[Instant]

Originally posted by C/H/A/N/E/L

I never posted an "official" review, so much as I just spammed my feelings throughout the thread every day because that's what I do because my opinion is very important to everyone, obviously.

But anyway, I'll try to do one here...

I absolutely loved it.

Overall, it's my favorite premiere. It was full of absolute "WHAT THE ****" moments that were great with horror; it wasn't jump scares, which I think are tacky for horror things (unless they're done right), but just showing things that were so mind-bogglingly insane you couldn't help but stare and scream.

There isn't much I can complain about, event-wise, because no season had a plot fully spelled-out for them after the first episode. This episode reminded me a lot of Welcome to Briarcliff for some odd reason; I can't fully explain it, but it seems the most like it with how all over the place (yet how amazing) it was. But, like I said, none of the other premieres had any more or less plot explained than this one; people who disagree need to rewatch Bitchcraft and Welcome to Briarcliff and ignore what they already know and just look at JUST what's given in those episodes.

The fact that it's an ensemble cast is fantastic. I absolutely love that aspect of it. I know Ryan said it was a true ensemble before, and I was super hyped for that, but the more people went on and on about Gaga and her role, I was worried we were in for Gaga to have a Jessica-sized role and leave everyone else with barely any screen time (see: Freak Show), but I'm so glad that didn't happen. Not because I don't want Gaga as a lead (I'll explain my thoughts on her in a minute), but because this show having A lead, period, is bad for it. It gets boring having a central character when people are really interested in all the side characters, anyway. But the ensemble aspect is amazing, and I hope it keeps up that way.

As for characterization, I have nothing to complain about. I love every single character in so many different ways; the only person that's left me a little "meh" is Donovan, but I know there's more to come in the season so I can't complain. The only other character I feel a little "meh" on is Alex, but that's mostly because of Chloe's acting and I'll get onto that next.

Overall, I think absolutely everyone did a good job with their acting. Sarah is fantastic, and I need her to win an Emmy for this role, because it's high time she got one and her acting this episode alone shows how much she deserves one. Only two people (aside from the child actors, but I don't count them) felt a little sub-par with acting, and that was Gaga and Chloe. Chloe's doing the thing she did in Asylum where she overacted when she didn't need to; her acting was really bipolar, because she'd deliver one line perfectly and sound natural, and the next one would sound overdramatic and forced. I'll talk about Gaga overall next.

I'm impressed with Gaga's acting. I think she did a pretty good job overall, but her acting was definitely shaky at parts. Her physical presence and body language is her biggest asset; she embodies the Countess in a way that's definitely supposed to be done, and it's haunting and intriguing, but I'm not surprised that she's good at physical acting; one look at her music videos shows she's used to that and knows how to do it. The orgy scene was one of the best scenes I've ever seen in AHS, and her acting was on point in that, but she didn't utter a single line the entire scene. That's what I'm talking about. When she finally did talk at the end of the scene, her two lines were delivered extremely well and I was impressed with them; I thought, hey, she really can act. But her next lines-- in the scene with Will Drake-- were extremely shaky. She delivered "It's a little early for you, isn't it?" to Donovan well. But then as she talked to Will, she sounded pretty bad in my opinion, almost as bad as Taissa in both of her roles in the show. But she redeemed herself in the next scene with Lachlan, and her improvised line (aside from how tragic the accent was) was delivered well. Overall, I thought she did good considering how little experience she is, but it was far from great; she just doesn't have the skill, but it's definitely something she can learn. I don't think it's fair to say that she did a 10/10 job though, like some others have said. It's clear she's on a different level than the people around her, just from the fact that this is her first serious acting experience. But she can improve, and it does look like she does in the season preview.

Overall, I absolutely loved everything about this episode (aside from that one scene with the Countess & Will; that whole thing was a cringe-fest).

Anyway, I know this is short, but I just woke up. And HabbGa snatched my weave for the longest essay writer (I'm convinced he's mocking me with his essays cuz none of them make sense).

I found 'Checking In' pretty similar to 'Welcome to Briarcliff' too. They are the best season openers

[Bad Wolf]

Originally posted by C/H/A/N/E/L

I never posted an "official" review, so much as I just spammed my feelings throughout the thread every day because that's what I do because my opinion is very important to everyone, obviously.

But anyway, I'll try to do one here...

I absolutely loved it.

Overall, it's my favorite premiere. It was full of absolute "WHAT THE ****" moments that were great with horror; it wasn't jump scares, which I think are tacky for horror things (unless they're done right), but just showing things that were so mind-bogglingly insane you couldn't help but stare and scream.

There isn't much I can complain about, event-wise, because no season had a plot fully spelled-out for them after the first episode. This episode reminded me a lot of Welcome to Briarcliff for some odd reason; I can't fully explain it, but it seems the most like it with how all over the place (yet how amazing) it was. But, like I said, none of the other premieres had any more or less plot explained than this one; people who disagree need to rewatch Bitchcraft and Welcome to Briarcliff and ignore what they already know and just look at JUST what's given in those episodes.

The fact that it's an ensemble cast is fantastic. I absolutely love that aspect of it. I know Ryan said it was a true ensemble before, and I was super hyped for that, but the more people went on and on about Gaga and her role, I was worried we were in for Gaga to have a Jessica-sized role and leave everyone else with barely any screen time (see: Freak Show), but I'm so glad that didn't happen. Not because I don't want Gaga as a lead (I'll explain my thoughts on her in a minute), but because this show having A lead, period, is bad for it. It gets boring having a central character when people are really interested in all the side characters, anyway. But the ensemble aspect is amazing, and I hope it keeps up that way.

As for characterization, I have nothing to complain about. I love every single character in so many different ways; the only person that's left me a little "meh" is Donovan, but I know there's more to come in the season so I can't complain. The only other character I feel a little "meh" on is Alex, but that's mostly because of Chloe's acting and I'll get onto that next.

Overall, I think absolutely everyone did a good job with their acting. Sarah is fantastic, and I need her to win an Emmy for this role, because it's high time she got one and her acting this episode alone shows how much she deserves one. Only two people (aside from the child actors, but I don't count them) felt a little sub-par with acting, and that was Gaga and Chloe. Chloe's doing the thing she did in Asylum where she overacted when she didn't need to; her acting was really bipolar, because she'd deliver one line perfectly and sound natural, and the next one would sound overdramatic and forced. I'll talk about Gaga overall next.

I'm impressed with Gaga's acting. I think she did a pretty good job overall, but her acting was definitely shaky at parts. Her physical presence and body language is her biggest asset; she embodies the Countess in a way that's definitely supposed to be done, and it's haunting and intriguing, but I'm not surprised that she's good at physical acting; one look at her music videos shows she's used to that and knows how to do it. The orgy scene was one of the best scenes I've ever seen in AHS, and her acting was on point in that, but she didn't utter a single line the entire scene. That's what I'm talking about. When she finally did talk at the end of the scene, her two lines were delivered extremely well and I was impressed with them; I thought, hey, she really can act. But her next lines-- in the scene with Will Drake-- were extremely shaky. She delivered "It's a little early for you, isn't it?" to Donovan well. But then as she talked to Will, she sounded pretty bad in my opinion, almost as bad as Taissa in both of her roles in the show. But she redeemed herself in the next scene with Lachlan, and her improvised line (aside from how tragic the accent was) was delivered well. Overall, I thought she did good considering how little experience she is, but it was far from great; she just doesn't have the skill, but it's definitely something she can learn. I don't think it's fair to say that she did a 10/10 job though, like some others have said. It's clear she's on a different level than the people around her, just from the fact that this is her first serious acting experience. But she can improve, and it does look like she does in the season preview.

Overall, I absolutely loved everything about this episode (aside from that one scene with the Countess & Will; that whole thing was a cringe-fest).

Anyway, I know this is short, but I just woke up. And HabbGa snatched my weave for the longest essay writer (I'm convinced he's mocking me with his essays cuz none of them make sense).

Great review

[Nutitle]

Originally posted by C/H/A/N/E/L

I never posted an "official" review, so much as I just spammed my feelings throughout the thread every day because that's what I do because my opinion is very important to everyone, obviously.

But anyway, I'll try to do one here...

I absolutely loved it.

Overall, it's my favorite premiere. It was full of absolute "WHAT THE ****" moments that were great with horror; it wasn't jump scares, which I think are tacky for horror things (unless they're done right), but just showing things that were so mind-bogglingly insane you couldn't help but stare and scream.

There isn't much I can complain about, event-wise, because no season had a plot fully spelled-out for them after the first episode. This episode reminded me a lot of Welcome to Briarcliff for some odd reason; I can't fully explain it, but it seems the most like it with how all over the place (yet how amazing) it was. But, like I said, none of the other premieres had any more or less plot explained than this one; people who disagree need to rewatch Bitchcraft and Welcome to Briarcliff and ignore what they already know and just look at JUST what's given in those episodes.

The fact that it's an ensemble cast is fantastic. I absolutely love that aspect of it. I know Ryan said it was a true ensemble before, and I was super hyped for that, but the more people went on and on about Gaga and her role, I was worried we were in for Gaga to have a Jessica-sized role and leave everyone else with barely any screen time (see: Freak Show), but I'm so glad that didn't happen. Not because I don't want Gaga as a lead (I'll explain my thoughts on her in a minute), but because this show having A lead, period, is bad for it. It gets boring having a central character when people are really interested in all the side characters, anyway. But the ensemble aspect is amazing, and I hope it keeps up that way.

As for characterization, I have nothing to complain about. I love every single character in so many different ways; the only person that's left me a little "meh" is Donovan, but I know there's more to come in the season so I can't complain. The only other character I feel a little "meh" on is Alex, but that's mostly because of Chloe's acting and I'll get onto that next.

Overall, I think absolutely everyone did a good job with their acting. Sarah is fantastic, and I need her to win an Emmy for this role, because it's high time she got one and her acting this episode alone shows how much she deserves one. Only two people (aside from the child actors, but I don't count them) felt a little sub-par with acting, and that was Gaga and Chloe. Chloe's doing the thing she did in Asylum where she overacted when she didn't need to; her acting was really bipolar, because she'd deliver one line perfectly and sound natural, and the next one would sound overdramatic and forced. I'll talk about Gaga overall next.

I'm impressed with Gaga's acting. I think she did a pretty good job overall, but her acting was definitely shaky at parts. Her physical presence and body language is her biggest asset; she embodies the Countess in a way that's definitely supposed to be done, and it's haunting and intriguing, but I'm not surprised that she's good at physical acting; one look at her music videos shows she's used to that and knows how to do it. The orgy scene was one of the best scenes I've ever seen in AHS, and her acting was on point in that, but she didn't utter a single line the entire scene. That's what I'm talking about. When she finally did talk at the end of the scene, her two lines were delivered extremely well and I was impressed with them; I thought, hey, she really can act. But her next lines-- in the scene with Will Drake-- were extremely shaky. She delivered "It's a little early for you, isn't it?" to Donovan well. But then as she talked to Will, she sounded pretty bad in my opinion, almost as bad as Taissa in both of her roles in the show. But she redeemed herself in the next scene with Lachlan, and her improvised line (aside from how tragic the accent was) was delivered well. Overall, I thought she did good considering how little experience she is, but it was far from great; she just doesn't have the skill, but it's definitely something she can learn. I don't think it's fair to say that she did a 10/10 job though, like some others have said. It's clear she's on a different level than the people around her, just from the fact that this is her first serious acting experience. But she can improve, and it does look like she does in the season preview.

Overall, I absolutely loved everything about this episode (aside from that one scene with the Countess & Will; that whole thing was a cringe-fest).

Anyway, I know this is short, but I just woke up. And HabbGa snatched my weave for the longest essay writer (I'm convinced he's mocking me with his essays cuz none of them make sense).

[Pure Adrenaline]

Mess I feel like I'm the only one that liked the Countess/Drake scene and the only one that dislike the Coutness cutting throat scene

I feel her acting was very natural and relaxed with Cheyenne and very forced and played in the 'This must never happen again" line idk maybe it's just me


Also I feel like in the flashback the Countess will be with dark eyebrows and in the preset with bleached which I dont like very much since she looks too much of Gaga like that bed scene it reminded me of her X factor Bad Romance perfomance and I wasn't even able to process what was going on at first since I was too focused on cringing at how Gaga she looks

[Dylangaga]

Originally posted by Pure Adrenaline

Mess I feel like I'm the only one that liked the Countess/Drake scene and the only one that dislike the Coutness cutting throat scene

I feel her acting was very natural and relaxed with Cheyenne and very forced and played in the 'This must never happen again" line idk maybe it's just me


Also I feel like in the flashback the Countess will be with dark eyebrows and in the preset with bleached which I dont like very much since she looks too much of Gaga like that bed scene it reminded me of her X factor Bad Romance perfomance and I wasn't even able to process what was going on at first since I was too focused on cringing at how Gaga she looks

I kinda did too haha I liked how pretentious she sounded

[Pure Adrenaline]

Originally posted by Dylangaga

I kinda did too haha I liked how pretentious she sounded

Yeah like she was owning that scene and didn't let any of the other people in the room to shine, and that's exactly what the Countess should be like whenshee forced Drake to take that whiskey and when she made Matt to show him something and when she took that kid with the cat on his head and Drake let ha even she was total stranger ... she was owning them

[C/H/A/N/E/L]

Originally posted by Pure Adrenaline

Yeah like she was owning that scene and didn't let any of the other people in the room to shine, and that's exactly what the Countess should be like whenshee forced Drake to take that whiskey and when she made Matt to show him something and when she took that kid with the cat on his head and Drake let ha even she was total stranger ... she was owning them

See, thing is, she wasn't acting that out properly. Sure, the way it was written and what she was told to do was fierce & would equate to her dominating, but her acting felt very flat; it didn't sound pretentious so much as just like she was fighting to sound normal when all she had to do was talk. That was my problem with it.

I liked the throat-cutting scene, though; she was good there, but the problem with it was the directing. It was a lil strange.

And the Tarantino gore this season might get on my nerves if it keeps it up like this.

[2014]

I'm about to watch the episode for the 5th time

I don't post here that much, half of you probably already have over a hundred posts in here and you watched it once or twice

And to make it worse I have an exam on Thursday, a VERY important exam and it's not even that hard to learn (I passed all the hard ones before AHS started) but I'm simply not in the mood to study

See you later, when the final ratings are revealed

[Pure Adrenaline]

Originally posted by C/H/A/N/E/L

See, thing is, she wasn't acting that out properly. Sure, the way it was written and what she was told to do was fierce & would equate to her dominating, but her acting felt very flat; it didn't sound pretentious so much as just like she was fighting to sound normal when all she had to do was talk. That was my problem with it.

I liked the throat-cutting scene, though; she was good there, but the problem with it was the directing. It was a lil strange.

And the Tarantino gore this season might get on my nerves if it keeps it up like this.

Tbh I was disgusted when I saw the method Ryan was using like somewhere this works but if u are trying to do real horror u don't go Kill Bill with it uuuugh I will srsly be mad if this continues like why he had to ruin something about this great episode I didnt feel like I was watching people get murdered ..... I felt like watching 60s horror film

[21stcenturywhore]

"I shot twelve sex scenes"

oh my god.... Gaga, the queen of sex

there'll be some good fanmade Sexxx Dreams music videos once the show is over

[Mariano]

Originally posted by C/H/A/N/E/L

See, thing is, she wasn't acting that out properly. Sure, the way it was written and what she was told to do was fierce & would equate to her dominating, but her acting felt very flat; it didn't sound pretentious so much as just like she was fighting to sound normal when all she had to do was talk. That was my problem with it.

I liked the throat-cutting scene, though; she was good there, but the problem with it was the directing. It was a lil strange.

And the Tarantino gore this season might get on my nerves if it keeps it up like this.

I disagree. The only think I didn't like was the way she said "Well I can't wait" That was Other than that her scene was badass. Especially when Matt and Chayenne left and she was with Lauchlan.

"Will drake, I'm so pleased to meet you" was very nice

But yeah it wasn't her best scene !

[Pure Adrenaline]

Originally posted by 21stcentury*****

"I shot twelve sex scenes"

oh my god.... Gaga, the queen of sex

there'll be some good fanmade Sexxx Dreams music videos once the show is over

+ Bloody Mary videos

[Mariano]

And they probably laughed a lot when Gaga said the Jawline line and decided to keep it that way, but I think they should've made Gaga say it again. I don't like the way she says it, but it's no big deal I guess

[Bad Wolf]

Where are those ratings at?

[Skywalker]

Originally posted by Bad Wolf

Where are those ratings at?

[Pure Adrenaline]

Will this be the official ratings or the firdt ones will be used as tea becauee Wiki already update the first ep with the 5mil figure so I'm wondering

[Bad Wolf]

Originally posted by Pure Adrenaline

Will this be the official ratings or the firdt ones will be used as tea becauee Wiki already update the first ep with the 5mil figure so I'm wondering

The ratings released today will be used "as tea."

People aren't watching much of live TV anymore, just like they aren't buying albums. (Not as drastic, but still).

[Pure Adrenaline]

Originally posted by Bad Wolf

The ratings released today will be used "as tea."

People aren't watching much of live TV anymore, just like they aren't buying albums. (Not as drastic, but still).

As long as Wiki is updated with thise numbers Im fine

[Instant]

I still find it so weird that Ms. Evers appeared right in front of Gabriel before he got raped. Can't wait to know what's her story. Mare Winningham is amazing and should be among main cast in every season

[dnav87]

I know a lot of people are going to tune in this episode. Everybody was talking about last weeks. I'm pretty sure this episode is the defining one for the rest of the show. Gaga and the cast better bring it.