"Eric" on Netflix

I always confuse him with that famous lesbian, Eddie Redmayne.

He has really lost any looks he ever had.

R2, he had looks to loose? I'm shocked.

They uglied him up with an unflattering haircut, unfashionable, dated-looking eyeglasses, and dreary clothes. Plus, the character he plays is an angry fucker (and that's before he finds out his son is missing). When Cumberbatch shaves and puts on a smart suit, he's a decent-looking guy (he was also somewhat attractive as Patrick Melrose).

Cumberbatch’s voice is what makes him sexy.

Except he can't say "penguin"

[quote]Cumberbatch’s voice is what makes him sexy.

For sure--so mellifluous. But only when he speaks in his natural English accent. I'm neither American nor British so am not really in a position to judge, but his American accent doesn't sound completely convincing to me. I could be wrong!

His American accent is awful.

I agree. I feel like out of all the British actors that are his contemporaries, Theo James does the best American accent.

It's always weird to me how the most trained Brit actors, who usually spend so much time learning how to craft accents, can be so hit-and-miss with American accents.

I just expect all Americans to be terrible with British accents, and since American actors are rarely highly trained, I'm rarely surprised.

Australians do better than the Brits when it comes to American accents.

It's pretty good so far, but Cumberbatch and Gaby Hoffmann are totally unbelievable as a couple.

Eric’s voice sounds just like Michael Cohen.

It's true that Cumberbatch can't really do a convincing American accent - it's flat and "trying too hard." They should've just let him use his natural English accent. It wouldn't have affected the story in any way if his character was English instead of American.

Is the show any good? It sounds like such a bummer.

Good so far. Two episodes in. Definitely different. And yes, gay characters.

It's set in downtown NY in 1985 and they really got the look down.

I’m fine with Cumberbatch’s accent but the woman playing his mother is terrible. She’s way too young for the role and her attempts to come off as old money are affected beyond belief.

Oh good, I was about to start watching this but got stuck on "I'm dying up here" again. That show is great.

Revised comment. There is a LOT of gay content.

It's good.

[quote] Why would I want to watch an arrogant ugly puppeteer sink into misery because his son has gone missing and discuss his problems with a giant muppet week after week?

This sentence made me giggle.

I just started it and am a little annoyed already at an anachroism, I guess I would call it. I notice it all the time in these new shows that are supposed to be set in the 70s-90s. The puppeteer boss is saying they're going to have a "meet cute". Was that stupid term around in 85? I feel like it wasn't. I always notice that kind of stuff and it takes me out. People on 80's shows saying shit like, "living authentically" which is something that people say all the time now, but they didn't say it then. It's just something that bugs me.

I made it through and it’s kind of a train wreck but I stuck with it. It’s very stylized like The Joker meets the muppets.

SPOILER

Why did the kid come out of the subway in clean clothes with no dirt on him? That was weird given his journey.

They kept saying "CCTV." No one in America says that esp. in 1985. It's "security cameras."

Thank you R25! I knew there were other ones I didn't catch.

R23

That shit drives me bananas. Hard pass.

He's cute.

r25 that drove me fucking nuts! Americans say "security cameras." "CCTV" is a British thing. I can't believe nobody on the production caught that.

Re: "meet-cute":

[quote]The term “meet-cute” originated in the 1938 movie Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife. While shopping for pajamas, Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper meet, and it turns into a delightfully cute conversation, hence the name.

It’s really not very good. It desperately wants to be, and the first episode made it seem like it could be, but it has a terrible payoff.

I tried watching this last night and couldn't get through the first episode. I found the Cumberbatch character to be over-the-top obnoxious. I was, however, interested in the story of the missing kid, so I skipped ahead to the last episode to find out what happened.

Also, I did note in the men's room scene in the first episode that one character said to another "my bad," which I'm pretty sure we weren't saying back then.

I love unusual looking men - Walton Goggins, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones. Benedict belongs in that class. Not handsome, not ugly. Simply sexy.

Massive bore, and I echo the criticism of Cumberbatch, who has never been able to do an American accent. His character is annoying and irritating and not someone you'd want to spend any time with.

The worst thing is how fucking slow it is. I finally decided I didn't want to watch any more of the first episode, assuming I was nearly all the way through it, maybe 35-40 min. I paused it, and to my shock saw I was only 11 and a half minutes in.

This is the sixth Netflix series I've watched (or sampled) over the past month and they have all been dire, awful shows. Netflix is quickly becoming the worst original programming of all the streamers.

[quote]His character is annoying and irritating and not someone you'd want to spend any time with.

And the whole time he's wondering why everybody hates him. Dude, you're an asshole!

I loved Benny as a super hero!

The Dr. Strange movies were a waste of Cumberbatch's talents and took up a lot of his time when he could've been doing other projects. Of course I totally understand that the $$$ was too good to turn down. His great-grandchildren will be set for life because of all the Marvel shit he did so I can't blame him.

I will binge-watch this..

Did anyone else find the actor's performance of his mother...FUCKING odd. I get the whole WASP but is the character supposed nuts? I couldn't finish the entire series. The Black cop and his daddy and the club., etc. Maybe I'll finsh it.

Also, I think "My Bad" was around BEFORE the 80s

"What is the meaning of "my bad" in English? It means my mistake, I´m to blame. This slang term originated around 1970 pre the widespread use of the Internet."

The giant puppet looks like a Wild Thing. Is that on purpose?

^ I think it looks like a Muppet.

The show worked too hard at bringing together the story of the missing kid and the story of the gay cop.