Red Mosquito

Mickey wrote:

dad wrote:

washing machine wrote:MD, dad, Trag, or anyone really. What exactly is it about Yellowstone that makes you not want to dive it?

My reasons are shallow, but here goes...

originally, i thought this was a period piece about settling the west. i enjoy things like that. i know now it's not.

over the holiday, i had a brief conversation with some in-laws here in okc, in-laws i clash with ideologically (big time), and one of them talked this show up like it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. it was then i decided i would opt out. this particular person has also spouted off qanon-specific garbage i can't let go of, therefore their opinion means nothing to me.

awfully close-minded of me, i know.

I mentioned this earlier in the thread--my wife's very right-wing, pro-Trump parents LOVE this show, so we've had serious hesitation about watching a show that is talked about as if it's the story of the poor patriarch besieged by modern culture and big government into giving up his Traditional Family Values. And I don't think the trailers do a lot to dispel this impression. But learning it's made by Taylor Sheridan, who did Sicario and Hell or High Water (two movies that are not, to my mind, simple right-wing stagings of a black-and-white conflict), and remembering that my wife's parents are not particularly discerning viewers of television (the type of people who would be like, "damn, Don Draper is so cool!"), we've reconsidered.

That said, I don't think it's closed-minded of you to, faced with too many streaming objets, decide not to prioritize a show that has been talked about in hushed tones by the #rememberBenghazi crowd. It sounds like it's unfair to the show that this is the case, but I think it's an understandable choice all the same.

wease wrote:We’re 4-5 episodes in on Yellowstone. Definite similarities to Succession. So far, the characters are nowhere near as fun to watch.

washing machine wrote:Do you have a favorite character?

washing machine wrote:

wease wrote:We’re 4-5 episodes in on Yellowstone. Definite similarities to Succession. So far, the characters are nowhere near as fun to watch.

Do you have a favorite character? How many parallels to the Corleone family have you drawn so far?

washing machine wrote:

washing machine wrote:Do you have a favorite character?

I'll answer my own question here. It's Tate. 100%

wease wrote:

washing machine wrote:

washing machine wrote:Do you have a favorite character?

I'll answer my own question here. It's Tate. 100%

Which one’s that? I’m still trying to learn everybody’s names. There are a LOT of characters to learn.

washing machine wrote:

wease wrote:

washing machine wrote:

washing machine wrote:Do you have a favorite character?

I'll answer my own question here. It's Tate. 100%

Which one’s that? I’m still trying to learn everybody’s names. There are a LOT of characters to learn.

Kayce and Monica's kid. Born a Dutton heir, raised on a reservation. Torn between two worlds at an impressionable age.

wease wrote:

washing machine wrote:

wease wrote:We’re 4-5 episodes in on Yellowstone. Definite similarities to Succession. So far, the characters are nowhere near as fun to watch.

Do you have a favorite character? How many parallels to the Corleone family have you drawn so far?

Kayce’s wife. Kayce is the only kid I really like. The daughter is terrible (nice tits, tho) and the lawyer brother is ridiculous. The oldest boy showed some promise. The main henchman seems like he may have some depth. Then Costner. I guess he’s ok. I did NOT like the mom. What a fucking bitch.

So Corleone parallels?

John = Vito
Lee = Sonny
Jamie = Fredo
Bethany = Connie
Kayce = Michael
Rip = Tom Fagen
Monica = Kay

Is that what you’re saying? I’ll admit it never dawned on me while watching, but if you look for it, I guess it’s there. Is this something the creators have intentionally tried to achieve?

wease wrote:I like Jimmy ok, too.

wease wrote:the lawyer brother is ridiculous

epilogue wrote:Can the Western genre be modern? Or is it like a period drama? Is it possible to have a modern period piece?

bada wrote:

wease wrote:the lawyer brother is ridiculous

lol you have no idea

Spoiler: show

That arc in season three where he has to help clean up the livestock agent's mess in the horse trailer is peak Jamie. I love/hate how easily he lawyers up in the prison cell and then switches gears for the girl's dad by weaseling into becoming Mr. Montana politician. "I did this for all fathers."

wease wrote:Monica shore is purty

epilogue wrote:Can the Western genre be modern? Or is it like a period drama? Is it possible to have a modern period piece?