Justified; check your pistols at the door.

Fandyien · March 2010

Hobnail wrote: »

The writers used current cuss words instead of hilarious old timey cuss words because nobody would watch a show where everybody is Yoemite Sam

betrayal of the source material!

Grey Ghost · March 2010

Anjin-San wrote: »

yes yes yes okay i get it

there's a snake in my boot

Somebody's poisoned the waterhole!

Hobnail · March 2010

A time when cussing could make a man blush, but that same man would probably not sleep badly after wasting you for cussing

Poorochondriac · March 2010

Smaug6 wrote: »

Poorochondriac wrote: »

As a sidebar, has there ever been an intelligent thought expressed with the word "meh" used as an adjective?

I would posit that, no, there has not.

Meh to me means, ordinary, run of the mill, mediocre. The characters are uninspiring and seem pretty 2-dimensional. Main character honorable bad ass who happens to have been good friends with crazed antagonist. Rampant lawlessness because you know, Kentucky is a third world territory of the United States. From a pure pulp standpoint it might have some redeeming value, but thats about it.

In other words, the show has nothing compelling about it to me.

Urban dictionary might define it differently.

I did not question its definition. Merely, rhetorically, asked if I'd ever seen it used an anything approaching a worthwhile sentence.

I have not.

I also feel like your description is unfairly reductive. For one, the lead character is far from honorable. In his mind, yes. But in his mind, he's also not an "angry man." The show seems to be establishing pretty clearly that the rest of the world doesn't see him as he sees himself - that's always fascinating territory for a TV show. For two, the "rampant lawlessness" is not because it's Kentucky - it's because the law enforcement agencies are underfunded and outnumbered. The Wire explored this theme as it applies to an urban setting. This show seems ready to explore it in a rural setting. Again, that's intriguing to me. I'm also curious how the fuck you define "run of the mill" characters - the lead romantic interest is a chipper, unrepentant murder suspect. Hell, the "crazed" antagonist possesses a level of insight that seems to elude even the lead. There's room for all the characters to be fleshed out, of course, but for a pilot? I've not seen characters this initially arresting since the pilot for Breaking Bad.

The dialogue is top-notch, the performances are killer, the cinematography is goddamn gorgeous (In that southern gothic, David Gordon Green kind of way).

Saying this is almost as cliche and lame as saying "meh," but if you didn't find anything about Justified compelling, maybe you weren't paying close enough attention.

Zonugal · March 2010

Yep, you pretty much summed up why this show is getting off to a good start.

KrunkMcGrunk · March 2010

Hell yeah, Pooro. I couldn't have said it better myself.

For a pilot episode, this show blows away everything else I've seen.

When I look at the pilot of Mad Men (one of my favs) it just seems so corny in comparison to the rest of the series. Justified has a pilot that doesn't seem like the cast, crew and writing are still getting used to everything. It feels like this show has been running for a couple of seasons already.

risumon · March 2010

Just watched the first episode. Couldn't place where I knew the main guy from. Imdb informed me he was the drug dealer in Go, so that is cool.

Cowboy in redneck smokey mountain country.

Mulleted neo-nazi with suspenders.

"Git er dun"

Ending with a song by Miike Snow.

I think I am going to have to keep up with this show. Definitely entertaining. They only problem I have is I had an ex with the name of Raelyn which ended very badly, and the main character is Raylen, so that is kind of weird.