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Post by bishop746 on Aug 18, 2011 12:26:18 GMT -5
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misterd
Frightful Fiend
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Post by misterd on Aug 18, 2011 21:21:20 GMT -5
I think its about financial investment.
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Post by jmodlinc on Aug 19, 2011 2:11:42 GMT -5
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Post by francoamerican on Aug 19, 2011 6:50:57 GMT -5
I think its about financial investment. I was about to do a LOL on this one but then again some of my stocks and retirement funds make me want to scream in HORROR!
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Post by Mama Bear on Aug 31, 2011 22:13:49 GMT -5
The title draws me in, but those silly commercials push me away. One of them seems to show that Sqweegel serial killer from that creepy CSI episode. I'll probably give it a try.
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Post by mundays on Oct 6, 2011 15:43:15 GMT -5
Has anybody watched this yet?
I have to admit the hour flew by.
I wasn't sure what I was expecting but I was surprised by how 'horror' american horror story turned out to be. Really weird and sexual and unsettling - put in me in mind of Italian genre fare, right down to the strange jumpy editing but with some 90's style mtv shit thrown in on top. Kind of like if Argento and Fincher both tried to share a short-circuiting telepod, stumbled out the otherside in a bloody contorted mess that insisted on calling itself 'Fargenter', read a copy of the amityville horror and then schlepped off to make a tv show.
I look forward to seeing where it goes from here.
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maarow
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Post by maarow on Oct 7, 2011 3:06:52 GMT -5
Excerpt from Dr. Spookshow's Case Files:
Patient: American Horror Story
Symptoms: -Trite dialogue -Propensity for cliches -Flashy editing -Exaggerated musical cues -Annoying characters -Hammy acting -Overdeveloped desire to "push the envelope"
Diagnosis: EEP (Excessively Effusive Pilot) Syndrome
Prescribed Treatment: -Ritalin (for the editor) -Quaalude (for the camera operator) -Plenty of rest and superior inspirational genre reading materials (for the writers)
Prognosis: Iffy
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Post by jmodlinc on Oct 7, 2011 3:40:23 GMT -5
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Post by Mama Bear on Oct 9, 2011 19:33:22 GMT -5
I enjoyed the premiere. Yeah, it's full of cliches (twin ghosts, really?) but I feel there an interesting story buried under all the gloss, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
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misterd
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Post by misterd on Oct 9, 2011 20:50:42 GMT -5
Definately pretentious and tries a bit too hard, but there is enough there to hold my interest for an episode or three.
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Post by jmodlinc on Oct 10, 2011 0:17:27 GMT -5
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bigmac
Revolting Revenant
You mean the movie lied!?!?!?
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Post by bigmac on Oct 10, 2011 1:51:27 GMT -5
I'll watch a couple more episodes, but not expecting much. As I posted in the What You've Been Watching thread, my problem is if you take away everything add in for shock value (some of the swearing, the masturbation scenes and the fetish suit), you've got a direct to DVD rip off of The Shining, only with a ghost to haunt each member of the family. And it just wasn't that scary, as most of the horror stuff was telegraphed well in advance.
Some interesting ideas or storylines might come out of the pilot, but I don't think this series has enough to sustain it once the shock value wears off.
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maarow
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Post by maarow on Oct 10, 2011 2:35:56 GMT -5
The cursing in American Horror Story really bothered me...not because I'm offended by cursing but because it was just distracting.
My problem is that people who swear this often in real life are bound to occasionally drop an F bomb (or maybe even the dreaded C word...cookie, that is). But because this is basic cable, these characters never will. So if you're going for "realism" with the language (I'll be kind and not mention that they lost any hope for realism once the dialogue came out so atrociously) you're doomed from the start because there are going to be some very conspicuous absences from your characters' vocabulary.
If they aren't going for realism then all that cursing is either desperate or they're just showing off. Seriously, I counted six instances of the word "shit" before the first commercial break (each one more forced than the last). You don't need any cursing to make a point but one well-placed use would have been much more powerful.
In a way that's sort of how I feel about the show overall--somebody decided to substitute "pushing the envelope" for "having interesting things happen." I agree with Mister D's concise statement that it's trying too hard.
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Post by jesuschristfiend13 on Oct 10, 2011 2:54:36 GMT -5
my only problem was the casting of the wife. she looked 30 years older than mr mcdermont.
i felt unnaffected while watching it, then woke up in the middle of the night after the premiere thinking about the cellar dwellar.
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Post by francoamerican on Oct 10, 2011 15:07:04 GMT -5
The cursing in American Horror Story really bothered me...not because I'm offended by cursing but because it was just distracting. My problem is that people who swear this often in real life are bound to occasionally drop an F bomb (or maybe even the dreaded C word...cookie, that is). But because this is basic cable, these characters never will. So if you're going for "realism" with the language (I'll be kind and not mention that they lost any hope for realism once the dialogue came out so atrociously) you're doomed from the start because there are going to be some very conspicuous absences from your characters' vocabulary. If they aren't going for realism then all that cursing is either desperate or they're just showing off. Seriously, I counted six instances of the word "shit" before the first commercial break (each one more forced than the last). You don't need any cursing to make a point but one well-placed use would have been much more powerful. In a way that's sort of how I feel about the show overall--somebody decided to substitute "pushing the envelope" for "having interesting things happen." I agree with Mister D's concise statement that it's trying too hard. Way off here dude. FX has that show Nip/Tuck and there is tons of nudity, similated sex, and profanities in that show and this show is on the same station. Just my 2 cents ...
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