Daedalus

Bottom line this is a perfect way to make up for the first episode that was the weaker of the two. It's interesting and suspense is in every huge event. Here the only issue is that I think it's lacking in humor in parts. That is the setback that this episode has received. However this is no matter for me. I watched it and I liked how Lykos changed. Although I have to say I really hate how the story is told from two different sides. It keeps on switching from Hero to Lykos and to Queen Medea. I just feel confused at this point and I really don't know whether to laugh or cry. This is the last resort. I wish they would stop switching so much because it gets to be pretty annoying after a while. All in all it was a brilliant story and I am pleased to be able to say that I don't regret watching this wonderful episode full of conflict, mystery, drama, and suspense.

The episode Daedalus is much more intense than the first. I was waiting for this for such a long time. This episode is like so much more interesting than the other ones. The first big difference is the intriguing introduction of Daedalus the inventor. However the only parts I don't like is how Olympus borrows heavily from other movies of the same genre such as the Game of Thrones. I only can't quite get my head around that strange blue and white colored ghost that they used in this episode. At first it was exciting but as soon as I saw the whole thing disappear as if it had been time warped then I felt there was a problem with the whole scene. Besides that the episode was fun to watch and a big improvement from the first boring one. Daedalus is everything that one expects to find in the typical eccentric inventor. He often seems to be living in his own world of flying machines and more of course.

Where to start? First of all I liked the episode. It was awesome and it's nice to see Lykos transform from this scared looking wimpy boy into this tough man. A tough young man already making big decisions for the general of his father's Athenian army. Due to his higher rank in King Aegeus's kingdom Queen Medea who is the boy's mother can no longer control him. In the end however I have a feeling that Hero's character could've been more developed. One of the biggest things I criticize in Olympus and in particular this episode of Olympus is the whole ghost that looked like it was being time-warped or something. On the one hand it was the best thing ever because of the blue and white colored thing rose up looking like it was all in mist. Above all this episode is a better sequel to the first episode than I thought it was gonna be. The introduction was full of action, violence, and revenge. Very powerful and irresistible to watch and in harmony with my tastes.

What I don't like for sure is that the first half of the episode relies solely on Daedalus the inventor, but he doesn't seem very important. I mean the title of the episode itself is misleading because it's called Daedalus. So the episode is really supposed to be about him, and not anything else. However I'm getting the impression that maybe the episode is about Queen Medea more or King Aegeus in this scenario. One of the other big dilemmas that I have with this film is that I just feel like the pacing is too slow. For god's sake we are living in the twenty first and TV shows need to have a quicker pacing. If not then the audience is totally going to fall asleep and I don't even blame them. Now just for the record I am by no means suggesting that Olympus is a bad TV show. I am merely saying that it's flawed in parts. Now I love the sound effects such as the anger of the gods, and the camera angles and visual effects.

There is a lot more to Olympus than meets the eye. Above all Daedalus is an episode that like all others focuses on building on top of the previous one. I like the use of sound in this episode such as in the introduction. This is something that I believe Olympus has always done really well with, and that's the reason why I give the filmmakers the biggest support for making this finely entertaining episode. The music in the beginning after the opening scene is very mysterious and creates a mood that very much feels like fate on the inside. On the downside I feel that the introduction is a little too long, and the escape is so obvious too. I mean if the enemy is smart enough in the TV show he would've seen it from far away. I just don't buy some of the scenes like this because they just seem too gullible for me to believe whatsoever. Apart from that the episode has a lot of positive sides to it and I would still watch it. Despite everything the episode has spectacular promising qualities.