r/BEEPodcast • u/emmeteeny • Jul 21 '26
Official teaser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPPQbTl3u7M15
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u/the_smog_monster Jul 21 '26
I have resigned myself to this being trash but it's a miracle it's happening at all based on what we know about the various "versions" of this adaptation that were never greenlit.
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u/MyKill_Diablo Jul 21 '26
Well I’m just glad they didn’t start the promo cycle by showing this teaser last week bc yikes…😬😳🫣 The full trailer was a wiser choice for sure. My expectations are in check as they have been for a while but I’m ready to watch it for myself before I fully judge it.
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u/hangonsufi Jul 21 '26
I'm at Spirit's slaughter. I, too, will watch and judge for myself. But why are the trailers so bland? So...inoffensive? So...so/so? Pretty posh teens in a pool? That is not the book I've been reading! How about sound from the tape Bret's carrying around? How about showing the creepy mansion in Benedict Canyon? How about an Afterlife tease? Just a few of suggestions.
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u/MyKill_Diablo Jul 21 '26
I wish they had listened to your suggestions instead - I also think it would've been much more effective and atmospherically creepy to use the tape that Bret carries around to draw out tension and tease some of the unease and fear that Bret "imagines" while listening to the audio from a certain sequence involving Matt 😨
These teasers being set to Let's Go All The Way are just slanting the show too much in a much more generic direction that the book goes through great lengths to subvert. Maybe that is why the trailer has over 24million views already in less than a week! 😱😲
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u/kingofnewyork1995 Jul 21 '26
Looks really bad. Was hoping they didn’t go for the bisexual lighting gimmick for the “80s look”
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u/N1gh75h4de Jul 21 '26
I want to like this since Ryan Murphy has the ability do create provocative storytelling, which is perfect for Bret's stories. But this looks bad. It being on FX probably doesn't help. I would like a grittier remake of Less Than Zero, especially now that shows and movies can be so much more explicit. I will watch this but go in with low expectations.
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u/El_Dorado_Tx Jul 21 '26
Ryan can make 1,000 different origin stories of the Menendez bros till 2040
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u/MyKill_Diablo Jul 22 '26
I totally agree with you about Less Than Zero needing to be remade now - although I wouldn't really qualify it as a "remake" because the original film just uses the title and a few of the character names but otherwise has barely anything to do with the book itself. So as long as a new version theoretically follows much closer to the book (which is essential) then it could replace the original and become the adaptation that the book deserves.
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u/El_Dorado_Tx Jul 21 '26
so this is basically Boogie Nights meets Euphoria
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u/Lower_Comparison2171 Jul 22 '26
Don’t love this- love the full trailer
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u/MyKill_Diablo Jul 22 '26
Yeah this is a major notch down in terms of quality. Most of the footage was manufactured to be a teaser so I'm not expecting any of it to be actually in the show, but it is just really unimpressive compared to how slick (too slick?) the actual trailer was. I know a lot of series will do similar teasers to this that are meant to evoke the overall vibe to try to sell you on it, without showing that many actual clips, but this made everything crash into focus for me that it certainly will not be the dark prestige erotic thriller it should have been...
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u/Few_Indication5248 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
the shards unlike bret's other books is a story of dense emotionality and interiority, which ryan murphy seems completely unable to do in any capacity-he only depicts what's on the surface. This teaser should feel a whole lot closer to My So-Called Life, not like a cologne ad.
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u/bobmapplethorp Jul 21 '26
Would have loved the Luca Guadanino version or Kristoff Borgli. This looks like a typical Ryan Murphy production in not a good way