Scream Queens (No Spoilers)- Page 8

[haterobics]

Posted: 10/14/15 at 9:29pm

If your recent credit is yogurt that makes people **** better, then sure, this is a great gig.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/14/15 at 9:59pm

But before this she had given up the business, no?

 

Does Ryan Murphy just supply really great drugs or something?  Why do the actors all feel so well taken care of?  I have to think they never see the product that airs. 

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/15/15 at 10:15pm

Ha! 

 

Last night's episode was brutal.  

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/15/15 at 11:51pm

I have the past two episodes on my dvr and just have no desire to watch any more of this hack's show. 

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/15/15 at 11:55pm

Especially now that AHS is back.  That's the crown jewel of hate watching. 

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 10/16/15 at 12:07am

No, the edge for hate-watching has to go to Scream Queens because of Emma Roberts and Chanel-o-ween. I mean she referred to the Civil War as the war of northern aggression this past week! What is her character supposed to be??? AHS at least has some style. Watching Murphy think he's using Chanel as some brilliant satirical mouthpiece is the most hateful thing currently on television 

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 10/16/15 at 3:01am

WhizzerMarvin said: "No, the edge for hate-watching has to go to Scream Queens because of Emma Roberts and Chanel-o-ween. I mean she referred to the Civil War as the war of northern aggression this past week! What is her character supposed to be??? AHS at least has some style. Watching Murphy think he's using Chanel as some brilliant satirical mouthpiece is the most hateful thing currently on television 

 

"Yea, and that line was treated as a throwaway line no less.  I completely agree--Murphy and Falchuk (and I suppose their directors,) at least make AHS even at its worst look terrific.

I can only assume at this point that Chanel is genuinely meant to be loveable in her awfulness--a bit like Santana was in at least the early seasons of Glee.  She's not. 

Updated On: 10/16/15 at 03:01 AM

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 10/16/15 at 7:36am

Yeah, and another problem with Chanel is that in an 100 minute horror film we would have the (near) instant gratification of a satisfying comeuppance with her gruesome death.  In a 22 episode series where this character is not an evil supporting player, but the lead character it is very difficult to deal with her on a weekly basis knowing she will say and do whatever she wants without any sort of punishment. In the last episode alone she was finally arrested and put in prison for the housekeeper's murder, only to be released hours later.

   

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 10/16/15 at 6:29pm

Don't worry--there are only 15 episodes, not 22

I don't know why the main focus seems to be on somehow making her appealing, when they could be working to make someone else remotely appealing (Zayna or whatever her name is comes off as appealing but is barely seen, and the main girl who I guess is meant to be the "final girl" is completely wasted.)  I'm gonna call it now--the final twist will be that nearly all of them, if not all of them are the Devil at various points.  To have good camp you have to have some sense that the creators still care about the story, at least in IMHO, and there's none of that here.

Also, last week we had that BIZARRO scene where the sorority girls decided they would woman up--so to speak, and take control of their lives and enjoy food and even had that random choreographed fight student with the two douchebags (yaye for entitled mean white girls embracing feminism!!)  but that was all forgotten by this episode--even down to them not eating again.  I found that odd, but then I remembered that this was a Murphy/Falchuk show...

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 10/16/15 at 8:42pm

I agree with you that Zayday is the most appealing of the girls and her scenes with Denise, or basically anytime Denise is on screen, are the best moments of the show. Palmer is somehow able to rise above lines about Oakland Nachos and create a character underneath Murphy's mess. (Totally with you on the final girl and her boy being completely wasted and useless on the show. Shouldn't we be rooting for her by now?)

 

I haven't bothered to come up with a theory about who the devils are because I just don't care. The mystery aspect of the show is weak and things they've teased, like Jonas faking his death, haven't been developed. 

 

Basically I'm in it for Palmer and Nash. When they both are killed off it will be tough going. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/17/15 at 1:16am

So they take the surviving members to a new location? So we still don't know who the Red Devil is? Then what's the freaking point? It's like The Killing all over again. Except.... far far far worse. 

[ArtMan]

Posted: 10/17/15 at 5:40am

Ripped Man, I think I remember in the Entertainment Weekly magazine article, if there is a season 2, it will be the survivors in a different location, storyline  and with a different killer.  I recall him talking about when they graduated.

[Sam2]

Posted: 10/19/15 at 1:05am

Ever since the last few Glee seasons, I thought television couldn't get any worse, but Ryan Murphy and his squad have outdone themselves once again. What an awful show, it's probably the most horrible fictional television series I have ever seen. I considered scratching my eyes out after the first two hours. Yikes!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 3:53pm

Wow, when they dial back the deliberately offensive stuff, this show is about as exciting as watching paint dry,huh?  

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 4:30pm

So AV Club gave last night's episode a B+, which is simply baffling. I agree with you, Phyllis, that it was insanely boring. It is an awful show though! Like just so so so bad. It makes zero sense. The most shocking thing about it is how it all sounds and feels and looks like GLEE fan fiction. I find the dialogue cringing. As with GLEE, the pros (like Jamie Lee Curtis, Nassim Pedrad and Niecy Nash) manage to rise above it most of the time and yet the show insists on spending time with the most rotten, ridiculous, despicable characters.

Poor Abigail Breslin, she's an Oscar nominee and has the worst role. The main Channel must be one of the most disgusting lead characters I've seen on TV. The deaths are irrelevant, especially since there are no stakes involved. Keke Palmer (the one young girl who comes off unscathed) is almost murdered and then she is ready to dance? The boring final girl wants to stay to protect her rotten sisters whom she just met? On the bright side, this makes AHS: HOTEL look as Pulitzer-worthy as Julia's book for BOMBSHELL.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 5:17pm

Dead on. I replied on avclub but didn't go as far as to suggest the reviewer was high while watching to think it was a new direction and an uptick in quality 

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 5:40pm

Eric, I definitely 420-ed while watching and can tell you there's not enough smoke in the world to make that episode look like a B+. It was one of the worst things I've seen this year, and I watched all of STATE OF AFFAIRS and the premiere of EXTANT. It's bad when you find yourself saying things like, "at least GLEE had showtunes" while watching Sam (how bad is the actress who plays her?) about to die an obvious death in the basement.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 6:07pm

Last night made me realize how important Niecy Nash and Jamie Lee are to the show. They have incredible charisma. Nassim Pedrad is fantastic as well. The girls are just awful except for Palmer. Poor Breslin indeed-an incredible actress mired down in this s@#t show. She's got a thankless role.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 6:16pm

But Ryan treats them SO WELL!!!!!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:08pm

I thought it was weird that Jamie Lee wasn't in it till the end.  I guess I expected her and Nasim living in the house was going to go on for more than an episode, but that's probably on me, thinking anyone making this show cares about continuity. 

 

 

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 10/21/15 at 8:46pm

ray-andallthatjazz86 said: "Eric, I definitely 420-ed while watching and can tell you there's not enough smoke in the world to make that episode look like a B+. It was one of the worst things I've seen this year, and I watched all of STATE OF AFFAIRS and the premiere of EXTANT. It's bad when you find yourself saying things like, "at least GLEE had showtunes" while watching Sam (how bad is the actress who plays her?) about to die an obvious death in the basement.

 

"
The actress playing Sam said it was her first audition and she was cast due to her look.  That's another thing though--why is so much of the supporting cast for this show (one of the most heavily promoted shows of the year,) SOOOOO awful.  It actually makes me more impressed with some of the worst cast members of Glee.  I mean I know they cast those two twins because they're some sort of Youtube viral sensation for both coming out to their dad on YouTube (sigh...) but seriously--they couldn't find capable actors?  (And as awful as the whole "predatory Lesbian" thing was, Murphy and crew never even WENT with it--she gave one predatory look, if I can recall when introduced and otherwise just sorta shuffled around in the background.)

Re Jamie Lee--they film around her schedule (I believe she goes to New Orleans three days a week, since she wanted to stay close to her family,) so I assume that means we'll get a number of episodes where she's barely featured.

 

[Petralicious]

Posted: 10/22/15 at 3:33pm

The show seems to me to be a meaner Glee without the music but all the great lines.

it seems to me that Dean is Sue Sylvester

Chanel 1 is Santana

Chanel 2 was Kitty

Chanel 3 is Quinn

Zayday is Mercedes

Boone is Kurt

Gracie is Marley

Gracies Dad is Mr Shue

Gigi is Miss Pillsbury

Hester is Brittany

Updated On: 10/22/15 at 03:33 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/22/15 at 3:45pm

Thanks, Pinto.

 

Anyways, I stopped watching after the first 2 episodes. This isn't even something I want to hate-watch.

[Petralicious]

Posted: 10/23/15 at 4:21pm

also, Predatory Lez and Chanel #4 are the Britana of the show

Deaf Taylor Swift was Becky

All thats missing is the Cherrios!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/23/15 at 4:43pm

Thanks, Pinto.