American Horror Story *CONTAINS SPOILERS*

[Totenkindly]

That sounds freaky.

I'm sure it will come accompanied by other oddities -- like a pack of wild corgis that is rampaging through town and eating anyone out after dark, salamander rainstorms in an area that is habitually dry, human spontaneous combustion, and the current battle over gun control.

 

[Totenkindly]

A big article by RM about the finale.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/17/american-horror-story-ryan-murphy-continuum/

 

[Tigerlily]

A big article by RM about the finale.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/17/american-horror-story-ryan-murphy-continuum/

RM's weekly EW interviews are worth staying up for!
So who do you think will be left standing? The aliens could possibly kill Kit and take the babies. Jude ain't lookin' too good, so prolly not her. Lana's Son is probably going to take care of her. The Monsignor? Honestly I'd love it if Jude survived, but didn't they show Lana present day? That would made Jude over 100 so it's not going to be her. I need to re watch the second half of Continuum again.

 

[Totenkindly]

RM's weekly EW interviews are worth staying up for!
So who do you think will be left standing? The aliens could possibly kill Kit and take the babies. Jude ain't lookin' too good, so prolly not her. Lana's Son is probably going to take care of her. The Monsignor? Honestly I'd love it if Jude survived, but didn't they show Lana present day? That would made Jude over 100 so it's not going to be her. I need to re watch the second half of Continuum again.

I don't remember seeing Lana in the current day (one of the problems when a series stretches out), did she show up in an early episode?

I mean, my guess is Lana or Kit lives. I don't think Jude is likely to make it, because of situation and age... although she did refuse the Angel of Death! I guess I really can't imagine Kit living through all the crap he did and not reach a conclusion to his story earlier, because he was willing to pursue things; I could see Lana, though, hiding from from things, thus keeping her nice little happy life intact, until SOBF shows up to ruin her day.

 

[Epiphany]

- Season 3 will be “more historical in nature” and have a “different tone” than Season 2. But, says Murphy, “That’s the joy of the show.” It will also take place in modern day, but just like past seasons, we will see different “time periods” and “there [will] also be different cities.”

Season 3 will be about "female power"

I stand by my original prediction. It will be about witches and the setting will be, at least partially, in Salem.

The whole female empowerment theme is a bit trite, however.

 

[midnight rambler]

I stand by my original prediction. It will be about witches and the setting will be, at least partially, in Salem.

The whole female empowerment theme is a bit trite, however.

I figured it would be about witches as well. I read an interview with RM that said that season 3 will have a romeo and juliet type of love story, and it will take place in three different cities in different time periods.

 

[Edgar]

Well hopefully Season 3 will be better than Season 2.

I mean, look at this shit:

Fuckin nasty.

 

[Epiphany]

Well hopefully Season 3 will be better than Season 2.

I mean, look at this shit:

Fuckin nasty.

Ha! I thought that looked like you when I saw it.

I figured it would be about witches as well. I read an interview with RM that said that season 3 will have a romeo and juliet type of love story, and it will take place in three different cities in different time periods.

I read that, as well. Perhaps Edgar can shed some light on the details.

 

[Totenkindly]

Thank goodness -- despite all the muddy mess that occurred in the last few episodes, the ending pretty much rocked. if you have to get something right, get the ending.'

Talk about retroactive abortions. And it's a beautiful conclusion in that Lana's decision seems natural, understandable, good, and yet evil all at once... it's justifiable but still represents her own moral decline. Her boy perceived she never loved him, abandoned him, and threw him away like garbage, but she hadn't really done that per se, so his understanding was wrong; but in the end, his understanding was actually correct, and his vulnerability occurring when he accepted her narrative led him to exactly the same fate that he believed he had already befallen. just absolutely brilliant in that context.

Also, even before the final scene (the flashback to Jude and Lana in the asylum in 1964), there are clear parallels between Jude and Lana in terms of character. Both are very ambitious women working against a masculine system, trying to establish a foothold for themselves, and they can only do this by acting preemptively and really looking out only for themselves. Both actually spent time in the asylum and had their sanity challenged. And at first, Lana felt that Jude was evil and she was out to bring her down as such, and we were inclined to agree at the time; but in the end it is Jude who found redemption of sorts while Lana was the one who was devoured by her ambition and ruthless pragmatism even while achieving the trappings of power both women at one point had hoped to accumulate. I personally felt like the flashback was a little TOO much 'connecting the dots' since I had already seen it, but I guess for a drawn-out series over a number of weeks, it was important to bookend things in case people didn't catch that connection.

The entire last scene between Johnny and Lana, also, when she is stroking his face and calling him a "dear dear boy" gave me chills, because to me she was channeling Jude (in the kinds of words used and the acting) during Jude's dark power trips at the asylum... and just like Jude would do when she was in charge, the soft sibilance of the snake in the grass resolves itself with one large, deadly bite. At the end, Johnny gives up his power and anger over her because he is just the baby wanting his mother's love, and babies do not have power if they want to receive; and instead of giving (or worse, she is just PRETENDING to give while having other intent), she behaves what we would see as the antithesis of motherhood ... instead of bringing life, taking it.

Maybe Mary Eunice was actually "possessed" by a demon; but evil lived most productively in Jude and Lana, as a matter of their choices as human beings -- evil by their own volition -- and Jude eventually won grace, while Lana... well, it seems that her soul's status is far more dubious.

Madness = a web of lies and deception and half-truths that mirror actual truth, leaving it unclear what is true vs not.... beautiful beautiful ending to this season.

 

[Totenkindly]

From the Wiki page:

Season 3

Series executive producers and co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have stated that, as with the second season, "many actors" will return in different roles, including Lange.[16] On January 18, 2013 it was confirmed that Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson would return along with Lange.[17] On January 23, 2013 it was announced that Taissa Farmiga who played Violet Harmon in the first season would be returning as the lead character in the third season.[1]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More info:

http://www.tvweb.com/news/taissa-fa...as-the-lead-in-american-horror-story-season-3

Here's what Ryan Murphy had to say about bringing the actress back.

""I missed her this season. There wasn't really a role for her. I feel very protective of her and I didn't want her to go back into the loony bin. It was too dark. So I thought well 'I want Taissa to be one of the leads next year.' I called her up and pitched her the character for the season and she loved it and she said, 'Yes let's do it.' So we're in negotiations for her to headline Season 3."

While no specifics about the role were revealed, Taissa Farmiga's character will be involved in a romance...

Also...
http://www.tvweb.com/news/american-...n-multiple-cities-first-plot-details-revealed

 

[Totenkindly]

More fun:

American Horror Story Scoop: Ryan Murphy Teases Kathy Bates' Turn as a 'Bad, Bad Woman!'

Crazy as she was, Misery psychopath Annie Wilkes apparently has nothing on the super-villain Kathy Bates is bringing to American Horror Story in Season 3.

“Oh, Kathy’s never [played] someone this bad,” Ryan Murphy revealed to TVLine with a laugh at PaleyFest Wednesday night, where he was honored with the event’s inaugural Icon Award. “Her [character] is a bad, bad woman!”

While most details surrounding the acclaimed actress’ buzzy new role are being kept under wraps, Murphy couldn’t help but raise fans’ expectations just a teensy bit more by promising that Bates’ Horror Story nemesis is “five times worse than [her] Misery character — which is why she liked it...

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/american-horror-story-scoop-ryan-murphy-teases-kathy-055519059.html

http://tvline.com/2013/02/26/american-horror-story-season-3-cast-kathy-bates/

Ohhhh wowwwww......

Jessica Lange vs Kathy Bates.

JL might have met her match!

 

[Ivy]

OMG. That is going to be EPIC. And I hate saying EPIC.

 

[Totenkindly]

God, what you said about it being EPIC is so.... SO .... EPIC!!!!!


srsly tho.
Prepare to have thoust mind blownest.

 

[Totenkindly]

Gratz, guys: This pretty much seems to confirm the "Salem" angle for the Season 3 setting. Good call.

...Murphy just unveiled that the upcoming third installment of AHS will be titled American Horror Story: Coven and will star Kathy Bates in addition to Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson and Taissa Farmiga

 

[Totenkindly]

OH WOW.

Two legends are joining the cast of American Horror Story: Coven -- Oscar nominee Angela Bassett and Tony winner Patti LuPone!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000291/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0526985/

 

[Totenkindly]

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/05/american-horror-story-gets-another-witch/65519/

I guess Emma Roberts figured that if her boyfriend Evan Peters is on American Horror Story, she should be too. And so the actress, freed up after her CW pilot about love being illegal (srsly) was not picked up (shockingly), will appear in the anthology series' third installment, the one called "Coven." So it's about witches. Roberts will play "a self-involved party girl named Madison," which doesn't tell us anything about whether she's a witch or just a... not-nice young woman. She's joining a pretty impressive cast, which includes Kathy Bates, Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Frances Conroy, Angela Bassett, Patti LuPone and Gabourey Sidibe. Star-studded, this one. But Emma Roberts doesn't care about all that. She's just glad to be going to work with her boyfriend.

 

[Totenkindly]

Looks like our guy Evan is getting bumped to the major blockbuster leagues:

Bryan Singer broke some news on his Twitter account today: Evan Peters, of American Horror Story, will be playing Quicksilver in Singer's upcoming film X-Men: Days of Future Past. Alone, that's not all that interesting, but put that together with Joss Whedon's intention to put Quicksilver (along with his twin sister the Scarlet Witch) in the Avengers sequel, and things get really interesting.

 

[Tallulah]

OH WOW.



http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000291/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0526985/

I am so freakin' excited about mah girl Patti!

 

[prplchknz]

can't read this thread yet. but I just started this show and oh.my.god!!! i think this is my new favorite show

 

[Totenkindly]

can't read this thread yet. but I just started this show and oh.my.god!!! i think this is my new favorite show

Yeah, Season 1 will blow your mind.
Season 2's a little slower paced.