The obelisk was bad enough. I don't know how they could have made a paper machet monster.
Look what Hitchcock did with suspense.
Dec 16th I believe is Beethoven's Birthday. Some people could say that was good and bad.
also really liked 1970 parallel time too.go figure
Leviathans just ran out of steam and fell apart, and we never saw the main threat.
Why, it's better than two sticks of Land-o'Lakes, lashed together in a rough-hewn manner!)
We had a bunch of snow over the weekend. Did someone else here keep Mrs. Johnson busy with the shoveling? I was hoping to find her outside doing my driveway
PS...where's the slideshow?
I'm finding that the writers are introducing all new characters and stories that some seem to go by the wayside. For instance, though bear with me as I'm just watching this story arc, we are introduced to Quentin then haven't seen him again, at least not by episode 650 (I think).I like that - now that the show's on DVD so that I can jump ahead if I care to. The Old House set, Julia, Professor Stokes, and Quentin were each briefly introduced and then not seen again for quite some time. It gives the impression that the writers were actually planning ahead, rather than going from day to day.
How was the Leviathan plot suppose to originally turn out?I don't know, but when I saw the episode in which Nicholas Blair plays the officiating bad guy and Barnabas plays the heroic rescuer, I thought to myself, "I'll bet that was originally planned with Barnabas officiating and Quentin rescuing."
I thought to myself, "I'll bet that was originally planned with Barnabas officiating and Quentin rescuing."
Interesting.... Barnabas just sort of lapsed in his evil, for no discernable reason, at one point. Threats to Julia, I know, but the Leviathans' control became a little weak and puny toward the end. Good Barnabas shoehorned back in because of DC's panic over ratings?
It's always strange to me when a series chooses to start undermining the threat from its antagonists. Another example is when they all suddenly find out that the Book has been saying all along not to kill anybody, ever, because ghosts are their worst enemies. Of course, later, it turns out that werewolves are. Man, did he pick the wrong town! Jeb I mean. The Leviathan People seem to be the Bubble Boys of the supernatural world.... now I'm imagining Jeb giving some tough, threatening speech to Bruno, but he stops and points to a corner of the room and screams, because he just saw a leprechaun or the alien from the Flinstones, or something.
It's always strange to me when a series chooses to start undermining the threat from its antagonists. Another example is when they all suddenly find out that the Book has been saying all along not to kill anybody, ever, because ghosts are their worst enemies. Of course, later, it turns out that werewolves are.I liked the bit about the werewolf being the Leviathan's worst enemy. It started me thinking about evolution and primaeval times and happy werewolves chomping on Leviathans until the Leviathans were put on the Endangered Species list. And then I dreamed up a fanfic idea where Chris Jennings is killed and Quentin somehow realizes that a werewolf is the only effective predator of Leviathans, so he destroys his own portrait so he can go after Jeb. Of course, then I was too lazy to write the story, but it would have made Quentin an interesting character again.
I liked the bit about the werewolf being the Leviathan's worst enemy. It started me thinking about evolution and primaeval times and happy werewolves chomping on Leviathans until the Leviathans were put on the Endangered Species list.
i think i must be one of the rare viewers who really enjoyed at least the first two thirds of the leviathan storyline.yeah the kids were annoying and the whole thing does fall apart towards the end(in my opinion 1968 falls apart,1897 goes on much too long and by late 1970 the whole thing runs out of steam)but the first several weeks had an atmosphere quite unlike anything else on the series.
i also really liked 1970 parallel time too.go figure. [a_xmas]
And, where did Adam go? Vacation? He hasn't made an appearance at Collinwood for a long time now. I"m sure that gets resolved as it also involves Barnabas and his vampirism, but to just leave the viewer hanging...