Funnily enough a lot of accounts of monsters being defeated was literally just beating the shit out of them with mortal weapons. The whole holy object thing was after a lot of the actual proposed monster slaying.
that's because literal saints guided by divine providence managed to do that. you expendable plebs that probably touch yourselves at night and dream of lying with other men would only get a horrible, hilarious death
it's poisoned over the course of several years by eating the increasingly crew. It's representative of the white man's technology gradually erasing the mystery from the world. Unfortunately, it's not explained very well in the show.
As an aside since the book was written some doubt has been cast on the lead poisoning theory & iirc some evidence was found that the British officer who fought in China survived and was adopted into a native tribe some distance away. Good for that guy.
They probably wanted to tone down the overtly supernatural themes, which in a way is kind of a shame. I mean, they completely removed the part where Crozier goes back to Terror in the end and then finds… something horrible there.
I don’t know if it would have worked in the show, but it’s a really chilling chapter.
In case someone hasn’t read it, Crozier goes back to Terror (which had moved, so apparently re-crewed) and finds it with nothing living on it. Then he finds out that his quarters were barricaded, and when he goes in there, he finds a strange mummified corpse with long teeth on his bunk. He rummages around his stuff and then he hears some movement from the corpse, not daring to look into it. He hightails out, feeling a evil presence around him and decides to burn the ship not even daring to figure out what kind of evil made the ship its home.
Doesn’t sound like much when written like this, but in the real book, it’s very striking. But as the show felt like it focused more on the human desperation and strife, that would probably have felt out of place in the end.
Man, what a shitty life this guy had.
I mean Cornelius Hickey was a real person.
Not only he died of total body exhaustion and cold.
Some butthole writer a century later then writes a story where he's a psychopathic mass murdering sodomite cannibal and throws in some heathen voodoo just for good measure, basically implying Christian God does not exist but some tribal spirits are totally real. A 19th century sailor would have murdered Dan Simmons if he could.
At least the TV show had the decency to make that character an impostor instead of besmirching the man.
his whole character was based off of a knife with his name on it found at one of the camps where there were suspected acts of cannibalism. only other mention of his existsance is in the ships crew records. poor guy.
well it was announced long before it came out
I just appreciated what we got and didn't bother with even a single episode of the 2nd season
also before it released some people involved with the show made comparisons to the border and complained about muh cages, so it was obvious to anyone following that it was time to check out
Not contrarianism. The North Water has much better pacing, fewer supernatural elements, a more compelling antagonist, and a satisfying character arc for the protagonist. It's like they took The Terror, fixed all the problems I had with it, and produced a kind of distilled, better form of the same show.
Idk bro but that show is one of the best I have seen in a long time. >I rank it with breaking bad, the wire, BoB, because I will watch it multiple times
Weirdly I dropped this show 3/4 onto the first season while loving it. Thanks for reminder to go back. I do remember being uncomfortable with how it portrayed some real life people badly without actual evidence, seems in bad taste to speak ill of the dead like that... I would have felt better if it was purely fiction.
Same, I really liked the book and the first season but dont think I finished it, and never watched the second.
If I remember correctly wasnt the creature shot in multiple instances with rifles and shotguns and it did nothing? Which is why they kept the mute eskimo girl around, with hopes she would use voodoo magic to keep them safe?
Imagine being an Inuit and stumbling on the white men from a land far away driven mad by the cold and starvation. I think I even remember reading a story where one of them jumped on the ships as they were stuck in the ice and finding the corpse of Franklin sitting upright in a chair in his cabin. Creepy stuff.
Lots of people say they would have preferred if Tuunbaq wasn't included in the show but I think having 19th century characters interacting with a "cryptid" is pretty cool.
The tuunbaq should have been something actually based in Inuit mythology like a Tupilaq. Inuit cum monsters are way scarier than polar bears with mange.
.300 Win Mag out of a semi-auto, anything that isn't an AR platform so it doesn't shit the bed in freezing weather, maybe just a bolt action. Or lever action .45-70 or above.
Backup 10mm glonk so the handle doesn't freeze. I'd be prepared for the finicky action to jam in icy weather though.
Come to think of it a 10mm Witness and just wrap the handle so you're not touching any bare metal. I'm assuming you'd have gloves on anyway so doesn't really matter.
I dont know but that dude on the left was a science terrorist in fringe so he probably has a doomsday device or something
He had a slightly more famous role you might be familiar with
Cornelius Hickey was in that miniseries as well.
Considering a cannon didn't kill it your best bet is to find an Inuit wifu or a reliable lube that works at subzero temps
The fact that they made the tuunbaq mortal is moronic. It's a fricking demigod, not a mutant bear.
And it will be slain by the White Man's science, one way or the other
faustian
I hated that shit in the book, a pissed off bear was better.
Nah, we aren't in Christian topic, this demigod and gods are also mortal.
Funnily enough a lot of accounts of monsters being defeated was literally just beating the shit out of them with mortal weapons. The whole holy object thing was after a lot of the actual proposed monster slaying.
that's because literal saints guided by divine providence managed to do that. you expendable plebs that probably touch yourselves at night and dream of lying with other men would only get a horrible, hilarious death
>wearing the bong flag
Bu-burger sisters I...dont feel so good
Kenshi vibes
Based quints for a based game
God, that game was the breasts
I still remember meeting the skin stealing robots for the first time, lmao
/K/enshi certified quints
it's poisoned over the course of several years by eating the increasingly crew. It's representative of the white man's technology gradually erasing the mystery from the world. Unfortunately, it's not explained very well in the show.
As an aside since the book was written some doubt has been cast on the lead poisoning theory & iirc some evidence was found that the British officer who fought in China survived and was adopted into a native tribe some distance away. Good for that guy.
>It's representative of the white man's technology gradually erasing the mystery from the world.
This theme is always moronic
They probably wanted to tone down the overtly supernatural themes, which in a way is kind of a shame. I mean, they completely removed the part where Crozier goes back to Terror in the end and then finds… something horrible there.
I don’t know if it would have worked in the show, but it’s a really chilling chapter.
In case someone hasn’t read it, Crozier goes back to Terror (which had moved, so apparently re-crewed) and finds it with nothing living on it. Then he finds out that his quarters were barricaded, and when he goes in there, he finds a strange mummified corpse with long teeth on his bunk. He rummages around his stuff and then he hears some movement from the corpse, not daring to look into it. He hightails out, feeling a evil presence around him and decides to burn the ship not even daring to figure out what kind of evil made the ship its home.
Doesn’t sound like much when written like this, but in the real book, it’s very striking. But as the show felt like it focused more on the human desperation and strife, that would probably have felt out of place in the end.
Waterpipes/tanks and food cans without lead.
10mm. Its god's caliber so it should be good for any b***h ass monster.
bears you say?
anal sex
>MISTER HICKEY YOU ARE RUINING EVERYTHING
why did you create this thread when i just binge watched The Terror? are you watching me?
was it the lead or a case of massive homosexuality
Man, what a shitty life this guy had.
I mean Cornelius Hickey was a real person.
Not only he died of total body exhaustion and cold.
Some butthole writer a century later then writes a story where he's a psychopathic mass murdering sodomite cannibal and throws in some heathen voodoo just for good measure, basically implying Christian God does not exist but some tribal spirits are totally real. A 19th century sailor would have murdered Dan Simmons if he could.
At least the TV show had the decency to make that character an impostor instead of besmirching the man.
>At least the TV show had the decency to make that character an impostor i
yeah that was a very good idea
his whole character was based off of a knife with his name on it found at one of the camps where there were suspected acts of cannibalism. only other mention of his existsance is in the ships crew records. poor guy.
Flamethrower, so it suffers more.
A fork suit
This show was epic.
Season 2 was shit.
what did you expect
Well not a WW2 Jap internment camp version of the Grudge
well it was announced long before it came out
I just appreciated what we got and didn't bother with even a single episode of the 2nd season
also before it released some people involved with the show made comparisons to the border and complained about muh cages, so it was obvious to anyone following that it was time to check out
The North Water was better.
contrarian take
Not contrarianism. The North Water has much better pacing, fewer supernatural elements, a more compelling antagonist, and a satisfying character arc for the protagonist. It's like they took The Terror, fixed all the problems I had with it, and produced a kind of distilled, better form of the same show.
literally me the show
MR HICKEY!
famas
Where's the fire?
Surplus .303 out of a beat to shit enfield
.375 H&H is a pretty common choice for Arctic hunters.
So is .22 Hornet
It's hard for me to decide between this and Lonesome Dove for all time favorite series.
7000 grain ball out of a sled-mounted punt gun.
A working brain so you don't end up hunting monster bears in the Arctic.
68-Pounder Carronade with 2 kegs of musket balls crammed in it and a double charge of powder
the Danes have made a regular point that 185-200 grain .30-06 will merc Polar Bear and charging Musk Ox
and that you can't make a 1917 stop working.
I liked the book and the miniseries.
Don't know what sub-room temps are complaining about season 2 for. There is no season 2 of this book.
>What are the best weapons for hunting monster bears in the Arctic?
Just show them The Terror: Infamy
Danes have been doing just fine with 30-06 for patrols a long time now. 375 H&H is a typical minimum for Grizz/Brown bear in those latitudes.
"CAPTAIN MOIRA, SIR!"
>*snickers*
6.5 Creedmoor works well enough. I use winchester Super X softpoints. Canada lets you get bear tags.
A lynch mob.
That's pretty cool fren. Are the tags only for Canadians or can burgers get in on the hunt?
MR. HICKEY STOP PRETENDING YOU ARE A TOP AND LET ME DOMINATE YOU
Idk bro but that show is one of the best I have seen in a long time.
>I rank it with breaking bad, the wire, BoB, because I will watch it multiple times
Weirdly I dropped this show 3/4 onto the first season while loving it. Thanks for reminder to go back. I do remember being uncomfortable with how it portrayed some real life people badly without actual evidence, seems in bad taste to speak ill of the dead like that... I would have felt better if it was purely fiction.
Without spoiling too much, the main human villain is unrelated to the real life person. And I don't mean in the historical fiction sense.
Same, I really liked the book and the first season but dont think I finished it, and never watched the second.
If I remember correctly wasnt the creature shot in multiple instances with rifles and shotguns and it did nothing? Which is why they kept the mute eskimo girl around, with hopes she would use voodoo magic to keep them safe?
22LR
unless you're less of a man than a 61 year old squaw that is
>be me
>polar bear
>devour 2 British crews
>survive hundreds of bullets
>the temperature increases of 2 degrees Celsius
>I am dying call the WWF
The most scary/Interesting part was this scene.
Mostly because It was true, the Inuit did found an officer like this(don't re all of Alive or dead)
WTF happened
Imagine being an Inuit and stumbling on the white men from a land far away driven mad by the cold and starvation. I think I even remember reading a story where one of them jumped on the ships as they were stuck in the ice and finding the corpse of Franklin sitting upright in a chair in his cabin. Creepy stuff.
Just started reading the book, I'm on the "eskimo hoes are all bawds" bit. I need to know this for research - are they still like that?
Lots of people say they would have preferred if Tuunbaq wasn't included in the show but I think having 19th century characters interacting with a "cryptid" is pretty cool.
To me Tuunbaq was essential to the actual point of the show. You should not be here, Not even your gods light has reached this place.
The tuunbaq should have been something actually based in Inuit mythology like a Tupilaq. Inuit cum monsters are way scarier than polar bears with mange.
>Inuit cum monsters
Oh no.
4 gauge slugs.
.300 Win Mag out of a semi-auto, anything that isn't an AR platform so it doesn't shit the bed in freezing weather, maybe just a bolt action. Or lever action .45-70 or above.
Backup 10mm glonk so the handle doesn't freeze. I'd be prepared for the finicky action to jam in icy weather though.
Come to think of it a 10mm Witness and just wrap the handle so you're not touching any bare metal. I'm assuming you'd have gloves on anyway so doesn't really matter.
a soul so polluted that even the tuunbaq cringes