A Historian On Salem (TV series)

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  • March 27, 2015 at 4:53 pm #266750
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    Which episode introduces Increase Mather? Episode 1 of Season 1 I assume? I’d like to check that out later today when I get off work at 3pm.

    March 27, 2015 at 5:55 pm #266751
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    Henry: Badass.

    Mike: According to wikipedia and iMDB, episode 7: Our Own Private America.

    March 27, 2015 at 5:59 pm #266752
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    I think Salem has been in the minds of everyone who has written for Witch Hunter in some form or another.

    March 27, 2015 at 6:16 pm #266753
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    Just watched the youtube clip from the link Henry posted. Absolutely spot on for Witch Hunter! I will definitely take a look at this when I get home. Thanks all.

    March 28, 2015 at 1:53 pm #266765
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    Watched the first episode of Salem last night. Pretty darn good, not the best, but definitely worth watching. And pretty spot on for Witch Hunter. I would recommend players watch it, I’m sure you can get some ideas from this series. Plan on watching the rest of the first season,

    March 28, 2015 at 2:53 pm #266766
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    The first episode was by far the weakest, production wise. Shane West’s hair piece still gives me nightmares. You can see the investment the network made as early as episode 2.

    I feel like such a negative nancy about this show. Gripe, gripe, gripe. I’m still finishing up the first season (one to go) and it really isn’t that bad. While every other genre show sits on a monster of the week foundation, Salem builds on the serial drama with supernatural elements. That alone is kind of refreshing. By comparison, it’s actually playing out better than season 2 of Sleepy Hollow, something I wouldn’t have thought possible a year ago.

    But damn, when the rest of your weekly viewing is Walking Dead and Justified, it’s hard not to gripe a little. \";)\"

    Tom

    March 28, 2015 at 3:18 pm #266767
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    Never got into Walking Dead (never been a fan of the whole zombie thing), Justified looks real good but never watched it. My big show this year has been Gotham. Absolutely love that show. Haven’t been this hooked since the reimagined BattleStar Galactica and before that Babylon 5.

    Before I get too far off topic, if you were to peg John Alden as a Witch Hunter what order would he be?

    March 28, 2015 at 4:45 pm #266770
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    Dude, I can’t say enough good things about Justified. It’s just a top notch show.

    Heard good things about Gotham, but I have too many shows already.

    John Alden witch Hunter? Stalker. Easy.

    Increase is more difficult. I’d actually consider the Aestetics for him, given his sense of atonement. But none of the orders are a perfect fit for him.

    March 28, 2015 at 4:49 pm #266771
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    Yeah I figured Alden for Stalker he’s got that ‘tude down. He’s a lot like my character Gunther Precht (German) from the old campaign. Gotham’s good check it out if you can.

    April 27, 2015 at 7:01 pm #267566
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    Ok, now that John Alden has gone full bore Witch Hunter, anyone care to try their hand at a stat block?

    April 27, 2015 at 7:32 pm #267568
    drafit
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    I’ll leave his actual stats to others, but to me, he fits the Apostles of the New Dawn perfectly.

    April 28, 2015 at 11:43 am #267579
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    Interesting. I would have taken him for a Stalker. But I can definitely see him as an Apostle, what with him employing all the Native American talismans and weapons.

    April 28, 2015 at 12:20 pm #267583
    drafit
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    Hello Tom,

    Interesting. I would have taken him for a Stalker. But I can definitely see him as an Apostle, what with him employing all the Native American talismans and weapons.

    Exactly. During season 1 I would have pegged him as a Stalker as well, but his quick adoption of foreign talismans and undergoing rituals, falls under the Apostles of the New Dawn camp.

    Now, obviously that doesn’t mean that a Stalker (or any other WH of a different Order) couldn’t or wouldn’t undergo certain rituals to combat a threat, but Alden’s previous adoption of Indian rites and method of warfare strikes me as more than just a once-in-a-life-time situation.

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