FOX's "Scream Queens" (Season 2)

[djgeneral]

Finished episode 2. Niecy Nash was hilarious

[Me-Hostage]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

Finished episode 2. Niecy Nash was hilarious

Niecy Nash is amazing. I love this series already!

[ThisIsJonny]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

On Vudu for free too. Just snagged it and will watch tonight.

Yup, along with Amazon and Google Play as well.

[PLG1962]

Originally Posted by Will.

Saw the first episode tonight and I'm in for the ride. Not perfect but very entertaining.

I have to agree as I have said elsewhere I can see the tongue is firmly planted in the cheek while the demographic that this show is aimed at I think "its serious"

Now I'm watching the 2nd EP as I type

It maybe predictable but I'm thinking its

[Show spoiler] the father

who is behind it all

btw the Niecy Nash bits reminded me of another movie but I cant think where I saw something similar

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

I'm wondering why people think it is so bad? Is the trailer turning you off? I mean, did you not realize it was supposed to be a cheesy horror comedy? It literally is a mix between Glee and American Horror Story, which is how it was always described. It's supposed to be like a cheesy 80s horror film. So if you knew this going into it, not sure why the trailer would be upsetting anyone?

yet thankfully they aren't bursting out into song and dance.

it's more 'Mean Girls' meets 'Scream'

I think it's a hoot - and kudo's to it's TV-14 rating so that some of the kills have actually have some grue.

surprised and pleased to see 'Little Miss Sunshine' - I mean Abigail Breslin in the cast.

[Impossible]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

yet thankfully they aren't bursting out into song and dance.

it's more 'Mean Girls' meets 'Scream'

I think it's a hoot - and kudo's to it's TV-14 rating so that some of the kills have actually have some grue.

surprised and pleased to see 'Little Miss Sunshine' - I mean Abigail Breslin in the cast.

Ok you had me at Mean Girls, am gonna have to check this out now

[BluProofie]

I hate to say it, but I'm really enjoying this. The humor is excellent and makes up for the lack of horror and poorly done murder scenes, IMO. It's not great, but it's a fun guilty pleasure.

[Impossible]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

I hate to say it, but I'm really enjoying this. The humor is excellent and makes up for the lack of horror and poorly done murder scenes, IMO. It's not great, but it's a fun guilty pleasure.

Agreed, just finished both eps and there were some great scenes.

[Zivouhr]

I had no idea what to expect and flipping through channels, tuned in to Scream Queens; it's a pretty funny dark comedy horror show.

The scene with Ariana Grande typing into her keyboard for help was pretty comical

[Show spoiler](who sits there typing when they can just run from the attacker?) and the scene with the dummies who agreed to bury themselves in the ground and then the lawnmower shows up.

The security guards' 3 rules were comical too.

[Invisiblegt]

This is one of the worst shows I've seen in a long time. There's absolutely nothing clever, inventive, or original about it.

[Naiera]

The first two eps were sweeeeet.

[StevenHarvey1990]

Originally Posted by Invisiblegt

This is one of the worst shows I've seen in a long time. There's absolutely nothing clever, inventive, or original about it.

Okay. Everything is subjective and that's kool (you don't like it) but I have to ask... what else is like this show?

You say it isn't original but I'd love to know what other show/movie is like Scream Queens?

[Zivouhr]

Scream Queens is definitely for those who enjoy comedy with horror. In this case, dumb character comedy, kind of like when Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun, drives his car into the scaffolding and all the guys on top, fall off with their paint buckets as he gets out, oblivious to what just happened and walking into the police station as they try to recover from the fall. I enjoy this style of deadpan comedy.

Being original is often overrated, since there are only so many ways to tell a story and only so many ideas for a story. Eventually ideas will repeat over the course of human history.

Bottomline is, no single show is made for all audiences, guaranteeing there will always be those who dislike it, while appealing to those who find it entertaining.

[stvn1974]

I am not the targeted audience for this but I enjoyed the first two episodes a lot more than I thought I would. Too bad it comes on the same time as iZombie. I guess I need to finally get a DVR.

[Invisiblegt]

Originally Posted by StevenHarvey1990

Okay. Everything is subjective and that's kool (you don't like it) but I have to ask... what else is like this show?

You say it isn't original but I'd love to know what other show/movie is like Scream Queens?

Literally any crappy slasher flick. That's all this is. In fact, if anything, it's worse, because it presents itself as some grand masterpiece to the genre.

[Zivouhr]

The humor is what separates this from another slasher show.

[Invisiblegt]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

The humor is what separates this from another slasher show.

That's the biggest issue though. There's no genuine humor to be found in the show. I could understand if perhaps they were attempting to strike a balance between "tongue in cheek" and "wink and a nod," but everything here is played literal. All the lines are played straight, and the overall tone is serious. Naked Gun works because Leslie Nielsen remains relatively grounded and "normal" as the situations around him ramp in their zaniness. Here, everyone is presented as so over-the-top and outlandish that the situation doesn't have anything to play off of. It's just too much. Too in your face. There no straight man to help weigh anything against.

[Impossible]

Originally Posted by Invisiblegt

That's the biggest issue though. There's no genuine humor to be found in the show. I could understand if perhaps they were attempting to strike a balance between "tongue in cheek" and "wink and a nod," but everything here is played literal. All the lines are played straight, and the overall tone is serious. Naked Gun works because Leslie Nielsen remains relatively grounded and "normal" as the situations around him ramp in their zaniness. Here, everyone is presented as so over-the-top and outlandish that the situation doesn't have anything to play off of. It's just too much. Too in your face. There no straight man to help weigh anything against.

Who the **** are you the humour police? I laughed all the way through both episodes and so did many others in the thread.

[rashad30]

This show is awesome!

[Britnasty]

I honestly didn't think this season would offer up a show more tryhard than Difficult People but Scream Queens manages to take the cake.

As a fan of the early seasons of Glee and continued viewer of American Horror Story, I sort of had high hopes for this show but within the opening sequence, I knew this shows target audience was the Tumblr user crowd.

Bulimia jokes, Self Harm jokes, 'Jamie Lee Curtis must be a dyke because she has short hair' jokes etc. The show is problematic as hell and the writing is weak. It's like Ryan Murphy sat down, said 'let me recreate American Horror Story: Coven's look, throw in Mean Girls, add in a dash of MTV's late 90's reality show Sorority Girls and add in a generic retread of the Sorority Row storyline and see if this works.'

The one thing that TRULY incensed me was that Ryan Murphy spoke about writing Keke Palmer's role specifically for her, but its just ANOTHER stereotypical portrayal of what white gay men view black women as (minstrel props who all have weave and 'ghetto' as seen on Love & Hip Hop level dialopgue). 'Zayday' is just no. Might as well have named her Shaniqua or LaQueeta since that what he's going for. ("OOH THIS THE GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD Y'ALL", my head was literally in my palm in embarassment) I didn't think I would find a more problematic protrayal of a black woman than Tamra on the Mindy Project but Ryan Murphy outdid it ten fold.

I won't be viewing the show in the future. Just not for me.