Without a doubt, the potential here for something moving, something beautiful and something unique was immense. However, bit by bit, things don't make sense and it starts to come apart and this episode was the turning point where it all goes into the toilet, literally.
If the Gelflings are not able to even injure even one of the Skeksis during a so called "uprising" at the castle, then what they were doing there as guards in the first place? What was their plan? To just go charging into the main chamber and take them all out at once? Wouldn't it make more sense to lour one away and overwhelm him/her and then have a plan for when they send someone to see what happened to the first one? Nope. All we know is that there was an uprising and all the castle guards were drained. Wow, what an epic battle and a heroic effort- yawn.
If the producers had put half as much thought and effort into the storyline making any sense as they did with their little gross-out scenes, maybe they wouldn't have been cancelled.
Give the audience some credit next time. The Skeksis are easily recognized as repugnant by their behavior alone and their philosophy. There is no need to make us watch them urinate on walls to show us they are disgusting. This program is like watching a classic film after some college kids got their hands on it and edited in some scenes from Animal House. Total and complete disrespect of the audience, that's what that is.
Footnote to any competent and caring parents out there, this show is NOT intended for children. No one under the age of 13 or 14 should be permitted to watch this.
If the Gelflings are not able to even injure even one of the Skeksis during a so called "uprising" at the castle, then what they were doing there as guards in the first place? What was their plan? To just go charging into the main chamber and take them all out at once? Wouldn't it make more sense to lour one away and overwhelm him/her and then have a plan for when they send someone to see what happened to the first one? Nope. All we know is that there was an uprising and all the castle guards were drained. Wow, what an epic battle and a heroic effort- yawn.
If the producers had put half as much thought and effort into the storyline making any sense as they did with their little gross-out scenes, maybe they wouldn't have been cancelled.
Give the audience some credit next time. The Skeksis are easily recognized as repugnant by their behavior alone and their philosophy. There is no need to make us watch them urinate on walls to show us they are disgusting. This program is like watching a classic film after some college kids got their hands on it and edited in some scenes from Animal House. Total and complete disrespect of the audience, that's what that is.
Footnote to any competent and caring parents out there, this show is NOT intended for children. No one under the age of 13 or 14 should be permitted to watch this.