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HBO & Stephen King's "The Outsider" | OT | Starring Jason Bateman, Cynthia Erivo, and Ben Mendelsohn (No Book Spoilers)
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My feelings as well. Also weird how some scenes of this latest episode were filmed a block away from me and I never noticed.
Really enjoying the show so far. It's a slow burn but a good one.
Maybe it was my mood but that episode did very little for me. I think Holly is just a bit silly and unconvincing and this time she was tasked with carrying almost every scene. Hopefully an anomaly
I'm enjoying it, but it seems like many are finding it really slow and the main King-like conceit isn't doing anything for them.
Well all I know is I'm definitely enjoying this. The atmosphere, music especially, are top notch.
It's a good show. I've not read the book. But the problem with the last few eps is that we know more than the characters.
It's a slow realization for the characters. But for the rest of us even if I don't know all the specifics have a pretty good idea what's happening.
Which makes this slowly paced show feel like molasses
It's a slow realization for the characters. But for the rest of us even if I don't know all the specifics have a pretty good idea what's happening.
Which makes this slowly paced show feel like molasses
The scary painting google search scene was super lame that was literally just the first couple of results when you google scary paintings. I was expecting some orignal art at least I guess it's realastic but come on you got a shape shifting monster I can deal with google results being fake.
Have not read the book but I just wanted to say that after rewatching, the 'melty face' hooded stranger is definitely wearing a mask. No way the show would just use an old mask and dim lighting, pretty sure the character(s?) is wearing a mask. But I don't really know.
Who?
I have been having trouble with the actor playing Ralph, mostly because I find the performance weirdly understated. He also looks a lot like John Kasich which is very distracting.
The main character, the strip club owner, the detective who
was just marked by the demon
yeah that part had me double checking that i was indeed watching an HBO show and not something on CW
If I'm honest, when Jack went to that barn, I thought it was Ralph for a few minutes.
Same from the previews at least.
And with hubby only half watching, I'm constantly hearing "wait, wasn't that guy just..." (no) and "is that the guy who..." (no).
First three eps really didn't catch me. I might drop this. Does the fourth change anyone's opinion?
I started this last night and was hooked instantly. Now the wait between episodes is gonna suck.
Yeah we just watched all 4 episodes out this evening. I told my wife half way through the first episode that this is the type of show I bet we should have waited to start when all the episodes are out.
I can't remember any of the character names or the thing that happened in the spoiler a couple posts ago. And I watched it yesterday.
Not really.
This is like a good, long, drawn out episode of X-files.
Ben M is great overall, but the optics of him getting tough every once in a while (throwing the guy out of the restaurant was the latest example), just doesn't suit the character or fit/work well for me.
Conversely, even though my brain was fighting it, I very much enjoyed that tense bath scene running google image searches for monsters.
Like 'the night of' it's a mixed bag, really good in parts.
Ben M is great overall, but the optics of him getting tough every once in a while (throwing the guy out of the restaurant was the latest example), just doesn't suit the character or fit/work well for me.
Conversely, even though my brain was fighting it, I very much enjoyed that tense bath scene running google image searches for monsters.
Like 'the night of' it's a mixed bag, really good in parts.
As someone who went through the audiobook immediately when it came out (narrated by Will Patton) and read the actual book shortly after (and imagined Will Patton as Ralph the entire time), Ben Mendelsohn is pretty much the next best thing. I was highly skeptical he could do this role well, but now I am a believer.
Still wish it was Will Patton though.
Still wish it was Will Patton though.
I don't, only cause he never ruined the Mr. Mercedes books because his terrible Holly voice. Hell, he's the reason I hate the character and I hope he's not back in the new book that features her 😅
This episode felt like the wheels were just spinning. I felt that way about Watchmen towards the middle of the season, so hopefully this recovers too. Ultimately, I have a feeling it's a 10 episode show that should've been 8.
Holy moly, i watched the first 4 episodes in one sitting last night. Looking forward to episode 5
Yeah I agree with this. Especially since I'm this episode I expected Holly to be in NY still but she's just back in Ohio and they didn't even clarify that at first.
It looks great, good acting and I'm intrigued by the story but the pacing is off and from what I know they've really messed with the structure of the book.
That depends on where they're going with it. Just because on it's based on the book doesn't mean they can't do more than the book did with it. Stephen King is overlooking the whole thing, so maybe he wanted to do some extra things that didn't make it into the book.
so far unimpressed, will just reread the book, holly is good, the rest of the acting is mediocre
Exposition grandma is a remarkable plot device. She just happened to be sitting next to Holly in the visitation area of the prison, overheard her conversation and then invited her home to talk about chupacabras.
Same. I've enjoyed every episode and the pacing is working for me. I've consistently been looking forward to the next episode.
