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Defiance could quite easily have reverted to the status quo, or it could have pressed ahead with some totally different mythological tone. Instead, it's respected its first season plot developments, while working to improve what it can and drive the story forward in the best possible fashion."
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The following list labels some of these stereotypes and provides examples. Some character archetypes , the more universal foundations of fictional characters, are also listed. Some characters that were first introduced as fully fleshed-out characters become subsequently used as stock characters in other works (e.g., the Ebenezer Scrooge ...
Defiance received an approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes of 61% based on 18 reviews for the first season, [49] 100% based on 8 reviews for season 2, [50] and 75% based on 8 reviews for season 3. [51] The first season of Defiance was rated "mixed or average" by Metacritic, with a 57% rating according to 17 reviews. [52]
Antiphrasis is the rhetorical device of saying the opposite of what is actually meant in such a way that it is obvious what the true intention is. [1] Some authors treat and use antiphrasis just as irony, euphemism or litotes. [2] When the antiphrasal use is very common, the word can become an auto-antonym, [3] having opposite meanings ...
Rowan Kaiser of The A.V. Club gave a B rating to the episode saying that the episode is not great "but it is a great example of how a science fiction show can take advantage of its setting in order to produce an entirely normal episode." Kaiser also states that the main story of the episode with Nolan and Pottinger, gives the show the ...
The episode ends with Datak taking his place on town's council, and Nolan realizing that Stahma is the more dangerous of the two. The last scene contains an allusion to the character of Madame Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities: as Stahma sits knitting outside the door to the council chamber, Nolan comments "I had my eye on the wrong snake. You ...
A television show isn't just about its grand, overall story. It's about how it builds its world, develops its characters, and structures its episodic stories. Defiance is doing well enough at that, especially early in a science fiction drama's run, so I'm willing to forgive brief dalliances with shitty mythology." [3]