Fargo (TV series)
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tommers
It was... Rebekah Vardy's account
Just watched the last 2 episodes. Malvo makes a speech about wolves earlier on, so it's probably linked to that. He's the wolf isn't he? A predator. That whole "why can we see more shades of green?" riddle that he asks gus in the police station and that gus says he has solved just before he shoots him.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
zoooo
zero tolerance for walkers
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
This show is the first thing I've seen Martin Freeman in where he's really impressed me. In that final episode he has to a lot of bad acting, while giving away what's really going on in his character's head. That can't be easy to do, but he nails it.
Everything else about the show was basically perfect throughout. Confirms my view that the quality of writing and direction is way higher on TV these days than in films.
Everything else about the show was basically perfect throughout. Confirms my view that the quality of writing and direction is way higher on TV these days than in films.
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
It sounds odd, but after the recent (15 year) glut of excellent tv series, I found myself wondering how a 2 hour film could possibly explore a character and plot in that short space of time, until I realised that's what good directors have been doing for 100 years. Just seems a little unfeasible, lol
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
But with TV you run the risk of dragging a story arc on too long or padding it out unnecessarily. Your characters can end up doing the same things over and over again with no real dramatic effect and without telling you anything about them you don't already know. True Detective did this IMO, even though it was only a short series I got fucking sick of McConaughey's Camus-for-dummies lectures and Harrelson's randomised acts of self-destruction.
Good writing is as much about what you leave out as what you put in, and Fargo barely had an ounce of fat on it.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Lots of interesting parallels with Twin Peaks as well, which I'll probably write a pretentious and rambling post about at some point in the future.
Also interesting was the use of unaccompanied drums on the soundtrack at key points where lesser shows would have had a big portentous orchestra or something whomping away the background instead.
Also interesting was the use of unaccompanied drums on the soundtrack at key points where lesser shows would have had a big portentous orchestra or something whomping away the background instead.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
When is this happening?!
Reno
The In Kraut
This autumn, I think.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
Brilliant!
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Apparently Bruce Campbell is playing Ronald Reagan in season 2!
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
That sentence, on this thread, has just made me extremely happy.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
Fargo Season 2 news here - October 19th in the UK.
It's going back in time, it appears, and centring on Molly Solverson's father when he still was a cop.
Looks like there are a few more well-known faces going to pop up as new characters (Bruce Campbell as above, plus Kirsten Dunst, Kieran Culkin, Ted Danson...), which is a slight concern. I know there were some 'names' in the first season, and both Thornton and Freeman were excellent, but it was really the unknowns Colin Hanks and especially Allison Tollman who gave it substance.
It's going back in time, it appears, and centring on Molly Solverson's father when he still was a cop.
Looks like there are a few more well-known faces going to pop up as new characters (Bruce Campbell as above, plus Kirsten Dunst, Kieran Culkin, Ted Danson...), which is a slight concern. I know there were some 'names' in the first season, and both Thornton and Freeman were excellent, but it was really the unknowns Colin Hanks and especially Allison Tollman who gave it substance.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
I'm not sure you can call Colin Hanks an unknown
, but Alison Tollman was fantastic, channelling Marge Gunderson without aping McDormand's performance.Looking forward to this.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
I'm not sure you can call Colin Hanks an unknown
Looking forward to this.
What's he known for? Apart from his dad obviously. I know he's been in other stuff, but very little with any significant profile, surely?
Just a couple of little shows called Band of Brothers and Mad Men.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Mad Men, Band of Brothers, Dexter, Roswell.
Bunch of films (albeit none blockbusters apart from King Kong)
Maybe I've just ended up seeing stuff he tends to be in.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
Oh, OK - I knew Roswell but I've never seen the others, didn't realise he was a significant part of them. I must have read some things casting him as a newcomer around the time of Fargo Season 1 - I don't watch much on TV and I'm not sure how I'd have come to that conclusion otherwise.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Just watched ep 1 of S2.
Hasn't lost anything, funny, violent and beautifully shot from the start.
Looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.
Hasn't lost anything, funny, violent and beautifully shot from the start.
Looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
That first scene of episode one was glorious.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Was this on ch4 yet? 
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
shit has it started? What day/time is it on?
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
Mon 19th, Oct, 10pm. Phew!
phew!
