The Blackening - Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, | Official Discussion Thread

[Mr Hate Coffee]

Man I disagree with the criticism…. Season 3 had some of the best moments and eps of that show period

Yeah it did have some of the best moments but it was a grand departure from what folks were expecting and wanted to see (Earn, Van, Darius, and Paperboi in the aftermath of the season 2 ending). It was a creative risk for sure.

Trini to de Bone was my favorite but Tarrare was a lowlight to me.

I’m genuinely asking where you got this sentiment from because I’ve never seen those words out together in a sentence. I find it to be the opposite especially online.

The show didn’t have monster ratings, it was on Fx which doesn’t not usually have shows with a predominantly black casts, and the most Atlanta was talked about in recent memory was because of Donald Glover’s interview with himself and the backlash from said interview.

Yeah so I’m curious to why you believe what was written.

I never go off ratings, just the sentiment from the culture. Black people online always hyped up Atlanta. Similar to the fandom around Insecure. But they took a long layoff and then came back with even weirder stuff. It was to the point where I asked my friends in real life if they were watching Atlanta when it came back and most weren't. But these were all people who watched it before.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Yeah it did have some of the best moments but it was a grand departure from what folks were expecting and wanted to see (Earn, Van, Darius, and Paperboi in the aftermath of the season 2 ending). It was a creative risk for sure.

Trini to de Bone was my favorite but Tarrare was a lowlight to me.

See Tarrare was a classic to me….. That shyt had mad moment where I legit burst out loud laughed

Rich Wigga was probably my fav
Trini to the bone was dope

The Big Payback was hilarious

3 Slaps was great..

Those 4 eps to me alone were some of the strongest of the the series

 

[Neuromancer]

These characters are too over the top. It's like a white persons idea of black people.

 

[Neuromancer]

Movie was mid as fukk.

 

[Rembrandt]

Movie was mid as fukk.

Streaming anywhere or on the sites?

 

[Neuromancer]

Streaming anywhere or on the sites?

I watched it on Netflix at my girl's crib.

 

[Rembrandt]

I watched it on Netflix at my girl's crib.

Bet, didn't see it on mine but I'll check. Right on

 

[Neuromancer]

Bet, didn't see it on mine but I'll check. Right on

My fault it was Amazon Prime. My girl has sling so they all connected.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

Streaming anywhere or on the sites?

Spoiler

Soaper.Tv

 

[mbewane]

MIght have to give this another shot, stopped it after like 20 min. That being said I'm not a fan of the "horror-comedy" genre.

 

[Gloxina]

Movie was mid as fukk.

Didn’t want to agree but yea…it was.

 

[Neuromancer]

Didn’t want to agree but yea…it was.

I wanted to like it and I understood the message but the stereotypes made it less funny and the only character who seemed to be just a normal person was Lisa everyone else was just a weird archetype. And it wasn't scary if we've got a horror noir film Jordan Peele showed us the way. They Cloned Tyrone was a better horror film in that mane

 

[RickyDiBiase]

I wanted to like it and I understood the message but the stereotypes made it less funny and the only character who seemed to be just a normal person was Lisa everyone else was just a weird archetype. And it wasn't scary if we've got a horror noir film Jordan Peele showed us the way. They Cloned Tyrone was a better horror film in that mane

Jordan Peele movies are not scary

 

[IVS]

Occasional chuckle was all i got. This was slightly below mediocre.

And that Jermaine Fowler dude been trash in everything except Sorry to Bother You IMO.

 

[nieman]

I wanted to like it and I understood the message but the stereotypes made it less funny and the only character who seemed to be just a normal person was Lisa everyone else was just a weird archetype. And it wasn't scary if we've got a horror noir film Jordan Peele showed us the way. They Cloned Tyrone was a better horror film in that mane

The stereotypes were the point though. They were all caricatures, leaning heavily into it.