Rooney24
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im about half way through this. Pretty serious subject matter obviously and very thought provoking stuff.
well in the book he does listen to them all at once.Im watching this at the moment, maybe half way through. Im enjoying it well enough, my biggest problem with it is the main male character, Clay. I dont find his behaviour remotely believable. He listens to these tapes at a snail's pace because he says it stresses him out, but then spends his whole time interrogating other people looking for answers. If you want answers so much listen to the damn tapes.
He struggles with anxiety and depression (hinted at early on through his medication and small talk with his family).Im watching this at the moment, maybe half way through. Im enjoying it well enough, my biggest problem with it is the main male character, Clay. I dont find his behaviour remotely believable. He listens to these tapes at a snail's pace because he says it stresses him out, but then spends his whole time interrogating other people looking for answers. If you want answers so much listen to the damn tapes.
Im watching this at the moment, maybe half way through. Im enjoying it well enough, my biggest problem with it is the main male character, Clay. I dont find his behaviour remotely believable. He listens to these tapes at a snail's pace because he says it stresses him out, but then spends his whole time interrogating other people looking for answers. If you want answers so much listen to the damn tapes.
It drives me mad. I mean, I know he has anxiety etc, that is believable, but if that was his attitude he would bury his head in the sand, try to ignore the whole thing, not follow people around badgering them about why they did what they did or whatever, he is either curious or not, his attitude is completely inconsistent.Exactly. THE ANSWERS ARE IN THE FECKING TAPE YOU NUMPTY, GO HOME AND PUT THEM ON.
Hated it.
Can't be bothered to list all the things I hated about it but the most annoying thing was how contrived the plot device in the title was, and how, we're supposed to believe he did something terrible (and therefore took so long to finish them) despite the fact he consistently did the right thing throughout and might've been the only decent person in the show. Although his one mate was pretty solid I guess.
If a dead girl you were in love with left you a bunch of suicide note tapes you'd finish the fecking things in one night.
Wanted to quit early but the Mrs dragged me through the entire thing.
It drives me mad. I mean, I know he has anxiety etc, that is believable, but if that was his attitude he would bury his head in the sand, try to ignore the whole thing, not follow people around badgering them about why they did what they did or whatever, he is either curious or not, his attitude is completely inconsistent.
Absolutely. That is basically how I feel about it. (The OC with razorblades, I like it, I kind of wish I had come up with it to be honest.)I caught half an episode over my missus' shoulder and went from taking the piss out of the American teenage angst (I believe I tactlessly referred to it as 'The OC with razorblades' at one point) to actually getting fairly engrossed and finishing the rest in one evening.
Clay's a decent guy, nicely played, and almost in spite of myself I wanted to know what happened to him in the end. As has been said previously the suicide scene itself was truly harrowing television, the way in which the father in particular reacted was superb, evocative for me of the father's reaction in Dead Poet's Society, and will stay with me for a long time.
However I couldn't recommend the show as the indie, kooky plot device of the tapes was so ridiculous. The way he'd listen to half a tape then go causing beef in school for 45 minutes before coming back to the tape to set up a climatic ending to the episode (every fecking time) was laughable and stymied my emotional interest in the show.
Absolutely. That is basically how I feel about it. (The OC with razorblades, I like it, I kind of wish I had come up with it to be honest.)
I do give a shit what happens. Im interested to know what the upcoming "reasons why" are. I want to know what Clay did. So Im into it in that sense. Im enjoying it. I just think its not really, actually, a very good show, because the whole thing is a bit ludircous. And that's not even getting into the idea of a teenage girl spending at least 585 minutes recording herself banging on about people being mean to her at school before she tops herself, I dont mind that kind of suspension of disbelief, I just want consistency in people's behaviour and motives and it is lacking here.
Saw the trailer, there's no more source material so this could go one of two ways. Looks interesting but I think this season will have a darker tone than the original. There have been lots of hints at a school shooting which could make for very unpleasant viewing.Season 2 starts on Friday
I hope not.Saw the trailer, there's no more source material so this could go one of two ways. Looks interesting but I think this season will have a darker tone than the original. There have been lots of hints at a school shooting which could make for very unpleasant viewing.
As do I, hope it's a case of misdirection from the trailers or the potential shooters get stopped before anything could happen.I hope not.
I'm 4 episodes in and it's been good so far, if you like the first season you'll like the second I think.Second season does seem to be getting slated. Might give it a miss.