27. "LOL my and my wife's thoughts exactly." In response to In response to 26 Tue Feb-25-20 02:02 PM by Brew
Too late to back out, but it's going exactly where we feared it would. We hadn't read the book but just heard the rumblings of the direction of the thing.
>Some ephemeral, tear-drinking demon that devours families >whole and leaves a field of decay in its wake? Cool, ripe for >metaphor and exploration and fear. > >Some bumbling guy that cannibalizes random strangers, howls >like a wolf and attempts to take a kid from a heavily >populated area? > >For all the talk about how not-a-human Holly and Ralph had >these past two episodes, they sure did a lot to undermine that >by finally giving it a physical form and having it make very >human mistakes and be afraid of very human problems. > >At this point I can't back out, but this monster is officially >a plot device that doubles a bit as a SVU monster of the week >and I'm not sure Price & Co. can pull me back from that. I >still love everything else, but I'm pretty comfortable >throwing El Cuco in the scrapheap of also-ran fantasy >villains/threats.