Official Lovecraft Country Thread

[Json]

She may not be "Chaotic Evil", but that doesn't make her not evil.

I'm not saying she's good or bad. I'm saying the series wasn't some struggle of good and evil. If we accept Ardam, Titus, and such as evil magic casters, Christina wasn't trying to stop them or help the "good" black casters.

She was just out for herself. And since she was the main antagonist of the show, the show wasn't a struggle of good vs evil.

 

[Edub]

Crazy watchin that woman burn like that last episode....

 

[Ribbs]

I think I would generalize it and say you can make modern instrumental music work in historical shows, but not modern vocals.

So Spartacus can have "heavy metal"-style guitars, but having Metallica scream over gladiator fighting would have been extra stupid.

Yep very true. Westworld also did covers of modern songs with an orchestra and an old time band.

 

[KalKal]

Yep very true. Westworld also did covers of modern songs with an orchestra and an old time band.

See, something like THAT would have been interesting. Like if they did something like recreating beats to modern songs using period-appropriate samples.

 

[Edub]

To be honest. I’m not sure this Misha Green lady has the chops to run a show as headwriter.

The plotting of this series was sloppy. She’s talking about bringing in more races but her handling of Yahima and any non-female character was really bad.

And way too much drama...one episode tic and chick spent way too long yellin and cryin at each other...then tic and his dad....the over dramatizing needs to be reeled in

 

[Json]

And way too much drama...one episode tic and chick spent way to long yellin and cryin at each other...then tic and his dad....the over dramatizing needs to be reeled in

I don't have a problem with drama but for 10 episodes we don't need the same drama repeated in every episode. Tic getting mad at about getting beaten by his gay father/not father. We get it.

They at least could have built up Montrose having some redeeming fatherly moments.

 

[Edub]

I don't have a problem with drama but for 10 episodes we don't need the same drama repeated in every episode. Montrose getting mad at about getting beaten by his gay father/not father. We get it.

They at least could have built up Montrose having some redeeming fatherly moments.

Exactly....high stress and high emotion ALWAYS HAVE to go hand in hand with black film...I mean of course a certain amount of emotion and stress is due to any show considering itself a thriller......but black writers tend to over do it, you’re right the father and son back n forth went far too long in the season.....plus this writer seems to want to touch on every issue she could think of that the black community/family goes through...so much so that the adventure fun side of the storyline is drowned at a lot of the times.....


Still wanna see if there’s an adjustment in season 2

 

[Lootpack]

Seriously no more of this shyt next season modern music constantly takes me out this show

So frustrating. Just when I think the music is brief......nope, it lingers on and on. Honestly ruined a tender moment between Tic and Leti when they were on the elevator.

Whole season was ass out of 2-3 episodes. Episode one I thought we had one.

Yup. The quality disparity from the first to the second episode jumped out to me like crazy. This shyt was just all over the place.

 

[Json]

Exactly....high stress and high emotion ALWAYS HAVE to go hand in hand with black film...I mean of course a certain amount of emotion and stress is due to any show considering itself a thriller......but black writers tend to over do it, you’re right the father and son back n forth went far too long in the season.....plus this writer seems to want to touch on every issue she could think of that the black community/family goes through...so much so that the adventure fun side of the storyline is drowned at a lot of the times.....


Still wanna see if there’s an adjustment in season 2

I guess I'm not as hopeful.

I just get the sense that since the writer is female, she innately gave the female characters a more nuanced story. Leti dealt with her mother, her own behavior, her sister, her faith. The Leti who we met in ep 1 isn't the same one in episode 10. Same with Hippolyta though not as long to transform.

But I feel like Tic and Montrose were still basically dealing with the same stuff until 9 and in 10 Tic just put it behind him and asked Montrose to do the same.

Which, I guess is fitting in the since most times the female protagonist is one-note, but they stealthily sort of flipped the switch.

 

[ryderldb]

The past few episodes have been kinda confusing to me but how did Leti get revived after falling from the tower?

 

[Ziggiy]

The last 4 episodes were VERY good.


Episode 9 was a true 10/10. I loved everything about it. Very well written, acted, and directed.


The only thing keeping episode 10 from a perfect score is that Tic should have lived. The theme and message of the story should have been that Tic and Letty were, not only going to save the world for Black People through mystical means, but also as a true physical FAMILY unit and the embodiment of redemption for the failings of their parents. It was set up PERFECTLY in that manner. Leti learned how to embrace family and be open and honest in her love towards Tic. Tic learned how to embrace acceptance, forgiveness, and not having to be emotionally stonewalled in his love for Leti. THATS how you embark on building a strong black family unit. Tic’s true heroism should have been in living and raising a son alongside his wife leti. The magic and mysticism should have been a backdrop to that.


Making him a “Jesus” figure undercuts Tic’s true value as a black man. The Son should NOT have to be sacrificed so that the sins of the Father can be washed away. Montrose didn’t really accomplish much of anything to be given that “chance”. Even though i personally liked how they utilized his sexuality and trauma as a means of character building and not just for the hell of it. He should not have been the one to take Tic’s place.

Also as a minor nitpick, i thought the Ruby/Christina storyline wasn’t “strong” enough to warrant Ruby turning on Leti for even a SECOND. They even showed Ruby rejecting the “white” life earlier in the season. That was just a weird development that she’d need to be convinced to help her own pregnant sister no matter how selfish she’d been before.


Other than that i think the show definitely has potential for a second season. They should make it an anthology utilizing different characters and time periods.

 

[CinnaSlim]

Tic and Ruby had two scenes together the entire series. That would make no sense.
She had Leti under her pocket with the money for the house to get the key.

The bolded makes no sense. Leti was never under Christina's pocket. Leti only worked with Christina and gave her Titus' pages for the invulnerability spell. Before that Christina was blocked from entering the house. She only gained access to the house from Ruby as William. It wasnt a random hook up but a way to get into the house. If she could pull a front involving Leti's mama, you think she wouldnt be able to find out who her sister was?

Ruby is Leti's sister who is involved with Tic and also they all stayed at or frequented the same house. Just because she only had 2 scenes with Tic doesnt mean she wouldnt be able to share information with Christina which we see she did.

Christina is smart to have attack on multiple fronts as I said she treated them all like pawns so she had options.

 

[Diondon]

Sounds positive for Season 2

Lovecraft Country Season 2: Talks Happening at HBO, Aims to Continue the Spirit of the Novel - IGN


With the first season of HBO's Lovecraft Country coming to a close this past weekend, one of the biggest unanswered questions is whether or not the show will be returning for a second season. While nothing is confirmed, there are talks happening at HBO and, if it were to go forward, it would continue in the spirit of Matt Ruff's novel.

In an interview with Lovecraft Country's showrunner Misha Green, Rolling Stone asked what the chances were that HBO would greenlight a second season.

"We’re in talks with HBO," Green said. "I just finished the finishing touches of Season One three weeks ago. But I’m excited about exploring Season Two and what we have in mind. Nothing’s official."

Green also spoke to Deadline, and revealed a bit more of what she hopes a potential season 2 would look like.

"Nothing is official yet, but I envision a second season that carries on the spirit of Matt Ruff’s novel by continuing to reclaim the genre storytelling space that people of color have typically been left out of."

Lovecraft Country's first season ended with an episode called "Full Circle," and in our review, we said "Lovecraft Country has attempted numerous times to infuse its characteristic flavor of contemporary pulp with thematic profundity, and, in a number of those instances, has managed to succeed in its aspirations. These are the aspects the show will likely be best remembered for: its incisive themes, its stirring performances, and its bold narrative choices that deconstruct and juxtapose the conventions of pulp-horror with the real-life horrors of being black in America. These qualities are apparent and present throughout this season’s finale, but so are its faults."

 

[Lord_nikon]

Crazy watchin that woman burn like that last episode....

ikr. ,,,,,,, something almost got in my eye ,,,,,,one of the best episodes imo

 

[livindajetlife]

The bolded makes no sense. Leti was never under Christina's pocket. Leti only worked with Christina and gave her Titus' pages for the invulnerability spell. Before that Christina was blocked from entering the house. She only gained access to the house from Ruby as William. It wasnt a random hook up but a way to get into the house. If she could pull a front involving Leti's mama, you think she wouldnt be able to find out who her sister was?

Ruby is Leti's sister who is involved with Tic and also they all stayed at or frequented the same house. Just because she only had 2 scenes with Tic doesnt mean she wouldnt be able to share information with Christina which we see she did.

Christina is smart to have attack on multiple fronts as I said she treated them all like pawns so she had options.

Hold on what's the problem? Ppl tryna say Cristina wasn't using that lame bytch Ruby? Lol Stevie wonder could see that