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| Little ray of sunshine  |
I should watch it again. I agree that they stopped at the right time. Fans want more, not realizing that there is some number of episodes that is right, and that going past that number will result in repetitive stories and bad quality. What was the hospital show that went for 20 years? By the end they had to have helicopters crash into the emergency room to come up with a new story line. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rollah |
HBO should have given Milch one more season to wrap up the show. -Tom __________________________ "For the cause that lacks assistance/The wrong that needs resistance/For the Future in the distance/And the Good that I can do" - George Linnaeus Banks, "What I Live for" | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
"E.R." ran for 15 seasons - 1994-2009 | |||
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| The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rollah |
Don't toy with my emotions HBO. http://geektyrant.com/news/ian...deadwood-film-script If you've been disappointed that you haven't heard anything since HBO announced plans for a Deadwood revival back in 2016, Ian McShane has an update for you. McShane revealed to TVLine in an interview that a two hour script for a film has been passed along to HBO and that it's now on the network as to whether or not they will move forward with greenlighting the film: “If they don’t deliver [a finished product], blame them.” -Tom __________________________ "For the cause that lacks assistance/The wrong that needs resistance/For the Future in the distance/And the Good that I can do" - George Linnaeus Banks, "What I Live for" | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Thanks for the replies. I guess I'll try to give Justified another go. I tried to watch the pilot about five minutes after I finished the last episode of Deadwood and just wasn't feeling it. I liked Olyphant in Deadwood, but I liked McShane a whole lot more. ______________________________________________ Carthago delenda est | |||
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| Yew got a spider on yo head  |
Watch some spaghetti westerns. I just watched once upon a time in the west, old school sergio leone and charles bronson. It was great. | |||
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| Speling Champ |
I always felt the true genius behind Deadwood was it's attention to the period detail and accuracy at portraying frontier life in general, if not it's accuracy to the actual events and persons of Deadwood in the late 1870's. The season three Hearst storyline was just silly. I lost interest after that so it not being renewed wasn't that big a deal. I wish Hollywood would stop trying to improve on the actual events they are trying to portray by creating fictions out of whole cloth. The actual events that history records in Deadwood in the late 1870's are far more interesting, intriguing and dramatic than Hollywood could ever come up with. Sticking to that script, we may have had several additional seasons. | |||
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Fire begets Fire |
Yup - likewise ... "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
One thing they weren't faithful to, and that's the language used by Americans in that period. They did not speak that way. Milch addressed this when the series was on and explained why this was so. I'll have to find his comments. What was really silly was the speculation in the forum at that time, that Hearst would be killed by someone in the show. I tried to point out that Hearst is an historical personage and it is a matter of historical record as to how and where he died, and it wasn't by being murdered in Deadwood in the 1870s.  **edit** Here ya go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...%29#Use_of_profanity
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| Frangas non Flectes |
Para, thanks, I'm glad you posted that. The swearing definitely caught my attention as extremely modern, right off the bat. I chalked it up to a stylistic decision and stopped noticing it quite so much in short order. I'd say they achieved their intent without making it seem jarring in a way that would suspend the disbelief.
You know, I've been thinking about that movie lately and I need to watch it again soon. Definitely high up on the list, but that's a very different flavor from Deadwood. Kinda the opposite, lol. ______________________________________________ Carthago delenda est | |||
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| Speling Champ |
Yeah, I should have included Miltch's explanation about the use of profanity. | |||
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| I have lived the greatest adventure  |
If you're looking for something to watch next, check out Hell on Wheels. Phone's ringing, Dude. | |||
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Why did Hearst cut off Al's finger? | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Because Swearengen defied Hearst and told Hearst pretty much to go fuck himself. Hearst was showing Swearengen who was boss. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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| Unapologetic Old School Curmudgeon  |
Hell on Wheels lost me after season 2 Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Hell on Wheels is nothing like Deadwood. Hell on Wheels was poorly written and even more poorly directed. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Well decided I'd go back and watch the cocksuckers again, so finished season 1 and 1/4 into season 2 so far it's f'n great... | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Well, time to review the stats: https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...935/m/3430007324/p/1 ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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non ducor, duco |
It's not Deadwood by a long shot. However, I tried watching it and after an episode or two decided not to. A year or so went by and I tried again, still not inspired. A couple more months and I had exhausted all the other bingable shows to watch so I tried again. I sat through 3 or 4 episodes wondering why I was watching the show, it wasn't any good. All of a sudden the show changed a little, the characters roles began to flesh out and the serial story began to kick in. The first couple episodes are what I think of as Stand Alone, they build too slowly on one another to develop the story. After 4 or 5 the story kicked in for me and I went from not caring for the show to fully enjoying it all the way through every season. Having Walton Goggins in it made all the difference for me. I very rarely find anything he is in that doesn't appeal to me, he has a great range and quality to his roles. I do wish there could be another western drama on tv that could replace the void of deadwood, I just don't think writers are into that genre anymore. First In Last Out | |||
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| I'm not laughing WITH you  |
Watch the Lonesome Dove mini-series. Don't bother with the sequels or prequels. They suck. Rolan Kraps SASS Regulator Gainesville, Georgia. NRA Range Safety Officer NRA Certified Instructor - Pistol / Personal Protection Inside the Home | |||
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