EPTExecutive producers include Misha Green, Jordan Peele, J. J. Abrams, and Ben Stephenson.
[HBO] Lovecraft Country
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karazax
United States3737 Posts
Executive producers include Misha Green, Jordan Peele, J. J. Abrams, and Ben Stephenson. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17665 Posts
Personally I'd prefer the show that focused more on the horror rather than racism in the 50's. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7088 Posts
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Amestir
Netherlands2126 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17665 Posts
On May 05 2020 18:16 Harris1st wrote: Read the title and hoped for some awesome Cthulhu shit. Instead it's a show about racism? No thank you There are some horror elements to it, but it's JJ Abrams and they've even shown the monster in the trailer so I wouldn't hold my hopes up on this front. Also, I don't really get the obsession with Lovecraft Country as a name. Sure, he might've been racist (google his cat name) but he didn't inject his political views into his prose (I know, unthinkable in 2020). | ||
Falling
Canada11426 Posts
There's been a few low budget straight adaptations of Lovecraft of middling quality. But I think my favourite heavily Lovecraft-inspired film is In the Mouth of Madness. It has its flaws, but its hitting close to something with the surreal cosmic horror. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17665 Posts
On May 08 2020 08:24 Falling wrote: Doesn't seem very hopeful to me (to hit a Lovecraftian vibe that is.) There's been a few low budget straight adaptations of Lovecraft of middling quality. But I think my favourite heavily Lovecraft-inspired film is In the Mouth of Madness. It has its flaws, but its hitting close to something with the surreal cosmic horror. My favorite movie with Lovecraftian vibe is Dagon from 2001. The closest so far to get the cosmic horror right would be this year's Color Out of Space, really well done. | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17665 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain18219 Posts
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eagle
United States693 Posts
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eagle
United States693 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17665 Posts
On May 08 2020 23:54 Acrofales wrote: Well, if the trailer is supposed to capture the mood from a Lovecraft story, it fails miserably. Starting with the upbeat music. The only real Lovecraft thing here is that the title is a reference to him being racist. That's what the book was about too, there were some evil cultists and such but it's mostly about racism (seeing how one of the main characters is the author of The Safe Negro Travel Guide). | ||
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