Lovecraft Country S01E02 "******'s on the Moon" OAD 08/23/2020
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Weird...this is the second time this summer (and the second time in my life) I've heard the song "******'s on the Moon"! (The first was in a documentary on 1969.)
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I hated that intro with the Jefferson's theme song. This show is not doing it for me. I may bail.
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I actually liked that. It was a WTF moment that eventually made sense (when we realized that the house was messing with our heroes' minds).
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That's me. It turned into a weird horror series (and I get maybe that's what it is supposed to be) but it lost the whole reason why I loved the first episode, and how that played against the times the show takes place. This was more weird undead horror stuff. Oh, and I hate the music from another era making it into a period piece, so I hated the Jefferson's theme (which had little do with the scene) and the ****** song which was from about 15-20 years in the future.
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The pacing between episode 1 and episode 2 is very jarring.. I mean episode 1 moved pretty quick but was easy to follow and had the climactic ending, but episode 2 seemed like it could've been stretched out over 3-7 episodes and couldve been the rest of the season...
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Absolute best part of the episode. Great music.
The Jefferson's theme was spot-on, as they were reveling in great books and perfect fitting clothes. They were definitely "movin' on up" in those scenes.
And Gil Scott-Heron's "****** on the Moon". Nailed it. White people living their lives in splendor ("on the moon"), while a rat bites his sister. Again, just a perfect song for the scene.
The fact they're not era-specific didn't diminish them one iota (IMHO). In fact, maybe made them even more spot-on.
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Well we all have our own opinions. I think a show that takes place in the 1950s should have music from the 1950s. And Movin on up...they weren't in an apartment, or on the east side. But OK. And again, the music later on took me out of the show. There are plenty of music from that era that could have been used. That's just my opinion, obviously it didn't do that for you.
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I understand, I was just presenting a counterpoint. I've heard others comment on the music being out of era. I just thought those two, in particular, were just perfect for those scenes.
The first episode had audio from the 1965 debate between James Baldwin and William H. Buckley (Transcript: James Baldwin debates William F. Buckley (1965) | Blog#42). So I think they're probably going to keep doing that!
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This episode moved fast. I am a Lovecraft fan and was afraid it would have enough Lovecraft type monsters or that "Lovecraft feel" to it. But so far it's been great. The mansion with the secret cult reminds me of the "Rats in the Walls" story.
Where does it all go from here? I can't wait to find out.
Where does it all go from here? I can't wait to find out.
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I'm loving this show. I don't know where we're headed, but it sure seems like it's going to be a wild ride.
And BTW, normally I would feel sort of the same as Steveknj about the music, but in this case the whole show is such a mash-up of so many different things that it isn't bothering me at all.
And BTW, normally I would feel sort of the same as Steveknj about the music, but in this case the whole show is such a mash-up of so many different things that it isn't bothering me at all.
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I had that same thought. Felt like there was nowhere else to go. But I guess there is
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