Why the OG is still number 1.
I originally commented this on a post trashing Murder House but thought it could do with its own post. Also this isn’t to say MH was perfect it was far from it, the structural problems were there from the beginning but the issues of bad writing have only gotten worse over time.
Trashing the only well written, well thought out season
All the other seasons have their positives, the camp, the humour and the characters mostly, but Murder House was the only season to have a solid, linear narrative. A well plotted out season is necessary to incorporate the campiest elements with horror and still have satisfying momentum and an ending that makes sense. Murder house is the only successful season because of this.
Probably because it has more of a singular voice behind the writing and because RM and his co-writers has much more time to do it. The problem with the rest of the seasons is lack of a auteurship and frequently changing the direction of the narrative throughout the writing process. Camp is funny and enjoyable when it balances seriousness with tongue in cheek self awareness, however nearly every season the script has gone off the rails due to too much fan service and a number of other issues. Seasons take a sharp turn from a solid idea for a campy horror story, to a couple of episodes in, nervously oscillating between serious scenes completely devoid of logic and ridiculously bizarre scenes filmed because it seemed like a good idea at the time.
The only season even close to as good as MH is Asylum, Apocalypse was by far the worst.
This isn’t opinion, this is pure objective facts. Your personal taste doesn’t matter, this has nothing to do with the enjoyment you get out of the final product or your personal preference. (personally I like Coven the best in terms of rewatch value) You know I’m right.
Objective list of seasons in order the how well they were written and executed;
- Murder House
- Asylum
- Roanoke
- Cult
- Coven
- Freak show
- Hotel
- Apocalypse
TL:DR: Murder House is the Bebe Zahara Bene is the seasons.
Edit: u mad?
Posted Jun 27, 2019, 2:45 AM UTC · edited
Look, if you want to write a love post for murder house, be my guest, I’ll upvote that shit. But don’t act like it’s not subjective and people aren’t allowed to debate their opinion. Please.
You’re not allowed debate me in this because I’m only talking about objective facts.
Don’t comment on my post again because you didn’t understand the assignment
Oh no here comes a comment
Bad boy
And another, pow!
Also what was the “assignment”? It’s just a text of you being mad and (incorrectly) saying your opinions are fact
Lol
You did not give a single objective fact in this post. You said Murder House was the only one with a solid linear narrative structure which is, not only untrue, but also completely up for interpretation.