My season passes weren't prioritised correctly! I got a CSI over Nikita.
Well, I'm not making that mistake again. Yikes.
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2012 6:47:05 pm PST #3870 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Strix - Nov 11, 2012 5:13:09 am PST #3871 of 4535
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
sj, yes. I was a little worried with the first ep, because the first ep of last season left me going WTFF?! That was crazy-good-creepy-compelling!
And then I wasn't as caught by the first couple of eps, but now it is WAY fucked up, and I'm liking it. But yeah, it's different. Lange continues to be seriously impressive, and Evan Peters (I think that's his name) is quite an impressive young actor. I'd never seen him before last season, and watching him go from that season's character to this season's makes me intrigued about where he'll go.
And I just love Quinto. But my god, when you watch this ep, come back. There was a scene that just...ugh, psychology in the 60's!
sj - Nov 11, 2012 5:23:11 am PST #3872 of 4535
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Lange continues to be seriously impressive
Yes, just give Jessica Lange all the Emmy's right now.
Evan Peters (I think that's his name) is quite an impressive young actor.
He's brilliant. I almost didn't recognize him as the same actor from last season because he is just so good.
ugh, psychology in the 60's!
I think this season in general has done a great job of making the 60s in general a very scary place.
Strix - Nov 11, 2012 5:50:38 am PST #3873 of 4535
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I think this season in general has done a great job of making the 60s in general a very scary place.
Oh, yes.
And I found Sarah Polley kind of annoying last season, but I like her a lot this season.
I hear Dylan McDermot and Frances Conroy will be making cameos/having small roles this season.
sj - Nov 11, 2012 6:06:59 am PST #3874 of 4535
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Wow, that was quite obvious repetitive word choice on my part. That will teach me to post before fully awake.
And I found Sarah Polley kind of annoying last season, but I like her a lot this season.
I completely forgot she was even in last season.
Amy - Nov 11, 2012 6:08:59 am PST #3875 of 4535
Because books.
You mean Sarah Paulson?
This season is much creepier than last because everything is presented as a taboo to be shamed. The helplessness of being trapped, plus infinitely more body horror, is also pretty intense.
And I will never look at James Cromwell the same way again.
Strix - Nov 11, 2012 6:52:47 am PST #3876 of 4535
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
PAULSON, duh!
And I said pretty much the same thing about Cromwell to D Wed. night.
I agree. I thought the scene with Paulson and Quinto this week must have been incredibly hard to film for both of them, for a variety of reasons. It's creepier on a different level because, although there's a supernatural/alien element, it's really about the evil that lies in the heart of humanity.
What's appalling (at least right now -- god, I hope Quinto's character doesn't turn out to be evil) is that I think what we are seeing is a genuinely good man trying to do what much of society thought of what was right. Which makes it so much more horrifying is that THIS HAPPENED, and on a meta-level, that Quinto the person is a gay man. It would STILL be appalling if the actor was straight, but...layers.
I read some stuff about that scene and apparently the set was closed and everyone involved was just...quiet. And Paulson and Quinto were consummate professionals.
I may not always like Murphy or everything he does on his TV shows but he's got balls and some spicy brains...and hires spicy brains.
And apparently the next ep will have even more of a HSQ than last week's.
Amy - Nov 11, 2012 7:08:32 am PST #3877 of 4535
Because books.
Ben came home from school while I was watching it, and ended up sitting down with me. We talked about that scene after, and it wasn't as awkward as I thought it might be. It was really painful to watch, and Paulson and Quinto were incredible.
Strix - Nov 11, 2012 7:52:45 am PST #3878 of 4535
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ouch. That would be...potentially awkward, yes. Worse than my mom deciding to watch Basic Instinct with me at 20.
It WAS painful to watch, and that's why it was really good storytelling, acting and social commentary, I think.
Amy - Nov 11, 2012 12:15:57 pm PST #3879 of 4535
Because books.
He's pretty mature about stuff like that when he can sense that's it Serious Business, I think. And honestly I was glad he got to see an example of what it used to look like to "cure" someone of homosexuality.
The Anne Frank/Nazi stuff is freaking me out, too, and Sister Jude's reaction is one of the things that really humanizes her. Seeing her go to another nun for counsel really brings home that she actually thinks what she's doing is right, and that some atrocities are going to cross a line, even for her.
The end was shocking, too -- I guess I imagined Chloe Sevigny having a bigger role, and I'm not sure where they're taking her now. Arden has clearly done more than the amputations to her.