Today I watched the first episode of American Horror Story and The Hangover, both of which were rather disappointing. The difference, of course, is that I basically expected AHS to be bad, since the batcrap insanity of its awfulness was the main (and maybe only) selling point of the whole endeavor. I have co-workers who watch it religiously, but I don’t know that any of them would argue that the show is good. Tonally, the pilot episode was a little like if David Lynch had decided to direct a sitcom. Then again, I started to deeply appreciate the awfulness of last year’s Happy Town, so maybe I’ll continue watching. And rumor has it that when the show returns next year, it will be with all new stories and characters — some played by the same actors this year. So even if I absolutely hate hate it…
This is what I’m telling myself, anyway.
The Hangover, on the other hand, was just disappointing. For such a big hit, full of ostensibly funny people, it’s kind of a shambling, only sporadically amusing mess. I wouldn’t call it bad, but partly because it never really works itself up to be much of anything.
I also did a little work on the Kaleidotrope website, but I’m still trying to figure that out.