Movies and TV Fox Fall 2013: Sleepy Hollow - Page 9

keg in kc · 09-18-2013, 02:15 PM

I thought season 4 continued the general uptick in quality that seasons 2 and 3 had.

**Baby Lee** · 09-18-2013, 07:08 PM

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.

Frosty · 09-19-2013, 12:52 PM

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

ChiefsFanatic · 09-19-2013, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Frosty

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

Yeah, I like when shows are just off the wall sometimes. It lets me get out of my head for a little while.

Frosty · 09-19-2013, 03:33 PM

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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.

The "agents of evil" that were shown in the preview for the season looked pretty cool.

keg in kc · 09-20-2013, 05:13 PM

This makes things more interesting: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...e-joins-633343

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John Noble, who starred as the beloved Walter Bishop for five seasons on Fringe, will join later in the season as Henry Parrish, a kind and reclusive man who possesses supernatural powers that have the potential to help Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison).

Frazod · 09-20-2013, 06:14 PM

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This makes things more interesting: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...e-joins-633343

That's the guy that played the Steward in LOTR, right?

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-20-2013, 06:22 PM

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This makes things more interesting: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...e-joins-633343

Yay. Walter the Witch.

I'm sorry but they're already losing me.

keg in kc · 09-21-2013, 02:41 AM

I had forgotten some of the greatness of season 4. (Do not watch this Dane and frazod. Seriously.)

Spoiler!

January can't get here soon enough.

Oh, by the way....Walton Goggins has a role on Community this season, for at least one episode, which sounds awesome.

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Goggins' character is a mysterious and emotionless man named Mr. Stone, according to TV Guide. The study group encounters Stone at some point and are confronted with "a dangerous accusation, a tantalizing offer and a devious plan that will change the group

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-23-2013, 11:44 PM

So, Ichabod is going to wear clothes from the 1770's throughout the program? And why the heavy handed music? And zombie witches?

Raiderhater · 09-24-2013, 06:11 AM

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So, Ichabod is going to wear clothes from the 1770's throughout the program? And why the heavy handed music? And zombie witches?

Yeah, I'm officially done with it. Someone else said it and I completely agree that it is basically a twist on Buffy. I can get that fix from Buffy. Not to mention Buffy > Ichabod Crane in the hawtness catagory.

**007** · 09-24-2013, 07:57 AM

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So, Ichabod is going to wear clothes from the 1770's throughout the program? And why the heavy handed music? And zombie witches?

Yeah, that was bugging the shit out of me too. Give the man some normal clothes, his speech is enough to remind us he isn't from our time.

Raiderhater · 09-24-2013, 08:34 AM

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Yeah, that was bugging the shit out of me too. Give the man some normal clothes, his speech is enough to remind us he isn't from our time.

If the pale rider can upgrade from battke axe to assault rifles, Ichabod should be able to get some modern threads.

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-24-2013, 09:58 AM

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If the pale rider can upgrade from battke axe to assault rifles, Ichabod should be able to get some modern threads.

It's a great premise but the producers have chosen a dopey supernatural, heavy handed approach. Had they gone with a lighter tone and more of a historical procedural, it may have had a chance. As it stands, I can't see this making it past October.

Also, every music cue felt like either Alcatraz or Fringe leftovers. Overall it's just blah.

Raiderhater · 09-24-2013, 01:00 PM

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It's a great premise but the producers have chosen a dopey supernatural, heavy handed approach. Had they gone with a lighter tone and more of a historical procedural, it may have had a chance. As it stands, I can't see this making it past October.

Also, every music cue felt like either Alcatraz or Fringe leftovers. Overall it's just blah.

Agreed completely. I could see it maybe going through October as Halloween approaches and people start wanting to watch more stuff along that theme. But I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't even make that. The story line and writing is that bad, IMO.

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