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Discussion: AHS: Hotel | "Chutes and Ladders" | RT: 82%
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It seems like they brought Gaga in for the visuals, not for her acting capability, which is sounding quite lackluster at the moment, with hardly any dialogue.
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The praise already 
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The reviews are great
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does eonline and variety count for metacritic?
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does eonline and variety count for metacritic?
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Variety does, not sure about E Online.
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does eonline and variety count for metacritic?
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E! doesn't count, Variety does.
Here is the list of reviewers that count in Metacritic for TV Shows.
Television
The Atlantic
Boston Globe
Boston Herald
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Daily Beast
Denver Post
Detroit News
Entertainment Weekly
HitFix (Alan Sepinwall)
Hollywood Reporter - (Positive in general)
Indiewire
Las Vegas Weekly
Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Times
New York Daily News
New York Magazine
New York Post
The New York Times
The New Yorker
Newark Star-Ledger
Newsday
The Oregonian
TV Guide Magazine*
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pop Matters
RogerEbert.com
Salon (Sonia Saraiya)
The Salt Lake Tribune
San Jose Mercury News
SF Chronicle - (75)
Sioux City Journal
Slant Magazine
Slate
Uncle Barky
USA Today
Variety
Vox.com (Todd VanDerWerff)
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
We Got This Covered
The Wrap
Yahoo TV (Ken Tucker)
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Review: American Horror Story: Hotel A Visual Masterpiece
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“American Horror Story: Hotel” is not a quirky, layered complex tale recounting a true crime like FX’s “Fargo,” or a brothers-in-arms gore-fest like “The Bastard Executioner.” Instead, years of cultivating the best talent – both below and above the line – have made the Murphy-Falchuk annual fright franchise a dazzling display of how television can compete with cinema for capturing a mood and telling a yarn that might be completely otherworldly, but feels believable and real. The art department (includes the production designer, set decorators and construction teams) are collectively as much a shining star as the stellar AHS cast.
The venue is perfect, the guest list sublime and the tunes are rocking and ready to make your smallest apprehensions about staying at any hotel blow up with the fright of a million little monsters.
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Doesn't count for Metacritic, though.
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Quoting my post from the other thread:
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Review from Philadelphia Daily News:
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American Horror Story: Hotel seems to have all the ingredients of a memorable horror classic.
Driven by a great goth sound track of funereal dirges by Joy Division and Bauhaus, the fifth incarnation of the anthology series features an unforgettable performance by Lady Gaga - at turns stunning and creepy, beautiful and grotesque - as a vampire countess who rules over an assortment of monstrous atrocities at a gorgeous art deco hotel in Los Angeles called the Hotel Cortez.
The overall picture is just a little too busy, too dense. The first episode of Hotel - the only one available to critics - is so busy trying to set up its divergent cast of characters it ends up being confusing and exhausting.
It's a maddening mess the following episodes need to untangle. And I hope they do so in a gentler fashion. AHS has never been afraid to pile on the gore, but the violence in Hotel is excessive even by the show's standards.
Murphy and Falchuk have yet to disappoint. Despite its many apparent problems, Hotel has the potential to become another AHS winner.
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Previous scores:
S1: 80
S2: 70
S3: 70
S4: 60 |
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thank you Relevant_King and Ramos 
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So many positive reviews not counting for metacritic C2C tea
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‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ Review: Ryan Murphy at His Most Shocking, Lady Gaga at Her Most Gaga
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American Horror Story: Hotel, which premieres on Wednesday, turns the fear and shock factors up to maximum velocity. Season 5 is set in the titular Hotel Cortez, an ornate downtown Los Angeles hotel embellished with golden Art Deco architecture. But it’s the hotel’s hypnotic patterned carpeting – nothing less than a direct allusion to The Shining -- shadowy corners and vacant lobby that assure us the darkest of things can, and will, happen in the most beautiful of places.
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It’s as if Stefani Germanotta’s Lady Gaga was conjured for the precise purpose of starring in American Horror Story. Everything about her jaw-dropping presence, sheer star power and always outrageous eccentricity makes her an ideal fit for the FX show. While she may not fill the void left by former AHS heroine Jessica Lange (who could?), she does bring a glistening, diva-centric magnetism to the lead female role. Murphy wants you to gasp every moment Gaga’s Countess appears on screen, whether it’s from her stunning attire or ghostly bleached eyebrows and pale skin, and it’s hard not to. But can she act? That remains to be seen, since Gaga does little more than play a heightened version of her own pop star persona. Gaga’s Countess plays like a caricature of Old Hollywood starlets, with her few lines of dialogue tinged with an uneven Transatlantic accent. She’s not great, but the less she says the more intriguing she becomes. After all, we don’t watch American Horror Story for great acting, we watch it for the characters, and Gaga is the most striking character in pop culture today.
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The beauty of Murphy & Falchuk’s show is how it turns the most disturbing fears into fuel for thrilling television. The downfall, though, is when the fun begins spiraling out of control. Its visually rich aesthetics (this season is obsessed with neon sign art, as the opening credits show) are ready-made for Tumblr reflagging.
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For viewers looking for cohesive storytelling, Hotel may disappoint. But if you can set that aside to enjoy a blood-splattered Gaga and a music video-stylized foursome, keep watching. American Horror Story fans will no doubt enjoy Hotel, which may turn out to be the most elaborate and entertaining season yet.
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Mixed review, I'd say. Doesn't count for Metecritic.
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On mobile so can't update but it's a 68.
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Originally posted by LanaDReyOnline
It seems like they brought Gaga in for the visuals, not for her acting capability, which is sounding quite lackluster at the moment, with hardly any dialogue.
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You're implying one must speak in order to be a good actor... so how could you possibly say her acting is lackluster when she hasn't done much talking? 
FYI, acting isn't all about dialogue. The greatest actors can tell a story without uttering a single word (not saying Gaga is the greatest actor, just saying in general).
Keep trying, though, the critics are loving it! There hasn't been a singular negative review. Even the ones that point out that she may not be a great actor still praise her visual presence. 
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On mobile so can't update but it's a 68.
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How is a 68 a mess?
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The delusion 
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68? 
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Originally posted by Bang Up
You're implying one must speak in order to be a good actor... so how could you possibly say her acting is lackluster when she hasn't done much talking?
FYI, acting isn't all about dialogue. The greatest actors can tell a story without uttering a single word (not saying Gaga is the greatest actor, just saying in general).
Keep trying, though, the critics are loving it! There hasn't been a singular negative review. Even the ones that point out that she may not be a great actor still praise her visual presence.
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Haven't you seen his avi?
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But can we trust critics when according to their rankings it's
Coven > Freak Show >> Asylum >> Murder House ??? 
Truly a reverse Warholian experience 
If anything, a lower score must mean it's closer to MH & Asylum level, the receipts don't lie
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On mobile so can't update but it's a 68.
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Now u know how this show gets rated, don't tell me you were expecting something higher than a 75. Murphy ain't that talented. 
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NPR gave it a great review!
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68 is good though
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