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Post by anxiousmom on May 29, 2015 16:04:54 GMT
I can't bring myself to watch it. I was 10-11 when he was arrested. Lived through it all once, don't want to see it depicted on TV. That's the way I feel about Ted Bundy. I was about 12 and living in Tallahassee when he killed the girls at FSU. It took me a little bit of time to get over Mark Harmon playing Bundy in a made for tv movie about him. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 29, 2015 16:05:49 GMT
I tried to like this show. I watched for just over an hour. I DVR'd it but I don't know if I will come back to it.
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Post by anonrefugee on May 29, 2015 16:29:00 GMT
I'm glad this was answered above. I was suddenly feeling really old.  Thanks to this thread, I have been wandering around my house this morning singing at the top of my lungs... "IT WAS THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS, AGE OF AQUARIUS..." Thanks a lot.  (LOL) Ha, I know what you mean!! FYI, remembering Jesus Christ Super Star sound track, or other musicals from same era, will not help ear wigs. Tee hee |
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Post by anonrefugee on May 29, 2015 16:33:22 GMT
anxiousmom I not-so-jokingly say Mark Harmon saved my life with this role. I would have been a sucker for the arm cast and his other tricks. Like Fallacy of Stranger Danger, I didn't realize the bad guy could look like a friend.
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Post by anonrefugee on May 29, 2015 16:35:42 GMT
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Post by anxiousmom on May 29, 2015 16:44:48 GMT
Thanks to this thread, I have been wandering around my house this morning singing at the top of my lungs... "IT WAS THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIUS, AGE OF AQUARIUS..." Thanks a lot. (LOL) Ha, I know what you mean!! FYI, remembering Jesus Christ Super Star sound track, or other musicals from same era, will not help ear wigs. Tee hee Great. Now I am I am going to be belting out those lyrics too.  |
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Post by femalebusiness on May 29, 2015 16:48:00 GMT
I didn't like it, but then I only watched for about ten minutes and got bored.
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Post by MDscrapaholic on May 29, 2015 17:10:10 GMT
I tried to like this show. I watched for just over an hour. I DVR'd it but I don't know if I will come back to it. I tried too. It was a really slow start, so I stopped watching after about 20 minutes. |
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Post by anonrefugee on May 29, 2015 17:26:52 GMT
I tried to like this show. I watched for just over an hour. I DVR'd it but I don't know if I will come back to it. I tried too. It was a really slow start, so I stopped watching after about 20 minutes. I DVR'd and watched it all. The Manson story line gets freaky, and Manson is the least of it- if you can imagine! I hope that story goes away, and he was a hook as said by PP. If you can hang on, there are other story lines making good past /present allusions and worth watching. Theres a Malcolm X > Louis Farakham character, and the undercover cop has more potential to be interesting than he seemed. But what do I know? I managed to stick with Ryan Phillipe running for ten minutes each week. My bar has been been lowered. |
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Post by kernriver on May 29, 2015 18:51:00 GMT
Wow. I identify so heavily with music that the first song played ( when Emma is sneaking out of the house) just hit me in the face like a ton of bricks. I immediately recognized David Crosby's voice and knew it was when he was with The Byrds. I must have listened to that sad song about a million times, picking up the arm on my stereo and playing it over and over. That album is dated 1967 and I probably haven't heard that song since 1968 but hearing it activated a part of my brain not used since then.
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Post by tuesdaysgone on May 29, 2015 19:00:57 GMT
I thought it was ok; I'll probably watch one more episode to see where its going.
I guess I understand why so many don't want to watch anything that has a focus on Manson, but really I find it interesting from a historical perspective. He fooled a lot of people and had many young people under his sway. Many awful people have a charisma that draws vulnerable kids to them.
I've read biographies of some terrible people simply because it's interesting to see how evil is born and nutured in people.
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Post by anxiousmom on May 29, 2015 19:07:22 GMT
For those of you thinking you may want to watch another episode or two:
I am not sure why they are doing this, but I just started watching it again on OnDemand (I only made it about 15 or 20 minutes into it before I fell asleep) and it looks like the entire season is available to watch. Not only do the regular networks not put the entire season up at one time, they really don't put them all up at one time when the show just aired for the first time last night.
So if you are so inclined, you can binge watch the whole season.
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Post by SabrinaM on May 29, 2015 19:24:08 GMT
Loved it!
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Post by Meri-Lyn on May 30, 2015 0:18:03 GMT
I thought it was ok; I'll probably watch one more episode to see where its going. I guess I understand why so many don't want to watch anything that has a focus on Manson, but really I find it interesting from a historical perspective. He fooled a lot of people and had many young people under his sway. Many awful people have a charisma that draws vulnerable kids to them. I've read biographies of some terrible people simply because it's interesting to see how evil is born and nutured in people. I actually liked it. It does show that these kids were "innocent" in the beginning, and he brainwashed them. But, thinking out loud, is it "romanticizing" what happened? Not sure I can wrap my head around that part. I'll see what happens in the next few episodes. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2015 1:43:44 GMT
I thought it was ok; I'll probably watch one more episode to see where its going. I guess I understand why so many don't want to watch anything that has a focus on Manson, but really I find it interesting from a historical perspective. He fooled a lot of people and had many young people under his sway. Many awful people have a charisma that draws vulnerable kids to them. I've read biographies of some terrible people simply because it's interesting to see how evil is born and nutured in people. I actually liked it. It does show that these kids were "innocent" in the beginning, and he brainwashed them. But, thinking out loud, is it "romanticizing" what happened? Not sure I can wrap my head around that part. I'll see what happens in the next few episodes. . I fear that people will get the idea that this crud was not as bad as he is known to be. AND that will lead to this vile piece of shit being released from prison. |
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on May 30, 2015 1:51:39 GMT
For those of you thinking you may want to watch another episode or two: I am not sure why they are doing this, but I just started watching it again on OnDemand (I only made it about 15 or 20 minutes into it before I fell asleep) and it looks like the entire season is available to watch. Not only do the regular networks not put the entire season up at one time, they really don't put them all up at one time when the show just aired for the first time last night. So if you are so inclined, you can binge watch the whole season. David D. was on with Jimmy Fallon a couple nights ago to talk about this show. He said NBC is doing the mass release of the episodes to compete with the series that are made for Netflix and Amazon Prime. He said the viewing habits of people have changed and they enjoy the ability to binge watch. NBC is giving it a try with this show. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2015 1:52:29 GMT
I actually liked it. It does show that these kids were "innocent" in the beginning, and he brainwashed them. But, thinking out loud, is it "romanticizing" what happened? Not sure I can wrap my head around that part. I'll see what happens in the next few episodes. . I fear that people will get the idea that this crud was not as bad as he is known to be. AND that will lead to this vile piece of shit being released from prison. His next parole hearing isn't until 2027, he will likely be dead before that. And I can't see a tv show making that happen anyway. |
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Post by anxiousmom on May 30, 2015 1:53:03 GMT
For those of you thinking you may want to watch another episode or two: I am not sure why they are doing this, but I just started watching it again on OnDemand (I only made it about 15 or 20 minutes into it before I fell asleep) and it looks like the entire season is available to watch. Not only do the regular networks not put the entire season up at one time, they really don't put them all up at one time when the show just aired for the first time last night. So if you are so inclined, you can binge watch the whole season. David D. was on with Jimmy Fallon a couple nights ago to talk about this show. He said NBC is doing the mass release of the episodes to compete with the series that are made for Netflix and Amazon Prime. He said the viewing habits of people have changed and they enjoy the ability to binge watch. NBC is giving it a try with this show. Thank you!! I am glad they did...I watched the first four episodes this afternoon. It has drawn me in... |
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Post by peano on May 30, 2015 2:29:18 GMT
I actually liked it. It does show that these kids were "innocent" in the beginning, and he brainwashed them. But, thinking out loud, is it "romanticizing" what happened? Not sure I can wrap my head around that part. I'll see what happens in the next few episodes. . I fear that people will get the idea that this crud was not as bad as he is known to be. AND that will lead to this vile piece of shit being released from prison. I watched the first two episodes, and I can assure you, no one will come away with the idea that he is not as bad as he is known to be. And Charles Manson's never getting out of prison. |
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Post by alexa11 on May 30, 2015 2:31:41 GMT
I'm looking forward to it. Does anyone know where the name Aquarius comes from? Am I missing a reference of some sort? Not sure if the show ties it in somehow, but there was a large cult in the late 60s/early 70s called The Source Family headed by Father Yod. They all changed their last name to Aquarian - ala the Age of Aquarius New Age movement (which is really an astrological period). It was very Manson like minus the crime, even down to the leader being a musician and living in the Hollywood Hills area. There's a very interesting documentary on it on Amazon Prime called The Source Family. Father Yod was actually sort of the father of the "health food" movement.
Many of its members still carry the last name of Aquarian.
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