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Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
So far, this is old school Ridley Scott without any xenomorph eggs being the catalyst to drive everyone crazy, it's just people being people. Fun. The cinematography and everything is way too good for AMC these days though, which is ironic considering the drat station used to be for movie classics.

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Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
RIP Sir John.

Also that guy who was being given the Christian temptation lecture by the Bible-thumper, I missed the whole deal with that. Was he having a gay relationship with someone else and got found out?

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
That dude with his brain sticking out is legit more grody than anything the Walking Dead has poo poo out recently.

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
poo poo son, Crozier sure don't gently caress around. Reminds me of the torture scene from 2006 Casino Royale. My guess is that Hickey is the first one to go full cannibal. And the description of the "bear" reminds me of a skinwalker.

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
So they're fighting a xenomorph polar bear. The way it's eyes are slits, it might as well have no eyes at all. And sure it can be burned and shot, but it still made off with one poor guy's leg, no problem.

And I never thought an upstart like Fitzjames would be the voice of reason. Then again, Crozier seemed reasonable at first and when he stepped up to the plate, his weaknesses were laid bare for all to see. Let's see how long it lasts before he becomes afflicted with whatever curse of leadership that's affecting this expedition.

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013

Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:

There's no need to spoiler stuff that has aired!

Yeah, there was something strange about the bear's head. But with Goodsir finding the lead-poisoned tins, you could still write it off as the crew going crazy over one pissed off bear.

I'm glad Lady Silence's speech landed with Crozier and he's getting back on the wagon: seeing him fall so far into drink made him pathetic and sad. Hopefully he gets out from under the curse after detox!

You are probably right: Fitzjames will crack under the pressure of command.

Don't know why people are saying they can't hear: I think the sound design on this show is fantastic! The scenes when they were down in the hold, stowing the dead, was so creepy with the constant, audible pressure from the ice. Where did you guys stream it? I'm on PSVue and everything is clear.

I've seen stuff spoilered right after airing on other stuff, not taking chances. I sometimes have trouble understanding the dialogue, but I think it's a bit of their accents.

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
Hickey got a taste for cannibalism early. Got a taste for it in the head, if you catch my drift.

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
So Jeffery Dahmer is the reincarnation of Mr. Hickey. Good to know.

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
Uhhh, poo poo. Everybody's becoming more vulnerable with each other but that doesn't stop things from going to hell that much more. They are really building up Not!Hickey to be a Satanic archetype if there ever was one. Even on the rope, he was a lying piece of poo poo. And that lead poisoning on that one guy's arm was pretty nasty.

Shitenshi fucked around with this message at 03:28 on May 8, 2018

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
Did I miss it, or did Fitzjames die there? And I'm surprised Goodsir hasn't done an honor suicide to spite Hickey.

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013

zoux posted:

To be eligible for this year's Emmy, a show must premiere before April 27. The Terror premiered at the end of March

I know I'm replying to an ancient post here, but I don't understand. Wouldn't that still make The Terror eligible?

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
Took awhile for them to start with the supernatural stuff in season 1, but they aren't wasting any time here. From a guy being compelled to stare in the sun to an insufferable yank getting what he deserves from some demon to an undead ghost lady sewing her rotting face up at the end there.

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Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013
I'm still enjoying this season, however I will echo the thread sentiment that this is a far cry from Season 1. This ain't like the descent of the glorious first and second seasons of AHS into the shitfest of Coven or whatever the hell happened to Walking Dead to name a few, but something went wrong in the writer's room. There's only three episodes left and at least I'd like to know Yuko's MO, what she's doing when the camera goes off. Something happened to Bowen and Chester when they got Yuko'd, but there's no consistency in her actions, why especially the former was spared, but both Luz's dad and that doctor were both immediately disposed of. I can guess maybe she's enacting some sort of extended revenge through leaving an rear end in a top hat like Bowen alive and loving with his head to come down on the prisoners that much harder, yet I can't help but think that isn't the case, that maybe the writers are just dropping the ball here. And telling why she went after them and showing what exactly happened in that as of yet blank interim between then and now could actually be the opportunity for same drat scary horror.

I mean, there's enough bad poo poo going on with the actual ghost and people being tormented in concentration camps that leaving the real scares something to the human imagination just doesn't cut it anymore. Considering there's still a hell of a lot of gaps here that have yet to be filled, I'm hoping this issue will be addressed, that it will be a legitimately scary plot twist when it does happen, and not something just casually left in the air. Finally, I want to know what they're trying to say here. A show about Japanese concentration camps in this era is unbelievably relevant so I want to know what's the message here, even if it has to be blatantly stated with all the subtlety of an anvil. Hearing someone like Bowen reprimand the Japanese about the ghost problem is incredibly hollow given he's the rear end in a top hat in charge of this song and dance, but when Yuko is a product of the older Japanese characters' baggage, a force akin to an indiscriminate plague, it could just as well feed into every contemporary xenophobic piece of poo poo screed hung high from the rooftops today.

Shitenshi fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Sep 26, 2019

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