a question about the tree girl (spoiler)
the one that is part of the 3 guards of the chariot, how many times does she have to die, and who killed her the second time?
I haven't read the book but the way I understand it, she's basically just killed by bad luck. It seems she's completely connected to the substance she's combined with so even when her body suffered immense trauma (being decapitated, forehead impaled by Leila's knife) she can still recover cause the tree she had connected with was still alive. When the lightning hits the tree it splits her head in half through the knife and the tree dies from the lightning. That's why she's finally dead.
I suppose you could say Leila helped in killing her but it really was just bad luck on her part. The weather killed her.
You're going to die screaming and I'm going to watch. Am I telling the truth?
thanks. I wish they made that clear in the movie. It came off very bad in the film. It seemed like random re-incarnation and real-death whenever it fit into the plot. (reference Michael Myers)
It didn't really bother me that much though I totally understand what you mean. They don't give you an overabundance of information and you're left to explain lots of details like this to yourself. To me, that's just part of the fun!
Just remember that my interpretation is just that, my interpretation. I'm guessing the books have the real answer.
You're going to die screaming and I'm going to watch. Am I telling the truth?
I'm not a nitpicker usually with movies and I'll give a lot a leeway for fantasy science fiction, but when completely ignoring basic laws of nature without at least some explanation bugs me. I mean even with werewolfs (you must use silver) or vampires (stake in heart) as ridiculous as those rules seem they are at least rules. You stick to them and I'm happy. As I already stated with the 'halloween' series, Michael Myers just keeps coming back no matter what until an hour and a half, and then they get to kill him at least until the next sequel. This bugs me. Good movies don't have to do this. they can work within the rules.
I don't think you're nitpicking and I agree with you completely.
Michael Myers is a good example of breaking the rules that the movie has set up. He's not supposed to be supernatural, just a remorseless killer who might be stronger and tougher than your average Joe but that's it. If he suffocates, loses enough blood or breaks his neck he should die.
In the case of Caroline (tree girl) in Bloodlust I don't feel annoyed since there's something supernatural about her and she could be tough to kill because of her power, which we really don't know that much about.
You're going to die screaming and I'm going to watch. Am I telling the truth?
and the irony is, I though the first halloween movie (and the rob zombie remake) were really good too... Right up to the "hey! that can't happen!" moment. that's what makes movies like 'silence of the lambs' so good. You don't break the laws you set up. Shoot even love zombie movies have rules as ridiculous as the premise is; so long as they follow the rules they set up. Even 'the matrix' world was fine, but then again, they made the rules such that they left themselves nowhere to go with the plot. I mean really what is the point of the fight scenes with two combatants that can't hurt each other no matter what?
good talking.
I think the rules with Caroline are bended a bit since she is a Barbaroi- they evolved so much and mixed so much between themselves that they are indeed hard to kill. I think this is why killing her the first time did not work- D could not have foreseen what she has got up her sleeve. If you look at Benge- he looked invincible and got killed in quite a silly way, Carline was the opposite.