apaskevi-1's reviews

Reading through some of the posts on here always depresses me. Why can't people just enjoy the mystery? Here's a secret that should be obvious to everyone but for some reason appears not to be: Answers to the questions who, what, where, when, why, how will **never** be satisfying in a show like this. This is fiction. The most satisfying and amazing answer will be supernatural and illogical because the characters are experiencing something supernatural and illogical.

One of my favorite scenes in season 1 is when someone asks "What if we didn't survive the accident?" because that's not only a logical question given their circumstances, it's also a possible explanation for the viewer to understand what's happening. Can you imagine the disappointment you'd feel if they were all just dead? Exactly: Every explanation for their circumstances will feel disappointing because there is no explanation for what's happening to them that will feel rooted in reality.

I think we all know that "Lost" attempted to answer those questions and people still haven't forgiven it. Other shows like The Leftovers and Twin Peaks (to a certain extent), are celebrated, in part, because they maintained an enigma throughout. Whatever explanation we got was either through the perspective of the main characters or so convoluted and bizarre that no one even remembers it. I mean, The Leftovers theme song was literally "Let The Mystery Be." "From's" theme song is literally "Whatever will be, will be." This should tell you something about what to expect.

This show is as good as it gets for psychological horror. The characters have common sense. Their actions are grounded in reality and are relatable, even if their environment is not. They are trying to figure out where they are and how to escape. The rules of the town are established and followed, and the monsters remain frightening (perhaps even more, now that we know that they are trying to inflict psychological damage on at least one of the residents).

I hope people quit expecting mind bending answers, but please at least quit the pseudo-intellectual BS in reviews of this show (looking at you, dude who watched for 15 minutes, then typed out a 10,000 word essay for an episode you did not finish, for a show you do not like). Just let the mystery be. Que sera, sera.

Let me preface this by saying I have never read the book. I've never seen any other versions or adaptations of The Stand. The only thing I knew about it going in was that it is a Stephen King thing, so probably involved some supernatural elements, and that it involved a society ending plague. I didn't seek this show out-It automatically started for me after I finished the latest season of Evil on Paramount+ (which I had saved to watch around Halloween in 2022). I really didn't have any desire to watch it because a year or so ago, I remember looking at reviews and deciding against it. Now that I've just finished the series, I really feel the bad reviews are unfair and do a disservice to people who are unfamiliar with the story. I enjoyed the show so much that it's caused me to buy the book and start reading it. It will actually be the first full Stephen King book I've ever read.

It seems like almost everyone here giving this negative reviews came to the show with some preconceived ideas of how the story should be told. A lot of negative reviews guessed that if you didn't know the story beforehand, a bunch of things wouldn't make sense. A bunch of people just didn't like the timing of it coming out a few months into our own pandemic, which is fair enough, though clearly this was in development long before that happened.

Is it the best spooky TV show I watched this year? No. (Mainly because "From" on Epix was so unbelievably good, Servant is always so strong, and Evil is just self-contained greatness) Was it *way* better than the reviews here would suggest for a newcomer to this story? Yes, and I think you could say that almost objectively. I wasn't confused by anything happening. I'm sure there are tons of things left out that a lot of book readers would consider crucial for the story. I'm glad I don't know what those things are because I'd probably judge the omissions harshly too. The acting was stellar. James Mardsen and Alexander Skarsgard are particularly great, though you'd have no reason to come to this expecting anything different. The cinematography was great. The story didn't feel overly bloated. Character choices made sense within the rules of the show. The sets were good. Everything was really well done.

I saw all the low star ratings, and was confused why this brilliant, thought provoking, cerebral, well-acted, well-executed, thrilling psychodrama was receiving such low ratings. The reason is rather ridiculous.

If your main problem with this show is with the length of episodes and/or the fact that you can't watch the entire thing at once, then you don't have a problem with the show, you have a problem with Hulu or FX's distribution of it. How about we review the actual content of the show, and not act like anything that requires even the most minimal amount of patience is unacceptable.

I personally like the distribution and length of episodes You know that hour after dinner and after work when it's real easy to fall asleep even during snows you like? This is a show that keeps me wide awake every week and I really look forward to it.

I'm telling everyone I know about this show. I absolutely love it so far at the end of episode 3. Never heard of it or anything before today, but I love White Lotus and other retreat/resort based drama/comedies, then I saw Sam Esmail's name pop up at the bottom of the screen as an EP, and I decided I would watch at least the first full episode.

Couldn't be happier to have stuck it out. Maybe the first fifteen minutes of episode 1 could move faster, I get that. It's just establishing that a married couple celebrating 10 years are on the verge of going way or the other.

I think by the time they get to the part early in episode 2 where the current timeline is overlapped with the past's text exchanges (and the current timeline is completely mistaking what was actually happening in the past), I have a feeling most people will start to love this show. At the end of episode 3, I can't wait to see more.

What's most incredible to me about this season is that there have been four episodes that don't follow the main story and involve none of the main characters and yet every episode like that I don't find myself bored or unengaged. That's a real win for this show, especially since I have so little patience for things like this usually.

Truly the best short film I've ever seen in my life. Its better than about 90% of features that I've watched this year. Maybe even higher. The first time I watched it in early 2013, I was convinced that Kristoffer Borgli was going to be the next Paul Thomas Anderson in cinema. A few times a year since then, I'll look him up and see what he's up to, and will rewatch some of my favorites. Like this one, Real Life Exp., Wherever I Look I See Myself, It's Not a Phase, etc. I feel like every year I get a new favorite from him.

I always love his work but this film in particular is just perfect. Documentary style and a great soundtrack. It's all at once funny, sad, beautiful, and intriguing. It's brilliantly directed. Absolute raw talent from everyone involved in it. And it's about time I leave some love for it somewhere online.

I said it in 2013 and I'll say it in 2021: The best short film I've ever seen.

This is the episode, in my opinion, that moves What We Do In The Shadows from the best comedy of the year to one of the best comedies of all time.

The episodes before this one are brilliant, and absolutely top-tier compared to other contemporary comedies but didn't really surpass the unbelievably high standards that the movie set. However, this episode is as funny as the movie, which means its high on the list of the funniest things of the last 50 years.

From the double ruffs to the Baron karaoke singing The Zombies. One of the single funniest episodes in any series of all time.

There are plenty of people out there who LOVE that this show takes big swings. Just because it doesn't work for what YOU came to the show with, doesn't mean it doesn't work period. And encouraging a show to end simply because YOU no longer get something from it, or because it's been a few episodes since you laughed, is the epitome of the Always Sunny narcissism that you once enjoyed. Look at how many lives were touched by this episode.

At its most basic, what is comedy? When you laugh at something, what's happening in your brain? A recognition of something real-The act of laughing releases endorphins that make, just for a moment, all the chaos and noise in your life fade away. It moves you. It touches you. Without hitting you over the head, Mac's dancing had the same cathartic effect as the most well written jokes on the show.

This show isn't The Office without Steve Carrell. It doesn't need to end now, or ever, as long as they're still putting out content that moves people. Beautiful things don't have to be funny. Funny things don't have to be surrounded by beauty. Life is better with Always Sunny on TV, period.

In a completely delightful season, this episode was another thing completely. I feel like I smiled the entire time. The most underrated TV show currently airing by a mile.