Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I think The Haunting of Hill House was possibly a little more scary but nothing OTT. I'd definitely recommend it.
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Reno
The In Kraut
It's the first season of what is an anthology show about haunted houses. They take a literary classic of the horror genre, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James for this second season and then they only keep the character's names from the books and make up a different story.
T & P
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I was just going to post an update on my previous post about this series. I am really liking this, just as I liked Hill House. But they are quite different beasts genre-wise.
Hill House is almost purely a horror vehicle, and at times a bloody efficient one at that. This is much more of a supernatural mystery. It’s not, and it’s not meant to be, a scary horror story. Something folks who liked Hill House should bear in mind if they’re expecting the same here.
We’re just two episodes from the end, and throughly enjoying it. It’s very good storytelling.
If you don’t like proper horror Hunted Hill might freak you out on a few occasions by the way, though not that often.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I like both jump-scare type things and spooky atmospheric slow-burners, so imagine that I will enjoy Bly Manor as much as I enjoyed Hill House (at least up until the last episode) - seen the first episode and it's not deviated too far from the original as yet, but am of course expecting it to do so. Enjoying it so far. Will continue later this evening.
wiskey
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Thanks for the info.
I really like the radio adaptations of The Turn of the Screw, read the story a long time ago, and clicked fairly early that this was treading its own path.
Think I'll polish it off this evening.
Amelie Smith (Peppa Pig girl) is really well cast and both she and Benjamin Ainsworth hold their own amongst the adults. I really like T'nia Miller too since I saw her in that post apocalyptic thing on the BBC.
I really like the radio adaptations of The Turn of the Screw, read the story a long time ago, and clicked fairly early that this was treading its own path.
Think I'll polish it off this evening.
Amelie Smith (Peppa Pig girl) is really well cast and both she and Benjamin Ainsworth hold their own amongst the adults. I really like T'nia Miller too since I saw her in that post apocalyptic thing on the BBC.
T & P
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Unlike Hill House, I am hoping that because there are (imo at least) fewer mind-boggling events left to explain away at the business end of this series, and because it's not meant to be a properly scary horror (and therefore there's no pressure on the last episode to deliver a most-horrifying-yet finale), the ending of this will be more satisfying.
Rosemary Jest
Wrong and Unstable
Just watched the first episode of Bly Manor and it's great. Really scary in an old school way, subtle horror and creepy, you have to keep your eye on the background.
Hill House was great too and this is in the same vein pretty much.
Hill House was great too and this is in the same vein pretty much.
wiskey
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Finished Bly Manor, really enjoyed it.
I liked the ending whereas I can see it might be a bit vanilla to others. I really took to Jamie's character and was pleased to see her being more central to the storyline. I didn't really have any issues with the whole wedding thing, I clocked that it was supposed to be Flora and I liked that the guests looked different enough from the younger versions to imply they were just resembling people Jamie used to know.
Mostly though I liked the nod to the wedding storyteller from the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
Mostly though I liked the nod to the wedding storyteller from the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
T & P
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Oooh... I was just checking the ‘Coming this week’ section and watched the trailer for The Trial of the Chicago 7.
I hadn’t even heard of it before but it looks promising as fuck, which a good, solid cast and very positive reviews so far. Reminder set
I hadn’t even heard of it before but it looks promising as fuck, which a good, solid cast and very positive reviews so far. Reminder set
the trial of the chicago 7 - Google Search
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Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
Godammit, just how many of them are there?Oooh... I was just checking the ‘Coming this week’ section and watched the trailer for The Trial of the Chicago 7.
I hadn’t even heard of it before but it looks promising as fuck, which a good, solid cast and very positive reviews so far. Reminder set
the trial of the chicago 7 - Google Search
www.google.com
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Here is my Netflix recommendation. Don't watch "Kill me 3 Times", it's well shit.
Probably a half decent film in there somewhere, but it looks like it is mostly fucked up in the edit. Tedious, amateur editing, same shite library song keeps playing over and over. pacing all completely off.
Probably a half decent film in there somewhere, but it looks like it is mostly fucked up in the edit. Tedious, amateur editing, same shite library song keeps playing over and over. pacing all completely off.
T & P
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If it turns out to be good I don’t care. There have been plenty of films remade/ stories retold in cinema over the years whereby the latest remake was as worthy as its predecessors.
The only exception for me is when the original film was an undisputed classic. The people for instance who decided the world needed a remake of Pyscho, and the producers/ backers/ studio that made that happen, are obviously worse than Hitler. However I don’t think any of the existing films on the Chicago trial you referenced above are in the all-time-great-films-it-would-be-heresy-to-remake category. In fact, admittedly I haven’t seen any of them but at least two of them look a bit shite as far as one can judge a film by its poster
Reno
The In Kraut
That was Gus Van Sant's idea and while the film was an experiment that didn't work, I don't think he is worse than Hitler.
Sweet FA
✪ Three rounds Lord, in my .44 ✪
I meant in the trial - 7, 8, 10?If it turns out to be good I don’t care. There have been plenty of films remade/ stories retold in cinema over the years whereby the latest remake was as worthy as its predecessors.
The only exception for me is when the original film was an undisputed classic. The people for instance who decided the world needed a remake of Pyscho, and the producers/ backers/ studio that made that happen, are obviously worse than Hitler. However I don’t think any of the existing films on the Chicago trial you referenced above are in the all-time-great-films-it-would-be-heresy-to-remake category. In fact, admittedly I haven’t seen any of them but at least two of them look a bit shite as far as one can judge a film by its poster
T & P
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Oh I see... I was actually wondering about the discrepancies..,
T & P
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Glad to hear that as I know next to nothing about it.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Wife wanted to see 'Emily in Paris', number three in the UK, she heard it was funny.
First of all, it's not funny.
Secondly, I'm slightly confused.
I get the feeling we are supposed to be rooting for Emily and being annoyed by the strange and 'rude' ways of the French. Except Emily is so utterly obnoxious in almost every way and the reaction of the French is probably how I would react or distance myself from her.
I wonder if it is a show about her learning not to be an annoying American, or more likely, she teaches the French about how her 'peppy' American ways are great and somehow endearing. I'm actually kind of curious.
First of all, it's not funny.
Secondly, I'm slightly confused.
I get the feeling we are supposed to be rooting for Emily and being annoyed by the strange and 'rude' ways of the French. Except Emily is so utterly obnoxious in almost every way and the reaction of the French is probably how I would react or distance myself from her.
I wonder if it is a show about her learning not to be an annoying American, or more likely, she teaches the French about how her 'peppy' American ways are great and somehow endearing. I'm actually kind of curious.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
I’ll second that one. I just finished re-watching it, having seen it when it first came out. Enjoyed it just as much this time, it’s gripping in a grim-fascination kind of way.
In case anyone hasn’t seen it, I’ll put further comments below behind a spoiler tag and also just summarise it’s a documentary about a wrongfully convicted American man who, upon his release after 18 years in prison sues the county for $36m, then quickly finds himself in trouble with the law again.
Even allowing for the fact the film-makers‘ sympathies clearly lie with the defendants, and there‘s a risk we are being shown just one side of the story, it seems impossible not to see that Steven Avery was framed by police, desperate to secure a conviction to deal with the embarrassment of his lawsuit. Bad as that is, the truly scary thing is how the justice system seems unable to right the wrongs inflicted on Avery and Brendan Dassey. It was mind boggling to hear that even a presidential pardon would not be enough to release them, as they were convicted by a state court, rather than a federal one.
The lasting impression I had, was that plenty of people involved in the case knew full well what they were doing was unjust, but they did it anyway. Like Saul said, frightening.
The lasting impression I had, was that plenty of people involved in the case knew full well what they were doing was unjust, but they did it anyway. Like Saul said, frightening.
I've loved Turn of the Screw for a long time, and thought Bly Manor was an excellent perspective on it. We finished it last night and properly enjoyed it.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Second part of the new series of Unsolved Mysteries is released on Monday next week.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Just watched Slaughterhouse Rulz.
Shite.
Then watched Master of None season 2 episode 6
Dev is not really in it beyond a 30 second set up at the beginning and it follows three short stories of random New Yorkers who 'sort of' cross paths. Magnificent, could have watched a whole film based on this set up.
Shite.
Then watched Master of None season 2 episode 6
Dev is not really in it beyond a 30 second set up at the beginning and it follows three short stories of random New Yorkers who 'sort of' cross paths. Magnificent, could have watched a whole film based on this set up.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
We’re on Ep2, will give one more Ep a go, & if it still hasn’t grabbed us, consigned to the bin it goes.
T & P
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If you’re expecting chills or a tense thriller you’ll be deeply disappointed. It’s basically a well acted, slow burning drama with good character development that happens to have a supernatural theme to the premise. If you also like that kind of genre you should enjoy it. But completely different to Hill House genre-wise.
kittyP
Pluviophile
As much as one can form an opinion from watching just the first episode, I thoroughly recommend The Haunting of Bly Manor. Certainly to those who liked The Haunting of Hill House- which in fact this is a follow up of. Very promising so far
It is not so much a follow up of THOHH but more a kind of different version based on The Turn of The Screw but with very similar feel and look to THOHH and some of the same actors.
I really liked it
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