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gldendog

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The first season was solid albeit a bit tedious and tried a bit to hard to win awards. Anything with McGonauhey in it is going to be overacted these days. I still enjoyed it as a whole but hoping they ramp up the jigawatts this season and make it less of a slow burn. Vaughn's career has taken a shit lately. Have you seen "The Dilemma" or that pile of shit Google movie that tried to piggyback off his chemistry with Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers? He could use the pick me up. Farrell is a ginormous sack off screen but I do think he's a pretty good actor. And of course that sexy whewer Rachel McAdams is in it and maybe Speaker City boy is trying to get inside that like he didnt in Wedding Crashers when he dove into Borat's main slice instead. I hold solid hopes for this. Need another show to currently pair with Tyrant on FX, which is flying under the radar methinks.
 
Internship is underrated - gets better after multiple viewings. I also enjoyed Delivery Man.

Thought the slow burn was best part of last season, and they did not repeat the mistake The Killing made - they wrapped it up in one season. Phenomenally made series all around. Best TV directing you will find. This new season did not get a great review though. Watching reagardless as well as the Brink.
 
It's going to be hard to duplicate last season. Just tremendous TV all the way around. If you have/need these expectations then you'll probably be disappointed. I suggest viewing it on its own merits. I still expect it to be pretty good.
 
Followed by Ballers which will probably be bad good. Will watch that as well.
 
Ninetynine5.0 said:
Internship is underrated - gets better after multiple viewings. I also enjoyed Delivery Man.

Thought the slow burn was best part of last season, and they did not repeat the mistake The Killing made - they wrapped it up in one season. Phenomenally made series all around. Best TV directing you will find. This new season did not get a great review though. Watching reagardless as well as the Brink.
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This.
 
First season kinda blue balled me. Lame ending IMO. Different directors this season. Overall the first season was awesome, thrilling television save for the last 30 minutes. Looking forward to this season.
 
NorCalVU10 said:
First season kinda blue balled me. Lame ending IMO. Different directors this season. Overall the first season was awesome, thrilling television save for the last 30 minutes. Looking forward to this season.
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What was wrong with the ending?
 
Nothing was wrong with the ending, best show in years. No way the 2nd installment will be as gr8 but will definitely watch.
 
Vince Vaughn bored me to f'n tears in this ep. Thankfully Colin Farrell brought the pain.
 
I didnt love it so far, but there is no chance i wont watch it. Definitely solid - some interesting characters already. In most shows the bleak and miserable are offset by more likeable character but not in this show. Without Cary Fukunaga directing, it felt a bit like an lesser imitation of season one. Looks like a few guys will be directing this season - hopefully it finds its own look here. Best role Farrel's had in ages I think. Can already see the train wrecks coming that are the McAdams character and the suspended cop.
 
Just watched it.

Spoiler:

Kinda glad they killed someone off so quickly, basically this show is going exactly how most people thought it would be going, slow and weak.
 
Farrell was the only thing keeping me watching it thru 2 episodes. With him gone, I'm gone. I wont miss it.

Vaughn sucks in this role. Totally forced and trying way too hard. Shouldve killed him off instead. Farrell is more natural and genuine in this sorta role.
 
That Vaughn opening was pretty brutal. He just doesn't have the delivery that works with this type of writing.

Are we sure Farrell is dead? They didn't show any blood splatter which I thought was odd given the shot they had earlier in the episode of that mangled corpse.
 
Yeah I'm thinking Farrell is still alive. In the previews he was shown in other scenes so hopefully he'll hang in there.
Pretty slow so far, tough to compare to season one because that was some incredible TV.
 
not that it is any sort of definitive answer- but IMDB lists Farrell in all 8 episodes for this season.
 
Well I hope thats the case. He's the only reason to watch with McAdams basically playing a boy.
 
gldendog said:
Well I hope thats the case. He's the only reason to watch with McAdams basically playing a boy.
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No way he should survive those two gun shots. They could go back in time with some of the future episodes to include him.
 
i watched both episodes last night. I love Farrell as the coked out drunk cop. he plays it well, I agree Vaughn does not pull off the gangster role. the motorcycle cop and Mcadams have been very good.

every cop show i have ever watched is basically cops with troubled pasts drinking themselves to death.

as soon as they showed the car parked outside the apt as Farrell entered you knew he was a goner.
 
this is the best type of show to let 2 weeks go by and catch up back to back. GoT was great week to week.
 
When I watched it (just once, haven't looked more closely) I thought the second shotgun blast was aimed sort of to the side, love handle area, not middle of chest. Am thinking he lives. If he doesn't, there really isn't enough good acting left to carry this show and I'll lose interest pretty quickly. Farrell is great in this sort of down and out role with his delivery. Loved the line in the first week where someone asked him what Vinci was and he answered "It's a city, apparently."

Agree the opening scene in bed with Vaughn was bad last week, but I blame more on the writers. Not sure anyone could have pulled off that stupid wannabe artsy b.s., could have gotten that story in there without going so overboard. Thought overall Vaughn actually improved in the character over the remainder of the episode, somewhat more believable by the end of it.

Not sure what's up with the half grown in MacAdams dye job. I get that she's kind of rough around the edges, but can't really see a woman walking around like that.
 
there are only 6 episodes left, so its not like its a multiple seasons show. if he is dead its not the end of the show. Mcadams may be able to carry the cop part.
 
To your point nbb2, maybe they use McAdams to sort of investigate it by starting to look into Ferrell's dark side dealings over the years, could involve interviews with others and heavy periods of flashbacks (sort of like the first part of last season).

That said, they couldn't even kill off either of the two guys at the end of last season, and obviously have a good amount invested in Ferrell, so am still thinking he lives.
 
itll be interesting. im in for the 8 episodes but not sure this season can live up to the first.
 
figured Farrell was still alive. thought last night's episode was a bit slow again.
 
they are all gonna be slow.

decent episode. im not feeling Vince Vaughn as a tough guy. he tries and he kinda pulls it off but i just picture him in swingers and old school everytime i see him on screen.

the bike cop is gonna explode at some point.
 
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