Comments | splendorsine: Back In The Saddle

splendorsine

Back In The Saddle

Mar 31, 2011 00:01

As you may have realised by now, we order a lot of TV shows on DVD from the local library. Until recently, the library played fair and sent us one disc at a time: that's between two and four episodes to watch in a week, a fairly reasonable demand on one's time. Deadwood Season 1, as such, came in five instalments (plus a bonus special features ( Read more... )

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bateleur March 31 2011, 08:23:40 UTC

Nothing much seems to happen in any of the episodes plotwise, it all lives or dies on the bizarre Bardic ornateness of the dialogue mingled with a real scatological delight in human filth.

Apart from having Hanbury in it, this sounds like it could be a contender for my least favourite show ever.

undyingking March 31 2011, 09:01:19 UTC

The combination of Hanbury Hampden-Turner and delight in human filth: I think the most positive assessment would be "thought-provoking".

hoshuteki March 31 2011, 08:43:25 UTC

I do remember my attention wandering somewhat in Deadwood season 2, but maybe I just wasn't attuned to the dialogue. Certainly, season 3 was excellent, possibly my favourite, so hopefully you make it through this testing period w/r/t your library.

jiggery_pokery March 31 2011, 14:23:52 UTC

Perhaps your "season two" theory also applies to season two of Moffat Who treated as a show in its own right, as opposed to Davies Who?

(I love your line about Hanbury, even though I was never a Society Game person myself.)

barrysarll April 3 2011, 13:24:46 UTC

Surely you at least knew 'Time of the Season'?

Your Deadwood posts are almost tempting me to embark on a rewatch myself, had I but worlds enough and time.