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Haunting of Hill House

Started by hooplala, October 26, 2018, 04:26:12 PM

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hooplala

October 26, 2018, 04:26:12 PM
Anyone who has read the book check out the Netflix series yet?
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Doktor Howl

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October 26, 2018, 04:40:06 PM
Quote from: Hoopla! on October 26, 2018, 04:26:12 PM
Anyone who has read the book check out the Netflix series yet?

My youngest kid watches this.  She says it's a 6/10.
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hooplala

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October 26, 2018, 04:47:13 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 26, 2018, 04:40:06 PM
Quote from: Hoopla! on October 26, 2018, 04:26:12 PM
Anyone who has read the book check out the Netflix series yet?

My youngest kid watches this.  She says it's a 6/10.

I would personally lean closer to 7.5/10, if judged on its own merit. If considered an actual adaptation of the Haunting of Hill House I would give it a 3/10 maybe.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

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October 26, 2018, 06:13:46 PM
I've been considering watching it. What are the biggest issues with it, taken on its own and not as an adaptation?
"I am that worst of all type of criminal...I cannot bring myself to do what you tell me, because you told me."

There's over 100 of us in this meat-suit. You'd think it runs like a ship, but it's more like a hundred and ten angry ghosts having an old-school QuakeWorld tournament, three people desperately trying to make sure the gamers don't go hungry or soil themselves, and the Facilities manager weeping in the corner as the garbage piles high.

hooplala

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October 26, 2018, 06:48:42 PM
The second half of the series had a few too many scenes of people standing around and talking. And I took issue with the message I felt the last episode was imparting.

That's all I will say without spoiling anything.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

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#5
October 26, 2018, 07:01:07 PM
Sounds like I'll probably enjoy it until the ending, depending on that message. Thanks for the info.
"I am that worst of all type of criminal...I cannot bring myself to do what you tell me, because you told me."

There's over 100 of us in this meat-suit. You'd think it runs like a ship, but it's more like a hundred and ten angry ghosts having an old-school QuakeWorld tournament, three people desperately trying to make sure the gamers don't go hungry or soil themselves, and the Facilities manager weeping in the corner as the garbage piles high.

hooplala

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October 26, 2018, 07:23:30 PM
No problem!
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman
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