'The Originals' premiere: The Mikaelsons' bloody arrival in New Orleans, Marcel's secret weapon, an ending you won't see coming, and 7 more spoilers from 'Always and Forever'
1. If you're worried that you are four seasons behind and need to play catch up before watching "The Originals," we can assure you that you won't be lost if you have yet to see a single episode of "The Vampire Diaries" (wait, you people actually exist?). There is heavy exposition in the opening scene to introduce the Mikaelsons and their history for new viewers. Fear not, "Vampire Diaries" virgins, you'll be all caught up in just a few short, bloody minutes.
2. For those fans who can't get enough of Elijah, this is an episode you'll want to watch over and over and over again. And for "TVD"/"The Originals" newbies, get ready to meet your new favorite character -- a vampire who can remain polite and full of old-school manners and sophistication, even after massacring a whole crew of men.
3. Since the episode was completely re-shot to tell Elijah's story of how and why he returns to New Orleans, we get a better look at just how different he is from his younger brother Klaus when it comes to handling situations. Whereas Klaus just uses violence and murder to get what he wants no matter the consequences, Elijah works the crowd, and tries to find a compromise through negotiation. It's much more strategic and clever, and yields much better results.
4. For "TVD"/"The Originals" newbies, though you can start watching the premiere with no prior knowledge of the universe, we do recommend watching the backdoor pilot that aired as a "Vampire Diaries" episode in April. "The Originals" premiere skips over a few key scenes of that episode to allow for other, important, new scenes to take place.
5. These new scenes include a longer, more in depth look at what Klaus had to go through after his first kill as a vampire back in the day, a.k.a. when he awakened his werewolf side and his father learned Klaus wasn't his child. Hello, Sebastian Roche! We've missed you (RIP Mikael Mikaelson).
Source: Full Article @ Zap2it
1. If you're worried that you are four seasons behind and need to play catch up before watching "The Originals," we can assure you that you won't be lost if you have yet to see a single episode of "The Vampire Diaries" (wait, you people actually exist?). There is heavy exposition in the opening scene to introduce the Mikaelsons and their history for new viewers. Fear not, "Vampire Diaries" virgins, you'll be all caught up in just a few short, bloody minutes.
2. For those fans who can't get enough of Elijah, this is an episode you'll want to watch over and over and over again. And for "TVD"/"The Originals" newbies, get ready to meet your new favorite character -- a vampire who can remain polite and full of old-school manners and sophistication, even after massacring a whole crew of men.
3. Since the episode was completely re-shot to tell Elijah's story of how and why he returns to New Orleans, we get a better look at just how different he is from his younger brother Klaus when it comes to handling situations. Whereas Klaus just uses violence and murder to get what he wants no matter the consequences, Elijah works the crowd, and tries to find a compromise through negotiation. It's much more strategic and clever, and yields much better results.
4. For "TVD"/"The Originals" newbies, though you can start watching the premiere with no prior knowledge of the universe, we do recommend watching the backdoor pilot that aired as a "Vampire Diaries" episode in April. "The Originals" premiere skips over a few key scenes of that episode to allow for other, important, new scenes to take place.
5. These new scenes include a longer, more in depth look at what Klaus had to go through after his first kill as a vampire back in the day, a.k.a. when he awakened his werewolf side and his father learned Klaus wasn't his child. Hello, Sebastian Roche! We've missed you (RIP Mikael Mikaelson).
Source: Full Article @ Zap2it
- I'm glad to read that the premiere won't be a prohibitive viewing experience for those who don't follow TVD.
ReplyDelete- Elijah + polite, sophisticated massacre = good times
- It's a bummer that, once again, Camille has little screen time. Ditto for Rebekah but that was expected.
- There are very few people who would be willing to complain about all the added Elijah time.
- I'm about as interested in the Originals flashback stuff as I am the TVD flashback stuff, a.k.a. not much at all.
- Marcel must be using his "secret weapon" under some kind of duress because I can't imagine why a witch would want to oppress an entire community of her fellow witches.
- Damn, that's a helluva lot of hype for that ending. It's hard to live up to that kind of hyperbole.
So we're supposed to think the backdoor pilot isn't canon? I don't like this idea of re-shooting the pilot, why not starting with a new episode then? This might only get viewers confused. And I'm upset they will apparently cut off Klaus and Camille's beautifu scene from this version of the pilot. IMO that was the best scene of the episode.
ReplyDeleteAll the stuff in the backdoor pilot still happened. Episode 1 is just an alternate view of events from Elijah's perspective.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I think I get it now. But the article still made it look like te backdor pilot isn't that important, or maybe I got a wrong impression from it.
ReplyDeleteI tend to find the flashbacks ok, but never really that bothered (compared to some fans), but I'm really looking forward to seeing Klaus as he makes his first kill, you get to see how he started down this road, and for me that is going to be pretty cool, plus Mikael...
ReplyDeleteI find them to be informative and mildly interesting but rarely anything more than that.
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