Post apoco / zombie fans: Les Revenants

[TruXta]

IMO. you are the snarky one. I think I made a valid and obvious point in my comparison about this series not being wrapped up at the end of the eight episodes. It all might depend on how popular it is.

As it's already getting rave reviews.

You made a valid point, once anyone got what the point was. Your facepalms and roll-eyes were uncalled for. So stop the bullshit please.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Are you sure you watched the right programme ?

Jean Rollin zombies:



..and just because the Internet says it's about zombies because that's an easy sell, doesn't mean that the programme is about zombies.

Maybe I mean more living dead, like The Living Dead Girl or The Grapes of Death. haven't seen that^ film.

 

[cyprusclean]

You made a valid point, once anyone got what the point was. Your facepalms and roll-eyes were uncalled for. So stop the bullshit please.

Is this what you come here to do?

 

[cyprusclean]

BTW cyprusclean, this wasn't the first comment of yours which I found cryptic to the point of taking the piss and don't get me wrong, so far I find you an interesting poster. I get the feeling you think you sometimes are making yourself more understood than you do.

Does any of that matter? I'm only interested in discussing the show, not me.

 

[Reno]

Does any of that matter? I'm only interested in discussing the show, not me.

It does matter, but enough about you already.

 

[cyprusclean]

It does matter, but enough about you already.

No problem.

Will wait till episode 2, to discuss further.

 

[TruXta]

Is this what you come here to do?

Calling out unwarranted shite? Sure, occasionally.

 

[Firky]

Like a true ignorant Brit I went and started another thread because I searched for htis one in English

What I saw last night I really enjoyed.

 

[Shirl]

He was the old man who burned down his home when his dead wife returns after several decades. He couldn't cope and had a mental breakdown.

I didn't get the several decades bit, in fact I thought she must be his daughter who was a teacher or something I quite often miss the plot even with english dramas, how did you know she was his wife? What clues did I miss?
Sorry, I'll probably be asking questions like this every week

 

[Reno]

I didn't get the several decades bit, in fact I thought she must be his daughter who was a teacher or something I quite often miss the plot even with english dramas, how did you know she was his wife? What clues did I miss?
Sorry, I'll probably be asking questions like this every week

Her photos were up around their house and of course she had not aged while she was dead, so she looked decades younger than him. Also, the series gets into the back story of all the returned (returnees?) as it goes on.

 

[stuff_it]

Really? They Came Back? That's a shite title.

Sounds better in French.

 

[Epona]

Very pleased after my failed attempt to try to understand the original that it has now found its way onto C4 with subtitles!

Am happy to be able to read all the translated dialogue, and to realise that my initial grasp of it in French was not so bad after all, I had got the gist of it (if not some of the finer points) the first time round.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Last night's was okay. I'm still watching if just to see what the fuck is going on.

 

[TruXta]

Fuck, forgot all about it last night (in favour of Sopranos it has to be said).

 

[Greebo]

Loved the bit where a returning boy asked his dad where his mother was, only to be told she'd died three years ago. Then, when the boy asked how come he'd never heard about it, he was told that he died along with his mother.

 

[Reno]

Last night's was okay. I'm still watching if just to see what the fuck is going on.

For me it's not even that, I just find it enjoyable as a piece of "film-making", with good acting, gorgeous cinematography, a real sense of place and a great soundtrack. It's not just where it's going, it's very much about how it gets there and enjoying the ride. It's very rare that you get a fantastical TV series that is character based, rather than the characters being in the service of the plot, which then makes them do increasingly stupid things to get from A to B. The Walking Dead would be a prime example of that approach and poor characterisation is the main thing that puts me off genre TV series.

This series imagines how real people would react to a supernatural event and then the plot develops out of that. It's rare that genre fare feels like a drama for adults. That's why I think comparisons with Let the Right One In are apt, my favourite horror film of the last decade. It too was more reliant on good characterisation, mood and emotional responses that felt truthful, rather than mere plot mechanics.

 

[Sue]

Was talking about this with a French friend the other day. She missed it and wanted to know what it was about.

'It's set in a small town in the Alps,' I said, 'Kind of like where you're from. You should watch it.'

'Why, because it'll remind me of home?' she said.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Just caught up with the first two episodes. Worth the wait, I really enjoyed. Agree with what others have said abiyt the music and cinematography etc. It's so eery esp victors character. Want to know more an about serial killer dude.

 

[stavros]

It was sort of a nice touch putting French subtitles on the first ad break, as I wouldn't normally bother paying any attention to the ads.

It's quite a complex set of storylines, and I'm trying to partially translate in my head at the same time, so my brain hurts a little at the end.

 

[Part 2]

I was too pissed to follow episode 2

 

[hegley]

Loved the bit where a returning boy asked his dad where his mother was, only to be told she'd died three years ago. Then, when the boy asked how come he'd never heard about it, he was told that he died along with his mother.

Brothers, not father/son I think.

 

[Reno]

Yup and Serge isn't a boy.

 

[hegley]

Finding Victor less creepy for some reason - but Pierre ... urghh. And I think I have a crush on a zombie .

 

[stavros]

Not Victor or Léna I hope.

 

[Reno]

Not Victor or Léna I hope.

Léna isn't a 'zombie", her sister is.

 

[stavros]

Léna isn't a 'zombie", her sister is.

Good call; I meant Camille.

 

[Epona]

I am really enjoying the series. hegley - yeah you're spot on, sod the dead people coming back, Pierre is the character that is most creepy!

 

[braindancer]

And Pierre just got creepier! I am loving this series - best thing I've watched in yonks.

 

[hegley]

And Pierre just got creepier! I am loving this series - best thing I've watched in yonks.

Although Thomas is giving him a run for his money now with the cctv!

 

[Divisive Cotton]

this is fucking good drama.

every episode gets darker