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re: The Leftovers - Season 3 - early reviews are coming in / Season thread
Posted on 6/5/17 at 7:58 pm to MardiGrasRazorback
Posted on 6/5/17 at 7:58 pm to MardiGrasRazorback
Toma-to. Tomah-to. Kevin had power over death on 4 occasions that we know of. He drank poison and came back to life. He was shot and came back to life. He was drowned twice and came back each time. Immortality in those instances/power over the grave/couldn't die whatever you want to call it. The semantics matter not to me.
He had a supernatural ability that the writers granted him that had repercussions involving much speculation during the series, but in the end, it had very little impact on the outcome of the story and we don't have a clue why they chose to give him that superhuman ability. And if we believe kevin, those powers are believed to be now gone and aren't hinted at why. I just think that is shoddy writing a lot of distraction without much substance. Its disengenuous to hint at so much and then not deliver.
I did enjoy the series but just felt cheated on some points of the ending.
He had a supernatural ability that the writers granted him that had repercussions involving much speculation during the series, but in the end, it had very little impact on the outcome of the story and we don't have a clue why they chose to give him that superhuman ability. And if we believe kevin, those powers are believed to be now gone and aren't hinted at why. I just think that is shoddy writing a lot of distraction without much substance. Its disengenuous to hint at so much and then not deliver.
I did enjoy the series but just felt cheated on some points of the ending.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 9:12 pm to sparkinator
Reza Aslan, consulting producer and religious advisor on the show about the finale:
The Book Of Nora (recap)
quote:
“the entire series has been about what’s real and what is not (Kevin’s sleepwalking adventures, Patty, the hotel, Nora’s journey) and the stories we tell in order to make sense of our experiences as humans (which is in many ways the definition of religion).
And like religion, it is the story, far more than the reality, that matters – and it is up to the individual to decide to accept the story or not. What matters is how the story gives us identity and meaning.
When Kevin meets Nora, he tells her a story that she says is not true but which seems to have given Kevin enormous comfort and clarity.
She in turn tells him a story that he accepts as true because he sees it gives her identity. Isn’t that what faith is all about?”
Reza Aslan
The Book Of Nora (recap)
Posted on 6/6/17 at 7:45 am to sparkinator
quote:He literally blew up his death world with nukes so that he could never go back. That was cleared up in episode 7.
And if we believe kevin, those powers are believed to be now gone and aren't hinted at why.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 9:08 am to sparkinator
quote:Episode 7 was literally entirely about making sure he can't go back and explaining why....he and Patty blew up the world.
And if we believe kevin, those powers are believed to be now gone and aren't hinted at why.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 2:06 pm to sparkinator
quote:
we don't have a clue why they chose to give him that superhuman ability.
we also don't know why the departure occurred. Or who "God" really was, or why he couldn't die as well.
Answering all of these things would make the show full on sci-fi. The point in this show was to be faintly sci fi, but to still feel real.
Much like religion, which this show is clearly playing at, some things you just have to accept without the facts.
Brilliant show.
This post was edited on 6/7/17 at 2:10 pm
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