[Hulu] The Handmaid's Tale

I do. Its very well made. Great acting by everyone really.

 

Chick flick. You probably wouldnt have watched it if you werent watching it with your wife.

I had to read the book in a feminist literature class at UT. (It was the only english open for registration in the time slot that I needed)

 

I could not get into it. . . .I stopped at about 4~5 episodes

Rocket River

 

Its made for girls

Unless you are super passionate about feminism or watching with your girl like OP then it really has nothing to offer

 

I kinda knew there'd be posts like the above. Also I knew there'd be people who would watch it just to fill in their male-bashing quota for their next meetup.

Somewhere in between are the people who watch it like they would watch American Gods or GOT or Atlanta. Good shows that are well made, except for a meh season 7.

 

Never seen the show. I did have to study the novel in high school. I don't remember it being some crazy feminist book either. It touches on a lot of themes, religion, politics, totalitarianism, class-ism etc etc.

I mean sure patriarchy and feminism are major themes, but it doesn't hit you over the head with some strong narrative. It is pretty open ended to the reader's own interpretation.

 

Watched with my wife. Not bad. I really thought the preposterous premise would make it unenjoyable to me, but it wasn't bad. I guess it is a testament to the world building of the showrunners that I wasn't constantly thinking about how this world could never have come to be.

Looking forward to the 2nd season.

 

I'm surprised this show does not get more attention on here. It's extremely well done.

 

Some people here have extremely fragile masculinity where any thing that doesn't show their interests in only manly things to their brethren, they need to make a big show of rejecting it

 

Blessed be the Day.

 

Blessed be the fruit. Under his eye.

 

Solid show although it is disturbing that the post-apocalyptic type setting of the story is a very real possibility in the next decade.

 

I liked it, very well written and acted. Liked the book too. I neither read nor watched either with a woman.

 

I watched it with a breast milk pumping woman, and the scene had the protagonist on the breast milk pump.......

 

Was this a movie as well?

Rocket River

 

Back in 90 (I only remember this b/c I read the book and watched the movie in HS); Natasha Richardson and Robert Duvall, and I remember it being not very good.

 

I agree with this show.

 

bump....

this show worth getting hulu for?

any other decent hulu originals or should i get grab the dvds?