CastlevaniaNut18 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Anyone watching this on Netflix? Mike Flanagan has pretty much become an automatic watch for me. Only a couple episodes in, but I’m definitely interested. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Yeah i watched it. i really liked it. my one criticism is he has too many scenes with two people talking for an extended period of time. some of them are good and some of them it’s like alright wrap it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 I didn't know it was the Hill House guy until friends told me, but in retrospect it so clearly is with his monologue heavy style (i like it). I'm pretty deep into the show now and feel compelled to finish it before doing anything else. I do however wish it were a little heavier on the scares though. Spoiler I'm only just past episode 5, but I think it's hilarious that this seems to take place in a magic realist universe where nobody has ever heard of vampires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Mike Flanagan has the uncanny ability to make me cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 My wife and I just finished it. Like Oculus, Doctor Sleep, Hill House, Bly Manor, and Gerald's Game before it, Mike Flanagan kills it. No, it's not scary at all but it's mostly damn good storytelling. A very easy and great 7 episode watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 watched a few episodes and enjoying it so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 4 episodes in and this is really good. It’s really coming together and I’m ready to see how it ends up. I need to read Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game so I can watch those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Enjoying it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Flanagan excels at "mood," so I am in. Hill House was fantastic and Bly Manor was great, too (I really enjoyed the gothic romance elements). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Seracen! Haven’t seen him in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 1 hour ago, TheLeon said: Seracen! Haven’t seen him in a while. i couldn’t tell you his actual name. he’s just matt saracen to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Honestly this was my least favorite of his 3 Netflix shows. The show is AMAZING after the first three episodes, but then fell off pretty hard imo. I still really liked it and I’m pumped for Midnight Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 Looks like baseball is gonna keep me from watching an episode tonight. I’ll finish it this weekend when I’m off, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Joe said: Honestly this was my least favorite of his 3 Netflix shows. The show is AMAZING after the first three episodes, but then fell off pretty hard imo. I still really liked it and I’m pumped for Midnight Club. I had the opposite impression. I wasn't really connecting with the characters in the early episodes but loved the way things progressed once the plot started going. Spoiler I particularly liked Erin's monologue at the end as well as the ultimate motivation for Father Paul's actions. I never fully connected with Riley as I felt his character was too strongly defined by the car crash, but the rest of the primary characters all felt wonderfully fleshed out. Flanagan really has a knack for portraying human frailty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I’m starting to think this guy might have some issues with alcohol and the Catholic Church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 I really really liked this, aside from the literal very end where I thought the monologue was a little too long. Normally I wouldn’t mind but it made me laugh and just took me out of the moment. My only other “complaint” is that the makeup kind of gave away the game right away. The actress that played Bev was so, so good. She absolutely nails the tone of that specific kind of person. I don’t think I’ve seen her in anything else which I found surprising considering how much she just kills this role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: I really really liked this, aside from the literal very end where I thought the monologue was a little too long. Normally I wouldn’t mind but it made me laugh and just took me out of the moment. My only other “complaint” is that the makeup kind of gave away the game right away. The actress that played Bev was so, so good. She absolutely nails the tone of that specific kind of person. I don’t think I’ve seen her in anything else which I found surprising considering how much she just kills this role. Haha I’m only one episode but I IMMEDIATELY said to my wife, “that’s really weird that all the older characters are being played by middle aged actors with SNL level makeup on, something must happen to them”. Obviously I haven’t seen the series so that’s just a guess but your post seems to confirm it haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: Haha I’m only one episode but I IMMEDIATELY said to my wife, “that’s really weird that all the older characters are being played by middle aged actors with SNL level makeup on, something must happen to them”. Obviously I haven’t seen the series so that’s just a guess but your post seems to confirm it haha One of those “middle aged” actors is in their 20s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 What do you guys mean about the makeup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Just now, Joe said: What do you guys mean about the makeup? Spoiler It was immediately obvious that Riley’s parents and Mildred were going to “de-age” because they were wearing makeup to make them look much older than the actors portraying them actually are. Mildred specifically was clearly being portrayed by someone who was decades younger than the character was supposed to be. Did I specifically know vampire blood was going to make them young right from jump? No, but something like that was given away by the makeup. Not a big deal at all, just one of those things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 The show did get ruined for me (in a very minor, superficial way) when I started looking up the cast. I don’t know exactly how their characters are supposed to be, but IRL Riley and Bev are like three years apart, which is just wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Reveal hidden contents It was immediately obvious that Riley’s parents and Mildred were going to “de-age” because they were wearing makeup to make them look much older than the actors portraying them actually are. Mildred specifically was clearly being portrayed by someone who was decades younger than the character was supposed to be. Did I specifically know vampire blood was going to make them young right from jump? No, but something like that was given away by the makeup. Not a big deal at all, just one of those things. You should try being an unobservant person like me. Really helps in situations like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Just now, TheLeon said: The show did get ruined for me (in a very minor, superficial way) when I started looking up the cast. I don’t know exactly how their characters are supposed to be, but IRL Riley and Bev are like three years apart, which is just wild. That is the one thing about Bev that I thought was weird initially, and then I just chalked it up to her character being fucking insufferable and above the fray. It works for her to act like she knows everyone better than they know themselves even if Bev is just a few - ten years older than them in the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Joe said: You should try being an unobservant person like me. Really helps in situations like this. Spoiler If it wasn’t for Mildred, I might have chalked the casting up to something else, or figured they were going to do flashbacks to when the characters were younger at some point, and wanted to use the same actors. Once they didn’t do flashbacks I figured something was up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 I picked up on the makeup in the first episode. Especially when I was curious about one actor who I thought looked familiar, went to look up the cast and saw some of the other actors and went "ahhhhh." Still have 3 episodes to go for tomorrow, but that game plan has become clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 i honestly didn’t pay attention to the makeup until people started pointing it out lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Finished it last night. Flanagan really has a knack for making shows that stick with me long after I’ve finished them. This one will be no different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitgod Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 It was kinda hard to get through cuz I hate religious BS, but people should be watching this over squidly diddly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Bitgod said: It was kinda hard to get through cuz I hate religious BS, but people should be watching this over squidly diddly. I was actually pretty impressed with those parts. At least the early portrayals of church service before he started getting…a little more into his sermons haha. It was by far the most accurate portrayal of what being in church was like and the flow/sound of the service was like for me growing up. Usually in movies you get either a more Baptist style portrayal or a much grander fancier portrayal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 finished last night. Was a slow burn firs half of the series but the end at ep 4 was a genuine jump scare for me and then picked up from there. Beverley Keane may be my most hated TV character since joffery. Lisa thought at the end Spoiler i half expected her to burst into flames as well since she had drunk the blood to get her to "heal" but i guess she never went through the full process so when she said she couldnt feel her legs again that kind of answered that part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 9 minutes ago, Firewithin said: finished last night. Was a slow burn firs half of the series but the end at ep 4 was a genuine jump scare for me and then picked up from there. Beverley Keane may be my most hated TV character since joffery. Lisa thought at the end Reveal hidden contents i half expected her to burst into flames as well since she had drunk the blood to get her to "heal" but i guess she never went through the full process so when she said she couldnt feel her legs again that kind of answered that part. Yeah… Spoiler If you don’t die you don’t become a full vamp, you basically just become Blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, Firewithin said: finished last night. Was a slow burn firs half of the series but the end at ep 4 was a genuine jump scare for me and then picked up from there. Beverley Keane may be my most hated TV character since joffery. Lisa thought at the end Hide contents i half expected her to burst into flames as well since she had drunk the blood to get her to "heal" but i guess she never went through the full process so when she said she couldnt feel her legs again that kind of answered that part. Spoiler Yeah, I think that until someone dies and is reborn as a vampire (including being mauled and having their blood drained), they are safe from the sun? And Bev is definitely such a dislikable character. She actually really reminds me of a character that Stephen King would write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 38 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Reveal hidden contents Yeah, I think that until someone dies and is reborn as a vampire (including being mauled and having their blood drained), they are safe from the sun? And Bev is definitely such a dislikable character. She actually really reminds me of a character that Stephen King would write. agreed, she actually reminded me of the woman in the grocery store from The Mist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: Reveal hidden contents Yeah, I think that until someone dies and is reborn as a vampire (including being mauled and having their blood drained), they are safe from the sun? And Bev is definitely such a dislikable character. She actually really reminds me of a character that Stephen King would write. Agreed, I thought the whole show gave off a very Stephen King short story vibe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 7 hours ago, EternallDarkness said: agreed, she actually reminded me of the woman in the grocery store from The Mist First thing my wife and I pointed out. In both The Mist's and Midnight Mass's case, they were played phenomenally by their actresses. You just hated them the whole time and wanted them to die from step one. It's amazing people don't just confront them and tell them to shut up already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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