That tree was awesome. I laughed way too much.
"One ADD pill rolls eyes... pops pill"
Everybody stop fighting! Give him my horse!
.........
Insanity I would enjoy if it didn’t come from an asshole.
Also, how do they travel this quickly from Greece to Africa while York has one little battle? :upside_down:
Really wanted Bjørn to comment on travelling on a “desert ship”.
But another great comedic moment.
-she was ... not a she.
-ah. and... was that... a problem for you?
-....... I’m starving!
And suddenly, enter a werewolf! Haven’t seen him
outside of lost girls but suddenly he’s here.
But then poor Floki arriving in Iceland in summer and portraying it as “perfect conditions” ahahahha oh dear.
Just when I was raving about character development and how badass Torvi has become as shield maiden and donning that crossbow like it's her second nature. Sigh.
"If the Gods can't protect me, who can?"
And then they did. Made me smile. Great timing on his part.
Also fun to see how bad fathers and husbands seed bad fathers in turn. No surprise there, really.
More surprises toward the end, in some way. But Astrid's always had this vibe, with Ragnar too.
I also feel like I want to mention how much I loved Laghertha's outfit in the hall. In fact, I delight in how their exploits into other countries seem to influence their clothing as well.
What a great way to go... and haunt.
People should stop making snakes hiss on TV. can’t pronounce enough how stupid that is. We can all see they’re snakes. Why not keep it a little more realistic.
Also “love” how we always need to put harmless pythons in a snake pit. What are they going to do? Google-eye you to death?
A boar pit would have been more appropriate and cruel.
Oh gosh, I almost instantly fell in love with Astrid. Great way to “introduce” the character too.
Only took Ragnar 40 years or so to tell Floki what he did. Such a tear-jerker.
Oh look, the emperor finally does a thing!
The time jump almost made me dizzy. Suddenly all the boys are fucking adults :scream:
Including asshole-child
I love the slow transition of focus we’ve been seeing from Ragnar to Bjørn. As he gets older and seemingly falling apart, we look to Bjørn.
Beginner mistake. Never tell a man you’ve got an upper hand when you’re alone with him. He’s likely still physically stronger than you.
“Don’t try and possess me. Possession is the opposite of love.” :purple_heart:
Snakes, berserker fights and returns. A truly enjoyable episode.
“We have one life, Torvi. So go, and live it.”
This one was rather positive. It made me smile a lot and laugh to appropriate degrees.
Just started and I’m already loving it. It feels like I’m watching the old movie without watching the old movie. Huge childhood-vibes already. Can’t wait to see how this is going to go.
“Where’s my hair” and “AAGH! I’m a Middle Aged man!” already killed it :joy:
And “:two_hearts: that’s a man right there...”
Spencer: don’t cry don’t cry don’t cry
Gosh this is so quotable.
Smouldering intensity.
Weakness: cake :joy:
I love this show so much. The cats were an amazing addition. Can’t not like people who like and engage with cats.
And this whole “there’s hope even if you’re 80” may have a smaller chance than being a successful actor, but it’s nice they’re putting it out there.
I liked it overall, for the story and some sense of novelty, but I can’t see away from how many tropes and cringe-worthy moments there were in this. Enjoyed the “big reveal”, but all in all it felt a little hasty and exaggerated.
While I still think this series to be a worthwhile watch, I’m not entirely blind to the problematic spots.
The kids talking like young adults. The exaggerated screaming at the river.
I liked this better through the first 1/2-2/3 of the movie. Some of the jump scares really got me, and the vibe was dark and contaminating.
While the film continued to be visually, cinematographically lovely, something about the whole Christian trope grew a little tiring. Of course I wouldn’t expect anything else from a movie about a priest and a nun and a cloister, but the repetition made it lose its power for me, unfortunately. Ok here’s a scary nun. And another. And another, seen it before.
I wish they would make more horror movies that aren’t just based off of some Christian idea. The entire “evil” vs “Christian religion” is just silly. Instead have some where priests and holy people from all kinds of religions and faiths have to actively work together to fend off some evil force. That’s content I’d love to see.
Did enjoy the bits of humour though.
“Holy shit!”
“The holiest.”
“I’m looking at the rain people”
... oh. Oh this is not... what I expected.
But why don’t you leave when you’ve been told -by a credible source- that it’s dangerous and you have to go?! Even after a lady goes missing you’re just like lala la gotta stay away from civilisation lala... come ON girl?!
And of course we end on a cliffhanger!
So many unanswered questions.
music box! Gnomes under dreamland? Have they always been there? Are they D’s underlings? Was it all a plan by D to get... to do ... something? Why couldn’t you stay in steam land longer? why is zog so useless? :sob:
Intense episode.
I actually shed a tear.
I wonder what brain major was on in the end though. Nailed Blaine.
Now, I don’t mind movies that don’t make any apparent sense. In fact, I can appreciate some of them when they are, for example, paired with a quirky humour, deep wisdom, or absolute horror. In short, if there is something about it that makes it worthwhile.
Not so the teen-horror “it follows”. We’re never really told what it actually is, that follows - some sort of STC (sexually transmitted curse) first cast by a witch scorned/horny and angry/pissed and hateful? Who knows. All we know is that it follows until you give it to someone else, and again if they happen to die.
Up to a certain point, the movie wasn’t too bad. That must have been the point where I started doubting there ever would be some sort of solution or explanation, and it starting to make no sense. Running away from your follower forever is hardly a solution. Transmitting the curse until it comes back to you isn’t either.
Following the example of other such movies about curses, the group of friends could have at least tried to figure out where it was really coming from. Insert some exciting amateur sleuth work, the usual frantic newspaper search in a marathon with time, a back-tracking of sexual partners or at the very least some detecting about “mysterious death cases” after “running from an invisible threat”. Anything? Really?
No. Instead, they come up with some sort of undescribed “plan”, isolate themselves in an abandoned pool, put the girl inside for bait while decorating the edge with plugged-in electrical appliances. Why? Are you guys intending to fry the thing? We’ve never seen it in water, while we have indeed seen it wet. When Jamie points to the invisible threat and tells her friends how it is indeed not getting in the water (while always walking an accurate zip-line to its victim, right?) we may begin to form the theory it truly abhors water. If that were the case, why not camp out on an island somewhere? No, instead you put the victim in a pool ready to be electrocuted. “If I’m gonna die I’m gonna take a few with me?” You think the thing is going to die if the victim dies voluntarily? Or was the plan to electrocute it? Shooting it didn’t work. Not sure why electrocution should.
Well, while the follower seems reluctant to get in the water, instead throws things at Jamie, the friends try to shoot it, until it ends up in the water.
But then, as they finally have Jamie out of the water… why did they never follow through with the electrocution plan? All they do is huddle around her and yell hysterically about the invisible’s whereabouts. Which still is the water. As it mysteriously disappeared in a cloud of blood.
Soooo it is allergic to water after all? Is it “dead”?
The end of the movie, with Jamie having sex with her friend, and her friend driving through a red light district, suggests otherwise.
Either way, they did nothing really to stand up against it, and nothing is explained, with neither smart dialogue or ancient wisdom woven into the story.
Left me about as satisfied as Jamie, each time she was part of a transmission.
Boo.
The night is dark and full of... Oh.
Ok this episode is great.
“Aaaah I’m a human, my eating tube is next to my breathing tube and my arms end in little... sticks!”
And that existential crisis is really good hahaha
It got so dark suddenly!
Loved how they ended it though.
And the biggest spoiler/non-spoiler is...
DARYLL
Vic is being so awkward around Eamonn... but then I realised I’d forgotten about her jumping to conclusions when trying to call him earlier.
Goosebumps.
This episode was incredibly hard to watch. Reality is freaking harsh.
Wonderful episode. I got so emotional during that last interview/test. Love the depth of characters in this show so much. And the repeating grey zones of what is right and just.
Was a bit painful to be in that position that you get the point, either side of it, or rather, the one side that begot the crime especially. Sad story in that sense.
“This fight isn’t about who’s going to rule the world. It’s about who will build the next one.”
I love the neo noir pieces and general style of this episode!
When he’s asked whether he has a suit and answers with “I have a red suit?” was a nice touch. That, and Bollywood. And Rebecca going on about how he looked in a suit :joy:
