Streaming The Netflix Thread

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

That Ed Gein series is a mind trip. He was such a batshit crazy man that nothing he did made any real sense to anyone but himself. The whole Adeline story feels somewhat artificial to me for the most part. There's a lot of made-up information there, even though she did have some sort of relationship with him IRL, according to the internet.

 

[The Dice Man]

That Ed Gein series is a mind trip. He was such a batshit crazy man that nothing he did made any real sense to anyone but himself. The whole Adeline story feels somewhat artificial to me for the most part. There's a lot of made-up information there, even though she did have some sort of relationship with him IRL, according to the internet.

I’ve only watched 2 episodes but I’m not feeling it

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

I’ve only watched 2 episodes but I’m not feeling it

I hear you. That's pretty much how it is throughout because there's just no way on Earth any normal human being could relate to Ed Gein or his bizarre/depraved story. While there are some interesting parts in the series, to me, it was a huge miss. Too much made-up stuff to fluff out a weak story. Never really told us why Ed did what he did, other than to say mental illness. His relationship with his mother was obviously a significant part of it, but it was never truly explored beyond the superficial. The whole series was very disappointing. It stank as badly as Ed Gein's house.

 

[blueboy25]

Anyone who loves the buildings of Melbourne CBD will love ‘the Lost City of Melbourne’ documentary

I enjoyed it and was a nice easy watch. I was mesmerized by the old female historian who had a fierce mullet going on.

 

[Gasometer]

I enjoyed it and was a nice easy watch. I was mesmerized by the old female historian who had a fierce mullet going on.

I was shocked at Whelans acrobatics. I felt sick. I’m old enough to remember them but not those guys

Absolutely remember the Metro! Some epic nights there

 

[Kirby]

I hear you. That's pretty much how it is throughout because there's just no way on Earth any normal human being could relate to Ed Gein or his bizarre/depraved story. While there are some interesting parts in the series, to me, it was a huge miss. Too much made-up stuff to fluff out a weak story. Never really told us why Ed did what he did, other than to say mental illness. His relationship with his mother was obviously a significant part of it, but it was never truly explored beyond the superficial. The whole series was very disappointing. It stank as badly as Ed Gein's house.

It got a scathing review in the Age.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

I was shocked at Whelans acrobatics. I felt sick. I’m old enough to remember them but not those guys

Absolutely remember the Metro! Some epic nights there

Janes Addiction at the Metro in 1991 was the perhaps greatest gig of my life.

Worked there a coupla times too, helping out a couple of old mates Sam and George who were the owners.

 

[Gasometer]

Just finished Ep 4 of Ed and I’m about done

It’s comic book horror masquerading as something intellectual.

 

[BillyElliott]

Just finished Ep 4 of Ed and I’m about done

It’s comic book horror masquerading as something intellectual.

I'm giving it a miss based on everything I've read on here & in reviews.

 

[adelaidecrows]

I hear you. That's pretty much how it is throughout because there's just no way on Earth any normal human being could relate to Ed Gein or his bizarre/depraved story. While there are some interesting parts in the series, to me, it was a huge miss. Too much made-up stuff to fluff out a weak story. Never really told us why Ed did what he did, other than to say mental illness. His relationship with his mother was obviously a significant part of it, but it was never truly explored beyond the superficial. The whole series was very disappointing. It stank as badly as Ed Gein's house.

The series smacks of being green lit before they truly understood his story and once they understood it had to find a way to gap fill. The dude was a bumbling idiot who was so far from your traditional killer that I think they found it hard to make a gripping story. Even the menendez brothers was shit. So need to go back and pick better killers I think.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

The series smacks of being green lit before they truly understood his story and once they understood it had to find a way to gap fill. The dude was a bumbling idiot who was so far from your traditional killer that I think they found it hard to make a gripping story. Even the menendez brothers was shit. So need to go back and pick better killers I think.

They had a bit of Bundy episode 8, and I found myself thinking, 'Why not make a series about him? He'd be perfect for this.'

 

[PhatBoy]

The series smacks of being green lit before they truly understood his story and once they understood it had to find a way to gap fill. The dude was a bumbling idiot who was so far from your traditional killer that I think they found it hard to make a gripping story. Even the menendez brothers was shit. So need to go back and pick better killers I think.

True enough but the fascination lies with what it inspired which was pretty cut-and-dried (pardon the pun) fact. He had a major part in inspiring Norman Bates, Leatherface and Buffalo Bill.

Being a fool doesn’t make someone less fascinating to people who have a fascination with bent and monstrous individuals even if the people telling the story of them don’t always do a very good job of it. I’ve watched a handful of Ed Gein movies/mini-series before for that very reason.

I don’t think it’s been amazingly well done or anything and the blend of fact and fiction is always going to annoy people - but if they want a straight out re-telling of the story that’s what documentaries or other shot for shot movies/mini-series are for. I don’t mind seeing them try to do something a bit different at least

 

[raskolnikov]

I've binged the Ed Gein story over the last couple of days. Very good.

 

[raskolnikov]

I'm too scared to watch this just based on the trailer.

How scary is it?

Not at all really. A bit creepy at times.

 

[Beerfish]

If the whole Adeline thing never happened (and i believe it didn't?) then that is a whole shit tonne of gap filling.

 

[raskolnikov]

The next season is Lizzie Borden. Don't really know much about her apart from the rhyme.

Lizzie Borden took an ax
And gave her mother forty whacks,
And when she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one.

Andrew Borden now is dead,
Lizzie hit him on the head.
Up in heaven he will sing,
on the gallows she will swing.

 

[PhatBoy]

If the whole Adeline thing never happened (and i believe it didn't?) then that is a whole shit tonne of gap filling.

She was a real person who had a bit to do with Ed and spent time with him but her claim was that it amounted to little more than a few dates and in the show which I’m guessing by your post you’ve watched all of, they address this with her little statement on the porch of her house.

I just finished the last episode.

The end was a bit strange and as I said with my post in the main TV thread I find it odd and difficult when shows try either deliberately or just through their tone inadvertently to make you sympathise with a criminal because you don’t know whether you should or not.

Hunnam from what I read listened to the only known recording of Gein which goes for about 70 minutes and he’s a decent enough albeit a bit limited actor so I assume that’s close to what he sounded like: timid and simple. Obviously very disturbed by his upbringing and compared to say, Albert Fish, John George Haigh or John Wayne Gacy who could never in a million years procure any sort of sympathy from me I can see how elements of the story could persuade a filmmaker to portray it the way they have.

 

[PhatBoy]

The next season is Lizzie Borden. Don't really know much about her apart from the rhyme.

Lizzie Borden took an ax
And gave her mother forty whacks,
And when she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one.

Andrew Borden now is dead,
Lizzie hit him on the head.
Up in heaven he will sing,
on the gallows she will swing.

That’s dangerous. To this day no one knows if she did it

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

That’s dangerous. To this day no one knows if she did it

She was found not guilty at her trial, and many historians note it as one of the first cases of trial by media, where the media made her out to be a monster and swayed public opinion against her. Still, the actual evidence that she killed her parents was nonexistent. That's why they found her not guilty.

 

[Beerfish]

She was a real person who had a bit to do with Ed and spent time with him but her claim was that it amounted to little more than a few dates and in the show which I’m guessing by your post you’ve watched all of, they address this with her little statement on the porch of her house.

I just finished the last episode.

The end was a bit strange and as I said with my post in the main TV thread I find it odd and difficult when shows try either deliberately or just through their tone inadvertently to make you sympathise with a criminal because you don’t know whether you should or not.

Hunnam from what I read listened to the only known recording of Gein which goes for about 70 minutes and he’s a decent enough albeit a bit limited actor so I assume that’s close to what he sounded like: timid and simple. Obviously very disturbed by his upbringing and compared to say, Albert Fish, John George Haigh or John Wayne Gacy who could never in a million years procure any sort of sympathy from me I can see how elements of the story could persuade a filmmaker to portray it the way they have.

Only watched half actually so I stopped reading your post.

I mean, I know how it ended irl so not sure it matters.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Anyone who loves the buildings of Melbourne CBD will love ‘the Lost City of Melbourne’ documentary

I suppose it was inevitable that many of those old buildings were knocked down. As the mullet lady said, the offices were quite impractical. Television killed the boom in cinema but it's good some were preserved albeit with a little adaptation over the years.

I'm surprised they didn't criticise the dozens of nondescript high rise housing blocks that have gone up in the last 15 years. Melbourne doesn't have any distinctive architectural landmarks like Sydney, London or Paris but it had its own character. Now it's turning into a generic Asian style city.

No one will miss the old Gas and Fuel towers but then they built the fugly Federation Square on the site.

 

[Gasometer]

I suppose it was inevitable that many of those old buildings were knocked down. As the mullet lady said, the offices were quite impractical. Television killed the boom in cinema but it's good some were preserved albeit with a little adaptation over the years.

I'm surprised they didn't criticise the dozens of nondescript high rise housing blocks that have gone up in the last 15 years. Melbourne doesn't have any distinctive architectural landmarks like Sydney, London or Paris but it had its own character. Now it's turning into a generic Asian style city.

No one will miss the old Gas and Fuel towers but then they built the fugly Federation Square on the site.

It was interesting how we didn’t have a Square at all. They missed the drama around The Vault piece of Art in the Square.

I remember seeing films as a kid at the Forum. Magic place to see a film.

I reckon I saw Star Wars at Hoyts in Bourke Street. That was a huge cinema.

Greater Union on Russell had heaps of great movies. Saw Top Gun there.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

The Melbourne doco was really good. I was a kid in the 1970s and grew up in the country, so I wasn't really aware of those buildings existing, to be honest. I do recall Whelan the Wreckers, though. It broke my heart, though, to learn that so many beautiful buildings were demolished and replaced with ugly skyscrapers. Oh, well, at least some of them have survived.

 

[Frank Bunn]

It was interesting how we didn’t have a Square at all. They missed the drama around The Vault piece of Art in the Square.

I remember seeing films as a kid at the Forum. Magic place to see a film.

I reckon I saw Star Wars at Hoyts in Bourke Street. That was a huge cinema.

Greater Union on Russell had heaps of great movies. Saw Top Gun there.

The Sun in Yarraville is my favourite cinema. The art-deco design and the history of the place makes it feel special when you go there.

I could have watched more on the subject - maybe it could have been a four part series. For example, they didn't mention any pubs. The Celtic Club was a Melbourne institution. The facade is still there but it's not a pub any more and there's a tower block on top of it. Or train stations. Flinders Street kept its historic charm while modernising. Spencer Street deserved to be demolished. What was Docklands like before redevelopment?

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

It was interesting how we didn’t have a Square at all. They missed the drama around The Vault piece of Art in the Square.

I remember seeing films as a kid at the Forum. Magic place to see a film.

I reckon I saw Star Wars at Hoyts in Bourke Street. That was a huge cinema.

Greater Union on Russell had heaps of great movies. Saw Top Gun there.

The Athenaeum and the Regent in Collins Street were opposite each other.

Saw The Empire Strikes Back at the Australia.

The Metro in Bourke Street.

Saw ET at the Forum in Flinders Street.

Saw Godspell at the Playbox.