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matt_zimmerAlso reviews for the last two episodes of Wolverine and the X-Men and the last two episodes of Iron Man: Armored Adventures.
Wolverine and the X-Men "Hunting Grounds"
This is a first for the series: an episode that didn't live up to the vastly inferior nineties series. Say what you will about the Saban cartoon, their version of Mojo was bizarre, grotesque, and hilarious. Outside of his relatively freaky appearance here THIS Mojo comes off as no tougher than Justice League's Glorious Gordon Godfrey. I also wasn't feeling feeling the Kurt and Wanda sparkage and her admission to him about dropping Wolverine seemed completely unnecessary. ***.
Wolverin and the X-Men "Badlands"
I enjoyed the present day stuff with Wolverine, Kitty and Forge more than the stuff in the future with Professor X and Lorna, excuse me, Polaris. Maybe because I find Logan, Kitty and Forge so amusing or maybe because outside of Professor X and Bishop (and to a lesser extent Domino) I have no vested interest in the characters. But the Wolvie stuff was SO great it made the episode seem greater than it probably actually was. ****.
Iron Man: Armored Adventures "Seeing Red"
I'm with Tony. I was SO mad the Crimson Dynamo had the nerve to go after Iron Man after all the trouble Tony, Rhodey and Pepper went into helping him in the last episode. That annoyed me. Also wasn't too fond of the stand-off between Tony and Rhodey at the end of the episode because Rhodey is completely right about Tony shutting him out but the episode itself gave a rather weak example for Rhodey to rail against. ***.
Iron Man: Armored Adventures "Hide and Seek"
Pretty good but I saw the ending coming a mile away. They better reveal Gene as Mandarin soon because Tony is looking too much like an idiot for trusting him. After Crimson Dynamo, Madame Masque, and Blizzard Tony is looking like quite the sap. Pepper's subplot with the mascots was absolutely adorable though. ***1/2.
Dollhouse: Season One
How can I describe this series? Overrated? Underrated? Sexist? Empowering? It defies easy categorizations and is somewhat of a head-scratcher. Which is almost okay because it comes from Ubergeektastic Joss Whedon who is awesome sauce on an awesome sandwich.
Whedon has the completely frustrating (yet understandable) problem of doing story arcs that start off sucking and improving as they go along. Geeks are used to this idea, but general audiences aren't and unless a show grabs you from the get-go (like Lost) they will have no patience for something like this. Sometimes I think Joss forgets that he isn't catering almost exclusively to fanboys anymore. While the unaired episode Epitaph One was easily the best thing the show has ever done I can safely say that the things it set up will make the show a LOT more unpalatable for general audiences who haven't already become attached to it. It was a little too ambitious for it's own good. It's as if the flashforwards on Lost about the castaways getting off the island had aired halfway through season one. The audience isn't ready for it and feels a little boxed in. I know I feel a little that way myself.
The series stars Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel's Eliza Dushku as Echo, an "active" who is basically a glorified programmable prostitute. It looks like the series is going to be evolving from that next season (BIG TIME) but it's still a pretty heinous message for a network TV show no matter how much Fox tries to downplay that angle. That said, I have heard complaints from critics that Dushku's acting isn't up to snuff and that is bullplop. She's fine, and she does an admirable job of playing a character that the audience for the most part has no way to either root for or relate to.
The series is a departure from most Whedon stuff in that it doesn't have clever (or if you're sour on it, cutesy) dialogue and plays things mostly straight. Which is a shame because the dialogue is one of the biggest things that attracts me to Whedon projects. Yeah, it's a little more believable here, but I don't think that is necessarily a good thing. On the rare occassion the series DOES try to go for humor (see the episode Echoes) it falls flat because most of the cast with few exceptions (like Fran Kranz who plays Topher and Dushku herself) are serious actors and can't play comedy to save their lives.
I'm also not too thrilled with the cast of characters. With the exceptions of Paul Ballard (played by Battlestar Galactica's Tahmoh Penikett) and Boyd Langton (Harry Lennix) most of the characters are detestable at best. That's understandable given the premise of the show but I truly hate Adelle DeWitt (played by Olivia Williams) and Topher is a slimeball no matter how much the writers try to cutsey him up.
All of that said, the show truly improved to the point where by the end of the season it's almost addictive. Almost, but that's more than can be said for the majority of television. This show is a puzzler with a ton of promise but a chip on it's shoulder so huge that I don't know if they'll ever be able to overcome it. Let's hope so. Season Overall: ***.
Ghost: Intruiging. Inconprehensible. Sexy. Off-putting. Those are just some of the words that describe the "pilot" to the show which was actually completely reshot to improve it. I can't say it did that. The premise is both cool and appalling and I felt myself squirming even during scenes that I wasn't supposed to. Not bad but not good either. ***.
The Target: This was a little too gimmicky for my tastes and was SO off-the-wall that it didn't bode well for the series that they were getting this crazy in only the second episode. **1/2.
Stage Fright: One of the worst episodes of any TV show I have seen this year. And yes, I watch Smallville and Heroes. I could not for the life of me figure out what kind of message this episode was attempting to send and it seemed sort of like a REALLY dark episode of Quantum Leap. Terrible. 0.
Gray Hour: A little too early in the series run to have Echo "wiped" during a mission but I still enjoyed it somewhat. ***.
True Believer: Not bad and pretty unpredictable. Dominic (Played by Homicide: Life on the Street's Reed Diamond) is comtemptable and it was a pleasure to root against him. Langton also handled himself quite nicely this episode. ***1/2.
Man On The Street: Pretty dang good but considering they were working with a Joss Whedon script it should have been MUCH better. Patton Oswalt is hilarious as the Bouncy the Rat guy and Sierra getting raped was horrifying especially because Hearn correctly stated that something like this happening was bound to be only a matter of time. Nice twist to have Mellie (the likable Miracle Laurie) turn out to be a Doll. But the sex scene dream sequence at the beginning between Paul and Caroline was so bad it was almost funny. Almost. ****.
Echoes: Olivia Williams, Harry Lennix and Reed Diamond can't play comedy for poop so this episode is a fail. That said, even when Reed Diamond is sucking you still can't take your eyes off him. Also a pleasant surprise to get a closer look at Echo's true identity (Caroline) so early in the show's run. **1/2.
Needs: I'm gonna say right up front that this is a great episode, but I would have enjoyed it more if Fox hadn't misleadingly overhyped this as a turning point in the show. UPN used to pull that garbage with Star Trek: Enterprise so even though the episode was great I still wound up being disppointed by it. ****.
Spy In The House Of Love: Adelle is just ALL manners of icky this episode but I still really enjoyed it. My one regret is that is takes Reed Diamond out of action for now. And Seirra and Echo rock! ****.
Haunted: Interesting idea to have a murder mystery where the detective is the victim and this is the first episode to broach the subject of the Dollhouse having the capabilities of making people immortal. I laughed when Echo's son tried to kiss her and the guest cast was unusually strong. ***1/2.
Briar Rose: Did NOT see Firefly's Alan Tudyk being Alpha coming. At all. Great reveal especially because Alpha was impersonating the guy he replaced as such a paranoid wuss. Great and scary turn. The ending rocked too. ****1/2.
Omega: I was fed up after seeing this originally but after seeing Epitaph One (the TRUE season finale) I can enjoy it for what it is. Amy Acker breaks your heart here and the revelation that she is a doll was a nice twist. I have to say even though I'm glad November is free, Ballard working for the Dollhouse is a giant step backward for the character. I'm also sad that they killed Wendy (played by Teen Titans' Ashley Johnson) off. ****.
Epitaph One: Okay, you are now going to hear me nitpick the best episode of the series thus far. Which is really kind of mean of me but I have completely mixed feelings about it. Good stuff first: First off, Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) = Win, Zach Ward (Titus) = Win and Adaire Tishler (Heroes) = Mega-Win. And Fran Kranz as Topher is surprisingly heartbreaking. I had no idea he was that good of an actor. Complaint: I'm kind of leery about the post-apocalyptic future the series is now headed towards. Don't get me wrong, it's cool and all, but that isn't exactly the series I signed up for. I would have liked to have been eased into this direction a little more gradually. Complaint: I feel the "flashbacks" may have boxed in the series a bit. I know they tried to be ambiguous but I didn't get that impression at all. The writers are now going to have to be as continuity savvy as the creators of Lost and considering the plot of this episode wasn't planned out ahead of time that may be a tall order. Complaint: the series just became SO intruiging that I HAVE to know how everything plays out. For a series constantly on the verge of cancellation which Joss supposedly has a five-year plan for I don't see this ending well. I expect to get my heart broken and I don't want to have to experience another Twin Peaks. Complaint: This episode should have aired on Fox. It SHOULD air before the second season especially since Mag and Zone are rumored to reappear. It is WAAAYYYY too important to the show's history and canon to be a extra feature on the DVD set. That's it for the complaints. Did I mention this was the best episode ever? *****.
Unaired Pilot: Echo: Even more muddled and incomprehensible than the actual pilot. Although Echo's mission is about a thousand times more interesting here. ***.
Deleted Scenes:
Pilot:
Hospital Room: Ashley Johnson rules! But what's with the scene cutting of mid-sen ***1/2.
Echo At Club: Joss must lurve him some Ashley Johnson. He kept trying to put her in the show in different roles but it wasn't until Omega that her role wasn't scrapped. ****.
Club Cont'd.: Eliza Dushku is SO funny in this scene. ****.
Club Conversation: Okay, but I didn't see the point of this subplot. Maybe that's why it was cut. **1/2.
Adelle And Travis: Kind of creepy. **.
Topher And Saunders: I like this extended scene because it gave us a little more insight into the Echo/ Sierra/ Victor grouping and if taken in whole with the rest of the season made it make perfect sense. This should have been in an episode. ****1/2.
Ghost:
Echo And Crestejo: More bad hostage advice. ***.
Stage Fright:
Rayna And Echo: Terrible (not surprising since the episode was too) but hey, at least everybody's wearing skimpy clothes. *.
Gray Hour:
Sierra Watches Victor: This scene makes it clear that the crush Victor has on Sierra is mutual. It should have been in the episode. ***1/2.
Boyd and Cyril: Too brief to make an impact. **.
True Believer:
Loomis And Paul: This was pretty much covered in the episode. **1/2.
Echo Gets Sisters: Lame. *1/2.
Joyful Cult Dinner: Lamer. *.
Man On The Street:
Street Interview Outtake: A disappointment. The street interviews were the best thing about the episode and these ones are sorely lacking. No wonder they were scrapped. **1/2.
Needs:
Actives Plan Escape: This was awesome and a great way to get inside the active' head. I can see why it was cut (it wasn't really needed) but including it would have made the episode even richer. ****1/2.
Haunted:
Echo At Funeral: Interesting, and if you think about it, a heady concept. ***1/2.
Paul Gathers Evidence: Other than seeing Tahmoh Penikett shirtless there is nothing to this five second scene. **1/2.
A Spy In The House Of Love:
Mellie Gets Dressed: Miracle Laurie is easily the most gorgeous woman on the show (with REAL curves and a REAL body) and I'm kind of annoyed how they always treat her as a dumpy neighbor-next-door. Only in Hollywood. ***1/2.
Victor Gets Dressed: Cute. ***1/2.
Omega:
Alpha Imprinted Echo: This was all right. ***.
Actives Ride Away: November is HOT on a motorcycle! ****.
Actives Handle Paul: Hilarious. LOVED seeing Paul getting punked and Boyd's amused reaction. This should have been in the episode. *****.
Alpha Escapes: Heck, ALL of the scenes involving Sierra and November as Bounty Hunters should have been in the episode. *****.
DVD Menus: Nice looking but nothing special. ****.
Buffy/ Angel "Forever On DVD" Trailer: A HUGE trailer for the releases of the Buffyverse on DVD. Only way it could be better is if it had been longer than thirty seconds. An epic 2 minute trailer could REALLY do the franchise justice. ****.
Wolverine and the X-Men "Hunting Grounds"
This is a first for the series: an episode that didn't live up to the vastly inferior nineties series. Say what you will about the Saban cartoon, their version of Mojo was bizarre, grotesque, and hilarious. Outside of his relatively freaky appearance here THIS Mojo comes off as no tougher than Justice League's Glorious Gordon Godfrey. I also wasn't feeling feeling the Kurt and Wanda sparkage and her admission to him about dropping Wolverine seemed completely unnecessary. ***.
Wolverin and the X-Men "Badlands"
I enjoyed the present day stuff with Wolverine, Kitty and Forge more than the stuff in the future with Professor X and Lorna, excuse me, Polaris. Maybe because I find Logan, Kitty and Forge so amusing or maybe because outside of Professor X and Bishop (and to a lesser extent Domino) I have no vested interest in the characters. But the Wolvie stuff was SO great it made the episode seem greater than it probably actually was. ****.
Iron Man: Armored Adventures "Seeing Red"
I'm with Tony. I was SO mad the Crimson Dynamo had the nerve to go after Iron Man after all the trouble Tony, Rhodey and Pepper went into helping him in the last episode. That annoyed me. Also wasn't too fond of the stand-off between Tony and Rhodey at the end of the episode because Rhodey is completely right about Tony shutting him out but the episode itself gave a rather weak example for Rhodey to rail against. ***.
Iron Man: Armored Adventures "Hide and Seek"
Pretty good but I saw the ending coming a mile away. They better reveal Gene as Mandarin soon because Tony is looking too much like an idiot for trusting him. After Crimson Dynamo, Madame Masque, and Blizzard Tony is looking like quite the sap. Pepper's subplot with the mascots was absolutely adorable though. ***1/2.
Dollhouse: Season One
How can I describe this series? Overrated? Underrated? Sexist? Empowering? It defies easy categorizations and is somewhat of a head-scratcher. Which is almost okay because it comes from Ubergeektastic Joss Whedon who is awesome sauce on an awesome sandwich.
Whedon has the completely frustrating (yet understandable) problem of doing story arcs that start off sucking and improving as they go along. Geeks are used to this idea, but general audiences aren't and unless a show grabs you from the get-go (like Lost) they will have no patience for something like this. Sometimes I think Joss forgets that he isn't catering almost exclusively to fanboys anymore. While the unaired episode Epitaph One was easily the best thing the show has ever done I can safely say that the things it set up will make the show a LOT more unpalatable for general audiences who haven't already become attached to it. It was a little too ambitious for it's own good. It's as if the flashforwards on Lost about the castaways getting off the island had aired halfway through season one. The audience isn't ready for it and feels a little boxed in. I know I feel a little that way myself.
The series stars Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel's Eliza Dushku as Echo, an "active" who is basically a glorified programmable prostitute. It looks like the series is going to be evolving from that next season (BIG TIME) but it's still a pretty heinous message for a network TV show no matter how much Fox tries to downplay that angle. That said, I have heard complaints from critics that Dushku's acting isn't up to snuff and that is bullplop. She's fine, and she does an admirable job of playing a character that the audience for the most part has no way to either root for or relate to.
The series is a departure from most Whedon stuff in that it doesn't have clever (or if you're sour on it, cutesy) dialogue and plays things mostly straight. Which is a shame because the dialogue is one of the biggest things that attracts me to Whedon projects. Yeah, it's a little more believable here, but I don't think that is necessarily a good thing. On the rare occassion the series DOES try to go for humor (see the episode Echoes) it falls flat because most of the cast with few exceptions (like Fran Kranz who plays Topher and Dushku herself) are serious actors and can't play comedy to save their lives.
I'm also not too thrilled with the cast of characters. With the exceptions of Paul Ballard (played by Battlestar Galactica's Tahmoh Penikett) and Boyd Langton (Harry Lennix) most of the characters are detestable at best. That's understandable given the premise of the show but I truly hate Adelle DeWitt (played by Olivia Williams) and Topher is a slimeball no matter how much the writers try to cutsey him up.
All of that said, the show truly improved to the point where by the end of the season it's almost addictive. Almost, but that's more than can be said for the majority of television. This show is a puzzler with a ton of promise but a chip on it's shoulder so huge that I don't know if they'll ever be able to overcome it. Let's hope so. Season Overall: ***.
Ghost: Intruiging. Inconprehensible. Sexy. Off-putting. Those are just some of the words that describe the "pilot" to the show which was actually completely reshot to improve it. I can't say it did that. The premise is both cool and appalling and I felt myself squirming even during scenes that I wasn't supposed to. Not bad but not good either. ***.
The Target: This was a little too gimmicky for my tastes and was SO off-the-wall that it didn't bode well for the series that they were getting this crazy in only the second episode. **1/2.
Stage Fright: One of the worst episodes of any TV show I have seen this year. And yes, I watch Smallville and Heroes. I could not for the life of me figure out what kind of message this episode was attempting to send and it seemed sort of like a REALLY dark episode of Quantum Leap. Terrible. 0.
Gray Hour: A little too early in the series run to have Echo "wiped" during a mission but I still enjoyed it somewhat. ***.
True Believer: Not bad and pretty unpredictable. Dominic (Played by Homicide: Life on the Street's Reed Diamond) is comtemptable and it was a pleasure to root against him. Langton also handled himself quite nicely this episode. ***1/2.
Man On The Street: Pretty dang good but considering they were working with a Joss Whedon script it should have been MUCH better. Patton Oswalt is hilarious as the Bouncy the Rat guy and Sierra getting raped was horrifying especially because Hearn correctly stated that something like this happening was bound to be only a matter of time. Nice twist to have Mellie (the likable Miracle Laurie) turn out to be a Doll. But the sex scene dream sequence at the beginning between Paul and Caroline was so bad it was almost funny. Almost. ****.
Echoes: Olivia Williams, Harry Lennix and Reed Diamond can't play comedy for poop so this episode is a fail. That said, even when Reed Diamond is sucking you still can't take your eyes off him. Also a pleasant surprise to get a closer look at Echo's true identity (Caroline) so early in the show's run. **1/2.
Needs: I'm gonna say right up front that this is a great episode, but I would have enjoyed it more if Fox hadn't misleadingly overhyped this as a turning point in the show. UPN used to pull that garbage with Star Trek: Enterprise so even though the episode was great I still wound up being disppointed by it. ****.
Spy In The House Of Love: Adelle is just ALL manners of icky this episode but I still really enjoyed it. My one regret is that is takes Reed Diamond out of action for now. And Seirra and Echo rock! ****.
Haunted: Interesting idea to have a murder mystery where the detective is the victim and this is the first episode to broach the subject of the Dollhouse having the capabilities of making people immortal. I laughed when Echo's son tried to kiss her and the guest cast was unusually strong. ***1/2.
Briar Rose: Did NOT see Firefly's Alan Tudyk being Alpha coming. At all. Great reveal especially because Alpha was impersonating the guy he replaced as such a paranoid wuss. Great and scary turn. The ending rocked too. ****1/2.
Omega: I was fed up after seeing this originally but after seeing Epitaph One (the TRUE season finale) I can enjoy it for what it is. Amy Acker breaks your heart here and the revelation that she is a doll was a nice twist. I have to say even though I'm glad November is free, Ballard working for the Dollhouse is a giant step backward for the character. I'm also sad that they killed Wendy (played by Teen Titans' Ashley Johnson) off. ****.
Epitaph One: Okay, you are now going to hear me nitpick the best episode of the series thus far. Which is really kind of mean of me but I have completely mixed feelings about it. Good stuff first: First off, Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) = Win, Zach Ward (Titus) = Win and Adaire Tishler (Heroes) = Mega-Win. And Fran Kranz as Topher is surprisingly heartbreaking. I had no idea he was that good of an actor. Complaint: I'm kind of leery about the post-apocalyptic future the series is now headed towards. Don't get me wrong, it's cool and all, but that isn't exactly the series I signed up for. I would have liked to have been eased into this direction a little more gradually. Complaint: I feel the "flashbacks" may have boxed in the series a bit. I know they tried to be ambiguous but I didn't get that impression at all. The writers are now going to have to be as continuity savvy as the creators of Lost and considering the plot of this episode wasn't planned out ahead of time that may be a tall order. Complaint: the series just became SO intruiging that I HAVE to know how everything plays out. For a series constantly on the verge of cancellation which Joss supposedly has a five-year plan for I don't see this ending well. I expect to get my heart broken and I don't want to have to experience another Twin Peaks. Complaint: This episode should have aired on Fox. It SHOULD air before the second season especially since Mag and Zone are rumored to reappear. It is WAAAYYYY too important to the show's history and canon to be a extra feature on the DVD set. That's it for the complaints. Did I mention this was the best episode ever? *****.
Unaired Pilot: Echo: Even more muddled and incomprehensible than the actual pilot. Although Echo's mission is about a thousand times more interesting here. ***.
Deleted Scenes:
Pilot:
Hospital Room: Ashley Johnson rules! But what's with the scene cutting of mid-sen ***1/2.
Echo At Club: Joss must lurve him some Ashley Johnson. He kept trying to put her in the show in different roles but it wasn't until Omega that her role wasn't scrapped. ****.
Club Cont'd.: Eliza Dushku is SO funny in this scene. ****.
Club Conversation: Okay, but I didn't see the point of this subplot. Maybe that's why it was cut. **1/2.
Adelle And Travis: Kind of creepy. **.
Topher And Saunders: I like this extended scene because it gave us a little more insight into the Echo/ Sierra/ Victor grouping and if taken in whole with the rest of the season made it make perfect sense. This should have been in an episode. ****1/2.
Ghost:
Echo And Crestejo: More bad hostage advice. ***.
Stage Fright:
Rayna And Echo: Terrible (not surprising since the episode was too) but hey, at least everybody's wearing skimpy clothes. *.
Gray Hour:
Sierra Watches Victor: This scene makes it clear that the crush Victor has on Sierra is mutual. It should have been in the episode. ***1/2.
Boyd and Cyril: Too brief to make an impact. **.
True Believer:
Loomis And Paul: This was pretty much covered in the episode. **1/2.
Echo Gets Sisters: Lame. *1/2.
Joyful Cult Dinner: Lamer. *.
Man On The Street:
Street Interview Outtake: A disappointment. The street interviews were the best thing about the episode and these ones are sorely lacking. No wonder they were scrapped. **1/2.
Needs:
Actives Plan Escape: This was awesome and a great way to get inside the active' head. I can see why it was cut (it wasn't really needed) but including it would have made the episode even richer. ****1/2.
Haunted:
Echo At Funeral: Interesting, and if you think about it, a heady concept. ***1/2.
Paul Gathers Evidence: Other than seeing Tahmoh Penikett shirtless there is nothing to this five second scene. **1/2.
A Spy In The House Of Love:
Mellie Gets Dressed: Miracle Laurie is easily the most gorgeous woman on the show (with REAL curves and a REAL body) and I'm kind of annoyed how they always treat her as a dumpy neighbor-next-door. Only in Hollywood. ***1/2.
Victor Gets Dressed: Cute. ***1/2.
Omega:
Alpha Imprinted Echo: This was all right. ***.
Actives Ride Away: November is HOT on a motorcycle! ****.
Actives Handle Paul: Hilarious. LOVED seeing Paul getting punked and Boyd's amused reaction. This should have been in the episode. *****.
Alpha Escapes: Heck, ALL of the scenes involving Sierra and November as Bounty Hunters should have been in the episode. *****.
DVD Menus: Nice looking but nothing special. ****.
Buffy/ Angel "Forever On DVD" Trailer: A HUGE trailer for the releases of the Buffyverse on DVD. Only way it could be better is if it had been longer than thirty seconds. An epic 2 minute trailer could REALLY do the franchise justice. ****.
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Date: 2009-08-21 05:55 am (UTC)The choice of actors had me squirm at the beginning but I think Whedon doesn't want to have a predictable pool of actors that he uses exclusively.
I missed the snarky humor, too. I saw Tru Calling on SyFy the other day, and realized how long its been since I saw Eliza Dushku on screen.
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Date: 2009-08-21 11:09 am (UTC)It wasn't aired because Fox (the studio) wanted it to be DVD exclusive. They need their heads examined for that decision. Now that the DVD has come out there is no reason Fox shouldn't air it in the fall.
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Date: 2009-08-22 03:45 am (UTC)Yeah, Matrix, I like that analogy better. I just saw Revolutions on TV the other night, too.
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Date: 2009-08-22 01:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-22 08:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-22 09:09 pm (UTC)I'm not really interested in seeing the webisodes but I think they'd be neat for people who want them. I hear there was something interactive about them so maybe that's why they weren't included.
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Date: 2009-08-23 05:10 am (UTC)I agree about "Badlands", but I don't think the Wolverine plot was deep enough to be that interesting. An okay episode.
"Seeing Red" I loved, mostly because of the stuff with Rhodey at the end. The guy really is Tony's conscience. They sort of redeemed themselves with Crimson Dynamo by having it be one of Stane's men in the armor who actually attacked Iron Man, not the guy Tony reunited with his family.
"Hide and Seek" was pretty predictable, but I did like this interpretation of Ultimo. Plus, I like seeing Gene become more and more powerful.
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Date: 2009-08-23 01:11 pm (UTC)Seeing Red: Wow, I missed that the Crimson Dynamo was a different guy than the one Tony rescued. I wish they had made that clearer. Did Tony find that out?
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Date: 2009-08-25 02:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-25 09:20 am (UTC)