So... I know this is kind of insane. I keep posting how much I love freak show, how much I love AHS and yes. I do love it and I will continue to watch it... but after last nights episode, I just felt some problems and I don't like it quite as much as other seasons.
I think they have way too many characters. They say too many cooks can spoil the stew, and I think thats true with this show. There are wayyyy too many cooks. And it doesn't help that they keep killing everyone off either. Like once I see a relationship that I think is really good and brings a lot to the show... one of the characters dies. Like I was really excited to see the friendship between Kathy Bates and Angela Basset. Those two worked so well together in Coven and I was kind of obsessed with them in this show also... but then they killed off Kathy Bates... so thats not cool. And them bringing her back as a ghost doesn't have much of an impact on me because they killed her off before she really had an arc or anything that made me connect to her... so thats a thing.
And a lot happens in every episode, but you don't really see the same arcs week by week. Its a little bit messy that way. I'm not connecting to any characters except for Jimmy, Twisty, Edward Mouldrake and a little bit for Elsa. Edward Mouldrake and Twisty are gone, and I was really hoping they would come back... but they haven't yet so I'm bored. Elsa is a very odd and relatable person, but I feel like they don't have enough scenes with her that are something you can relate to and that are good or anything of the sort.
Also... wtf is with Dennis O'Hare? I love his character, but he's just such a weird person I find it so hard to believe. And that makes me think of Emma Stone's character as so much odder because I don't see why she remains loyal to him in any way shape or form. Why doesn't she kill him? Maybe she will when she finds out about his massive cock. Thats the only thing that would make sense to me because she wants to study these "freaks" like he does and thats why she went along with him in the first place. But then she didn't want him to kill Jimmy and I'm not sure she loves Jimmy but it seems to me that she clearly wants to be with him in some way for some reason. Idk really.
And the concept of having Sarah Paulson play two characters is really interesting... but again I don't think they're doing that well enough. Like I didn't feel very connected to Bette and Dot until Jimmy rejected Dot, and I felt like for some reason I was more connected to Jimmy in that way. He really isn't in a place to be with anyone right now. He's grief stricken over his mother and he's turning to alcohol to face that a little too much. So thats how that made me feel more or less.
And overall, I barely hang onto what happened from episode to episode because there's too much going on. None of the characters are even given a chance for me to connect to them... and once I do they get killed off. I'm still going to watch it and I'm still entertained by it... but I'm a little over it. Season 1 didn't have too many characters and it really didn't have all that much going on and that was still super interesting.
So that's how I feel about all of that... yeahhhhhh.
Byeee!
-Shannon
I think they have way too many characters. They say too many cooks can spoil the stew, and I think thats true with this show. There are wayyyy too many cooks. And it doesn't help that they keep killing everyone off either. Like once I see a relationship that I think is really good and brings a lot to the show... one of the characters dies. Like I was really excited to see the friendship between Kathy Bates and Angela Basset. Those two worked so well together in Coven and I was kind of obsessed with them in this show also... but then they killed off Kathy Bates... so thats not cool. And them bringing her back as a ghost doesn't have much of an impact on me because they killed her off before she really had an arc or anything that made me connect to her... so thats a thing.
And a lot happens in every episode, but you don't really see the same arcs week by week. Its a little bit messy that way. I'm not connecting to any characters except for Jimmy, Twisty, Edward Mouldrake and a little bit for Elsa. Edward Mouldrake and Twisty are gone, and I was really hoping they would come back... but they haven't yet so I'm bored. Elsa is a very odd and relatable person, but I feel like they don't have enough scenes with her that are something you can relate to and that are good or anything of the sort.
Also... wtf is with Dennis O'Hare? I love his character, but he's just such a weird person I find it so hard to believe. And that makes me think of Emma Stone's character as so much odder because I don't see why she remains loyal to him in any way shape or form. Why doesn't she kill him? Maybe she will when she finds out about his massive cock. Thats the only thing that would make sense to me because she wants to study these "freaks" like he does and thats why she went along with him in the first place. But then she didn't want him to kill Jimmy and I'm not sure she loves Jimmy but it seems to me that she clearly wants to be with him in some way for some reason. Idk really.
And the concept of having Sarah Paulson play two characters is really interesting... but again I don't think they're doing that well enough. Like I didn't feel very connected to Bette and Dot until Jimmy rejected Dot, and I felt like for some reason I was more connected to Jimmy in that way. He really isn't in a place to be with anyone right now. He's grief stricken over his mother and he's turning to alcohol to face that a little too much. So thats how that made me feel more or less.
And overall, I barely hang onto what happened from episode to episode because there's too much going on. None of the characters are even given a chance for me to connect to them... and once I do they get killed off. I'm still going to watch it and I'm still entertained by it... but I'm a little over it. Season 1 didn't have too many characters and it really didn't have all that much going on and that was still super interesting.
So that's how I feel about all of that... yeahhhhhh.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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