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re: The Haunting of Bly Manor thread
Posted on 10/16/20 at 2:45 pm to LUS Tiger in FL
Posted on 10/16/20 at 2:45 pm to LUS Tiger in FL
Currently watching Hill house for the first time, much much better than Bly Manor
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Posted on 10/16/20 at 3:28 pm to wildtigercat93
This.
It was a much, much better program. One of the best things I've seen in years.
It was a much, much better program. One of the best things I've seen in years.
Posted on 10/16/20 at 7:22 pm to wildtigercat93
Rewatching Hill House as a friend watch. On ep 8.
This is my 3rd watch and it seems to get better
Its like an 11 out of 10 for me.
This is my 3rd watch and it seems to get better
Its like an 11 out of 10 for me.
Posted on 10/16/20 at 8:29 pm to LUS Tiger in FL
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Rewatching Hill House as a friend watch. On ep 8. This is my 3rd watch and it seems to get better Its like an 11 out of 10 for me.
I’m on episode 3 of Hill House now because of this thread and it’s better than I expected, I will say that its probably not good idea to let your 7 year old son watch the first two episodes. I started the 3rd episode and he was out with the quickness.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 10:47 am to gizmothepug
Finished Bly Manor last night.
I'm a gothic horror fanatic. The concept of this story was a pretty good one. The execution was bad. It had a cheap "Movie of the Week" feel to it, when it could/should have been a bit darker, more obtuse and art-housey. Hard to describe what I mean, but it was just a little hokey. The main problem with it, though, is that it wasn't scary in the least.
I'm a gothic horror fanatic. The concept of this story was a pretty good one. The execution was bad. It had a cheap "Movie of the Week" feel to it, when it could/should have been a bit darker, more obtuse and art-housey. Hard to describe what I mean, but it was just a little hokey. The main problem with it, though, is that it wasn't scary in the least.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:00 am to Slippy
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/should have been a bit darker, more obtuse and art-housey.
It probably should've been set in the Victorian era, as originally written.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:01 am to Slippy
Yeah I finished Hill House yesterday and the girl I was watching with it was like “they never really went into why the house was the way it was, being haunted and all” and I was like I think that’s part of what made it better because they didn’t feel the need to spoonfeed it to you
Bly Manor had basically 1 mechanism going on for all the horror and they had to keep the illusion up until the final episodes, so they wrote inconsistencies and manipulative scenes to keep you confused but once they revealed the Lady in the Lake back ground the story just kind of fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes. And then they went “let’s do 40 more minutes of this love story to finish it off as boringly as possible”
Bly Manor had basically 1 mechanism going on for all the horror and they had to keep the illusion up until the final episodes, so they wrote inconsistencies and manipulative scenes to keep you confused but once they revealed the Lady in the Lake back ground the story just kind of fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes. And then they went “let’s do 40 more minutes of this love story to finish it off as boringly as possible”
Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:52 am to wildtigercat93
The facial expressions of the girl that plays Dani are so over the top and off-putting. Something about her mouth makes her hard to watch. It bothered me in Hill House too, her acting is a tad too dramatic.
Hill House 10/10
Bly Manor 6/10
Hill House 10/10
Bly Manor 6/10
Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:52 am to wildtigercat93
I did not find the last episode "Perfectly Splendid". The show had its highlights and such, and I wouldn't give it a bad mark. I just didn't care for the gardener or Dani really. In fact, I didn't much care for Dani's acting throughout most of Bly. The main thing I hated was the ending. They lifted the curse over the manor, but she is still stuck inside of her? I don't know. I just didn't like that concept.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:08 pm to sportsaddit68
In my opinion, they could’ve done without the Lady of the Lake (Viola) plot line and stuck with The Turn of the Screw story line.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 4:12 pm to ClampClampington
So I have a problem with a part of this series.
Spoilers.
So, the Lady of the Lake walks, almost nightly, through the house, gets mud everywhere, kills anybody in her way, and walks back. Got it.
So she's been doing this almost nightly for 500+ years? We know that Henry and his brother grew up there. We know that Miles and Flora were raised there.
Did none of the parents ever see her??? Did they not get tired of mopping mysterious mud every day? If they knew about her (how could they not?) how could they raise their family knowing the murderous ghost would prowl the house on a regular basis?
(She walked at least 4 times that I can count in the short time Dani was there.)
Spoilers.
So, the Lady of the Lake walks, almost nightly, through the house, gets mud everywhere, kills anybody in her way, and walks back. Got it.
So she's been doing this almost nightly for 500+ years? We know that Henry and his brother grew up there. We know that Miles and Flora were raised there.
Did none of the parents ever see her??? Did they not get tired of mopping mysterious mud every day? If they knew about her (how could they not?) how could they raise their family knowing the murderous ghost would prowl the house on a regular basis?
(She walked at least 4 times that I can count in the short time Dani was there.)
Posted on 10/19/20 at 4:18 pm to sportsaddit68
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I just didn't care for the gardener or Dani really.
Spoilers.
Same. I just never got attached to them.
Also didn't love the ending. How did the curse break? Just because Dani invited Viola in? Nah.
Also don't understand why the housekeeper was able to interact with people for days, when all the other ghosts couldn't. Except for the boy, who could move the dolls. So some could and some couldn't?
Posted on 10/19/20 at 4:51 pm to BayouBlitz
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Same. I just never got attached to them.
The Gardner’s 30 minute monologue when they’re looking at the flowers killed me.
It was so fricking long And so fricking boring.
I missed the 1 plot point hidden in there.
Posted on 10/19/20 at 5:09 pm to SammyTiger
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The Gardner’s 30 minute monologue when they’re looking at the flowers killed me
We joked that it must’ve been in every actors contract that they each get 1 20 minute ominous speech about death
Posted on 10/19/20 at 5:50 pm to BayouBlitz
Spoilers
quote:
Also don't understand why the housekeeper was able to interact with people for days, when all the other ghosts couldn't. Except for the boy, who could move the dolls. So some could and some couldn't?
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Miller and the other cast members gave us a primer on the rules of being a ghost in Bly Manor and how they connected to Hannah's fate in the series. "If you don't admit to yourself that you're dead, if you're in that denial phase, you can touch and interact. Then as soon as that moment of realization comes, game over, you're gone. Your face starts to decay, you start to slip away, and that's it. You're stuck in Bly Manor forever in the knowledge that you're gone, you're dead."
Posted on 10/19/20 at 8:02 pm to ClampClampington
shite, with some good acting by the children. Must watch Hill House now.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 1:21 am to Damone
I think the not looking scary was a function of the faded out face.
It should have been way scarier.
It should have been way scarier.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:21 am to Big4SALTbro
I'm halfway thru Ep. 7. I just don't care about any of this. Honestly it's been a snoozefest. Maybe if it was completely independent of Hill House I wouldn't have had expectations about it being scary, I would have enjoyed it more, but gosh it just bored the hell out of me.
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:33 am to VanRIch
I just finished.
It was a waste of time.
...imo
It was a waste of time.
...imo
Posted on 10/20/20 at 9:49 am to hogcard1964
2/3rds way through
So far:
1. Main chick's fake big booty is annoying
2. Arbitrary case of the gays Netflix checkbox was cringeworthy
3. Main chick's acting was really terrible at times (especially when she would get excited). Her forte is apparently "long tear-filled staring"
So far:
1. Main chick's fake big booty is annoying
2. Arbitrary case of the gays Netflix checkbox was cringeworthy
3. Main chick's acting was really terrible at times (especially when she would get excited). Her forte is apparently "long tear-filled staring"
This post was edited on 10/20/20 at 9:50 am
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