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Started by Thurnez Isa, December 03, 2006, 04:11:35 PM

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LMNO

I have a feeling he started writing it, and then had no idea how to finish it, and just threw tropes at the thing until it was done.

I will agree with you, the first few episodes, and the tracking cam escape from the meth house were all really great.  I probably should have stopped watching at the penultimate episode, and written my own ending.

Faust

Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 18, 2014, 06:43:08 PM
I have a feeling he started writing it, and then had no idea how to finish it, and just threw tropes at the thing until it was done.

I will agree with you, the first few episodes, and the tracking cam escape from the meth house were all really great.  I probably should have stopped watching at the penultimate episode, and written my own ending.

It is also only the end of the first season, Rust and Mart are gone but the next season is currently canvassing for two female detective leads an wont be set in Louisiana.
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LMNO

Well, seasons two and three of American Horror Story were complete resets*, so I'm not betting that the story arc will continue.








*and got progressively worse.

Faust

Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 18, 2014, 06:55:19 PM
Well, seasons two and three of American Horror Story were complete resets*, so I'm not betting that the story arc will continue.








*and got progressively worse.

Yeah, different strokes for different folks I suppose. Anyway I've derailed too much of this thread with fanboying about mah tv stories.
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hooplala

Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 18, 2014, 06:55:19 PM
Well, seasons two and three of American Horror Story were complete resets*, so I'm not betting that the story arc will continue.


I actually prefer both seasons 2 and 3 of AHS... Though I thought all 3 seasons fizzled out in the last few episodes.




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LMNO

I thought season 1 was pretty solid, though it may have been because of the new format.

Season two had some creepy as fuck moments, but suffered some drawbacks, such as:
- Adam Levine (though it was nice to see his arm get ripped off)
- What the hell happened to the aliens?

Season three was pure camp, with Myrtle Snow killing it all over the place.  But that ending.  Sheesh.

Sita

Season 2 was the best so far for me. Myrtle Snow however made the 3rd season, would not have been as enjoyable without that character.

I agree that the endings do feel a bit rushed and I hate how there is always a few story threads that seem interesting but go nowhere.
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Faust

Is it good, I watched the first three episodes and the acting was awful so I kind of lost interest. Does it pick up?
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LMNO

Not for the young witches.  But Jessica Lange and Francis Conroy's scenes are delicious.

Faust

Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on March 19, 2014, 01:49:25 PM
Not for the young witches.  But Jessica Lange and Francis Conroy's scenes are delicious.
I'll give it another chance at some point so.
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Salty

Oil! by Upton Sinclair

Just as with The Jungle, he starts with a smooth flow technical horror and emotional investment. I love the clear way he describes horrible things, and you can see him smirking.

But then he wanders off into Socialist La La land by the end.

It isn't the subject matter, it is the way he presents it. It's just so...cheap. I don't think its age is excuse enough for the hamfisted wayhe shoves his best loved political ideas into his stories like so much spam.

His endings SUCK A CAN OF MEAT.
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Quote from: Alty on April 17, 2014, 08:35:50 PM
Oil! by Upton Sinclair

Just as with The Jungle, he starts with a smooth flow technical horror and emotional investment. I love the clear way he describes horrible things, and you can see him smirking.

But then he wanders off into Socialist La La land by the end.

It isn't the subject matter, it is the way he presents it. It's just so...cheap. I don't think its age is excuse enough for the hamfisted wayhe shoves his best loved political ideas into his stories like so much spam.

His endings SUCK A CAN OF MEAT.

Have you seen There Will Be Blood? It was based on Oil! and I've been curious since I first saw it how close an adaptation it is. I really enjoyed the movie.
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Salty

Quote from: Eater of Clowns on April 17, 2014, 11:59:50 PM
Quote from: Alty on April 17, 2014, 08:35:50 PM
Oil! by Upton Sinclair

Just as with The Jungle, he starts with a smooth flow technical horror and emotional investment. I love the clear way he describes horrible things, and you can see him smirking.

But then he wanders off into Socialist La La land by the end.

It isn't the subject matter, it is the way he presents it. It's just so...cheap. I don't think its age is excuse enough for the hamfisted wayhe shoves his best loved political ideas into his stories like so much spam.

His endings SUCK A CAN OF MEAT.

Have you seen There Will Be Blood? It was based on Oil! and I've been curious since I first saw it how close an adaptation it is. I really enjoyed the movie.

That is what prompted me to read it. The movie was excellent. They did a good job of taking one idea and ignoring the rest. It was pretty perfect and visually engrossing.
The world is a car and you're the crash test dummy.