Twin Peaks season 2 is my go-to answer for this one, and I frequently advise friends to consider whether they want to potentially damage their esteem for the awesome first season by delving into the rushed, imperfect second. Unfortunately, answers to a few of the mysteries from the 1st season are only revealed during the 2nd, but I usually try to recommend folks just read spoilers online.
Second season Twin Peaks is one of those media, like ALL of the Dune books past the first, that I wish I could just take back seeing/having read.
The entire film just needs a massive rewrite, paced out in 5 Acts that correspond to his normal life, meeting abin sur(while hector meets his corpse) and having a small climax around the middle of the film after Hal beats Hector. Only at that point should the other GL's show up, having sensed a [strike]disturbance in the force[/strike] a clash of yellow and green energy.
Act 1: Before the Story
We open with a scene with a young Hal, Carrol and Hector. Its the fateful day of his fathers death, Hal is riding on his shoulders, right arm pointing to the sky, fist clenched to look as similar as possible to his later posture while flying. He jumps off his dads shoulders to go stand near Carrol, all while hector is near enough to be in the social circle, but physical farther apart from the pair. There should be a shot of him staring at her or something to indicate interest. Right before the plane crashes he tries to walk closer to her but then, well, the plane crashes. Hal runs out and Carrols runs after him, protective. Hector, yet again, has been screwed by fate out of getting the girl, since she likes Hal better anyway.
We get a shot of Hals grief, Carrol wanting to comfort him before her father takes her away and Hector being rushed off by his dads security personnel. This sets up their early connection and emotional palette. Hector froze instead of trying to stop some kid from running into a burning airplane. Could set the scene up so that Hal runs past Hector to set it up more.
Act 2: Setting up the rest of the story
Time skip happens, we see lost, restless Hal going about his job as a Test Pilot. Cut out the whining and him being an arrogant prick is fine for a pilot.
The Abin Sur fight against parallax is enough screen time to demonstrate "angry energy being of fear. Way too much time is wasted on this stupid cloud thing.
The Hector Hammond stuff with Wallard was fine, just gotta cut out the corny classroom segment where he realizes his powers and put that telekinesis into him talking to his dad. Break a coffee mug or something. I'd also play it a little more sympathetically, that he was this put upon nerd who nobody really liked all that much and that everyone kept trying to change, but then he got pushed over the edge by the essence of Parralax
Acr 3: Mini Climax
When Hector actually tries to kill his dad at the party, replace the ******* hotwheels ramps with more simple energy shapes, maybe a single ramp to toss the thing into the air, where Hal then catches it (with, tbh, probably a baseball mit, since at this point all he should have figured out on his own is how to make a giant hand and basic shapes). Hector runs off, nobody but Hal realizing that energy was used (being suprised that he could sense it, wearing his ring and all) and curses about wondering where that guy went (Slight Dues Ex Machine / Introduction of ring Tracking Feature [how do you think they locate anything in space?]) and chases him down after Hector gets to the science fascility. Fight scene ensues, Hal Wins, hector gets knocked out.
Then Sinestro and his team of Kilo*** and some other well known GL's show up with him after senseing the clash.
Act 4: Realization of a Greater Purpose
At this point, Hal gets taken to OA, guided tour is fine, a little bit of exposition about who the guardians are (roughly "they made the rings and are in charge" should suffice) when we get to the training sequence Hal should both learn how to do more than fists and nondescript energy shapes and score a cheap shot off on Sinestro during a sparring match, (Using, perhaps, something silly from earth that sinestro would have no experience with) making the fight infinite-1 in sinestro's favor instead of instead of a total route. At that point, Sinestro's generally unflappable demeanor needs a flash of anger or something, that he quickly hides. During the Act 4 on OA, We should finally see a full parallax in action,
Meanwhile on Earth, Hector is also realizing his greater purpose as a [strike]herald of galaxis[/strike] I mean, uhh, Parallax's goon? That part doesn't make much sense to me really. Is Parralax a homeopaths wet dream? Why does a tiny bit of him give you super powers? Anyway, while he's busy being drugged and hooked up to a slew of medical machines, Hector finds he can hear Parralax and vice versa. Quick mind rape later, Parralax is ready to take revenge on the Legacy of Abin Sur, confidant he can take on all comers.
Act 5: True Awakening of the Hero
Stopping back on Earth tell Carrol he'll be gone for awhile, learns of parralax coming because a Freed Hector taunts him and tries to kick Hals ass with his buffed up Yellow energy powers, stomped from Hal's actual trained GL abilities.
Returning to OA to gather the troops, they then confront Parralax and take it out, partially do to novel thinking from Hal that pisses Sinestro off more. During the fight there should be actually wounds and energy blasts from parralax instead of that bull***** fear drain tractor beam. One of the wounded being Sinestro, who Hal saves (hell, keep the whole, "get it into the sun" thing, but instead of Hal being caught in the gravity well, its him and sinestro. Him being saved, again, pisses him off more and his wound, both physical and emotional, grows.
The after credit sequence now makes sense and instead of a yellow ring being made, you see sinestro's chest wound glowing with yellow energy and he uses his GL ring to absorb it all, thinking it will make him stronger, but in the end only corrupting him.
I actually think Falling Skies belongs here. It started off as a show I liked and enjoyed. Then around the end of season two and into season three, the show started to deviate into more aliens further away from the main characters. At the current story points, we had the weird alien hybrid child arc storyline and I'm not sure that was a positive for the show in season four. I've been only skeptical since mid season three and have only been watching it go downhill, IMO.
Second season Twin Peaks is one of those media, like ALL of the Dune books past the first, that I wish I could just take back seeing/having read.
"Personally I love high-riak, low-reqars gambles. Life's best with a decent amount of riak. And f*** reqars."
The entire film just needs a massive rewrite, paced out in 5 Acts that correspond to his normal life, meeting abin sur(while hector meets his corpse) and having a small climax around the middle of the film after Hal beats Hector. Only at that point should the other GL's show up, having sensed a [strike]disturbance in the force[/strike] a clash of yellow and green energy.
Act 1: Before the Story
We open with a scene with a young Hal, Carrol and Hector. Its the fateful day of his fathers death, Hal is riding on his shoulders, right arm pointing to the sky, fist clenched to look as similar as possible to his later posture while flying. He jumps off his dads shoulders to go stand near Carrol, all while hector is near enough to be in the social circle, but physical farther apart from the pair. There should be a shot of him staring at her or something to indicate interest. Right before the plane crashes he tries to walk closer to her but then, well, the plane crashes. Hal runs out and Carrols runs after him, protective. Hector, yet again, has been screwed by fate out of getting the girl, since she likes Hal better anyway.
We get a shot of Hals grief, Carrol wanting to comfort him before her father takes her away and Hector being rushed off by his dads security personnel. This sets up their early connection and emotional palette. Hector froze instead of trying to stop some kid from running into a burning airplane. Could set the scene up so that Hal runs past Hector to set it up more.
Act 2: Setting up the rest of the story
Time skip happens, we see lost, restless Hal going about his job as a Test Pilot. Cut out the whining and him being an arrogant prick is fine for a pilot.
The Abin Sur fight against parallax is enough screen time to demonstrate "angry energy being of fear. Way too much time is wasted on this stupid cloud thing.
The Hector Hammond stuff with Wallard was fine, just gotta cut out the corny classroom segment where he realizes his powers and put that telekinesis into him talking to his dad. Break a coffee mug or something. I'd also play it a little more sympathetically, that he was this put upon nerd who nobody really liked all that much and that everyone kept trying to change, but then he got pushed over the edge by the essence of Parralax
Acr 3: Mini Climax
When Hector actually tries to kill his dad at the party, replace the ******* hotwheels ramps with more simple energy shapes, maybe a single ramp to toss the thing into the air, where Hal then catches it (with, tbh, probably a baseball mit, since at this point all he should have figured out on his own is how to make a giant hand and basic shapes). Hector runs off, nobody but Hal realizing that energy was used (being suprised that he could sense it, wearing his ring and all) and curses about wondering where that guy went (Slight Dues Ex Machine / Introduction of ring Tracking Feature [how do you think they locate anything in space?]) and chases him down after Hector gets to the science fascility. Fight scene ensues, Hal Wins, hector gets knocked out.
Then Sinestro and his team of Kilo*** and some other well known GL's show up with him after senseing the clash.
Act 4: Realization of a Greater Purpose
At this point, Hal gets taken to OA, guided tour is fine, a little bit of exposition about who the guardians are (roughly "they made the rings and are in charge" should suffice) when we get to the training sequence Hal should both learn how to do more than fists and nondescript energy shapes and score a cheap shot off on Sinestro during a sparring match, (Using, perhaps, something silly from earth that sinestro would have no experience with) making the fight infinite-1 in sinestro's favor instead of instead of a total route. At that point, Sinestro's generally unflappable demeanor needs a flash of anger or something, that he quickly hides. During the Act 4 on OA, We should finally see a full parallax in action,
Meanwhile on Earth, Hector is also realizing his greater purpose as a [strike]herald of galaxis[/strike] I mean, uhh, Parallax's goon? That part doesn't make much sense to me really. Is Parralax a homeopaths wet dream? Why does a tiny bit of him give you super powers? Anyway, while he's busy being drugged and hooked up to a slew of medical machines, Hector finds he can hear Parralax and vice versa. Quick mind rape later, Parralax is ready to take revenge on the Legacy of Abin Sur, confidant he can take on all comers.
Act 5: True Awakening of the Hero
Stopping back on Earth tell Carrol he'll be gone for awhile, learns of parralax coming because a Freed Hector taunts him and tries to kick Hals ass with his buffed up Yellow energy powers, stomped from Hal's actual trained GL abilities.
Returning to OA to gather the troops, they then confront Parralax and take it out, partially do to novel thinking from Hal that pisses Sinestro off more. During the fight there should be actually wounds and energy blasts from parralax instead of that bull***** fear drain tractor beam. One of the wounded being Sinestro, who Hal saves (hell, keep the whole, "get it into the sun" thing, but instead of Hal being caught in the gravity well, its him and sinestro. Him being saved, again, pisses him off more and his wound, both physical and emotional, grows.
The after credit sequence now makes sense and instead of a yellow ring being made, you see sinestro's chest wound glowing with yellow energy and he uses his GL ring to absorb it all, thinking it will make him stronger, but in the end only corrupting him.
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