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Deadwood Series 1-3 - thatguy - 02-07-2009
This was a well cast and well acted. The sets and costuming were great. The characters and the story really build well over the three seasons. Timothy Oliphant is the upstanding but flawed citizen that moves to the Dakota territory to start a Hardware business. His nemesis is Al Swearingen who runs one of the local saloons. But there are bigger issues besides their personality conflict. Most episodes stand on their own, but the shows story arc is long and well thought out.
There's rough language, throat cutting, shootings, hangings, boobies, lots of muck and dirt. If you get it on DVD, some of the extra features about set dressing and wardrobe are fun.
The series really drew me in. It took a couple of episodes, but I was hooked. I've been sitting on Season 3 from the library for a few weeks, afraid to start it, but I finally put it in yesterday and watched all 12 episodes.
Recommended...
--tg
Re: Deadwood Series 1-3 - thatguy - 02-07-2009
Oh, one thing that bugged me is they used the same actor for two different parts. I think they liked is performance in the first season and wanted to use him again. He played a very different character, but the fact that I thought I recognized him was a little distracting...
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Re: Deadwood Series 1-3 - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 02-08-2009
Lots of use of the word "cunt" I did like Ian McShane, but such a potty mouth. And you get to learn the origin of the phrase Dead Man's Hand.
Re: Deadwood Series 1-3 - thatguy - 02-08-2009
That's what I meant about the "rough language".
Also on the subject of language, several characters indulge in embellishing their dialog with the intent of demonstrating that they are men of letters - learned men, whether that is a legitimate fact or indeed otherwise. The result is by all counts Shakespearian. Some female characters participate in this activity as well. As such, it obfuscates the delivery of said dialog, even when mixed with such common expletives as "fuck" and the aforementioned "cunt", causing the viewer to exercise a herculean effort in order to ascertain the essence of what was said.
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Re: Deadwood Series 1-3 - El Dingo - 02-10-2009
I'm pretty sure an alien culture could learn everything they needed to know about America by watching 'Deadwood' and 'The Wire'.