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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: harris on December 19, 2009, 02:01:22 PM
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I love this show with all my heart and this new season is outstanding so far.
Is it Bert Jansch music that they keep playing? Anyway I love it. To me it's the only show that gives The Wire a run for it's money.
Any other fans?
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I stopped watching when it went to Direct TV, I think they are all available on Netflix instant now. I should start again.
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I saw the movie. It was pretty good.
So, the show is worth all the hype?
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I stopped watching when it went to Direct TV, I think they are all available on Netflix instant now. I should start again.
The new season is worth checking out. The show gets better each season.
I saw the movie. It was pretty good.
So, the show is worth all the hype?
I liked the movie so I started watching the show and after three seasons of the show I went back to watch the movie and didn't even get through the whole thing.
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The show is GREAT but you have to bear in mind that the second season is during the writer's strike, so there are some, uh, WEAK plotlines. Luckily, you can tell when the writers returned and brushed most of it aside.
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The show is GREAT but you have to bear in mind that the second season is during the writer's strike, so there are some, uh, WEAK plotlines. Luckily, you can tell when the writers returned and brushed most of it aside.
From listening to Peter Berg talk about that one plotline that feels totally out of place, it didn't have anything to do with the strike and everything to do with a ratings grab.
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Yeah, I love that show. What was the out of place plotline? The really handsome dude who played Gambit and the cougar neighbor? It's been a while since I rented Season 2.
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Yeah, I love that show. What was the out of place plotline? The really handsome dude who played Gambit and the cougar neighbor? It's been a while since I rented Season 2.
Well didn't the second season just end abruptly because of the strike? Like it was just assumed they didn't make it to state?
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Yeah, I love that show. What was the out of place plotline? The really handsome dude who played Gambit and the cougar neighbor? It's been a while since I rented Season 2.
Tyra and Landry dumping her attacker in the river and then his dad helping him cover it up.
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The show is GREAT but you have to bear in mind that the second season is during the writer's strike, so there are some, uh, WEAK plotlines. Luckily, you can tell when the writers returned and brushed most of it aside.
From listening to Peter Berg talk about that one plotline that feels totally out of place, it didn't have anything to do with the strike and everything to do with a ratings grab.
I'm just going to pretend like I didn't read this. It goes down alongside the "very special episode" of Different Strokes in my book as pure Wrong Idea.
And yes, the annoying little kid chasing around Tim Riggins -- when he came on screen we would yell out "Hey Tim, I'm going to go play out in the street!" or "Hey Tim, I'm going to take a bath with this toaster!" etc etc.
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Senor and all other FNL fans I have a question.I've been rewatching all the episodes on netflix instant and last night was at the episode with Jason Street's last scene with Erin and Tim. Now when it aired Sun Kil Moon's Gentle Moon was playing in the background which brought me to tears and made it a near perfect scene.
On the DVD the song is gone and the scene loses alot of momentum. Did anyone else notice this? They seemed to get all the songs for the DVDs. I wonder what Kozelek's deal was.
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There are definitely other substitutions on the DVDs. Purely financial reasons, I think, but a bummer.
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I saw the scene on DVD, without the music, and it was damn powerful and a total weeper.
Also, not to mix sports metaphors, but last night's ep knocked it out of the park.
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I saw the scene on DVD, without the music, and it was damn powerful and a total weeper.
Also, not to mix sports metaphors, but last night's ep knocked it out of the park.
Season 4 aired on Direct TV in the fall. I think this show is my confirmed favorite. It's up against The Wire and even though the Wire is nuts, Friday Night Lights just carries so much weight. I mean look at Seracen. It breaks my heart just to think of what he is going through. It's almost painful to watch. I think the best scene that captures this is when Coach Taylor pushes him in the bathtub and turns on the shower. Seracen says "You left me for TMU. Your daughter left me. Carlotta left me. My dad left me for Iraq, What's wrong with me?" and Coach says "There's nothing wrong with you son. The ain't a thing wrong with you." Coach Taylor is the master at holding his emotions in but just by looking at his eyes you know exactly when he realizes what's going on. Props to Kyle Chandler for that. Also upon second viewing I am developing a huge appreciation for Billy Riggins and how he wears his emotions on his sleeve. I'm touched by the scenes that clearly show how much he loves Tim.
Anyway, yeah season 4 is out of this world. I really love discussing this show so anyone please chime in.
And if you haven't I recommend rewatching it because this time there isno 'warming up' period. You already know which characters you love and you can see how indepth their development is.
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A Jay Reatard song was on tonights episode! That was pretty cool. And a fantastic episode, as usual. Great, great program.
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I finally got on the trolley last month and watched the first four seasons on Netflix. The writing is uneven at times, but it's easily one of the best-acted shows I've ever seen. (except for Lyla) .
Awesome to see Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton get well-deserved Emmy nods, but Tyra and Landry will always be, for me, the heart of the show. I want them to have their own variety show.
(http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/12/landry_2.jpg)
Hell yes I'm buying this.
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Landry has been my favorite since the beginning.
'I'm thinking about starting a Christian speed metal band. Are you in?'
I want that shirt too.
And Lyla is a lot less annoying in the couple of episodes she is in this season. She was pretty awful in the first couple seasons. I did like her singing that song along with the radio in the used car on the way to state in the last episode of season 1. And season 2 gets rightfully maligned, but the episode focusing on her and Tim and Jason in Mexico I enjoyed quite a bit.
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I started the first season last month and i don't think there was an episode where I didn't tear up. Season 2 had some rough points but so far I realllly am liking Season 3.
Seriously I feel like I'm not even watching a show because the acting is so great.
Matt Saracen is my hero.
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This season has not held up to the promise of the finale of last season. One would think that a new team and a new school would refresh the series, but instead it's been stale. Too many characters, boring football, and thwarted chemistry between Coach and Mrs. Coach = SNOOZE.
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Man this season is pretty bad. I almost stopped watching until Matt showed up. Still the thing with him and Julie is a little too Dawson's Creek. Vince's dad is just awful. Good actor but such a dispicable character. One of the few reasons I am still watching is to see him fight Coach Taylor or see Vince get kicked off the team.
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I thought this last season was great. Like last season, I watched it on DirecTV and am considering re-watching when it airs again on NBC.
Definitely a close second to the Wire for my favorite show of all time.
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Yeh it finished alot better than it started. I think the tension in the last few episodes was well done. Won't say anything else. I forgot a lot of people won't see it til nbc.
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I've skimmed this thread and heard a bit about this show, mostly positive things it seems. i'm in the market for a new show to give my free time up to for awhile, my last attempt, Dexter, was a disaster.
is this worth getting into? do i need to care at all about football? is this one of those doesn't get good til the 3rd season kinda shows where i'm going to have to slog through 2 seasons of crap?
if i don't get a response in 24 hours i'm just going to dive in. unless you can warn me away from it or encourage me to start it sooner.
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I've skimmed this thread and heard a bit about this show, mostly positive things it seems. i'm in the market for a new show to give my free time up to for awhile, my last attempt, Dexter, was a disaster.
is this worth getting into? do i need to care at all about football? is this one of those doesn't get good til the 3rd season kinda shows where i'm going to have to slog through 2 seasons of crap?
if i don't get a response in 24 hours i'm just going to dive in. unless you can warn me away from it or encourage me to start it sooner.
Watch the first season. Everything after that, you've been WARNED. Season 2 was the writer's strike and is a hot mess. Season 3 is pretty good, but it goes downhill in 4 and into a ditch in 5.
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I've skimmed this thread and heard a bit about this show, mostly positive things it seems. i'm in the market for a new show to give my free time up to for awhile, my last attempt, Dexter, was a disaster.
is this worth getting into? do i need to care at all about football? is this one of those doesn't get good til the 3rd season kinda shows where i'm going to have to slog through 2 seasons of crap?
if i don't get a response in 24 hours i'm just going to dive in. unless you can warn me away from it or encourage me to start it sooner.
I am the furthest thing from a sports fan, and I got really into this show. Check out season one, for sure.
Some great acting, music, babes of both the male and female variety, BUDDY GARETTY. This show has it all
"You love football. You just don't know it yet." - Coach Taylor
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Football players (especially HS football players) have always terrified me. And yet this show took me by surprise. My wife and I became dedicated fans very quickly.
Haven't seen the movie though. Is it worth viewing?
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Football players (especially HS football players) have always terrified me. And yet this show took me by surprise. My wife and I became dedicated fans very quickly.
Haven't seen the movie though. Is it worth viewing?
I did not like the movie but like this show a whole lot.
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BUDDY GARETTY
I wish this show had been bigger only for the possibility that the Buddy Garetty voice would become a thing like the There Will Be Blood voice. Exasperated out-of-breath Texan is so much fun to do.
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Man the whole Epick story was pointless and Santiago just disappeared.
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Man the whole Epick story was pointless and Santiago just disappeared.
The Epyckhck (sp?) story was ridiculously dumb, but it would have been nice if that Santiago story had been given a bit more weight. I think the writers just hoped people would forget about him. But he deserved some sort of resolution.
Also, I've been rewatching "The Wire" and realized that Wallace and Vince were the same person. That one blew right by me before.
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Man the whole Epick story was pointless and Santiago just disappeared.
The Epyckhck (sp?) story was ridiculously dumb, but it would have been nice if that Santiago story had been given a bit more weight. I think the writers just hoped people would forget about him. But he deserved some sort of resolution.
Also, I've been rewatching "The Wire" and realized that Wallace and Vince were the same person. That one blew right by me before.
Right and D'Angelo guest starred one episode. One of my favorite things is seeing actors from The Wire in other things.
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SHANTIAGO!
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I'm about 3 episodes into the first season and hoping it gets better. Right now it feels pretty corny like I'm watching Dawson's Creek. Hokey musical interludes, over the top acting.
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I think people hyping it up so much really hurts the viewing experience. I love the show, but one of my good friends was expecting the end all be all and just saw it all as corny. Then again, he's a hard person to please when it comes to heartfelt things; he views that as corny.