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Official Lovecraft Country Thread
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THE MACHINE
night owl
HBO working him like Stephen A. Smith on ESPN.
Raphael the GOAT gon' get that paper playa
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Lovecraft Country: Photography to Video
DEPARTMENT STORE: Mobile - Alabama (1956), by Gordon Parks
UNTITLED: Shady Grove - Alabama (1956), by Gordon Parks
THE LOUISVILLE FLOOD: Louisville - Kentucky (1937), by Margaret Bourke-White
DEPARTMENT STORE: Mobile - Alabama (1956), by Gordon Parks
UNTITLED: Shady Grove - Alabama (1956), by Gordon Parks
THE LOUISVILLE FLOOD: Louisville - Kentucky (1937), by Margaret Bourke-White
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NoGutsNoGLory
Superstar
I hate anachronisms. I almost stopped watching when they had modern music in once scene
. I don't know what it is but black directors (and Guy Ritchie
) love doing that shyt.
I hate anachronisms. I almost stopped watching when they had modern music in once scene
I like it sometimes.
Worked out pretty nice with how The Knick did it.
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
I thought so too, at first. In hindsight though, I think that was Uncle George's way of letting the white folks know that the group didn't want any trouble, and would be gone quickly. He was trying to diffuse a potentially troublesome situation by being overly friendly, I think.
Yaddam Yussein
All Star
The pilot was amazing.
Jordan Peele the gawd
Jurnee sexy as hell.
That gay scene was unnecessary as fukk
HBO got another hit
Jordan Peele the gawd
Jurnee sexy as hell.
That gay scene was unnecessary as fukk
HBO got another hit
$cam-U-Well_Jack$on
Superstar
Incredible. I fukks with this.
Mister_DoItNice
Leading The Regime
Dope pilot. All the way in.
Axum Ezana
Driving in the fast lane
it was okay. ill stay for epi 2
I'm referring to the book. The name of the spot was referred to him, so he goes to detail it in his guide, good/bad, omit it completely...but the entire time they're both telling him to keep moving. They're not feeling the location, the townsfolk, the stares, the vibe..his guide is not just black owned locations he's listing either.
His main reason for going was for food, but when they said nope, he basically went just to be stubborn. It is also shows that he definitely doesn't scare easily. Not he, Letticia, nor Atticus.
Mind you, the book is written by white guy.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
My girl pointed out that he was writing a green book, so it would make sense that he would at least seek out a restaurant like that to determine whether it was safe for black people. Granted I don't know the full history of how green books were written but I'm gonna assume brehs in the 1950s/60s didn't just waltz into restaurants in small (white) towns and act like that. A more logical way to write a guide for safe black dining/shopping would be to seek out the nearby black community (and the nearest white civil rights advocates) and simply ask them.
To me the biggest flaws of the episode were those big drama moments, which felt like the writers wanted a set piece/action beat so they wrote whatever was needed to get there, fukk logic. That, the car chase...nah. I enjoyed the human elements of the show. Seeing black characters be...normal and regular was refreshing. Seeing black love. I liked all that. I'll keep watching but my fear is that this is basically a rejected SyFy channel show with an HBO budget and "black stuff" thrown in to make it snap better.
The ironic thing about this flaw though is that it mirrors the flaw of much of Lovecraft's writing. The human elements of his work were often interesting. The foreboding, the tension, the inner turmoil and horror. But often the actual big reveals were just...not good. And doing this as a TV show makes it harder because the entire point of cosmic horror is seeing something the human brain cannot comprehend, to the point you go mad. But here we see pretty typical, boring CGI monsters and it's just like eh...