Continuum (2012 tv show)
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Napoleonthechimp
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I don't see the point at this stage. We could always retitle this thread.
tearsofash
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I can't believe this show is almost over. It feels like they opened a whole can of worms this season. Too much going on, and not a lot of time to resolve any of it...
killer rin
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It is a shame that this is the last season. I remember reading that the creators had planned for the full story to run 6-7 seasons, but like with all TV we will never get to see its completion.
Mike Works
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I attended a panel at the Vancouver International Film Festival today that was moderated by the showrunner of Continuum and featured three former staff writers from the show. I've never actually seen Continuum, but they all seemed like bright and cool people.
PHOENIXZERO
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One episode left, there's going to be a lot of shit crammed into the last 40 minutes.
6. The series finale will air this coming Friday.
Thanks. I'll try to find time to watch them quickly. I remember it did end in a cliffhanger.
PHOENIXZERO
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Well, that was bitter sweet.
I am trying to piece the ending together.
Kiera goes forward in time, but not 2077, as the future Alec explained how he was only able to get her close to the time of when she left. So the woman that was with her son Sam is Kiera, but during that timeline? If so, she'd be better off staying in present time....
Yup, she got screwed. Sent back to a timeline where she can't interact with her family and all the people she knew from the past are either dead or well on their way to dying. Wouldn't be surprised if she went on a murdering rampage, starting with old Alec, right after the fade to credits.
Seasoned Badger
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Actually, Kiera have plenty of options. She can kill New 2077 Kiera and assume her identity or have Alec use the timeball and send her back to 2015 or anything else since they have a time machine and Alec's wealth at their disposal. The only person that got screwed was Alec's son, Jason. He got wiped out of existence and Kiera didn't even give his note to Alec when she was back at 2077.
killer rin
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Man, poor Kiera. We knew this was going to happen, but man did she really get screwed. Yeah, she built a better world, but she doesn't get to interact with her family, and her friends from the past have all died of old age by now. I do like how Kellogg was sent back to the stone age though, that was hilarious.
I do wonder how they would have continued this if they were able to do the original length that the writers wanted of 6-8 seasons. I bet they would have had her begging Alec so that she could go back to the past and help them build the future she essentially threw her life away to build... you know, now knowing that she will never be able to get what she wants no matter how hard she tries. And maybe after awhile she would have decided to start a relationship with Carlos like they've hinted at.
That said, the ending is bittersweet, and although the show wont be continued any longer, at least they were able to bring it around to a decent ending; and thats alot more than you can say for most shows which are cancelled early.
I do wonder how they would have continued this if they were able to do the original length that the writers wanted of 6-8 seasons. I bet they would have had her begging Alec so that she could go back to the past and help them build the future she essentially threw her life away to build... you know, now knowing that she will never be able to get what she wants no matter how hard she tries. And maybe after awhile she would have decided to start a relationship with Carlos like they've hinted at.
That said, the ending is bittersweet, and although the show wont be continued any longer, at least they were able to bring it around to a decent ending; and thats alot more than you can say for most shows which are cancelled early.
Napoleonthechimp
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I guess the traveller was one of those story threads they snipped due to lack of time (ironic).
I don't think it works like that.
I don't think it works like that.
The future soldiers didn't disappear when Kellogg went through, and nor did the machine. It seems like anything from the point where the timeline separates remains intact, no matter how paradoxical.
Napoleonthechimp
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dp
PHOENIXZERO
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I was waiting for a reveal on the traveler to end up being an older version of her son.
SolidSnakeUS
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Honestly, outside of the horrible CG part (you guys know what I'm talking about), the ending was fine.
I'm glad it wasn't a wishy-washy clean ending, in the sense that even though she fixed her future (sort of), she cannot have a life with her kid. Bittersweet. Also, anyone else notice the guys head being blown off by the mech guy? Goddamn this last season was violent.
Future Jesus.
Napoleonthechimp
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A future time traveller who got stranded in the past when his time ceased to exist due to interference. He travelled further back to create a long-lasting group of followers to ensure the past (and by extension: the future) remains protected. In the end he just seemed to tap Alex on the head and make him have a chat with his future self so he'd know time travel is possible and create the device (that ironically would cause the timeline to fuck up and fix itself). What you saw at the end was him returning to his time.
I assumed his extended storyline was cut due to the cancellation.
That was a great finale, I'm really going to miss the show too and I'm glad almost everything worked out. Kiera even got a better ending than she deserved. Her plan was fucked from the beginning and that was the best case scenario for her.
Oh yeah and LOL fuck Kellog.
I'm almost glad they didn't elaborate on that plotline. The whole freelancer thing was already confusing as hell and they managed to wrap it up without making it even more complicated.
Oh yeah and LOL fuck Kellog.
I'm almost glad they didn't elaborate on that plotline. The whole freelancer thing was already confusing as hell and they managed to wrap it up without making it even more complicated.
PHOENIXZERO
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Kellogg is going to be responsible for advancing early human civilization isn't he?
Corleth the Fey
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He died achieving what he wanted. To change the corporate controlled future to a better one.
Just watched the finale. That ending had me rolling.
So what's the behind-the-scenes reason for Emily just leaving? Did her actress get another gig?
Do we know what the original plan was?
For two season. TWO SEASONS this chick has been selfishly wanting to go home without actually thinking about what traveling to the future meant at that point. HOW did she not realize being with her son was impossible? Like, I'm dumbfounded by her stupidity there. Frankly, I'm glad she got her bittersweet ending because at least she'll realize how selfish she was. I don't think I've seen such a dumb character since Carrie in Homeland.
Having said that, I feel sorry for Garza. My girl stayed in the past (ironically, she's the only one who seems to have thought this through) with people she's not all that friendly with and all of her friends died. Her? She got one or two shots in the final battle. She could've done so much more.
I was satisfied with Travis' death. He went out like a G. I'm gonna miss this show.
Having said that, I feel sorry for Garza. My girl stayed in the past (ironically, she's the only one who seems to have thought this through) with people she's not all that friendly with and all of her friends died. Her? She got one or two shots in the final battle. She could've done so much more.
I was satisfied with Travis' death. He went out like a G. I'm gonna miss this show.
So what's the behind-the-scenes reason for Emily just leaving? Did her actress get another gig?
Do we know what the original plan was?
PHOENIXZERO
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Yeah that or well she was dumb with that.
killer rin
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I'd have to find the interview article again, but pretty much all it said was they had originally planned the show as a 6-7 seasons and that this season was suppose to be all about Kiera's development to prepare for future plot points.
So going off of that I'm thinking it would have been her possibly coming to peace with the fact that she wouldn't see her son again and I'd assume that the plan to bring the soldiers to the past would have been successful (to give us an antagonist). Then the next two seasons would have been all about the Time Traveler putting things back to normal. So then the reason we got what we got was because they had to rewrite the ending to at least give it some sort of closure, which makes sense given how rushed it seemed in those last two episodes as they hastily tried to tie up ends.
excelsiorlef
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Correct and that's really how it has to work. I mean if it didn't the whole thing would be a loop: Time travellers go back in time to change the past, they succeed which means they never got sent back which means the timeline never changed which means they do get sent back, they suceed which means they never get sent back and so on and so on. Kellogg's grandmother's death in I think season one was a great way to establish the rules.
... No, I had totally forgot about that :O
Seems like all the S4 eps are there as well, thanks!
Mighty Chin
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This show rested solely on Rachel Nichols Kiera. She can sell sadness so good. My heart really broke for her during the entire series especially at the end.
My favourite part of the season has to be Travis and Carlos fight. Brutal.
I'm gonna miss this show.
My favourite part of the season has to be Travis and Carlos fight. Brutal.
I'm gonna miss this show.
I started watching this show two weeks ago. I just finished episode 6 of season 2, and there's one thing I don't get about it:
Kiera finally reveals her identity to Carlos. Of course, he doesn't believe her, so.. why the hell doesn't she activate her invisibility? Why doesn't she show him the holographic interface of her suit? Why doesn't she show him her gun? Anything?
In the end, he finally sees her gun and starts to believe her. But the scene at the PD earlier didn't make a lick of sense. Or am I missing something? I mean, she did have her suit with her, right? In an earlier episode, she unveiled that she's always wearing it below her everyday clothes.
In the end, he finally sees her gun and starts to believe her. But the scene at the PD earlier didn't make a lick of sense. Or am I missing something? I mean, she did have her suit with her, right? In an earlier episode, she unveiled that she's always wearing it below her everyday clothes.
So many situations could have went completely differently if Kiera would just use her goddamn invisibility. But she doesn't. This is so dumb.
S03E05:
S03E05:
She enters the TV station while cloaked, knocks out the first guard she encounters, and makes herself visible again before proceeding. Why? Why??
Napoleonthechimp
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Asking those kind of questions of this show is a futile endeavour. It is best to accept the stupidity and move on.
PHOENIXZERO
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The last season is on Netflix now, at least on the US side, if people somehow didn't know already.
Oh, the fourth season is already the last one? I was under the impression more seasons were planned. Well, I guess I'm gonna wrap this up by the end of next week. Thirteen episodes to go.
Season 4, episode 2.
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Kiera is still planning on returning home? I must be missing something. Her future doesn't exists anymore, doesn't it? The future in the current timeline is the post-apocalyptic wasteland Brad comes from, not the corporate-controlled dystopia she's from. Sure, after all they've changed in the current timeline, a similar future could happen, but surely the chance that it's exactly the same future as hers is impossibly low?
Does her future still exist in a different timeline? Which one? The original timeline has collapsed, and even if it hadn't, there's no Alec Sadler in that one.
Does her future still exist in a different timeline? Which one? The original timeline has collapsed, and even if it hadn't, there's no Alec Sadler in that one.
edit: Episode 4
Alec wonders whether his path is "fixed, unchangeable" and wants to meet Jason's mother. Why? I don't get it. They have already changed things. He knows that he's already walking a different path than Future Alec. He could still theoretically become a corporate overlord, but at this points it's seriously unlikely.
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Is the Traveler supposed to be Jesus? Oh come on.
There were like 6 seasons planned or so IIRC, but I guess ratings got in the way
At least we got an ending.
Regarding your comments on S4,
yeah, some characters did a few steps back in development in order to have some closure fit in those 6 eps (it's especially obvious with Kiera, who had actually seen her timeline collapse and had made peace with the fact her future didn't exist anymore). Your questions are pondered in the show itself though, and actually answered.
And I think it's fair of Alec to question that, since him becoming a tech corporate genius asshole did happen in 2 different timelines at least (and he saw one happen).
And I think it's fair of Alec to question that, since him becoming a tech corporate genius asshole did happen in 2 different timelines at least (and he saw one happen).
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Maybe,
or well, TimeJesus anyway, his backstory was clearly aborted due to shortened season/series length
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