Lovecraft Country [HBO]

fritzelly

Enjoyed the first 2 episodes

Episode 3 was ok but put off by the really bad CGI

Episode 4 is fizzling (story seems to be going National Treasure route which is not a good thing)

Lead actor is coming across as very wooden without all the horror to distract

Slydice

4: Oh!

What's the father up to!

:eek: But I guess the more I think of it, of course

Michael K. Williams must be playing a more prominent role than first seemed!

AMKC

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Poor enough series.

I disagree. I found it intriguing and very good. I would watch more of it. Was that the last episode of season 1?

irishguitarlad

AMKC wrote: »

I disagree. I found it intriguing and very good. I would watch more of it. Was that the last episode of season 1?

Its not a criticism of just this series. I don't know I'm findng it the way with a lot of series nowadays, all style and no substance. I finished Mr. Robot recently, it was meh, doom patrol finished and it was meh, watched his dark materials and watchmen and thought they were poor also. Better Call Saul I watched recently and that was good but then again i might just be comparing it to other current series that really do fall short of the mark. These new series have nothing on twin peaks, x files, sopranos, the wire or breaking bad. I'll give Deadwood a watch which came out in the 2000s as people say its great. as for this series, if it weren't for my girlfriend I wouldn't have returned after the third episode.

I fully understand why people wouldn't like this. On paper, I wouldn't like it either but I'm really enjoying the craziness with the back drop of Jim Crow.

Immortal Starlight

This week drag queen dancing skin hopping and shoe raping. Loved the revelation at the end.

CastorTroy

Think I'm done. Have this week's episode and I just can't be bothered to watch.
Hope everyone else continues to enjoy it.

brevity

The last episode was ****ing wild. Really like this show.

Slydice

5: Respect to caterpillars/butterflies! :eek:

Also, really like these ominous moments over the phone.

kerplun k

Jeez, I know he was a bad dude, but did he deserve that?

Potatoeman

kerplun k wrote: »

Jeez, I know he was a bad dude, but did he deserve that?

A bit OTT. I hope they move away from all the characters being massive racists. It’s a bit one dimensional.

kerplun k

Potatoeman wrote: »

A bit OTT. I hope they move away from all the characters being massive racists. It’s a bit one dimensional.

I thought he was a bit more rapey than racists myself.

whisky_galore

A crap "Green Book", but with monsters.
I don't see the point of watching beyond ep 1.

Potatoeman

kerplun k wrote: »

I thought he was a bit more rapey than racists myself.

He was both, he said some pretty racist things during the interview. It would have made more sense if he did actually raped the girl rather than just groping her. Now it’s the protagonist that escalated her response. Not sure how the audience is suppose to identify with the characters response.

The first episode was good, the racist sherif worked. The second episode was like a season finale, too much going on too fast. The third episode had issues with the neighbours blaring the horns, that is a nightmare for all the neighbours. The fourth had issues where being white gets you free ice cream (really) and ‘I don’t need money because I’m white’. walking into a managers job with no references. How was she getting home drenched in blood? Who was cleaning up the remains after she transformed? So much not explained.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Think this started off well with 2 really strong opening episodes but bit all over the place since. Jumping all over the place with little connection I feel

RandomViewer

Haven't watched ep5 yet, managed 4 episodes which is one more than I usually manage
Tic character is lost most of the time, should have dropped him and kept the uncle

expectationlost

how long more are they going to pretend that his father was his father and his uncle was his uncle?

fritzelly

Episode 6 was the best episode of the series - maybe because

it was a completely separate story with just a small link to what has been the show so far

Still despair at the show as a whole

Denny61

Its a pile of cack ...its all over the shop .I tried to get in to it. But lost the will to live

fret_wimp2

Finding the storylines quite poor, the cast make really big leaps of intuition when solving problems that feel more like maguffins to keep the plot moving than the characters being that clever, and the monsters are just too conventional, fast, sleek with sharp teeth as opposed to the what people expect from lovecraft which is indescribable horror.

Will persist with one or two more episodes, but so far its been very disappointing.

thegreengoblin

Gave up three quarters of the way through Ep 2, having found Ep 1 quite decent. But I found myself getting really annoyed at Ep 2 and just got a bad feeling about the show.

Slydice

6: At the start I was like..

hey that's Ando from the Heros TV show. 5 minutes later...

:eek:

Once her powers of knowledge were revealed, I could guess how she'd end up knowing what happens to Atticus. I'd thought his heritage might have survived a full on encounter.

Potatoeman

Slydice wrote: »

6: At the start I was like..

hey that's Ando from the Heros TV show. 5 minutes later...

:eek:

Once her powers of knowledge were revealed, I could guess how she'd end up knowing what happens to Atticus. I'd thought his heritage might have survived a full on encounter.

That was a warning about the future but in any Lovecraft story the main characters are screwed anyway.

Birneybau

I haven't taken to it at all, but Ep. 6 was a fantastic episode that could probably just be watched on its own, better than any of the 'Twilight Zone' reboot episodes by far.

Homelander

I have only watched the first two episodes, first one was decent enough, but the second....completely fell off a cliff for me.

The first episode had really rich visuals and decent story building in general, second was just so cheesy, full of ropey CGI, and the dialogue/behaviors weren't remotely realistic, even within the context of the fantasy setting.

I will watch more and see, but that Episode 2 was a rare HBO dud for me.

AMKC

Well that latest episode was crap. I only seen the first 30 mins but got bored of it. I don't know how anyone else here thinks it was any good it was not even linked up with the rest of the episodes. It's like they said let's throw on episode in there where she is talking korean and there Is subtitles and that has nothing to do with the rest of the series. Worst episode so far. Absolute rubbish.

brevity

Of course it’s linked up with the rest of the episodes. It’s the person who he was speaking with on the phone. And a main reason why Atticus is the was he is.

I liked it anyways...interesting characters and backdrop. I liked how the relationship between Atticus and Ji-ah developed.

I’m enjoying the series, not sure how anyone could find it boring. There is heaps happening.

Birneybau

AMKC wrote: »

Well that latest episode was crap. I only seen the first 30 mins but got bored of it. I don't know how anyone else here thinks it was any good it was not even linked up with the rest of the episodes. It's like they said let's throw on episode in there where she is talking korean and there Is subtitles and that has nothing to do with the rest of the series. Worst episode so far. Absolute rubbish.

God, you really didn't take any of it in. WHO do you think was talking Korean?

Potatoeman

I did think it was odd that they glossed over what caused the war. The Americans just show up. Everyone would have known the North invaded the South.

oleras

Birneybau wrote: »

God, you really didn't take any of it in. WHO do you think was talking Korean?

The Koreans.

Are you mixing up the Vietnamese war with the Korean ?

Potatoeman

oleras wrote: »

The Koreans.

Are you mixing up the Vietnamese war with the Korean ?

It said Korea in the intro.

fritzelly

Clue is in the episode title

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu

Birneybau

oleras wrote: »

The Koreans.

Are you mixing up the Vietnamese war with the Korean ?

No. Tic fought in the Korean war.

oleras

Im more confused than i was watching Dark now...lol

Birneybau

oleras wrote: »

Im more confused than i was watching Dark now...lol

That whole episode was a flashback. Tic is America is the current timeline.

oleras

Birneybau wrote: »

That whole episode was a flashback. Tic is America is the current timeline.

Not about the show, just the last 5 or 6 posts...:pac:

Birneybau

oleras wrote: »

Not about the show, just the last 5 or 6 posts...:pac:

Tic fought in the Korean War, after WW2, before Vietnam.

Lovecraft Country is set in the 50s.

Korean War was 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953

fritzelly

Episode 7 is all kinds of weird

Series is becoming a disjointed mess

Slydice

7: Episode of 2 halves really.

At the start it was getting fairly positive but then the eerie intro music brought it back down to earth.

That second half was kinda cool. Very scifi dream like the intro in the first episode. I wonder if they are linked.

expectationlost

more upset that his father is

gay

then that he killed a person in the previous but 1 episode...

why didn't those guys use their guns?

Potatoeman

When they went through the portal I thought it was going to be trans dimensional horror not a weird power fantasy. I guess we’ll see what happened him next week. This wasn’t eldritch horror and I like the trans dimensional Lovecraft stories.

kerplun k

Ep7. f**k me.
I think Im just starting to enjoy the random bizarreness of it all.
Is Tic supposed to be the good guy? He's done and said some very mean things, and is not coming across as very good guyish.

Bandana boy

Heard many bad reviews for this , so was gonna give it a miss , but got 1 strong recommendation last week so said I would give it an episode .

It’s weird as f , but I am loving it .
Have binged the 7 episodes in 4 nights and can’t wait for more .

The Korean episode was brilliant and not just for naked Jamie Chung

AMKC

I don't get what or why anyone thinks episode 6 was good. It was boring and crap. Episode 7 on the other hand was brilliant and I will most certainly watch it a 2nd maybe even a 3rd and 4th time.

Galwayguy35

That last episode was total muck, I thought the first 6 were very good.

AMKC

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

That last episode was total muck, I thought the first 6 were very good.

Na episode 1 to 5 were brilliant 6 I did not get it was just boring and 7 was brilliant.

RandomViewer

AMKC wrote: »

I don't get what or why anyone thinks episode 6 was good. It was boring and crap. Episode 7 on the other hand was brilliant and I will most certainly watch it a 2nd maybe even a 3rd and 4th time.

Quite liked 6, Jamie Chung was very good

dr.kenneth noisewater

Still no idea whats going

sydthebeat

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Still no idea whats going

I haven't a bloody breeze....

But its a fun watch

RandomViewer

Watched tonight, bit samey