I don't know if this makes a difference, but it's the perspective I'm writing from if anyone cares: white, male, British/English (it's where my folks did the nasty and fired me out).
I loved the Lovecraft books as a young teen, I did not love his poetry, but that gave me more insight into the books and yes, elements are repugnant. I don't believe that if you read Mein Kampf that you're a fascist though.
Post Pan's Labyrinth there were rumours of Guillermo Del Toro bringing At The Mountains of Madness to the screen, one of the directors I really thought could do the material justice, but alas...
I've watched Get Out and Us and was disappointed by both: Get Out was almost perfect, but I felt let down by something I viewed as an homage to Yuzna "needing" some viscera and whilst Us started well, had an excellent creepy tone, the idea of some government underground base or bases with duplicates just seemed silly and I struggled with the movie beyond.
I had high hopes for LC, but I didn't want to get them too high. Well... There was one singular thing that bothered me during this and that was the use of one piece of modern music not long after (the excellent) Jonathan Majors returns home. For an episode with an otherwise excellent soundtrack, this... just spoiled my immersion for a minute or two. However, whilst we're on soundtrack: the rest is excellent, there's a wealth of material for this era and I hope they keep it up sonically. I think the end credits version of "Sinnerman" was just perfect.
As to the acting, direction and most importantly - story 10/10, I've knocked one mark off for whoever chose that track spoiling my immersion ;) Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollet and Courtney B. Vance all did impeccable work, in context of the story, all were believable and I could empathise with their stories, I'm certain due to how they portrayed their characters. The sets were truly excellent, great attention to detail - the restaurant scene particularly.
I hope and kind of expect the rest of the season to be of this quality. I really look forwards to it and maybe it won't be Del Toro to finally bring this universe to life.
I loved the Lovecraft books as a young teen, I did not love his poetry, but that gave me more insight into the books and yes, elements are repugnant. I don't believe that if you read Mein Kampf that you're a fascist though.
Post Pan's Labyrinth there were rumours of Guillermo Del Toro bringing At The Mountains of Madness to the screen, one of the directors I really thought could do the material justice, but alas...
I've watched Get Out and Us and was disappointed by both: Get Out was almost perfect, but I felt let down by something I viewed as an homage to Yuzna "needing" some viscera and whilst Us started well, had an excellent creepy tone, the idea of some government underground base or bases with duplicates just seemed silly and I struggled with the movie beyond.
I had high hopes for LC, but I didn't want to get them too high. Well... There was one singular thing that bothered me during this and that was the use of one piece of modern music not long after (the excellent) Jonathan Majors returns home. For an episode with an otherwise excellent soundtrack, this... just spoiled my immersion for a minute or two. However, whilst we're on soundtrack: the rest is excellent, there's a wealth of material for this era and I hope they keep it up sonically. I think the end credits version of "Sinnerman" was just perfect.
As to the acting, direction and most importantly - story 10/10, I've knocked one mark off for whoever chose that track spoiling my immersion ;) Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollet and Courtney B. Vance all did impeccable work, in context of the story, all were believable and I could empathise with their stories, I'm certain due to how they portrayed their characters. The sets were truly excellent, great attention to detail - the restaurant scene particularly.
I hope and kind of expect the rest of the season to be of this quality. I really look forwards to it and maybe it won't be Del Toro to finally bring this universe to life.