Posted on 01/23/2018 6:08:12 AM PST by C19fan
It is a long way from the uneven streets of 1896 New York City to the well-heeled slopes of Park City, but TNT’s The Alienist will feel right at home at this year’s Sundance Film Festival among the top-notch films premiering over the next week. With a preview screening set for January 19 at the festival ahead of its January 22 premiere, the limited series starring Dakota Fanning, Daniel Brühl and Luke Evans based on Caleb Carr’s 1994 bestseller is a great yarn that has been deftly translated into a fine drama.
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Bard, Satsuki, and Baron Zemo fight crime in Gilded Age New York.
I have to wonder if the title will be off-putting. God knows it is confusing. Probably the worst program name since “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.”
I watch other stuff on TNT so I have seen enough commercials/trailers to sort of understand what the show is about and if you like period pieces it may appeal to you.
But I think when people turn it on in expectation of “X files in the 19th Century” they will be confused then just turn it off.
What were they thinking?
I watched the first episode. Acting wasn’t bad. It was interesting to see a young Theodore Roosevelt as NYC Police Commissioner. But I’m not sure it was interesting enough for me to watch next week or beyond.
I enjoyed the book by Caleb Carr. Good read.
The Alienist is the title of the wonderful best-selling book that this series is based on. It is the former term for psychiatrist. The term alienist is now antiquated, but was in common use during the period in which the story is set. If it confuses people, well, let them learn and get a bit of historical knowledge.
I suppose TR is Theodore Roosevelt.
I learned me something new today!
Yes.
I was thinking from the previews it would be a horror show vehicle for graphic violence and psychotic derangement so I didn’t watch. Was I wrong?
Yes, that was a good book!
Ping
Sort of a Stephen King style but I liked the way he described NYC of the era.
It’s the name of the book it’s based on. The book did well. And the world does now have the internet at its fingertips and can find out what words mean.
>>If it confuses people, well, let them learn and get a bit of historical knowledge.<<
I hope you are right but I fear many won’t have the patience.
We will see.
Same here.
Ep 1 was so-so. Hard to get interested in. A chopped up corpse of a young boy lacks a certain audience appeal.
I thought it was exceptional compared to the rot that infests television nowadays.
No, you were not wrong. It is the story of a serial killer who kills young boys working as prostitutes.
I don't like graphic violence; but, I do like murder mysteries. There was not a term "serial killer" at this point in time. The story follows the "Alienist" (psychiatrist) and his assistants as they try to find the person commiting these terrible crimes.
I read the book by Caleb Carr many years ago and it was a good book. However, what I remember most about that book was being fascinated by his historical descriptions of New York in that time period.
So, I guess this might not be something you would enjoy because there is some graphic violence that is shown through the injuries to the bodies of young children. Not pleasant.
Especially when they get a close-up of the corpse's empty eyeball sockets. Yuck.
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