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sweetloukillbot

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5. Loving it.

Reply to Ilsa (Original post)

Tue Sep 1, 2020, 02:57 PM

Sep 2020

It's changed a few things in the book (some quite significantly), but it is capturing the spirit of book quite well. The changes in the last episode from the book improved on it. Still not sure about the changes in the second episode though, we'll see.

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Anyone watching Lovecraft Country on HBO? [View all] Ilsa Sep 2020 OP

My husband and I are watching it. Behind the Aegis Sep 2020 #1

Yes JustAnotherGen Sep 2020 #2

No. murielm99 Sep 2020 #3

I'm thinking about taking a look at it. Aristus Sep 2020 #4

If feels Lovecraftian to me. Ilsa Sep 2020 #7

Seems very Lovecraftian to me. I like it. rickyhall Sep 2020 #12

Loving it. sweetloukillbot Sep 2020 #5

Are they H.P. Lovecraft stories set to the modern day or Lovecraft-like stories? yonder Sep 2020 #6

I woudn't want to see a Lovecraft story set in modern-day America. Aristus Sep 2020 #8

"....eerie, remote, isolated, rotting little towns", populated by eerie, isolated, rotting people. yonder Sep 2020 #11

I had just posted that when I remembered a little place where I stayed while doing my hospitalist Aristus Sep 2020 #13

How was the food? yonder Sep 2020 #15

There was a Mexican place and an Italian place. Both passable, nothing more. Aristus Sep 2020 #16

There is a book called Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff that is the basis Ilsa Sep 2020 #9

Thanks for the info. yonder Sep 2020 #10

I thought HBO's Watchmen did a good job in the mix of horror/racism genre. Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #14

I knew he was a racist, but what a godawful poem!! I am enjoying the show Nay Sep 2020 #17

Yes, indeed the story has been good and I didn't know it was a book! Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #18

Wonderful JustAnotherGen Sep 2020 #21

Yes, indeed! When I saw the teasers and found Jordan Peele is one of the producers, well, you know. Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #22

Yes! I am really enjoying it. femmocrat Sep 2020 #19

Episode 4 JustAnotherGen Sep 2020 #20

Good rundown of The Hidden Black History of Lovecraft Country Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #23