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Old 05-02-2017, 02:53 PM   #1
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Default The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)

CN: Dystopian future. Men rule. Government has fallen. Priests, doctors, and homosexuals are hanged. Females are rounded up and put in homes to give birth for their barren masters.

Anyone watching this? First three episodes released at once, with the following seven to be released weekly.

This show is MESSED UP. Rather intense. I'm already hooked.


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Old 05-02-2017, 03:08 PM   #2
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Handmaid, not maiden. They're meant for breeding so that kind of rules out the maiden thing.
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Old 05-02-2017, 03:46 PM   #3
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I remember reading it in high school.

Isn't Elizabeth Moss a Scientologist? Isn't one of the basic tenets of her religion similar to the HM Tale? Women as second-class citizens? I wonder if this goes over well with those nutjobs.
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Old 06-19-2017, 11:05 AM   #4
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Wow seriously? Nobody else is watching this?

This **** is freaky as all hell.
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Old 06-19-2017, 11:07 AM   #5
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My wife has been watching it.

I've walked into the room a couple times, caught a scene or two, and remarked "this is seriously @#$%ed up". It's too much for me
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Old 06-19-2017, 11:09 AM   #6
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Don't feel bad - I can only watch one at a time. It's just so messed up, my brain can't take binging it.
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Old 06-19-2017, 11:16 AM   #7
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I remember an old movie trailer from 1990 of this movie. Thought it looked too low budget for the action I saw so I skipped it.

Started watching the series.....wow....scary and ****ed up. It does seem to have some relevance with today's issues. Maybe that's why it's so disturbing.
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Old 06-19-2017, 11:16 AM   #8
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Don't feel bad - I can only watch one at a time. It's just so messed up, my brain can't take binging it.
I walked in on the stoning scene (dunno if you've seen that yet so I won't say more than, um, the stoning scene).

Yeah no.
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Old 06-19-2017, 11:30 AM   #9
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They've agreed to a second season. The first season covers the book so all bets are off for season two. Finished it last week. It struggles in spots but for the most part a very solid show.
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Old 06-19-2017, 12:06 PM   #10
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I'll be curious about the resolution to the cliffhanger, but to be honest they were losing me towards the end of this season. Sure, it's messed up, but I wasn't all that interested anymore, since it was all pretty much the same messed up.
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Old 06-19-2017, 12:31 PM   #11
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I'll be curious about the resolution to the cliffhanger, but to be honest they were losing me towards the end of this season. Sure, it's messed up, but I wasn't all that interested anymore, since it was all pretty much the same messed up.
Rumor has it Nick works for the resistance. But take that with a grain of salt. So that truck could be going anywhere.
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Old 06-19-2017, 12:35 PM   #12
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Rumor has it Nick works for the resistance. But take that with a grain of salt. So that truck could be going anywhere.
Well it'd be a pretty short-lived season two if it takes her to be stoned to death, now wouldn't it?
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Old 06-19-2017, 12:39 PM   #13
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Sounds like some SJW bull****.
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Old 06-19-2017, 12:41 PM   #14
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Well it'd be a pretty short-lived season two if it takes her to be stoned to death, now wouldn't it?
I think I read somwhere the show is going to be more about the black girl. The one from Orane is the New Black.
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Old 06-19-2017, 12:48 PM   #15
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I remember reading it in high school.

Isn't Elizabeth Moss a Scientologist? Isn't one of the basic tenets of her religion similar to the HM Tale? Women as second-class citizens? I wonder if this goes over well with those nutjobs.
Yup, it was required reading for us in high school as well. Canadian literature, and all that.

The first movie version came out in 1990, but I don't remember much about it.
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haven't read the book but this season was pretty great imo, really made me uncomfortable at least once an episode
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Been watching this series with my GF, almost done with season 1. Basically this show is:

What if the USA because a hardline fundamentalist religious state much like the more radical Muslim countries in the Middle East. A lot of parallels to the fall of the modern western govt in Iran in 1980 after the Shah fled.

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Sounds like some SJW bull****.
Nah, see my comment above, it's more of portraying a fundamentalist Muslim country thru a white American lens, and to illustrate to us how f***ed up their situation is.
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My wife has been watching it.

I've walked into the room a couple times, caught a scene or two, and remarked "this is seriously @#$%ed up". It's too much for me
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Don't feel bad - I can only watch one at a time. It's just so messed up, my brain can't take binging it.
****. I got all excited about watching it then read your comments.

My wife is a total sissy, I can almost guarantee she can't hang after reading this.

You have an example?
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Old 06-19-2017, 03:21 PM   #19
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****. I got all excited about watching it then read your comments.

My wife is a total sissy, I can almost guarantee she can't hang after reading this.

You have an example?
The content will f***ing disturb and upset a lot of women viewers depending on how sensitive they are. It's basically a feminist nightmare scenario.




Oh question to those who are watching: Did the former 'OfGlen' that Handmaid played by the former Gilmore Girl, get a forced clitoral circumcision?
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Old 06-19-2017, 03:26 PM   #20
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Old 06-19-2017, 03:29 PM   #21
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The content will f***ing disturb and upset a lot of women viewers depending on how sensitive they are. It's basically a feminist nightmare scenario.




Oh question to those who are watching: Did the former 'OfGlen' that Handmaid played by the former Gilmore Girl, get a forced clitoral circumcision?
That was on my mind too but as far as I remember : Not a hint of what the surgery was (other than stitches to be removed later) - that would be their way of punishing gender traitors.
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Old 06-19-2017, 03:52 PM   #22
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The content will f***ing disturb and upset a lot of women viewers depending on how sensitive they are. It's basically a feminist nightmare scenario.




Oh question to those who are watching: Did the former 'OfGlen' that Handmaid played by the former Gilmore Girl, get a forced clitoral circumcision?
Yup, she sure did. Then she got sent to the Colonies.
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Here's the trailer I remember: the spoilers back then! Holy ****!

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Nah, see my comment above, it's more of portraying a fundamentalist Muslim country thru a white American lens, and to illustrate to us how f***ed up their situation is.
Interesting.
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the situation is more complex than just oppressive religious fundamentalism but yeah that's a huge part of it
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