'Safe'
[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!
Still. I was shocked. Maybe they should just not air the show that early out here? I don't even know if that's possible, and they did have a lot of parental warnings, but...I found that the most disturbing thing.
Also, I assumed dude was actually turned into a Minotaur, but I don't think they established it clearly either way. I wonder if he's still alive, too.
It was a lot for 7:00.
Oh yeah.
Maybe they should just not air the show that early out here?
I don't know if FX can be held responsible for what the cable company (not mine! why not mine???) is doing, though. They made a show for 10.
Yeah, that is not a complaint against the show. Like I said, I was disturbed by the violence, but I imagine I was supposed to be. I also wasn't surprised because I'm a grown up (sometimes) and I choose to watch the show. Huge party foul on Direct TV for not pre-empting the 7:00 pm showing. Just way too intense for that time slot.
I think they have a blanket decision with an East Coast feed. I'd be surprised if they got into each show separately.
DirecTV has parental controls. I don't use them, but I'm pretty sure you can block anything that's rated Mature (or whatever the rating system is, I don't pay attention).
The cold open was brutal. Even I was surprised, and I watched last season. Definitely looking forward to the season, though.
Given that television is becoming more and more an untimed thing, I think the parental controls are key if there are people in your home whose viewing habits are your responsibility.
We have dvrs, Hulu, and many more streaming options. Just because a show was initially shown as a 10 p.m. show, that's probably not when a lot of people watch it or have access to it. The original air time feels less and less meaningful.
Which is my reaction to television in general because there's no way in hell I am ever watching any AHS. I don't do horror scary and AHS seems very, very good at horror scary.
It's actually not "scary" for me. It's more horrifying and unsettling and disturbing.
I think you're right about TV viewing, though. It's amazing how much technology has changed programming in just the last five years, and how viewing habits (or wish lists) drove the development of technology.
So far, I'm in Marie Leveau's court ...
I'd agree with one important exception. When destroying a great evil, you do NOT give it immortality to ensure it suffers eternally. Even if you are not an evil overlord, learn from the evil overlord manual: "Death is NOT too good for my enemies."