BLOODLINE: new netflix florida noir drama starring kyle chandler, sissy spacek and ben mendelsohn (2015)

finally watching the finale tonight. Thought this developed very nicely. It's easy to forget what Danny's gasoline runs contributed to. A credit to the performance. When you remember, it's impossible to side with Danny. But you still want to side with Danny.

Guess you can also credit the fact that you have no backstory for his innocent victims.

he didnt know

Until he did. And then his response was "ok, this guy is a big timer. I'd better move drugs for him."

Guess that's unfair. But he was still trying to get the drugs moved after he knew.

at that point he's gone too far down the road of his ultimate goal (making his family pay for what they did to him) to turn back from his dealings with lowery. but I definitely think it shakes him up, which is a testament to both how complex they made danny as a character - at the expense of other characters - and how well mendelsohn plays him

to be fair I could be projecting bc of how much I like the character, who could've easily been just another antihero to add to prestige TV's list of antiheroes but is ultimately too complicated to fit in that box. the other rayburns, especially the pig brother, are more typical antihero than danny

pretty good show. agree that danny definitely elevates it. not too enthused about a second season with danny 2.0.

i think, more than anything else, i just enjoyed this for its slow pace and setting. the acting was usually decent, if the characterizations weren't always. this was ideal for netflix, as it was probably too slow to sustain week to week interest.

pretty good show. agree that danny definitely elevates it. not too enthused about a second season with danny 2.0.

― ryan, Sunday, March 29, 2015 12:42 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

shd just have mendelsohn play him too

or actually i bet what they do is have tons of flashbacks filling in the story as to how he got so desperate

a godfather 2 type scenario if u will

hmm. i like it.

seems likely right

yeah but i fear it will involve a lot of teen angst with 2.0 as well. though i did think it was pretty funny how little anyone gave a shit about john's son.

"dad! but why can't we hang out with our transparently creepy uncle!"

"hes a criminal under investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies" seems like its wldve done the trick idk what the problem is

but he can't say that because secrets

tru

bandana around the neck nagl

i've been enjoying this. i've got two episodes to go. i really like marco. i like how gay he seemed around his family at the birthday party. and he's smart and very handsome.

hes the normal functional human who got swept up in the shitstorm that he didnt recognize for so long because of his fealty to authority

snake/sharks like danny are pretty much my least favorite people on earth. as a type. ever since i was a kid. it can be kinda agonizing to watch people like that try to be nice/funny when you know they just want to steal your wallet. i definitely appreciate direct aggression more. saves time.

bandana around the neck nagl

― Hadrian VIII, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 9:41 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what abt for a dog tho

feel like they got the fashion culture just right

double up
http://i1.cdnds.net/15/14/618x410/ustv-bloodline-season-1-still-03.jpg

shark tooth necklace perhaps the best

hes a salty dog

i'll take salty hothead ANY day over snakeshark.

you don't think Danny seems tragic in any way? maybe even just a richard III way?

i don't think danny is inherently a snake at all but def has it in him. he's an abused animal lashing out at the people who actually and directly abused him (his father) and because of either inborn issues or being too far gone is roping in people who indirectly hurt him & who he perceives as directly hurting him.

hes a salty dog

― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:08 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nah man he's a pig, you tweeted about this weeks ago and ever since it's been an unshakable perception of mine because his face is so thoroughly piglike!

http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0gyiqqzBO1rr5f7co1_400.jpg

i have, you know, empathy for people in general. and most fucked up people have a good story as to how they got that way. but the snakeshark is just my least favorite fucked up person to deal with. because of that snakey/smug grin. like they want to tell you an amusing story and then eat you.

nah man he's a pig, you tweeted about this weeks ago and ever since it's been an unshakable perception of mine because his face is so thoroughly piglike!

― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:48 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

but the snakeshark is just my least favorite fucked up person to deal with. because of that snakey/smug grin. like they want to tell you an amusing story and then eat you.

― scott seward, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:54 PM (39 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya i know something fascinating that you dont is one of the worst vibes for a person to project

imho the key thing the show did was to make the origin/true nature of dannys terribleness ambiguous

an ex-junkie manipulative hard-done-by snakeshark acquaintance of mine was making grand statements on FB about how he'd never identified intensely with a fictional character until seeing Danny so I think Scott's onto something

butz is just a broadway baby thus a big ham...

http://d3rm69wky8vagu.cloudfront.net/article-photos/large/1.158766.jpg

Even though the Danny character is compelling and Mendelsohn so clearly owns whatever scene he's in, I kept wondering if he got the wrong notes or something...like he was playing on-the-nose snakeshark instead of the pro sociopath who successfully manipulates people precisely because he doesn't SEEM snakesharky. Like has no member of the Rayburn family ever been exposed to sarcasm before? He sits down at dinner and he's like, "Yeah, this should be A LOT OF FUN, I really LOVE you guys," and they're all "Oh, that's nice, welcome home."

I chugged this show down and feel like it got better +/- with each episode, but I think they really dropped the ball not making Danny harder to read.

you could make an argument that all that reflects a kind of wishful thinking on the family's part--avoidance of fate, wrongs forgiven, and all that.

oh for sure

xxp think Danny plays it pretty well on the edge the whole time before the tape pushes him over

I was pretty shocked by the check scene. I think that scene was designed to be shocking, and it wouldn't work if you think Danny is full snakeshark by that point.

http://youtu.be/_tVOqZIC8qU?t=33s

otm

xxp yeah i agree with that he doesn't like, have all his plans in place then even if he prob would be fine with selling some dope to pay off his debts. the check & the tape are what seals the deal w/him to not only take care of his biz but also do so while potentially fucking his family over by making them accessories after the fact

i liked the last two episodes of this and part of me kinda wishes they would just take the mini-series approach sometimes and let something be one and done.

season 2