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Doom Patrol |OT| D-I-E D-I-E, Let's Die (Fridays, DC Universe)
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Is this a precedent? Nine episodes without one of them being close to not being extremely creative, inspiring and creative AF?
Every week I think, this must be the one episode that doesn't totally work and has problems, and yet this episode still hasn't come.
I love it when creators are this inspired to make everything count. Even Buffy, my favorite show of all time didn't manage this level of storywriting quality.
Every week I think, this must be the one episode that doesn't totally work and has problems, and yet this episode still hasn't come.
I love it when creators are this inspired to make everything count. Even Buffy, my favorite show of all time didn't manage this level of storywriting quality.
I'm actually kind of surprised they've handled what happened to Kay with as much subtly as they have.
Probably faster that way and easier to give them unique looks.
Diane Guerrero has been great but what Tatiana was doing was a good deal more complex though and it still took forever to recognize her.
She was great, it almost makes it hurt that Diane is such a great actress because I wouldn't mind seeing her when Penny is in control.
Episode actually made Penny one of my favorites.
Just realized that the logo on Driver 8s cap is the infinity symbol.
Also the preview is something else like all DP previews.
Also the preview is something else like all DP previews.
One minute after Willoughby started speaking, I knew it was supposed to be Constantine but editorial/producers fucked it up. After a Google, I confirmed I was right, just didn't realize it was from like the 90's when John was still in Vertigo.
Yeah but that does not explain why miranda is in the pictures near the girl doing the puzzle. Unless Miranda is THE original personaly
Kay = original host
Miranda = 1st Primary personality (deceased by suicide or whatever the correct term here is)
Jane = 2nd Primary personality
yeah but why there are pictures of Miranda and the father with baby?
yeah but why there are pictures of Miranda and the father with baby?
I don't watch shows with that much attention to detail. Knowing how good the writers are I'm sure they dropped a clue, maybe in the dialogue. I did read that Miranda pops up again later in the comics so perhaps there's more to the story we'll see in S2.
yeah but why there are pictures of Miranda and the father with baby?
Maybe the picture with the baby is actually baby Kay with her mother and father, and the other picture may be a photo when Miranda was the primary host or even a photo of young Kay's mother, which inspired the creation of Miranda. Just speculating.
I said it before, but it helps a lot that the Doom Patrol is really only a loosely assembled team and they can explore pretty much brand new things with each episode, instead of being tied down on a single plot path. Like the underlying search for Niles is still there, but they just go off on ridiculous tangents, which not only frees them creatively but also allows them to give the characters much more depth than something like Titans.
It also helps you forgive the fact that there's so much deus ex machina involved. Like the Negative Man has to be responsible for like at least half the plot resolutions so far.
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It helps the show is based on a great comic run (Morrison). The last episode was basically Doom Patrol #30.
True, although the character moments are largely created by the show itself. I've been re-reading the Morrison run and sometimes I miss Rita or even Cyborg. Even the characters they have in common (Cliff, Traynor/Rebis, Jane) are so different.
Oh my, oh my, oh my...Flex Mentallo. Repeat: FLEX MENTALLO.
The rest of the episode was great as expected. I would say this version of the Beard Hunter was an improvement over the comic original("Mom, where are my shuriken?!") and everything with Niles was a nice change of pace and completely unexpected.
potentially SPOILER-y thought:
The rest of the episode was great as expected. I would say this version of the Beard Hunter was an improvement over the comic original("Mom, where are my shuriken?!") and everything with Niles was a nice change of pace and completely unexpected.
potentially SPOILER-y thought:
So Dorothy Spinner is totally going to be Niles' kid, right?
Hmm, am kind of wondering where that character is, and the creature gave me
Candlemaker
That Flex Mentallo setup. Oh baby.
Another really good episode. I wasn't expecting to get something so heavy on Niles, but it was really nice to see. This show just constantly delivers.
Another really good episode. I wasn't expecting to get something so heavy on Niles, but it was really nice to see. This show just constantly delivers.
Good episode, I liked the serious of it and the sprinkles of comedy they had. Love it when this show can mix both and tell a story. Love this show.
Not as strong as recent episodes but only because of the high standard they set. The stuff with Niles and Slava was good and Beard Hunter was funny/gross.
With the comment on immortality I thought it was going to be confirmed this episode.
That was so fuckin' gross
I luv it
What they did with Beard Hunter was... I dunno, I liked the way how in the comic he was sort of a Punisher parody, you know? Extremely masculine and edgy, but at the end of the day just a loser and a weirdo. Here he's just a loser and a weirdo.
Goddamit this is a pretty good show, much better then Titans in my honest opinion, every episode, there's at least a few scene's that make me chuckle. I do have to admit, i have no way of watching this legally currently, it not up on netflix yet, might be in a month or two, so i have to download it. (EU here).
I'm thinking this also.
A good Niles focused episode. Beard Hunter getting destroyed by the end was good because I wasn't expecting that at all, lol.
Really? I was totally expecting the Beard Hunter to find Nobody and pay for it dearly. I liked the touch using the monster.
Man this recent episode was gross, like when beard hunter was looking at cyborg. Totes whould have had the same reaction
I have quite the stomach, but him eating the drain hair knot....
I was expecting him getting got but not by the monster, lol.
And the monster. I did not get that, though that he would face Mr. Nobody.
This episode was the first that I could not watch in one sitting. Something did not clicked on me. Bear Hunter stuff was weird but not enjoyable. The Chief story was great because of Dalton's performance but overall quite slow. Still an amazing show though.
I really want to know where they're going with this Cyborg thing. Only thing I can think of is the old
"Vic Stone died, he's an A.I facsimile" thing, but that seems basic.
Maybe
his father actually caused the accident that killed his mom and crippled him, and he also messed with Vic's memories to hide that.
Oh shitOh my, oh my, oh my...Flex Mentallo. Repeat: FLEX MENTALLO.
The rest of the episode was great as expected. I would say this version of the Beard Hunter was an improvement over the comic original("Mom, where are my shuriken?!") and everything with Niles was a nice change of pace and completely unexpected.
potentially SPOILER-y thought:So Dorothy Spinner is totally going to be Niles' kid, right?
that is what he meant by the girl?!
Id completely forgotten about Dorothy but it now makes sense, esp. Considering what her powers were in the comic
Id completely forgotten about Dorothy but it now makes sense, esp. Considering what her powers were in the comic
Really good ep. Focused on Caulder. He did the right thing imo, that could not have been resolved without conflict on Niles' end and he just did what he had to do.
Also Rita couldve just punched beard hunter, come on girl.
Anyways the finale of the ep. Was something alright.
Oh my, oh my, oh my...Flex Mentallo. Repeat: FLEX MENTALLO.
The rest of the episode was great as expected. I would say this version of the Beard Hunter was an improvement over the comic original("Mom, where are my shuriken?!") and everything with Niles was a nice change of pace and completely unexpected.
potentially SPOILER-y thought:So Dorothy Spinner is totally going to be Niles' kid, right?
My theory exactly regarding the spoiler.
The powerset is just too similar, and being the child of the ancient psychic tribal lady would explain her appearance. And considering in the comics she was put up for adoption and raised by an abusive family, the show has several ways it could accomplish that
Also, on Cyborg:
I've been noticing the show crediting Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok, and while Johns has worked on Doom Patrol, Fabok hasn't to my knowledge. He did, however, works with Johns on a JLA run featuring the Crime Syndicate of America, which featured an evil Cyborg counterpart from Earth-2 named Grid. Given that's the name of Cyborg's onboard AI that is on the fritz, and the painting, it seems pretty obvious that Grid is gonna be taking over at some point.
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The CGI in this episode.... I don't wanna hear about that car crash scene in Titans again. But other than that this was another good episode