I was trying something here. I failed.
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I watched a horror movie last night called We Are Still Here. I did not enjoy it. It’s a little too slow, the internal logic of the ghosts/monsters was wonky and not completely thought out, it seemed, nor the central gimmick of the movie. The lead actor was kind of terrible. Barbara Crampton was kind of okay. Poor Man’s Rip Torn was distracting, because he was Poor Man’s Rip Torn. Then Larry Fessenden and Tim Burton’s ex-wife showed up and kinda ruined whatever was happening, which wasn’t that great in the first place. The ghost monsters looked neat, I guess. Also, the movie took place in 1979, which I did not figure out until after the credits were over. There were literally no indications that this was the case, if there were, I missed it completely.

I also caught the season finale of Preacher last night. I think I’m gonna pass on season 2. 10 episodes to reach a conclusion that the 1st issue of the comic did. I don’t mind deviation from the source material. I prefer it. Why faithfully adapt a thing I’ve already experienced? Give me something new with the premise. But make the deviations count. Nothing that happened in the 10 hours of television mattered that the comic didn’t cover in 48 pages. All the time spent with the cartoonish buffoonery of the folks of Annville, Texas didn’t matter. Nothing new came out of all the side-trips and build-up and relationships established in 10 hour-long episodes. We wind up in the exact same place as the end of the first story arc of the comic (which was maybe 3 issues at most? 4?) The new dynamics of the relationship between Jesse (I’m sorry. “Preacher”), Tulip, and Cassidy presented in the show don’t really add anything to their characters. Whatever hints we get at Cassidy’s true nature (an abusive, exploitive addict [which in the comic weren’t truly revealed until well into the run]) are kind of just… forgotten. Same with Jesse & Tulip’s previous relationship. What made their inital contact in the comic work was the time they spent seperated, and Tulip’s not knowing what happened to Jesse. In the show, she just seems to have always been around. The timeline of the show and the flashbacks to Jesse’s previous crime lifestyle with Tulip are also not well established. The show has elements that work, but as of the finale, it’s all been re-set. None of it mattered, and basically season 2 will be a soft-reboot to a more “faithful” adaptation? I dunno. But season 1 didn’t do anything to make me care.

That said, I also started watching Mr. Robot based on my friend Joe G.’s recommendation. I’m still digesting what I’ve seen so far (about 6 episodes into season 1). But, I think it could be the new Breaking Bad.