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The Outsider - HBO *Spoilers*

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    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    I don't know anything about this story but that scene
    where the girl said 'No!'
    made me jump!


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    Cina
    Registered Users Posts: 2,387 ✭✭✭Cina


    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.


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    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    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.


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    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,120 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    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.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,024 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Ben Mendelsohn I'm sold

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNDKWr3Xmjk
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    blueshade
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 428 ✭✭blueshade


    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.


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    JP Liz V1
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    It starts on Sky Atlantic 13th of January 2020 at 9pm
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    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,285 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    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.


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    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    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


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    Butson
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭Butson


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


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    Snake Plisken
    Registered Users Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    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!


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    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,185 ✭✭✭This is it


    Brilliant so far, really enjoyed the two episodes


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    BoroMan32
    Registered Users Posts: 616 ✭✭✭BoroMan32


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


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    brevity
    Registered Users Posts: 8,479 ✭✭✭brevity


    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...


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    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    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.


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    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    :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:


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    brevity
    Registered Users Posts: 8,479 ✭✭✭brevity


    Ooooo boy this show is creepy.


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    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,120 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    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
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    sweetie
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    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?


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    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,120 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    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.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    thatsmighty
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭thatsmighty


    Enjoying this show greatly


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    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    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
    .


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    DvB
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    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.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    peddlelies
    Closed Accounts Posts: 840 ✭✭✭peddlelies


    First two episodes were brilliant.

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


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    ollkiller
    Registered Users Posts: 847 ✭✭✭ollkiller


    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.


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    Shane St.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,797 ✭✭✭Shane St.


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


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    DvB
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    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.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    DvB
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    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.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    Snake Plisken
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    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.


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    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,120 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    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.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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