I expected this series to be somewhat Lovecraftian horror with a black cast, that was filled with some form of angst, (white) degenerates, dread and or insanity. It became clear early on that I had to change my expectations. The main character was no angsty disturbed loner / scholar like. We got a group of well functioning and loving human beings instead. And the backdrop wasn't some half decayed backwater village with a hint of moist vermin it was a lively but overly racist town.
It soon became clear that I had to change my expectations. This was clearly not going to be a modified Lovecraft story with black actors. This was a going to be a commentary on racism with some references to Lovecraft and a love for showing of CGI tentacles. So I changed my expectations, and expected some form of brutal trauma inducing racism similar to watchmen, preacher or even the umbrella academy. The episode did not deliver on this.
Yes it was incredibly violent, somewhat gory and really bad thing happened in this episode, but nothing really got to the characters. Only a fraction of the horrors in this episode would be enough to drive a sane man insane but they just all seemed totally immune to the trauma and their plot armour was just too obvious when it came to the scenes that could have been thrilling.
It soon became clear that I had to change my expectations. This was clearly not going to be a modified Lovecraft story with black actors. This was a going to be a commentary on racism with some references to Lovecraft and a love for showing of CGI tentacles. So I changed my expectations, and expected some form of brutal trauma inducing racism similar to watchmen, preacher or even the umbrella academy. The episode did not deliver on this.
Yes it was incredibly violent, somewhat gory and really bad thing happened in this episode, but nothing really got to the characters. Only a fraction of the horrors in this episode would be enough to drive a sane man insane but they just all seemed totally immune to the trauma and their plot armour was just too obvious when it came to the scenes that could have been thrilling.