Station Eleven - HBO Max

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Anonymous wrote:I just watched the first episode and I’m intrigued. Never read the book.

I preferred the book, but did enjoy the series. Wonderful performances.

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I just finished the series and for the life of me, would have been so confused had I not read the book first. I did really like the book, but seeing it on screen drives home to me what an odd story it actually is. Random thoughts:

Lori Petty (Sarah) has got to be the worst actress ever. Horrible. She doesn't act, she just plays her weird self - same thing in OITNB. I actually couldn't stand any scene she was in.

In the last episode when Jeevan goes to the Severn City Airport to help treat Clark's burns, we see Sarah hooked up to sophisticated medical equipment. So who knew how to do all of that but didn't know how to treat Clark's burns and had to call for a non-doctor to travel there?? It made no sense and it's still bothering me.

David/Tyler instructed those kids to blow up Gil (and themselves) using the mines - yet Kirsten still befriends Tyler and never brings that up?? All the kids he kidnapped, and she never talks to him about it? GAH!!

The "maternity ward" scene was something else - very entertaining. I don't remember that (or a lot of these scenes) from the book.

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Anonymous wrote:Another household that loved the show! I’m curious, for others who loved it, what shows would you consider to be similar? Hoping to find something to check out next.

My husband thought it reminded him of The OA. I can see it, for the similar vibe of “I don’t necessarily understand what’s happening, but I’m enjoying watching it happen.” I also thought of Giri/Haji, in the sense that the plot was almost secondary to watching well-crafted characters interact. So, guess I’m looking for “watching people’s journeys and connection” shows, more than any specific type of plot line?

I thought "The Leftovers" was much, much better but still an extremely original and unusual (and dark) story. Each episode surprised/shocked me and even now, years after watching it, I still think about it.

[Anonymous]

One more quibble - young Kirsten was very clearly NOT 8 yrs. old. She was far too mature to play that young. They changed a lot about the book - they should have changed her age to about ten when she first meets Jeevan.

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Anonymous wrote:One more quibble - young Kirsten was very clearly NOT 8 yrs. old. She was far too mature to play that young. They changed a lot about the book - they should have changed her age to about ten when she first meets Jeevan.

It doesn't really matter. The actress was 12 in the pilot then 14 in the subsequent episodes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just finished the series and for the life of me, would have been so confused had I not read the book first. I did really like the book, but seeing it on screen drives home to me what an odd story it actually is. Random thoughts:

Lori Petty (Sarah) has got to be the worst actress ever. Horrible. She doesn't act, she just plays her weird self - same thing in OITNB. I actually couldn't stand any scene she was in.

In the last episode when Jeevan goes to the Severn City Airport to help treat Clark's burns, we see Sarah hooked up to sophisticated medical equipment. So who knew how to do all of that but didn't know how to treat Clark's burns and had to call for a non-doctor to travel there?? It made no sense and it's still bothering me.

David/Tyler instructed those kids to blow up Gil (and themselves) using the mines - yet Kirsten still befriends Tyler and never brings that up?? All the kids he kidnapped, and she never talks to him about it? GAH!!

The "maternity ward" scene was something else - very entertaining. I don't remember that (or a lot of these scenes) from the book.

I never reads the book, found it a bit confusing with all the time jumps but overall enjoyed it. Ikm also glad it was a full story and not a continuation that leaves you hanging and then gets cancelled. E.G.,Raised by Wolves.

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Anonymous wrote:One more quibble - young Kirsten was very clearly NOT 8 yrs. old. She was far too mature to play that young. They changed a lot about the book - they should have changed her age to about ten when she first meets Jeevan.

It doesn't really matter. The actress was 12 in the pilot then 14 in the subsequent episodes.

It actually does matter when they keep stating that she's 8, then 9, and she's clearly far older than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I liked the book, and LOVED the show.

I Loved the book and hate the show. But I hate it when movies/series change the story lines too much.

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Anonymous wrote:Finished episode 7 and I am still confused.

I though Miranda said she only made one copy of the comic, how does Kristen and Tyler have a copy of it? Is this explained later or did I miss something?

I am pretty sure she said she made FIVE copies

In the novel it was only 2 copies. I wonder if the series is hoping for a second season, hence the need for more copies that got out there. The series sucks IMO, so not going to watch another season.

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I loved the series and the book. I actual enjoyed that they were pretty different. It felt like getting more stories from characters you already know.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One more quibble - young Kirsten was very clearly NOT 8 yrs. old. She was far too mature to play that young. They changed a lot about the book - they should have changed her age to about ten when she first meets Jeevan.

It doesn't really matter. The actress was 12 in the pilot then 14 in the subsequent episodes.

It actually does matter when they keep stating that she's 8, then 9, and she's clearly far older than that.

Except they didn't keep stating it. You're making that up.

[Anonymous]

Didn't read the book, but really loved the series. Kristen & Jeevan 4eva!

Did not like the profit storyline - so many things didn't make sense. Although did like the final Hamlet where things came together in that storyline.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't read the book, but really loved the series. Kristen & Jeevan 4eva!

Did not like the profit storyline - so many things didn't make sense. Although did like the final Hamlet where things came together in that storyline.

Huh? Kirsten and Jeevan hooking up would have been gross as presented in show. In book, not so much other than age difference.

The prophet storyline is almost totally for the show and a minor plot in the book.

Something I loved in the book that wasn't in the show was Kirsten was reluctant to talk about her kill tattoos. I love that she had so much foresigjt to know in the fufure people may judge her. Really liked that scene and wish Clark was more like that jn the show than how he was portrayed.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One more quibble - young Kirsten was very clearly NOT 8 yrs. old. She was far too mature to play that young. They changed a lot about the book - they should have changed her age to about ten when she first meets Jeevan.

It doesn't really matter. The actress was 12 in the pilot then 14 in the subsequent episodes.

It actually does matter when they keep stating that she's 8, then 9, and she's clearly far older than that.

Except they didn't keep stating it. You're making that up.

No, hon - I'm not. Javeen mentions her age several times in the show. When they first meet, he asks her how old she is and she replies, "Eight." During their quarantine in Frank's apartment, she turns 9. This is all stated. But do go on. Here are some reviews/summaries of the HBO series.

"It begins with a play: On a wintry night in Chicago, the movie star Arthur Leander (Gael García Bernal) collapses and dies onstage while playing King Lear. The ensuing chaos brings together Jeevan Chaudhary (Himesh Patel), an underemployed writer in the audience, with Kirsten Raymonde (Matilda Lawler), an 8-year-old actress playing one of Lear’s daughters as a child."
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/arts/television/station-eleven-review.html

Cast
Main
Mackenzie Davis as Kirsten Raymonde, a young woman who is now the star actress with the Traveling Symphony
Matilda Lawler as Young Kirsten, an eight year old stage actress at the onset of the pandemic who was starring in a production of King Lear with Arthur Leander
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_Eleven_(miniseries)

Also in the “Lear” cast is an 8-year-old, Kirsten Raymonde, whom Arthur had given a comic book called “Station Eleven,” made by his ex-wife Miranda, that will become a talisman for Kirsten in the post-flu years.
https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2022/02/11/station-eleven-hbo-242347

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn't read the book, but really loved the series. Kristen & Jeevan 4eva!

Did not like the profit storyline - so many things didn't make sense. Although did like the final Hamlet where things came together in that storyline.

Huh? Kirsten and Jeevan hooking up would have been gross as presented in show. In book, not so much other than age difference.

The prophet storyline is almost totally for the show and a minor plot in the book.

Something I loved in the book that wasn't in the show was Kirsten was reluctant to talk about her kill tattoos. I love that she had so much foresigjt to know in the fufure people may judge her. Really liked that scene and wish Clark was more like that jn the show than how he was portrayed.

Clark was terrible in the show. I hated what they did to his character.

I don't feel like the prophet was a minor plot in the book, but it was totally different. I didn't like what they did with it in the show and I feel like the show otherwise had good production value that the offensive and disturbing twist of making children suicide bombers who killed their own family/friends was glossed over. I mean, that was really f'd up.