I have grown a new habit of reading things on TV.com about some of the shows that I watch. And normally I agree with them or find them compelling. This one however included a rant about the first 4 minutes of an episode that made me sore at the writer. So here is the original article and if you want to better understand this blog please read the first part of it from the first picture to the next (and then even a little bit more under the next picture if you like but that is not as necessary). http://www.tv.com/news/american-horror-story-scary-unnecessary-27135/?tag=hotspot;gumball;1
This is my response I hope you like it:
To be fair this is only a critique or recap by someone else and I don't mean to be rude when I say this but; I really hope this person isn't getting paid for this.
Their interpretation of the first scene in this past weeks American Horror Story was all wrong. Yes they weren't thrilled with the scene about the school shooting. Fine. I can respect that. But no one cares about the french movies you've watched. I was so thrown off by that my eyes glazed over. Your rant would have been just as annoying without including examples of films that you think only came close to crossing a line. You think they crossed a line in this episode just say it and move on.
Secondly, in response to your utterly unnecessary phrase "it showed us nothing we didn't already know" I have this to say. YES it did show us something! That he shot a teacher (or librarian whichever I'm going to refer to him as a teacher) as well. Later we see that this teacher survived, even though he is paralyzed. While you have to wait until later when you find out about the teacher's survival. It made me realize that MAYBE just maybe he wasn't after anyone but students (i.e. children, which moves along with one of the central themes of this show) since he did not bother to shoot the teacher in the head as well to make sure that he had in fact died from the shots he had previously fired through the door.
One of the things you failed to point out was the fact that the teacher failed at life in this scene. He is older and smarter than the kids and should have barricaded BOTH doors. So because he and the teens in this scene failed to lock themselves in properly OR run out the other door while he was focusing on the locked one they set themselves up to be shot like fish in a barrel. But that is what the horror genre is all about. The audience knowing that there is always a better way to handle whatever situation the character or in this case characters are in.
Maybe the scene not adding up to what we had already been told was something that had to be sacrificed in order to shoot the scene in the manner that was wanted by the creative team. His silence in this scene made all the difference. He could have yelled and taunted before shooting but he just stood there.
Finally, your complaint about how this scene wasn't helping the storyline can be explained away. It did help, while we were shown the kids he killed last week; we did not know for sure that he was a ghost. And I for one am one of those people who likes to know beyond a reasonable doubt. Having this scene lead into the next with the S.W.A.T. team was better than any other way the writers could have thought of. If you knew anything about writing a decent script you would know that one of the golden rules is "show don't tell". And while you were brilliant minded enough to figure everything out last week; the rest of the U.S. was not. So in order to make sure everyone is on the same page certain things need to be told.
Also, later in your little recap you got it wrong. The "piggy piggy" patient didn't see the dead nurse teenager. The fat dead nurse was not a teenager. Pay attention if you are going to recap or critique something for others to read. THANKS!
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