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Post by kuatorises on Nov 12, 2018 19:46:09 GMT
I actually got goosebumps the first time that I saw him, however by the time the show ended I felt like that genuine emotion was wiped out. We know almost nothing about the ghosts, why they tortured the family, and why they suddenly stopped. They stopped haunting the family because Hugh Crain agreed to kill himself and stay at Hill House with his wife and Nell. No, that's why Olivia let her kids go. She was being influenced by the flapper ghost (who killed her kids). Olivia yelled stop and the flapper was like "okay" and just floated away. Why would the house care about Hugh more than the kids? It could have technically had all of them, but settled for Hugh? That's weak.
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Post by marsexplorer on Nov 12, 2018 23:32:02 GMT
They stopped haunting the family because Hugh Crain agreed to kill himself and stay at Hill House with his wife and Nell. No, that's why Olivia let her kids go. She was being influenced by the flapper ghost (who killed her kids). Olivia yelled stop and the flapper was like "okay" and just floated away. Why would the house care about Hugh more than the kids? It could have technically had all of them, but settled for Hugh? That's weak. Hugh was the ultimate prize. The person that the house wanted most. He was the caretaker, the man who could fix everything.
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Post by kuatorises on Nov 13, 2018 15:17:01 GMT
No, that's why Olivia let her kids go. She was being influenced by the flapper ghost (who killed her kids). Olivia yelled stop and the flapper was like "okay" and just floated away. Why would the house care about Hugh more than the kids? It could have technically had all of them, but settled for Hugh? That's weak. Hugh was the ultimate prize. The person that the house wanted most. He was the caretaker, the man who could fix everything. I'll be honest with you, etc. feels like you're making a lot of this up.
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Post by DarkManX on Nov 18, 2018 18:25:06 GMT
Just finished this recently. It sucks. It's essentially one of those crap horror films with jump scares, but set to a ten episode TV show. It's not scary, it's poorly paced, and it's nonsensical.
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Post by rogerthat on Dec 2, 2018 23:45:49 GMT
I just started watching this today and am 4 episodes in and love it so far.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Dec 3, 2018 0:25:11 GMT
There may be a season two. Why ruin a nice little mini-series by milking it to death?
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Post by rogerthat on Dec 3, 2018 23:00:35 GMT
There may be a season two. Why ruin a nice little mini-series by milking it to death? I thought I read that Flanagan said the story of the Crains is over. So hopefully if there is a season 2 it will be about another family.
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Post by Marv on Dec 4, 2018 0:35:09 GMT
I just started watching this today and am 4 episodes in and love it so far. Its really good. Great cinematography.
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Post by Vits on Dec 17, 2018 14:09:16 GMT
I just saw episode 6. In a 90s flashback, the family got out of bed and I noticed that THEO (just like everyone else) wasn't wearing socks. But I thought that she was always feeling cold. Episode 6 is great for the technical achievement, it's like a filmed play, one long scene without cutaways. The cast rehearsed for six weeks just for that episode. It's a powerful moment with all of the cast together. There are cutaways. In fact, the last scene has regular editing. However, an hour-long episode consisting of mostly 10-minute-long takes is still impressive.
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Post by Vits on Dec 17, 2018 15:08:24 GMT
I just saw episode 7. Can ghosts choose what they wear? It felt weird seeing OLIVIA with her sexy dress in a funeral. Also, she's constantly telling HUGH what to do and not do. Just because she's doing it with a supernaturally wise voice, it doesn't make her less naggy.
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Post by Vits on Dec 17, 2018 16:57:31 GMT
I just saw episode 9. On it's own it's not bad, but its placement in the episode order affects the pacing, because episode 8 set up the final showdown and ended on a cliffhanger. Instead of following that up, we get an entire episode about OLIVIA in the past. This should've been episode 8 maybe 7. I don't think that anything that was revealed in this episode was relevant for said showdown. The explanation of why OLIVIA had punched the mirror in a previous episode wasn't satisfying. We already knew she had seen something shocking but, knowing what it was, it didn't feel like a natural reaction. And it's not like she was possessed or anything.
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Post by Vits on Dec 17, 2018 19:10:49 GMT
I just finished it. You know, people debate on whether a 2nd/3rd/4th/etc. adaptation counts as a remake. I like to think that it does based on what should be done with the source material. You see, the 1st adaptation must be as faithful as possible, while the remake must be as much of a re-interpretation as possible. With that in mind, I'm glad that this show told a stand-alone story. It was compelling and well-directed and acted (except for Victoria Pedretti). The 1963 movie was ambiguous on whether the ghosts were real. The show was never ambiguous about that, but it was still a mind fuck. Both plots focused on the psychological aspects of the characters. Before the finale, it seemed like they were taking the same route as the 1999 movie: A battle of good vs evil. They didn't, for which I'm relieved, but the dialogue did start to become as cheesy as in the 1999 movie. Like other users here, I was confused as to why the haunting stopped in that particular moment. The writers' idea was that the sibilings needed to go back and confront their past in order to be happy? If so, I don't see the connection. And why did NELL didn't appear with her neck bent anymore?
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