Mixed Feelings abt Carrie!
Sooo I was soooo excited for the show as a huge Flanagan fan, but also as an enormous Carrie fan since I was younger! And I’m really glad to say that I really enjoyed the show and most of the changes! It was a refreshing take on the story and it didn’t disappoint me! The direction was also superb. The foreshadowing was cccrrraaazyy! Loved it! But I did want your opinion on some things that threw me off a bit.
- Prom scene cuts
I don’t know how to feel about the prom scene being interrupted by those interview scenes. I feel like if it was one continuous, uninterrupted scene it would have such a bigger impact and it would be much more shocking, is it just me?
- Margaret’s death
I feel like for me that was probably the weirdest change. Seeing Margaret having powers but also NOT dying from Carrie, but by a random character that we just got introduced to left me completely unsatisfied. Also I would love if she was a bit more abusive and not just extremely “over protective”.
- Adelaide’s character
I just didn’t like her. She threw me off every time she was on screen but MOSTLY when the prom scene started. It just didn’t feel right seeing her on the stage along with Carrie, and especially when she “took over” Carrie’s powers, I was so confused. The whole point of the story is that Carrie herself breaks down completely after everything she’s been through. And having a random character “make” her do the entire massacre just felt anticlimactic and unnecessary. Especially since we don’t even know who Adelaide is. I just didn’t enjoy seeing her appear every now and then telling Carrie what to do, the whole point of Carrie’s character is that she slowly becomes “monstrous” on her own because of the terrible people around her. Idk, it felt weird.
- The potential for next seasons
While I don’t have a problem with the idea of a “King Verse”, Carrie’s Prom sequence is the FINALE of her story. It’s the climax, that moment we were all waiting for. And I feel like that’s why this specific story affected me so much for all these years, because it ENDS like that and it stays with you as a horrible, tragic finale. But that’s why the story is so impactful. Now, Flanagan clearly built the idea that we still have a long way to go after the prom, which just feels odd to me. The prom is the end, not the beginning or the middle of Carrie’s story. So seeing her alive, escaping and a bunch of new characters makes me feel like the prom scene wasn’t as heavy and impactful as it should have been. That scene not being the end, being interrupted and also implying that Carrie wasn’t even fully aware of her actions just takes away the shock, the sadness and the emptiness that this story leaves you with.
Overall the changes were good, and the show was really enjoyable! But the ending didn’t quite work for me, i didn’t find it as shocking or as impactful as it should have been. It just felt like a generic teenage fantasy show, and not a heavy and iconic story. Still good though! What do you think?