The Terror - AMC Series (Mar 26) - 1840s Northwest Passage, Mutiny, Cannibals

[DaysOff 7943]

I'm watching it with subtitles on.

[UTCzech III 2907]

19 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

I'm watching it with subtitles on.

Yeah, we have to do that as well, my wife cannot "hear" English accents at all.  I'm pretty good with most accents, and I even had trouble with some of the words, doesn't help that they all speak in that low, English reserve.  Gotta say, did not see that ending coming the other night (no spoilers).

[bschoolprof 6251]

I've been watching brit shows with captioning on for years.  Mumbling buggers.  Two people separated by a common language I guess.  

Do we really have to start spoilering what has already aired?  

 

Edited April 4, 2018 by bschoolprof

[kevwun 15757]

We don't need spoiler nazis on the new site.  If a new episode has aired, it is fair game.  Don't read the fucking thread until you have seen it.

[Bottlecap 1523]

Since we're not really spoilering, but would feel bad if I ruined an episode of this great series,  i'll put my SPOILER content far down below.

 

 

Seeing Sir John's leg prepared for burial and placed on a nice little pillow fuckin killed me. And did Hickey take a shit on that dude's bed? That's cold.

[thrillhammer 683]

yeah, hickey's got issues.  he's going to harass the hell out of his ex-fuck buddy.

[bschoolprof 6251]

Was not expecting Mance to get offed so soon.  

All the acting has been great, but Jared Harris (Francis) really stands out.  

[Hank Scorpio 17729]

Maybe it's just me, but I don't think it was a bear that ate those guys. 

[atomheartbevo 89618]

1 hour ago, Hank Scorpio said:

Maybe it's just me, but I don't think it was a bear that ate those guys. 

Well, sometimes they eat the bar. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

Also watching with subtitles. 

How absurd, out of place, and funny as shit would it have been if one of the dead Eskimeaux's or Eskimook's (or whatever the silly spelling that the subtitles have for "Eskimo") trinkets had been Bobby Brady's tiki? 

[bschoolprof 6251]

I have the feeling things are not looking up for the crew.  Just a premonition.  

 

 

[atomheartbevo 89618]

8 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

I have the feeling things are not looking up for the crew.  Just a premonition.  

 

 

I want this exact crew and most of this cast to do a series on the Donner party. 

[bschoolprof 6251]

Another great episode this week.  If you are not watching this show, you are missing out.  

[thrillhammer 683]

it's a shame they aren't more diplomatic with lady silence.  she is their best hope at survival.  i don't see how the crew stays so calm.  goes to show you how stupid they were back then.  the crew is dropping like flies (at what should be an alarming rate), there's a monster polar bear wreaking havoc, the captain is dead, the new captain is in detox, their food is tainted, ice is squeezing and about to shatter the hull of one of the ships, it's -50.  Oh, and they are down to two bottles of whiskey.   They need to find a land route and get the fuck out of there.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

it's a shame they aren't more diplomatic with lady silence.  she is their best hope at survival.  i don't see how the crew stays so calm.  goes to show you how stupid they were back then.  the crew is dropping like flies (at what should be an alarming rate), there's a monster polar bear wreaking havoc, the captain is dead, the new captain is in detox, their food is tainted, ice is squeezing and about to shatter the hull of one of the ships, it's -50.  Oh, and they are down to two bottles of whiskey.   They need to find a land route and get the fuck out of there.

Perhaps. But then they become frozen treats for the Tuunbaq as they try to escape.

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

I sort of wish that we didn't get such a good look at Tuunbaq this past week. It would have added to the mystery and suspense to leave more of it to the imagination.

Plus he looks like one of those "bad taxidermy" photos.

[Mileslong 4728]

Loved the show, so well acted. English actors blow most American actors out of the water

[thrillhammer 683]

all season, they've made this tuunbaq into some kind of mythological monster.  turns out it just looks like a polar bear.  the thing is, it hasn't been behaving like a polar bear.  it's been doing some supernatural feats.  i'm wondering if the men aren't suffering from lead poisoning and going cuckoo.  either that or it's cabin fever ala jack nicholson in the shining.  sailors be going nuts yo.

[UTCzech III 2907]

I was watching with the closed caption on again, and during the questioning scene the captions were blocking out the "actual" captions on the screen.  I got most of it, but I missed the line where Lady Silence says something like "you know how to end this and .......".  I'll go back and watch later with captions off but was wondering if anyone could fill me in, thx.

[UTCzech III 2907]

Also, I don't get Mr. Hickey's angle, just what the fuck is he up to, planning a mutiny?  Always with that damn grin on his face...  And did he steal the ring from the marine that had just died to give it to his boyfriend?  Cold, literally.

[Mileslong 4728]

Also, I don't get Mr. Hickey's angle, just what the fuck is he up to, planning a mutiny?  Always with that damn grin on his face...  And did he steal the ring from the marine that had just died to give it to his boyfriend?  Cold, literally.

I think Hickey was already a bad guy and then he became insane like a number of other men but because of his personality he was able to channel it and become a leader of a mutiny although clearly deranged

[GhostOfTomJoad 9323]

We're thoroughly enjoying this series.

[thrillhammer 683]

3 hours ago, UTCzech III said:

I was watching with the closed caption on again, and during the questioning scene the captions were blocking out the "actual" captions on the screen.  I got most of it, but I missed the line where Lady Silence says something like "you know how to end this and .......".  I'll go back and watch later with captions off but was wondering if anyone could fill me in, thx.

i'd forgotten she said that.  it does seem like he knows more than he lets on, like he's holding something back.  maybe a sobriety will make him a more effective captain.

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

[squelching] 

[bschoolprof 6251]

the dr. came up with a great plan.  

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

Good thing they thought to devote some of their precious cargo space to hundreds of costumes, props, and party supplies. 

I think that's the biggest error in judgment we've seen thus far. 

[bschoolprof 6251]

yeah - the whole carny thing was odd.  

[Texas_Rocks 346]

the dr. came up with a great plan.  

He was just getting the crew fired up for the long walk out.

[kevwun 15757]

Other than one trunk of costumes, everything for the carnival was re-purposed.  The tents were made from sails, etc.    What I am wondering is if the man bear demon ripped out her tongue or she had to do it herself.

[DDD Dad 14323]

54 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Other than one trunk of costumes, everything for the carnival was re-purposed.  The tents were made from sails, etc.    What I am wondering is if the man bear demon ripped out her tongue or she had to do it herself.

It looked like she was cutting it out with a shell while the man-bear sat nearby.

[AnonymousInternetPoster 163]

She cut it out herself.  That must be one of the "requirements" to "control" it.

The scene with the doctor self immolating was creepy as F!  When he put his arms out into the cross, it reminded me of the psycho in Silence of the Lambs.

[gecko 1104]

oops.....only through episode 4 watching it on demand......looks like I need to catch up before reading any more of this thread.

[bschoolprof 6251]

Fuckin hickey. 

[UTCzech III 2907]

No shit.  Is he just a straight up psychopath who killed the real Hickey just to get on the boat?  For some buggery and cannibalism?  The original Hannibal the Cannibal.  Only 3 episodes left, this is going by too fast, not ready for it to be over.

[52-80 19140]

what kind of maintenance work does the crew have to do while the ship is locked in the ice?

 

also, why dont they build some sort of crude fortification... how about a small moat around the boat? (ice too tough).  what about spare timber and such to make stakes/punji sticks

[kevwun 15757]

Moats don't work so well when the temp is always well below freezing.

[atomheartbevo 89618]

They weren’t content taking it up to 11. They had to take it up to 12. 

Wish this had about half a dozen more episodes, but there wouldn’t be enough people left. 

[52-80 19140]

team Hickey tho....

[kevwun 15757]

So the monster steals souls too.  I hope HIckey dies an excruciatingly painful death.

[bschoolprof 6251]

This show is good.  

[bschoolprof 6251]

Am I the only watching this?  You're missing a great show.  One episode left.  

[kevwun 15757]

Nope, it is excellent.  Is there going to be a 2nd season?  I thought it was a one season deal, but after last night's episode it said season finale.

[bschoolprof 6251]

I'm not sure what Season 2 would entail.  The monster shitting them out?

[thrillhammer 683]

i've watched every episode.  it's good, but not great.  

episode 1 started with a search party looking for the two ships.  i would assume, if there is a second season, it deals with the search party's adventure?

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

Hickey is pretty well cast. 

I think we might eventually name a dog Tuunbaq. 

[Player 4575]

The actor playing the role of Hickey reminds me a little of Edward Norton.

[RedDirtTexan 209]

No chianti with supper? Fava beans? 

[The Dude 1244]

Holy. Fuck. That was awesome

[bschoolprof 6251]

I like the ending overall (Captain is now an Eskimo, he has nothing to go back to), but there was a lot of WTF in that finale for me.

1) Goodsir poisons himself in a brilliant ploy to poison the cannibals, but this is ultimately for naught, as they are all eaten by polar bear monster.  Is that right? Wait, but did the polar bear monster die from the poison?  How did it die so quickly?

2) WTF was going on with the chain at the end? Was it tied to a bloke that the monster ate?

3) How is Hickey not sick at all?  How did he know that Lady Silence's tongue thing was an offering to the monster?  Why is this even an offering?  WTF?

4) Why is lady silence banished?  Because the monster died?

Can anyone explain?

 

[kevwun 15757]

The Tuunbaq choked on the corpse in it's mouth the best I could tell.  I think he looped the chain around it's neck and kept corpse stuck tightly in it's throat.