The Haunting of Bly Manor Episode 1 'The Great Good Place' First Time Watching! TV Reaction!!
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- The Haunting of Bly Manor | Part One - The Great Good Place
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An interesting start to our next Mike Flanagan series! Can't wait to see how the secrets of Bly Manor unfold!
Thank you all for the support!
The Uncle is Henry Thomas, who was Elliot in E.T. and he played Jack Nicholson's part in Dr. Sleep. I just finished this series and had a good feeling that you would react to it.
While HillHouse was more modern in terms of ‘scare dynamics’ , Bly Manor is closer to a classic “Gothic Ghost Story” which tends to be more melancholy and tragic and takes it’s time to build up situations… great story if you don’t compare it to HillHouse and instead take it as it’s own flavor.
Fantastic summary. I loved this show as much as Hill House. Brilliant.
@@steved1135 right? It’s a ‘slow cooker’ in the best sense, when it’s over, it leaves such a great aftertaste! 👨🍳🤌
I just noticed for the first time that when Dani leaves her hostel room at the beginning, it’s room number 217, which was the number of the haunted room in the novel “The Shining”, but it was changed to 237 in the movie.
I'm glad people kind of tempered your expectations for this show. A lot of people go into it expecting it to be a masterpiece like Hill House, but that would be so hard to achieve again. Bly Manor is still an excellent show that shines in its own way and I think you guys are really going to love it!
I watched Bly before Hill and had such a hard time liking “Luke” bc I hated “Peter” oh-so perfectly splendidly. Phenomenal acting. Hoping for some sort of Season 3!
The next incredible series would be Midnight Mass.
Honestly i’ll take Bly Manor over Hill House
Bly Manor is absolutely just as good as Hill house, it's just not the same type of horror. Exactly the same with Midnight Mass. All masterpieces, just in their own way and separate from each other.
Bly Manor is better than Hill House, what are you talking about?
Off topic:
I finished Midnight Mass last night.
Wow. Just WOW. Looking forward to
seeing you both react to that series.
Mike Flanagan is a gem of a storyteller.
I agree I can’t wait to see their reaction to mm!!
Midnight mass messed me up. Not as good as hill house, but better then bly manor for sure
Not to give any spoilers away to any that hasent seen midnight mass, but if I find an island of cats, I am leaving immediately!.
I think Midnight Mass is his best.
omg agreed! I've seen it through twice now and it's probably on par with Hill House for me among Flanagan's series. it's so fucking good!
11:50 she said “I’m very cross (angry/upset) with you” 🙂
Yes, the little girl has trouble pronouncing her Rs, so when she says cross it sounds like "cwoss".
I looove Bly so much. An emotional/mystery horror that sticks with you. Did you notice Flora's greeting "you're expected”? 😅 There are a few nods to Hill House sprinkled through out the episodes. As always, love your theories and commentary!
I CANNOT waif for you to do Midnight Mass. You gotta do it. Pretty pretty please.
Midnight mass was so underwhelming
@@crapshot not to me. To me it was the best of them.
@@Volkfire It’s more character-driven than Hill House, there’s a lot more monologues, but it really forces you to think more about the subject material. I will admit it is slow for the first couple episodes, but it’s building up and foreshadowing.
If you're curious, the shot at 9:50 is caught using a split diopter, a lens of glass that allows you to have two different focal planes in the same shot. You can see the seam along Victoria's hairline. Another recent movie that uses this is "Us"
Yes! I've noticed that Mike Flanagan loves using split diopter shots in his work. In the Hill House Eulogy episode, he uses them to keep Nellie in focus in the background while Shirley and Luke are speaking at the podium. There's also a crazy one in Midnight Mass that I won't spoil
One of the Eulogy examples made it into the TBR Schmitt reaction: th-cam.com/video/iB3V-ggkTwg/w-d-xo.html
I didn't even notice the first time I watched the show because I was crying during this scene 😭
7:10 "You're expected" The same thing Liv says to Neliie in Hill house
I love all three of Flanagan’s series. They share a lot of similar themes and, of course, cast members, but they’re all very different in tone and story.
A lot of the backlash for Bly Manor to me was that people wanted Hill House Season 2. This isn't Season 2, it's using the same framework to make you feel a very different emotion then Hill House and I think, in retrospect, it nailed it. Perfectly splendid.
I personally consider bly manor my favorite of the three, it definitely starts off slower, but it makes up for it I think, glad to see you two watching it.
Not as slow as Midnight Mass.
It's a great show, sad that so many had such high expectations for a scary follow up to Hill House.
I find this weird because Hill House is literally so slow though.
In Hill Houss, episodes 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 only move the plot along one minor event at a time and it's the worst part of the show, easily. Bly Manor only wastes episodes 2, 3, and 4. The only episodes of Hill House that explain anything are 1, 5, 6, 9, and 10. Over half the show is stretching it out as much as possible. Episode 2 and 7 are the worst, easily. Nothing happens in those episodes other than character building, which i appreciate but i also appreciate telling a story lol.
Hill House uses all of episode 2 to tell us Shirley is sad, use all of 3 to tell us Theo is psychic, all of episode 4 to tell us Luke has it rough, all of 7 just to show Hugh talks to Liv, and all of 8 just to have Steven become more convinced about the ghosts. Episodes 8 and 9 repeating the same scenes also sucks.
I like Hill House, it has a good story but I find rewatching it impossible. The pacing is horrible. Nothing about the story is complicated enough to need 10 and half fucking hours to tell the whole thing. I like Mike's shows getting shorter and shorter.
If I remember correctly, when Dani spots not-Luke, she awkwardly waves at him. That reminded me of when kid Luke first saw Abigail in ep 2 of Hill House and waved at her in a similar manner. There are many parallels between the two shows like that.
Hill House felt like an immediate masterpiece. Bly Manor ages like fine wine. Each time I revisit this series, I like it more and more.
Couldn't get into this show at first, so the best way for me to watch it is by having TBR Schmitt and his lovely wife watch it for me, and I get to watch them watch it. LOL
The first Mike Flanagan movie I watched (about 9 or 10 years ago) was Absentia, no idea he'd be one to watch or who he was, I think I coincidentally saw his other films, then I think like most took more notice of him from Hill House onwards and would go out my way to watch his works. He definitely has a stable of actors he likes to use and I think Bly Manor has a good collection of them with some really good newcomers. He's really good at finding talented kids to play parts in these things, that really add a lot to the feel of the thing.
I first watched Oculus and then shortly after I watched Absentia ( after both being recommended on a forum) and I was hooked straight away. I didn't know who Mike Flanagan was at the time, nor did I know that they were both made my him when I watched them. It was only when I was looking up Hill house that I realised He had also made those two movies and that I remember loving them so much. Been hooked on his work ever since, I find him to be one of the best story tellers around, and he defo picks actors well.
I'm so happy to have discovered your channel today guys. I loved every reaction of yours so far. It's very pleasing to watch people react to a show you love so much and see them being so focused on every little detail, like your interpretations for Hill house were always spot on and clever. Thank you for reminding me why I fell so deeply in love with this series to begin with. ❤️
"I know Rahul. From TH-cam" YASSS! Rahul is a fucking BOSS!!
Also, I just love this series. Possibly more than Hill House from a storytelling perspective, but it's easily on par with Hill House in my mind. Both absolutely superb at being what they are, and both so different.
Loved Bly House. Midnight Mass as well.
This fun fact blew me away: all exterior shots of the Bly Manor house are CGI: the exterior walls didn't exist, they didn't use a location or build fake facades. It's all green screen. Yet it looks 100% authentic. Very impressive work.
Apparently, just out of eyeshot in the lake scenes, is a massive legal marijuana farm, which they had to block very creatively to prevent it showing on film.
I thought the hedges looked CGI, but i didnt realize the whole manor was. I had assumed they just greenscreened the actors into the setting, but I didn't think the setting wasn't real at all.
So glad you're starting this one! I agree it's more mystery than horror, at least at this point lol- I personally really liked this series, as much as Hill House, so can't wait to see how you like it as you go along :).
the in sync "UHHHHHHHH" at 10:01 is a perfect encapsulation of this episode
If you haven’t heard this recently, imma need to tell y’all I enjoy your pre-cap and post-cap the most. Can’t tell you how many reaction channels I watch that I jump 3-5 minutes ahead of their video to get to their reaction and end it early. I watch every second of yours. Keep doing what you do- love you guys! ❤️
I literally only watch TBR and Nikki&Steven for reactions to shows and movies now 😂
11:47 - the girl says "I'm very cross with you". "Cross" is another word for "angry" or "mad" in Brit-land. I believe adults used that word with kids as it sounded less harsh, so the kid is repeating what she's heard.
Yesss !!! So excited to go on this ride with you guys 😬 also I get to creep on Miss Jessel some more 😍😂
Watching you reacting to this show will definitely become my new hobby.
I think Bly Manor gets the short stick because people weren’t prepared for the tone/genre shift from Hill House. Both are masterpieces of storytelling and, I actually prefer Bly Manor. It’s more of a slow, suspenseful, creeping buildup than the outright terror and scares of Hill House. The series is based on the collective works of Henry James so you can always make guesses as to where it’s going based off the titles.
Bly is one of my favorite series, I was scared, I cried and I had a lot of fun watching it. I love that you are watching it now.
I'm so glad you're watching Bly Manor! Such an incredible series just like Hill House and Midnight Mass. I'm sure you two will love this too
Wow I never watched this a second time so seeing you guys see it for the first time and having all the answers myself is quite the experience.
Great video; loved the jump scares, lol. If you rewatch this again, you can see the hidden ghosts lingering in the background. Because we were so focused on the characters in the forefront, it was easy to miss the ghosts in the background...can't wait to watch the next video❗️❗️
This show is.... Perfectly Splendid
Oh yay! I'm so excited for this! And of course look forward to midnight mass later. Lol. You guys are awesome.
I like Bly more than Hill, but that might be because I'm a big fan of "The Turn of The Screw" (and it's partially based on that) and because I like mysteries more than horror.
I've rewatched all of Mike Flanagan's series with reactors so many times but it never gets old. So glad to see you two doing this one as well. It hits different than Hill House but I know you'll like it too. 😀
To me, The Haunting of Bly Manor is a masterpiece, just like The Haunting of Hill House, but they are differents.
thank you for reacting to these two series
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Greetings, from France.
Please don't compare it to Hill House, each are their own story and should be appreciated on their own merits. I've seen Hill House, Bly Manor and Midnight Mass. Each are fantastic in their own right, independent of the others.
this show is also really good and i'm glad you're reacting to it.
I can’t wait for your reaction to Midnight Mass! It’s so fantastic!
Your reactions are perfectly splendid 👌
LOL I was searching the comments for this.
Haha I see what you did there
So far Midnight Mass is my favorite series by Flanagan, but I’ve been a fan of his movies since the early films like Absentia and Oculus. I hope you continue exploring his filmography. Great reaction as always. 💜
Also, watching this with you made me realize I really enjoyed this show, but I also never finished it. Gonna do that now. Thx
Fun fact, if you didn't know yet, the actor who plays the uncle of the kids in this (and Hugh in Hill House) is the main kid from E.T.
I love this channel so much! you guys pay so much attention to details. keep doing that; it will serve you well in this series because there are so many details that add to the beauty of this story, that if you blink you'll miss it. I can't wait to see more!
When you are in the mood to review something heartfelt, moving, and humorous all rolled into one --- Monsoon Wedding (2001). Can't recommend it highly enough.
Welcome to another "fun" journey. Don't want to spoil anything, but keep your tissues ready, Samantha, there's a point where you'll need them ;)
Also, Rahul/Owen is SUCH a dreamboat!
I am so happy you guys are watching hill house!! My favourite of the two. Also, my fave TH-cam couple, absolute goals 🙏🏼
YES! i KNEW you guys wouldn't fail me lol
Fun Fact - Henry Thomas is the little boy from ET - The Extra-terrestrial. Where have the years gone?
Ok, here we go. I love these reactions and I love Mike Flanagan, so thank you.
I definitely enjoyed Hill House and Midnight Mass more than Bly Manor, but Mike Flanagan still writes beautifully. Glad people have given you a heads up that this one is different.
A couple of great movies, if you haven’t seen them yet, are “Lean on Me,” 1989 (based on a true story), and “Toy Soldiers” 1991. These were favorites of mine growing up!
So glad you’re watching this one. I’m not even sure which show I prefer. I’d say this is less scary but there’s still a beautiful story and yes, ghosts and a mystery.
Yay! I'm so happy you decided to continue on - and in series order too! I love Bly Manor, I love the characters so so so much. And I love a good gothic mystery/horror. I think a few people below hit on it well that Bly is deeper than Hill (not diminishing what a masterpiece Hill is). All three series just have to be taken on their own because they have different tones. But if you love what Mike Flanagan does then you'll love all three for their own personalities ✨🌟🌙
I laughed at 6:15, because it suddenly reminded me of Elijah Wood in "Sin City" :)
so looking forward to all this greatness
Oh wow. Bly Manor. 👀! The channel always adds new perspective!
This is all perfectly splendid!
Great reaction guys, as usual!! I loved Bly Manor almost as much as Hill House, but I can't wait for you to watch Midnight Mass. It's pedal to the metal and scary as hell.
Yesss..so pumped you're doing this one.. amazing show..Mike is the man
Hi you beautiful couple this show is amazing your gonna love it. I also love your into music keep up the great videos. 😍🎶 You two are absolutely splendid!
Bly to me is not quite on Hill House level but is still so intricately made, unraveled at its own pace, so much effort & attention to detail, I really enjoyed it & while I didn't love it as much as Hill House, I truly appreciate everything they did with it & how it wasn't just a total rehash of Hill House, it's got a much different feel to it. Love so many of the characters too, Mike Flanagan & his team do characters so, so well.
Just finished watching it today. Def not as scary as Hill House or as eerie as Midnight Mass, but it all comes together in the end and it's just as good, if not better. It's just different. The ending fucked me up badly, I think Bly is my favourite of the three. A beautiful, haunting love story that is perfectly splendid.
Also, the Flora actress is an amaaaazing little girl. So funny and sweet.
Theme song is so beautiful
She said "cross". "im very cross with you". It british slang for mad. Upset. Peeved. Pissed. Etc.
So excited!
While I did enjoy this series I did struggle to get through it as quickly as other shows as I found the character of Dani uninteresting and I personally feel that the actress was mis-cast in it. Although she is good at being scared and having panic attacks, I just did not believe her as an Au Pair or as a previous teacher, as I just felt she had so little expression or compassion for the children and didn't believe her connection with them. I do love how everyone else plays their part in this show, particularly Owen and the children. I did manage to guess some of the plot points in this show ahead of time, but it really did still surprise me at times too and I enjoyed the story enough to watch it in full and will likely watch it again to pick up on all the little things sprinkled throughout.
Of course this is all just my opinion. I can also see why others loved this so much too.
Really enjoyed your reaction and look forward to your take on the show as it all unfolds.
A breath of fresh air of a spooky show with a different title but the same actors from the last one
I really wish Flanagan would do a season 3 instead of jumping into midnight mass but his next show should come out around this time next year!
The 4 candles in the church: her husband, Rebecca and the kids parents
This has a very different atmosphere that is very British; after all, it's an adaptation of Henry James' story "Turn of the Screw" which was published in 1898. Old British haunting stories tend to mix romance, suspense, sadness etc. with the scary. I was a little hesitant when I watched the first and second episode, perhaps because I was hoping for a new "Hill House" series, but I warmed up to it and by the end I was sooo into the characters, the story and the events leading up to the finale. This is a great journey in it's own right and shouldn't really be compared to Hill House. I'm so excited to follow your journey with each episode, getting to know the characters and experience the story unfold.
16:41 Ohh I've never noticed this hidden ghost
There were other ghosts in the background before this one.
@@runninginharran Yeah I know. I've just never noticed this particular one
Thanksgiving time, you must watch “Planes Trains and Automobiles” please please please!
Can you add "Ladyhawke" to your list? Thank you! You both are great!
Like a lot of people, first I prefered Hill house, but more and more, loved so much Bly manor. The fact is that like everybody I wanted a "Hill house 2", but it's not the case. But the acting, the production and the story is amazing, I'm sure you really love it.
Just a little tip: don't forget to have tissues near you.
This is a slow burn gothic tale but but the twist at the end is worth it!
Flora making the comment about wanting to go to Florida because it's almost her name is also funny because a lot of people do move to areas have the same name as them.
Then again a lot of them are born into those areas as well
try "oculus", I think the same guy made it.
I liked this series, not as much as Hill House, but I liked it. it's good.
I love Dani, I like her as a character, I like the story, and she's gorgeous!. look at her during the job interview, the outfit and the hair style make her look amazing. I don't know if it's the colors or what, but her face looks so cute in those scenes!.
So many comments I want to leave, but most of them could be construed as spoilers T.T
I'll just say that, as much as I love everyone in this series, I think the kids are particularly good actors, especially Benjamin Evan Ainsworth who plays Miles. He really nails that kind of 'Proper English Boy' vibe that Miles has
Definitely more of a slow burn compared to Hill House. Bly Manor is very special in its own way. I feel it in my heart every time I watch it.
Wish I could enjoy it as much as hill house. I find this series hard to rewatch
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😉 I just got done watching The Incredible Shrinking Man.
Bly Manor is based on the novella "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. It's a very psychologically unsettling story, even without ghosts. You're right, it is a love story, but a very sordid one.
Haven’t seen this series , so can’t provide any spoilers! :-)
I learned that Flora is the voice of Peppa Pig
I really like this show! The girl who plays Flora also voices Peppa Pig and she is so cute 🥰
You should check out the documentary "Idiocracy". You'll be surprised how far we've come!
So excited to watch your reactions to Bly Manor!! If you guys are interested in watching more of Carla Gugino's work (Liv in Hill House) I'd suggest checking out Gerald's Game. It's quite an all-around scary film, I think not for the faint of heart...
I’ve read Gerald’s Game, I haven’t seen the movie for one very simple reason; Degloving.
@@MyMarsham SPOILER ABOVE! ; I wouldn't reveal that in case they do consider seeing it!
@@vickyy518 I didn’t think that would be a spoiler, but I won’t say any more. You, however, know what I’m talking about.
@@MyMarsham Fair enough!
For me its Hill House then Midnight Mass and last Bly Manor but they are all great shows.
finally!
I think if you guys look into reacting to Midnight Mass, you should go in as blind as possible. Too many people's expereinces were ruined by expecting it to be like Hill House when it seems like Flanigan tries to do something completely different every time.
Do you know that Henry Thomas is Elliott from E.T.?
Have you seen E.T.?
I loved this one . It’s not “Hill House” by far …and as long as you remember that , this will be enjoyable.
Love Hannah and Owen in this series. They are the best characters
F What You Heard Boos!!!! This is just as genius as Hill House it’s just more tame in the scare department…. It’s masterful
You gotta watch Starman👽
*You should watch HUSH. it is directed by Mike Flanagan and Stars his wife Kate Siegel. really good movie*
i think a lot of people went into bly manor expecting something like hill house and ended up being disappointed, however bly manor is more of a “gothic love story”, rather than a horror story
since you watch movies, after the show, you should watch the movies that were adaptations of same original sources, and alluded to in shows
"the haunting", 1963 , for hill house.
"the innocents", 1961 for bly manor ( though there are several other movies in this case ).
Don’t forget that Bly Manor was based on a book called The Turn Of The Screw. Older than any of these 60s movies or shows. I think it came out in 1899 give or take a year.
@@zacharyhornbeck6589 bly manor i based on several henry james' works, turn of the screw being the main one. however movies i mention are directly alluded to in both shows, with some scenes copied from movies as tribute, and in other ways as well. to take just one instance, governess is called clayton after director of "the innocents"
This is a great show no doubt about it, but I seriously can't wait until you guys watch "Midnight Mass". It is an amazing show. Just as good as "Haunting Of Hill House" if not better in my honest opinion.
This is a great show, I found it to be a lot more confusing than hill house though, hill house was more straight forward, this one will make you think
I prefer this one to Hill House.