American Horror Story 5: Hotel

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Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

Ok, yesterday I watched the pilot of Hotel and I thought that it was the best pilot the series ever aired...until I saw Lady Gaga. It's not like I had something bad to say about her or her character it's more that I don't have anything positive to say at all. I wasn't interested in her character , she was very one-dimensional and just the normal Lady Gaga we already know, only she now has foursomes and drinks blood. I didn't hate her but I found her totally superfluous.

That being said, the first and the last scene were marvelous, especially the Hotel California soundtrack. The first scene with the colours, the light and the cameras screamed "Shining". The "Se7en"-like serial killer is intereting and charming, and Wes Bentley and Chloe Sevigny were superb and their storyline is new and interesting.

The scene with the addiction demon and Max Greenfield was the right mix of shocking and absurd, and Sarah Paulson was fantastic as usual.
I want to see more of Kathy Bates, Matt Boomer and Sarah Paulson to judge properly but I hope this year they will be well used.

I can't wait to see Angela Bassett and Finn Wittrock.

Critics hadn't received this first episode very well but honestly, this isn't nearly so bad to deserve the bashing I read, not when all the other pilots were received enthusiastically, and not all of them were as good as the reviews believed.


Other thoughts?

I watched it last night. I have to say Asylum was my favorite season. I've not yet watched Freakshow. I didn't care for Coven (honestly, the constant Stevie Nicks stuff was a distraction).

I liked what I saw last night, and I agree with you about Gaga. But, it's the first episode, and I'm sure she'll get more into her character as the season progresses. The problem with casting music stars is that we already know so many of their personas from music videos; I think it can be hard for them to ever break out of the character they play every day. Madonna is a good example - other than Evita, all of her roles...were just Madonna.

Slasher flicks are not a genre of horror I find appealing. Blood and gore and murder aren't scary to me, so I hope we're not looking at a dozen more episodes of blood and gore.

Max Greenfield was great! *That* scene really disturbed me.

Can Wes be any more intense with that scowl of his?