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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #40 on: June 15, 2017, 11:32:36 pm »
The finale of The Handmaids Tale felt satisfying to watch. Season 2 should be interesting
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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #41 on: June 16, 2017, 09:37:10 am »
Some boss character development (Strahovski alone not only once but twice) in the last episode and was a great finish to a great series. Some lovely set pieces as well.
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« Reply #42 on: June 17, 2017, 10:17:52 pm »
So brilliantly done. Could leave it there. Hope second series holds up.
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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #43 on: June 19, 2017, 02:20:13 am »
Some spoilers in the full interview here, but the producer/screenwriter of Handmaid's Tale has confirmed Atwood's continued involvement for at least the second series.

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How much conversation did you and Margaret Atwood have about a second season and where these characters could go?

We had lots of discussions about what would happen to the characters after season one in small and big ways. We've been talking about it ever since the middle of season one. There are things Margaret thought about a lot because over the years, and that's one of the biggest questions she's been asked, is what happens next to these characters. So it wasn't a question that I was bringing up to her for the first time.

So she'll have input into these storylines?

Of course. Margaret and I talked a lot about season two, even at the beginning of season one when I was talking to her and kind of getting a sense of what she thought of what I was doing, you inevitably have conversations about what might happen next. They're all tied together. So yes, we have had and continue to have extensive, deep and really fun discussions about what would happen in the future, what happens next.
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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #44 on: July 13, 2017, 06:58:05 am »
Great show, just finished the season yesterday after binging it in a week.

So does season one encapsulate the entire timeline of the novel, and season two will be a "new" story? Or is there still a bit of the novel left to flesh out?

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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #45 on: August 5, 2017, 11:03:44 pm »
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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #46 on: August 5, 2017, 11:17:13 pm »
Watched the last episode today and it's up there with the very best. Elizabeth Moss is superb as expected but Yvonne Strahovski knocks it out of the park as Serena Joy.

I can't wait for season 2.
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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #47 on: August 6, 2017, 08:34:06 am »
Moss is very good and very happy to see there is a second series of Top of The Lake where she stars of course. Seems like yesterday when I saw the 1st one.
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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #48 on: April 27, 2018, 03:13:27 pm »

Season 2 trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzeB-3ZnRSE


Wow - some opening to Season 2 that was...  2 episodes too :)
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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #49 on: April 27, 2018, 04:52:06 pm »
2 episodes of this series are available on Torrent - This is a very good show
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« Reply #50 on: May 2, 2018, 06:43:36 pm »
2 episodes of this series are available on Torrent - This is a very good show

This season has been cracking. I'm not sure I can continue to watch though.

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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #51 on: May 9, 2018, 09:25:19 pm »
It's relentlessly depressing. Grimsville, like. Ep 4 when yer wan hits the kitchen servant, fuck.

Best thing you can steal from the tv though.

Hope it doesn't go on for too many series and the handmaid's get to dish out a crazy day of reckoning at some point.

Love to see Aunt Lydia next to Big Virg next season.

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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #52 on: May 21, 2018, 06:18:53 pm »
Without reading this thread & spoilers - this worth watching?

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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #53 on: May 21, 2018, 07:48:13 pm »
It's relentlessly depressing. Grimsville, like. Ep 4 when yer wan hits the kitchen servant, fuck.

Best thing you can steal from the tv though.

Hope it doesn't go on for too many series and the handmaid's get to dish out a crazy day of reckoning at some point.

Love to see Aunt Lydia next to Big Virg next season.

Blessed be the fruit.

I read that they are planning another 4 or 5 series’. No way is that watchable.

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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #54 on: May 21, 2018, 08:25:58 pm »
I read that they are planning another 4 or 5 series’. No way is that watchable.

That'd just be torture porn unless they can justify it with a tide turn, a proper resistance movement or an evening up of the odds at some point. Some victories for the Handmaids to hang your hat on. I like how they've expanded upon the world a little bit to make you even more furious watching it in this series though - it can't be more than a handful of years beyond the 'normal' world, but everyone is completely mental - Aunt Lydia, bloody hell. June and Serena are just the most watchable odd couple on TV too.  Each episode stay with you for a couple of days.

Without reading this thread & spoilers - this worth watching?

Highly recommend. Brilliantly acted, dystopian nightmare.     

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« Reply #55 on: May 21, 2018, 08:46:45 pm »
That'd just be torture porn unless they can justify it with a tide turn, a proper resistance movement or an evening up of the odds at some point. Some victories for the Handmaids to hang your hat on. I like how they've expanded upon the world a little bit to make you even more furious watching it in this series though - it can't be more than a handful of years beyond the 'normal' world, but everyone is completely mental - Aunt Lydia, bloody hell. June and Serena are just the most watchable odd couple on TV too.  Each episode stay with you for a couple of days.

Highly recommend. Brilliantly acted, dystopian nightmare.     

Once they increase the scale it starts to become boring. You lose track of what is going on and they just introduce loads of characters and crappy storylines beyond the main story,

Less is more in most cases.

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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #56 on: May 21, 2018, 08:56:05 pm »
That actress who plays Aunt Lydia plays her brilliant,she was fantastic in The Leftovers as well where she played another unhinged character.

I can't wait to see her get her comeuppance,hopefully at the same time as Mrs Waterford.

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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #57 on: May 21, 2018, 09:08:24 pm »
Once they increase the scale it starts to become boring. You lose track of what is going on and they just introduce loads of characters and crappy storylines beyond the main story,

Less is more in most cases.

Can relate to that, yeah.  It's definitely a trait that ruins most things of this type along with not knowing when to end the series.  Another 2 maximum is all this should take, the further it'll get from the safety of the source material the drop off will happen too.  And it's already a good bit beyond the bulk of the book as far as I can remember. 

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« Reply #58 on: May 21, 2018, 09:34:01 pm »
Can relate to that, yeah.  It's definitely a trait that ruins most things of this type along with not knowing when to end the series.  Another 2 maximum is all this should take, the further it'll get from the safety of the source material the drop off will happen too.  And it's already a good bit beyond the bulk of the book as far as I can remember. 

Its an American thing though isnt it? The British shows tend to have the number of episodes and series’ down to a good amount.

I really like the show but when they start talking about another 4 or 5 series with 13 episodes then I cannot imagine staying the course.

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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #59 on: May 21, 2018, 10:18:11 pm »
I think this must be one of the most beautifully shot shows on TV history. The way every shot  is composed, the colour palettes, the use of extremely shallow depth of field and bokeh is all just astonishing. Worth watching for that alone, and the acting is all around excellent except for June’s husband, that actor is awful.

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« Reply #60 on: May 22, 2018, 05:58:59 pm »
Highly recommend. Brilliantly acted, dystopian nightmare.     
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« Reply #61 on: May 24, 2018, 12:32:42 am »
Wow the ending of the Latest episode.
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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #62 on: May 24, 2018, 06:25:08 am »
Was a great episode. Some funny parts too - the knowing smile after "what if he's a gender traitor?". No idea how you do a spoiler tag so won't go further into it. Great though.


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« Reply #63 on: May 24, 2018, 11:08:27 pm »
Cracking episode. The music is always on point too. The line that kicks in right after the end scene screaming 'Some people think ......' was just fucking perfect.

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« Reply #64 on: May 25, 2018, 12:14:18 pm »
Think the episode suffered in few parts bar the flashbacks who were great and informed us a lot about the couple.
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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #65 on: May 25, 2018, 12:41:03 pm »
Wow, that first episode was something else! :o
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« Reply #66 on: May 25, 2018, 03:02:15 pm »
Elisabeth Moss is something else isn’t she?

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« Reply #67 on: July 1, 2018, 10:20:24 pm »
People still watching this? Commander is so annoying.

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« Reply #68 on: July 2, 2018, 10:13:43 pm »
People still watching this?

People stopped watching this? It's stunning, in a thoroughly disturbing way.
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« Reply #69 on: July 3, 2018, 02:20:11 am »
I only started watching a few weeks ago, now I’m dying for the season finale tomorrow. It’s amazingly shot, the acting is outstanding and the plot is disturbing as fuck.

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« Reply #70 on: July 4, 2018, 10:12:39 pm »
I only started watching a few weeks ago, now I’m dying for the season finale tomorrow. It’s amazingly shot, the acting is outstanding and the plot is disturbing as fuck.

There's 13 I think so one more, no?

That Bradley Whitford/Josh Lyman character introduction is the moment the show properly is no longer an adaptation of the book. The tone of the show has completely changed in the second half of the season. Less realist horror and into something more cinematic, like the wolf that shows up in the last episode - not sure the correct term for the tone, bit like Hannibal, Gothic horror but a little less over-acted? I still think it's great, but it's a different beast now. Interesting to see where it goes.   

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Re: The Handmaid's Tale (2017 adaptation)
« Reply #71 on: July 5, 2018, 01:51:47 pm »
There's 13 I think so one more, no?

That Bradley Whitford/Josh Lyman character introduction is the moment the show properly is no longer an adaptation of the book. The tone of the show has completely changed in the second half of the season. Less realist horror and into something more cinematic, like the wolf that shows up in the last episode - not sure the correct term for the tone, bit like Hannibal, Gothic horror but a little less over-acted? I still think it's great, but it's a different beast now. Interesting to see where it goes.   
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« Reply #72 on: July 6, 2018, 11:07:12 am »
Really liked the latest episode. Powerful scenes and moving at times.
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« Reply #73 on: August 16, 2018, 11:54:35 am »
I think this is a superb and important show. And a fascinating lens on our times, I mean if one were to amalgamate parts of Saudi Arabia, China, and The U.S you've got Gilead right there - in different uniforms. It's difficult viewing at times:

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« Reply #74 on: August 16, 2018, 12:10:31 pm »
Oh and another thing the writers have been remarkably prescient, for example on the day that the Boston Globe organize their Journalists are Not the Enemy campaign, the episode is the one were that very newspaper's staff are executed in front of the printing presses by VP Mike Pence Commander Andrew Pryce and his henchmen

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« Reply #75 on: September 20, 2018, 02:56:16 pm »
Just finished watching this last night. 3 episodes. A bit draining to say the least but the seeds of the resistance have been sown which is great to see and offers some hope for the next series with the possibility of an all out revolution,hopefully.
Only one other series ever had me so engrossed. That was Oz. This was on a different level though. As mentioned above the photography was mesmerizing, almost hypnotic at times. Beautifully shot,with an incredible amount of thought into how the show should look and feel.Each of the characters gives you a different feeling with even the evil ones sometimes making you feel a tiny bit sorry for them as they show a glimmer of remorse.
Its hard to comprehend a society like that in our world but also as mentioned above we dont have to look far to see similar treatments being dished out to those who transgress their societies rules. 
The acting was superb throughout and must have taken its toll on some of the members of the cast with such gruelling storylines.
I think one more series should do with the resistance at the heart of the storyline with Gilead destroyed and the American dream restored🔫🔫😁😁
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« Reply #76 on: November 12, 2018, 01:19:31 pm »
Where did everyone watch Season 2? We've watched season one via sky but cant find season 2 on there.
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« Reply #77 on: November 12, 2018, 03:07:50 pm »
Where did everyone watch Season 2? We've watched season one via sky but cant find season 2 on there.

It was broadcast on channel 4 so you should probably try 4 On Demand to see if they're still up there.
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« Reply #78 on: November 12, 2018, 03:40:37 pm »
It was broadcast on channel 4 so you should probably try 4 On Demand to see if they're still up there.

I think the better half tried there also, but ill have a look again tonight! thanks.
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« Reply #79 on: November 12, 2018, 05:01:44 pm »
Amazon box set may be best place unless you can torrent it. Otherwise, may need to wait til next year for it to repeat on Now TV or something. Hulu need to sort themselves out for UK.
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