Deadwood.. any fans?

[gregd]

Finally got round to watching the season 1 DVD's of Deadwood I bought ages ago (anyone else do this with DVD's, books and games.. i have hundreds sat there?).. I shouldn't be surprised as HBO can do no wrong but it's an absolutely cracking show. Any other fans here? I gather they cancelled the fourth season so it finishes with some loose ends but so far I'm really enjoying it.

Ian "Lovejoy" Macshane is terrific as baddie in chief and there are some brilliant minor characters. Just whiled away an hour or so on Wikipedia reading up on the real-life characters the show is based upon..

At around £10 per season on Amazon I thoroughly recommend it.

Edited by gregd on Thursday 19th May 10:30

[P-Jay]

It's great isn't it!

I found it hard to follow at first because it's hard to understand what they're saying, but it's great.

I must warn you, series 3 ends on a bit of a downer / cliff hanger and of course it's never coming back.

[rhinochopig]

Can't stand them with their stupid hair and whiny voices. And as for their Euro-vision song...

[gregd]

rhinochopig said:

Can't stand them with their stupid hair and whiny voices. And as for their Euro-vision song...

[GTiR Al]

This was a brilliant series - absolutely criminal that they canned it at the end of the third.

Thoroughly enjoyable viewing

[CurvaParabolica]

One of my favourite shows ever. E B Farnum is/was one of the funniest characters ever on screen

E.B. Farnum: "Allow me a moment's silence Mr Hearst, sir, I'm having a digestive crisis and must focus on repressing it's expression."

[Jimbeaux]

gregd said:

Finally got round to watching the season 1 DVD's of Deadwood I bought ages ago (anyone else do this with DVD's, books and games.. i have hundreds sat there?).. I shouldn't be surprised as HBO can do no wrong but it's an absolutely cracking show. Any other fans here? I gather they cancelled the fourth season so it finishes with some loose ends but so far I'm really enjoying it.

Ian "Lovejoy" Macshane is terrific as baddie in chief and there are some brilliant minor characters. Just whiled away an hour or so on Wikipedia reading up on the real-life characters the show is based upon..

At around £10 per season on Amazon I thoroughly recommend it.

Edited by gregd on Thursday 19th May 10:30

I am rewatching it on "On Demand". Absolutely top notch. The dialogue alone is a trip!

[crofty1984]

Seasons 1 & 2 were great.

[Mars]

Some of the best TV ever, and the fact that it only pays lipservice to the real history only spurred me onto reading up about it.

I particularly enjoyed the quick draw between Hickok and Bullock early on. Keith Carradine got the "wrist flick" bang on, given that Hickok didn't use holsters.

I did feel annoyed that they all let Hearst get away with too much - he didn't exhibit enough menace to me, for them all to be second guessing his next moves. In fact Tolliver the same - he seemed like a slightly camp showman and didn't seem to fit someone who engendered fear in others.

Perhaps it's simply because Ian McShane is British and pulls off that underlying nastiness? But it couldn't be that because Olyphant managed to make me believe in Bullock's barely-suppressed rage which, coupled with his quick draw, makes his a dangerous foe.

Love westerns in general. Loved Deadwood a lot.

[Famous Graham]

Excellent series. Coupled with the fact that I watched all 3 seasons back to back in some digs in San Diego with a good friend who put me up for a month.

So memory vs reality. I'm not sure I want to watch it again, just in case.

[Spiritual_Beggar]

Very good series!


Bought the boxset. Couldn't stop watching it.

The characters are so engrossing, and the interactions between them are what make the series such an enthralling watch.

[Halb]

P-Jay said:

It's great isn't it!

I found it hard to follow at first because it's hard to understand what they're saying, but it's great.

I must warn you, series 3 ends on a bit of a downer / cliff hanger and of course it's never coming back.

why was it cancelled?

[P-Jay]

Halb said:

why was it cancelled?

Not sure, it made way for Entourage.

I hear there's a bit of a running theme with big US TV shows. The launch on a massive but manageable budget, lots die early because they can't generate the advertising revenue to be profitable, some go Mega like Deadwood, my name is earl, Hero's etc the cast, writters, directors etc demand more and more money based on the idea the figures will continue to grow or at least stay the same costs go through the roof, figures dip or plateu and suddenly a big show is unprofitable.

We're lucky the UK TV people are a little more relaxed or shows like The Inbetweeners would die early on.

[marksx]

One of the best things I have watched for a while. I now want to go there on holiday

[Halb]

P-Jay said:

Not sure, it made way for Entourage.

I hear there's a bit of a running theme with big US TV shows. The launch on a massive but manageable budget, lots die early because they can't generate the advertising revenue to be profitable, some go Mega like Deadwood, my name is earl, Hero's etc the cast, writters, directors etc demand more and more money based on the idea the figures will continue to grow or at least stay the same costs go through the roof, figures dip or plateu and suddenly a big show is unprofitable.

We're lucky the UK TV people are a little more relaxed or shows like The Inbetweeners would die early on.

Dooes HBO have adverts? I know HBO kept The Wire on even though it wasn't successful in the early days, but they canned Carnivàle because of the costs.
The Sopranos lasted for 9 series, which was good. I suppose they were the biggest.

[P-Jay]

Halb said:

Dooes HBO have adverts? I know HBO kept The Wire on even though it wasn't successful in the early days, but they canned Carnivàle because of the costs.
The Sopranos lasted for 9 series, which was good. I suppose they were the biggest.

You make a fine point, now I think about it I don't think they do. I was wondering the other night as the GF and I were watching the Wire (series 3, second time for me, 1st time for her) that each episode seemed to be the full 1hr on DVD which left not time for ads.

I assume the business model is roughly the same, ratings means more new and retained subcribers rather than advertising revenue.

Suprano's was 6 series, the last shown in 2 halves because of the writters strike I think.

Edited by P-Jay on Friday 20th May 15:32

Edited by P-Jay on Friday 20th May 15:32