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I just caught the first episode on Sky On Demand.
Soon to be on Atlantic, it seems we have a worthy successor to Banshee.
Liv Schreiber play a fixer to Hollywood's rich and famous.
I enjoyed it a lot.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2249007/
Soon to be on Atlantic, it seems we have a worthy successor to Banshee.
Liv Schreiber play a fixer to Hollywood's rich and famous.
I enjoyed it a lot.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2249007/
We've had the 1st 3 episodes now. It's pretty good, Jon Voight's character is very dark indeed and getting darker. It's well played by Voight, very believable as this seedy old gangster coming out after a long stretch and lacking any kind of moral sensibility. I like Eddie Marsan in it too, he's convincing as a Yank and his character is multi faceted and vulnerable. Showtime have already commissioned a second series.
I've been really enjoying this series.... but I feel the same frustration I did with The Sopranos - the 'business' side of the Ray's life is so much more interesting to me that his home life - it's a series about a Hollywood fixer whose pretty crazy when needed and does a lot of cool spy/PI type st, so why spend 80% of each programme showing his domestic issues with his Wife and who his Daughter hangs out with. I get they need broad spectrum appeal and if they don't at least establish his background it gets a bit silly - but it can feel like a US Soap opera with occasional sparks of interest sometimes.
P-Jay said:
I've been really enjoying this series.... but I feel the same frustration I did with The Sopranos - the 'business' side of the Ray's life is so much more interesting to me that his home life - it's a series about a Hollywood fixer whose pretty crazy when needed and does a lot of cool spy/PI type st, so why spend 80% of each programme showing his domestic issues with his Wife and who his Daughter hangs out with. I get they need broad spectrum appeal and if they don't at least establish his background it gets a bit silly - but it can feel like a US Soap opera with occasional sparks of interest sometimes.
I agree with your comments about his 'business' life being better than his home. Come to think about it, your comment about The Sopranos was also correct.At the moment it would appear his home and work lives are somewhat intertwined, but the wifey / kids stuff is proving a bit of a distraction.
P-Jay said:
I've been really enjoying this series.... but I feel the same frustration I did with The Sopranos - the 'business' side of the Ray's life is so much more interesting to me that his home life - it's a series about a Hollywood fixer whose pretty crazy when needed and does a lot of cool spy/PI type st, so why spend 80% of each programme showing his domestic issues with his Wife and who his Daughter hangs out with. I get they need broad spectrum appeal and if they don't at least establish his background it gets a bit silly - but it can feel like a US Soap opera with occasional sparks of interest sometimes.
But the USP of The Sopranos, and the reason why it was so successful, was that it showed the gang boss as a normal person. The fact that he had to deal with all the real life domestic stuff and the fact that the show highlighted his vulnerabilities made it more believable.I'm enjoying Ray Donovan but it's far more superficial and the hero is nowhere near as multi dimensional as Tony Soprano.
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