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I am – Hercules!!
I do hope “Deadwood” crushes the life out of ABC’s infuriatingly bland “Desperate Housewives,” but somehow I don’t think that’s going to happen.
My only wish for “Deadwood” this season is that it manages to work in the word “cocksucker” a little more often. I seriously doubt the real residents of Deadwood managed the kind of linguistic restraint demonstrated last season.
The Hollywood Reporter says:
… TV's grittiest and, arguably, most fascinating Western. … As it starts a second season of 12 episodes, Deadwood remains a place so dangerous and yet so rife with possibilities that neither the characters nor the viewers can let down their guard for even an instant. … Variety says:
… stands as one of HBO's most fully realized dramas since "The Sopranos" and exhibits no signs of fading in the second leg of its run. … Season two begins on an engrossing note, centering on a conflict between the show's twin titans, Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant), the taciturn former sheriff thrust again into that role; and Al Swearengen (Ian McShane), the amoral saloonkeeper, who this year delivers a second speech while receiving oral sex, which must be some kind of TV record. … Entertainment Weekly gives it an A-minus and says:
… As if to celebrate their newfound identity, the writers have provided a traditional, roiling showdown in the season premiere. (But first, viewers must get past the mystifying first 10 minutes, filled with dense discussions of government appointments and gold rights, as uncompelling as those trade-route taxation debates in The Phantom Menace.) … The violence — real and imagined — makes the instances of grace so poignant they're almost painful. … 9 p.m. Sunday. HBO.
I am – Hercules!!
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But more importantly, HBO's decision on The Wire is imminent, which has me very anxious.
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I have never seen anything on film or television that comes close to the Brilliance of Deadwood. It's like getting 12 hours of Oscar worthy film every year. Why it didn't scoop all the television award is beyond me. I guess there all a bunch of cocksuckers.
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They are a bunch of muddle headed cocksuckers.
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and I hate almost everything. Between Arrested Development, Deadwood, and Carnivale my Sundays are worthless. Lost is really the only other thing I watch outside of sports. DAMN Deadwood was good tonight.
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BUT HOLY SHIT CARNIVALE IS KICKING MY ASS! I have been really irked by the whole stripper/jonesy storyline so far this year, but what a fucking pay off! Thank you oh great lords of television for two such fine shows!
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Was it just me, or was there quite a bit more humor in Deadwood tonight?
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Mar 06, 2005 10:59:11 PM CST
Where the hell is the "Arrested Development" Talkback?
by danielkurland
Those two episodes tonight truly outdid themselves. The amount of references to previous episodes and in-jokes for the fans was crazy. The only thing I think that would have made it better is if Buster cut off Gob's hand and he ended up getting it transplanted for him. Flawless.
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That was quite a bit of story in tonight's premiere. looks like next week is only going to crank the tension up a notch. Having lived with Kidney Stones myself, I can feel Al's pain. As devious as Al is though, I'd really hate to have to spend ten minutes with Tolliver. He seems even crazier than Powers Boothe made Jim Jones seem way back when. I'm finding myself strangely smitten with the widow.
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Awesome. I love watching Ian McShane....especially as he slowly becomes drunker by the minute! God I hate em, but I love the cocksucker!
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Her moment was brief....but it was brief excellence....In caes you missed it...*SPOILERS*LOOK OUT*SPOILERS AHEAD*CAREFUL NOW*WOOP*WOOP*WOOP*.....Calamity passed out on horse...wagon rides by...Jane springs up..."COCKSUCKER!!!"...Jane passes out....classic!....And thus, Alma's hairy pits were so sexy! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
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Pray that the news on THE WIRE is all good and nice and all about renewal for several years....And was it just me, or did I actually see good reason to look forward to ROME???....And thus, what about BIG LOVE? - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
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At the end of last season, it seemed as though the two had come to at least an uneasy working agreement.
Then, first sode this season sees them fighting almost to the death over a drunken insult from Al?
Not sure I get it. Am I missing something?
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Best season opener ever? Best ever?? Well, step right into my hyperbolic chamber. That episode was so good it played like all the best parts usually saved for a season finale. C'MON THAT WAS AWESOME STUFF! Everyone rushing to keep an eye on each other downstairs at the Gem "like some Greek tragedy," while Swearengen and Bullock square off like men. You fucking know the meat is red in Deadwood. You also know it's a phenomenal show when, even for a split second, you actually believe Main Character #1 is going to scramble the brains of Main Character #2 with his boot knife. At one point last season I thought to myself, there is no badder badass then Swearengen (what a wonderful world), but now I'm thinking, after seeing Powers Boothe filling the mouths of the new girls, that maybe I should reserve judgement till after season 2. Absolute best writing on television. Some of the best writing anywhere. Also, hearing Dylan sing "It's not dark yet, but..." lets you know where the creator's heads are at. Cocksuckers.
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Just when you think that Carnivale cant get darker, today's episode happens. That was fucking Dario Argento brutal!
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Sweringen wasn't angry at Bullock directly. He was angry at the hypocrisy of the Governor and everyone else whose pockets he was lining with bribes, just to be doublecrossed by them. They think they are better than Al when they are stealing from his pocket. Then he looks over his balcony at Bullock, rushing to do his duty as Sherriff, knowing Bullock thinks he's better than Al when Al knows Bullock is married but carrying on with the widow. The translated his anger of the hypocrisy of the men rippig him off at Bullock, calling him out over having sex with the widow. And let's not forget, Al first saw Bullock helping the widow load her money from her gold claim - a claim that Al was trying to steal - out of town. He also called Bullock out on the widow sending her money out of town, helping no one in Deadwood, while Al employs many in town with the money he makes.
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I wasn't expecting Alice Krige as the new whore in town. Looks like theirs gonna be some assimilatin' in Deadwood.
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Swearengen and Bullock's ultimate fates are a bit of a shock. As a moderate fan of the old west, I happen to know the best accounts of what happened to Swearengen and the fate of Bullock was pretty clearly documented. I won't spoil it here, though. The fight was a long time coming, and it was just as good as I'd hoped."Will I find you have a knife?"..favorite line this episode: "These situations can often result in the demise of one of the parties involved....." Swearengen stops with the knife..."But I've never been that fucking lucky." And hear, hear for the hottie Widow (aka Rabbi Ari from Six Feet Under). And when Swearengen's mocking that hoopleheaded hotel owner. Onto Carnivale Carnivale's first couple of episodes didn't really grab me, but that's because the story they're telling is so frigging huge. Loving it this season, haven't missed an episode.
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if you want some of the genuine history behind "deadwood." i gotta warn you, though: there are many spoilers if the writers do indeed continue to incorporate the real history into the show. one interesting non-spoiler: the real bullock initiated the movement to have yellowstone established as a national park.
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the real bullock was good friends with theodore roosevelt. wonder if we'll be seeing a cameo in the future?
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Justin has Stroud, and now based on this episode and the previews for next week Hawkins has Jonesy. The whole tarring of Jones scene was probably the most brutal things I've ever seen on television. God I love this show. Only 3 episodes left.
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I've got the DVD and am trying to get into it, but as of the end of the first episode I don't see what the hook is supposed to be. The Cursing Cowboys just aren't that novel to me. Should I be more amazed by the first episode or does it take a couple of episodes to cast its spell?
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The first season didn't really get me hooked until about the third episode. After that I was convinced it was the best tv show still being produced, so give it a second chance.
Same thing with Carnivale, but in reverse. By the last few eps of the first season, I was getting bored with it. This season has come on with a vengeance though. I too was expecting to see the buzzards fall from the sky, but I guess Ben had to wait for them to light. And that torture scene with Jonesy really showed me how brutal tarring and feathering someone was. OK, that's gotta' be worse than kidney stones. As far as the Rome preview, didn't see anything that seemed too great, other than lots of nudity, sex and violence. (Oh, maybe it was great). -
Take it from someone who's had his leg snapped in half, his skull fractured, his elbow and hand shattered and wired together, his skin par-boiled, and half his face burned off. Kidney stones will make you beg for a nice, pleasant second degree burn. *** In other news: anyone smitten with Molly Parker's portrayal of the good widow would do well to check out "The Center of the World" where she plays a stripper hired by Peter Sarsgaard to spend the weekend with him in Vegas as he watches his dotcom IPO fall apart. She's a great actress, and fearless in the role, and the fact that she's often naked and makes out with Carla Gugino is merely a bonus.
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I don't want to bring this up in the Debra Hill memorium page, but what the hell do you mean by stupid location handlers?????? One will assume you're not talking about location managers, who work their asses off to make sure the director gets exactly what he/she wants. Anyway, I never worked with Ms. Hill, but I also never heard anything negative being said about her, and that goes a long way in the industry.
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Wow, I haven't had any of the others, but I have fought several bouts of Kidney stones, and I'm just glad I never killed an emergency room attendant in a stone fueled rage. They did score me some great painkillers though. They never made the pain go completely away, but I was so stoned out I didn't care about it. .................... I now return you to your regularly scheduled Deadwood talkback.
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the fact that you refer to the characters on "deadwood" as "cursing cowboys" tells me you will not -- make that cannot -- appreciate the genius of the show. stop wasting time trying to get through the dvd's. go back to viewing your "er" and "law & order" reruns on tnt.
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It took me about 5 episodes to really get into DEADWOOD. Up until that point I was going back and forth between liking/not liking it, but now I am completely hooked. Just give it a chance. It's insidious!
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And the fact that you overreacted to the very idea that someone doesn
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For me, I liked the show from "I'll help you with your fall." It showed what kind of a man Bullock is with a simple line, and his handing over of the badge to the 'best man' upon leaving his jurisdiction. But when I got hooked was the episode about mid-season, 'Bullock Returns to the Camp', a scene between Bullock and Swearengen made this season's first episode frigging awesome for me.
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