American Horror Story

[HaemishM]

So this is a new FX series by the hated creators of Glee and Nip/Tuck. It's supposed to REVOLUTIONIZE HORROR on TV!!!!!

Yeah, it doesn't. It sucked. I made it through 40 minutes of the pilot before deleting it from my Tivo. I'll probably blog about how bad it was later, but suffice it to say the characters were annoying cunts, they tried to mash fifteen different contexts into the same story and did it badly and it was directed by what appeared to be a methhead.

Do not watch.

[Merusk]

Damn, that sucks.  The commercials I saw at the gym got me interested enough to consider hunting this down.

[Threash]

The pilot was basically every single horror movie cliche packed into 45 minutes, i really have no idea what they have left for the second episode.

[HaemishM]

More of Dylan McDermott's ass, I'd wager. 

[Numtini]

I didn't find it that terrible as much as I found it bizarre. Like Twin Peaks on acid or something. And the fact that every single cliche was in there made me intrigued as to what they were going to do. They can't just keep doing what they're doing. There has to be some point?

[Mrbloodworth]

There has to be some point?

[Hutch]

"It's a metaphor. It represents lack of payoff."

[stu]

I like that it's willing to be a show with no likeable characters.

The scene with the guy looking in the window was pretty creepy, and I liked all the stuff with the maid.

[Tale]

Bring back American Gothic

[Threash]

I like that it's willing to be a show with no likeable characters.

The scene with the guy looking in the window was pretty creepy, and I liked all the stuff with the maid.

The daughter was likeable.

[DLRiley]

Ok is there T&A to be had in this show?

[Threash]

Oh there was plenty of A.

[HaemishM]

I should warn you it was Dylan McDermott's A.

[DLRiley]

God damnit what the hell is wrong with cable television!

[Tale]

God damnit what the hell is wrong with cable television!

Nothing is wrong with it on HBO. Or where Sons of Anarchy and Spartacus took shape.

[DLRiley]

God damnit what the hell is wrong with cable television!

Nothing is wrong with it on HBO. Or where Sons of Anarchy and Spartacus took shape.

But American Horror Story brings me back to the days when that was the exception not the rule.

[Xanthippe]

I didn't hate this show nearly as much as I hate Nip/Tuck and Glee.  It was a little better than I expected.  I expect it to become creepy/weird like Nip/Tuck did though, so I doubt I'll last much longer with it.

I did like the part with the maid.

[DLRiley]

Ok fuck this shit, I hate this show.

[Xanthippe]

The pilot was basically every single horror movie cliche packed into 45 minutes, i really have no idea what they have left for the second episode.

No, they found some more for the second episode.

[Tarami]

There has to be some point?

Well played, good sir.

[stu]

I like this show. The latest episode is pretty twisted.

[Threash]

I didn't like the pilot but it's gotten way better every episode since then.

[Numtini]

We're watching for the LOLZ at this point. I did enjoy the last episode.

I can't get over the notion that Shake Shake Senora is going to spark up and the daughter and the half mutilated killer are going to start dancing together.

[Mrbloodworth]

I am quite amazed that they have most horror movie villain archetypes in one show. Even the hero side, with the lead male being a physiologist, and the wife being the "Paranormal" type housewife. Hell, the daughter is going to turn into a "gingersnaps" type I bet. It's honestly quite impressive, and they are weaving so many threads in this thing. Jessica Lange is fucking creepy and brilliant as the "Mother" archetype, she does it perfectly. Evan Peters/Tate is one I haven't pinned down, at first I thought he was the young psychopath, a Michael Myers before the mask. But he seems to be able to project, or IS something more demonic. Frances Conroy/Moria, the succubus, and shes brilliant as the maid/Medium of the house, Alexandra Breckenridge ( young Moria ) is just fucking yummy. I loved her in true blood too. Denis O’Hare ( Vampire King of Mississippi! ) is funny in his role. "You killed your whole family!", "Yes but I was never unfaithful."  

I think the first episode was just so jam packed with introductions, its easy to say it had no point. Clearly, now that introductions are out of the way, it can move on, and its doing so rather well I think. I am somewhat amazed it hasn't just degraded into a kill fest with so many archetypes in one area. But I believe the "mother" has a hand or two in that.

[stu]

I like that it's willing to be a show with no likeable characters.

The scene with the guy looking in the window was pretty creepy, and I liked all the stuff with the maid.

The daughter was likeable.

Yeah, I had her pegged wrong. Is she the only one who wants to stay at the house? (lol)

If there's anything I love purely about this show, other than Alexandra Breckenridge's vanilla syrup ass, it's that all of the characters have clear motivations, even when you don't know what their goal is. That's in contrast to, say, The Walking Dead, where characters act stupid as a way of life and their actions are attributed to, "Oh, they where just fearful for their lives" (because the helmers have no idea). I'm getting a lot more pleasure out of American Horror Story than The Walking Dead.

[DLRiley]

Wait people like this turd? I mean I was about to complain about the walking dead. Then this show came on.

[Threash]

I like that it's willing to be a show with no likeable characters.

The scene with the guy looking in the window was pretty creepy, and I liked all the stuff with the maid.

The daughter was likeable.

Yeah, I had her pegged wrong. Is she the only one who wants to stay at the house? (lol)

I really liked her take on the home invasion thing "this isn't where we were victims mom, this is where we kicked ass!".

[Mrbloodworth]

I like that it's willing to be a show with no likeable characters.

The scene with the guy looking in the window was pretty creepy, and I liked all the stuff with the maid.

The daughter was likeable.

Yeah, I had her pegged wrong. Is she the only one who wants to stay at the house? (lol)

I really liked her take on the home invasion thing "this isn't where we were victims mom, this is where we kicked ass!".

Yeah, just before she told her mom she thought she was weak. I got a strong "The Strangers" vibe from the whole home invasion part.

[Threash]

Yeah, just before she told her mom she thought she was weak. I got a strong "The Strangers" vibe from the whole home invasion part.

Actually that was at the beginning of the episode.  Yes, the whole home invasion thing was almost an exact copy of the strangers.

[Mrbloodworth]

Really enjoying this show. The shovel from nowhere caught me off guard.

[DLRiley]

How is anyone enjoying this show?

[Threash]

It's pretty fucking awesome?

[DLRiley]

But the dialogue is written by a 13 year old who just discovered porn....

[Xanthippe]

There is so much wrong with this show but I love the scarred guy so much, and Jessica Lange, and Francis Conroy.

I pretty much hate the guy and beginning to hate his wife.  Haven't decided about the daughter yet.

[Mrbloodworth]

In some ways, they are the real villains.