yeh i'd been hearin it was good, just hadnt gotten to it
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 27 May 2013 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
i could see where a marathon of this might lead to raylan burnout but that schtick works well in measured dosesand yes, the theme song sucks. always vast with the BDUNK tivo button once the drum beats end and the guitar startsthump Thump ThUMP THUMP batwangatwangTwang "On this lonely ro-" BDUNKBDUNKBDUNK
― klaus dingeldore's rhinelander monkey keeper father (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 May 2013 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
lol
yeah i could actually see this show being better when watched on a weekly basis
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 27 May 2013 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
BDUNKADUNK
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 May 2013 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
ON THIS LONELY ROADGARGANTUA
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 6 June 2013 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
Aw, I know the theme is essentially lame, but I like it - maybe its a Pavlovian thing, as the show is so consistently good
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
Reminds me of Everlast.
― Poster The Sheeple (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
There was a blow-up a few weeks back between bourbon enthusiasts and wine douchebag Robert Parker, who introduced his epically wrongheaded take on bourbon with this:
I became enamored with a television series called Justified, starring and produced by Timothy Olyphant and co-produced by the well-known criminal writer Elmore Leonard and his son.Moreover, the bourbon drinking antics of the many violent episodes of this sensational series that takes place in Harlan County, Kentucky are a prominent sideshow. A little research had me on the chase for Pappy Van Winkle, the most difficult alcoholic beverage to find in the United States. If you think I'm joking, try and find a bottle, especially of the 20-year-old and the very rare 23-year-old bourbon. They are much more difficult to find than esoteric and limited production French wines such as Romanée-Conti, Montrachet or Petrus.But persistence and knowing a lot of people in the wine and spirits business finally paid off as I was able to secure a bottle from a Washington, DC wine merchant, who shall remain anonymous in order to prevent him from being inundated with requests since he receives so little of it.What started as a fun distraction to see what was so special about Pappy Van Winkle led to a full throttle inspection/conquest of bourbon. To tell you the truth, I have never been a big fan of liquor, but I was blown away by the quality of the top bourbons. They are every bit as good as a great cognac or Armagnac ... and I'm not kidding!
Moreover, the bourbon drinking antics of the many violent episodes of this sensational series that takes place in Harlan County, Kentucky are a prominent sideshow. A little research had me on the chase for Pappy Van Winkle, the most difficult alcoholic beverage to find in the United States. If you think I'm joking, try and find a bottle, especially of the 20-year-old and the very rare 23-year-old bourbon. They are much more difficult to find than esoteric and limited production French wines such as Romanée-Conti, Montrachet or Petrus.
But persistence and knowing a lot of people in the wine and spirits business finally paid off as I was able to secure a bottle from a Washington, DC wine merchant, who shall remain anonymous in order to prevent him from being inundated with requests since he receives so little of it.
What started as a fun distraction to see what was so special about Pappy Van Winkle led to a full throttle inspection/conquest of bourbon. To tell you the truth, I have never been a big fan of liquor, but I was blown away by the quality of the top bourbons. They are every bit as good as a great cognac or Armagnac ... and I'm not kidding!
His reviews suck, and plenty of folks took issue with his Kane-esque "I like Justified, I think I'll review bourbon!" slant.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
whats the big deal
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
who cares how he got into it?
i can't imagine anyone's "how i got into reviewing bourbon" story not being sad
― da croupier, Thursday, 6 June 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
when i was a wide-eyed, bookish kid, bourbon was my window into another world...
― da croupier, Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
The big deal, for those who care (which is not many), is that Robert Parker wrote The Wine Spectator newsletter, which featured his famous/infamous 100 point scale, which could make or break a bottle. He's been called the most influential wine critic in the world, has his nose insured for $1 million, etc. At the end of last year he announced he was going to step down from his wine-critic perch after decades in a serious position of power. So what this looks like is a guy who spent years reviewing wine, was the name in wine, semi-retiring from wine and then deciding, on a whim, based on a TV show, to start writing about bourbon, which he flat out admits he's not a huge fan of and knows little about. Of course, bourbon has its own guys who have been writing about it for years, so it was an invasion of turf made worse by the numerous mistakes the dude made in his first column, and made even more worse by the guy conspicuously beginning his column with one of the single most hard to find and expensive bottles of bourbon, then giving it 100/100, which even whiskey snobs don't do. Then proceeding to make many more mistakes in fact and judgement.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, this is one little corner of one little corner of one littler corner of the world, but he got the whiskey snobs atwitter.
http://www.scotchandicecream.com/2013/05/07/taking-the-bait-git-offa-our-property-parker/
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
some contexthttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/dining/22pour.htmlhttp://observer.com/2013/01/a-very-vine-mess-oenophile-overlord-robert-parker-has-a-short-finish/
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
*clutches pearls*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, as far as feuds go, it's a rather ... rarified conflict.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Parker,_Jr.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
bustin makes him feel good
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
Can totally imagine him a character in the show, tbh. Interloping wine bigwig heads down to Kentucky to get a bead on bourbon, bites off more than he can chew, is "convinced" by Boyd to highly rate some shitty swill he's drummed up for a quick buck.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
"That's a fiiiine bordeaux you got there Mista Parker. But if you don't mind me saying so, I believe you done brought yourself a knife to a gunfight. So why don't you take your refined 55 point ass out of my establishment before my associate decides to pop your cork... with a 45. Do I make myself clear?"
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 June 2013 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
"Now down here in Kentucky, we consider ourselves fine judges of whiskey. But perhaps not as fine as you, Mr. Parker. The way I see it, if a whiskey gets you good and drunk, that whiskey is as good as perfect. Now, you might say this bottle here is ten points better than that bottle over there, but I say, if you're talking about it more than drinkin' it, you have no business drinkin' it at all."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 June 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
woo! this whole show is on amazon prime now so i can catch up w/ s03 (s04 is still for-pay)
― j., Wednesday, 24 July 2013 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
\m/
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
Seriously feel like s2/3/4 are all very different but equally awesome.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 24 July 2013 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 03:03 (eleven years ago) link
i just finished the 1st season and
You know what I would love: SOA/Justified crossover episode. Imagine Clay and Raylan facing off....
is otm.
― just1n3, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
Not even a contest imo, Raylan would put that motherfucker down with a smile.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 24 July 2013 04:14 (eleven years ago) link
it's all over when he puts on the hat
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 04:37 (eleven years ago) link
Drewbacca!
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Friday, 8 November 2013 00:21 (ten years ago) link
Finally getting into (and loving) this, after a post-BB break from serial tv. About six episodes into S2 now.
― diffidently worth every cent!!! (WilliamC), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
Season 5 coming next month, it is so good.
― xelab, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
can't wait!!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
the teaser looks p great, I love it when he pops the pool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
I have been seeing these short trailers featuring Crows and reading about Dewey's cousin being the next nemesis. Damn it I just want to see if Art, Rachel and Constable Bob are all getting full length episodes or something like that.
― xelab, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:41 (ten years ago) link
about to get the first two eps in the mail, yesss
― Simon H., Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:56 (ten years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, December 17, 2013 3:44 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he poops in the pool in season 5??? Damn it's gonna be a long month
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 01:15 (ten years ago) link
Alicia Witt is joining the cast
woo hoo!
― mh, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 01:50 (ten years ago) link
haha yes
― balls, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
Well this was fucking great btw. Off to the races right from the start."James or Wade?""Boy or girl?""Girl.""I'd go Wade."*patented olyphant half-smirk eyebrow raise*
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 11 January 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
so good!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 January 2014 04:18 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, this was great, as ever. The sugar-smuggling thing was a classic Elmore Leonard-style caper.
― bizarro gazzara, Saturday, 11 January 2014 10:22 (ten years ago) link
Good premiere, next week's is good too. I'm expecting it'll take a little while to kick into high gear as there are many moving parts this season.
― Simon H., Saturday, 11 January 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
hope sasso and foley make more appearances as the mean canadians
― jbn, Saturday, 11 January 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
rappaport <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 11 January 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link
I love it that the kickstarter for this season is a lowlife getting a payout from the law, so Justified. Rappaport just blends in seamlessly and is very good. I enjoyed watching Raylan squinting and cringing through all the family talk shit, don't want him going soft!
― xelab, Saturday, 11 January 2014 22:30 (ten years ago) link
as always, i liked the yin/yang of raylan paying 300k to fuck up dewey and getting away with it, then boyle trying to pay 300k to get ava out of prison and just when it looks like it won't work because of class strata, crowder shows that violence will out
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 11 January 2014 23:15 (ten years ago) link
Next season will be its last. Good move.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 14 January 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
but...but I want it to go on forever ;_;
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
if they could get John Hawkes to play the main bad guy in the final season I would be very happy.
― jbn, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link