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Keep the Yellowjackets talk going!
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by Anonymous | reply 92 | April 15, 2023 5:46 PM |
I was really engaged for the first seven or so episodes but not sure I’m into a five season arc that will just be a mess, frankly. If it’s too spooky next season I’m out.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 25, 2022 11:29 AM |
I'm looking forward to the 2nd season
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 25, 2022 2:34 PM |
R1 I went in binge-watching it not realizing they had already planned 5 seasons, so when they didn’t return to the opening scene at the end of the season, I was a bit annoyed. I like the show—good suspense and build up—but can’t see how once the novelty of survival stuff/their situation wears off how they’ll keep viewers engaged for 4 more seasons.
That said, I am fascinated by interpersonal dynamics of survival situations and seeing how people navigate survival just logistically. All of the characters are pretty interesting and flawed people, and all of the adults we see 25 years later have varying levels of psychopathic traits plus a heavy dose of trauma thrown in the mix. Well done overall!
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 25, 2022 2:46 PM |
The showrunners told Showtime they had five seasons of content because they had to give them a basic timeline when they pitched the show. They've said that they could complete the full story in less time if they had to.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 25, 2022 2:50 PM |
I agree r3, I think my comment at r1 wasn’t indicative of how much I enjoyed the show. The interpersonal dynamics are fascinating in such an extreme context and breakdown of learned societal behaviour is really interesting too. I hated this device in Lord of The Flies but here it feels more engaging.
Christina Ricci is thoroughly entertaining as a gleeful psycho.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 25, 2022 2:51 PM |
What about DL fav Olivia Munn for adult Lottie in S2? At least everyone already hates her.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 26, 2022 3:33 PM |
I ate a hamburger the day after I'd binge watched S1 in two days and...I just felt different.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 26, 2022 3:45 PM |
Why are pointless articles like this published?
by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 27, 2022 10:09 PM |
R11 That's funny, I am a psychologist but I don't feel like I need to explain why people like this show (I agree with you that the article is dumb). The psychologists don't say anything groundbreaking. In my opinion, people love drama and suspense and mystery...and this show combines all three with a hint of gritty survivalism and trauma. What's not to like?
We don't need to be told why we like this show.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 28, 2022 1:17 AM |
Jackie can not be dead! Not before Shauna gives birth to the deformed lovechild of Jackie’s boyfriend.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 28, 2022 7:35 AM |
I wonder if the actress who plays young Shauna will do everything to avoid looking Melanie Lynsky in the future, in the same way Christina Ricca probably did everything to avoid becoming a future Rosie O'Donnell?
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 28, 2022 1:52 PM |
Christina Ricci became anorexic and looks to still be suffering from eating disorders. Melanie Lynsky is no Rosie O’Donnell. She has a beautiful face and amazing tits. She was super hot in her two and a half men days. They def frumped her up on purpose for Yellowjackets. The weight she recently put on seems like the weight she hasn’t lot yet since having a baby 2 years ago with John Ritters son. Christina Ricci would have been more believable than Gaby Hoffman in the young Demi Moore role anyways.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 28, 2022 9:38 PM |
Kimiko Gelman is still acting and still looks amazing. She def looks younger than her actual age and could pull off a 43 year old. When I first started watching Yellowjackets she immediately popped in my head when Lottie appeared. The resemblance is uncanny. I loved her in Rags to Riches
by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 28, 2022 9:48 PM |
I think they will go for big-ish type names similar to Ricci and Lewis. So Winona Ryder and Neve Campbell for middle aged Jackie and Lottie.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 29, 2022 12:55 AM |
R17 Courtney doesn't want a white actress to play adult Lottie.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 29, 2022 6:56 AM |
Well minor characters aren’t the casting directors on shows, are they?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 29, 2022 7:03 AM |
Jackie is dead. The writers confirmed she is not coming back (unless In flashbacks) and Courtney Eaton does not want anyone playing her adult character if they do not have Asian heritage.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 29, 2022 7:18 AM |
R20 oh please the Courtney woman does not even look asian and the writers will lie all the time.They want to surprise you. Jackie barely looked frozen.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 29, 2022 7:29 AM |
R19 it would get backlash even if Courtney didn't say anything. She does look Eurasian.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 29, 2022 7:34 AM |
To please Courtney cast Sandra Oh as middle aged Lottie then.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 29, 2022 7:38 AM |
Neve Campbell could be Eurasian. Please bring her she’d fit with this cast.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 29, 2022 7:46 AM |
Melanie Lynskey a little old to have a baby but Yeah she’s just gained baby weight and maybe covid weight. She hasnt been this big since Heavenly Creatures and I’m sure she’ll go back not that it matters much because she’s a terrific actress.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 29, 2022 7:48 AM |
I was told in the Don’t Look Up thread Melanie was required by that movie to gain weight to be more the dumpy housewife in line with her fat husband Leo, so Cate would be a bigger draw away for him?
by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 29, 2022 8:00 AM |
I would love to see Neve on the show. She doesn't have to play Lottie.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 29, 2022 8:17 AM |
I don't know but I felt they pretty much resolve all the mysteries I've cared about, e.g, how Jackie died, who killed Travis and Lottie presiding a freaky ritual/cult. Might still check out S2 but the mystique is gone.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 29, 2022 2:55 PM |
What a disappointment. I thought this was going to a Suze Orman biopic.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 29, 2022 4:19 PM |
[quote]Melanie Lynsky is no Rosie O’Donnell. She has a beautiful face and amazing tits.
Mary!!!
by Anonymous | reply 31 | January 29, 2022 4:24 PM |
I'm only on episode 2. We're supposed to believe this frumpy Meghan Mullaley knockoff is retaining water AND hot snatch?
by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 29, 2022 4:32 PM |
Shannyn Sossamon as Lottie
Per Reddit, she follows a few Yellowjackets actresses on social media and the Yellowjackets costume designer follows her.
Plus she’s part Hawaiian so looks wise she fits.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 4, 2022 3:43 PM |
It’s going to be awkward for R33 if at the next lost in the forest prom someone plays “Kiss Me.”
by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 4, 2022 4:35 PM |
The rough trade mechanic needs a haircut.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 5, 2022 1:23 AM |
Christina Ricci is good at playing an annoying psycho. She's also giving off Michelle Pfeiffer realness.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | February 6, 2022 1:58 AM |
Mari is such a shit. Not to say that Jackie was perfect, but it really was fucked up that what they did to Travis didn't blow up more. And of course Shauna had no response about fucking Jeff.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | February 6, 2022 2:31 AM |
I love that retort the frumpy chick getting all the hot dick tells her daughter when she threatens to tell the dad about the affair.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | February 6, 2022 4:23 AM |
Young Lottie did not look asian at all and her parents were very white bread. They showed them in the scene where she had a premonition of a car wreck.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | February 6, 2022 4:51 AM |
Maybe Lottie is adopted
by Anonymous | reply 40 | February 6, 2022 5:33 PM |
Both Lotties looked biracial/Eurasian to me, very pretty but what a creepy character!
by Anonymous | reply 41 | February 6, 2022 8:22 PM |
Why didn’t any of you bitches tell me that Melanie Lynsey was the crazy aunt who raped poor little Logan Lerman in the Perks of Being a Wallflower? I can’t look at her the same now, I was already letting it slide that she brought a baby, to a bar, in Alabama.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | February 7, 2022 2:32 AM |
I can’t believe that none of you bitches never pointed out here or in the earlier thread that the younger Misty Quigley actress looks uncannily like Natasha Lyone and nothing like Christina Ricci?
Shame Phoebe Cates is too old for older Lottie. She’s half Chinese. Maybe they’ll do fast forwards of them in 2036?
by Anonymous | reply 43 | March 25, 2022 11:30 PM |
Ooh yes, Phoebe would be a good choice. And lol at Juliette throwing shade because of the Travis plot.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | March 26, 2022 12:16 AM |
Finally caught up with watching this show. What a great ride.
I didn't understand until near the end that this show was going to continue on for more seasons, but I'm down for it.
So do we think Tai is actually part of the cult too, and just blacks out about it? I was wondering about this.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | June 1, 2022 10:24 PM |
R45 I loved it too!
That is part of the mystery—Tai could be part of the cult knowingly or unknowingly. Does she have ties to Lottie? There are a lot of questions that come up at the end of the season.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | June 2, 2022 3:24 PM |
I'm with R6: Olvia Munn for grown-up Lottie. I thought she was very good in The Newsroom.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 16, 2022 9:04 PM |
After watching The Staircase I want Parker Posey to play SOMEBODY in Yellowjackets. Maybe as Shauna’s never before mentioned loopy half sister.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 17, 2022 12:48 AM |
R48 I would love to see Parker interact with Christina and Juliette.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 17, 2022 11:23 AM |
R48 I’d LOVE Posey to have a role in Yellowjackets too!
If I recall correctly, season 2 should drop in December of this year, and they’re filming this summer. I hope they stay on the timeline.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 18, 2022 10:00 PM |
I binged watched and loved it. There were really creepy scenes throughout but it also had hysterically funny moments too.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | August 5, 2022 2:50 AM |
Christina Ricci is great in this.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | August 5, 2022 3:40 AM |
R53 ha! I wonder which ones would’ve hooked up and which ones would’ve turned cannibals, etc. You know Jo would’ve had sex with one of the other ladies.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | August 6, 2022 5:39 PM |
So would Cindy!
by Anonymous | reply 55 | August 6, 2022 5:54 PM |
Good casting.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | August 11, 2022 9:41 PM |
This thread is about a show? I thought it was about those striped bees that stung me on numerous caissons. I was even stung by a wasp once. Insects love me, I attract spiders. Once a saw a large spider across a room and damn if it didn't show up shortly after on the arm of my chair. Maybe i smell like hot meat.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | August 11, 2022 9:52 PM |
I like Lauren so i'm glad to see she's playing Van. And i'm seeing rumours that Shannyn could be playing adult Lottie.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | August 12, 2022 9:10 AM |
I just finished binging this and oh my word. Riveting last five minutes of television. Between the doomcoming episode here and the Carnivale episode on the Terror, there is something about last ditch bacchanals for stranded people that just hits the spot. Misty creeped me out all season but that late reveal puts Tai head to head with her. Really excited for season 2!
by Anonymous | reply 62 | August 17, 2022 6:06 AM |
This show sucked balls.
Absolutely horrible.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | August 17, 2022 6:08 AM |
I want to lock Peter Gadiot and François Arnaud in the same room together to see what happens, sexually.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | August 17, 2022 1:21 PM |
This show was CW network quality but I had to finish. Lewis and Ricci kept me invested. Hated the subplot about the frau’s affair with the young meat, like that would even happen.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | August 17, 2022 2:13 PM |
[Quote] the subplot about the frau’s affair with the young meat, like that would even happen.
Lol yeah, because that's the least believable plot on this show.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | August 18, 2022 1:18 AM |
Just finished the first Season. I thought it was pretty good,although I can't see it going for the planned 5 seasons. I thought it was interesting that some of the stranded team members are thus far, unnamed and get nothing other than background shots/group scenes, and almost no dialog.
I can only guess, it's one of these girls who falls in the spiky pit and gets eaten in the pilot? Jackie's necklace was a neat red herring. It's pretty obvious the writers and showrunners check the shows' Reddit page 5 times a day.
What happened to Juliette Lewis' face? Hatchet attack?
by Anonymous | reply 69 | August 18, 2022 1:30 AM |
This should have three seasons and that’s it. The showrunners have Lost delusions and look at how that show fucked up by going too long.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | August 18, 2022 3:49 PM |
[Quote] It's pretty obvious the writers and showrunners check the shows' Reddit page 5 times a day.
Oh that's not good. Never check the subreddit.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | August 19, 2022 2:59 AM |
I think this show had an interesting premise but they fucked it up badly in two ways:
1) making it a multi-season series instead of a miniseries. The show began with cannibalism and ended the season spinning its wheels. It would have had more of impact if they told the entire story start to finish in ten or less episodes. They watered down their creative product just to make more money.
2) Making the adults the main focus of the show with a sprinkling of the 1996 characters. Lewis and Ricci are good actors but the wilderness survival story is vastly more interesting than the blackmail plot. The show should have been 90% 1996 with a glimpse of present day action.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | August 19, 2022 9:32 AM |
I actually prefer the present day scene over the 1996 ones. Ricci and Lewis are great. And I love the frumpy frau Lynskey, particularly that scene where the daughter knows she's having an affair and threatens to expose her and she tells her to kiss her freedoms and college funds goodbye of she says anything.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | August 19, 2022 1:07 PM |
Juliette is good but they gave her nothing. No one needed to see her mope about Travis every other episode.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | August 19, 2022 1:20 PM |
Terrible theme song... "Saaaaaame Azzzzz Yeeeeeeewoah!", former Warner Bros Records Prez, Lenny Waronker's daughter on vocals.
I also suspect I will become annoyed with all adult characters mental health issues, and probably just hate-watch. Ricci is a fine actress, but Misty's obvious slide into a New Millenial Annie Wilkes imitation is only tolerable for so long.
I hope the writers shuck the plot armor, and make Shauna & friends sweat over the murder and hasty disposal of Adam, and have Law Enforcement right on top of it.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | August 19, 2022 2:07 PM |
So what is he gonna play a wood gnome the girls run into?
by Anonymous | reply 76 | August 19, 2022 6:28 PM |
[Quote] Wood will play the role of Walter, a dedicated citizen detective who will challenge present-day Misty (Emmy nominee Christina Ricci) in ways that she won’t see coming.
I was kind of hoping he would play someone creepy. But his scenes with Christina sound like fun.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | August 19, 2022 11:04 PM |
Christina will have her match in crazy eyes, as well as big head/little body.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | August 19, 2022 11:20 PM |
R79 true 😆
by Anonymous | reply 80 | August 19, 2022 11:31 PM |
I saw the actress who plays teen Van got her tits chopped off. Kind of depressing.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | February 5, 2023 12:28 PM |
Wow, really, R82. A double mastectomy? Sad. Was it as a preventative like Angelina Jolie’s?
by Anonymous | reply 83 | February 6, 2023 12:48 AM |
R83 no, Liv is non binary and decided to get top surgery.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | February 6, 2023 3:50 AM |
Her character on an earlier series had breast cancer and a mastectomy.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | February 6, 2023 4:02 AM |
[quote]What happened to Juliette Lewis' face? Hatchet attack?
I re-watched Salem's Lot recently (the David Soul version) and she looks *just* like her dad. She's got that kind of leathery face & kind of twitchy overemoting type acting (at least in this role).
I actually like that they've made the older women look kind of rough in different ways because 1. that's life 2. they all look in various ways like "people who've been through some shit." Misty's syrupy/slightly menacing act reminds me of women I know who wield a small amount of power in whatever mediocre roles they're in and use it to fuck with people because they can, all while hiding behind a bland wall of sweetness.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | March 20, 2023 1:04 PM |
That would be fucked up but it's not a completely ridiculous theory.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | March 21, 2023 4:05 AM |
I’m binge watching it now. It’s very good
by Anonymous | reply 90 | March 25, 2023 11:04 PM |
It's not the best, but it's kind of novel story, the teen actors really mirror the adults (or the other way around) and Juliette Lewis & Christina Ricci have great chemistry together. Too much of either one of them would be hard to take, but they're entertaining together.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | March 25, 2023 11:17 PM |
I just found out that Van isn’t played by the girl in the Taylor Swift video. Wow! They are twins.
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