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Post by Film Socialism on Jun 8, 2019 17:38:11 GMT
this looks pretty bad but it's cool that the director pulled such a 180, hope he continues on the streak
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 9, 2019 4:43:07 GMT
I'm only two episodes in, but I found this on Imgur... haha.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jun 9, 2019 23:11:54 GMT
that finale was one of the single greatest moments I've seen on tv. The bit at the end with all the photos and video footage from the exclusion zone had me tearing up. So much loss and death because of pride.
It's about time Jared Harris wins an emmy, huh.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 11, 2019 8:37:10 GMT
Just finished it, and it is right up there with Band of Brothers and S1 of True Detective. Pretty fucking amazing!
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Post by stephen on Jun 11, 2019 14:52:44 GMT
Just finished it, and it is right up there with Band of Brothers and S1 of True Detective. Pretty fucking amazing! *breathes sigh of relief*
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 11, 2019 15:50:42 GMT
Just finished it, and it is right up there with Band of Brothers and S1 of True Detective. Pretty fucking amazing! *breathes sigh of relief* I still just wish I didn't subject myself to Wine Country this weekend, rather than just watching another couple of episodes sooner.
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Post by stephen on Jun 11, 2019 16:33:25 GMT
*breathes sigh of relief* I still just wish I didn't subject myself to Wine Country this weekend, rather than just watching another couple of episodes sooner. Well, now you've got The Terror to look forward to. And I am super-stoked for your thoughts on that.
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Post by Viced on Jun 15, 2019 14:21:58 GMT
Thought this was mostly a dud, unfortunately.
Uninvolving from the start, bland writing and directing, merely solid performances... 5 hours of fucked up shit happening without much to connect to.
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Post by stephen on Jun 15, 2019 15:09:46 GMT
Thought this was mostly a dud, unfortunately. Uninvolving from the start, bland writing and directing, merely solid performances... 5 hours of fucked up shit happening without much to connect to. Viced has been poisoned by his enemies.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 15, 2019 16:15:53 GMT
Thought this was mostly a dud, unfortunately. Uninvolving from the start, bland writing and directing, merely solid performances... 5 hours of fucked up shit happening without much to connect to.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jun 16, 2019 2:54:45 GMT
Thought this was mostly a dud, unfortunately. Uninvolving from the start, bland writing and directing, merely solid performances... 5 hours of fucked up shit happening without much to connect to.
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Post by Viced on Jun 16, 2019 4:01:33 GMT
Thought this was mostly a dud, unfortunately. Uninvolving from the start, bland writing and directing, merely solid performances... 5 hours of fucked up shit happening without much to connect to. A gif from a miniseries that’s even worse than Chernobyl... now that’s a rare accomplishment.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jun 18, 2019 5:47:19 GMT
At the risk of facing the lynch mob, I gotta more or less echo Viced's thoughts on this one.
It has some great moments, a lot of the imagery is truly haunting and disturbing, buuuuut ... I was kinda hoping there'd be some actual characterization at some point? Basically every character is some one-dimensional stereotype (usually seen of Russians in media particularly): diabolical bureaucrats, genius scientists who know what's right, stubborn blue-collar laborers, helpless commoner victims. The only major exception to this I guess is Skarsgård, whose arc is completed within the second episode (really his first episode) and isn't all that compelling to begin with. Overall I think the most interesting character might have been ... that guy who mentored Barry Keoghan in episode 4 (while we're at it, a solid-enough storyline abruptly thrown-in and then gone within just one episode)?? In general the characters were depicted generally monotonous and flat, and occasionally cartoonish -- that Donald Sumpter bunker conference room scene in the first episode ... was I supposed to take that shit seriously?? Because, lmao. The performances are indeed merely solid, not extraordinary, but that's the fault of thin writing rather than of the actors themselves.
Really, that final media-clipping montage is such a genuinely moving tribute to those who lost their lives, it's a shame that the dramatized depiction couldn't achieve the same thing. I vaguely recall seeing a review of this that said something along the lines of, "Finally, a piece of American media that depicts Russians as actual human beings." After watching Chernobyl, I do have to wonder what show they were referring to (The Americans, maybe?).
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jun 18, 2019 7:00:14 GMT
Rewatched the whole thing today because we were showing it to my brother. Definitely holds up. May write up some thoughts on it later but not right now. it's late and I need to watch Sex Education.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 18, 2019 7:03:26 GMT
At the risk of facing the lynch mob, I gotta more or less echo Viced's thoughts on this one. It has some great moments, a lot of the imagery is truly haunting and disturbing, buuuuut ... I was kinda hoping there'd be some actual characterization at some point? Basically every character is some one-dimensional stereotype (usually seen of Russians in media particularly): diabolical bureaucrats, genius scientists who know what's right, stubborn blue-collar laborers, helpless commoner victims. The only major exception to this I guess is Skarsgård, whose arc is completed within the second episode (really his first episode) and isn't all that compelling to begin with. Overall I think the most interesting character might have been ... that guy who mentored Barry Keoghan in episode 4 (while we're at it, a solid-enough storyline abruptly thrown-in and then gone within just one episode)?? In general the characters were depicted generally monotonous and flat, and occasionally cartoonish -- that Donald Sumpter bunker conference room scene in the first episode ... was I supposed to take that shit seriously?? Because, lmao. The performances are indeed merely solid, not extraordinary, but that's the fault of thin writing rather than of the actors themselves. Really, that final media-clipping montage is such a genuinely moving tribute to those who lost their lives, it's a shame that the dramatized depiction couldn't achieve the same thing. I vaguely recall seeing a review of this that said something along the lines of, "Finally, a piece of American media that depicts Russians as actual human beings." After watching Chernobyl, I do have to wonder what show they were referring to ( The Americans, maybe?). To be fair, we're simply berating with gifs... not exactly meant to be anything but lighthearted ribbing.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jun 18, 2019 16:22:53 GMT
At the risk of facing the lynch mob, I gotta more or less echo Viced's thoughts on this one. It has some great moments, a lot of the imagery is truly haunting and disturbing, buuuuut ... I was kinda hoping there'd be some actual characterization at some point? Basically every character is some one-dimensional stereotype (usually seen of Russians in media particularly): diabolical bureaucrats, genius scientists who know what's right, stubborn blue-collar laborers, helpless commoner victims. The only major exception to this I guess is Skarsgård, whose arc is completed within the second episode (really his first episode) and isn't all that compelling to begin with. Overall I think the most interesting character might have been ... that guy who mentored Barry Keoghan in episode 4 (while we're at it, a solid-enough storyline abruptly thrown-in and then gone within just one episode)?? In general the characters were depicted generally monotonous and flat, and occasionally cartoonish -- that Donald Sumpter bunker conference room scene in the first episode ... was I supposed to take that shit seriously?? Because, lmao. The performances are indeed merely solid, not extraordinary, but that's the fault of thin writing rather than of the actors themselves. Really, that final media-clipping montage is such a genuinely moving tribute to those who lost their lives, it's a shame that the dramatized depiction couldn't achieve the same thing. I vaguely recall seeing a review of this that said something along the lines of, "Finally, a piece of American media that depicts Russians as actual human beings." After watching Chernobyl, I do have to wonder what show they were referring to ( The Americans, maybe?). To be fair, we're simply berating with gifs... not exactly meant to be anything but lighthearted ribbing. Oh yes, I know, but I wouldn’t exactly expect all this forum’s users to keep it to lighthearted ribbing.
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Jun 24, 2019 4:30:37 GMT
This was incredible. Completely gripping. Beautiful and haunting.
One of the best things on TV in a while. Definitely a must see.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 5, 2019 14:22:01 GMT
ibbi I don't have much to add to the raves here except some peripheral points: First, I don't watch much TV but like True Detective season 1 this is same writer/same director - that's a movie to me - or "can be" - this looks, feels, plays like cinema entirely. Second, I've been posting a lot on here about David Cronenberg (in the thread Directors/Genre and Directors and "Unique Traits" in the Movies board). I would love to know he sees this piece. What is so ingenious about it is the way that our human characteristics crumble in the face our self-made horror - lying, rationalization, denial, suicide are all we can do in the face of our overwhelming failure. We are equipped to create it but not to face it. To watch this must be what it was like to read Frankenstein upon release or something like that .....not only true horror as opposed to the Dutch milk maid porn of Midsommar or what passes for horror this week but suggestive of not just the past but predictive of future horror too.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Aug 5, 2019 18:19:09 GMT
What is so ingenious about it is the way that our human characteristics crumble in the face our self-made horror - lying, rationalization, denial, suicide are all we can do in the face of our overwhelming failure. We are equipped to create it but not to face it.This is such a brilliant and powerful sentiment. Despite everything humans have accomplished, we're still remarkably fragile.
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Post by TerryMontana on Aug 5, 2019 19:52:08 GMT
The most terrifying series I've ever see. Not because of the things you see.
But because all of this really happen. And they haven't yet ended.
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Post by Martin Stett on Mar 20, 2020 2:16:56 GMT
I'm two episodes in. Watching this during the Coronavirus outbreak is successfully making me paranoid.
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Post by cheesecake on Mar 20, 2020 18:23:07 GMT
I'm two episodes in. Watching this during the Coronavirus outbreak is successfully making me paranoid. Good luck, dude.
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Post by quetee on Mar 20, 2020 18:55:41 GMT
I'm two episodes in. Watching this during the Coronavirus outbreak is successfully making me paranoid.
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Post by ibbi on Mar 20, 2020 21:09:08 GMT
Seriously. Shit like this doesn't seem so stupidly outlandish at times when you start living through them again.
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Post by Martin Stett on Mar 21, 2020 2:05:31 GMT
After three episodes: To be honest, I didn't like the first episode. It was all so chaotic and confusing. That's the point, I get it, but I lost my interest when I lost track of what was happening, which was very early on. The second and third episodes are MUCH better. And by better, I mean worse. I couldn't sleep last night. That's how much the show turned my opinion around in one episode.
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