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King Vidiot posted:Yeah I don't think I'm really digging this season's gimmick, if only for the reason that we already know what won't happen. Matt, Shelby and Lee won't die by the end of it. Kind of takes away any tension knowing the three mains aren't in any danger unless they go the "revisit the house in a special episode of My Roanoke Nightmare" route. I think the Falchuckster and Murphdog definitely don't feel bound by typical things like "realism" and "sticking with plot conventions", so I wouldn't be surprised to see them kill off a talking head that we've been interacting with for the past few episodes, or for there to be some mega-twist where everyone was dead the entire time.
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I just watched the first two episodes, and I really don't like how they're falling into the Paranormal Activity trap of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p74M2NaX08 It's like a scary thing happens and they're all very spookified but then it'll be light out or something normal will happen and they'll just immediately forget about the legitimately terrifyng thing that they just experienced. Like just get the gently caress out. $40k is a fair amount of money, but it sounds like they bought the house outright, so just cut your losses and leave. You're not obligated to stay there. Go literally anywhere else. Stay at your sister's house, rent a cheapass apartment in a reasonably sized city somewhere. He travels for work and she's currently unemployed, so there's nothing tying them there. Just loving leave and sell the property remotely, who cares. The tape of the cellar guy reminded me of that reddit story of the guy living in a bunker on a property he sold. 10 Beers posted:Also, "We found the most beautiful old farmhouses. It had three bedrooms..." Holy poo poo, that house is huge for only having 3 bedrooms. I've been in a fair few farmhouses like that, and none of them have ever had just 3 bedrooms. This also broke my immersion. That house is gigantic, there's no way it's only 3 bedrooms, even by modern definitions of bedrooms. There's gotta be like 5 minimum. Overall I'm liking the season and I don't mind the framing. It's much better than overacted mishmash of camp that was everything from Coven onward, even if they are doing a bad job justifying why they are tolerating this bullshit.
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Sep 26, 2016 05:58
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CynCyanide posted:Did you know there are officially licensed Halloween costumes for AHS? I don't remember what "Bloody Face Mask" is supposed to be. Something from Asylum?. Looks close but all those items looked like they were made as cheaply as possible.
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Sep 26, 2016 06:37
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gingersmurf posted:I am enjoying this year so far. I like the whole haunted house kind of genre. That said, after I saw the season premier, I then watched an old episode of My Haunted House. Season 3, Episode 14, to be precise. The episode had two stories. The first story? Couple moves out to the country on some acreage and one of the first scenes, the wife is in the outdoor hot tub away from the house with a glass of wine when she gets pushed beneath the water. The second story? A black woman who is a recovering alcoholic moves into a haunted house and is taunted with liquor flasks. So I looked this up and holy poo poo, you're right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRAOiCZh2RA It even has an interracial couple and mysterious figures with torches marching solemnly toward the house out of the woods.
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Sep 26, 2016 14:50
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Is there a TV-IV-ier complaint about a television show than complaining about how many bedrooms a fake house has?
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BJPaskoff posted:Is there a TV-IV-ier complaint about a television show than complaining about how many bedrooms a fake house has? What?
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chitoryu12 posted:So I looked this up and holy poo poo, you're right. Also there's the obvious titling convention of "My _______ ________". Asiina posted:Overall I'm liking the season and I don't mind the framing. It's much better than overacted mishmash of camp that was everything from Coven onward, even if they are doing a bad job justifying why they are tolerating this bullshit. We're only two episodes in, we still have 8 more episodes for the show to get really gay and goofy.
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Sep 26, 2016 15:53
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BJPaskoff posted:Is there a TV-IV-ier complaint about a television show than complaining about how many bedrooms a fake house has? The layout of horror movie buildings is serious loving business.
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chitoryu12 posted:So I looked this up and holy poo poo, you're right. Plus, I think that episode of My Haunted House is well over a year old. At least if Murphy/Falchuk plagiarized this season, the writing is bound to be better than their usual.
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Sep 26, 2016 16:46
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The size of the house and it only being 3 bedrooms could be due to the time period that it's from. There would be dressing areas, sitting rooms, a parlor, and whatever else rich people poo poo they could come up with.
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Sep 26, 2016 19:30
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Toothbrush posted:The size of the house and it only being 3 bedrooms could be due to the time period that it's from. Nah, it's just because it's a dumb TV show and the creators don't feel the need to have to explain pointless extraneous details like the sperglords watching do.
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CynCyanide posted:Did you know there are officially licensed Halloween costumes for AHS? I don't remember what "Bloody Face Mask" is supposed to be. Something from Asylum?. Bloody Face Mask belonged to the serial killer/psychiatrist. He made it out of bits of his victims. He also had a lampshade made of human skin and a bowl made from the top of a skull. Dude did a lot of arts and crafts.  In the modern portion where that couple is visiting the long-abandoned asylum and get tormented by pranksters, and the pranksters themselves are then killed by Son of Bloodyface, they were wearing fake Bloodyface masks too? Just like the ones now for sale. Spooky.
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Hey y'all TV reviews are unreliable as hell I find so I thought I'd ask here. I loved Hotel bbut thought Freakshow was the worst bullshit yet. How's this season shaping up? Should I hop aboard?
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Calico Heart posted:Hey y'all TV reviews are unreliable as hell I find so I thought I'd ask here. I loved Hotel bbut thought Freakshow was the worst bullshit yet. How's this season shaping up? Should I hop aboard? It's really different from the last few seasons. So far the horror is really understated There's been hints dropped of big twists and connections to the other seasons though, so I fully expect it to go batshit at some point.
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Sep 28, 2016 20:12
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Calico Heart posted:Hey y'all TV reviews are unreliable as hell I find so I thought I'd ask here. I loved Hotel bbut thought Freakshow was the worst bullshit yet. How's this season shaping up? Should I hop aboard? Seems like simple story so far, but you know they can completely jump off the rails on any notice and descent into garbage.
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Sep 28, 2016 20:34
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Ryan Murphy says the twist hits in episode 6. It's promised to totally change what show we're watching, which makes me expect it to be either really clever or AHS descending into madness like usual.
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Calico Heart posted:Hey y'all TV reviews are unreliable as hell I find so I thought I'd ask here. I loved Hotel bbut thought Freakshow was the worst bullshit yet. How's this season shaping up? Should I hop aboard? It's only 2 episodes in, but so far I like it better than freakshow. As others mentioned they have messed with the format a bit this time, not sure if that is going to turn out cool or annoying in the long run. So far it doesn't have the very stylized visuals of Hotel or Coven. The people look like people you might see in your town. The house is a bit grand for a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, but not obnoxiously so. It is doing better at "spooky horror stuff" than usual. It really does seem more like a horror story than a "look at beautiful people swan around" story, which is an interesting change.
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chitoryu12 posted:Ryan Murphy says the twist hits in episode 6. It's promised to totally change what show we're watching, which makes me expect it to be either really clever or AHS descending into madness like usual. I vote madness.
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Sep 29, 2016 01:29
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What. The gently caress. Was that.
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Sep 29, 2016 03:07
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Ambellina posted:What. The gently caress. Was that. Just a couple a youngin's tryin ta get their daily dose of vitamin D is all
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Ambellina posted:What. The gently caress. Was that. Well, you see, that was... was...
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Sep 29, 2016 03:11
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What did the boys say? I didn't hear it right.
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Sep 29, 2016 03:11
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KIT HAGS posted:What did the boys say? I didn't hear it right. I assumed it was CROATOAN but I'm not sure.
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CannedMacabre posted:I assumed it was CROATOAN but I'm not sure. Same, couldn't quite understand but it makes perfect sense https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatan
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Sep 29, 2016 03:17
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Oh I love him! EDIT: Leslie Jordan
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Sep 29, 2016 03:21
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Sep 29, 2016 03:23
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I'm...actually enjoying AHS right now???
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Sep 29, 2016 03:30
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Sep 29, 2016 03:30
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Getting into some classic AHS now.
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Sep 29, 2016 03:30
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One part Tangina one part Gary Spivey.
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Sep 29, 2016 03:30
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Cricket's Andy Warhol wig isn't flattering, but I kinda like the guy. Think he's going to die horribly?
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CynCyanide posted:Cricket's Andy Warhol wig isn't flattering, but I kinda like the guy. Think he's going to die horribly? That is cricket? I thought it was Danny DiVito's wig from Its always sunny! Holy poo poo these people really should kept the lights on in their haunted murder house. Tenzarin fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Sep 29, 2016 |
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Tenzarin posted:Holy poo poo these people really should kept the lights on in their haunted murder house. Yeah, I don't know why they're always wandering around the murde house with no lights. This episode is good. This season is good.
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Sep 29, 2016 03:42
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So everyone knows the story of Roanoke but are completely mystified by the word Croatoan? How does that work?
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Sep 29, 2016 03:43
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Sep 29, 2016 03:45
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When Lady Gaga hands you a beating heart, you eat that poo poo.
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Sep 29, 2016 03:45
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Okay but where the gently caress is Evan peters?
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Sep 29, 2016 03:47
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KIT HAGS posted:Okay but where the gently caress is Evan peters? I've been wondering this since episode one. Just waiting here for him to show up.
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I had a feeling that once we got to see less of the main 3 and more of the bonkers poo poo in the woods that this season would get much better So far so good... e: I'm afraid Evan Peters may have been relegated to a minor role like Lily Rabe in S4 but I sure hope that's not the case
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