Lovecraft Country [HBO]

Potatoeman · 06-10-2020 9:40am

The characters are very inconsistent, one minute everyone is looking for the young girl then Leti just rushes past her outside the guesthouse.
Ruby the body swap character can’t believe Christina the mage doesn’t care that the black kid was murdered when she jammed her heel repeatedly up some guys arse a few episodes ago.
Can Atticus be a good guy when he executed some innocent Korean nurses?

kerplun k · 06-10-2020 10:49am

Ep:8.
Things seem to be settling down now... joking. It’s still f**king bonkers.

Slydice · 07-10-2020 1:43am

8: Well. That went places! :eek: Yep. That definitely went places.

Good question yer man asked about why Christina

wanted a death like that.

GottaGetGatt · 07-10-2020 10:40pm

I’m a bit behind, Episode 6 was great. Sign of a good show when they insert a new character into an entire episode and have you rooting for them by the end of it. Complete forgot about the other characters in the show.

oleras · 09-10-2020 12:37am

Slydice wrote: »

8: Well. That went places! :eek: Yep. That definitely went places.

Good question yer man asked about why Christina
wanted a death like that.

To try and feel empathy ?

GottaGetGatt · 09-10-2020 9:07pm

Finally caught up. It’s Bonkers but it has fantastic acting and Visuals. Alice Smith, The singer who features on some of the songs is amazing.

Galwayguy35 · 11-10-2020 12:13pm

What did Christina do to Letitia in the church, it looked like the wound opened up on her side again.

GottaGetGatt · 11-10-2020 12:37pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

What did Christina do to Letitia in the church, it looked like the wound opened up on her side again.

Protection Spell

Galwayguy35 · 11-10-2020 12:39pm

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

Protection Spell

Just saw a clip of tonights episode over in twitter, lots of action by the looks of it.

fritzelly · 13-10-2020 4:06am

I really wanted to like this series (it's premise is my sort of show) but...it's so disjointed in the story telling and the lead actor is just so wooden that I'm kinda put off. Nothing to do with being a predominantly black cast or that white people are bad or any of that other crap

Looking at the reviews on IMDB - this is the opposite of review bombing - no way in hell there is that many people voting 10/10 for this show

I think only episodes 1, 6 and 5 (thats according to the IMDB synopsis but wasn't Daegu before the transformation episode?) are the only standout episodes - the rest are ones I would half-heartedly watch

Slydice · 13-10-2020 11:13pm

9: Wow, powerful episode! Really strong performance from Michael K. Williams! Looks like we're well into a paradox at this stage.

AMKC · 14-10-2020 11:52pm

fritzelly wrote: »

I really wanted to like this series (it's premise is my sort of show) but...it's so disjointed in the story telling and the lead actor is just so wooden that I'm kinda put off. Nothing to do with being a predominantly black cast or that white people are bad or any of that other crap

Looking at the reviews on IMDB - this is the opposite of review bombing - no way in hell there is that many people voting 10/10 for this show

I think only episodes 1, 6 and 5 (thats according to the IMDB synopsis but wasn't Daegu before the transformation episode?) are the only standout episodes - the rest are ones I would half-heartedly watch

I would not be surprised if there was. It's a great show. Would give it 9 out of 10 myself and I disagree with the standout episodes. I would take 6 off as it has been the worst episode so far and put 7 there instead as that was an excellent episode. All the other episodes were really good as I said so far only one poor episode and that was 6.
Tonight's was very good but not as crazy and madas some of the episodes have been

Tony EH · 15-10-2020 8:36pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Says he died at 46, he looked about 66.

Cancer will do that to you.

Slydice · 20-10-2020 8:10am

Finished! Overall felt as Lovecraftian as much as I know Lovecraft (very little). Also well produced. Would give a season 2 a shot if they made one.

10: Moment of the episode had to be

when Leti realised Ruby had been replaced by Christina. That was done just right to let the audience in on it.

That ending has me thinking

something is up with Dee and she'll have a big role if a season 2 comes around.

Bandana boy · 20-10-2020 9:13am

Overall I really enjoyed this show , sure its not perfect but what show is.

Ending feels like one and done as not much left open for a second season.

Maybe a time jump to George as a young man and Diana as a woman in the late 60s early 70s .

Birneybau · 20-10-2020 11:05am

Really thought it was a massive pile of meh.

fritzelly · 20-10-2020 1:00pm

Finished it but if there is a second series I won't be bothering to watch it

breezy1985 · 20-10-2020 1:20pm

fritzelly wrote: »

Episode 7 is all kinds of weird

Series is becoming a disjointed mess

I gave up after whatever episode they burn the house down for that same reason. I said ide have a look here and see if I made a mistake but clearly not

Tony EH · 20-10-2020 5:39pm

Got to ep.4 and lost interest. Absolutely bugger all to do with HP Lovecraft.

ixoy · 20-10-2020 10:17pm

fritzelly wrote: »

Finished it but if there is a second series I won't be bothering to watch it

Yeah, felt the same. The whole thing was disjointed - the shifting in tone, the way it tried to link what felt like separate stories. Acting was decent in places, hampered by a weak lead for Atticus who seemed to prefer to mumble his lines.
Some of the themes were very handed - 'Watchmen' did a much better take on Tulsa for example.
Overall, it felt a bit like a big budget season of 'American Horror Story' without that show's dark humour.

Jenna James · 21-10-2020 12:42pm

I must be thick but I am on about my 4th attempt of watching episode 1.

I'm done. FFS.

Potatoeman · 21-10-2020 3:29pm

The tone was all over the place. The characters actions were disjointed and inconsistent. The main characters were racist and the racist white characters were over the top racist.

So many episodes I’m asking why would anyone do that?

AMKC · 22-10-2020 4:48pm

A disappointing end to all of that. Yes there was a twist in the middle but I seen it before it was Leti did and guessed that it was not her sister and that the other thing belonged to her.

dr.kenneth noisewater · 22-10-2020 6:53pm

fritzelly wrote:

Finished it but if there is a second series I won't be bothering to watch it

Couldn't have said it better myself. Thought the first episode was great and some good moments throughout including the Korea episode but too disjointed

RandomViewer · 23-10-2020 12:36am

AMKC wrote: »

A disappointing end to all of that. Yes there was a twist in the middle but I seen it before it was Leti did and guessed that it was not her sister and that the other thing belonged to her.

The singing in the car was the giveaway, Ruby would have been singing out loud not mumbling along

titan18 · 23-10-2020 1:46pm

Finished it today. Didn't really like it as a series at all. First episode was good, but felt it went downhill. Ending episodes were meh.

cdgalwegian · 23-10-2020 8:12pm

titan18 wrote: »

Finished it today. Didn't really like it as a series at all. First episode was good, but felt it went downhill. Ending episodes were meh.

Yeah, first episode was interesting, but it went downhill after that. Left it after episode 3.

Galwayguy35 · 23-10-2020 8:16pm

Thought Christina was the most likeable character in it and she was supposed to be the baddie everyone hated.

RandomViewer · 23-10-2020 10:39pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Thought Christina was the most likeable character in it and she was supposed to be the baddie everyone hated.

She came across as cold not evil, thought Montrose was going to be the real bad guy

Galwayguy35 · 24-10-2020 7:24pm

RandomViewer wrote: »

She came across as cold not evil, thought Montrose was going to be the real bad guy

I think she really did like Ruby though until she found out she betrayed her.

GottaGetGatt · 27-10-2020 9:14pm

Where did she get the arm?

AMKC · 27-10-2020 9:21pm

GottaGetGatt wrote: »

Where did get the arm?

The future or alternate reality that her aunt or Mum went too maybe. Why her arm went they it went in the first place was not explained unless one of the remains touched her there and it done that.
It was strange do the way she just had this new arm all of a sudden.

Potatoeman · 28-10-2020 11:19am

AMKC wrote: »

The future or alternate reality that her aunt or Mum went too maybe. Why her arm went they it went in the first place was not explained unless one of the remains touched her there and it done that.
It was strange do the way she just had this new arm all of a sudden.

There are some things cut. It never shows her getting the protector demon, that was Atticus that got the mark not her. She didn’t have the arm in the car so she most go through the portal when they are all fighting Christina. When she turns up she has changed, no longer a frightened girl but in control. It would make more sense having Leti kill her, she is Ruby’s sister, more payoff.

JP Liz V1 · 02-07-2021 11:21pm

Cancelled

RandomViewer · 02-07-2021 11:52pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Cancelled

Not surprised,

AMKC · 03-07-2021 6:55pm

One of the strangest shows I have ever watched. I would watch it again but ye it did get a bit messed up and convulted at times.

Brief_Lives · 18-12-2023 12:49am

I'm late to the party.

I just watched episode one. class.

episode 2 coming up.

Lovecraft Country [HBO]

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