I wasn’t even aware there was a book. I enjoyed it and my daughter walked in right around the sundown town part and was hooked through to the end and mad there wasn’t another episode yet, so at least this Sunday will be appointment viewing.On my list. Wondering if I should read the book first or after.
It is a collection of inter-connected stories about an African-American family/friends surviving in Jim Crow America that combines historical fiction, fantasy, horror and sci-fi.Tl;Dr of what it's about?
Yea when it ended my wife said “so is that it?”I feel like someone accidentally showed us the finale.
Happens a lot at your house, eh?Yea when it ended my wife said “so is that it?”
Yeah felt that way. But are we positive of what the true is?I feel like someone accidentally showed us the finale.
Just watched tonight. WTF happened and why was it done in 1 episode? I assume the girl is still alive, but what seemed like an entire season arc ended in 5 minutes. So little explanation it's ridiculous. I'll keep watching but if the lodge is just done, that's not a good sign.Halfway through the 2nd episode I was thinking- cool,it's like Get Out with a religious twist. Then the last half completed what I thought would take a few more episodes to wrap up. Still in even though I'm even more confused on wtf is going on.
I read the book and loved it. It was kinda like a few different episodes of X Files, with an overarching narrative tying it all together. I don't want to say too much for fear of giving anything away about how the TV show might handle things. I will say that the point of view changed from section to section in the book and, IMO, each could almost be read as stand-alones (though, not knowing what came before could lose some folks).I was reading an article yesterday that says the author originally had written this story to be similar to X files. Instead of FBI agents investigating paranormal stuff it would be a black family in the 50s. The idea was to have fictional horror with the backdrop of the real horror of racism. It was going to be a new story every week just like x files. This idea was shot down by the tv people and that is when he turned it into the book that was released.
I have not read the book so I am unable to tell you if it was just one tale or a few strung together?
As I stated above it is a collection of stories. They are all inter-Connected. We aren’t finished with the Sons of Adam yet.I was reading an article yesterday that says the author originally had written this story to be similar to X files. Instead of FBI agents investigating paranormal stuff it would be a black family in the 50s. The idea was to have fictional horror with the backdrop of the real horror of racism. It was going to be a new story every week just like x files. This idea was shot down by the tv people and that is when he turned it into the book that was released.
I have not read the book so I am unable to tell you if it was just one tale or a few strung together?
I’m still not fully into it. Still watching but I’m not sure where they are going. The whole thing with his dad is just beyond odd. The reason he killed that lady seemed forced and while I don’t care whether his dad is gay, I’m not a big fan of them trying to make viewers uncomfortable with the spitting and the party. I’m not a fan of gratuitous anything that’s meant to make a statement for the show runners but has no bearing on the story/show. All the racism makes you uncomfortable as well but that’s what it was like back then. When they discovered that the black owned business had burned down, that scene was fantastic. I just didn’t like the dad stuff. Seems like they are using his character to do stuff that wouldn’t otherwise fit or make sense if the others did it. Give me backstory of what he did with that group or his son.What a strange twist this week, pretty slow and not sure we needed a whole episode on this backstory.
Yeah that was next level.That was some really creepy stuff tonight. It has been a while since I got the creeps like this. I'm a little worried that those uncle tom girls will make an appearance in my nightmares.
This show was starting to lose me a little but tonight's episode pulled me back in.
Yeah, nothing gives me the creeps more than little kids with that malevolent, otherworldly vibe. Particularly, little girls: The Exorcist, the twins from The Shining. :shudder:That was some really creepy stuff tonight. It has been a while since I got the creeps like this. I'm a little worried that those uncle tom girls will make an appearance in my nightmares.
This show was starting to lose me a little but tonight's episode pulled me back in.
It's pretty obvious he has some influence on the show and isn't just putting his name on it.I don't know how much Jordan Peele has his hand on it, but I'm more and more impressed with his stuff.
Isn’t it over?Watched the final episode this season. Meh. I think I’m done with this show moving forward.
Most folks seem to think a second season is likely.Isn’t it over?
Me too. Can't imagine I'll watch the next season after that finale.Watched the final episode this season. Meh. I think I’m done with this show moving forward.
That’s worth watching a clip, not the whole season. I liked how they worked in the era, like the burned down restaurant leading to the car chase and meeting D and the cops at sun down (best parts of the show IMHO), but at the end white vs black became the the entire story, so you had no real story or ending. I don’t think there was a single redeemable white person in the show, which might have been OK if that wasn’t the entire story at the end. Somehow it’s redeeming for a little girl to use her Terminator arm to rip apart someone’s throat instead of her pet monster eating the lady? The ending just put a disjointed cap on the season and kind of ruined it for me and I was already hanging by a thread and not understanding the point if so many of the story lines.I need to rewatch the finale. I'm not sure I got it.
While I do not find the story very compelling I would watch a second season. For me this is one of those shows that as a whole was meh but had some really creepy stuff that made it worth watching. Just the pik a ninny girls was worth watching the season in my opinion.