What is this? Knotty pine?!?
― mh, Friday, 31 January 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link
i am pleased with that as an ending.
― clouds, Friday, 31 January 2014 05:54 (ten years ago) link
This was roughly one tenth as good as last season. What a waste of an incredible cast.
― Simon H., Friday, 31 January 2014 06:06 (ten years ago) link
Most unsatisfying the way they left Misty in hell, they didn't seem very bothered either.
― xelab, Friday, 31 January 2014 08:15 (ten years ago) link
yeah, that seemed like an unjust fate.
― clouds, Friday, 31 January 2014 13:06 (ten years ago) link
knotty pine line was the best thing abt the finale
― johnny crunch, Friday, 31 January 2014 13:35 (ten years ago) link
The Misty thing was doubly unsatisfying since Rabe is by far the best of the younger actresses.
― Simon H., Friday, 31 January 2014 14:29 (ten years ago) link
myrtle snow might have been my fave character overall
― clouds, Friday, 31 January 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
I enjoyed the witch council, wish they had more airtime
― mh, Friday, 31 January 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
If I was to watch one of the first 3 seasons, which? As you may know i prefer dark wit and general creepiness to blood and thunder.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:08 (ten years ago) link
Series 2 in the asylum without doubt.
― xelab, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:12 (ten years ago) link
None of what I've seen from the show seemed all that witty tbh.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
It is a horror series and Faulkner wasn't involved, but it has a very talented cast.
― xelab, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link
you won't like this Morbz. I didn't.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:42 (ten years ago) link
I wouldn't listen to this fucker.
― xelab, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
Asylum (S2) is by far the best but I can't imagine you being into any of it really
― Simon H., Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:48 (ten years ago) link
It is some wacky parade of the flimsiest and most obvious horror cliches strung together by comically incoherent dialogue and actions and reactions
bears repeating
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
so what?
― clouds, Thursday, 9 October 2014 03:53 (ten years ago) link
Dr Morbius, I don't think you would like this either. I have only seen the first season and while I found it watchable and entertaining, it was also quite lacking in taste, intelligence, imagination, and sense. I can't remember any wit, dark or otherwise, and it even creepy IMO.I kind of enjoyed it but sometimes I like things that are dumb and trashy.
― MrDasher, Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:19 (ten years ago) link
Not even creepy, that's meant to say
― MrDasher, Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
OK, thx y'all. I guess i'll watch those last two Rob Zombie movies instead.
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, def try to resist the urge to use my taste in horror as an anti-barometer this one time.
― Eric H., Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
yeah The Lords of Salem is worth catching at least xp
― Simon H., Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
I only use your taste in comedy as an anti-barometer, honeybunch.
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 October 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
The first season was the only passable one, IMO.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 9 October 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
def enjoying this season
v good acting this ep particularly kathy bates w the doctor & denis ohare w the viking
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 23 October 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
the anachronistic music numbers by jess lange are p dope too imo
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 23 October 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
I've read about this show a bit but never seen it, because every time I think I know what it is about, I read something that goes completely contrary to my expectations, and makes me stop wanting to see it.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 23 October 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Considering that season 2 featured Nazis, aliens and demons...
― just1n3, Thursday, 23 October 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
I really hate that they threw aliens in there so carelessly. GORPLOK WAS NOT AMUSED
http://cache2.asset-cache.net/gc/143174812-alien-and-spaceship-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=X%2BNvU8Xdp6beBRupcKb7WkjO3jms3mXV72GZHxzARNw%3D
― LB-426 (latebloomer), Thursday, 23 October 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link
Exactly! I thought it was some horror show, but then it sounded silly, or campy, or intentionally ridiculous, or just weird, or surreal, or funny, but never scary, so I had/have no idea. It'd be like a new police drama debuting, and then getting confused by people talking about all the singing clowns and Nazis.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 October 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
Kathy Bates's accent this season is insane! She sounds like Philly Boy Roy.
― polyphonic, Sunday, 26 October 2014 04:03 (ten years ago) link
this "blood bath" ep was a good one, esp dandy & frances conroy
lol @ "i wanted to be rid of them, put them on a bus to tampa, altho for me death would be preferable to tampa"
&
"you're no better than the roosevelts!"
"how dare you say that in this house"
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 7 December 2014 01:23 (nine years ago) link
I'm about 4 eps behind but plan to catch up soon
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 December 2014 03:14 (nine years ago) link
I thought it was some horror show, but then it sounded silly, or campy, or intentionally ridiculous, or just weird, or surreal, or funny, but never scary, so I had/have no idea
That's about right, though it definitely can be disquieting even if it's not exactly scary. I think "horror show by the guy who made Glee" pretty much tells you all you need to know. With all the pros and cons you'd expect from that.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 7 December 2014 04:18 (nine years ago) link
This series has got progressively worse, but still it is the best horror series on tv by a country mile (sure, not much of an accolade) and still has the best cast. I just wish it would return to the highs of the latter part of S1 and the excellent S2.
― xelab, Sunday, 7 December 2014 05:00 (nine years ago) link
gf and i will finish season 3 on netflix tonight
for me 1 > 3 > 2
they're all good but season 1 is the only legitimately scary one
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 20 January 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
i gave up on freakshow
there's something inherently corny about this show that just bugs me constantly
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
^^^
tried to watch season 2 but it was just too ridiculous to even care about, just a bunch of cliches randomly slapped together and amped up with a camp factor
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Yeah we did too. Just got bored.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:40 (nine years ago) link
SEASON 1 SPOILER
so watch out is what i'm saying
started watching the first season a few days ago. it seems...bad. "watchable" in the manner of so much cruddy television and often quite scary, but plotted almost at random. the other woman is pregnant! but she's having an abortion. or not! and she's crazy! o wait, she's dead.
― no Mmmmbob (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:46 (nine years ago) link
i liked s1 a lot, even with the silliness...s2 got so stupid & corny it was almost unwatchable. freakshow is not AS bad as s2, bu i'd rather just rewatch carnivale & have zero lols
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:52 (nine years ago) link
the other woman is pregnant! but she's having an abortion. or not! and she's crazy! o wait, she's dead.
lol yes exactly. it's like the plotting is done by monkeys with a bunch of file cards with different horror tropes printed on them.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
almost everything w/ dandy this season has owned, obv that is a problem tho when hes only tangentially connected to the freakshow, tho maybe they can stick the landing w/ the finale after the development @ the end of the last ep
i thought the introduction of nph's character was kinda a misstep tbh
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
taissa famiglia is really bad (but also really nice to look at tbf). jessica lange is the only actor who consistently brings it for me. or maybe she's just given the best material
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 20 January 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
farmiga*
Quite enjoyed S1, got two or three eps into S2 and gave up because it was just so weak and/or predictable.
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:50 (nine years ago) link
what a pile of crap this season was, even though the performances were all exceptional. the storylines on this show are just a mess; I wish they'd concentrate one one or two things and see them through the entire season. The whole thing fell apart after they killed off the scary clown.
― akm, Friday, 23 January 2015 02:52 (nine years ago) link
I think Asylum was probably the best season, but I actually never finished watching it. Maybe I shouldn't because it probably all fell apart after I stopped.
― akm, Friday, 23 January 2015 02:53 (nine years ago) link
the theme/end-credits music of freakshow sounds insanely familiar to me but i can't place it
https://soundcloud.com/fandomfatale/american-horror-story-freak-show-end-credits
i've watched 2, 3, and just finished 4 and iv'e enjoyed all of them. i got a few eps into the first season and just couldn't go any further, it was way too scary and not campy enough. i'm generally averse to horror movies that involve any kind of gore, but the production of this show is just so gorgeous and the cast is always great. i totally have a crush on sarah paulson, especially her voice.
― just1n3, Friday, 9 October 2015 00:57 (nine years ago) link