Lovecraft Country [HBO]

Well... :eek:

Early reviews are very positive.

Defo setting this to record tonight

Well that was god damn great and then last 20 minutes just made it.

The actual racism was scarier than the many eyed monsters, why did the girl say kilometres when the sheriff was following them

Will keep watching as the only other thing I have on Mondays is Muppets.

Once I see JJ Abrams name linked it's an automatic no from me

Loved this...

.. having not read much about it.. the last 10 minutes were a curveball to say the least!

Think it's a great idea on their part. Give the show a massive boost to its profile, spread the word, get people talking. Let people have a taste of the type of shows that HBO have

Lovecraft was a bigoted racist his views on anyone not AngloSaxon we're quite extreme,

Loving this, Great acting

Disappointed by the Monsters in epi 1. not the image I ever got from a Lovecraft story. A little too conventional, sleek, predatory, fast. Lovecraft monsters rarely aspired to look like we expect predatory creatures to look, always on the verge of undescribable, piles of tentacles, rarely sleek, amorphous blobs with too many eyes, mouths, limbs and shapes that make no evolutionary sense, almost as if they are the abominable creations of some wicked deity , suited to different dimensions or conditions totally alien to us.

That all added to the horrifying aspect, and this has let the show down a little so far.
they toned up the race issues, but toned back on the descriptive and creative aspects of his creations that make them something that could only come from lovecraft, which are one of the big reasons lovecrsft is still popular in spite of the racist undertones.

Says he died at 46, he looked about 66.

gmisk wrote: »

Episode 1 was a blast I thought
Episode 2 was a bit too bonkers for me tbh it seemed to try to cram too much in. Also felt very CGI heavy.
Episode 3 back on form, really enjoyed it.

So just a quick question

is it going to be almost a different horror genre each week? Ep1 monster movie. Ep2 almost like an occult theme Ep3 haunted house

its based on a collection of short stories that have been rewritten to have a through line

Brilliant thanks for those responses.
The guardian are doing a weekly overview which is excellent I have to say.

Jurnee Smollett has being carrying the show so far, very good Actress.

Well that was another great and very weird episode. I did kind of think that it needed something between Arnham and where they are now back home because the way it started you would think you missed on episode. All the same I enjoyed it and look forward to next world episode as well. I might by the books after this to read.

Bellbottoms wrote: »

Who died at 46?

Apologies should have been more clear about what I was talking about.

Was reading up on Lovecraft himself, didn't realise he died so young.

I have to say that all the acting in this so far has been brilliant and the actors too.

Really enjoyed that episode but I honestly haven't a breeze what is going on plot wise.

I read the Avclub review and maybe it's because I haven't read the book, but I missed loads of the plot points. I've no idea who the baddies are, and what they are trying to achieve.