pretty good show. agree that danny definitely elevates it. not too enthused about a second season with danny 2.0.
― ryan, Sunday, 29 March 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link
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.
― ryan, Sunday, 29 March 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
― ryan, Sunday, March 29, 2015 12:42 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
shd just have mendelsohn play him too
― lag∞n, Sunday, 29 March 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link
or actually i bet what they do is have tons of flashbacks filling in the story as to how he got so desperate
― lag∞n, Sunday, 29 March 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
a godfather 2 type scenario if u will
― lag∞n, Sunday, 29 March 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
hmm. i like it.
― ryan, Sunday, 29 March 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
seems likely right
― lag∞n, Sunday, 29 March 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
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.
― ryan, Sunday, 29 March 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
"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
― lag∞n, Sunday, 29 March 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
but he can't say that because secrets
― are... are you saying you fucked a gazelle? (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 29 March 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
tru
― lag∞n, Sunday, 29 March 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
bandana around the neck nagl
― Hadrian VIII, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
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.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
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.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
― Hadrian VIII, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 9:41 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
what abt for a dog tho
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
feel like they got the fashion culture just right
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
double uphttp://i1.cdnds.net/15/14/618x410/ustv-bloodline-season-1-still-03.jpg
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
shark tooth necklace perhaps the best
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
hes a salty dog
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
i'll take salty hothead ANY day over snakeshark.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:34 (nine years ago) link
you don't think Danny seems tragic in any way? maybe even just a richard III way?
― ryan, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:39 (nine years ago) link
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.
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
― 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!
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:48 (nine years ago) link
http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0gyiqqzBO1rr5f7co1_400.jpg
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:52 (nine years ago) link
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.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:48 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
imho the key thing the show did was to make the origin/true nature of dannys terribleness ambiguous
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:57 (nine years ago) link
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
― Brio2, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:59 (nine years ago) link
butz is just a broadway baby thus a big ham...
http://d3rm69wky8vagu.cloudfront.net/article-photos/large/1.158766.jpg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Hadrian VIII, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
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.
― ryan, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 20:02 (nine years ago) link
oh for sure
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
xxp think Danny plays it pretty well on the edge the whole time before the tape pushes him over
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
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.
― And let’s say a new Hozier comes along, and Spotify outbids you (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 8 April 2015 20:17 (nine years ago) link
http://youtu.be/_tVOqZIC8qU?t=33s
― Evan, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
otm
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
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
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
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.
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 April 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
season 2
― am0n, Sunday, 29 May 2016 03:54 (eight years ago) link
hearing decent things about it, and while i'm sure the mechanisms involved in bringing flashbacks to the show will be deus ex machina as all hell i can't really complain about more ben mendelsohn, will check some of it out soon
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:00 (eight years ago) link
this show makes me wanna go fishing
― am0n, Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
It's exhausting. Same pacing as the first season. Watch the first two episodes and the last two episodes and you'll be good.
― Benjamin-, Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
but then you miss out on chloe sevigny
― am0n, Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:54 (eight years ago) link
will watch after i finish easy living. and lady dynamite.
― scott seward, Sunday, 29 May 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
lol @ frosty and rollins band
― am0n, Sunday, 29 May 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
God this show is glum. Not even "dark"—just completely bereft of humor. In real life, even (especially?) in grim times, people do and say funny things. A little comic relief would go a long away.
That said w/ the Danny stuff resolved I didn't expect to get into this season, but they've put together a tight plot and the acting is excellent across the board. Leguizamo is a pleasant surprise and I'm digging the Cape Fear vibe
― Hadrian VIII, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 13:48 (eight years ago) link