I had trouble getting into it. What did you like about it?
Television Thread
morphic
#446
I liked the fact they tried to expand on the story vs making a bad remake. Not sure to what extent you are familiar with the comic books but it all makes sense. Some folks are thinking this is a âreplacement Pinheadâ but itâs not. Itâs a High Priestess of Hell (the same way Pinhead is a High Priest of Hell).
The house and its âfortificationsâ was a nice touch.
Overall it was filmed with more money I expected this to have so it didnât look cheesy.
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My only âoh wellâ moments were how easy it is to âchoose someone elseâ for the Cenobites and especially a Cenobite as a replacement. Didnât make much sense, that. Also, the main character is mostly a dumbass who you want to slap across the face at times.
relic
#447
Yes! My main problem is I donât like the main characters. I was kinda like âok, I really donât need all this character developmentâ â which surprised me, but in a horror film franchise like Hellraiser I kinda just want to get to the point. They really donât make any of the main characters all that likeable. The sister. The brother. Both their boy friends. The rich guyâs hench-woman with lung cancer was literally the only person I felt bad for.
Iâm not familiar with the comics, but I was told that the feminine Pinhead was canon. That wouldnât have bothered me regardless of knowing it or not.
I hadnât thought it out loud in my head, but yea, the âchoosing anotherâ really kills the tension.
Personally, I didnât favor the new CenobitesâŚI guess I just favor the black leather/vinyl ones from the old moviesâŚbut if everything else had been better I could have gotten on board with them.
I need to just buckle down and watch it in one sitting. I kept quitting on it and coming back to where I left off.
morphic
#448
100% agree, the original ones were way cooler/creepy/scary. There is not one of the new ones where I went âFuuuuâŚâ like the original ones.
The Asian flatmate really got the shittiest deal. She literally had no idea what was going on, got sucked in trying to help and, well, you know âwhat happens nextâ
All in all, you may be onto something that there was never a real âF meâ moment in this, while the original Hellraiser had tons (and I re-watched it recently - still creepy and nasty AF after all these years). The ânewâ Cenobites didnât FEEL scary/dangerous. Maybe a better use of music would have helped?
relic
#449
All great points. Overall it just didnât have the vibe. Maybe itâs because Iâm so enamored of the original few, but frankly even some of the other more contemporary movies before this one were a decent watch.
Itâs death by a thousand cuts lol. Nothing about it is outright awful, but the parts didnât come together to make a whole.
Obviously I wonât argue against better music!
bfk
#450
Rings of powerâŚi watched two episodesâŚ
I want to keep watching it but i keep falling asleepâŚ
Even though i got my 8 hoursâŚ
And its mid dayâŚ
I still nodd off to rings of power.
Lol.
Roo_Stercogburn
#452
Definitely plenty to pick holes in if youâre of a mind to in Rings of Power. The hobbits I found were really annoying. I did like the way they did the last ep of S1, even if I was unsurprised when things went the way they did.
Last line in ep 8 very much amused me. Hinted at, but committed to nothing.
morphic
#453
Itâs far from perfect, for sure. Like the creation of Mount Doom⌠I mean, come on⌠Oops we forgot about the most important artifact ever and random asswipe takes it on a stroll to create Mount DoomâŚ
But all in all, good fun so far. (Havenât watched finale yet)
relic
#454
Rings of Power definitely gets better. I felt it took until the last three episodes. Curious to see what the 2nd season will bring.
Roo_Stercogburn
#455
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor
Probably the silliest thing Iâve seen all year. Really enjoyed it. Jodie Whittakerâs run as the doc has been fairly abysmal though I actually liked her as the doc. At least Chibnall gave her a decent last hurrah. Lots of callbacks to previous docs and an absolutely rip snorting regeneration at the end.
relic
#456
In honor of the fucking walking dead finally ending Im doing an experiment and watching the seasons in reverse order. So, each season in correct order but starting with 10 moving backwards. I know the real flex would be watching it entirely in reverse order but Im not that cool.
metaside
#457
Enjoying watching The Equalizer series with my wife. We are both fans of Burn Notice and there are some similarities. Imho it doesnât reach the same level, but itâs entertaining and has some great episodes.
Roo_Stercogburn
#458
Not watched it yet. Loved Burn Notice. It was cheesy easy fun. And it had Bruce Campbell in it, which is always a recommendation.
âCome into my van, I have snacks and guns.â
metaside
#459
Campbell really is awesome. I didnât even know him before, but watched some other stuff with him afterwards since he was so great in BN⌠But the whole cast in BN was great imho, especially the family of Michael and Dr. Cox as that CIA guyâŚ
Roo_Stercogburn
#460
Campbell helped scare up the money so that he and Sam Raimi could make the first Evil Dead film. Any Sam Raimi film you will usually find Campbell at least in a cameo. The cameo in Doc Strange in the Multiverse of Madness had a really good one, even if the rest of the film wasnât all that.
bfk
#462
Rings of powerâŚ
Halbrand has gotta be sauronâŚ
Because according to the lotr loreâŚ
Sauron is responsible for the downfall of numenor
I wikipediad this stuffâŚa lot. Lol
Roo_Stercogburn
#463
Andor just gets stronger and stronger. Up to ep 9 now and its on par with anything done for TV or streaming for Star Wars ever. Shaky start due mostly to pacing but holy crackers the last 4 eps have been great. Proper nasty too. More than one of my friends just assumed it finished on ep 6 cos the events within but that is just the springboard for what comes next. It gets darker and darker after that, not that it was a shining ray of hope before 
3 eps to go. I hope it doesnât squib.
bfk
#464
Big mouth on netflixâŚworse than south park and paradise pdâŚ
I didnt think it was possible to top paradise pdâŚ
ButâŚdamnâŚits really too muchâŚand not in a good wayâŚ