ChrisMcQueen007 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 7:10 pm
inksb wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 6:09 pm
I was wondering if that was going to be to any good. Let's see if they can get me to watch past the half way point, which has been a hard thing for them to do since season 4.
I‘ve only watched the first season of AHS completely, tried to watch two other seasons but stopped after some episodes. This one feels right, though. Some aspects that would put me off in another context (characters doing stupid things, a goofy backstory, „references“ to the subgenre...) are part of the fun here due to the subject matter. But it‘s of course possible that they will run out of steam after some episodes here as well.
So for me AHS is one of those shows that usually has a great idea for a season then can't come up with enough compelling story to keep it going or they decide to steer the season in a different direction around the mid way point that results in it going off the rails. S1, I could not stand, it was poorly written and seemed too infatuated with being clever rather than good story telling. I've tried to watch it twice and just didn't have it in me to finish it. S2 was their best season imo, it's the most cohesive and I enjoyed the story/cast. S3 started so strong but around the mid point just doesn't know what to do and fully collapses in on itself. S4 started out kind of promising but I just couldn't finish it, it felt all over the place and I just dropped it at some point. S5 I liked in concept but it never hooked me, I made it maybe 4 or 5 episodes in (Lady Gaga was surprisingly good in her role). S6 was frustrating, I liked the idea of actors and real life versions of the characters being portrayed but it hit that mid season change up and became complete shit, I got two episodes into the change and I just stopped. S7 did nothing for me, I stopped after 2 episodes, I have been told by friends it got better but it wasn't worth my time. S8 I did actually finish but more out of curiosity of what the hell they were trying to do by smashing all sorts of shit from previous seasons together, the answer was nothing worth watching.
I keep hoping they will do a whole season that's at least good but I have little faith in them, yet I still tune in for part of it every year...