16

I don't know what I expected

all 17 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

That skinny kid’s dick and pussy monologue was the worst thing I’ve ever seen. The idea that anyone, let alone a woman in her 30s, would find it sexy insults my intelligence. It made me hate sex.

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

If that was in episode 1 I had zoned out by that time. If it was after episode 1 then I ain't watching

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

oh man I hadn't realized you hadn't watched after ep 1

there are multiple girlboss pro-choice monologues in the last few eps that are some of the cringeist moments in prestige tv I've ever seen

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

I mean, you get to see rich people eat shit

But then you have to sit through some high school level Edgar Allan Poe fanfic

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Watched episode 1 and the 1960s stuff was fun but everything else kinda just ruined that

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

I stopped watching Netflix at all after they canceled Altered Carbon because I knew that whatever slop I watched they would just cancel it

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Midnight Mass was so good too.

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Midnight Mass was great until the last episode, felt like that was very much the weak point of it.

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's fair but it's an all-time classic compared to the libshit that was usher

Something just felt off about the whole thing. Flanagan had a style that sorta embraces being a bit corny and long winded, which usually works, but for some reason this show seemed to cross a line. The characters all looked like they were in Halloween costumes, and had the depth of hallmark Christmas movie characters. It was like I was watching a high school play with bizarre high projection value.

Enjoyed bits of it but overall it felt kinda weird.

[-] Pisha@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Flanagan's two previous haunted house series really pissed me off in the end. Hill House started off strong, but by the end you know exactly how the haunting works and it's basically just one ghostly "insane" woman who's the cause of everything despite having no relation with anyone. That's not how character-based horror is supposed to work. Bly Manor was even worse and I turned it off after some interminable monologue by a ghost misogynist about his ghost powers. In both cases, I think the source material played with the idea that you cannot be certain there's anything supernatural going on, so to instead have a clear list of rules about how ghosts work, like we're in some bad anime, really seems like a wrong decision.

[-] roux@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I just pirated it for no reason?

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Idk maybe you'll like it but it seems like most people here do not

[-] roux@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly I don't really have any interest in it. My wife kept asking me to pirate it and I was in a data hoarding/organizing mood this am and finally decided to grab it for her. If anything it kickstarted my tidying up my media server a bit.

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago
[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Noooooooo :( I was hyped, that's my favorite story from Poe

I'll just listen to Jonathan sims narrate it again

this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2024
16 points (100.0% liked)

chapotraphouse

13929 readers
714 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Slop posts go in c/slop. Don't post low-hanging fruit here.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS