The Handmaid's Tale (1 Viewer)

[hermie]

Nahhh

Yeah nah. Slightly frustrating ending but not a bad episode. Really good television through and through.

 

[pete]

Yeah nah. Slightly frustrating ending but not a bad episode. Really good television through and through.

Nearly all american TV suffers from an obsession with cliffhangers, but IN FAIRNESS

Spoiler

that's how her story ends the book

 

[hermie]

Nearly all american TV suffers from an obsession with cliffhangers, but IN FAIRNESS

Spoiler

that's how her story ends the book

True and yeah I read that alright so fair enough I suppose.

 

[hermie]

There's a 2nd season in the offing I believe?

 

[pete]

There's a 2nd season in the offing I believe?

Yep.

 

[hugh]

This was good. Didn't realise the end was actually the end until after (I've read the book but had forgotten). I thought it veered away from the book too much in general and was obviously setting things up for a totally unnecessary and unwelcome (to me anyway) second series. It would have been tighter and darker and more frightening if they hadn't done that.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Finally watched the whole thing, I enjoyed it but have mixed feelings about a second season.

 

[therealjohnny]

Thought this went seriously downhill after episode 6. Too many flashbacks. Have yet to watch the finale.

I haven't finished the series yet but I agree about these flashback episodes. A minute or two of footage of the husband and drivers back stories would have sufficed. It killed the story stone dead, I don't care about their back stories, they add little to the plot and go on for too long.

Hoping it picks up.

 

[pete]

I haven't finished the series yet but I agree about these flashback episodes. A minute or two of footage of the husband and drivers back stories would have sufficed. It killed the story stone dead, I don't care about their back stories, they add little to the plot and go on for too long.

Hoping it picks up.

The husband's story is relevant. i think the driver flashback is as much about the foundation of Gilead as it is about him.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I think the flashbacks add to the show in a way that they would have been more intrusive in the book. Nearly all of these moments have been added to the show to flesh out the world. However, what makes any of these books linger in the mind is the amount of questions they raise in the readers' minds. Not knowing exactly how the characters got their adds a different kind of depth to the story. Explain too much and it loses its magic. The TV show has managed to do it well but already I feel a little of the book's power has been lost through exposition.

 

[hugh]

I agree. And to get back to the second season thing - there something almost objectionable (for reasons I can't quite put my finger on) about this becoming just another drama that happens to take place in this 'world'.