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[ivysaur12]

Could you suggest an alternative that would fit into the story / setting?

A bar. They're probably much more likely to get roofied at a club if they wanted to do that storyline. Most sexual assaults on college campuses happen with people that know the perpetrator, not some random dude in a corner ready to gang rape you.

Again, not a huge deal, just seemed a bit lazy.

 

[mightynine]

Could you suggest an alternative that would fit into the story / setting?

Could've easily just been the two girls out at a bar and meet a group of guys. The college/frat thing is just window dressing for the scene that could be done anywhere.

 

[dead souls]

Awesome premiere. So much great stuff and an excellent cast. The preview for upcoming episodes was insane.

 

[Zoe]

Could've easily just been the two girls out at a bar and meet a group of guys. The college/frat thing is just window dressing for the scene that could be done anywhere.

Would have had to work in fake ID's then

 

[ivysaur12]

Would have had to work in fake ID's then

They're witches. It's also New Orleans

 

[Zoe]

They're witches. It's also New Orleans

I've gotten carded in New Orleans

 

[mightynine]

Would have had to work in fake ID's then

Generic house party.

They're witches. It's also New Orleans

And that. They could've gone to The Boot!

 

[Zoe]

I think house party would have been the only other alternative with a similar setup. The girls had to get separated but not so much that Zoe wouldn't have been able to find Madison.

 

[Matt_]

Do frat guys really go to house parties in a bus?

 

[geebee]

I watched this last night after a friend kept telling me it was amazing. Show is too cheap for me. Every other scene is filmed either at an angle or with fish eye lens. Also, the overuse of sound effects and music is distracting..

Are there any other good horror series on television right now?

 

[ivysaur12]

I watched this last night after a friend kept telling me it was amazing. Show is too cheap for me. Every other scene is filmed either at an angle or with fish eye lens. Also, the overuse of sound effects and music is distracting..

Are there any other good horror series on television right now?

The fish eyes lens and dutch angles still sort of bother me, but it's part of the ambiance. It's supposed to be Excessive with a capital e.

And no, I don't think so. The Strain at FX should be fairly horror-like. Same with Helix at SyFy, I think. There are a few more in the pipeline that are gaining traction.

 

[KiKaL]

Do frat guys really go to house parties in a bus?

No not at all. Comparing that scene to Fraternities is like saying all house parties are like Project X.

 

[ivysaur12]

@MrRPMurphy 44s
Last night's premiere of COVEN is the highest rated AHS EVER! Thanks you guys. Xo

Wow.

 

[White Man]

Things that bugged me about the episode:

1) Taissa's character fell in love with Evan's character after like 5 minutes of conversation.
2) Taissa went from zero to murderer without so much as a second thought.
3) There were way too many dutch angles in this episode.
4) Way too much obvious exposition. I'll let it slide since this is the first episode, but it was really obvious, even for a first episode.

Still, really entertaining, but those first two narrative leaps are pretty iffy.

 

[Fantastical]

3) There were way too many dutch angles in this episode.

My main complaint. Really weird.

 

[Matt_]

Wow.

Great news for them
Means they were over the 3.85m premier of last series

Things that bugged me about the episode:

1) Taissa's character fell in love with Evan's character after like 5 minutes of conversation.
2) Taissa went from zero to murderer without so much as a second thought.

Still, really entertaining, but those first two narrative leaps are pretty iffy.

I hadn't really thought of this but it was quite the leap

 

[Daheza]

Really liked the first episode can't wait to see more. I agree the powers are very much x-men style. I am curious how the head mistresses powers work, the potions and such. Would that potion have really put her mother in a coma as she said?

 

[cory64]

I hadn't really thought of this but it was quite the leap

She's probably being subconsciously influenced by something. Maybe.

 

[Nafai1123]

I thought the whole thing with her fucking dudes to death was stupid, but other than that pretty good first episode.

 

[Taruranto]

Didn't like the first half, but as soon Jessica Lange met the other witches I knew I was 100% in.

 

[Bladenic]

You know who I wish was in this season? Kate Mara. Too bad she's busy with House of Cards.

 

[Matt_]

She's probably being subconsciously influenced by something. Maybe.

Ooh she could be. Or she could be really fucked up.
I still see her as her character from Murder House but really we don't know anything about her and she could be a nasty person that isn't as innocent as she comes across

edit;

FX’s American Horror Story: Coven launched Wednesday night to the anthology franchise’s biggest audience ever. The debut was seen by 5.5 million viewers, up 44 percent from last year’s American Horror Story: Asylum. The episode also delivered a 3.0 rating among adults 18-49 — up roughly 90 percent from last fall and topping everything on broadcast last night except ABC’s Modern Family. If you add the show’s first encore, AHS had a total of 7.8 million.

Peppered with humorous dialogue and structured with surprising discipline for the typically feverish horror-drama, AHS:C also garnered a rave from EW critic Melissa Maerz (and be sure to check out Darren Franich’s detailed recap here).

link.

 

[T.O.P]

Liked the first episode


Hope this will be as good as Asylum

<3

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

It was not bad at all. The whole gang rape scene went on a little long with all the O faces and such but for the most part... pretty good.

Have to agree with the obvious exposition tho.. like every scene was pretty heavy handed.

And if someone doesn't make a "Supremes" joke this season i'm throwing the whole thing away as a missed opportunity.

 

[Bit-Bit]

Since Emma Roberts flip that bus, I bet Jessica Lange is gonna think that she's the next supreme and kill her.

Also, did anyone gif Emma's shower scene at the end?

 

[hateradio]

Things that bugged me about the episode:

1) Taissa's character fell in love with Evan's character after like 5 minutes of conversation.
2) Taissa went from zero to murderer without so much as a second thought.
3) There were way too many dutch angles in this episode.
4) Way too much obvious exposition. I'll let it slide since this is the first episode, but it was really obvious, even for a first episode.

Still, really entertaining, but those first two narrative leaps are pretty iffy.

Tissa also practically looks exactly the same as she did in the first season, so I feel like her character isn't much different.

I really thought that Romeo + Juliet homage was cheesy.

 

[Lear]

That was a promising start.

I wonder what Cordelia's power is? Something to do with plants, maybe?

Honestly though the best thing about the whole thing was Frances Conroy's character rocking the Grace Coddington hair and the Diana Vreeland voice. So campy, I love it.

 

[Judderman]

I liked the episode, but there is one thing that bugged me: When she is banging the frat guy to death, don't hospitals have the vital info at the nurses station? Wouldn't they see that he was flatlining and run in there?

 

[WyndhamPrice]

I liked the episode, but there is one thing that bugged me: When she is banging the frat guy to death, don't hospitals have the vital info at the nurses station? Wouldn't they see that he was flatlining and run in there?

because tv

 

[Servbot24]

Really good premiere. Music cheapened it but that's a pretty minor gripe.

 

[Jenga]

Do frat guys really go to house parties in a bus?

You've never been?

 

[TheChocolateWar]

I haven't seen the first episode yet. Although I feel like as soon as I get around to it I will be severely disappointed that it is not Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

 

[Deified Data]

Being able to fuck people to death is the worst. Power. Ever. It's potential applications are so narrow. I really hope her versatility broadens as the show goes on.

 

[Fenderputty]

I enjoyed the first episode. I thought the whole "fuck your partner dead" thing was a little iffy, but I'm already hooked. Kathy bates is an evil bitch.

Being able to fuck people to death is the worst. Power. Ever. It's potential applications are so narrow. I really hope her versatility broadens as the show goes on.

That was my issue with it as well... Really narrow scope.

 

[Blablurn]

I enjoyed the Episode a lot <3

 

[Judderman]

because tv

I'm all for suspending belief for TV, but that just irked me for some reason.

 

[ivysaur12]

Taissa's character is so much more tolerable this season. I did like her in The Bling Ring, oddly, even if she didn't do much.

I still can't believe Evan Peters is dating Emma Roberts.

 

[cory64]

Being able to fuck people to death is the worst. Power. Ever. It's potential applications are so narrow. I really hope her versatility broadens as the show goes on.

I doubt she'd have such a focus if she's just Succubus Girl. We'll definitely see more, I would guess.

 

[ultron87]

That was my issue with it as well... Really narrow scope.

Maybe with some training she can get it up to straight on controllable death touch instead of requiring the sex.

 

[ivysaur12]

Maybe with some training she can get it up to straight on controllable death touch instead of requiring the sex.

Or develop a Vagina Dentada.

 

[LaNaranja]

The episode didn't grab me as much as it did some of y'all. I think I will have to rewatch it.

A bar. They're probably much more likely to get roofied at a club if they wanted to do that storyline. Most sexual assaults on college campuses happen with people that know the perpetrator, not some random dude in a corner ready to gang rape you.

Again, not a huge deal, just seemed a bit lazy.

And the

Spoiler

serial killer who had mommy issues

in season 2 was ok? This show has always been about playing to tropes and stereotypes.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

I watched this last night after a friend kept telling me it was amazing. Show is too cheap for me. Every other scene is filmed either at an angle or with fish eye lens. Also, the overuse of sound effects and music is distracting..

Are there any other good horror series on television right now?

Sleepy Hollow has a few dang good horror scenes.

 

[ivysaur12]

The episode didn't grab me as much as it did some of y'all. I think I will have to rewatch it.



And the

Spoiler

serial killer who had mommy issues

in season 2 was ok? This show has always been about playing to tropes and stereotypes.

I didn't say it was okay . It's one thing to play with tropes, cliches, and stereotypes, another to use them as a crutch. Again, not a big deal, just sort of lazy.

 

[Frost_Ace]

Liked the first ep but the heavy handed direction is a bit distracting and unnecessary.

 

[Deified Data]

Liked the first ep but the heavy handed direction is a bit distracting and unnecessary.

Heavy-handed direction is AHS's bread and butter.

 

[cory64]

Liked the first ep but the heavy handed direction is a bit distracting and unnecessary.

It's the main star of the show. That and the heavy handed acting.

 

[Frost_Ace]

Heavy-handed direction is AHS's bread and butter.

Eh, I felt like it was more earned in Asylum since the setting was genuinely scarier, here it feels just off :/

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Ratsky, I made this a bigger size than I usually do so you could see.

Ooh, thanks! What is that thing?? :O

Toss in slavery and the two diggers at the end too - exploitation/subjugation of others for personal gain was all over the episode.

Yes. Murder too.

 

[Deified Data]

Eh, I felt like it was more earned in Asylum since the setting was genuinely scarier, here it feels just off :/

Here's hoping the setting becomes more concrete and distinct.

 

[Matt_]

You've never been?

I live in the Uk so no
The idea that a hall of accommodation at my uni would have their own bus is really strange