First Season 2 trailer just dropped:
Premieres April 25th. Alexis Bledel's evidently gonna be back, too -- I just read an article which mentioned that we're going to get to see Emily's flashbacks to getting her passport denied.
Marisa Tomei will be a guest star during the next season:
http://www.deadline.com/2018/01/marisa-tomei-to-guest-on-hulus-dystopian-the-handmaids-tale-1202242926/
The show's budget has been substantially increased this season, in part to show the scope and backstory of the second civil war that...
Thanks, Josh. ;) Back in college, I had a Canadian girlfriend (from the suburban Vancouver-area). I'm actually still on good terms with her and her folks, so that might be another option for me, too.
Also, I kinda love the premise of the upcoming Far Cry 5, which is set in Montana, and it's all...
Yeah, this episode was pretty damn harrowing, and all the little details like Erin finally coming to terms with her new life up north and her coffee, the seemingly-ominous hunter and his dog, the 9/11-style "missing persons" wall at the consulate, and the new U.S. flag (two "filled-in" stars...
Just watched episode 5 -- I'm thinking this was how Rory's yacht-theft on Gilmore Girls SHOULD'VE gone, dammit. With lots of dudes with machine guns, screaming, and awesome exploding body-parts. :laugh:
Renewed for a second season:
http://www.variety.com/2017/tv/news/the-handmaids-tale-renewed-season-2-hulu-1202407505/
The plan is for it to be an ongoing series. Maybe ultimately what might happen is that they fill in the blanks between the end of Offred's story and the final chapter by...
^ Yup, that was Atwood in a cameo -- she confirmed this in a NYT interview-piece last week (I think it was).
I think the gorgeous cinematography makes the show (and the horrors it shows) relatively palatable. Or in some ways, the cinematography one would associate with a Masterpiece Theater...
This show is fucking scary. That third episode is particularly tough to watch.
One of the things I'm interested in seeing is how critics decide to talk about this show. It's easy to refer to these characters as their handmaid-names (Offred, Ofwarren, etc.), and in the book, you never learn...