The Handmaid's Tale, based on the 1985 bestselling novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, will debut its first season on Hulu in 2017. Moss will play Offred, a one of the caste of Handmaids who are forced into sexual servitude by the male-dominated Gilead totalitarian regime as a last desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world.
Yes, this season start was super-weak... It's not always a good idea to give the main star a directing role.
by Rocky_Rock_Rockbottom posted 1 week ago
Think I may have given up on this. The soapie aspect has become overwhelming. June Osbourne and her soppy long lingering looks. Now her stupid mummy has turned up the maudlin and saccharine is going to be ladled on even more. I just want to see Serena Eva Braun bashed to bits in a forest, just like her hubby Freddie Goebbels was. Is that too much to ask? Not having the evil aryan slag finding refuge and peace in a nice idyllic mumsy commune ffs
Only point of interest remaining for me is seeing how the nazis Gilead auxiliary "Bethlehem" pans out...
ps where the HELL is Dear old Aunty Lydia and her magisterial cattle prod in this shows hour of need? WHERE? ANSWER ME.
Sounds like I'm one of the last people still into this show. The overarching premise is still as fertile as it is febrile with possibility for me.
Liking the balancing act they are doing with eking out measures of misfortune for Serena Hitler interspersed with her Gileadian delusions. Entirely predictable she didnt shoot June in the last episode and shot poor old Ezra the henchman instead.
Good old Putnam The Rapist getting dragged outside from his swank restaurant lunch and hastily executed on the spot was a wee bit of a surprise. No trial just a bullet in the face as the lunch patrons watch on in bemusement and wifey has a wee scream LOL
Still unsure what is going on with the white haired commander who helped June escape yet has now become an utter, utter bastard again
by lighton posted 2 years ago
I just saw their (new?) "We Will Bear No More" poster, a great play on words and perfectly fitting the extreme political right's efforts to move the US closer towards what's shown in the show (even if the majority of the population doesn't want that).
The rooftop scene, around ep 3, when that arsehole was pushing handmaids over the ledge, June was cuffed but still could've easily rushed the old Commander coot and sent them both over the building ledge for some pretty sweet murder/suicide action in the rain.
The finale, how come June didnt negotiate for her daughter to be included in the 22 for the prisoner exchange?
What a glorious grisly denouement it was for Freddy The Flipper at the hands and feet of the handmaids.
by lighton posted 4 years ago
graybags said:
I really liked the first season, but the other seasons have got weaker as they've gone on, in my opinion.
Maybe a little bit, yes. But I liked how they showed more and more of the 'world' in the following seasons, like what was going on in Washington.
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Yes, this season start was super-weak... It's not always a good idea to give the main star a directing role.
Only point of interest remaining for me is seeing how the nazis Gilead auxiliary "Bethlehem" pans out...
ps where the HELL is Dear old Aunty Lydia and her magisterial cattle prod in this shows hour of need? WHERE? ANSWER ME.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFy2lDP0TWQ
Yay, looks like (at least) twice the action, compared to the last seasons. :)
https://i.ibb.co/2vfMHDZ/tumblr-bf4a6fa7ac58326eaf03687fc5f739eb-4ddc6a09-540.webp
Liking the balancing act they are doing with eking out measures of misfortune for Serena Hitler interspersed with her Gileadian delusions. Entirely predictable she didnt shoot June in the last episode and shot poor old Ezra the henchman instead.
Good old Putnam The Rapist getting dragged outside from his swank restaurant lunch and hastily executed on the spot was a wee bit of a surprise. No trial just a bullet in the face as the lunch patrons watch on in bemusement and wifey has a wee scream LOL
Still unsure what is going on with the white haired commander who helped June escape yet has now become an utter, utter bastard again
Looking forward to watching 5x1!
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The (more and more off-topic) discussion based on this post was split off, see https://forum.next-episode.net/viewtopic.php?id=11282.
And if anyone is interested:
Margaret Atwood on the real-life events that inspired The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments
That was fascinating
The rooftop scene, around ep 3, when that arsehole was pushing handmaids over the ledge, June was cuffed but still could've easily rushed the old Commander coot and sent them both over the building ledge for some pretty sweet murder/suicide action in the rain.
The finale, how come June didnt negotiate for her daughter to be included in the 22 for the prisoner exchange?
What a glorious grisly denouement it was for Freddy The Flipper at the hands and feet of the handmaids.
Maybe a little bit, yes. But I liked how they showed more and more of the 'world' in the following seasons, like what was going on in Washington.
And if anyone is interested:
Margaret Atwood on the real-life events that inspired The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments