XTheXXTruthX
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I was really excited for this early on.
The concept is strong and in the sweet spot for 80s and 90s horror lovers. The younger cast are all excellent, those of us who lived through the video nasty era will appreciate the buzz, just for VHS horror in general, regardless of video nasties.
The longer it goes on it unfortunately loses focus.
It becomes yet another attack on men, synonymous with this current era of constant feminist commentary. There's a time where this would have been effective but it's now a massive, creatively bankrupt cliche.
Once they throw in the queer elements the show has lost its promising premise and morphed into a paint by numbers disappointment.
Such a pity. There was a terrific horror tv show in here somewhere, but the politics once again became more important than entertainment.
The concept is strong and in the sweet spot for 80s and 90s horror lovers. The younger cast are all excellent, those of us who lived through the video nasty era will appreciate the buzz, just for VHS horror in general, regardless of video nasties.
The longer it goes on it unfortunately loses focus.
It becomes yet another attack on men, synonymous with this current era of constant feminist commentary. There's a time where this would have been effective but it's now a massive, creatively bankrupt cliche.
Once they throw in the queer elements the show has lost its promising premise and morphed into a paint by numbers disappointment.
Such a pity. There was a terrific horror tv show in here somewhere, but the politics once again became more important than entertainment.
You know, a TV show can be slow and also be good.
This is not that. I think to enjoy this you need to be lacking a few brain cells. It's repetitive. The dialogue is inane. The cast are mostly bland as hell.
To pull of a slow burn you need a writer who can pull together an interesting script. Especially if your plot points are so thinly spread that you need to pad out 6 episodes. This is pretty much 95% padding.
You also need a cast who have some form of magnetism. Something naturally watchable or endearing about them. Some screen presence, some charm, something going on behind the eyes that suggests they know something the viewer does not.
This is a collection of actors who are going through the motions of reading lines with no real acting ability.
The problem with TV now is it's just seen as content, rather than art. Rather than having a burning desire to tell a story. As there is so much demand for 'content' across multiple platforms far too many shows are hiring weak writers and actors. People who look like they won a competition to appear on a show.
An IP this big deserves better. This is garbage and todays audiences it appear will just lap up any old tripe.
This is not that. I think to enjoy this you need to be lacking a few brain cells. It's repetitive. The dialogue is inane. The cast are mostly bland as hell.
To pull of a slow burn you need a writer who can pull together an interesting script. Especially if your plot points are so thinly spread that you need to pad out 6 episodes. This is pretty much 95% padding.
You also need a cast who have some form of magnetism. Something naturally watchable or endearing about them. Some screen presence, some charm, something going on behind the eyes that suggests they know something the viewer does not.
This is a collection of actors who are going through the motions of reading lines with no real acting ability.
The problem with TV now is it's just seen as content, rather than art. Rather than having a burning desire to tell a story. As there is so much demand for 'content' across multiple platforms far too many shows are hiring weak writers and actors. People who look like they won a competition to appear on a show.
An IP this big deserves better. This is garbage and todays audiences it appear will just lap up any old tripe.
They only had 6 episodes to write and still it's decompressed padding for the vast majority of the running time of this season.
Is this really the best they can come up with?
Was it really worth making?
The producers are to blame ultimately, as they should have sat on this until they received a pitch that was worth making a show out of.
Where they continue to find these writers who are incapable of a few lines of interesting dialogue or any idea of pacing, building tension, drama, relationships and pay off - I have no idea.
6 episodes of fan favourite Rick being sidelined for 3 girl bosses and some of the most boring episodes of The Walking Dead to date.
Please do better.
Is this really the best they can come up with?
Was it really worth making?
The producers are to blame ultimately, as they should have sat on this until they received a pitch that was worth making a show out of.
Where they continue to find these writers who are incapable of a few lines of interesting dialogue or any idea of pacing, building tension, drama, relationships and pay off - I have no idea.
6 episodes of fan favourite Rick being sidelined for 3 girl bosses and some of the most boring episodes of The Walking Dead to date.
Please do better.