Another movie?
― Gukbe, Friday, 15 July 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
Hmm, not sure what part of the story is left to tell. They wrapped the series up pretty well, all things considered.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 July 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihYkEAQ_DY
― mizzell, Saturday, 16 July 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
love
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 16 July 2011 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
Some weakness in the middle but it ends well.
DAMN does it ever. Loved the way the Tami/Coach scene outside of the restaurant was shot. LOVED the way State was edited. Glad I stuck with it.
Other points:Gee, Julie, I wonder what recent events could possibly have led her parents to question her judgment. I'd kind of like to see another FNL movie if only for the chance to see Connie Britton say more than two lines of dialogue. Why the hell was the show trying to make Buddy Jr. happen? Buddy Jr. is not going to happen.In my mind, I imagine that Luke was going off to Chicago to join the CPD.Glad they let Mindy Riggins be a human for once instead of a caricature. Was that Mike Singletary playing the Dallas coach where Jess ends up?
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Saturday, 16 July 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not familiar with Mike Singletary but I GIS'd him and I don't think so. The Dallas coach had a goatee and was a little thinner.
Mindy Riggins was one of the best characters in season 5.
― Jouster, Sunday, 17 July 2011 07:41 (twelve years ago) link
That was such a good ending.
― polyphonic, Sunday, 17 July 2011 07:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/aug/18/very-deep-america-friday-night-lights/?pagination=false
by Lorrie Moore
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
Man, second season sucks. I Just watched two OMIGOD THEY'RE RACIST subplots in the same episode.
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
The Moore article is terrific.
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
It is, except for some preposterous declarations, like the boys are articulate (no way, except for goddamn Jason Street) or that there's too much Billy Riggins (there is never enough Billy Riggins wtf)
― suckin em down like they name was jack daniels (billy), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
just watched s5 on netflix.
*SPOILERISH*that finale, man. for a minute i felt SO f***ing betrayed by coach t and i was questioning my lifelong love of kyle chandler. but i am so glad they went for the sappy perfect ending.
also i think i am going to start incorporating tammy's 'i appreciate that' into my regular conversations.
now i have to go back and read the thread.
― tehresa, Thursday, 9 February 2012 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
the first season of this has to rank among the all-time greatest seasons of television imo
― BJ O (Lamp), Thursday, 9 February 2012 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
something about this show that remained true for me til the end was how real the characters were. i think that i could identify one of my high school friends and classmates in just about every character on the show.
― tehresa, Thursday, 9 February 2012 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
rewatching season 1 right now and thread title line is awesome. forgot how great sarcastic Street is. Coach runs into him at the hardware store in "Mud Bowl", asks him what's he doing: "buying WD-40, highlight of my day" in the most teenaged, self-pitying, and yet totally lol way.
― rob, Thursday, 9 February 2012 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this show managed to seem really grounded even when it was doing stuff that was p ridiculous - i think the writers always tried w/o being obvious or hectoring to keep each characters humanity in sight.
― BJ O (Lamp), Thursday, 9 February 2012 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
heard the theme song during Dylan Ratigan's show today where he was in Texas and got all misty-eyed.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Thursday, 9 February 2012 05:32 (twelve years ago) link
Just bought the complete DVD. Only four eps into Season 2. Love the show. But JESUS THE LANDRY MURDER STORYLINE IS JUST ALL FUCKING WRONG.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
goth your way through season 2 pal. It gets really good again seasons 3-5. There are a few killer eps in s 2 though that are worth it.
― Gotye Sports (It's In The Name) (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
season 2 is pretty terrible mainly for that arc; they get ptetty much back on track with season 3. the first season is basically perfect.
― mizzell, Monday, 25 June 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
GOTH?! uhh *fight
no gothing your way through is perfect
(dead voice) "This totally sucks. Everything is ruined. Life is pain." *watches intently*
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
spottie otm - ride it out. it picks up towards the end and S3 repays your debt to society.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
I can watch it all day just to have Coach and Tami on screen together (respective crushes for my wife and I). And the team interactions are great. But the Landry/Tyra shit is ridiculous. Tragic couple brought together by attempted rape and murder. I think Gothing my way through that is perfectly appropriate. But even leaving that aside, every time I see them together I think: There is no way that girl is sleeping with Matt Damon's stunted albino brother.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
well it says something that the most plausible way the writers could think of getting them together was attempted rape and murder
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
I guess. And at least they acknowledged it with Landry's dad asking her what she was doing with Landry.
Other Landry stupidness: him being on the team. Right, in the first season he hated football and football players. When he tries out he can do literally nothing right. Surely, a team like the Panthers would have had no shortage of more gifted, more suitable kids lining up for the ancillary benefits of being a benchwarmer for the football team? (As a Britisher, I am working on assumptions here. Would be grateful for anyone with actual knowledge to proffer it.)
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
small town, football requires a lot of players, so somewhat plausible he could make the squad.
― mizzell, Monday, 25 June 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, that was the writers trying to figure out where to put him. I thought he lost a lot of his character by switching him from the outside-guy who kind of saw football as being a bit stupid to "i wanna be on the team" just so they could give him more conventional storylines (i guess?). Still, Crucifictorius!
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
no, youre mostly otm
not really a spoiler but in a later season he throws like a 50 yd game-winning td on a trick play to add to the absurdity
― johnny crunch, Monday, 25 June 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
I'd rather have Landry in weird preposterous situations than be written out bc they don't know what to do with him. Even when it's weird, I just love him.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
plus he looks like my cousin
Shame. I liked him being Saracen's conscience. Also, with Landry in the team, there's surely no way for Saracen to be anything but sucked into full football player wankerdom. Oh well, I find out in the coming weeks.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
have a little faith in Saracen. he will repay it.
― mizzell, Monday, 25 June 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Saracen is the best. Goddamn I need to watch this again.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 June 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
Landry U&K for the hott nerdettes he brings onto the show.
― Moves Like Zappa (Leee), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
esp the girl in the band, she was super cute
The murder thing is awful but I respect the way they eventually follow through on it w/r/t Landry and Tyra. No retconning, they own their fuckup and move on as organically as possible.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
(By "they" I mean the writers/showrunners.)
yep
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
~*sigh*~
― Moves Like Zappa (Leee), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Skoh-lE8sO0/Sayc6FzBR_I/AAAAAAAARtE/u4mP89ltVDo/s400/307+Landry+Devin+Band.jpg
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
I love how Crucifictorius has an arc all its own.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 26 June 2012 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
I went to a conference once and saw an attendee/presenter who looked just like Devin. <3
― Moves Like Zappa (Leee), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3Ma3gkJ.jpg
Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) and Jason Street (Scott Porter) at CW upfronts recently. W-T-F where did Aimee's cheeks go?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 18 May 2013 06:24 (eleven years ago) link
noooooo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 18 May 2013 06:44 (eleven years ago) link
wow she looks way different
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Saturday, 18 May 2013 06:49 (eleven years ago) link
she is a few years older now, maybe she's just growing into her features? idk. it's strange!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 18 May 2013 06:52 (eleven years ago) link
seems to be wearing some kind of kevlar evening ensemble too
― j., Saturday, 18 May 2013 06:56 (eleven years ago) link
"I dont want Glen over at the house with his hands in my wife's ice box"
Started this show all over again I'm 3 eps into season 2.
― caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 11 July 2013 03:10 (ten years ago) link