Gormenghast ep 2 part 2

The lord Groan begins to go mad

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[anisete46]

have always wondered about the deeper meaning of the books... It seems to be a parable about coming of age and rejecting the world of one's parents ? Especially in the third book, Titus Alone... what do you think?

[Rowan07001484]

@anisete46

I don't know, I couldn't get a deeper meaning, the books were that strange. To be honest I'm not much of a reader, and found a lot of it hard to understand. I loved some of it, I skimmed quite a lot.

There were lots of different conclusions as to what it could have all been about. I Always thought it was all about how power corrupts, how mad parents can be, and how the children suffer for it.

[dkstojentin]

This whole production is so delightfully strange.

[Rowan07001484]

Yeh it's based on a couple of books, which are evn stranger

[xxtiaan]

agreed,, all the extirior shots were all far too colourful, it needs to be way more gothic and dark

[screwthenet]

Ah such is life. We are born and act childish and are diapered and we grow old and become foolish and diapered all over again till death unborn! And what a waste of a great and anchient library. But nothing lasts forever.

[StoliDassah]

that pinecone/library scene was so sad...yet so beautiful.

[MuninRaven]

SPOILER WARNING

The pine cone scene with Fuchsia and her father made me remember my one regret from the books. Her death. I know she had to die, along with her innocence; but it's still a cruel blow for the reader. Knowing her fate, I actually became quite tearful while watching her father say "I don't know you". I see this adaptation as a separate entity from the books, and have groan (nyuk) to enjoy it as such. For me, this scene actually works better visually than how it plays out on paper.

[Chrissy0Chris]

The part with Groan and Fuschia is soooo sad. :(

[ionnit]

@xxtiaan all stories are not good versus evil, come now dont be so general

[Morgana0x]

@dkstojentin You should read the books. They are even stranger.

[xxtiaan]

@anisete46 all stories are the same, it boils down to good vs evil

but the gormenghast series is especially layered and complex

the first book could be read as a political tale

steerpike is a revolutionary who wants to overthrow the established order of things (this isnt really shown in the series but is in the books)

I love how its so complex and multilayered everyone takes from it something different.

[xxtiaan]

@Morgana0x youre right! musty, decaying, oppressive even, but shot with beauty, you have my gormenghast in your head! give it back!

yeah fuschia was more alienated in the book, sort of an "ive got asbergers" character