Reviews

How many times do we have to see this same, tired storyline? Usually the Husband (but occasionally the Wife) works too hard, neglects family, comes to realization of what's important, either on his/her own or through some tragic loss. If it's not too late, we see amends, forgiveness, and a happy ending (usually entails him/her quitting his/her job). If it's too late, we get the sad ending. You can change the decade, the genre, the location...but it's the same old same old. This one is in space and this time it's the husband who's terrible and treats his wife like crap because, you know, Jupiter. Throw in a friendly furry space spider spewing deep zen truthisms (illusion or real, doesn't matter) and a badly timed breakup by the long suffering wife and...yeah. That's pretty much it. And for good measure the infamous Netflix "Non-Ending Ending". Sigh.

Love Adam, love Carey, and Paul is great as Hanush but I gotta wonder what is motivating terrific actors to sign on for these Netflix drivel-fests? Money? Quick turnaround on set? Easy commute with no overnight travel away from home? What? Make it stop, Netflix, or you're gonna lose my $6.99 a month.

Like many who grew up in this time I thought I'd seen, read, heard it all about the DeFeo murder case and the Lutz haunting. This doc however did surprise me with a few nuggets that I'd never heard before and I appreciated that. So why only 5 stars? Because of the ridiculously loooooong dramatic pauses that interrupt the interviews. Excruciating, exhausting filler segments sometimes as long as 40 seconds (yes I counted!). Long, slo-mo shots of things like a chandelier, a door, a statue of Jesus; set to the same, repetitive eery music. The interviewees were interesting and would have been more than enough on their own without all the drama.

It's the same old tired format - a somewhat interesting premise drowned out by soap opera drama. A whiny teenager who puts everyone in peril with her stupidity. A woman who won't SHUT UP until her yakking wakes! Up! The! Monsters!!! No one asks the right questions- or any questions at all for that matter - because then the writers would have to provide actual answers. And then there's constant stream of the F-Bomb. It gets worse as the series progresses and by the episode I'm listening to right now as I type this review (S2E4) it's just insane. Dozens of them each episode. Look, I use the F-Word myself often enough and I have no problem when it makes sense and helps create a character or a time. But this is just stupid nonsensical cursing because they can. I'm so over it.

Ick. Waiting/worrying that something would "happen" between Ben & Hannah/Sam was just too creepy/grueling for me. This story definitely did not need to be told. Did I say ick?