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American Horror Story: Hotel (Season 5) (2 Viewers)

'One said:
Surprisingly, I loved that musical number. Perfect for a room full of insane people.
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Here is part of an interview with Sarah Paulson talking about that scene:I have to ask you about "The Name Game."

It was the most fun thing ever. We were all like, "Yeah, 'Glee' -- suck it! Here we are. 'American Horror' can do it too!" But it was pretty funny because it was me, Evan and Jessica in the room where the "Glee" cast does their rehearsals and we felt like total dummies. We worked with Zach [Woodlee] -- the same choreographer from "Glee" -- and it took us a while. None of us are professional dancers. That was Jessica singing. It was so amazing.

It was the craziest day ever because I think what's not in it is the chronic masturbator when we're clapping over by the couch. It was the most insane thing. Evan, Jessica and I didn't notice him at first and then Evan pointed him out because he's literally jerking it at top speed while we're clapping and doing the swim in front of him. Once we noticed it, we had a 50-car pileup where we just dissolved into giggles on the floor. It was just so absurd, like, "What are we doing with our lives here?" We spent 12 hours shooting that scene and it was just the most fun because think about it: We had all spent five months in drab clothing, not smiling, screaming, crying, running and now, here we all were, laughing, smiling and having the greatest time.

But the chronic masturbator scene needs to be added. I think Ryan said he'd put it on the DVD. It was the kind of thing where once you saw it, it was impossible not to think it was the most hilarious, disturbed, depraved thing you could possibly imagine. It was just so much fun. It was the greatest day.

 
I liked this season but found the finale to be really boring. First time I've fallen asleep watching the show.

 
I liked it. I wish they had maybe explained the three copy cats in episode one. Maybe it wasn't important.Jessica Lange was awesome.

 
I thought Continuum was dull, but the finale was really well done. The scene with Judy Martin and the Angel gave me chills with the the way it was presented. It really wrapped up the story nicely

 
A dramatic and solid finish to a season that really didn't deserve one. If they weren't going to wrap up the alien storyline (or do anything significant with Arden's experiments), they should have just left them out entirely, and kept Arden and Sister Satan in the mix cranked up to 11. I'd rather have seen Jude fight them from the inside rather than have any of the Kit family drama or Bloodyface Jr. If you're going to subtitle the season Asylum, might as well keep it the focus from start to finish.I probably won't be checking out S3 or go back to see S1, unless they find a way to work Cromwell or McShane back in for S3 or some other interesting name.

 
'shadyridr said:
'snogger said:
'shadyridr said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
The end scene with Lana and Sister Jude-- what meaning did that scene have? I felt like I missed something
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:goodposting: no clue
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My thinking is they want us to think that nothing that happened throughout the season really happened.. She left and never came back and therefore the entire story line was all in our heads. :shrug:
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I just took it as them reinforcing that Lana was one tough SOB
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It was when Jude said "when you look evil in the face, it will look right back at you"Maybe showing how Lana has become evil?
 
'The Kuhn said:
A dramatic and solid finish to a season that really didn't deserve one. If they weren't going to wrap up the alien storyline (or do anything significant with Arden's experiments), they should have just left them out entirely, and kept Arden and Sister Satan in the mix cranked up to 11. I'd rather have seen Jude fight them from the inside rather than have any of the Kit family drama or Bloodyface Jr. If you're going to subtitle the season Asylum, might as well keep it the focus from start to finish.

I probably won't be checking out S3 or go back to see S1, unless they find a way to work Cromwell or McShane back in for S3 or some other interesting name.
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FWIW, the show was crazy from start to finish and I believe they truely intended the show to mirror Asylum and be crazy...JMHO
 
'Bigboy10182000 said:
'The Kuhn said:
A dramatic and solid finish to a season that really didn't deserve one. If they weren't going to wrap up the alien storyline (or do anything significant with Arden's experiments), they should have just left them out entirely, and kept Arden and Sister Satan in the mix cranked up to 11. I'd rather have seen Jude fight them from the inside rather than have any of the Kit family drama or Bloodyface Jr. If you're going to subtitle the season Asylum, might as well keep it the focus from start to finish.

I probably won't be checking out S3 or go back to see S1, unless they find a way to work Cromwell or McShane back in for S3 or some other interesting name.
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FWIW, the show was crazy from start to finish and I believe they truely intended the show to mirror Asylum and be crazy...JMHO
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I get that...one of the best parts was Jude's hallucinations about Pepper, the Angel of Death, and the Monsignor. I'd even be cool with the aliens and Arden's experiments were other hallucinations of other patients. To paraphrase Tropic Thunder, "if you're going to go crazy, go full crazy". I'd say the last few episodes actually got away from the crazy and it was too late for that large of a tone shift. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised as that's what didn't work about Nip/Tuck for me either.
 
As much as I hated this season, I will admit the acting and even the writing is pretty great throughout. It was just boring. I still have high hopes for season 3.

 
'snogger said:
'shadyridr said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
The end scene with Lana and Sister Jude-- what meaning did that scene have? I felt like I missed something
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:goodposting: no clue
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My thinking is they want us to think that nothing that happened throughout the season really happened.. She left and never came back and therefore the entire story line was all in our heads. :shrug:
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That's an interesting take but not what I walked away with. My interpretation of that scene was that when Lana Winters looked the evil Briarcliff in the face, Briarcliff looked right back ultimately corrupting her through her ambition. After she left the place, she became a selfish, money-grubbing, fame-seeking #####.This season was pretty messy. My main issues were the ultimately useless plotlines namely the alien abduction and Dr. Arden's experiments. The whole Bloody Face Jr. plotline, while somewhat useful in that at least it pertained to Lana's decent and possibly the beginning her redemption, was ultimately unsatifying. I think Bloody Face Jr. was supposed to be a pathetic character, at least I thought they made that clear in the finale, so I was pretty happy when they offed him because of that and the fact that Dylan McDermott is TV's new William Shatner, I swear to Christ, over-acting set to 11.That said, I'll stick around for Season Three for sure.
 
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'The Kuhn said:
A dramatic and solid finish to a season that really didn't deserve one. If they weren't going to wrap up the alien storyline (or do anything significant with Arden's experiments), they should have just left them out entirely, and kept Arden and Sister Satan in the mix cranked up to 11. I'd rather have seen Jude fight them from the inside rather than have any of the Kit family drama or Bloodyface Jr. If you're going to subtitle the season Asylum, might as well keep it the focus from start to finish.I probably won't be checking out S3 or go back to see S1, unless they find a way to work Cromwell or McShane back in for S3 or some other interesting name.
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You probably would enjoy Season 1. It wasn't that outlandish, many folks, including myself, thought it was really good. The best thing about it and the reason I am having a tough time finishing this season is that Season 1 had 1 premise and kept it going the whole time. I can see where some people didn't like the premise of Season 1, but it was consistent. I stopped being interested in Season 2 when I realized the show had so many storylines, it just wasn't holding me in to keep watching.Also, as mentioned above, you can never have enough French maid.
 
'pcarnette said:
'snogger said:
'shadyridr said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
The end scene with Lana and Sister Jude-- what meaning did that scene have? I felt like I missed something
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:goodposting: no clue
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My thinking is they want us to think that nothing that happened throughout the season really happened.. She left and never came back and therefore the entire story line was all in our heads. :shrug:
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That's an interesting take but not what I walked away with. My interpretation of that scene was that when Lana Winters looked the evil Briarcliff in the face, Briarcliff looked right back ultimately corrupting her through her ambition. After she left the place, she became a selfish, money-grubbing, fame-seeking #####.
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:goodposting: I think this is a pretty good interpretation of the final scene.
 
'The Kuhn said:
If they weren't going to wrap up the alien storyline
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Here is something from the co-creator of the show regarding the aliens:Had you ever thought about being more clear with the alien storyline?

MURPHY: No, it was always what it was. I was always interested in those [alien abduction] stories, and the fascinating thing about them was the people who had claimed to be abducted and who had been on the ships. Did that happen? I don’t know. But, I’m fascinated that those stories started to come out, right around the time of the Civil Rights era. I was very interested in the timing of that. To me, that’s what that was about. I never even like to talk about that story because I like that that’s the one thing that everybody can put their own conclusion on. Where did they come from? Who were they? I liked not saying too much about it, so that people could come to their own conclusions. If you read theories about it from this season, so many people have wildly different ideas about what it was and what it meant, and I wanted it to be that way.

 
'Buckfast 1 said:
'pcarnette said:
'snogger said:
'shadyridr said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
The end scene with Lana and Sister Jude-- what meaning did that scene have? I felt like I missed something
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:goodposting: no clue
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My thinking is they want us to think that nothing that happened throughout the season really happened.. She left and never came back and therefore the entire story line was all in our heads. :shrug:
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That's an interesting take but not what I walked away with. My interpretation of that scene was that when Lana Winters looked the evil Briarcliff in the face, Briarcliff looked right back ultimately corrupting her through her ambition. After she left the place, she became a selfish, money-grubbing, fame-seeking #####.
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:goodposting: I think this is a pretty good interpretation of the final scene.
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Another interpretation could be that even though we had a Nazi and Satan in the story, Thredson and the Monsignor were equally as evil, showing that evil can be found anywhere, in anyone, and could corrupt at any time.It was an awkward way to end it- they obviously wanted to bring it full circle and close with Jude, but ending with Jude and the angel would have been fine too.
 
'simey said:
'The Kuhn said:
If they weren't going to wrap up the alien storyline
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Here is something from the co-creator of the show regarding the aliens:Had you ever thought about being more clear with the alien storyline?

MURPHY: No, it was always what it was. I was always interested in those [alien abduction] stories, and the fascinating thing about them was the people who had claimed to be abducted and who had been on the ships. Did that happen? I don't know. But, I'm fascinated that those stories started to come out, right around the time of the Civil Rights era. I was very interested in the timing of that. To me, that's what that was about. I never even like to talk about that story because I like that that's the one thing that everybody can put their own conclusion on. Where did they come from? Who were they? I liked not saying too much about it, so that people could come to their own conclusions. If you read theories about it from this season, so many people have wildly different ideas about what it was and what it meant, and I wanted it to be that way.
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It would be a strong enough concept to base a whole season around if they were really that interested in it. This just sounds like they wanted to throw something else into the mix and see who thought it was cool.
 
'shadyridr said:
As much as I hated this season, I will admit the acting and even the writing is pretty great throughout. It was just boring. I still have high hopes for season 3.
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Just bring back the young maid from S1 and I'm IN.
 
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'The Kuhn said:
'simey said:
'The Kuhn said:
If they weren't going to wrap up the alien storyline
Click to expand...
Here is something from the co-creator of the show regarding the aliens:Had you ever thought about being more clear with the alien storyline?

MURPHY: No, it was always what it was. I was always interested in those [alien abduction] stories, and the fascinating thing about them was the people who had claimed to be abducted and who had been on the ships. Did that happen? I don't know. But, I'm fascinated that those stories started to come out, right around the time of the Civil Rights era. I was very interested in the timing of that. To me, that's what that was about. I never even like to talk about that story because I like that that's the one thing that everybody can put their own conclusion on. Where did they come from? Who were they? I liked not saying too much about it, so that people could come to their own conclusions. If you read theories about it from this season, so many people have wildly different ideas about what it was and what it meant, and I wanted it to be that way.
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It would be a strong enough concept to base a whole season around if they were really that interested in it. This just sounds like they wanted to throw something else into the mix and see who thought it was cool.
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I didn't get that impression, and I'm perfectly fine with the writers not elaborating more on the aliens. Grace said earlier in the season that the aliens were attracted to Kit by his empathy and dignity, and that the aliens were benevolent and evolved beings. It made sense to me that Kit would take Sister Jude in, and his alien children would be able to take away her madness, and give her peace. In Kit's final scenes he was taken away by the aliens, and my own conclusion is they took his pain away and he went to a peaceful place. I like how Jude's character changed through the show. I thought her character's send-off with the angel of death was great. I also like how the finale was told through Lana. Lana telling her story put things into focus, and gave the three core characters closure.
 
I had the same interpretation Snogger had at first. But now I'm realizing that it can't make too much sense because there were aspects that really happened outside of Lana's thoughts like the Easter interview of Monsignor. Now I'm not sure what it meant.

 
I personally don't like it when films or shows try to throw in something just to confuse or simply to drive more discussion from fans...when ultimately it had no real direction or reveal. It was simply to make you go "WTF?" So...I didn't like the aliens at all...after the fact.As for the ending...I don't believe it was anything fantasy or dream sequence or anything as tricky as that. It was exactly what it was...you touch (or look at evil in it's eyes) and it'll touch you back (look back at you). You simply cannot come this close to evil without it changing you.

 
'tdoss said:
I personally don't like it when films or shows try to throw in something just to confuse or simply to drive more discussion from fans...when ultimately it had no real direction or reveal. It was simply to make you go "WTF?" So...I didn't like the aliens at all...after the fact.
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I think the alien part did have a purpose, and that was it made Kit "special." I think the creator was saying that in real life aliens are a mystery, and nobody ever knows for sure who and what they are. He didn't need to explain more about them, because in reality they are unexplainable, and people will always make their own conclusions on their existence, and he liked having that aspect included in the show.
 
'simey said:
'One said:
Surprisingly, I loved that musical number. Perfect for a room full of insane people.
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Here is part of an interview with Sarah Paulson talking about that scene:I have to ask you about "The Name Game."

It was the most fun thing ever. We were all like, "Yeah, 'Glee' -- suck it! Here we are. 'American Horror' can do it too!" But it was pretty funny because it was me, Evan and Jessica in the room where the "Glee" cast does their rehearsals and we felt like total dummies. We worked with Zach [Woodlee] -- the same choreographer from "Glee" -- and it took us a while. None of us are professional dancers. That was Jessica singing. It was so amazing.

It was the craziest day ever because I think what's not in it is the chronic masturbator when we're clapping over by the couch. It was the most insane thing. Evan, Jessica and I didn't notice him at first and then Evan pointed him out because he's literally jerking it at top speed while we're clapping and doing the swim in front of him. Once we noticed it, we had a 50-car pileup where we just dissolved into giggles on the floor. It was just so absurd, like, "What are we doing with our lives here?" We spent 12 hours shooting that scene and it was just the most fun because think about it: We had all spent five months in drab clothing, not smiling, screaming, crying, running and now, here we all were, laughing, smiling and having the greatest time.

But the chronic masturbator scene needs to be added. I think Ryan said he'd put it on the DVD. It was the kind of thing where once you saw it, it was impossible not to think it was the most hilarious, disturbed, depraved thing you could possibly imagine. It was just so much fun. It was the greatest day.
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:lmao: :goodposting:
 
I'm about halfway/two-thirds through Season 1 (after watching Season 2 first) and I don't think I'm enjoying it as much. I'm not sure why, but it could be that there are no characters that I'm rooting for so far. At least in season 2 there were a few.

 
I thought S1 was a lot like S2: lots of ups and downs, really high points and really low points. During both series', there were times I wanted to just quit watching. At the same time, both shows produced some really memorable episodes. I walk away from both seasons feeling like I really enjoyed it overall and will watch again.

 
American Horror Story: Coven.

Set in New Orleans.

Combine that with Lange and bates and I am in!

 
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