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Yeah, you're in for a treat when you get there.
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09-18-2013, 05:38 PM | #138 |
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Good to know, because I'm a season behind as well.
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09-18-2013, 07:08 PM | #139 |
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Though the late Elmore Leonard professed to be in awe of what FX turned his story into, it really owes it's greatness to his style and the archetypes he creates.
The draw of Justified is in the small and large moments. Shit goes down but there's always time for hilarious or dryly droll banter. Storylines are creative but remain utterly credible, as do the characters. It's always keeping you on your toes by mixing action and suspense and humor and absurdity and wit and terror and asskicking and more, small turn by small turn. While I wouldn't say the first season is the weakest, it is decidedly different in form from what it has become. It started trying to tell more case of the week procedurals, so the strength of each episode depended on the strength of that week's plot. Since then it has mixed in a good deal more season-long arcs, in the vein of The Wire, so you're gripped from episode to episode with the big showdowns surely to come along, and how the sides are picked and pitted.
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09-18-2013, 11:11 PM | #141 |
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09-19-2013, 12:49 PM | #142 |
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09-19-2013, 12:52 PM | #143 |
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I finally got to watch this last night. It was interesting enough that I was willing to turn my brain off and just enjoy it. I like the supernatural aspect of it, though I'm a sucker for that kind of stuff
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Yeah, I like when shows are just off the wall sometimes. It lets me get out of my head for a little while.
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