Deadwood

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I just started watching it because it popped up on my 'recommended Prime' queue.

Man...I'm just not a Timothy Olyphant guy. I've had friends swear that I need to watch Justified and I just couldn't get past Olyphant.

And I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to stick with Deadwood either. It just seems like he's overacting even when he's trying to be understated. I can't really tell you what it is about him that I don't like, but I tend to think actors work best when you forget they're acting. And for whatever reason, Olyphant ALWAYS looks like he's acting to me.

And frankly, Keith Carradine is kinda the same way for me. Now knowing a bit about the history here, I suspect that won't be a problem for too terribly long. But Carradine essentially playing David Carradine's Kung Fu part as Bill Hickok is just grating.

I'm mostly just gonna stick around to see if it becomes the "Ian McShane Saying Awful Things and Sounding Awesome While Doing It Happy Funtime Hour". If so, I'll stick around.

But Olyphant just isn't my thing, man. It's possible that I'll just always remember him being friggen TERRIBLE in Gone in 60 Seconds and that's what sticks with me. In a movie absolutely loaded with awful performances, he stands out. When Delroy Lindo and peak Hammy Cage can't even make you look good, then you really suck.

Hey DJLN, you know who else was god ****ing awful in that movie? Giovanni Ribisi. He was just as God Awful as Olyphant. Doesn't make his performance in Sneaky Pete unwatchable.

I'd really recommend you giving Justified another try at the very least. There is a lot of good TV you're missing out on.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Hey DJLN, you know who else was god ****ing awful in that movie? Giovanni Ribisi. He was just as God Awful as Olyphant. Doesn't make his performance in Sneaky Pete unwatchable.

I'd really recommend you giving Justified another try at the very least. There is a lot of good TV you're missing out on.

So the way he's handling the character makes a little more sense now that I realize that I don't necessarily think he's trying to play the 'understated quiet hero' sort.

I realize at this point that he's mostly just playing something of a detached sociopath who's sense of morality is learned rather than innate.

I kinda feel like Wild Bill's arc was to attempt to instill a moral code in him because I feel like to this point any sense of right/wrong is based on little more than frontier pragmatism.

Doc appears to be the only halfway decent human being involved in this so far.