Her Name Is Shelley. Of Course It Is.

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Finally caved in to Netflix's insistence and watched Hemlock Grove. Turns out I'm glad I did because HOLY SHIT y'all this show is fucking BONKERS.

It's hard to decide which thing is more entertaining--is it the crazy special-effects eyeballs-falling-out gloopiness of the transformation into a werewolf? Is it the inexplicable 8-foot-tall glow-in-the-dark one-bug-eyed Frankenstein's monster girl with a heart of gold, keen intellect, and anachronistic vocabulary? Is it Famke Janssen auditioning for Bad English Accent Theater's version of Morticia Addams? Is it the mad scientist with inexplicable super strength? Is it the symbolism that's about as subtle as a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel? Or is it the way everyone pronounces "vargulf" like "Wahrwilf"?

Okay, yeah, it's definitely that last one.

Seriously, this show. I am DYING to see what they do next season.

Comments

[westrider.livejournal.com]

OK, I think I'm going to have to check this out. Their ads may not have sold me on it, but you did :)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Be warned--it's not what I would define as GOOD. But DANG is it entertaining.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

For me, the real question is how consistent it is. I'm good with stuff that's consistently bad but entertaining. What I can't handle is the stuff that whiplashes back and forth between awesome and terrible. I lose the ability to enjoy the awesome because I'm burning too much of my energy bracing for the next hit of terrible.