NP - Tin Star

Fri Dec 22 22:10:26 CST 2017

Keith,
I liked your previous rant better, but this one is ultra Zen.  Bravo!
David Morris

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 9:36 PM Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> But seriously, Merry Christmas. There is only the present moment, all else
> is imagination...
>
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> On Dec 22, 2017, at 6:33 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Allan,
>
> By episode 5 Tin Star seems to be deepening.  Some characters are growing
> either better or worse or both. The reason behind the initial murder is
> still a mystery, but one surmises that the Brits have followed him in his
> fleeing London.  The bald bad guy is still a cartoon, but the scenery is
> lovely.
>
> I stumbled upon a Starz series called The Missing.  I won't describe it.
> The first episode hooked (so far) me.  We live in TVs Golden Age.
>
> Sorry to P-list for this intrusion.
> David Morris
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:39 PM Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your comments, David. Thanks for checking out Tin Star. I
>> don't remember where things were by the end of episode 3 but I know that
>> very shortly after that things get weird and things get dark. Like all good
>> tv, it's essentially impossible to talk about Tin Star without spoiling, so
>> mums the word, I'm afraid. I think its safe to say that the Big Oil company
>> will soon exhibit aggression to protect both its image and it's project
>> that rivals that of the CIA in 3 Days of the Condor. Sure, it's cliched but
>> for the most part characters respond to common situations in novel ways.
>> What do you think of the Chief's daughter? I mean the actress. I guess
>> she's a good actress because I always catch myself asking 'Is she acting or
>> is she just this way all he time?" I don't think I ever decided. I'd have
>> to see her in another row. But as a character, she early on earned her
>> right to be traumatized.
>>
>> Yes, I have to admit, I'm impressed by the things unique to the setting
>> of this drama, like the big u-turn around the apparent dead wolf in the
>> middle of the road in the apparent wilderness. And the idea that at any
>> time it's possible that absolutely anyone may be drug off by a hungry bear.
>> Or that a really bad guy could have a French accent.
>>
>> -Allah
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:13 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Allan,
>>>
>>> I'm three episodes in, so my thoughts might change further in.  I like
>>> its mood and its setting, but it's slow pacing often annoys me.  I get
>>> bored waiting for a new development.  Its use of back/forth time flashes
>>> works as a narrative device, but is overdone, I think. The two villains,
>>> Brit gangsters & Evil Oil, are OK as a device, but they lack any depth.
>>> The damaged cop hero is a bit cliche.  So far, I'm not feeling it. The wild
>>> card to come will be the cop's daughter's romance with a very bad Brit G.
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 6:15 PM Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry, David, I was trying to confirm you recommendation while stating
>>>> my personal dislikes or  preferences (any scene of Ray  alone in a dark
>>>> night time parking lot sauntering towards the front door of a roadside bar
>>>> in Mexico, the Louisville Slugger he's carrying in his left hand twitching
>>>> occasionally in anticipation of the functional lawlessness that perhaps
>>>> ensue in the next episode)  I've followed Lynch Girl Naomi Watts since her
>>>> Mulholland Drive role. Such is my stalking, I've followed her 'husband'
>>>> Liev also. I've watched every single issue at least once as it was
>>>> released, which is to say I've spent a long long time with this family. I
>>>> also agree with you, of course: it's Good TV.
>>>>
>>>> My newest tv series recommendation is the British/Canadian (Hi ya,
>>>> Jerky!) Amazon Prime series "Tin Star." It features Tarantino's   Tim Roth
>>>>  and a raw meat chomping Mad Man's Christina Hendricks among a very strong
>>>> cast of less familiar actors. Like other most recent recommendations, Ozark
>>>> and Taboo, Tin Star has a topless bar pretty close to the center of the
>>>> story but it also takes a time worn plot and invigorates it as every
>>>> opportunity without ever seeming artificial, all the while balancing action
>>>> that careens between First Nation issues, Guy Ritchie-style British
>>>> gangsters, and Boom Town biker gangs. Through it all we get to watch the
>>>> amoral machinations of a large oil company who, like the GOP, promises the
>>>> little people it's doing everything for them while it's actually looting
>>>> their commons and poisoning the surrounding wilderness. And, oh, my is the
>>>> scenery wonderful in this series. Wikipedia gets the plot wrong and drops
>>>> too many spoilers, but here's the link
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Star_(TV_series)
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to sneak a look at Netflick's FRONTIER tonight. Apparently a
>>>> French Canadian production that celebrates the spirit of Taboo while
>>>> allowing the Hudson Bay Company to be the villain they are.
>>>>
>>>> -Allan in WV who is looking for a good copy of Lynch's RABBITS, also
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:21 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm halfway through the final season #5.
>>>>>
>>>>> Even the creepy father has heart.  The family is way more than
>>>>> foolish.  "Functional lawlessness" sounds derogatory.  Many here revere the
>>>>> myth of Anarchy.  The show has greater depth than what you've seen as you
>>>>> portray it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Entropy/Anarchy? Ecstasy/Orogami?  Let's call the whole thing off!
>>>>>
>>>>> David Morris
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:57 PM Allan Balliett <
>>>>> allan.balliett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> How much have you watched, David?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I love the Ray Donovan character but I’m so tired of his foolish
>>>>>> Southy family.  Jon Voight is certainly the creepiest father tv has seen.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ray cuts a fine figure in the realm of functional lawlessness
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 7:40 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is really great TV.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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