Highlander - 2x2 “Studies in Light” Full Reaction
Added 2022-10-28 15:38:08 +0000 UTC
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This episode reminded me of the way that death is presented in Tolkien as the "gift of men", where mortality and free will are linked. Unlike immortal beings like elves, whose fates were tied to that of the physical world, men were motivated by the fear of death to create destinies for themselves and shape and change their lives for the better.
ArsTropica
2022-10-29 19:38:15 +0000 UTCI just love the ending scene between Duncan and Linda. Great reaction to a great episode. I too love the themes they touched on and played with: the interconnected contrast of light/shadow, love/loss and hope/despair. When you were talking about these relationships being meaningful to Duncan even if they are fleeting it remined be of Vison in the age of Ultron: Vision "there is grace in their failings"/Ultron: "they are doomed!"/Vision "Yes...but a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts. It is a privilege to be among them." Gregor was a little annoying at first (by intention) but he ended up being an engaging character study. The saying "hurt people hurt others" is so true. You got the suicide by immortal before they got there! JH Wyman who played Gregor is much better known for producing/directing and writing now then acting. Probably most famously on the tv show Fringe (being a producer, with writing credits on 28 episodes, and directing 2), and as the creator of the new show Debris. It's so interesting how careers in Hollywood go sometimes. Gregor's flashback to being a doctor was really important in making me care about his struggle now, I liked his lines where he's pleading/asking Duncan how can he go on: "I can't -- I can't do this anymore. Anything I do, they all die. How do you do it? How do you go through the years? All your friends..." It seemed clear Gregor wasn't a real psychopath early on because he kept screaming how little he felt/cared way too much. Kind of remined me of Faith in Buffy that way. Being a sensitive immortal doctor would be a hard thing to do. Trying to cure people is a good thing, but it would mean spending your life around death, loss and pain along with the starting over every few decades with new relationships. I can see the Mia Goth resemblance in Linda. Pairing Gregor feeling lost/shutting down because of too much loss/pain with the Linda/Duncan story was a great thematic contrast. We got to see just how much a "fleeting" relationship meant to both Linda and Duncan and also how much Linda's dying still affected Duncan.
Shashank
2022-10-28 19:44:21 +0000 UTC
