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Originally posted by 46and2:
Is Hap and Leonard good? I'm not familiar with the books. Does Omar do a good job in the show?

I love Hap & Leonard, both the books and show. It's got that great southern gothic pulp noir feel, with both leads wisecracking their way through it. I could totally picture Bill Paxton as Hap. As it is, both lead actors do well, and I HATED James Purefoy as the cult leader from that Kevin Bacon The Following show too.

The show runners were also responsible for the movie adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale's Cold in July starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, and Don Johnson. I really dug that one too.

They've been mentioned, but "A Simple Plan" and "One False Move" have never gotten the attention they deserve.

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Originally posted by LastCubScout:

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Originally posted by 46and2:
Is Hap and Leonard good? I'm not familiar with the books. Does Omar do a good job in the show?

I love Hap & Leonard, both the books and show. It's got that great southern gothic pulp noir feel, with both leads wisecracking their way through it. I could totally picture Bill Paxton as Hap. As it is, both lead actors do well, and I HATED James Purefoy as the cult leader from that Kevin Bacon The Following show too.

The show runners were also responsible for the movie adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale's Cold in July starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, and Don Johnson. I really dug that one too.

Thanks.

I'll quit messing around and check it out.

Randall McCoy in the movie Hatfields & McCoys

for some reason, when I was younger - maybe someone in my family or a friend mentioned how they thought Bill Paxton sucked, and it stuck. But my son loved disaster movies a year or two back and we watched Twister again, and I couldn't really see why I always thought Bill Paxton sucked. This thread just solidified that I have no clue where the notion came from, and I'm not really sure I've watched any of his movies recently. Looking over IMDB, I watched Apollo 13 forever ago. Tombstone I think I remember him in, vaguely, and I don't remember him in much of anything else.

I'll have to re-watch a few of his movies. There's some good ones I've seen and a lot that I've never seen being mentioned here.

I loved him in Apollo 13

Lords of Discipline.

Again RIP Mr. Paxton you are still missed.

I still loved his Hudson character in Aliens. And I remember him from the climbing movie Vertical Limit, one of the few bright spots in that one.

One anecdote- he was buddies with Mike Muir from the band Suicidal Tendencies, both working together delivering the LA Times in the late 70s. Muir was 16 and Paxton was in his 20s, both struggling to break into the music and movie businesses. They remained friends until his death.

I liked him, he was one of my favorites from way back. Can't pick a top one but here are a few, and sure I forgot a a lot of good ones,
Aliens
The Terminator
Near Dark
Trespass
Tombstone
True Lies
Twister
Vertical Limit
Edge of Tomorrow