DR. BELCH
03-09-2002, 03:24 PM
Was anyone else thinking of one of the Simpsons Halloween specials while watching this one?
The first story was actually the least impressive. It's an old tale in which a warrior meets two mythic beasts, one that lies and one that tells the truth, and uses logic to counfound and defeat it. Only here both the beasts were lying, and Jack was made to look like a fool at the end ("So is this where I get my wish?" he grins, looking over a "room" full of old geeezers.) Plus that worm's voices made my skin crawl.
The second one was much better, but very disturbing with the cannibalism aspect. It also answers that warrior's code query someone asked here a while back--Jack strikes both the woman and the hag, but only in self-defense, and only realizes what they are when the gypsy girl's face falls off. Jack, watching the display of doglike savagery in the end, looks positively ready to vomit.
In the third installment, did anyone else think the gargoyle looked a lot like the stone monster Jack fought in an earlier ep, who was the trapped soul of a Viking? Here Jack also looks a bit of a dupe--he acts without thinking in putting his hand through hte force field, then kills the gargoyle who is the only one who knows the incantation to release the wish fairy. Again, really disturbing as the beast smiles when his arms are cut off and his body falls to pieces. But Jack redeems himself by showing an amazing willingness to sacrifice his own happiness for hers with those last few words. Though if in Jack's position I'd have wished her to be lifesize and indebted to me as my companion--she was adorable. This shows how selfless I am not. ;)
The first story was actually the least impressive. It's an old tale in which a warrior meets two mythic beasts, one that lies and one that tells the truth, and uses logic to counfound and defeat it. Only here both the beasts were lying, and Jack was made to look like a fool at the end ("So is this where I get my wish?" he grins, looking over a "room" full of old geeezers.) Plus that worm's voices made my skin crawl.
The second one was much better, but very disturbing with the cannibalism aspect. It also answers that warrior's code query someone asked here a while back--Jack strikes both the woman and the hag, but only in self-defense, and only realizes what they are when the gypsy girl's face falls off. Jack, watching the display of doglike savagery in the end, looks positively ready to vomit.
In the third installment, did anyone else think the gargoyle looked a lot like the stone monster Jack fought in an earlier ep, who was the trapped soul of a Viking? Here Jack also looks a bit of a dupe--he acts without thinking in putting his hand through hte force field, then kills the gargoyle who is the only one who knows the incantation to release the wish fairy. Again, really disturbing as the beast smiles when his arms are cut off and his body falls to pieces. But Jack redeems himself by showing an amazing willingness to sacrifice his own happiness for hers with those last few words. Though if in Jack's position I'd have wished her to be lifesize and indebted to me as my companion--she was adorable. This shows how selfless I am not. ;)