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five episode axe (spoilers)

posted 8 years ago by ryoko8472
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WOW!!!I made it through FIVE EPISODES

1) I have TRIED,SERIOUSLY TRIED to PULL info from the episodes and was able to pull darned few nuggets at best
let's see

1) super volcano erupts virus spread and I might add it seems to be some form of the reaper virus in Blade II i could be wrong though feel free to correct me on that

2) there seems to be two types of vamps one created by this um virus or whatever and another which is like julius called "ancients" I don't buy that they are ancients just vamps turned before this um virus or whatever broke out.

3) this um marine called Axel FOR SOME GODDESS KNOWN REASON was told to guard "this woman" who no one knew anything about but orders are orders right?even at the end of the world right?

4) here is the worst of them when Vanessa is finally awake oh yes i think she somehow remembered her name or maybe they had something that told them her name i probably missed that part but THE WORST OF IT is I never see ANY connection to the van helsing line. I'm sorry I have this crazy idea that either through instincts even if abandoned you would see IN FIVE EPISODES something emerge oh hell even the flawed buffyverse weapon use would have been great.WHERE IS HER CONNECTION TO HER FAMILY/CLAN???!!!

5) now we have the worst out of the way here is the strangest IN MY OPINION.
instead of seeing a connection to her family/clan she is a REVERSE VAMPIRE...
explanation her blood when bitten turns vamps back into humans and her bite can also turn vamps back into humans. what does this mean??simple again it's blade time blade:trinity use her blood to create some sort of super daystar from her blood one that doesn't need the first vampire's blood(thought I forgot about that huh? :P) only in this case instead of destroying turns people back to humans for the ones who are infected by "the virus" or whatever it is.

6) now nothing has been shown that the vamps are even vulnerable to even buffyverse weapons(come on somewhere there has to be something wood to turn into a weapon) but worse than that THEY ARE PUT DOWN BY GUNS!!!!ARs and shotguns to date ARs take a bit more but shotgun POW they go down easy.this is easy CONGRATS CRIMINALS you can now turn things around and be the heroes not to mention the army the marines(represented by Axel) navy airforce the reserves NORMAL NRA PEOPLE come on WE HAVE TONS OF HUMANS(flaw addressed next)

7) FOR SOME ODD REASON THAT IS UNKNOWN AND NOT STATED some humans are IMMUNE otherwise we don't have any cast. HOWEVER before buildings and underground are used(yeah HA!!! thought of that too :P ) eventually they have to come out of their protection which means even if the virus in the air didn't get them the vamps outside would have.

8)once more we have a humanity vs enemy show HOWEVER we already suffer from humanity vs humanity problem. Axel has lost control of THE FACILITY has was supposed to be assigned to originally to protect Vanessa TO A GROUP OF STRANGERS who no one in their right minds should have let in not to mention we have a traitor and a killer within. the new group's solution KILL THEM ALL!!!

[–] blust2 8 years ago

1) super volcano erupts virus spread

Volcano erupted, yes. Virus spread, no.

The show is so clear in that it offered an explanation why Vampire Apocalypse is happening. A massive volcano eruption (Old Faith in Yellow Stone) has blocked UV light from the Sun. Before it happened, there are always vampires living in the shadow of the society. Now without sunlight, vampires can go outside 24 hours and do whatever they want. The number of vampires is multiplying as the the consequence of one single event- volcano eruption.

[–] ryoko8472 8 years ago

then explain the convoluted storytelling??or maybe even the seeming lack of direction. or maybe it is just me???

[–] JJett131313 8 years ago

ryoko, blust2 if correct. it was only due to the ash in the air blocking the UV light that allowed the vamps to overtake the world(?). i enjoy this show but i agree the storyline/writing makes no sense at times. i find it hard to believe that vamps had been among us all these years and ONLY due to the volcano/ash that they were able to decimate humankind. even in THE STRAIN (another horribly written but stupid fun show) the vamps can't come out during the day they've dramatically increased their numbers (with attacks on humans) at night.

[–] pauli_gomez 8 years ago

I think it is cleear, perhaps you were distracted in some parts. I don't blame you if that is the case because the show is not very entertaining.

They even showed the vampires trying to do something to keep the sky darkened because the ashes are beginning to set and days are becoming clearer.

Oh, but you are right in other things. Particularly in the name thing. Vanessa didn't say her name is Van Helsing at all. Which is weird considering that is the name of the show.

[–] ryoko8472 8 years ago

actually I am one of those who is still rockin' the quaint thing called a VCR so no I was not distracted and also I already said even with them out of order me and my friend we are people who LOVE good story shows(by our standards they may not necessarily agree with yours) and even some shows that have no story but great entertainment and we worked to literally PULL any info we could figure out from the show to understand what was going on so maybe i got wrong the virus thing BUT.....explain to me how even with this apocalypse things that can be GUNNED DOWN got to be a problem because well lets see first NOT EVERYONE for SOME REASON which either i missed or was not stated were not affected by the vampire apocalypse and i have to assume that what i had is SOMEWHERE in the usa not necessarily near yellowstone maybe i missed that too??who know it was boring to me and suffered from the BSG complex(more recent one) where the enermy is not just out there BUT WITHIN as well. the vampire apocalypse comes and humans are thinking about HEY who is in charge???DUDES!!!THE ENEMY IS OUT THERE!!!! who bloody cares about the pecking order and the chest thumping besides if i had to choose between Axel and the leader of the dumbasses who should NEVER have been let in then i would choose axel why??is it purely because he is military??nah but that is part of it he seemed the most level headed of all of them that MAYBE because of training or a personal trait not sure which but as i said there just was not enough there to keep me watching

[–] Octavius_Chimera 8 years ago

I'm going to miss your illiterate, non punctuated, non sensical rants Ryoko.

[–] Synetech 8 years ago

It’s because the showed the first two episodes out of order. Having watched what was clearly meant to be episode two first, I too thought that the vampires were created due to a virus or something spewed by the volcano. Then the second episode, which was obviously supposed to be first, made it clear that vampires already existed and the ash cloud from the volcano merely made it possible for them to come out.

This out-of-order airing really messed up the story line (and also set up for disappointment because the virus slant was interesting; the ash-cloud cover was dull and made it look more like Strain).

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