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re: Below - Netflix Horror Series (Josh Hartnett)

Posted on 10/8/26 at 9:58 pm to
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
20217 posts
Posted on 10/8/26 at 9:58 pm to
I have a feeling they will need a bigger boat.
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
73372 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 6:02 am to
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dont know what it is, but i have loved this dude ever since i saw him in H2O and the Faculty. honestly, probably one of only a few actors that will make me see somethign just bc he's in it.


Because he was cool man. All of us who graduated in the late 90s/early 2000s probably just wanted to be him a little bit.

First episode was pretty entertaining
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
69496 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 6:18 am to
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The monster will probably be climate change.

Or capitalism


Or racism
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
20217 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:11 am to
I’ve always liked him and graduated in 99
Posted by Everclear2000
Member since Dec 2025
241 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:21 am to
I'll try again at some point. But the local accents were so annoying, it took me out of the story. I gave up after 15 min.
Posted by Magnus
San Diego
Member since Sep 2019
2205 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 8:28 am to
blocking out the accents, i liked the first episode
Posted by LouisianaLonghorn
Austin, Texas
Member since Jan 2006
16286 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 8:33 am to
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Or capitalism


One of you guys hit it right on the head. It wasn’t a bad series, but it is a shame that nobody can make a horror movie or series without shoehorning in some type of “message.” The Netflix Lizzie Borden series did it, Amazon’s new Carrie series did it, and so does Below.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
10120 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 8:36 am to
i got about halfway through episode 3 last night before going to bed. i like the show and i will definitely complete it. the atmosphere is great, and i like the creepiness vibe. like i said before, i like Hartnett, and i'll watch him in anything . glad to see i'm among friends and fellow Hartnett-heads here!

there are some sort of nonsensical events going on that you kind of have to suspend disbelief for. the kinds of things that you watch and say "no human in this situation would actually do that". not a big deal though.

i'm already asking myself in episode three how they're going to stretch this to six episodes. seems like a story better told as a movie.

still a recommend so far from me though
Posted by Captain Crown
Member since Jun 2011
57692 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 12:30 pm to
About 3 episodes in and this seems like a poor man's widows bay to me
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
20217 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 2:51 pm to
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About 3 episodes in and this seems like a poor man's widows bay to me


That’s exactly what my wife and I thought.

Still worth a watch. I knocked it out between last night and this am before I went to work.
Posted by Captain Crown
Member since Jun 2011
57692 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 3:26 pm to
I’m on five right now, going to finish this evening. I’m enjoying it I really like Hartnett.
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
20217 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 3:50 pm to
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I’m on five right now, going to finish this evening. I’m enjoying it I really like Hartnett.


If you have not seen fight or flight watch it.
This post was edited on 10/9/26 at 3:51 pm
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
10120 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 5:28 pm to
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capitalism

Yep. Sigh.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
10120 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 5:43 pm to
Show was good, and it’s still a recommend from me, but the last two episodes went off the fricking rails.






Spoilers










The monster became the victim and Evil Capitalists became the monsters. It would be like if in the middle of the Orca’s mission in the third act of Jaws, they decided that the shark was good and they turned back to go after Mayor Vaughn. And had a nice little climate change message to wrap it all up.
This post was edited on 10/9/26 at 5:49 pm
Posted by Captain Crown
Member since Jun 2011
57692 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 5:49 pm to
yes! Going to pop on the faculty before Halloween as well
Posted by Ohana
Member since Aug 2026
377 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 5:50 pm to
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The monster became the victim and Evil Capitalists became the monsters.


quote:

And had a nice little climate change message to wrap it all up.


Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
10120 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 5:52 pm to
It’s not super overbearing and the show was still good. Just annoying
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
20217 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 6:07 pm to
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It’s not super overbearing and the show was still good. Just annoying


You nailed in your above post. Still good but had an eye roll or two the last two episodes.

I think tigerdroppings could have wrapped up the last two episodes much better
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
39652 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 8:30 pm to
the last two episodes completely changed the tone. I liked it but at the same time you feel dirty because you knew they had tricked you
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
4025 posts
Posted on 10/9/26 at 8:37 pm to
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The monster became the victim and Evil Capitalists became the monsters.

The islanders were victims of capitalists. The squid was setup to be a victim of climate change, but even that failed because in the end, the water was cold enough for the hatchlings to survive.
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