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Some things don't seem to add up with the idea that the ghosts are just psychological. Something tore kid Luke's shirt well away from the dumb waiter, there was clearly very real dirt in the funeral home leading into the office, kid Steve unplugged the fan and it turned on and cut dad, etc
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Doltos posted:Those are all good points. I thought Luke's shirt getting ripped was due to the dumb waiter though. The fan was definitely poltergeistesque. Could have done without that honestly or had it explained as Steve just unplugging the wrong plug. You could also say the dumb waiter was the ghosts interacting with the world since it wasn't working properly on purpose. In regards to the shirt: When Theo went down there, the scrap was multiple feet away from the dumb waiter, which suggests that it didn't just get snagged by the machine.
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Personally I'm irritated that they characterized any ghosts at all. It cheapened the whole thing and made it seem silly, a ambiguous corrupting evil is a lot scarier to me than "flapper ghost". I really dug how up until around ep. 6 there was nothing to suggest it wasn't all a genetic family mental illness, and honestly expected them to ride that to the end and leave the audience without a nice clean resolution, which may be part of the reason I was so disappointed with the ending. Edit: There is a big reason why villains like Jason and Michael Myers are scary while ones like Freddy are silly, and that's ambiguity and the unknown. Jason is spooky af until his mask comes off and you see the dorky green monster, Myers is just a random nightmare until they explain his motivations. Just look what happens with Nell and bent neck lady; the second you realize what is up, all the horror is gone. Sandwich Anarchist fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Oct 24, 2018 |
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Oct 24, 2018 12:27
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Lester Shy posted:She was also probably experiencing the effects of Luke's 90 days of sobriety, since they share the "twin thing." At that point there would be no ill effects, he wasn't in withdrawl anymore. Luke felt great at that time. Nell was just off her meds. Sandwich Anarchist fucked around with this message at 12:13 on Oct 25, 2018 |
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Oct 25, 2018 12:10
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Yeah, I just had a little boy 4 months ago and kid Luke hosed me up pretty badly
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Oct 28, 2018 17:50
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Some people are just lovely assholes
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Oct 28, 2018 18:03
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:I really really enjoyed this but I wish the house and its ghostly occupants were fleshed out much much more. Who was the zombie in the basement? What was the deal with the kittens? How did the first ghosts even come to be? What happened between Hugh and the police in the immediate aftermath of the first night? Why are family members haunted by specific ghosts (ie Luke and the floating cane guy), and why do unique monstrous-looking non-human ghosts show up (like the dogs and the hosed up c'thulu dude that pulls the sheets off Theo in bed)? I'm the opposite. I wanted no reasons given, no explanations. The moment they gave a ghost character and personality I got turned off.
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Oct 28, 2018 21:06
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Xad posted:this felt like a weird thing for the show to do, because instead of leaving it ambiguous as to whether or not any of the ghosts were real or not, they show that SOME definitely were, and SOME...might not have been? I feel like the "ghosts are actually just mental illness" thing could have come off better if there's never a definite answer to "are there actually any ghosts/psychic powers" This is what I wanted from the show, but instead I got flapper ghost.
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Oct 29, 2018 00:19
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Yeah, regardless of the implications and deeper meanings of the ending, the tone of the last 10 minutes was such a total 180 from the rest of the show that it literally made me sit there and stare at the screen for a few breaths when it cut to credits, and finally just go "what?"
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Oct 30, 2018 02:06
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The introduction of Poppy is where I feel the show jumped the shark. If they just cut the show after the scary version grabbed Luke and gave us a Poochy style "sadly everyone died" screen I would have been happier.
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Oct 30, 2018 04:23
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So a theory that Flannigan confirmed about why Shirley loving sucks, is that the kids are all the 5 stages of grief. Steve- Denial Shirley- Anger Theo- Bargaining Luke- Depression Nell- Acceptance
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Oct 30, 2018 16:28
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"One beer, please"
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I dunno, a soul is a soul.
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