Fargo (TV series)

[zoooo]

The ads were really annoying. But loved the episode. Billy Bob's brilliant.

 

[Santino]

I enjoyed the shit out of that.

 

[D'wards]

Its funny how good fiction can make you root for the murderer, if the victims are real arseholes.

Anyone who doesn't want Lester to get away with it? (at the moment anyway)

 

[T & P]

Enjoying this so far, but the constant advert breaks are giving me the raging hump. Will be recording this and starting it 20 mins after it starts and forwarding the advert breaks in future.

Did this tonight as we were watching the end of a film as the episode started. Certainly made it a better watching experience.

Thought it was pretty good

 

[Santino]

Did we see how Billy Bob Thornton got out of the basement?

 

[amonkeyscousin?]

I wonder how the series will end?

 

[zoooo]

Did we see how Billy Bob Thornton got out of the basement?

Nope, unless I blinked.

I want to know how he knew Colin Hanks's kid was a daughter. Sounded like a boy to me.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Thought this was great, very strong opening. And i remember finding the film a bit overrated.

 

[belboid]

Thought this was great, very strong opening. And i remember finding the film a bit overrated.

wrong way round!

the film is magnificent, not completely convinced by this opener, the tone wasn't quite right. but i think i'll get over it

 

[amonkeyscousin?]

I saw an interview the other day that says the series stays true to the filum. I can't see the point watching it in which case.

 

[belboid]

'true to' is very different to 'follows the plot of'

It's true to the 'Universe of Fargo,' but not any bit of it we've seen before.

Except for the several bits we have.

 

[Voley]

I liked that a lot. Very interested to see where it goes. Didn't think I'd like Martin Freeman in the William H Macy role but he's pretty good. Billy Bob Thornton's character is ace.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Throughout the first episode I kept thinking, 'that bloke looks like Billy Bob Thornton but a bit different', only to find out that it was Billy Bob Thornton after all. He seems to have got younger.

Mrs Frank thought Freeman's accent was really bad but I pointed out that, ludicrous as it is, that's actually how people talk in that part of the world.

 

[The Octagon]

Thought it was great, captured the oddness and hilarity of the mundane quite well, and the characters seemed pretty well rounded out for a first episode.

Billy Bob Thornton persuading the kid to piss in the gas tank and then ratting him out was a laugh out loud moment, what a bastard

 

[youngian]

Likewise I was mightly impressed and they have not let the Coens down. Thornton's angel of death owes more to No Country while there is also a Blood Simple feel to it. Drawing on a wider body of their work rather than a straight Fargo spin-off is a great way to go.

 

[N_igma]

It was ok not as good as some people are making it out but I'll definitely be following. So much shit has happened in the first episode be interesting to see how they flesh this out for 10 episodes. I think we'll be suspending our disbelief quite a lot in this show.

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Likewise I was mightly impressed and they have not let the Coens down. .

The Coens are executive producers so it might have been hard to let the Coens down.

 

[Onket]

Thought this was superb.

I've not seen the film.

 

[kittyP]

I enjoyed it a lot although all lot like watching the film but with different actors, slightly different characters and more drawn out.

 

[youngian]

The Coens are executive producers so it might have been hard to let the Coens down.

That didn't fill me with confidence as people are often paid a large stash to use their name to give a project credibility and it turns out to be pants.

 

[barney_pig]

That was good.
Did anyone else feel a bit *fight club* about the relationship between billy bob and Martin?

 

[Onket]

That was good.
Did anyone else feel a bit *fight club* about the relationship between billy bob and Martin?

Yes.

 

[SpookyFrank]

That was good.
Did anyone else feel a bit *fight club* about the relationship between billy bob and Martin?

Aw crap you've ruined that for me now

 

[SpookyFrank]

That didn't fill me with confidence as people are often paid a large stash to use their name to give a project credibility and it turns out to be pants.

Yeah, it seems like 'executive producer' can mean anything from running the whole show and writing or directing large chunks of it to doing absolutely nothing. There are people credited as executive producers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer who had no involvement in the show at all, they just gave Whedon some money to get the original (rubbish) Buffy movie made.

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

That didn't fill me with confidence as people are often paid a large stash to use their name to give a project credibility and it turns out to be pants.

I mean more that above probably anyone else in Hollywood the brothers Coen are unlikely to licence their work / ideas for a few quid; they are famous for maintaining control and independently financing when major backers don't get it.

 

[zoooo]

That was good.
Did anyone else feel a bit *fight club* about the relationship between billy bob and Martin?

If it does turn out to be that, thanks a lot.

But hopefully not, seeing as that woman told the police she saw the two talking about the dead guy.

 

[barney_pig]

id tried not to be spoilerish at all and also havent seen anymore than the first episode. i thought billybobs charactor was very chaotically evil. Doing mischief for the sheer joy of it. And buying martins soul in a typically Faustian pact. But I saw a possible connection and just popped it out for comment. I hope I haven't put anyone off a top quality show.

 

[xenon]

From the ads I think this looks blimmin' good.

And it will be fun to hear Martin Freeman doing the Fargo accent.

I haven't seen the film. Just watched ep 1 on 4OD this afternoon and second tonight. I'm impressed with Freedman's accent. It sounds consisstent and I wouldn't have recognised him.

Anyway yeah, really enjoying it.

 

[zoooo]

I only know the Fargo accent from the film, but to me his seems very good.

But then I thought Hugh Laurie's House accent was rubbish and Americans say it's brilliant, so what do I know.

 

[T & P]

I knew only the first episode would be (nearly) feature-length, but last night's episode still felt short. Or rather, not enough stuff happened during it. I hope the pace does not slow further. Still enjoying it though.