Ridley Scott's The Terror on AMC
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Probe Droid
Master Member
Up to the fifth episode. Slow paced for the most part, but the actors are so good it never feels like it's dragging. Top shelf. Greatly enjoying it.
Gimpdiggity
Master Member
I found the sixth episode a snooze fest. I’m hoping it was just that episode, but it just didn’t hold my interest at all.
rocketeer25
Sr Member
Just finished the series, and loved it! The last episode had a lot to cover, and it seemed like they could have spread it out a bit more to make it more satisfying. As it was, I'm trying to piece together some of what happened. Still, it was a fantastic series, and the acting was top notch. A great, dark story of the human condition... both the best and worst of humanity on display.
Somerset
Sr Member
Finished up the series this morning (I was avidly watching before work for the past few days), and overall really enjoyed it. I was familiar with the history of the Franklin expedition because I used to buy Arctic exploration books for my Dad at Christmas, so was pleasantly surprised at how they incorporated the supernatural element.
That said, I think that Tuunbaq needed a little more explanation as to what it really was and why it's been trying to kill them. I get that it being unknowable makes it more terrifying, but I think a little more about it's history and relationship with the Inuit in the final episodes would have been good. Afterwards I just read the book's Wikipedia which was sufficient.
Definitely the best show I've watched this year though.
That said, I think that Tuunbaq needed a little more explanation as to what it really was and why it's been trying to kill them. I get that it being unknowable makes it more terrifying, but I think a little more about it's history and relationship with the Inuit in the final episodes would have been good. Afterwards I just read the book's Wikipedia which was sufficient.
Definitely the best show I've watched this year though.
SickleClaw
Well-Known Member
I thought the series ended strongly, I loved it!
Laspector
Master Member
Finally finished this up this weekend. Very good show, but there was a lot I didn't understand. Can someone fill me in?
Spoilers ahead if you haven't watched.
Why did the Tuunbaq die? Was it just poisoned by the tainted meat of the men?
Why did Silna have to leave? I didn't get that whole bit with the shaman stuff.
Why did "Hickey" cut out his own tongue and offer it to the monster?
Why did that last crewman the captain found have all those chains pierced into his face?
What exactly was the ending with the captain sitting on the ice with a child?
Spoilers ahead if you haven't watched.
Why did the Tuunbaq die? Was it just poisoned by the tainted meat of the men?
Why did Silna have to leave? I didn't get that whole bit with the shaman stuff.
Why did "Hickey" cut out his own tongue and offer it to the monster?
Why did that last crewman the captain found have all those chains pierced into his face?
What exactly was the ending with the captain sitting on the ice with a child?
Possibly? It was already emaciated and probably sick/dying. I was also thinking that perhaps when the captain was pulling on the chain, it was dragging up one of the (several) men that it had just swallowed and that may have caused it to choke to death. A friend said that he thought the chain had gotten wrapped around it's neck (on the outside) and the captain strangled it, but I didn't get that impression.
I was also completely confused by that. Did he do that to himself, or did someone else do it to him? The only thing that crossed my mind (after Xerxes from 300) was maybe it was some sort of "pirate" thing? But then again, why?
Pretty sure he was hunting seal - I believe the practice is to sit by a hole in the ice, and when a seal pops up to breathe, they spear it. Could have been to suggest that he had integrated into that group of Eskimo, and perhaps that might have been his own child (after taking an Eskimo wife).
ddspike22
Active Member
1. Its heavily implied that Tuunbaq was mentally and physically deteriorating by the end from eating all the sick men. Not to mention getting shot multiple times, being lit on fire, and eating the fork-covered Mr. Blanky. Which is probably why he's so aggressive yet malnourished looking in the last few episodes opposed to the more cunning polar bear-esque beast of the earlier episodes.
2. I assume Hickey cuts out his tongue because he thinks that's the way to control Tuunbaq after seeing that lady silence has removed hers.
3. No explainable reason for the last crewman to have all the piercings on his face other then there was actually a body found like that according to the Inuit's.
kalkamel
Master Member
Silna leaving to wander off on her own was a surprise to me as it was a departure from the book. In the book, Crozier and Silence ended up as lovers and had children, and like Silence, Crozier also became a spirit guardian/shaman.
kalkamel
Master Member
The Terror season 2 to have a totally different historical setting.
https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/0...n-2-heading-to-americas-wwii-internment-camps
https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/0...n-2-heading-to-americas-wwii-internment-camps
Analyzer
Master Member
From what I understand this has nothing to do with "Season 1".
It is an anthology more like American Horror Story where each season is it's own thing with a different set of characters and setting but similar themes.
I enjoyed the first season's story and the production on it was quite good as well and very cinematic.
Looking forward to this one
It is an anthology more like American Horror Story where each season is it's own thing with a different set of characters and setting but similar themes.
I enjoyed the first season's story and the production on it was quite good as well and very cinematic.
Looking forward to this one
rocketeer25
Sr Member
What did everyone think of the first episode?
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