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spiderbraidsBesides the yoooge nitpick of smartypants Flora and Musa doing pretty well in Shadowhaunt (when in an earlier episode, it was shown their powers would not work here), and no one getting their powers drained (which was quite a problem in said earlier episode), a few more edits.
But first, one from an earlier episode. 2x17, Mirta and the Winx are in Zara's class.
Unedited: The Winx protest to Zara against the class they've been "set up" for, after finding out from Mirta that this class is part of dark magic class.
Edited: The Winx are arguing with each other after being tricked into spelling themselves.
I said it before, and I'll say it again. Dub Zara is being REALLY DUMB for tricking the Winx into falling out with each other.
Now, over to the current episode. Tecna deals with monsters with her Charmix alone (the others want to conserve their Charmix to fight LD, at least in the original), and de-Charmixes.
Unedited: After the Specs catch up with Tecna, both Tecna and Timmy say they're going to track the others. Helia says there's no need, and points a paper crane, which flies off for the Specs to follow.
Edited: Helia now comments on Tecna and Timmy saying the same thing at the same time, and the shot of the flying paper crane is cut out.
Heeeere's Concorda! And remember those jewels?
Unedited: According to the Elders, FG told them to make back-ups of the Codex pieces, and they're the jewelry they're holding right now. Layla sees the puzzle and considers which of the other remaining fairies could solve the puzzle. "Maybe I should get Tecna and her computer, or maybe Musa, she's good at puzzles, or Flora..." As she's considering, Stella says, "Are these colors off or what?" and rearranges the pieces. ""It's just that the colors were clashing, so I moved them around a little bit and..." It turns out to be the solution to the puzzle: Athena: "It's a complex color spectrum analysis problem. No one's ever solved it so fast before." Stel: "See? Fashion sense is a vital skill after all! :)"
Edited: The jewels are referred to as ancient artifacts. Layla sees the puzzle, and Stella brings up a field trip to a museum, and there's something about a civilization that communicated with colors. She rearranges the pieces into the solution: "Stella is quite fluent in hue..." "Maybe Palladium should reconsider my grade :)"
The only part that makes 100% sense in either version is, yes, Stella loves fashion, so she should know what colors go with what. But when I read about this for the edited version, it felt like an asspull to me, because the whole discussion about the field trip just came up out of nowhere. Now, I'm betting someone will say something about how the original version is even more of an asspull, since Stella essentially just stumbled on the solution. (And I would agree, but at least they don't pretend that Stella knows what's she's doing...)
And I'm still of the opinion that the target audience wouldn't have remembered the jewels from WAAAAAAY back, without the flashback in 2x20.
Speaking of flashbacks...
Unedited: There is a brief flashback to last season's finale during the Realix scene.
Edited: There ISN'T. Doesn't that kinda defeat the point of the scene?
Last edit of the season!
Unedited: The last shot of the season is Bloom and Sky running in front of Timmy's camera as it goes off.
Edited: This goes on with Blinky hovering in front of the camera, and then Mirta and Lucy being dragged in front of the camera.
But first, one from an earlier episode. 2x17, Mirta and the Winx are in Zara's class.
Unedited: The Winx protest to Zara against the class they've been "set up" for, after finding out from Mirta that this class is part of dark magic class.
Edited: The Winx are arguing with each other after being tricked into spelling themselves.
I said it before, and I'll say it again. Dub Zara is being REALLY DUMB for tricking the Winx into falling out with each other.
Now, over to the current episode. Tecna deals with monsters with her Charmix alone (the others want to conserve their Charmix to fight LD, at least in the original), and de-Charmixes.
Unedited: After the Specs catch up with Tecna, both Tecna and Timmy say they're going to track the others. Helia says there's no need, and points a paper crane, which flies off for the Specs to follow.
Edited: Helia now comments on Tecna and Timmy saying the same thing at the same time, and the shot of the flying paper crane is cut out.
Heeeere's Concorda! And remember those jewels?
Unedited: According to the Elders, FG told them to make back-ups of the Codex pieces, and they're the jewelry they're holding right now. Layla sees the puzzle and considers which of the other remaining fairies could solve the puzzle. "Maybe I should get Tecna and her computer, or maybe Musa, she's good at puzzles, or Flora..." As she's considering, Stella says, "Are these colors off or what?" and rearranges the pieces. ""It's just that the colors were clashing, so I moved them around a little bit and..." It turns out to be the solution to the puzzle: Athena: "It's a complex color spectrum analysis problem. No one's ever solved it so fast before." Stel: "See? Fashion sense is a vital skill after all! :)"
Edited: The jewels are referred to as ancient artifacts. Layla sees the puzzle, and Stella brings up a field trip to a museum, and there's something about a civilization that communicated with colors. She rearranges the pieces into the solution: "Stella is quite fluent in hue..." "Maybe Palladium should reconsider my grade :)"
The only part that makes 100% sense in either version is, yes, Stella loves fashion, so she should know what colors go with what. But when I read about this for the edited version, it felt like an asspull to me, because the whole discussion about the field trip just came up out of nowhere. Now, I'm betting someone will say something about how the original version is even more of an asspull, since Stella essentially just stumbled on the solution. (And I would agree, but at least they don't pretend that Stella knows what's she's doing...)
And I'm still of the opinion that the target audience wouldn't have remembered the jewels from WAAAAAAY back, without the flashback in 2x20.
Speaking of flashbacks...
Unedited: There is a brief flashback to last season's finale during the Realix scene.
Edited: There ISN'T. Doesn't that kinda defeat the point of the scene?
Last edit of the season!
Unedited: The last shot of the season is Bloom and Sky running in front of Timmy's camera as it goes off.
Edited: This goes on with Blinky hovering in front of the camera, and then Mirta and Lucy being dragged in front of the camera.
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Date: 2006-10-12 06:24 am (UTC)No, she's being a witch. Welcome to Chaos 101. We love it.
Eh, same thing. You need the fairies' help, so why would you be a witch and make them fall out with each other? It may be good entertainment, but it certainly ain't good strategy.
Heck, between the catfight spell and pairing her off with Stella instead of Layla, Musa may have some conspiracy theory going against the witches. I can imagine her saying, "I tell you, witches always look out for their own kind. They'd sooner DIE than look out for us."
And I'm still wondering why the student witches don't get sent on this mission to atone their earlier failure. (Same deal with Livy... if the non-bonded elders can come, why not the one whose big mistake [leading Icy to their village] is causing this to begin with?)
On your bitching about Stella's knowledge: Oh, come on. An entire YEAR goes by in these season. Do you really expect them to talk about EVERY class and EVERY trip? Don't be stupid. I love Stella actually appliyng knowledge. It's way better than her fracking around.
You got a point, but still, couldn't they have come up with a more relevant precedence to Stella solving the puzzle than Stella knows her fashion? Like, Stella likes to do color puzzles. (BTW, this applies to my version too. Between this, and Gargantua falling on top of Amentia, I'm thinking that this endgame could be called "The Endgame of Lucky Breaks".)
And I noticed your thoughts on Cassandra being mean like just about every other stepmom. Me? If Cassy were genuinely in love with Radius, it'd probably get kind of boring. There's a reason stepmoms are evil: They spice things up.
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Date: 2006-10-12 02:15 pm (UTC)Cliche is cliche and evil stepmother is as cliche as you get. It sucks and reeks of lazy writing. Total lack of creativity. To "spice things up" all we need is Chimera. If she was the primary nasty force while her mother was sweet and meek, it would have been much better and more creative. Plus, then Stella would have to contend with her father and Cassandra getting married and Chimera being her step. Now it's likely there will be no marriage, as those two will probably never turn good again and redeem themselves. *sigh* It's so fucking trite. For someone who's so damn nitpicky, you sure don't care enough about weak writing.
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Date: 2006-10-12 03:21 pm (UTC)Yes, but...
Did the CT staff even know there was a threat?
No.
However, in my version, the fairies were sent over to help CT protect its Codex bit. Apparently, you don't have that over there. Hmm...
Cliche is cliche and evil stepmother is as cliche as you get. It sucks and reeks of lazy writing. Total lack of creativity.
Frank says more or less the same thing in his review, complaining about how Winx doesn't dare to be different about Cassy.
Come to think of it, you don't see nice stepmothers in animation. Okay, there's Kira Finster on Rugrats, but that's it. (And even her debut episode played on the idea of evil steppies.)
I'd ask why you were expecting something completely different for Cassy (besides for the sake of creativity), but considering that
But the point is, you'd make a good story editor for Winx. I can see you butting heads with the writer wanting to make Cassy evil, while you want to make Cassy nice. "It's different and creative, so why don't we run with it?" I can imagine the answer would be, "It's easier to write this plot if Cassy is evil like Chimera." Which just proves your point. The writers seem to want to take the easy way out. And by doing so, Winx is for once (once?) being a lemming (http://www.airchexx.com/markets/chicago/vidchexx-dont-be-a-lemming-tv-spot-for-wxrt-chicago).
They better write the heck out of this cliche to make up for it.
* In her ep review, Mela complained about Stella's monster being fat, and I made a good point of how, since Stella's so appearance-conscious, it would be a BIG blow to her ego to be fat, and I wondered why she never replied... I guess turnabout is fair play?