhood self torture Paul was certainly a special affect against him.
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Least favorite special effect?
The whole fun house dream that turned Liz into a Leviathan.
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Favorite outfit?
The gray suit Quentin wore during the end of the storyline. I had one just like it.
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Ugliest outfit?
Not really an outfit, and more laughable than ugly, but "Grant's" head bandage after the accident. It looked like he should have been marching and playing a drum during the Revolutionary War - not like something from the 20th century!
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Stupidest continuity error (the most horrendous job of retconning in this storyline)?
Anything having to do with the Leviathans' purpose and their rules. They seemed to change from scene to scene, never mind from episode to episode!!
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What scene had you closest to tears (because it was so touching)?
All of Carolyn's immediately following Paul's death.
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What scene had you closest to tears (from laughing)?
Any involving zombie Sheriff "Shemp" Davenport.
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Moment or event that made your jaw drop the farthest?
Well, from incredulity, it would have to be the fact that anyone believed for even one second that Philip had committed the murders. Take your pick of any one of those individual scenes!
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What nagging question were you left with? (Uh, try to narrow it down, please. )
What the hell ever made DC think this plot would be a worthy followup to 1897?!!
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Finally, what was your reaction to the storyline the very first time you watched it?
I absolutely hated this storyline with a passion when I first saw it as a kid. (Though as an adult I've come to appreciate a lot of it for aspects that completely went over my head back then. But it's still and probably always will remain my least favorite.)