American Horror Story: Roanoke (S6E10) -- Season Finale -- "Chapter 10" -- 11/16/16
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the problem here is that they were aping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to horror/ghost stories, in doing a take off of already nitch market of those Friday/Saturday night cable shows like those A&E real ghost stories and then the ghost hunters and expecting folks to really get it.
they sold themselves short on the story angle by basically channeling it through a medium that isn't even looked at with any sort of regard. The whole lost colony thing was good material wasted on a parody of something no one gives a shit about.
they sold themselves short on the story angle by basically channeling it through a medium that isn't even looked at with any sort of regard. The whole lost colony thing was good material wasted on a parody of something no one gives a shit about.
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I would have liked for them to ditch the whole tv show angle and just done a full season of AHS in a rural setting with rains of human teeth, crazy and rednecks played by Chaz Bono, vengeful ghosts, haunted farmhouses, and other freaky shit inflicted upon a yuppie couple played by Sarah Paulson and Cuba Gooding jr who moved away from the city to escape some trauma.
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I would have liked for them to ditch the whole tv show angle and just done a full season of AHS in a rural setting with rains of human teeth, crazy and rednecks played by Chaz Bono, vengeful ghosts, haunted farmhouses, and other freaky shit inflicted upon a yuppie couple played by Sarah Paulson and Cuba Gooding jr who moved away from the city to escape some trauma.
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Re: American Horror Story: Roanoke (S6E10) -- Season Finale -- "Chapter 10" -- 11/16/
I watched Season 1 over the last few days ... Now that I have a little bit of context I am going to say Season 6 was a less coherent and more sloppy revisit of Season 1.
The whole concept of a married couple (having marital problems and a miscarriage to boot) tying all of their money up into a house that is far away and a chance at a fresh new start ... They can't leave the house for various reasons ... Terrorized by various ghost factions ... The house has a long history of numerous murders so the ghosts cannot leave ... Some of the ghosts are "friendly" ... Human neighbors who want the house because they want the ghosts to remain ... Seems like a lot of rehashed ideas.
Roanoke and Croatoan were used in Season 1. This was a chance to expand upon that idea which was really just a passing reference in S1.
I thought Season 1 peaked around episode 4 or 5 and then it turned into a dragging soap opera about ghosts. Like S6, it turned into a somewhat bloated mess and should have been condensed into something much greater. I liked most of the characters from S1 and their stories/motivations, unlike S6 where I found a only few characters fleetingly entertaining (the professor and the medium) but couldn't find anything to like in the main characters.
The whole concept of a married couple (having marital problems and a miscarriage to boot) tying all of their money up into a house that is far away and a chance at a fresh new start ... They can't leave the house for various reasons ... Terrorized by various ghost factions ... The house has a long history of numerous murders so the ghosts cannot leave ... Some of the ghosts are "friendly" ... Human neighbors who want the house because they want the ghosts to remain ... Seems like a lot of rehashed ideas.
Roanoke and Croatoan were used in Season 1. This was a chance to expand upon that idea which was really just a passing reference in S1.
I thought Season 1 peaked around episode 4 or 5 and then it turned into a dragging soap opera about ghosts. Like S6, it turned into a somewhat bloated mess and should have been condensed into something much greater. I liked most of the characters from S1 and their stories/motivations, unlike S6 where I found a only few characters fleetingly entertaining (the professor and the medium) but couldn't find anything to like in the main characters.
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Re: American Horror Story: Roanoke (S6E10) -- Season Finale -- "Chapter 10" -- 11/16/
- old colony haunts land
- house is built, occupants killed by ghost colony and turned into new ghosts
- couple buy house, couple is haunted
- TV show is made about the above couple, show is giant success
- new reality show with the actors from the above show starts production
- surprise: the couple was right about the hauntings, everyone dies
- except Lee
- the end
I'll admit that I loved this season.
- house is built, occupants killed by ghost colony and turned into new ghosts
- couple buy house, couple is haunted
- TV show is made about the above couple, show is giant success
- new reality show with the actors from the above show starts production
- surprise: the couple was right about the hauntings, everyone dies
- except Lee
- the end
I'll admit that I loved this season.
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Murder House
Piggy Man
Croatoan!
Asylum
Lana Winters
Ghost Chasers mention "the asylum"
Coven
Cricket invokes the "white light of protection" like Misty Day
Freakshow
Edward Mott -> Dandy Mott
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Also, related to Coven, Lady Gaga's character was the first Supreme. (This was divulged by the producers.)
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That was a good end. Had to roll my eyes at ANOTHER group going to the house (seriously, fuck you guys I hope you die!). The final moment was the first time it felt like an actual ending (though I wouldn't have minded a few extra minutes to watch everyone get slaughtered). They usually end it on a lower-key note.
Would still love to see them try something epic next season. Some Marvel shit. Jeeze, you birthed the anti-Christ at the end of season one. You introduced all these rules and supernatural factions. That could write itself.
Would still love to see them try something epic next season. Some Marvel shit. Jeeze, you birthed the anti-Christ at the end of season one. You introduced all these rules and supernatural factions. That could write itself.
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I think I enjoyed the idea of this season more than the execution, especially the way Matt and Shelby's story was sort of an antiparallel to the Harmons' from Murder House. That concept alone was really interesting to me, but didn't really gel like it should have primarily because it got completely swallowed by the show within a show within a show conceit. I also really wish we could have seen more of the real ghosts, which all seemed to have the potential to be really interesting and scary, but because of the storytelling structure of the season we only caught glimpses, and ultimately had to settle for the Polk clan, who didn't deserve the amount of screen time they received. Oh well.
Still love the show, and I ultimately liked the season despite its flaws even if it didn't come close to living up to its potential.
Anyway, my ratings for the seasons would go: Asylum -> Freakshow -> Coven -> Murder House -> Hotel -> Roanake.
Still love the show, and I ultimately liked the season despite its flaws even if it didn't come close to living up to its potential.
Anyway, my ratings for the seasons would go: Asylum -> Freakshow -> Coven -> Murder House -> Hotel -> Roanake.
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So the part that threw me off the most was the Lana Winters interview. She was present in Asylum - 1964 AND she's now a TV talk show host in 2016... but has not aged?
Also, gotta say that using the same actors to play multiple roles can be a bit confusing. Especially when I don't recall the characters roles from a few seasons back.
Also, gotta say that using the same actors to play multiple roles can be a bit confusing. Especially when I don't recall the characters roles from a few seasons back.
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Re: American Horror Story: Roanoke (S6E10) -- Season Finale -- "Chapter 10" -- 11/16/
Lana's character had bad "I'm old now" makeup on, and she spoke the with stereotypical shaky old person voice - to the point we laughed out loud everytime she talked. The only high school theater production trait she was missing was the exaggerated palsy shake.
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Yeah, the old lady routine was one of the worst "aged character" examples I have ever seen on TV. Essentially ending on an even lower note than the rest of the season. I've got to learn to bail on these terrible seasons fast so I don't waste 8 plus hours of my life like I did watching Roanoke. Feeling the same way about S2 of Scream Queens.
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Re: American Horror Story: Roanoke (S6E10) -- Season Finale -- "Chapter 10" -- 11/16/
On a side note: Agree about Screams Queens S2 - it is fucking awful - and I LOVED S1.
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Googled her image and see that you're right... but wow, that was awful "old lady" gear.
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FX has renewed “American Horror Story” for two more seasons — in addition to the already-picked-up seventh season — taking the anthology series through a ninth season.
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I didn't feel fooled the first two or fifth time. The third fourth and sixth time though, fie!