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GBBO is back!!! This is a real highlight of the past few months for me. Also once again I was nervous about the new host joining. I never ever liked him or his stuff. Always found him insufferable. But he’s wayyyy toned down in the show. I never like change, but the show has kept things remarkably consistent throughout all these changes. It’s nearly exactly the same show.

Original hosts / judges were still the best though.
YES! I am very excited about this. We got into it and subsequently binged through it all when if first showed up on Netflix. The show is like video Xanax. I am glad there is a new season now. When we need it most.
 
GBBO is back!!! This is a real highlight of the past few months for me. Also once again I was nervous about the new host joining. I never ever liked him or his stuff. Always found him insufferable. But he’s wayyyy toned down in the show. I never like change, but the show has kept things remarkably consistent throughout all these changes. It’s nearly exactly the same show.

Original hosts / judges were still the best though.


The Bowie cake was intriguing to say the least
 
I had been afraid to watch the Hulu adaptation of High Fidelity (starring Zoe Kravitz) as the film might rank in my top five most watched films of all time.

Unfortunately, it’s VERY good. Unfortunate because it’s been cancelled because people like me took too long to give it a chance. Interestingly they canned it right after the Emmy noms were announced which indicates the level of prestige they were aiming for.

But I highly recommend giving it a watch anyways.

 
I had been afraid to watch the Hulu adaptation of High Fidelity (starring Zoe Kravitz) as the film might rank in my top five most watched films of all time.

Unfortunately, it’s VERY good. Unfortunate because it’s been cancelled because people like me took too long to give it a chance. Interestingly they canned it right after the Emmy noms were announced which indicates the level of prestige they were aiming for.

But I highly recommend giving it a watch anyways.


My wife and I loved it. I'm sad that it got cancelled.
 
Had no idea that The Haunting Of Bly Manor was out already. For some reason I thought it came out this Friday. Anyway, I guess I know what I’m doing this week. Anyone watched yet? There was a lot I loved about Hill House but I was disappointed by its ending.
 
Had no idea that The Haunting Of Bly Manor was out already. For some reason I thought it came out this Friday. Anyway, I guess I know what I’m doing this week. Anyone watched yet? There was a lot I loved about Hill House but I was disappointed by its ending.

Watched the first 2 episodes. Seems OK so far, incredibly slow, very little happening over 1h50m so far. The posh English accents are insanely over blown, distractingly so to someone English, perhaps not so much to non-English. I'll definitely stick with it.
 
Had no idea that The Haunting Of Bly Manor was out already. For some reason I thought it came out this Friday. Anyway, I guess I know what I’m doing this week. Anyone watched yet? There was a lot I loved about Hill House but I was disappointed by its ending.
I didn't love Hill House as much as a lot of people did. Bly Manor seems like more of the same, I'm 2 episode in, it's a spooky fun time, but nothing life changing.
 
Had no idea that The Haunting Of Bly Manor was out already. For some reason I thought it came out this Friday. Anyway, I guess I know what I’m doing this week. Anyone watched yet? There was a lot I loved about Hill House but I was disappointed by its ending.

Agree with the comments so far ..it’s a decent watch but not as good as Hill House ... worth sticking with as it ups the pace around ep 4 or 5 ... I enjoyed it ..and I liked its ending
 
I enjoyed it, totally different show than Hill House, which was a little disappointing to me when I was expecting similar, but I'm glad I watched it.

That ending was pretty sappy and on the nose, but I didn't hate it.
 
I enjoyed it, totally different show than Hill House, which was a little disappointing to me when I was expecting similar, but I'm glad I watched it.
I am at episode six now, I believe. I watched "The Altar of the Dead" last night. I don't agree with the idea that it is "totally different" than Hill House. In fact, I'd say it is "same same but different". It is thematically the same, as it should be as part of an anthology. It is the same in the dynamics that it explores and human relationships and human psychology - in fact, I'd say - much like Hill House - it is a story about humans and their relationships, set against the backdrop of paranormal peculiarities. It's the same in style -both favor atmosphere, slow-burn storytelling, and terror over in-your-face horror. I'd say they're pretty much exactly the same in structure and spirit. My suggestion would be to anyone who like S01 then they'd definitely like S02.
 
I am at episode six now, I believe. I watched "The Altar of the Dead" last night. I don't agree with the idea that it is "totally different" than Hill House. In fact, I'd say it is "same same but different". It is thematically the same, as it should be as part of an anthology. It is the same in the dynamics that it explores and human relationships and human psychology - in fact, I'd say - much like Hill House - it is a story about humans and their relationships, set against the backdrop of paranormal peculiarities. It's the same in style -both favor atmosphere, slow-burn storytelling, and terror over in-your-face horror. I'd say they're pretty much exactly the same in structure and spirit. My suggestion would be to anyone who like S01 then they'd definitely like S02.
That's fair. I was focusing more on the degree of horror and tone when I said that. There are similarities there too I suppose like with the ghosts in the background. It just never felt as scary to me. I was reading a wikipedia entry about The Turn of the Screw and it said that James wanted his ghosts to be eerie extensions of everyday reality instead of stereotypical ones. I wonder if that is why they weren't as horrific.

In any case, you are definitely right that they do share at least that major overarching theme. I definitely enjoyed it. When I said dissapointed it was just expectations, not that I wished it were different after it got going. Perhaps I need to refresh my memory on Hill House, I just remember it having more horrific moments.
 
That's fair. I was focusing more on the degree of horror and tone when I said that. There are similarities there too I suppose like with the ghosts in the background. It just never felt as scary to me. I was reading a wikipedia entry about The Turn of the Screw and it said that James wanted his ghosts to be eerie extensions of everyday reality instead of stereotypical ones. I wonder if that is why they weren't as horrific.

In any case, you are definitely right that they do share at least that major overarching theme. I definitely enjoyed it. When I said dissapointed it was just expectations, not that I wished it were different after it got going. Perhaps I need to refresh my memory on Hill House, I just remember it having more horrific moments.
Lol. I guess I need to rewatch it too if that's your perspective of why you see it as different. I feel - barring a rewatch - that it's probably accurate. I do remember the ghosts being more "present" in Hill House and perhaps a more constant sinister aspect to them. Like in Hill House they were actively going after the people, while in Bly perhaps it's more that they're existing in the same space so coming into conflict.
 
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