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Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed November 25, 2015 4:34 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
This past episode was a let down only compared to the previous ones but I still liked it. Less action but great dialogue; doesn't have to be shoot up & tense all the time, even there was some of both. Really looking forward to how it wraps up the next couple weeks.
There will be a season 3 but no details were announced. It's only drawing about a 1.2 in the ratings.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed November 25, 2015 4:58 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed November 25, 2015 6:33 pm
by 15showsandcounting
Past episode a letdown? Bland? You guys are crazy. This is one of the best seasons of TV ever.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed November 25, 2015 6:39 pm
by The Argonaut
Yeah, I'm digging this season. The only thing that bums me out is that they had to force-start this Dodd-in-the-trunk plot.
Ted Danson had to not go into the house after he woke up outside the house, which of course he would do. Even if he gets the call that says that the police station is under siege, he would have gone into the house he is next to that was just under siege and had an innocent woman in it. Of course he would.
And then Ted Danson has to stop Patrick Wilson from chasing the husband when he runs off in the woods. Which OK, "they know where's he's going." But why does it matter if you know where's he's going if you don't go there.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed November 25, 2015 7:15 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed November 25, 2015 10:28 pm
by The Argonaut
tragabigzanda wrote:The Argonaut wrote:Yeah, I'm digging this season. The only thing that bums me out is that they had to force-start this Dodd-in-the-trunk plot.
Ted Danson had to not go into the house after he woke up outside the house, which of course he would do. Even if he gets the call that says that the police station is under siege, he would have gone into the house he is next to that was just under siege and had an innocent woman in it. Of course he would.
It could be that he did wake up and enter the house, but that Kirsten Dunst (Peggy?) had already left with Dodd in the trunk.
No, I thought the same thing at the end of last week's episode. But he said on the most recent episode something about how he wishes he had gone into the house. That still doesn't solve the allowing-the-fugitive-to-just-run-away issue, anyway.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed November 25, 2015 10:52 pm
by lowlight79
Season was fantastic and season 2 is blowing it away
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Tue December 01, 2015 5:13 pm
by hlniv
Last night's episode was just fucking awesome. So many great moments and awesome scenes, transitions, etc... it's hard to nail just a few. Two more episodes left to one of the greatest TV series seasons ever.
- Spoiler: show
- I loved the two sequences where Peggy zoned out, once when talking to Dodd thinking he was the self-help dude, and the other where she got caught up in the old TV show
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Tue December 01, 2015 5:14 pm
by hlniv
The Argonaut wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:The Argonaut wrote:Yeah, I'm digging this season. The only thing that bums me out is that they had to force-start this Dodd-in-the-trunk plot.
Ted Danson had to not go into the house after he woke up outside the house, which of course he would do. Even if he gets the call that says that the police station is under siege, he would have gone into the house he is next to that was just under siege and had an innocent woman in it. Of course he would.
It could be that he did wake up and enter the house, but that Kirsten Dunst (Peggy?) had already left with Dodd in the trunk.
No, I thought the same thing at the end of last week's episode. But he said on the most recent episode something about how he wishes he had gone into the house. That still doesn't solve the allowing-the-fugitive-to-just-run-away issue, anyway.
I thought this, too, but in last night's episode, they did get to the house, just right after the butcher and peggy had left. It could be just that they were close enough, and the Butcher made it to the house faster, cutting through the woods or something.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Tue December 01, 2015 5:18 pm
by hlniv
And the whole "he's going crazy down there by the lake" dialogue was a nice little homage to the original movie. Perfect little thematic connection
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed December 02, 2015 12:29 am
by dimejinky99
Wow. Talk about coming back with a bang. That episode was amazing! Sets the finale up so well!
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed December 02, 2015 3:48 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed December 02, 2015 2:00 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
I really liked this one too, especially everything at the cabin. They've been among my favorite scenes so far. Kristen Dunst's loopiness gave her a chance to shine and the Butcher's been great in a role that's not designed to be too showy.
I expected them to close to black before the shootout, the tension of the approaching cops was too short lived. And why the haircut?
I have no idea where these last two episodes are going but it has been so much fun to watch so far.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed December 02, 2015 2:42 pm
by Fuzzy_Dunlop
tragabigzanda wrote:hlniv wrote:And the whole "he's going crazy down there by the lake" dialogue was a nice little homage to the original movie. Perfect little thematic connection
The knife through Dodd's foot was a nod to Blood Simple; and last week's murder in the woods, with the victim pleading with her killer, was a nod to Miller's Crossing.
Dodd running into the tree after they let him out of the trunk and Peggy struggling to get TV reception were homage to the original movie too I thought. Also Hanzee talking to the store clerk reminded me of No Country for Old Men.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed December 02, 2015 2:54 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Was going to watch this week's episode last night but it was too long. Hopefully tonight.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed December 02, 2015 3:48 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed December 02, 2015 3:49 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed December 02, 2015 3:51 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed December 02, 2015 4:07 pm
by dimejinky99
What was the anagram on the glass in the phone box about?
Can't remember the sequence but Slow filler I think was all I could come up with
Re: TV: Fargo
Posted: Wed December 02, 2015 4:10 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.