A Handmaid's Tale

This topic was created in the Television forum by enfant_terrible on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 and has 2 replies.

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@enfant_terrible
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Anyone watching? I thought I found myself a new Westworld or Wayward Pines, tried watching the first episode but it was just awful. No confidence behind the camera, looks like a pretentious indie the way the scenes crawl forwards like a roadkill. Just wanted to shout "fuck the mood, you have an hour to catch my attention, it's not a goddamn art film!"

Totally unconvinced of the universe it tries to create and the psychology/motives behind the action. I remember watching the 1990 movie of Atwood's novel, it was pretty captivating, reminded me of Stepford Wives. How in this golden age of tv-shows they manage to fail with such source material is beyond me.

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I've read the authoress's books, Scorpio sun/Aquarius moon feminist, Margaret Atwood, I really like her perspective on women's rights back then. I've grown up since then, and matured my way of thinking though.

I didn't realize you like reading that stuff.

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@enfant_terrible
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I haven't read the actual book but yeah I suppose I'm into that type of stuff if you're referring to "feminist" (sci-) fiction .

You'll also find Herland and Ursula K. Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness in my bookshelf as we speak.