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Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Sun February 02, 2020 6:27 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Sun February 02, 2020 7:48 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon February 10, 2020 4:22 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Sat February 15, 2020 3:09 pm
by Dscans
I loved the pilot. Then I read ST's post and had the same concerns. I don't need another monster series in my life. But 5 eps in ... I kinda like it. It's not told through the horror of the children, like It. I feel like it's more of a show about grief.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Sat February 15, 2020 10:34 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
The score is starting to bother me. They are using it to make every scene seem like it is going to have some big dramatic moment.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon February 17, 2020 4:50 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon February 24, 2020 3:10 am
by psychobain
Another good episode
Im in for the last 2
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon February 24, 2020 4:56 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Tue March 03, 2020 9:40 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 09, 2020 7:44 am
by Ensign9
Who’s Terry?
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 09, 2020 11:31 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 09, 2020 11:33 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 09, 2020 3:34 pm
by Ensign9
tragabigzanda wrote:Jason Bateman
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 09, 2020 3:36 pm
by Ensign9
tragabigzanda wrote:Great series! The finale felt tonally a fair bit different, like they changed the DP and editor. But narratively speaking, it was satisfying (and very King).
They should've combined the last two episodes. Building up all that tension last week only to leave it as a cliffhanger deflated the balloon going into this week a bit.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 09, 2020 3:39 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 16, 2020 12:23 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Yeah this ended ok. I thought it was a little anticlimactic? But was happy they didn't do one of those endings where they showed everyone living their lives after it all, then the last scene before dark was a cut to the beast opening an eye or something.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 16, 2020 12:23 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Yeah this ended ok. I thought it was a little anticlimactic? But was happy they didn't do one of those endings where they showed everyone living their lives after it all, then the last scene before dark was a cut to the beast opening an eye or something. I might have liked a little more story on how/why it came to life in the cave.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 16, 2020 12:44 pm
by Simple Torture
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Yeah this ended ok. I thought it was a little anticlimactic? But was happy they didn't do one of those endings where they showed everyone living their lives after it all, then the last scene before dark was a cut to the beast opening an eye or something. I might have liked a little more story on how/why it came to life in the cave.
Did you not watch the mid-credits scene?
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 16, 2020 12:46 pm
by Simple Torture
Ensign9 wrote:Who’s Terry?
So I didn't realize there was a mid-credits scene until today (watched the finale last night), and even without that scene, this line totally unnerved me and brought the rest of the finale into question. I don't know if it's from the book or anything, but if not it's a huge win for the writing team.
I now imagine there will be a Season 2.
Re: HBO: The Outsider (Stephen King)
Posted: Mon March 16, 2020 12:52 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.