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American Horror Story - Silly?

Dr. Cheese

Dr. Cheese

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Mar 3, 2004
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#1
This show started off as pretty interesting, but I think that the ghosts hanging around and chatting, and all of the ghost/mortal sex is getting dreary. I also thought the introduction of the Elizabeth Smart/Black Dahlia ghost was tacky. I know it has been almost 65 years since Smart was murdered and turned into the "Black Dahlia," but she still was a real person who would be 87 or 88 if she were still alive. I think that since no one knows who killed and desecrated her body, speculation tends to focus on her instead of a killer. Portraying a murder victim as a whore who basically had it coming, just isn't fair, IMHO.
 
#4
The last few episodes haven't been as good as the first ones, it feels like they're stretching it out as long as possible, I can't see how they're going to keep the story going into a second season.

Having no idea who Elizabeth Smart/Black Dahlia, I just assumed it was another made up character, doesn't seem right making up a story for a real person.
 
#7
jabsys said:
The last few episodes haven't been as good as the first ones, it feels like they're stretching it out as long as possible, I can't see how they're going to keep the story going into a second season.

Having no idea who Elizabeth Smart/Black Dahlia, I just assumed it was another made up character, doesn't seem right making up a story for a real person.
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Yes, the Black Dahlia was a real unsolved murder in LA. It was a very brutal murder and dismemberment. Underground pictures of the crime scene and autopsy made the case famous. They were very gruesome; I saw them and they gave me chills.
 
#10
I'm a proponent of the show, but I'll be the first to admit it has taken a couple of strange turns.

I'll stick with it because I am still enjoying watching on numerous levels, but the additions of so many ghosts coming and going arbitrarily is definitely off-putting. I do actually like the disjointedness and the multiple storylines though... it adds a certain quality to the show. It's fun to not exactly know what is going on, or what scenes are "real" or part of the house's illusion.
 
#11
We watch it & I have to admit I felt like my "Lost" chain was getting pulled a lot (which they are still doing with a mystery behind a mystery), but the last episode & where it appears to be leading to, takes the show to a different level. Far more than just the house & its spirits. Still entertaining with no real redeaming characters, maybe the maid?
 
#16
I have not watched the first 4 episodes yet but saw a few others and find the show to be very quirky. I know it is on purpose but I am not quite sure if I will stick with it much longer.

I do really like The Walking Dead and don't miss a show and the new show on AMC called Hell On Wheels is a great western with terrific acting.
 
#17
I really liked the way the show finished. I can see where it was concieved as a single season show. I heard that it was picked up for a second season, I hope if it is, it starts with entrirely different story line. Going back to the same old house would very quickly jump the shark.
 
#20
I watch it religiously. Beau, the son in the attic who is killed by "burn man", is portrayed by a kid I went to high school with. Kind of cool fact.

Next season is "in a new location, with new ghosts. Some of which are portrayed by the same actors. A hint can be found in the last 3 episodes of the show." Im pumped.
 

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