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marzipanandminutiae · 2 years

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it’s very interesting to me that, based on comments in the r/CabinetofCuriosities subreddit, the only two episodes of the show based on actual Del Toro stories- Lot 36 and The Murmuring -seem to be the most controversial

the first one got some criticism for leaving too many loose ends and, in some cases, being “too woke” (ah yes famous apolitical filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro, who never includes social commentary in his work </s>)

the second for being “boring and un-scary”

and I find it curious that the most Del Toro-inspired episodes of a show that banks on Del Toro’s name to draw in viewers are the ones that have taken the most flak. and in ways I’ve heard his movies criticized, too

people seem to consistently expect things from GDT that he has never given them in the past, then get upset when they receive...well, Classic Del Toro instead

#cabinet of curiosities #it seems like he can scarcely do anything without people jumping on it for being Not Scary Enough and while I haven't seen all of his movies #'scary' is not what comes to mind when I think of what I have seen (or read detailed plot synopses of)#when I go to watch a GDT movie I expect...emotions wrapped in blood and Aesthetic #I seldom expect to be frightened. I expect to be enchanted and feel things #...and occasionally have to avert my eyes from excessive gore #'enchanted' not in the sense of 'Disney princess' but like. bespelled. ensorcelled. bewitched. made to go home and Think Deeply #like how 'encantado' means both 'haunted' and 'enchanted' in Spanish

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