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correctiveshoes621Is anyone else watching this new season of, Bates Motel? It's only two episodes in, and already off the freakin' chain.
The character of Norman Bates is pretty near and dear to my heart, always has been, and I will admit to being skeptical as hell about this series.
How DARE they 'modernize' it, bringing it to present day - did we not all learn from the debacle that was the 1998 'remake'? I still remember the acid sting of the changing of the line, "If it doesn't gel, it isn't aspic.", to, "If it doesn't gel, it isn't JELLO." - not to mention the sordid image of Vince Vaughn (Vince Vaughn? Really?) masturbating as he peered through the hole in the wall...and don't even GET me started on Viggo Mortenson's 'Sam Loomis' - uh. No, no, no - a thousand times, no.
And Freddie Highmore as Norman? He's a redhead. And British. I just couldn't see it.
And the whole convoluted drug-dealers-half-brother-out-of-the-blue-girl-with-fatal-disease business of the first seasons..Meh. It took a while for Norman to emerge, per se - - little by little, I could see him; Freddie obviously studied Anthony Perkins' body language..gestures, the walk...But what SOLD me utterly and completely was that scene, with Norman cooking breakfast AS Norma..My GOD.
POOR DYLAN, lol. It was so good, I literally grabbed it from Youtube and put it on my iPod.
And now - DAMN. Just DAMN.
Best moment of the series so far?
"I'm gay. You have my card."
The character of Norman Bates is pretty near and dear to my heart, always has been, and I will admit to being skeptical as hell about this series.
How DARE they 'modernize' it, bringing it to present day - did we not all learn from the debacle that was the 1998 'remake'? I still remember the acid sting of the changing of the line, "If it doesn't gel, it isn't aspic.", to, "If it doesn't gel, it isn't JELLO." - not to mention the sordid image of Vince Vaughn (Vince Vaughn? Really?) masturbating as he peered through the hole in the wall...and don't even GET me started on Viggo Mortenson's 'Sam Loomis' - uh. No, no, no - a thousand times, no.
And Freddie Highmore as Norman? He's a redhead. And British. I just couldn't see it.
And the whole convoluted drug-dealers-half-brother-out-of-the-blue-girl-with-fatal-disease business of the first seasons..Meh. It took a while for Norman to emerge, per se - - little by little, I could see him; Freddie obviously studied Anthony Perkins' body language..gestures, the walk...But what SOLD me utterly and completely was that scene, with Norman cooking breakfast AS Norma..My GOD.
POOR DYLAN, lol. It was so good, I literally grabbed it from Youtube and put it on my iPod.
And now - DAMN. Just DAMN.
Best moment of the series so far?
"I'm gay. You have my card."
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