American Horror Story

Not Kim being the best part of this dd. Emma is so cold and bland as the lead, she's terribly miscast. It's not like Kim is playing a layered character or giving Jessica Lange a run for her money, but she was the only one who had any life and seemed to be having some fun with her part. Everything else was just so... bland? It wasn't even actively bad, it was just very flat and boring. With the central couple being so bland and the 'scares' all feeling very tame, it was hard not to focus on how unimaginative and hacky some of the writing was.
 
What the hell is going on with American Horror Story this season?

I know the show has been bad to average for a very long time now, but there is something truly off about Delicate (at least with the first 2 episodes). It feels so lifeless, empty, anticlimactic and just plain boring.

What is going on?
 
It's quite apparent that the series ran out of ideas and the elements that made it original. Basing this season on a book solves the problem of previous seasons with scattered ideas and disorganized scripts, but on the other hand, it's a sign that there's no creative input anymore. There is nothing left to be said.
 
I really liked Episode 2 teebs! Although I was very confused at the scene where she was accepting her award and started coughing up blood, and literally everyone just sat and watched and nobody went to help her?? nn
 
I'm not massively invested in it but I'm enjoying it to a degree. It's not 1984/Green Valley levels of absolute trash, at least. I don't think Kim's doing a bad job either. She's a much better actress than the British woman playing the ex-wife's best friend.
 
Weirdly, Kim is one of the highlights so far? She’s absolutely not a good actress, but then again, neither is Emma, and at least she seems to be having fun?

There is nothing remotely surprising or unusual about what’s happening yet, but there’s nothing outright offensively bad about the season yet … so consider me … cautiously optimistic?
 
Weirdly, Kim is one of the highlights so far? She’s absolutely not a good actress, but then again, neither is Emma, and at least she seems to be having fun?

There is nothing remotely surprising or unusual about what’s happening yet, but there’s nothing outright offensively bad about the season yet … so consider me … cautiously optimistic?

I definitely think Emma being so bad makes Kim seem better than she is.
 
The way this series used to house talent like Lange, Bates, Basset....

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I'm watching episode 2 now and... at least it's moved from "just boring" to "comically bad". What the fuck was the interaction with the fan in the bathroom?! I HOLLERED when Emma barely shoved her and she flew across the room and bounced off the sink. Pure camp! The dialogue is also insane throughout - it's like the writer has never been present for an actual human interaction.

The worst part is that is all feels like a lame retread of something they did much better in season 1. Like, we already had the "pregnant woman is gaslit into thinking she's insane" storyline, and Emma can't compare to Connie Britton. Plus, the attempts are scares are shockingly tame and boring. The tension is basically non-existent.

Anyway, I did NOT expect Kim to be the best part of this, but she actually does the campy stuff well? I'd low-key be interested to see how she'd perform with a small part in a better season. Emma and Matt Czuchry are insidiously bland.
 
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