He talks about traditionally heroic things like responsibility and assumes that the weight of it is only on his shoulders but Kem counters that by pointing out that everyone has a responsibility and not everyone can be saved. They reminisce and Seg expresses his willingness to be the one to make the sacrifice. His conversation with Seg when they are separated by the forcefield is a highlight as it celebrates the friendship that has endured far beyond the two seasons that we’ve had so far. Spending so much time developing that side of him makes his sacrifice feel like a natural extension of his established character rather than a left field decision designed to service the plot. His final moments are nothing short of heartbreaking it’s clear that his actions in a prior episode were setting him up as a noble hero who understood the value of sacrifice and was willing to put himself on the line for others. Sadly this is all we’ll get from the triple act as Kem doesn’t make it out of the episode alive. This is really good character development for all concerned and is a credit to the chemistry between the actors. Instead of being three pairings they instantly become a fun triple act without taking away from the one on one friendships that already exist. Adam and Seg also have a really natural dynamic that is fun to watch so there are three distinct friendships within this group. Since they last saw one another Adam and Kem have developed a really fun back and forth that easily extends to include Kem. The Seg and Kem friendship has always felt natural and lived in so it makes sense that they would fall back into their established dynamic easily. Seg seeing Adam and Kem again is brilliantly done as well. In particular Val’s reaction to seeing his Grandson again is really well played as there is so much unchecked joy in Ian McElhinney’s performance. Val and Seg’s reunion is really heartwarming even in the face of an imminent threat. This provides lots of opportunity for the character dynamics to receive a great showcase. Nyssa leads the charge to take the ship and Seg tasks himself with collapsing the mine to trap Doomsday inside and slow him down.
There’s a palpable sense of urgency associated with this as each of the main characters have a job to do in order to secure the survival of as many people as possible. The growing terror once they realise what they’re dealing with and the resulting massacre are really powerful and show how devastating an opponent Doomsday is.įollowing this initial assault the action on Wegthor becomes an extended game of cat and mouse where the survivors have to scramble to take over the ship that delivered Doomsday and escape before he catches up with them. He brutally tears through the assembled troops who throw everything they have at him and achieve nothing. This episode is the biggest showcase of Doomsday as an adversary and it doesn’t disappoint. The distant noises getting closer reinforce the inevitability of Doomsday destroying everything in his path and the POV camera angles let audiences clearly see the fear on Zod’s face.
These techniques also build up the fear factor as often what isn’t seen is scarier. Simple tricks like a high camera angle to show that he’s looking at Zod and a distant noise heard by the characters indicating that he’s nearby go a long way towards giving him presence.
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Full credit has to go to those who worked on him as he looks amazing and those who put the episodes together have done a great job only including him when absolutely necessary. It’s really ambitious to include Doomsday in a show like this as the cost of any appearance he makes must be astronomical.
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