So… it occurs to me that I never commented on the Wizards special Alex vs. Alex. (On here at least.)
On the whole, I very much liked it. I really enjoy the world “Wizards” has created far and apart from my girl Selena being the star of the franchise.
I think the biggest weakness in this special was our bad guy. He was kind of lame, to be honest. Why did he need to create Evil Alex when he still needed good Alex to cast the spell? Don’t get me wrong, Evil Alex was hot as Hell but he could have captured the family himself. And then he’s defeated when Mason pushed him off the tower? Really? That was just stupid. It would have been a lot stronger if Evil Alex turned on him at the beginning, trapping him in the bracelet so that they could have him and Mason work together to free Good Alex and stop Evil Alex.
That said, I loved the way they did the back and forth between New York and Italy. It was great to see more of the Russo family, including the new wizards in training. They did a great job continuing the storyline in a way that made sense. And of course having two Alex’s meant twice the Selena. I’ve no complaints about that. 😉 I did miss Justin, although it was kind of nice to see Alex save the world (from herself xD) all on her own.
In particular, I thought the fight scene between both Alexs in the Jumbotron was spectacular. Of course, the idea of having a physical fight with ones self is kind of silly. They’re the same person, they’re going to be equally matched. But when you throw in the magic effects it was very well done. And damn, Alex has some moves!
I was a little surprised that Alex willingly gave up her powers to save the world. Although in retrospect, I shouldn’t be. She’s done it before and as “selfish” as they want to make her out to be, Alex has always had a big heart and she cares about other people. Even if she did almost destroy the world everything she’s saved it. Except for Wizards vs. Asteroids. That one wasn’t her fault (…I’m pretty sure).
I do wonder though, was there no undo spell for the split? I mean, Good Alex did reference “getting back together” and that seems like the natural solution – to recombine herself. And I guess that did eventually happen, but not how I expected it too. I’m glad her powers were restored though. I was actually worried they wouldn’t be – not that I expect another chapter later on. I think we’re really done now.
One final thought, I really did like how they stepped up the special effects. The flashes in and out looked so cool, and they did a lot of them. More than they really needed and I have to applaud that.
As always, you can click any photo above if you wanna see the rest of these screencaps in the gallery.
Does anyone know why Justin (David) wasn’t in the movie?
I seriously expected this to be a movie and was disappointed that it was a special with a laugh track. I also saw a lot of plot holes and felt like a quite few things could have been written better.
She looked really hot in black leather(?). I wish she’d be the bad girl a bit more often =D
I was pleased that there was no Justin. I always thought Justin was too full of himself. Plus it meant more Selena.
Tiki B: there are 2 stories. He told a reporter that he had moved on and was not interested in going back. As the air date approached his people were saying it was a scheduling conflict. Dealer’s choice.
Wassup Greg? I don’t have cable, so I never got a chance to see this special. Do you know of anywhere online I can see the whole thing? (Good quality video of course)