Lovecraft Country

Tombstone · 2 May 2020 at 12:26

Not sure what to make of it yet. Could be great, could be awful.

Scam · 2 May 2020 at 13:45

Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams should be awesome. Looks a little bit like it is trying to be Stranger Things... not sure I need another sinister monster-type thing going on in a small town. Hmn.

Temujin · 3 May 2020 at 11:32

Looks like it could be worth a look for sure!

keenan · 17 Aug 2020 at 17:30

Anyone else got this on their radar? The first episode aired last night and the production value is outstanding.

It had a bit of a slow start feeling like more drama than anything else, but boy did it escalate..

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6905686/

Kyo · 17 Aug 2020 at 20:42

It was amazing! Did not expect that at all. Cant wait for the next one.

Maximum Triceratops · 17 Aug 2020 at 22:03

That looks good, will definitely be checking it out, thanks.

Malevolence · 18 Aug 2020 at 05:06

That was ******* awesome, proper top notch TV. Loved the sudden turn of events when the

shoggoths attacked.

Does make me wonder why, with all their money, the BBC cannot produce anything of similar quality. Just look at the production quality of this and compare it with what the BBC did to The War of the Worlds.

Rroff · 18 Aug 2020 at 06:22

You aren't joking about the production quality.

SixTwoSix · 18 Aug 2020 at 09:20

I was going to wait until the whole series was released but sounds like I should get straight onto this.

Without spoilers, it is full cthulhu mythos?

jcr · 18 Aug 2020 at 09:46

Malevolence said:
Does make me wonder why, with all their money, the BBC cannot produce anything of similar quality. Just look at the production quality of this and compare it with what the BBC did to The War of the Worlds.

"woke" employment quotas.

Scam · 18 Aug 2020 at 09:56

Malevolence said:
Does make me wonder why, with all their money, the BBC cannot produce anything of similar quality.

Erm, what makes you think the BBC has any sort of similar money to something like HBO?

HBO's operating income is $2bn and they're owned by huge Warner Media. Whereas the BBC's operating income as a whole (not just BBC Studios) is -£52m. HBO are in a different league.

Anyway, I've seen trailers for this but dismissed it as a wannabe Stranger Things rip off. Period middle America, strange goings on. Am I wrong?

Beans on toast Dave · 18 Aug 2020 at 10:02

was half watching it then the pace changed and was gripped

think i need to watch the first ep again

SixTwoSix · 18 Aug 2020 at 10:21

Scam said:
Anyway, I've seen trailers for this but dismissed it as a wannabe Stranger Things rip off. Period middle America, strange goings on. Am I wrong?

If anything, Stranger Things creatures are heavily Lovecraft/Cthulhu inspired.

I haven't watched this yet though, that's just my opinion on ST

bliss · 18 Aug 2020 at 10:44

One episode in and I'm hooked! The only fault I can find with it is that all episodes aren't available in one go.

Rroff · 18 Aug 2020 at 11:54

SixTwoSix said:
it is full cthulhu mythos?

I'm not sure but from what I've read I don't think so - it has elements of it though.

Gray2233 · 18 Aug 2020 at 12:02

SixTwoSix said:
I was going to wait until the whole series was released but sounds like I should get straight onto this.

Without spoilers, it is full cthulhu mythos?

Despite the name and some themes I wouldn't say it's in the realms of cosmic horror, although it's only one episode in so that might change.

Definitely worth a watch though.

SixTwoSix · 18 Aug 2020 at 12:09

Cheers both.

I watched Color Out Of Space recently and it rekindled my Lovecraft interest.

Rroff · 18 Aug 2020 at 12:13

SixTwoSix said:
Cheers both.

I watched Color Out Of Space recently and it rekindled my Lovecraft interest.

Quite a few bits towards the end of the first episode that felt a lot like the recent Call of Cthulhu game.

something daft already!! · 18 Aug 2020 at 12:48

I'm going to give it a watch over the weekend hopefully. Look good from the reviews.

PlacidCasual · 18 Aug 2020 at 13:43

Scam said:
Erm, what makes you think the BBC has any sort of similar money to something like HBO?

HBO's operating income is $2bn and they're owned by huge Warner Media. Whereas the BBC's operating income as a whole (not just BBC Studios) is -£52m. HBO are in a different league.

Anyway, I've seen trailers for this but dismissed it as a wannabe Stranger Things rip off. Period middle America, strange goings on. Am I wrong?

Not quite a fair comparison. The BBC is essentially not for profit and public service. A fairer comparison would be HBO has subscriptions of around $5.8Bn a year (excluding advertising). The BBC has an income of £4.9Bn but no advertising. They are of similar scale in terms of cash flow but BBC aims to do very different things with it's money. Spending £60m a year on major TV series is just money spent not money invested. HBO invest that and people will subscribe to watch it and they can sell it as a premium product to Worldwide partners, the return will exceed the cost.