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Tale
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on: January 12, 2018, 11:14:45 PM

If you like Unforgiven, Westworld, Deadwood, Lonesome Dove, and any good ensemble drama like The Wire, you will fucking love this.

Utterly fantastic writing and acting and characters.

Edit: here is a well-written review

« Last Edit: September 26, 2018, 09:31:07 AM by schild »
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Reply #1 on: January 19, 2018, 09:08:48 AM

Watched the first episode. This is good.

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Reply #2 on: January 19, 2018, 01:00:55 PM

I did not expect to like this. I did. Not going into a lot of deconstruction, it's a fairly straightforward "gunfighter redemption story" at the core, but manages to feel fresh.

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Reply #3 on: January 19, 2018, 01:58:53 PM

That opening scene, though...

Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something.  We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Reply #4 on: March 09, 2018, 08:49:07 PM

Good in general, but it didn't stick the landing.  Nobody seems to be able to do that in the past few years.

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Reply #5 on: July 17, 2018, 06:51:22 PM

Holy crap, this was 3/4 great and then the ending was fucking SHIT. I don't know that I have ever seen showrunners/writers/etc. more fundamentally misunderstand their own damn show that bad.

"Hey, let's do a Western where women are at the center of it because all the men died and the men who are left are failing and wounded".
"Wow, great idea. Can we have a kind of Shane-type guy though?"
"Um, sure. We probably need to deconstruct him or do something different, though."
"Yeah, eventually. Hey, can we have a magical Indian?"
"Why not? But do you have an idea for him that isn't just that?"
"Eventually."

Conclusion:
SHANE WINS EVERYTHING.
Women mostly die. Lesbians unimportant.
Magical Indian: Completely magical.

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Reply #6 on: July 18, 2018, 12:26:22 AM

I agree. But the 3/4 great is so great that I want to watch it all again sometime. The writing of that 3/4 is incredible.
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Reply #7 on: July 21, 2018, 01:14:38 AM

Thanks for the recommendation. Have seen this pop up in my queue a few times. Will definitely check it out.

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