Just finished watching The Following. The subject of the serial killer didn’t really interest me but since there were over 10 million viewers for the first two episodes, I thought that I would see what it was like.
I read in an intervew that said the writer was influenced by the envents at Columbine. Not sure that I saw any connetion to the show. If there was a show that should be talked about for it’s violent content, then this would be the one.
Kevin Bacon does well playing the part of a broken detective right from the opening scene when he is pouring alcohol into hsi bottled water. He also does well playing the part of someone who seems haunted as the show has flashbacks into the scenes when Joe Carroll is a serial killer.
The movie opened with a scene of several guards at a prision being murdered by Joe Carroll, a serial killer who manages to escape. The murder scene looked like something that you would see in Halloween, the 70's version. This was a movie that I did not enjoy.
After that, I think the challenge The Following presented was how many times you can cringe or turn away from the TV before a commercial broke in. I was done after one of Joe Caroll’s cult members killed herself after stabbing herself in the head. Then there was the next scene where a sheepdog is howing. I don’t want to say why other than to say that there was a bloody saw in the room. The whole thing reminded me of another horror movie taht I could not stand which was The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
I guess after that, it was up to Ryan to try and capture Carroll, which leads to an ultimate confrontation. In the end, we are of course left with a cliffhanger that will lead people into watching a second episode.
I’m usually not turned off by gore in a TV show. Some of the shows I am a big fan of include Bones, NCIS, CSI, CSI Miami, and Crossing Jordan. I turned away at those scenes but at the very least, I still liked those shows and kept watching them.
I kind of wonder how Fox would drag this out for a whole season but after the first show, I’m not going to find out. It’s not that I mind the serial killer aspect of the show. I think that a good script without all the shock value can be a good show. As an example, I had just finished Elizabeth George’s book, With No One As Witness, which was about a serial killer that was after children. In that book, Elizabeth George concentrated more on the efforts of Linley and Havers figuring out who the killer was which was a complete surprise by the end of the book.
As I said on twitter, the best part of The Following was when it was over. Too bad it takes over the I’ll skip the rest of the season. I can’t even give this show one star.
Rick Holman
I read in an intervew that said the writer was influenced by the envents at Columbine. Not sure that I saw any connetion to the show. If there was a show that should be talked about for it’s violent content, then this would be the one.
Kevin Bacon does well playing the part of a broken detective right from the opening scene when he is pouring alcohol into hsi bottled water. He also does well playing the part of someone who seems haunted as the show has flashbacks into the scenes when Joe Carroll is a serial killer.
The movie opened with a scene of several guards at a prision being murdered by Joe Carroll, a serial killer who manages to escape. The murder scene looked like something that you would see in Halloween, the 70's version. This was a movie that I did not enjoy.
After that, I think the challenge The Following presented was how many times you can cringe or turn away from the TV before a commercial broke in. I was done after one of Joe Caroll’s cult members killed herself after stabbing herself in the head. Then there was the next scene where a sheepdog is howing. I don’t want to say why other than to say that there was a bloody saw in the room. The whole thing reminded me of another horror movie taht I could not stand which was The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
I guess after that, it was up to Ryan to try and capture Carroll, which leads to an ultimate confrontation. In the end, we are of course left with a cliffhanger that will lead people into watching a second episode.
I’m usually not turned off by gore in a TV show. Some of the shows I am a big fan of include Bones, NCIS, CSI, CSI Miami, and Crossing Jordan. I turned away at those scenes but at the very least, I still liked those shows and kept watching them.
I kind of wonder how Fox would drag this out for a whole season but after the first show, I’m not going to find out. It’s not that I mind the serial killer aspect of the show. I think that a good script without all the shock value can be a good show. As an example, I had just finished Elizabeth George’s book, With No One As Witness, which was about a serial killer that was after children. In that book, Elizabeth George concentrated more on the efforts of Linley and Havers figuring out who the killer was which was a complete surprise by the end of the book.
As I said on twitter, the best part of The Following was when it was over. Too bad it takes over the I’ll skip the rest of the season. I can’t even give this show one star.
Rick Holman