The Outsider - HBO Spoilers

The Black Oil · 17-10-2019 06:15PM #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I03MAkQ_OyM

Yes, please.

Another Stephen King adaptation, starting January 12th 2020.

Slydice · 17-10-2019 06:41PM

I don't know anything about this story but that scene

where the girl said 'No!'

made me jump!

Cina · 18-10-2019 08:13AM

It's an interesting one. The first half of the book is excellent but the second half is truly appalling so if they take it in a different approach it could be good.

pixelburp · 18-10-2019 09:46AM

Man, what IS with all the King adaptations at the moment, they truly are everywhere. Presumably the author himself is getting a tidy line of cheques in the post over the last couple of years.

This looks interesting, suitably creepy, and another case of Bateman stretching his dramatic acting chops, though his range isn't exactly wide & varied.

DvB · 19-10-2019 02:03PM

Why oh why change one of the main characters (who's established in another TB & Book series) to a completely different person? I really dont understand why that had to be done.

JP Liz V1 · 05-12-2019 09:34PM

Ben Mendelsohn I'm sold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNDKWr3Xmjk

blueshade · 06-12-2019 10:28AM

The book was OK, nothing special so I don't think I'd bother with this. I didn't watch Pet Semetary, the old one was creepy enough and this one looked too real, especially since we lost 2 pets this year. Since the release of IT there's been a rush to cash in on remakes of his back catalogue.

JP Liz V1 · 29-12-2019 11:04PM

It starts on Sky Atlantic 13th of January 2020 at 9pm

Agent Coulson · 13-01-2020 05:30PM

Really enjoyed the opening double episode.

I hadn't read the book so didn't know what I was heading into and I don't know what the King ending is.

Great performances so far from Bateman & Mendelsohn.

Just hope like all King adaptations the show runners can actually pull an ending out of it that King usually gives.

Slydice · 13-01-2020 05:41PM

1 and 2: Oh jeez.. this show can be damn creepy in places!

Every freakin time it

goes to yer mans wife and daugthers house and they are alone/in the dark it feels like there's gonna be a jump scare!

The victim

and his family

The kid murdered, mother heart attack, brother dead and father.. braindead? F**k!

WTF

did yer man do to the kid? Sodomised and... Eat through his backbones? It looked like he'd been hollowed out.. but I didn't really stick around long enough to get a good look.

WTF

happened to that pig/boar/warthog thing? Are they implying there's a connection?

Because of Mindhunter, I'm checking crowds in the background to see if there might be any hints.

Then there's this

guy in the hoodie.. I'm not sure he's the culprit here.. but there's definitely something up. It looks like he's been burned alive in a fire but survived? He might be a red herring.

One possibility is

this other detective .. who obviously know detective stuff.. and hunts and maybe did that to the pig/boar/warthog thing,

Will have to see what's up with

this nurse.
The other clues I'm seeing are the cut with this nurse. So then that's blood that could have been used in the van. Fingerprints are probably easy to copy.
Then it would seem that the family has a stalker.

Before that was all coming together, I was thinking..

supernaturl: doppelganger or non-supernatural: twin

Butson · 14-01-2020 09:11PM

Haven't read the books.
First two episodes brilliant.

Snake Plisken · 14-01-2020 11:59PM

I read the book when it first came out and enjoyed and this is a faithful adaptation so far, has a bit of a True Detective Season 1 vibe about it and there is some supernatural elements to it. Really enjoying it so far!

This is it · 15-01-2020 12:03AM

Brilliant so far, really enjoyed the two episodes

BoroMan32 · 15-01-2020 12:39AM

Echo the above, I know nothing about the book and went into this with a completely clean slate. First two episodes extremely promising.

brevity · 15-01-2020 01:29AM

Just watched the first two episodes and I’m really enjoying it. Getting a True Detective vibe from it as well. Maybe a little Bosch?

I’m looking forward to the next one...

Raconteuse · 15-01-2020 06:19PM

Really reminds me of True Detective also. The same atmosphere of foreboding and gloom, the same beautifully shot panoramic camera-work. The autumnal, dusky kinda look.

Slydice · 20-01-2020 08:25PM

:eek:

3:

The scene in the barn

creeped me out

The scene with the shadow passing the little girl

creeped me out

WTF was

that about in the prison!

:eek:

brevity · 20-01-2020 11:38PM

Ooooo boy this show is creepy.

DvB · 21-01-2020 12:39PM

Slydice wrote: »

WTF was
that about in the prison!
:eek:

What happened Terry Maitland has happened before, unfortunately not everyone has an alibi as strong as his though, hence being in prison

sweetie · 21-01-2020 12:42PM

DvB wrote: »

What happened Terry Maitland has happened before, unfortunately not everyone has an alibi as strong as his though, hence being in prison

so who was the guy coming to kill him? a relative of the victims maybe?

DvB · 21-01-2020 12:46PM

sweetie wrote: »

so who was the guy coming to kill him? a relative of the victims maybe?

Could have been anyone, assume child killers are considered the lowest of the low in the criminal community with no shortage of people willing to inflict violence on them.

thatsmighty · 21-01-2020 07:25PM

Enjoying this show greatly

Slydice · 21-01-2020 10:07PM

DvB wrote: »

What happened Terry Maitland has happened before, unfortunately not everyone has an alibi as strong as his though, hence being in prison

I half had that much. I was wondering

what made the guy kill himself instead of trying to live/fight

.

DvB · 22-01-2020 08:26AM

Slydice wrote: »

I half had that much. I was wondering
what made the guy kill himself instead of trying to live/fight
.

IIRC in the book it was explained as the injustice of it all that made him commit suicide rather than allow someone do him harm on the basis he was a child killer when he knew he wasn't & had been wrongfully imprisoned.

peddlelies · 23-01-2020 10:09PM

First two episodes were brilliant.

Bit of an "under the dome vibe" off the third, which isn't a good thing..

ollkiller · 24-01-2020 12:33PM

Watched all 3 episodes now. Loving it. Acting is fantastic. Great sense of dread and a True Detective vibe to it. Easily the best thing on TV at the moment.

Shane St. · 26-01-2020 04:28PM

watched the first 3 last night. excellent start. see the true detective similarities. score really adds to the sense of dread and creepiness

DvB · 27-01-2020 08:46AM

OmegaGene wrote: »

Holly gibney name seemed familiar and then it clicked with me, mr Mercedes.
Episode 3 has me wanting more

Thats the one thing so far thats disappointing me. In the book its the same Holly Gibney as in Mr Mercedes and it even references events in that trilogy, but they've gone in a completely different direction here which is a shame as the outsider is listed as the first in the Holly Gibney series of books King is meant to be working on.

DvB · 27-01-2020 09:06AM

OmegaGene wrote: »

I prefer this character version

We'll agree to disagree so.

I prefer the way Justine Lupe plays the part as to me its incredibly like the character as I had pictured her when reading the books.

To be fair though i've only seen her in 1 episode so far, happy to see how the series (& her character) develops.

Snake Plisken · 27-01-2020 09:19AM

DvB wrote: »

We'll agree to disagree so.

I prefer the way Justine Lupe plays the part as to me its incredibly like the character as I had pictured her when reading the books.

To be fair though i've only seen her in 1 episode so far, happy to see how the series (& her character) develops.

I agree, silly decision by the producers of this show. It would be different if Mr Mercedes was off the air but the actress on that show nails the Holly from the books. It's a shame HBO didn't do a deal with AT&T Audience to use the same actress in both series.

DvB · 27-01-2020 11:51AM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

I agree, silly decision by the producers of this show. It would be different if Mr Mercedes was off the air but the actress on that show nails the Holly from the books. It's a shame HBO didn't do a deal with AT&T Audience to use the same actress in both series.

Glad its not just me that thinks Justine Lupe nails it. I thought she was superb in Mr Mercedes & actually pictured her in the part when reading the outsider.

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