Aren't they all unrepentant sinners, godless heathens and atheists?
This is the show based on the fundamentalist christian fanfic about how they suffer after all the righteous are taken up by the rapture right? 8)
The Leftovers
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This is the show based on the fundamentalist christian fanfic about how they suffer after all the righteous are taken up by the rapture right? 8)
Gask
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Except that they made a point of showing that this wasn't the rapture; the people that were spirited away were completely random and some were even considered to be douchebags by their closest relations. For instance the child beating mother the protestor was talking about at Hero's Day, the lowlife brother mentioned at the town meeting, the actors the barkeep was talking about and some others mentioned here and there. Who knows maybe aliens did it
Zaara
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Usually try to give a show more than 2 episodes before I say it's lousy, but...this is lousy. I know there's supposed to be some vague spooky shit going on, but when you're relying on tension in the form of vague post-it note messages and disappearing fucking bagels, you're doing something wrong.
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Frenzied Wombat
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So basically this show is one big story of each character's way of dealing with their mini PTSD meltdown in the wake of the disappearances? Color me fucking bored. I kept hoping there was something special/mystical about the Guilty Remnant, but there isn't it seems. It's just a boring ass one hour drama of sad/disturbed people and how they cope. I'll pass.
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khalid
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If they take this show beyond the book, it might be more interesting. However, the book ended on a very blah note for most of the people that read it in the book club. So if all it does is cover the first book, forget it.
I do plan on watching it just to see if the portrayal of survivors is more balanced than the book. I felt like the author did a poor job in explaining why so many people acted the way they did, and also never having any character that would have reacted to it the way I think I would have.
I do plan on watching it just to see if the portrayal of survivors is more balanced than the book. I felt like the author did a poor job in explaining why so many people acted the way they did, and also never having any character that would have reacted to it the way I think I would have.
khalid
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I really hate the GR. They are the equivalent of the Westboro baptist church and I just have a visceral hatred of them. Yet the book (and show) spend a good 1/3rd of the time focusing on them. I don't know if the author wants us to hate them or feel sorry for them, but I sure as fuck find it hard to enjoy a show that spends so much time making me watch them.
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Breakdown
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Its based on a non sci fi book and seems pretty faithful to the real point of the book.
Drop Strong Belwas and nerds fucking rage that the show isnt like the source material. Stick to it and its gay and could have been cool if it was all sci fi and filled with lasers.
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Szeth
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Yep - let's compare source material that's wildly heralded as some of the best fantasy stuff out there vs. something that people claimed made NO IMPACT on them despite being a rerolled book club selection. Can't see why people wouldn't want to change that.
