08-18-2020, 09:05 AM
Goddamn series TV. I don't want to wait. I want to see this every night until is done.
Lovecraft Country, based on the book of the same name, is what happens when you cross The Green Book with Lovecraft horror.
The show stars Denzel Washington's super-buff son, Jonathan as Atticus Freeman. Atticus heads out on a journey with his Uncle to get entries for his version of The Green Book, a guide for African Americans to find safe places to eat and sleep around the country. So, much like Watchmen, the show starts as a discourse on racism. The group runs into racist cops. They get attacked at a diner. They get kidnapped and taken into the woods by other cops.
But that's not all there is. It starts with Atticus during a night time battle, where he runs through a battlefield but the periods are messed up. He is in fatigues from WW2 but he runs through trenches. Then it gets weird.
It also gets weird during the kidnapping when their is something else in the woods with them.
The book was supposed to be a response to the overt racism in Lovecraft's book, dealing with the question of how do you deal with loving Lovecraft's stories if you are a black man? I might have to go read it now.
I'm invested in this series. It was not a slow burn start. It was right to full speed ahead.
Lovecraft Country, based on the book of the same name, is what happens when you cross The Green Book with Lovecraft horror.
The show stars Denzel Washington's super-buff son, Jonathan as Atticus Freeman. Atticus heads out on a journey with his Uncle to get entries for his version of The Green Book, a guide for African Americans to find safe places to eat and sleep around the country. So, much like Watchmen, the show starts as a discourse on racism. The group runs into racist cops. They get attacked at a diner. They get kidnapped and taken into the woods by other cops.
But that's not all there is. It starts with Atticus during a night time battle, where he runs through a battlefield but the periods are messed up. He is in fatigues from WW2 but he runs through trenches. Then it gets weird.
It also gets weird during the kidnapping when their is something else in the woods with them.
The book was supposed to be a response to the overt racism in Lovecraft's book, dealing with the question of how do you deal with loving Lovecraft's stories if you are a black man? I might have to go read it now.
I'm invested in this series. It was not a slow burn start. It was right to full speed ahead.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm