This is weird, when I first seen the women wearing those red clothing and white hats actually thought it was based at a different era, like 200-300 yrs ago.
Haha yes, I also tought it was in the past until I started it a few weeks ago. I was surprise to see a car in the first scene of the first episode because of how sure I was it was going to be in the past (I didn't read anything about it before see it)
@@flukeman022 I am starting season 2 now and I am really enjoing it. So far I think first season is better but I still have a few more episodes of season 2 so I can't be 100% sure yet. I would definatley recomend it!
I suggest everyone to read the book itself. Of course the content is similar, but the prowess of Margaret Atwood as a writer and the way she makes words come to life is something everyone needs to experience.
No thanks, this show makes me so tense and full of anxiety and sadness but 8I can't stop watching it. I will defo not be reading or rewatching it again, even though I love it.
@@JinJinDoe I’m listening to the audio book at the moment and it really did cause me mad anxiety- I’ve never really felt that way before and it just make me feel scared for what the future could hold. Having said that though, I’d definitely recommend it. I’m going to watch the series after I finish the audiobook.
@@OlivaPelle Im also listening to the audiobook and have the same plan to watch the series once I'm done! Its got a good story, really dark. The narrator for the audiobook I'm listening to (Claire Danes) does a great job at capturing the mood.
He is right though. The best you can do as a leader is make decisions that benefit the majority of the people, as there will always be people who don't agree with your policies. That's why there are so many problems with all kinds of minority groups in modern politics that could easily be solved by just ignoring them. Once you start listening and catering to minorities (Hillary, Pelosi) instead of doing what is best for most people (or as Hillary called them, "deplorables"), you get an umbalanced society that eventually comes crashing down. I don't approve of the way women are treated in Gilead at all, but in a world where fertility is at an extreme low, women who prefer a career over having children is unacceptable because the survival of the human species is more important than individual freedom and having a career. And the same of course goes for men. So at its core (and minus the religious bullshit) the Sons of Jacob were right; they did save humanity, but they took it to an extreme by treating women like cattle.
The book only hints at the violence by focussing on immediate surroundings. It suggests that the violence and the larger picture is so bad that all you can do is deal with what's immediately around you. It's written brilliantly.
@@rohansrider Try Prophet of Zod, Aron Ra, GMS, Viced Rhino, Belief It Or NOt, Hbomberguy and Cody Johnston. They all takle Issues of 'Unhealthy Religion' just like Holy Koolaid does.
Genuine question, how graphic does the book get? I really want to read or watch the handmaid’s tale, but I suffer from PTSD due to SA. I know for a fact I would never be able to watch it, it would be far too much for me. I just really wanna read it but I’m worried that I won’t be able to.
@@ionabab7274 it’s has been on the A level syllabus . The miniseries is extremely violent but the book is not . The book Was written quite a while ago and doesn’t prepare the viewer for the brutality of Gilead as shown in TV. . I urge you to read the book and I’m sure you will enjoy the excellent prose of Margaret Atwood.
@@lorin7516, I get it but I don't agree. Islam has never been "reformed" as Christianity had been, and basically there are other huge differences. For many Christians nowadays, religion is rather a tradition and at the end of the day more or less trying to live according to the 10 commandments and an occasional church visit will do the trick. As opposed to this, Islam is far more strict and demanding with daily routines and practical religious doctrines. I am talking about average terms. Even the most lenient form of Islam is more strict than the stricter versions of Christianity. And many Muslims consider Islam more like a mixture of religion and politics which does not tolerate anything else eventually. There are always exceptions and I know some. But unfortunately these are serious issues which totally justify and give meaning to an occasional "cough" into such a debate.
The lady who plays Aunt Lydia is a BEAST at acting. I was astounded by her. Absolutely terrifying performance. I haven’t been that moved by an evil female villain since Mercy, with Cathy Bates. She does so good in this.
Handmaids Tale is LITERALLY (sometimes word for word) the Future Atheist-UA-camrs wanna prevent. Its a Theocracy, which real Americans really and for real request right-now. The Show even literally says the Bad-Guys replaced the Constitution with the 10 Commandments. Am i the only one who recognizes this to be an actual Thing that COnservatvies in fact fight for and that A-Channel fight-back against?
I haven't watched the shpw, so I don't know if I have the right to say this, but after reading both books, The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, I have to say that Aunt Lydia isn't the terrible person she seems to be in the first book. All the things she does, everyone she betrays, everyone she abuses, yes, I know it all happened, but when you see things from her perspective, you really can't help but admire her will to survive, her will to adapt. Of course, this doesn't justify everything she does, of course it doesn't even come close. But still, I think it's unfair to call her a villain. She's just a human, with a misguided but still incredible urge to keep on living. And I think she deserves some credit for that. *Note: I'm sorry if this was offensive; I'm not trying to start a fight or anything, but I just thought I should take the chance to defend one of the best characters from the series (in my opinion).
Oh man if you love Ann Dowd in this, then you need to see The Leftovers, not only is it one of the best TV series of all time, with easily the best score of any tv series, she acts her ass off in every scene she's in.
I remember reading the book 30 years ago and asking a friend who also read it, "do you think this could happen?" She didn't think so, but I argued "Of course not just like the book, but the idea of it...because it's certainly happened before." I've yet to drum up the courage to watch the series.
@@anirudhsilverking5761 you’re thinking of Iran I think. Where all the women were 1970s women with feathered hair and bell bottoms and all their cities were first world quality (aka nice clean new cars, clean bright buildings, well paved streets etc) and look at it now it’s a 9/11 country.
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se Have you been to Iran? If you didn't know any better, you'd think it's a European country with muslim population. Yes, the regime is strict, trust me though, nobody likes the regime. Women wear those hijabs of their own accord, and not the one which covers their whole body but only covering their hair. Do visit Iran sometime, it'll help shatter your stereotype.
Well first there needs to be an epidemic of infertility... hmmm I wonder how that can happen... surely not by coercing nearly everyone to take an experimental drug or something...
@@anirudhsilverking5761 No offence, i rather not be kidnapped by the iranian government and used for hostage diplomacy, so i'm avoiding that country like the plague.
Qwa'ha Xahn Vahla ha'nesh ok so im curious is it really THAT scary? because I think about if i should buy the novel because all the trailers and everything looks so interesting but im only 13 and a little bit scared that im going to have nightmares for the rest of my life😂 but i don't think the trailer or description looks so scary
I made quick calculations on the time frame of the novel (the handmaid's tale). on page 207, the main character said she's 33 now and she remember that when she was 7 years old her mother told her of the holocaust story that happened 40 years ago 1945+40-7+33 = 2011 so the year of the time frame is 2011 the author wrote this book 1985 so essentially she was predicting what would happen 26 years from that time
@@someoneoutthere5481 oh really? you think Margaret Atwood is a science fiction writer and not a political writer? in any case if you knew anything about science fiction it is often a reaction to a trend in society where they use a future scenario to show what could happen if such trends are left unchecked. this book is absolutely a warning to humanity. and now we are seeing some of this type of thing happen under the covid scam.
@@RedroomStudios the handmaids tale has been referred to as a scathing satire and a dire warning. It’s less of a prediction as it is a parody of both liberal and conservative values regarding women taken to their logical conclusions. It isn’t a literal warning or prediction so much as it is a mockery.
@@swagooga4309 A scathing satire....I would also refer to it as another cog in the massive brainwashing machine that seeks to control and manipulate female worldviews especially by using sexual outrage themes
the wives are mainly wives of commanders since the time before, some of them can bear children but as most people can’t they like rotate handmaids around so important men can have babies (the wives act as the almost platonic companion of the husband and the mother of the child while the handmaids act as a walking uterus)
@@griselgriselda2901 Alas, it's only a novel. And personally, I loved it. It's not a critique of Christianity, per se. It's more of a critique or warning about a totalitarian fundamentalist version of Christianity. And Christianity being the predominant religion in North America (where the story takes place), it is not out of context. It sounds like your family are lovely people. That's good to hear. Also, I wasn't imploring people to "Read the book" for the sake of reading, but to respond to the question being asked.
Thank you to all who made handmaid's tale, it really did help me be more aware of social issues but I know you all went through real terror for it im sorry
I did the same thing too! I loved and adored the first three seasons. Season 4 was not as enjoyable for me, but I still tuned in every Tuesday to watch.
Women’s rights shouldn’t be compromised nor depleted. We’ve come a long way from this type of reality. I refuse to go backwards and bring this kind of madness to the future.
@The Flying Dutchman so you want to say Muslims didn't kill gays or treat women like shit?! because dear, I'm living in a Muslim country you can't convince me otherwise, I can't wear what I want, I can't run a freaking bicycle, I saw two gay hanging in public and ...
I just finished reading the book. I’m looking forward to watching this but it’s hard to imagine it will ever compare to how good that book was. It was incredible and I can’t stop thinking about it
No, it's literal nonsense. Sometimes better is better for everyone. Like, the invention of the car. That is better transportation for everyone... the horses don't seem to mind they were ousted. This quote is proof both handsmaid tale is poorly written, and the fans are stupid.
Not wrong. The simple fact is, a vote for Republicans is a vote against democracy. The US is on the precipice of completely backsliding into authoritarian/totalitarian neo-fascism. There are only two political parties in America, one that still values the US Constitution and democracy, and one that does not!
I rewatched the trailer and came to the comment section for the same reason, you're the only person I've seen mention that case. Unfortunately, the book/show has many similarities of things that happen currently.
I actually get angry watching this. I suppose that's a tribute to how well the show is put together. What scares me is that there are people out there who would love an opportunity to establish a vicious theocracy like this. This programme is not as far fetched as it might immediately seem.
@@sundance81677 So you want to talk equality? I give you equality. The job market is already competitive as it is. For men to make money they need to put in their blood, sweat, and tears. While women are able to make huge profits from the sex market not needing to do any of the above. Either that be traditionally prostitution or being dancers. But more common now is only-fans, Instagram, tik-tok, and other social media. Women have hundreds of avenues to make a profit in the hundreds of thousands of dollars at a very young age. While the average man at the same age would just get by working minimum wage jobs or make a little better pay through backbreaking manual labor. That is why more workplace deaths are men, and why men work more hazardous jobs. We need to struggle to make a living. Or the other option which are illegal but offer jobs where you don’t need to break your back, but only risk your entire future. Why do you think men are drawn into criminal work? Selling drugs etc? Drawback is more men are in the prison system then women. Again, because for men to make money we need more then just our looks. Men are inherently born with no value in comparison to women. Men have to create value in life, while women can just be. Women have the option to exploit their bodies and make a net worth of millions by the time they are 25 off of the sexual market. Why this is to begin with? For women to make this much money from men online is because there is a direct imbalance in the sex market. But to you, it is empowering to make profit off of exploiting men? The average man is having less sex then ever before. This again is from statistics. Due to the introduction of online dating, a woman can get option from hundreds of men. From which they only choose the 1 or 2% of the best which she’d label ‘attractive’. But tell me how many men can fit the modern woman’s expectations from a man? Such as having a six figure salary? All women look for something that is better, they believe they deserve the cream of the top. Do men think the same? No. Why is it that men are perfectly fine with dating a mcdonalds worker, and women are not? Why it is that every woman if not look for money from a man, look for ambition and goals? Is it the same with men? No. You want to discuss equality as if we are the same. But the reality is we are different. You only want the benefits of being a man but not the drawbacks. You don’t want the manual labour jobs but the jobs in the managerial positions. You don’t want to die with men in the frontlines as soldiers but sit back and complain about patriarchy. Men are distilled not to complain about our problems but only listen to yours. But it is statistically proven that an average man’s life is far harder then a woman’s life can ever be. You do not share our difficulties in life, and you have zero empathy for any difficulties men have. And you expect modern men to give you any empathy in return?
Janine is really well-played in this series. You see it in the public, participatory execution. That's all I'll say, in case I'm spoiling the plot for anyone here. But you can see how and why she adapts.
I’m here because I was watching the try guys try on sexy costumes and they had one of the handmaid‘s tale and I was curious so I looked up the trailer now I understand why people were so offended 😂🤦🏾♀️
Reading the comments and seeing so many ppl just joking about it or such while as an iranian this is the nightmare we face everyday. The nightmare we cry and die for everyday. Its not even close to how hard it seems to u guys its way way way worse
Ikr it sucks so much that white american feminists whine and cry about man spreading and fat shaming and stupid shit like that when women literally are suffering and dying everyday overseas. Like...priorities man
@@larissaleigh4488 I don’t think you understand WHY there is a continual need to keep the momentum of change going, I don’t know if you know, but Afghanistan was pretty liberal for women (in that they could wear miniskirts and attend University) before the Russian invasion and then the subsequent government and civil changes brought them to their current state (which is actually not too far from the women of Gilead). Women’s rights once won are not forever unless we are vigilant in making sure we continue to move forward ( as can be seen in the politicisation of abortion and birth control). As a woman with brothers, sometimes I over hear them talking about things in a way that worries me because they don’t understand how that particular view or change would impact a woman negatively, because they don’t experience it and have never had to worry about it. For you, you might think that some women are over reacting or not doing the work in areas where it needs to be done, but tell me how you work to ensure that our work is not undone, or how you help women (like those in Afghanistan) who live a restricted life because of their gender? Please stop trolling and educate yourself on why there is a large population of your country’s citizens who are worried about this type of situation happening for them at some point.
@@OlivaPelle First of all, if you disagree with someone that doesnt make them a troll lmao. Theres a difference between trolling and having an opinion you disagree with. And obviously rights for women in this country are WAYYYYYY past "wearing miniskirts and going to University" I mean just look at the sheer privilege and decadence in this country with an open eye and tell me you can see womens rights getting reduced to nothing anytime in the near future 💀 And honestly, there is no need to "keep the momentum of change going" when in this country, there really isnt anything else that should be changed, and it is a waste of time, money and energy to do "AcTiViSm" for things like womens pants needing pockets, and tampons needing to be free, and man spreading and normalizing painting with period blood. If someone wants to be a feminist, cool with me, but if they want to say they're a feminist and whine about trivial shit from a country where they have never had a body part chopped off for learning to read or been hidden from society whenever they have their period or be killed for having intercourse out of wedlock, then they're not a (real) feminist, they're just trying to be trendy and woke while not understanding any real issues, and that's not cool with me.
@@David-un4cs I don't think being against killing unborn babies is the same as women being banned from reading and writing. Dont be dramatic. If you want to kill as many babies as you want whenever you want, go to California or New York.
I'm Christian, but I gotta say: if this happens to my country, I'm making an escape, and y'all are coming with me. Edit: A couple of people in the replies have pointed out that those of us living in countries with religious freedom need to be thankful for what we have, because not all of us have that right. To those of you who brought that up: you are absolutely correct.
Let me tell u as an iranian. We can't leave. Otherwise 70 percent would had left already. Its not easy living in such country. Be happy for what u already have because we cry and die everyday for the smallest bit of it
@@rashaalaqeedi4925 my dear this means so much thank u. Hope one day we finally see the peace. I'm also so sorry for all the cruel giveent of ours has done to ur country. This government is spreading illness all over Middle East. We're sorry 😔
Women getting forced into arranged marriage and women's bodies and rights getting violated in mass numbers has happened and is unfortunately still happening in some countries around the world, mainly in religious countries.
That’s exactly what the writer (Margaret Atwood) said, everything she wrote in the book (and the series) has happened before (and/or still happens to this day). It’s quite frightening.
they did an incredible job with season 1 but i wish they’d saved some of the events of the book for other seasons and focused more on how gilead was established. later seasons go awry but the acting never slips under 11/10. so many groundbreaking performances. incredible depiction. so excited for the final season.
I had no idea what the storyline was so needless to say the first episode traumatized me! I am glad, though, that I pushed through and kept with it (even though season 4 has been lackluster to me)
And I came here to see if I was the only one who felt this way... I just came across the series. I'm glad to see people have been struggling too since the show started... Being a woman, this series is scary. Especially coz there's a group of people I can actually see doing this in the future
my friend was watching this i couldnt continue its too fucke dup for me idk how people can watch this but you gottta be a little fucked up yourself to keep watching
I cant believe this is the context and setting of the show. I always thought this was some victorian dontown abbey type bullshit but it actually sounds sikck
Weird and hard to imagine not for everyone, a lot of people will be totally ok with that world that's why something like that is never impossible but yeah I hope we will never live in a world like this
Edgard Deruelle no one would be ok with that here. But you might be surprised to learn that this is exactly how women are treated in middle eastern countries. Look it up. But feminists don’t care about that.
@@JKStone234 Wait what?? I'm from a middle eastern country and women are very respected and have the same rights as men... So please don't believe any bullshit you read on the intertet.
Thank you kindly Margaret Atwood and Bruce Miller for writing such a magnificent piece of art so brilliant and truthfully convincing on screen. The Handmaidens Tale is such an eerie masterpiece with such powerful characters. Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Stravinsky and Joseph Fiennes showed compelling performances. Miss Moss, that was the most impressive acting I have seen. What incredible talent. Thank you.
Actually, it already *has* happened. Margaret herself (the author) has said that her rule when writing the book was that all events that take place in the book must have already occurred in the past (she did not want to be accused of coming up with twisted inventions), ie. divisions of class by clothes, hanging on the wall, women forced to bear children, reading being prohibited, etc. has all happened before.
@@maboigilgamesh3231 oh honey, there’s is nothing new under the sun. It’s been going on from the beginning. I’ve done research on this and you’ll be amazed. Now, your privy to Google and the library..go and help yourself. But this shouldn’t be so shocking!!!
@@icequeen1439 women are actually more privileged than you think. You face one hardship and you think that its the end of the world when hardships are a part of life. Most women are actually given something without them working for it
Oh UA-cam viewer, I wish you could understand that killing your young, prostituting your females and engaging in sodomy are not virtues to be pined after.
The author Margaret Atwood is why we have this story. She has always seen the darker potential of our human nature and tried to warn us. With her book Oryx and Crake too. If you like this show...please do not forget that she created this story.
Handmaids Tale is LITERALLY (sometimes word for word) the Future Atheist-UA-camrs wanna prevent. Its a Theocracy, which real Americans really and for real request right-now. The Show even literally says the Bad-Guys replaced the Constitution with the 10 Commandments. Am i the only one who recognizes this to be an actual Thing that COnservatvies in fact fight for and that A-Channel fight-back against?
Please, stop being dramatic. There's never been a safer and more prosperous time to be alive, especially in America. There is some country's where that's not true but by and large it is.
@@mith2946women are dying because they can’t access medically necessary abortions and young girls are being forced to carry rape pregnancies to term. explain to me how this isn’t steps forward to legally classing women as breeding stock.
My motivation for finally watching this series is that in my observation, the United States are inching closer and closer to this type of dystopian reality, driven by an unhinged and unchecked, violent and fundamentalist religious right.
Yes, i noticed too. That’s why i tell people to inform themselves baout regional and globale Issues via ‚Some More News’ and ‚Hbomberguy’, but also just via the general Concept of Atheist-Channel. I think that’s the way.
I'm disappointed in the fact there's people who actually support a society like this and there's also a bunch of pissed off Christians who apparently think they're so untouchable that we're not allowed to create a dystopian novel based on religious values and beliefs. Get over yourselves.
This is always the dumbest comment. There isn't a real amount of people who support a society like this, so stop crying. There's also some people who worship squirrels and only eat nuts but I'm not disappointed in them. We don't count the psychopaths.
@@chunkysnail9351 Quick Question: how is a fetus that has no brain, no central nervous system, no feelings and no circular system a human baby? (I do agree that after 14 weeks it is a baby and that it should be protected)
@@Convention_De_Geneve yes and there are only two states where abortion is illegal beyond 6 weeks. In literally every single one of the other 48 and DC, abortion is permitted up until at least 22 weeks, well beyond your idea of 14 weeks when the infant's life should be protected. So basically all but 2 states allow for abortion a full 2 months beyond the point where you said life should be protected. So how are Republican states the problem here? There have been infants born premature who have survived at 20 weeks. I think your initial tongue-in-cheek comment about Republican states is a little disingenuous. I'm glad you agree that it is a life at 14 weeks though.
One of the darkest, bleakest stories I’ve ever seen on screen. Compels me to read the novel. This is essential viewing, for the acting alone. Best world building in a show for me since Thrones. This is real dystopian fiction, not the tame YA Hunger Games schlock.
Frankly this is just what happens when you trade freedom for security, and democracy for tyranny. Once you're at the mercy of a single person or small group, no one's voice matters. And whoever the enemies of the dictator are become the enemies of the state. Religion has nothing to do with it, as many religious groups have been targeted in dictatorships. Religion is only one of may tools used by dictators to justify terrible actions. But religion has also influenced many to take action against a corrupt society and overturn it.
This is what happens when you shoot a series of a script that was written so someone could earn money on it. No religion or politics does this crap grow up
@@chrishansen4541 Influenced, yes. In the past. But in modern times there is a reason why most liberal countries have laws about church n state separation.
I love dystopian novels, when someone recommended me the hand maids tale i thought they misunderstood me as it sounds like a chickflick. Im so glad i checked it out, this is my favourite show on TV. I started the book over christmas but havent finished it yet. Absolutely brilliant.
Kookie god tell me about it. it’s so disgusting. men always like to pretend women don’t go through this shit in the world, yet many men secretly wish this to be reality (just go on the internet and you’ll see)
@@sittingturtleduck my dad thinks women have NEVER been oppressed and he thinks they have always been respected honored and the 50s was the best time to be alive for women :/ My dad is one of those guys
It's been a long time since I've seen such a nice tv show trailer. They managed to make a story without any action sequences (apart maybe Offred's escape) look epic
I've never seen the series and I'm actually hesistent to watch for fear that I'll be enraged. I can only imagine the parallel lines that can be drawn from the fictional content to portions of the reality we currently live in. Women’s rights are slowly being chipped away at and I'm worried that watching this is only going to make my stomach turn more than it already is 😮
As a victim of rape, I had to skip past the rape scenes because it brought back traumatic memories. I still look forward to season 4 because this show is really good.
@@queenemma6856 why? She can say what she wants, part of the stigma of rape is feeling you have to shut up about it. Your attitude is part of the problem, you should be sympathetic. Edited incase of grammar nazis.
Me too Shortcake !!!!! Every teenage girl in school should be made to watch this !!! It will teach girls about women's rights and less about the fucking Kardashians !
Dystopian series make me anxious bc I think is not too far from what is happening currently makes you think about what kind of future we are heading towards and if it could actually become a reality 😰
The series was a cinematic masterpiece. Years later in 2022, art imitates life. We are living the Handmaid's Tale. It's a scary and dark time for us now.
@@annextheupforwisconsin7088 Say that to the children who are raped, women with ectopic pregnancies, and daughters forced onto by their dads or brothers. They didn’t have a choice with the unprotected sex they had.
The is the most brilliant series I've ever seen. Makes me shudder because with current state of affairs regarding abortion, this country is headed for a totalitarian regime.
Nonsense, they would never overturn Roe v Wade, that's all just liberal hysteria they've been screaming for decades. This unrealistic work of fiction starts with the slaughter of congress, everyone knows the pro-life crowd would never storm congress, that would be rude and untoward 🧐
Thanks a lot Brett Cooper. You got the misogynists on this video. This is what men who watch Brett Cooper, actually think about women, and she still defends men.
@@mith2946 Well now it isn't a far off possibility with roe v wade being overturned, imminently banning abortion nationwide. It probably won't end with abortion, but with other women's rights soon! But I hope I'm wrong.
@@TomBradyisinlovewithson so you rather save an unborn “human” than a mother who’s already have a life and a family?… you rather have a mom with an unwanted pregnancy to go through the trauma of giving brith to an unwanted child? to end up in an orphanage or a poor household with poor resources?
This is why I'm not religious and will never be religious again. I won't judge others for being religious as long as they don't use their religion to do shit like this, and I will not stamp on people's freedom to practice their religion peacefully, but in general, I just dislike the concept of religion and will not be converting to any religion ever, no matter what people say.
@@arhumzia6360 The people in charge of the Republic of Gilead are a conservative Christian regime that want to turn back to a bunch of backwards traditions that oppress women, basically. That's what it has to do with this.
I know. I'm reading the comments and seems like this is more than just a show. It's happening and idk if I wanna watch it but I think this is the perfect time to watch it, might learn somethings from it. Good luck
@@prgoddess114 I’m up you’re the sleep one weird ass boy you can still get abortions but other than abortions you got condoms and abstinence. Weird ass boy
Some serious problems with this series. Potential spoilers follow. When a movie is made, someone is responsible for continuity. Things have to stay in context, function consistently and logically from scene to scene. Clocks and calendars have to be correct for the context of the scene they are in. Lighting has to accurately show the time of day, the season of the year. This is essential to create immersion and make suspension of disbelief easy for the audience. It is someone's paid job to monitor these things. So who is responsible for making sure that a movie is not STUPID? Especially the script. Making sure that the audience never says "that makes no sense," What is the job title for the "stop, that's totally stupid, change it," person? Who is in charge of finding plot holes and similar idiocy? Who is in charge of reining in the arrogance and hubris of "producers" and holding script writers accountable to logic and common sense? If there is huge food rationing, even among the powerful, how can the nation afford to feed/maintain a soldier standing every ten feet on every sidewalk, inside every single building, everywhere, all hours of the day, every day? There is strong implication that there is an ongoing war, so, again, how can they spare this ridiculous number of soldiers literally everywhere? Waterford is shown down in the kitchen having a snack late at night. He is holding a large carving knife. June/Offred is frequently shown wandering around in the house, even out of the house, after dark. Uh, what? Early in the series June says, "the glass in the windows is shatterproof; not to keep us from running away, but to prevent suicide," Yet....there is no lock on the bedroom door to keep her in at night? Nothing to prevent her from getting a knife out of the kitchen and using it to kill the sleeping masters? Why bother with unbreakable glass on the windows? June's predecessor easily just hanged herself to death with some ripped up sheets. Aunt Lydia is established early on as a major figure at a Red Center, clearly a full time job......then suddenly she is spending all of her time inside the Waterford house, breathing down their necks. Doesn't feel very credible. The Mexican trade ambassador is introduced as snarky / skeptical about Gilead and the status of the Handmaids......then her attitude is totally reversed at the end of the episode. If all along the intention was to buy some handmaids and enslave them in Mexico, there would be ZERO point in any of her suspicious or snarky comments. They should also have talked about what Mexico was going to give, most likely oil and natural gas. Should also have been a scene in which the elite argue, "why don't we just take a few tanks down to mexico and conquer them" and then have an argument why not. If the barren woman problem is in Mexico also, and has, as the ambassador states, been going on for six years, how do we account for Canada not also facing a baby crisis? In our contemporary reality, the Canadian economy would collapse overnight if trade ceased between the USA and Canada....so where are they getting their money? A huge missed opportunity: The episode in which the Guardians are force married to some girls......this could have easily been used for drama. "The crisis has become so severe that we have to start impregnating underage girls". Yes, the point was conveyed, but it could have been milked for some good drama. Elizabeth Moss is ugly as SHIT. Ugly face, lousy body. Not even remotely credible that men such as nick or waterford would get hot for her. I guess some wimp loser pussy guys like a pushy bitch, but real men don't like their women to have a perpetual chip on the shoulder. Girls, it's already enough work to compete with other men. Stop making us fight you, also. It isn't sexy to be a pain in the ass all of the time. An "attitude" isn't a substitute for tangible achievement. It is impossible to have any sympathy for June. She is a completely selfish, evil, malicious greedy person. She steals a married man from his wife, even after the wife BEGS her to back off and give them a chance to reconcile. Then, she betrays Luke by fucking Nick. How is this even remotely a character to like or care about? I remember confronting a woman who did this. She said, "I didn't do anything wrong, he was the married cheating one," That is like a crook saying, "I didn't do anything wrong. I just drove the getaway car. I didn't go into the bank and rob the money," What is most grotesque is, after breaking the vows of marriage, June and Luke get married. Why bother, since you obviously don't believe in honor or promise keeping? Doesn't seem especially credible that Gilead would condemn gender traitors but would allow race traitors. After they blew up the White House, how could Gilead NOT have bomb sniffing dogs at every event, such as season two episode 7? Just not even remotely credible that could slip by. If the handmaids are not supposed to see out the car windows, why not just black out the windows instead of having curtains that the girls can easily pull aside? So many many many common sense things in this series are insanely stupid, lame, immersion breaking. Season 2, episode 10. A major Fail. June asks Waterford to be able to see her daughter Hannah. Since this would be massively disruptive for both Hannah and June, it is not even remotely credible that he would agree. It is not credible that Hannah's custodial parents would agree to the meeting, or that Waterford had enough power to force them to agree. Not even remotely credible that Hannah would instantly flip from "you abandoned me" resentment to hysterical loving of June. The meeting scene is hugely over-acted, it feels totally fake and forced, milked. While the series does show us other lives, such as Jezebels and the Colonies, there is a problem. So much focus is put on June that it strains credibility. One person would have that eventful a life? Why wouldn't the handmaids have electronic tracking ankle collars on ? Season 2 episode 11. If she has the brains to search for the keys, why not also the brains to fashion some kind of weapon to fend off the wolf? Broomstick snapped off to a sharp point for example. She finds the sports car in the garage. It doesn't take very long for a car battery to go dead, especially in winter, in an unheated garage. Not very credible that the car would function. I guess the elite have privileges, but not very credible that there would be an unlocked box containing a shotgun and ammunition in that abandoned house. Season 2, Episode 13. How is it likely, or even credible, that it would be left up to June to go through Eden's things, rather than, for example, Nick or Eden's mother, or the Waterfords or a Guardian investigator? When Eden ran away, wouldn't it have occurred to anyone to look at her things for clues? For drama to be effective, it has to be credible, consistent and logical. Now, retards are going to say things such as, "well, a theocracy and a world birth plague aren't likely either,". No, they're not, which is why ALL of the other details of the story have to make sense, in order to create a plausible supporting structure to the overall premise. Suspension of disbelief only goes so far before the writers drift into the fatal territory of insulting the intelligence of the audience. Once you jump that shark, you can never go back. "What are you gonna do when they come for your daughter?" June asks Waterford. What???? How is it even remotely logical to assume that the infant is going to grow up to be disobedient the way Eden was? Season 2, episode 13 at around 18 50 mark, Serena is talking with another wife. Nothing the other wife says even remotely suggests that she is discontent or inclined to rebel, but suddenly, against all logic, the conversation turns into a conspiracy. Ham fisted, not plausible. Nothing shown to establish why that other wife might be discontent. At 21 23, handmaid shown leaving her room at night, and stealing a knife from the kitchen. Again, how is it even remotely plausible that the handmaids would not be locked in their rooms at night?
This is weird, when I first seen the women wearing those red clothing and white hats actually thought it was based at a different era, like 200-300 yrs ago.
@@user-xv6um9nr3z sorry, I meant thought it was set in the past.
oh same tho.
Haha yes, I also tought it was in the past until I started it a few weeks ago. I was surprise to see a car in the first scene of the first episode because of how sure I was it was going to be in the past (I didn't read anything about it before see it)
@@tursiopss did you enjoy it what did you think of it?
@@flukeman022 I am starting season 2 now and I am really enjoing it. So far I think first season is better but I still have a few more episodes of season 2 so I can't be 100% sure yet. I would definatley recomend it!
I suggest everyone to read the book itself. Of course the content is similar, but the prowess of Margaret Atwood as a writer and the way she makes words come to life is something everyone needs to experience.
No thanks, this show makes me so tense and full of anxiety and sadness but 8I can't stop watching it. I will defo not be reading or rewatching it again, even though I love it.
@@JinJinDoe I’m listening to the audio book at the moment and it really did cause me mad anxiety- I’ve never really felt that way before and it just make me feel scared for what the future could hold. Having said that though, I’d definitely recommend it. I’m going to watch the series after I finish the audiobook.
It is a facinating if grim book, i'm currently reading The Testaments
@@OlivaPelle Im also listening to the audiobook and have the same plan to watch the series once I'm done! Its got a good story, really dark. The narrator for the audiobook I'm listening to (Claire Danes) does a great job at capturing the mood.
I’m currently reading it. I don’t think I’m ready for what lies ahead broo. I’m just around page 70
-“We only wanted to make the world better”
~“Better?”
-“Better never means better for everyone.”
r/Im14AndThisIsDeep
it do be like dat sometimes
Basically #MAGA
Hahahahaha crazy
He is right though.
The best you can do as a leader is make decisions that benefit the majority of the people, as there will always be people who don't agree with your policies.
That's why there are so many problems with all kinds of minority groups in modern politics that could easily be solved by just ignoring them.
Once you start listening and catering to minorities (Hillary, Pelosi) instead of doing what is best for most people (or as Hillary called them, "deplorables"), you get an umbalanced society that eventually comes crashing down.
I don't approve of the way women are treated in Gilead at all, but in a world where fertility is at an extreme low, women who prefer a career over having children is unacceptable because the survival of the human species is more important than individual freedom and having a career.
And the same of course goes for men.
So at its core (and minus the religious bullshit) the Sons of Jacob were right; they did save humanity, but they took it to an extreme by treating women like cattle.
The book only hints at the violence by focussing on immediate surroundings. It suggests that the violence and the larger picture is so bad that all you can do is deal with what's immediately around you. It's written brilliantly.
Hpe you realize, Lazy Girl:
Handmaids Tale: This Show is kinda One Big Trailer for Atheist-UA-camrs.
@@loturzelrestaurant Atheist- You Tubers? Bring it on.
@@rohansrider Try Prophet of Zod, Aron Ra, GMS, Viced Rhino, Belief It Or NOt, Hbomberguy and Cody Johnston. They all takle Issues of 'Unhealthy Religion' just like Holy Koolaid does.
Genuine question, how graphic does the book get? I really want to read or watch the handmaid’s tale, but I suffer from PTSD due to SA. I know for a fact I would never be able to watch it, it would be far too much for me. I just really wanna read it but I’m worried that I won’t be able to.
@@ionabab7274 it’s has been on the A level syllabus . The miniseries is extremely violent but the book is not . The book
Was written quite a while ago and doesn’t prepare the viewer for the brutality of Gilead as shown in TV. . I urge you to read the book and I’m sure you will enjoy the excellent prose of Margaret Atwood.
*Better never means better for everyome.*
By order of the peaky fookin blinders
@@KhaLiLDo9 I love this Phrase
Basically MAGA
yes, this is what feminazis mean
EVERYOME 💀
Religion and law should never combine and this is why.
*cough Islam*
@@lorin7516 islamic countries already combined them
Exactly. Separation of church and state.
No misunderstandings? Only a fool a fool doesn't understand what many Islamic countries do to women, and yes, a "cough" is very clear on the topic.
@@lorin7516, I get it but I don't agree. Islam has never been "reformed" as Christianity had been, and basically there are other huge differences. For many Christians nowadays, religion is rather a tradition and at the end of the day more or less trying to live according to the 10 commandments and an occasional church visit will do the trick. As opposed to this, Islam is far more strict and demanding with daily routines and practical religious doctrines. I am talking about average terms. Even the most lenient form of Islam is more strict than the stricter versions of Christianity. And many Muslims consider Islam more like a mixture of religion and politics which does not tolerate anything else eventually. There are always exceptions and I know some. But unfortunately these are serious issues which totally justify and give meaning to an occasional "cough" into such a debate.
The lady who plays Aunt Lydia is a BEAST at acting. I was astounded by her. Absolutely terrifying performance. I haven’t been that moved by an evil female villain since Mercy, with Cathy Bates. She does so good in this.
Handmaids Tale is LITERALLY (sometimes word for word) the Future Atheist-UA-camrs wanna prevent.
Its a Theocracy, which real Americans really and for real request right-now.
The Show even literally says the Bad-Guys replaced the
Constitution with the 10 Commandments. Am i the only one who recognizes
this to be an actual Thing that COnservatvies in fact fight for and that A-Channel fight-back against?
she's great!! possibly the best actress in the serie
I haven't watched the shpw, so I don't know if I have the right to say this, but after reading both books, The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, I have to say that Aunt Lydia isn't the terrible person she seems to be in the first book. All the things she does, everyone she betrays, everyone she abuses, yes, I know it all happened, but when you see things from her perspective, you really can't help but admire her will to survive, her will to adapt. Of course, this doesn't justify everything she does, of course it doesn't even come close. But still, I think it's unfair to call her a villain. She's just a human, with a misguided but still incredible urge to keep on living. And I think she deserves some credit for that.
*Note: I'm sorry if this was offensive; I'm not trying to start a fight or anything, but I just thought I should take the chance to defend one of the best characters from the series (in my opinion).
Oh man if you love Ann Dowd in this, then you need to see The Leftovers, not only is it one of the best TV series of all time, with easily the best score of any tv series, she acts her ass off in every scene she's in.
Ann Dowd is a national treasure. She is amazing in everything she has done.
I remember reading the book 30 years ago and asking a friend who also read it, "do you think this could happen?" She didn't think so, but I argued "Of course not just like the book, but the idea of it...because it's certainly happened before." I've yet to drum up the courage to watch the series.
Check out Afghanistan, it's a live example of it.
@@anirudhsilverking5761 you’re thinking of Iran I think. Where all the women were 1970s women with feathered hair and bell bottoms and all their cities were first world quality (aka nice clean new cars, clean bright buildings, well paved streets etc) and look at it now it’s a 9/11 country.
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se Have you been to Iran? If you didn't know any better, you'd think it's a European country with muslim population. Yes, the regime is strict, trust me though, nobody likes the regime. Women wear those hijabs of their own accord, and not the one which covers their whole body but only covering their hair. Do visit Iran sometime, it'll help shatter your stereotype.
Well first there needs to be an epidemic of infertility... hmmm I wonder how that can happen... surely not by coercing nearly everyone to take an experimental drug or something...
@@anirudhsilverking5761
No offence, i rather not be kidnapped by the iranian government and used for hostage diplomacy, so i'm avoiding that country like the plague.
This is the scariest novel I have ever read and I haven't even finished it yet!! I'll be jumping to this series right after.
Qwa'ha Xahn Vahla ha'nesh ok so im curious is it really THAT scary? because I think about if i should buy the novel because all the trailers and everything looks so interesting but im only 13 and a little bit scared that im going to have nightmares for the rest of my life😂 but i don't think the trailer or description looks so scary
Limelight Forever i just finished reading it yesterday. It’s honestly not creepy or scary
liliana radojevich it’s not creepy or scary in a way that monsters or serial killers scare you. i think the right word is unsettling and disturbing
Rosalie Sti I’d say wait till you’re 15
christelle del slay it was just boring
Everyone's afraid of living in _1984_ , meanwhile I'm shitting my pants at the prospect of living in _The Handmaid's Tale_ .
It just happened yesterday in Afghanistan.
You posted this 3 months ago. I hope you don’t live in Texas or Alabama.
@@sundance81677 I meant shitting my pants in a bad way.
@@sundance81677 Why Texas and Alabama?
@@sundance81677 Comparing the Texas abortion law to the Handmaids Tale... Lmao wow, so moronic.
I made quick calculations on the time frame of the novel (the handmaid's tale).
on page 207, the main character said she's 33 now and she remember that when she was 7 years old her mother told her of the holocaust story that happened 40 years ago
1945+40-7+33 = 2011
so the year of the time frame is 2011
the author wrote this book 1985 so essentially she was predicting what would happen 26 years from that time
the author wasn;t predicting this would happen, it's a sci-fi series, they are supposed to take place in the future.
@@someoneoutthere5481 oh really? you think Margaret Atwood is a science fiction writer and not a political writer? in any case if you knew anything about science fiction it is often a reaction to a trend in society where they use a future scenario to show what could happen if such trends are left unchecked. this book is absolutely a warning to humanity. and now we are seeing some of this type of thing happen under the covid scam.
@@RedroomStudios the handmaids tale has been referred to as a scathing satire and a dire warning. It’s less of a prediction as it is a parody of both liberal and conservative values regarding women taken to their logical conclusions. It isn’t a literal warning or prediction so much as it is a mockery.
@@swagooga4309 A scathing satire....I would also refer to it as another cog in the massive brainwashing machine that seeks to control and manipulate female worldviews especially by using sexual outrage themes
A warning, just like the book, 1984 was a warning
I don't get it. If they value fertility so much, why are ths fertile women the servants and the infertile the wives? Shouldn't it be reversed?
They're rich, think of it as the monarchy in the past
the wives are mainly wives of commanders since the time before, some of them can bear children but as most people can’t they like rotate handmaids around so important men can have babies (the wives act as the almost platonic companion of the husband and the mother of the child while the handmaids act as a walking uterus)
Carolline Macêdo walking uterus.well mentioned haha
Read the book.
@@griselgriselda2901 Alas, it's only a novel. And personally, I loved it. It's not a critique of Christianity, per se. It's more of a critique or warning about a totalitarian fundamentalist version of Christianity. And Christianity being the predominant religion in North America (where the story takes place), it is not out of context. It sounds like your family are lovely people. That's good to hear. Also, I wasn't imploring people to "Read the book" for the sake of reading, but to respond to the question being asked.
The acting is true art.
Elisabeth is insane .. i loved her in mad man so so much ❤️
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
The woman who plays the main character is not very beautiful . They should of picked a more beautiful woman for this .
@@mordecaiesther3591 sometimes talent foregoes beauty, and beauty can't always compensate for acting that's wanting.
Thank you to all who made handmaid's tale, it really did help me be more aware of social issues but I know you all went through real terror for it im sorry
I've watched the 3 seasons in less than a week, this show is absolutly STUNNING
are you okay? how'd u do it?
I did the same thing too! I loved and adored the first three seasons. Season 4 was not as enjoyable for me, but I still tuned in every Tuesday to watch.
Where can I find this web series?
Same lmfao ive been watching for a week im already on s3 episode 11 its so good i binge for hours
anywhere to watch it free?
Women’s rights shouldn’t be compromised nor depleted. We’ve come a long way from this type of reality. I refuse to go backwards and bring this kind of madness to the future.
Tmoni 78 fantastic point. So true!
So you're against the Muslim immigration, then?
Tmoni 78 u cant escape ur destiny little girl haha xD chill its just a show so dramatic xD
Humans became less violent because of literature, they allowed us to show emotion. This is a perfect example of the power of books.
@The Flying Dutchman
so you want to say Muslims didn't kill gays or treat women like shit?! because dear, I'm living in a Muslim country you can't convince me otherwise, I can't wear what I want, I can't run a freaking bicycle, I saw two gay hanging in public and ...
I just finished reading the book. I’m looking forward to watching this but it’s hard to imagine it will ever compare to how good that book was. It was incredible and I can’t stop thinking about it
Best novel I’ve read in years. Couldn’t put it down.
I loved the book too but they are real close. They did a commendable job with the show
Usha Pandey I’m a little over halfway through season 2 and I love it. They did a fantastic job and really stayed true to the essence of the book.
"Better never means better for everyone." Wow, it just hit me how brutally true that is...
Handmaids Tale: This Show is kinda One Big Trailer for Atheist-UA-camrs.
No, it's literal nonsense. Sometimes better is better for everyone. Like, the invention of the car. That is better transportation for everyone... the horses don't seem to mind they were ousted. This quote is proof both handsmaid tale is poorly written, and the fans are stupid.
@@damienmulder909 you could argue that the invention of cars made things worse for the environment overall
@@marinamaged962 Sorry, the environment is not included when referring to 'everyone'.
@@damienmulder909 yes it’s included considering we all interact with the environment every second of our lives 😂
Blessed be the Fruit Loops
may the toucan open
May the force be with you
Blessed are the cheese makers
😩😩😂
haha ecksdee so randem 😳😳😳
For some reason the current roe v wade case in the SCOTUS made me think of this show
Not wrong. The simple fact is, a vote for Republicans is a vote against democracy. The US is on the precipice of completely backsliding into authoritarian/totalitarian neo-fascism.
There are only two political parties in America, one that still values the US Constitution and democracy, and one that does not!
I rewatched the trailer and came to the comment section for the same reason, you're the only person I've seen mention that case. Unfortunately, the book/show has many similarities of things that happen currently.
I had this exact same thought
Cry harder at the thought of losing the ability to kill children sicko.
there you go...
I actually get angry watching this. I suppose that's a tribute to how well the show is put together. What scares me is that there are people out there who would love an opportunity to establish a vicious theocracy like this. This programme is not as far fetched as it might immediately seem.
Made me an even bigger feminist. With it happening in Texas rn, I’m furious.
@@sundance81677
So you want to talk equality?
I give you equality.
The job market is already competitive as it is.
For men to make money they need to put in their blood, sweat, and tears.
While women are able to make huge profits from the sex market not needing to do any of the above.
Either that be traditionally prostitution or being dancers. But more common now is only-fans, Instagram, tik-tok, and other social media.
Women have hundreds of avenues to make a profit in the hundreds of thousands of dollars at a very young age. While the average man at the same age would just get by working minimum wage jobs or make a little better pay through backbreaking manual labor. That is why more workplace deaths are men, and why men work more hazardous jobs. We need to struggle to make a living.
Or the other option which are illegal but offer jobs where you don’t need to break your back, but only risk your entire future. Why do you think men are drawn into criminal work? Selling drugs etc? Drawback is more men are in the prison system then women.
Again, because for men to make money we need more then just our looks.
Men are inherently born with no value in comparison to women. Men have to create value in life, while women can just be.
Women have the option to exploit their bodies and make a net worth of millions by the time they are 25 off of the sexual market. Why this is to begin with? For women to make this much money from men online is because there is a direct imbalance in the sex market.
But to you, it is empowering to make profit off of exploiting men?
The average man is having less sex then ever before. This again is from statistics.
Due to the introduction of online dating, a woman can get option from hundreds of men. From which they only choose the 1 or 2% of the best which she’d label ‘attractive’.
But tell me how many men can fit the modern woman’s expectations from a man?
Such as having a six figure salary?
All women look for something that is better, they believe they deserve the cream of the top.
Do men think the same? No.
Why is it that men are perfectly fine with dating a mcdonalds worker, and women are not?
Why it is that every woman if not look for money from a man, look for ambition and goals?
Is it the same with men? No.
You want to discuss equality as if we are the same. But the reality is we are different. You only want the benefits of being a man but not the drawbacks. You don’t want the manual labour jobs but the jobs in the managerial positions. You don’t want to die with men in the frontlines as soldiers but sit back and complain about patriarchy.
Men are distilled not to complain about our problems but only listen to yours. But it is statistically proven that an average man’s life is far harder then a woman’s life can ever be.
You do not share our difficulties in life, and you have zero empathy for any difficulties men have. And you expect modern men to give you any empathy in return?
@@hans3443 Feel better?
@@sundance81677
Yes.
Life hurts.
Its happening right now in Afghanistan. Its real , just not where you are.
Janine is really well-played in this series. You see it in the public, participatory execution. That's all I'll say, in case I'm spoiling the plot for anyone here. But you can see how and why she adapts.
You mean particicution ;)
Handmaids Tale: This Show is kinda One Big Trailer for
Atheist-UA-camrs.
It’s 2019 and this is the first time I’m hearing about this series 🤯
Have you seen it? It's soooo good!!
Arian Augustin 2020 for me!
Its corona time for me
That hair is everything on you ❤️😭
Hooray, its 2021 and guess wat?
I’m here because I was watching the try guys try on sexy costumes and they had one of the handmaid‘s tale and I was curious so I looked up the trailer now I understand why people were so offended 😂🤦🏾♀️
Liongirl47 XD lmaoooooo me too
Same
OMG same
Offended about what? This is just as stupid as any sci fi series ever was.
Same tho
Reading the comments and seeing so many ppl just joking about it or such while as an iranian this is the nightmare we face everyday. The nightmare we cry and die for everyday. Its not even close to how hard it seems to u guys its way way way worse
Ikr it sucks so much that white american feminists whine and cry about man spreading and fat shaming and stupid shit like that when women literally are suffering and dying everyday overseas. Like...priorities man
@@larissaleigh4488 Can't blame them, thats the American problems, they are priviledge to whine about this things
@@kaytee789 well if they want to make change they should do something actually important
@@larissaleigh4488 I don’t think you understand WHY there is a continual need to keep the momentum of change going, I don’t know if you know, but Afghanistan was pretty liberal for women (in that they could wear miniskirts and attend University) before the Russian invasion and then the subsequent government and civil changes brought them to their current state (which is actually not too far from the women of Gilead). Women’s rights once won are not forever unless we are vigilant in making sure we continue to move forward ( as can be seen in the politicisation of abortion and birth control). As a woman with brothers, sometimes I over hear them talking about things in a way that worries me because they don’t understand how that particular view or change would impact a woman negatively, because they don’t experience it and have never had to worry about it. For you, you might think that some women are over reacting or not doing the work in areas where it needs to be done, but tell me how you work to ensure that our work is not undone, or how you help women (like those in Afghanistan) who live a restricted life because of their gender? Please stop trolling and educate yourself on why there is a large population of your country’s citizens who are worried about this type of situation happening for them at some point.
@@OlivaPelle First of all, if you disagree with someone that doesnt make them a troll lmao. Theres a difference between trolling and having an opinion you disagree with. And obviously rights for women in this country are WAYYYYYY past "wearing miniskirts and going to University" I mean just look at the sheer privilege and decadence in this country with an open eye and tell me you can see womens rights getting reduced to nothing anytime in the near future 💀
And honestly, there is no need to "keep the momentum of change going" when in this country, there really isnt anything else that should be changed, and it is a waste of time, money and energy to do "AcTiViSm" for things like womens pants needing pockets, and tampons needing to be free, and man spreading and normalizing painting with period blood. If someone wants to be a feminist, cool with me, but if they want to say they're a feminist and whine about trivial shit from a country where they have never had a body part chopped off for learning to read or been hidden from society whenever they have their period or be killed for having intercourse out of wedlock, then they're not a (real) feminist, they're just trying to be trendy and woke while not understanding any real issues, and that's not cool with me.
Whose watching July, 2024??????
Hulu series? I thought this was a documentary about America's future
Lol 😀😀 😀
Ha you are so funny and edgy
That's basically how Georgia and Alabama are becoming.
@@David-un4cs The accuracy of this statement
@@David-un4cs I don't think being against killing unborn babies is the same as women being banned from reading and writing. Dont be dramatic. If you want to kill as many babies as you want whenever you want, go to California or New York.
I'm Christian, but I gotta say: if this happens to my country, I'm making an escape, and y'all are coming with me.
Edit: A couple of people in the replies have pointed out that those of us living in countries with religious freedom need to be thankful for what we have, because not all of us have that right. To those of you who brought that up: you are absolutely correct.
fr hhhh
Let me tell u as an iranian. We can't leave. Otherwise 70 percent would had left already. Its not easy living in such country. Be happy for what u already have because we cry and die everyday for the smallest bit of it
@@kimkkl2184 this broke my heart. Im sorry. As an Iraqi, I understand 💔
@@rashaalaqeedi4925 my dear this means so much thank u. Hope one day we finally see the peace. I'm also so sorry for all the cruel giveent of ours has done to ur country. This government is spreading illness all over Middle East. We're sorry 😔
You making an ark?
Blessed be the one who uploaded this trailer and blessed be this channel. Under his eye.
Under his eye
Women getting forced into arranged marriage and women's bodies and rights getting violated in mass numbers has happened and is unfortunately still happening in some countries around the world, mainly in religious countries.
That’s exactly what the writer (Margaret Atwood) said, everything she wrote in the book (and the series) has happened before (and/or still happens to this day). It’s quite frightening.
Cool it with the islamaphobia, please.
@@nick-oe3un my parents had an arranged marriage.. It isn't dumb
@@sherpaderpdingo3405 truth isn't islamophobia
@@sambatra6162 describe sharia, pls
This show is both captivating and terrifying, beautiful and horrendous, and not quite based in reality but enough to make us question.
Lol...
Who is also here after the US elections 2024?💀
Trying to see what's in the mind of lib women 😂😅
@@zeehighness9310 lol same here
Yes, we stopped this by voting MAGA and freedom!
😂😂😂😂😂... honestly kept hearing a reference to this show but never knew why. Just watched this clip and still don't know what's the big deal
they did an incredible job with season 1 but i wish they’d saved some of the events of the book for other seasons and focused more on how gilead was established. later seasons go awry but the acting never slips under 11/10. so many groundbreaking performances. incredible depiction. so excited for the final season.
Man, I’ve watched fucked up things.. but this series is just something else.
true:(
I had no idea what the storyline was so needless to say the first episode traumatized me! I am glad, though, that I pushed through and kept with it (even though season 4 has been lackluster to me)
So true... I am struggling through the first season
And I came here to see if I was the only one who felt this way... I just came across the series. I'm glad to see people have been struggling too since the show started...
Being a woman, this series is scary. Especially coz there's a group of people I can actually see doing this in the future
my friend was watching this i couldnt continue its too fucke dup for me idk how people can watch this but you gottta be a little fucked up yourself to keep watching
Man, I am so stoked! why does it have to be on hulu????
Get a jailbroken fire stick
KittyGirlCheezFriend I purchased just to watch this and the act
It's 2020, and this is the first time I'm hearing about this, and even after some of the shooting was done in my city. 🤯
2021 for me ... better late than never
I wont be able to "suspend my disbelief" with all the scenes filmed in Toronto!
@@salma31000 Just in time for you to catch up when the new season starts!
I cant believe this is the context and setting of the show. I always thought this was some victorian dontown abbey type bullshit but it actually sounds sikck
Is that Poussey from OITNB🤔
L. Michelle
yep
Some of the people r from OITNB
Yup
Sure is!
YEAH AND THERE WAS RORY FROM GILMORE GIRLSS🥺🥺🥺
This is weird and hard to imagine a world like this. Wow... Hope we'll never get to an era like this.
Weird and hard to imagine not for everyone, a lot of people will be totally ok with that world that's why something like that is never impossible but yeah I hope we will never live in a world like this
Edgard Deruelle no one would be ok with that here. But you might be surprised to learn that this is exactly how women are treated in middle eastern countries. Look it up. But feminists don’t care about that.
@@edgardderuelle8219 even the commanders and their wives are miserable in this world, the only ones who are ok with it is the authority
@@JKStone234
Wait what??
I'm from a middle eastern country and women are very respected and have the same rights as men...
So please don't believe any bullshit you read on the intertet.
@@lnisme0295 the Commanders are the authority
Welcome to a well done documentary.
The idea behind this is terrifying
Societal horror is the most effective horror
Brace yourselves guys 😅 things are about to get wild in America for the next few years
I watched Handmaid's Tale Season 1. It was an amazing show. And Elisabeth's performance was awesome.
FYI neither of those things are true, you have bad taste.
@@damienmulder909ok loser
"We only wanted to make the world, better. Better never means for everyone." 2021.
straight facts
Say that to the terfs
Thank you kindly Margaret Atwood and Bruce Miller for writing such a magnificent piece of art so brilliant and truthfully convincing on screen. The Handmaidens Tale is such an eerie masterpiece with such powerful characters. Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Stravinsky and Joseph Fiennes showed compelling performances. Miss Moss, that was the most impressive acting I have seen. What incredible talent. Thank you.
This is truly an organized crime, in a cult community. Crazy thing is, it happens every day somewhere close or far away from us. But its happening.
Actually, it already *has* happened. Margaret herself (the author) has said that her rule when writing the book was that all events that take place in the book must have already occurred in the past (she did not want to be accused of coming up with twisted inventions), ie. divisions of class by clothes, hanging on the wall, women forced to bear children, reading being prohibited, etc. has all happened before.
@@rhiannn3416 Yes it had.
Name one place where women are being used as sex slaves (by an organisation)
@@maboigilgamesh3231 oh honey, there’s is nothing new under the sun. It’s been going on from the beginning. I’ve done research on this and you’ll be amazed. Now, your privy to Google and the library..go and help yourself. But this shouldn’t be so shocking!!!
@@icequeen1439 women are actually more privileged than you think. You face one hardship and you think that its the end of the world when hardships are a part of life. Most women are actually given something without them working for it
Oh Poland, why are you trying to make this series our reality? #iwishicouldabortmygovernment
America is trying really hard to make it happen too just sad and scary
This is the global agenda! We have to wake up and become united
I’m getting sterilised in February. I’m 26. No children now. No children EVER. Not me. Not in this life. 💪🏼
@@Lol78209 👏 bravo
Oh UA-cam viewer, I wish you could understand that killing your young, prostituting your females and engaging in sodomy are not virtues to be pined after.
The author Margaret Atwood is why we have this story. She has always seen the darker potential of our human nature and tried to warn us. With her book Oryx and Crake too. If you like this show...please do not forget that she created this story.
“Better doesn’t mean better for everyone” then find a better better.
Handmaids Tale is LITERALLY (sometimes word for word) the Future Atheist-UA-camrs wanna prevent.
Its a Theocracy, which real Americans really and for real request right-now.
The Show even literally says the Bad-Guys replaced the
Constitution with the 10 Commandments. Am i the only one who recognizes
this to be an actual Thing that COnservatvies in fact fight for and that A-Channel fight-back against?
A better better is when all religions disappear
I think we all need to find a better place that makes us better.
We're living the flashback episodes right now XD
Lol true :(
Wowwwww we love positivity for our future lmao
Please, stop being dramatic. There's never been a safer and more prosperous time to be alive, especially in America. There is some country's where that's not true but by and large it is.
@@mith2946women are dying because they can’t access medically necessary abortions and young girls are being forced to carry rape pregnancies to term. explain to me how this isn’t steps forward to legally classing women as breeding stock.
This is why you never let religion take over.
My motivation for finally watching this series is that in my observation, the United States are inching closer and closer to this type of dystopian reality, driven by an unhinged and unchecked, violent and fundamentalist religious right.
Yes, i noticed too. That’s why i tell people to inform themselves baout regional and globale Issues via ‚Some More News’ and ‚Hbomberguy’,
but also just via the general Concept of Atheist-Channel.
I think that’s the way.
Read American Fascists, by Chris Hedges so you know what's coming.
ua-cam.com/video/J6oTIjvw_-8/v-deo.html
It's an absolutely fantastic series
Aah yes, leaving decisions to elected officials at the state level, and therefore making our society more democratic, is “unhinged” and “violent”
🤡
This was supposed to be a warning. I suppose America interpreted it as an instruction manual.
Holy delusion
MAGA :)
real.
No, you take entertainment too seriously!
Today's government : Better world doesn't mean better world for everyone.
I'm disappointed in the fact there's people who actually support a society like this and there's also a bunch of pissed off Christians who apparently think they're so untouchable that we're not allowed to create a dystopian novel based on religious values and beliefs. Get over yourselves.
This is always the dumbest comment. There isn't a real amount of people who support a society like this, so stop crying. There's also some people who worship squirrels and only eat nuts but I'm not disappointed in them. We don't count the psychopaths.
@@mith2946 wtf? Why would I NOT be disappointed in people who see shit like this as a utopia?
Handmaiden’s tale real life version, coming to a Republican state near you!
You can’t kill babies, so it’s like the handmaids tale?
@@chunkysnail9351 Quick Question: how is a fetus that has no brain, no central nervous system, no feelings and no circular system a human baby? (I do agree that after 14 weeks it is a baby and that it should be protected)
@@Convention_De_Geneve Exactly and They don't give one Godamned bit about life, it's about power and control!!!
@@Convention_De_Geneve Handmaids Tale: This Show is kinda One Big Trailer for Atheist-UA-camrs.
@@Convention_De_Geneve yes and there are only two states where abortion is illegal beyond 6 weeks. In literally every single one of the other 48 and DC, abortion is permitted up until at least 22 weeks, well beyond your idea of 14 weeks when the infant's life should be protected. So basically all but 2 states allow for abortion a full 2 months beyond the point where you said life should be protected. So how are Republican states the problem here? There have been infants born premature who have survived at 20 weeks.
I think your initial tongue-in-cheek comment about Republican states is a little disingenuous. I'm glad you agree that it is a life at 14 weeks though.
I'm only here because of Kylie's party posts. I've never heard of this show and I'm so confused after watching this trailer!
And me lol
Omg same, now I'm binge watching it lol
Sephi is it good ?
@@cassy10ful it's actually really good
Lol me too
I'm 17 seconds in and it's giving me chills how similar the current situation is to what she just said.
True... 😔
Thank you for being aware of the authoritarian push for more government power, which is fueled by fear, that is taking place in America. Thank you.
You're kidding right? There has never been a safer and more prosperous time to be alive, especially in America and most of Europe.
@@mith2946 Whelp, time to delete this comment. Aged like milk.
@@bobob9969 What... It's literally true. I think you are a little privileged and are forgetting what the word safe really means.
The very beginning of this trailer with what she says makes me think about the situation were in now with coronavirus
Same here mate
And now with black lifes matter
It is an agenda and the democrats are doing it very good, dirty way.
Me too
luxpulse 45 when your opinion is wanted a dog treat will be waved over your nose
One of the darkest, bleakest stories I’ve ever seen on screen. Compels me to read the novel. This is essential viewing, for the acting alone. Best world building in a show for me since Thrones.
This is real dystopian fiction, not the tame YA Hunger Games schlock.
The whole three seasons are masterpiece
*Absolutely insane show my partner and I are binge watching this intense tale*
Read the book. You won’t be disappointed
Partner? 🤢🤮
I've watched this twice,thank you America for the greatest drama ever,from the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
This is what will happen if you keep letting religion interfere with the laws.
religion made laws you moron
Frankly this is just what happens when you trade freedom for security, and democracy for tyranny. Once you're at the mercy of a single person or small group, no one's voice matters. And whoever the enemies of the dictator are become the enemies of the state. Religion has nothing to do with it, as many religious groups have been targeted in dictatorships. Religion is only one of may tools used by dictators to justify terrible actions. But religion has also influenced many to take action against a corrupt society and overturn it.
One day hopefully
This is what happens when you shoot a series of a script that was written so someone could earn money on it. No religion or politics does this crap grow up
@@chrishansen4541
Influenced, yes. In the past. But in modern times there is a reason why most liberal countries have laws about church n state separation.
I love dystopian novels, when someone recommended me the hand maids tale i thought they misunderstood me as it sounds like a chickflick.
Im so glad i checked it out, this is my favourite show on TV. I started the book over christmas but havent finished it yet.
Absolutely brilliant.
I’m I the only one day came close to crying at every Episode
I'm on season2 now. I started watching yesterday and it keeps getting crazy
Right now I am reading the book, very curious about the ending.
you don't get one
Melina Graf just finished it. Damn. It sucks but probably much better leaving it to the readers interpretation.
It doesn't fuckin end. That was the only downer in the book
@@owen5d5 there is a sequel that just came out actually
I recommend to people here to haven’t read the book already, to read it, especially before you watch it. The book is great.
Very depressing though. If you couldn't already tell from the trailer.
Kiedy mówiłam, że chciałabym żyć jak w serialu, miałam kurwa na myśli Seks w Wielkim Mieście a nie to... #Polska2020
@Bluntman Chronic Jedno drugiego nie wyklucza w żaden sposób ;)
@Bluntman Chronic Nie zesjej sie z twoim blyskotliwym argumentem.
This show showed women how resilient they are yet how vulnerable they are in the hands of psychopaths!
It’s a fake show. That’s like me saying Superman shows how tough men are 😂
This show is made to perpetuate fear and victim complex both in females, so more females buy feminist ideology
@trigcat3107 Wow you are so scarred kiddo of strong independent women
Some of you have never left your first world privileged lifestyle and actually went out into the outside world and it really shows
Kookie god tell me about it. it’s so disgusting. men always like to pretend women don’t go through this shit in the world, yet many men secretly wish this to be reality (just go on the internet and you’ll see)
@@sittingturtleduck Dude, I can tell you're hanging out with the wrong guys.
Please get help
LOL. Enjoy your sad life.
@@sittingturtleduck my dad thinks women have NEVER been oppressed and he thinks they have always been respected honored and the 50s was the best time to be alive for women
:/ My dad is one of those guys
Still remember watching this trailer 4 years ago, ready to watch with no knowledge at all about the story. 4 years later... HOLY SHIT
It's been a long time since I've seen such a nice tv show trailer. They managed to make a story without any action sequences (apart maybe Offred's escape) look epic
I've never seen the series and I'm actually hesistent to watch for fear that I'll be enraged. I can only imagine the parallel lines that can be drawn from the fictional content to portions of the reality we currently live in. Women’s rights are slowly being chipped away at and I'm worried that watching this is only going to make my stomach turn more than it already is 😮
Tell me more about your victim p*** upper middle class white lady
@@geraldjohnson7435 Idiot. Take a look at this. #Project2025
Just started watching this. Its brilliant so far.
I started yesterday
Just on season 2. It's great.
I'm about to start but I'm confused whether or not should I watch it
That choir just gives me chills, oh goodness.
As a victim of rape, I had to skip past the rape scenes because it brought back traumatic memories. I still look forward to season 4 because this show is really good.
Sorry to hear that :( I hope you're doing okay
Strange thing to share
@@queenemma6856 What makes you think it's strange?
@TheLeah2344 I’m so sorry you had to go through that, there’s not words to describe how awful that is.
@@queenemma6856 why? She can say what she wants, part of the stigma of rape is feeling you have to shut up about it. Your attitude is part of the problem, you should be sympathetic. Edited incase of grammar nazis.
Just finished season 1. Very strong, powerful n yet distrubung series. Easily 11/10. I have high expectation for later season. 🤞
Honestly, this is the first time that a novel I'm studying has an awesome TV series and I'm HERE for it
How can i watch?which web site?
Just watched the whole box set in a day it had me hooked
Me too Shortcake !!!!! Every teenage girl in school should be made to watch this !!! It will teach girls about women's rights and less about the fucking Kardashians !
sara washington what
sara washington ironic because the Kardashians were the ones who told everyone to watch this show and promoted it lmao
how many episodes is this
Reminds me of a saying live on your knees or die on your feet
Daniel Byrns true
Yup
Hands down. Best show ever made.
Facts
Not even top 5
Dystopian series make me anxious bc I think is not too far from what is happening currently makes you think about what kind of future we are heading towards and if it could actually become a reality 😰
Christianity and Islam and Judaism.
No way this is a tv show, I read the book - an absolutely compelling read 😋😍
This series and the book is a taste of things to come
The series was a cinematic masterpiece. Years later in 2022, art imitates life. We are living the Handmaid's Tale. It's a scary and dark time for us now.
Sorry how?
@@AA-pk6fo Because woman's rights are being stripped in America beginning with Roe v Wade being overturned
Truth
“i cant have unprotected sex with strangers free of consequence? Literally handmaidens tale.”
@@annextheupforwisconsin7088 Say that to the children who are raped, women with ectopic pregnancies, and daughters forced onto by their dads or brothers. They didn’t have a choice with the unprotected sex they had.
Am I the only watching the series and hating it and loving it at the same time ??
The is the most brilliant series I've ever seen. Makes me shudder because with current state of affairs regarding abortion, this country is headed for a totalitarian regime.
Nonsense, they would never overturn Roe v Wade, that's all just liberal hysteria they've been screaming for decades. This unrealistic work of fiction starts with the slaughter of congress, everyone knows the pro-life crowd would never storm congress, that would be rude and untoward 🧐
You predicted with what's happening now.
" Better never means better for everyone."
Oof I'm afraid my country is going in a similar direction. 😥
Which country
The best drama in have ever seen in my whole life.
Well done to the director and actors and everyone else involve in making such an epic drama amazing
Ok I guess I’m super late to this series because it 2021 I found my weekend binge watch 🤗
You’re not late lol. I’m almost finished with the last season!
Now we are here in 2024, and this election needs to have all of us worried. This movie seems to me, but it may just be happening 🤦🏾♀️
omg? one of my favorite novels plus poussey washington :”) how did I not know there was a series of this omfg
This is basically happening now and it’s fucking terrifying
exactly!!
?? What do you mean?
Women are privileged in this world what are you on about?
Seriously you are silly.
Im assuming you dont live in the west?
Thanks a lot Brett Cooper. You got the misogynists on this video. This is what men who watch Brett Cooper, actually think about women, and she still defends men.
Keep crying
Bro what, you people are insane
@
Let them dwell in their delusions
soon to be reality in Texas, am still depressed from watching this series, never started season 2,
An abortion law in Texas is not the same as the reality of handmaids tale lol... Are you a bit slow?
@@mith2946 Well now it isn't a far off possibility with roe v wade being overturned, imminently banning abortion nationwide. It probably won't end with abortion, but with other women's rights soon! But I hope I'm wrong.
@@mith2946it’s still suppressing human rights…
@@kumozumoironically your human right takes away another’s human life
@@TomBradyisinlovewithson so you rather save an unborn “human” than a mother who’s already have a life and a family?… you rather have a mom with an unwanted pregnancy to go through the trauma of giving brith to an unwanted child? to end up in an orphanage or a poor household with poor resources?
This is why I'm not religious and will never be religious again. I won't judge others for being religious as long as they don't use their religion to do shit like this, and I will not stamp on people's freedom to practice their religion peacefully, but in general, I just dislike the concept of religion and will not be converting to any religion ever, no matter what people say.
WTF has religion got to di with this. also what is practice religion peacefully?
@@arhumzia6360 The people in charge of the Republic of Gilead are a conservative Christian regime that want to turn back to a bunch of backwards traditions that oppress women, basically. That's what it has to do with this.
@@emilyhedrick2851 Oh so basically making Christianity look bad. Cant believe Christianity is insulted by there own people. lol
Same here!
this feels so real and close now, scary times for us women 🥺 i want to watch this but just not right now.
I know. I'm reading the comments and seems like this is more than just a show. It's happening and idk if I wanna watch it but I think this is the perfect time to watch it, might learn somethings from it. Good luck
but good times for the fetuses who get to live and grow up
anyone here after roe v wade was overturned, lol this looks like our future.
You can still get an abortion, so what’s the fuss?
@@EGuala21 no one’s fussing you idiot, all i said was this looks like our future 💀
If only.
@@EGuala21 Wake up the fuck up bro
@@prgoddess114 I’m up you’re the sleep one weird ass boy you can still get abortions but other than abortions you got condoms and abstinence. Weird ass boy
This series is so well written
Some serious problems with this series.
Potential spoilers follow.
When a movie is made, someone is responsible for continuity. Things have to stay in context, function consistently and logically from scene to scene. Clocks and calendars have to be correct for the context of the scene they are in. Lighting has to accurately show the time of day, the season of the year. This is essential to create immersion and make suspension of disbelief easy for the audience. It is someone's paid job to monitor these things.
So who is responsible for making sure that a movie is not STUPID? Especially the script. Making sure that the audience never says "that makes no sense," What is the job title for the "stop, that's totally stupid, change it," person? Who is in charge of finding plot holes and similar idiocy? Who is in charge of reining in the arrogance and hubris of "producers" and holding script writers accountable to logic and common sense?
If there is huge food rationing, even among the powerful, how can the nation afford to feed/maintain a soldier standing every ten feet on every sidewalk, inside every single building, everywhere, all hours of the day, every day? There is strong implication that there is an ongoing war, so, again, how can they spare this ridiculous number of soldiers literally everywhere?
Waterford is shown down in the kitchen having a snack late at night. He is holding a large carving knife.
June/Offred is frequently shown wandering around in the house, even out of the house, after dark. Uh, what?
Early in the series June says, "the glass in the windows is shatterproof; not to keep us from running away, but to prevent suicide," Yet....there is no lock on the bedroom door to keep her in at night? Nothing to prevent her from getting a knife out of the kitchen and using it to kill the sleeping masters?
Why bother with unbreakable glass on the windows? June's predecessor easily just hanged herself to death with some ripped up sheets.
Aunt Lydia is established early on as a major figure at a Red Center, clearly a full time job......then suddenly she is spending all of her time inside the Waterford house, breathing down their necks. Doesn't feel very credible.
The Mexican trade ambassador is introduced as snarky / skeptical about Gilead and the status of the Handmaids......then her attitude is totally reversed at the end of the episode. If all along the intention was to buy some handmaids and enslave them in Mexico, there would be ZERO point in any of her suspicious or snarky comments.
They should also have talked about what Mexico was going to give, most likely oil and natural gas.
Should also have been a scene in which the elite argue, "why don't we just take a few tanks down to mexico and conquer them" and then have an argument why not.
If the barren woman problem is in Mexico also, and has, as the ambassador states, been going on for six years, how do we account for Canada not also facing a baby crisis? In our contemporary reality, the Canadian economy would collapse overnight if trade ceased between the USA and Canada....so where are they getting their money?
A huge missed opportunity: The episode in which the Guardians are force married to some girls......this could have easily been used for drama. "The crisis has become so severe that we have to start impregnating underage girls". Yes, the point was conveyed, but it could have been milked for some good drama.
Elizabeth Moss is ugly as SHIT. Ugly face, lousy body. Not even remotely credible that men such as nick or waterford would get hot for her. I guess some wimp loser pussy guys like a pushy bitch, but real men don't like their women to have a perpetual chip on the shoulder.
Girls, it's already enough work to compete with other men. Stop making us fight you, also. It isn't sexy to be a pain in the ass all of the time. An "attitude" isn't a substitute for tangible achievement.
It is impossible to have any sympathy for June. She is a completely selfish, evil, malicious greedy person. She steals a married man from his wife, even after the wife BEGS her to back off and give them a chance to reconcile. Then, she betrays Luke by fucking Nick. How is this even remotely a character to like or care about?
I remember confronting a woman who did this.
She said, "I didn't do anything wrong, he was the married cheating one,"
That is like a crook saying, "I didn't do anything wrong. I just drove the getaway car. I didn't go into the bank and rob the money,"
What is most grotesque is, after breaking the vows of marriage, June and Luke get married. Why bother, since you obviously don't believe in honor or promise keeping?
Doesn't seem especially credible that Gilead would condemn gender traitors but would allow race traitors.
After they blew up the White House, how could Gilead NOT have bomb sniffing dogs at every event, such as season two episode 7? Just not even remotely credible that could slip by.
If the handmaids are not supposed to see out the car windows, why not just black out the windows instead of having curtains that the girls can easily pull aside?
So many many many common sense things in this series are insanely stupid, lame, immersion breaking.
Season 2, episode 10. A major Fail.
June asks Waterford to be able to see her daughter Hannah. Since this would be massively disruptive for both Hannah and June, it is not even remotely credible that he would agree.
It is not credible that Hannah's custodial parents would agree to the meeting, or that Waterford had enough power to force them to agree.
Not even remotely credible that Hannah would instantly flip from "you abandoned me" resentment to hysterical loving of June.
The meeting scene is hugely over-acted, it feels totally fake and forced, milked.
While the series does show us other lives, such as Jezebels and the Colonies, there is a problem. So much focus is put on June that it strains credibility. One person would have that eventful a life?
Why wouldn't the handmaids have electronic tracking ankle collars on ?
Season 2 episode 11. If she has the brains to search for the keys, why not also the brains to fashion some kind of weapon to fend off the wolf? Broomstick snapped off to a sharp point for example.
She finds the sports car in the garage. It doesn't take very long for a car battery to go dead, especially in winter, in an unheated garage. Not very credible that the car would function.
I guess the elite have privileges, but not very credible that there would be an unlocked box containing a shotgun and ammunition in that abandoned house.
Season 2, Episode 13. How is it likely, or even credible, that it would be left up to June to go through Eden's things, rather than, for example, Nick or Eden's mother, or the Waterfords or a Guardian investigator?
When Eden ran away, wouldn't it have occurred to anyone to look at her things for clues?
For drama to be effective, it has to be credible, consistent and logical.
Now, retards are going to say things such as, "well, a theocracy and a world birth plague aren't likely either,". No, they're not, which is why ALL of the other details of the story have to make sense, in order to create a plausible supporting structure to the overall premise.
Suspension of disbelief only goes so far before the writers drift into the fatal territory of insulting the intelligence of the audience. Once you jump that shark, you can never go back.
"What are you gonna do when they come for your daughter?" June asks Waterford. What???? How is it even remotely logical to assume that the infant is going to grow up to be disobedient the way Eden was?
Season 2, episode 13 at around 18 50 mark, Serena is talking with another wife. Nothing the other wife says even remotely suggests that she is discontent or inclined to rebel, but suddenly, against all logic, the conversation turns into a conspiracy. Ham fisted, not plausible. Nothing shown to establish why that other wife might be discontent.
At 21 23, handmaid shown leaving her room at night, and stealing a knife from the kitchen. Again, how is it even remotely plausible that the handmaids would not be locked in their rooms at night?