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jerseydevil said:
Ok...time to start the conversation. I really liked it. It's the Killing meets The Wire kinda. The gal from Inglorious...I know it's tempting to say she is terrible, simply because she is so terrifically grating...but it seems like she has Asbergers or something...so it really is a good performance. Bechir, who i have never really cared for, is a wonderful partner for her. Soothing and charming where she is so harsh and off putting. The multiple storylines(there's the Wire influence) are all very enticing and the cast in general is up to the task. Is Buffalo Bill(Ted Levine) ever not good in stuff? Only gripe I had...and they may pay it off...they started the show with a tough sell. Someone being able to cripple the entire border and carefull arrange 2 parts of a dead body precisely on two different sides of the border(in DARKNESS). It's a hard way to start and a fairly big plot point.

Oh, really nice to see Matthew Lillard again.

edit:sorry, this is of course re:the Bridge.
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Kruger's character does indeed have Aspergers. For some reason it is never addressed on the show, and I guess it was never addressed in the original series, either. I happened to read an article prior to the show's start in which the author revealed this and it made her character a bit easier to get. I am a fan of Bichir's, and I agree that he balances out Kruger's character nicely. What I liked about the show after just the pilot, is that there is so much more going on than just the 2 bodies on the bridge and the hunt for this serial killer. Politically, socially - there is so much more to this show. I have to give kudos to FX for "going there" with this topic regardless of how long this show will last.

Also, just saw an update on teh facebookz...and I'm going to paste it here, too: What do you think is behind the locked door?

My guess: a tunnel
 
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jerseydevil said:
Ok...time to start the conversation. I really liked it. It's the Killing meets The Wire kinda. The gal from Inglorious...I know it's tempting to say she is terrible, simply because she is so terrifically grating...but it seems like she has Asbergers or something...so it really is a good performance. Bechir, who i have never really cared for, is a wonderful partner for her. Soothing and charming where she is so harsh and off putting. The multiple storylines(there's the Wire influence) are all very enticing and the cast in general is up to the task. Is Buffalo Bill(Ted Levine) ever not good in stuff? Only gripe I had...and they may pay it off...they started the show with a tough sell. Someone being able to cripple the entire border and carefull arrange 2 parts of a dead body precisely on two different sides of the border(in DARKNESS). It's a hard way to start and a fairly big plot point.

Oh, really nice to see Matthew Lillard again.

edit:sorry, this is of course re:the Bridge.
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Pretty much agree on all points. BoobyTrap guessed that she probably had Asberger's and then everything made sense. I thought it was a solid, if not spectacular opening. I did have an issue with the body on the bridge being arranged in such a way that no one noticed it was in two until they tried to pick it up and then that it was two different bodies until it got to the morgue, but... as long as that's the end of that sort of thing, it's fine.

ketel&tonic said:
Kruger's character does indeed have Aspergers. For some reason it is never addressed on the show, and I guess it was never addressed in the original series, either. I happened to read an article prior to the show's start in which the author revealed this and it made her character a bit easier to get. I am a fan of Bichir's, and I agree that he balances out Kruger's character nicely. What I liked about the show after just the pilot, is that there is so much more going on than just the 2 bodies on the bridge and the hunt for this serial killer. Politically, socially - there is so much more to this show. I have to give kudos to FX for "going there" with this topic regardless of how long this show will last.
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Also agree. Police corruption in Mexico may not necessarily be a new topic, but if this show is going at it the way it seems like it's going to, i think there's a lot of potential and it's kind of exciting.

Also, just saw an update on teh facebookz...and I'm going to paste it here, too: What do you think is behind the locked door?

My guess: a tunnel
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Mine, too.
 
That bar scene with Kruger was really, awkward.

Lillard is awesome but I get the feeling something increasingly bad may happen to him.

Lyle Lovett? I mean, I'm actually scared of him already.
 
ucsdguy1 said:
That bar scene with Kruger was really, awkward.

Lillard is awesome but I get the feeling something increasingly bad may happen to him.

Lyle Lovett? I mean, I'm actually scared of him already.
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LOL, awkward is an understatement about the bar scene. I think Kruger is so good in this role, though.

Lyle Lovett was CREEPY as hell. Charlotte better realize quickly that she doesn't have a choice but to keep her husband's "business" going. I haven't really seen much that Lovett has acted in, but goddamn. My friend and I looked at each other after that scene and were like "holy hell, he is chilling."

Also, what the **** with that Hector dude who's looking for Eva who just up and killed that neighbor? Geez.
 
Now i just need them to repeat the last seasons of Justified and SOA before the new seasons start.
 
notbob said:
I stopped buying those a long time ago. I never seem to watch them more than once. That was one of the main reasons i got netflix.
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The prior season of Sons, I think, came on Netflix just before the new season last year. May be wrong. Justified is only on Amazon streaming as far as i know so...
 
jerseydevil said:
The prior season of Sons, I think, came on Netflix just before the new season last year. May be wrong. Justified is only on Amazon streaming as far as i know so...
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Yeah i have been keeping my eye out for em. Thats how i have watched em so far.
 
Man...the Bridge. Was so obvious what was gonna happen to that horse. Just when I think I have a handle on things they go all musical chairs and characters just act...well, out of character. Enjoying it a lot but between her awkward social tics and the unsavory visions of Mexico, it's not an easy watch.
 
jerseydevil said:
Man...the Bridge. Was so obvious what was gonna happen to that horse. Just when I think I have a handle on things they go all musical chairs and characters just act...well, out of character. Enjoying it a lot but between her awkward social tics and the unsavory visions of Mexico, it's not an easy watch.
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I caught the end of The Bridge. Saw the horse scene and thought, "What a sick show, I bet jerseydevil loves this stuff."
 
mitchrock said:
I caught the end of The Bridge. Saw the horse scene and thought, "What a sick show, I bet jerseydevil loves this stuff."
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Actually I hates the animal violence stuff. I can watch people die all day, including teh chiddren but I get really turned off by animal stuff.
 
jerseydevil said:
Actually I hates the animal violence stuff. I can watch people die all day, including teh chiddren but I get really turned off by animal stuff.
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I guess, cause I knew it was fake, I wasn't too disturbed by the scene. Just thought it was weird.
 
I was so bummed the mexican cop slept with the widow. I wanted him to be 100% clean on everything as the "good guy", ya know?

Kruger's "what are you doing here, we can't have sex now" line was pretty classic
 
Yeah, she's a real hoot.

Agree 100% about the Mexi-cop. I was really off put and disappointed in him. But clearly that's what they are aiming for with this show. Almost TOO much so. I get that people do as people do and all that, but at some point, without a true moral compass it gets too cynical and too busy. They are introducing a LOT of elements at the risk of forcing viewers to tune out and pick and choose. Really liking Matthew Lillard. Always thought he was a good actor and he seems to be channeling RDJ from that Zodiac flick. You could do a lot worse.
 
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