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post #201 of 216
6/4/09 at 12:41pm
Hey cocksuckers,

The Onion AV Club just started a series retrospectivethat looks to be pretty in-depth. If anyone still needs convincing that this show had more going on than rampant blood-letting and swearage, but was in fact some of the most brilliant sociological commentary to ever grace the boob tube, start reading this shit.
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post #202 of 216
6/4/09 at 1:26pm
Direct TV's 101 channel has begun showing the show uncensored on Sunday nights in case anyone is interested. They're also showing OZ.
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post #203 of 216
6/4/09 at 1:54pm
I love summer TV blogging, because we get a lot of great writers talking about old shows. Sepinwall is doing Band of Brothers, Sports Night, and Wire Season 2.
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post #204 of 216
6/5/09 at 10:14pm
I do think The Wire is the best series ever made, so far, but in a way, I think Deadwood is the one that I love the most. No other series ever gave us an "I'm as nimble as a forest creature", for example.

Also, I'm so conflicted about the nonexistence of season 4, as though I would love to see what Milch had planned for annexation/the fire/etc, I'm kinda glad I was never wrecked beyond recognition by, say, the Doc dying.
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post #205 of 216
6/6/09 at 12:16am
Are there any history nerds who can sketch out for us what would have happened in Season 4? Or should I just go fuck myself and patch it together on Wikipedia or some shit?

Probably the second one.
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post #206 of 216
6/6/09 at 12:24am
It always seemed to me that the show was destined to end with the fire that destroyed the Gem Saloon in 1879 (I believe the show opens in 1876). I always thought Tom Nuttal's hopes for a fire brigade were forshadowing for this event. I think the show was supposed to run five or six seasons, the last ending in the aftermath of the fire. Al deciding to rebuild, which, if I remember correctly is what happened. I think it all burned down again, though.
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post #207 of 216
6/6/09 at 12:28am
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Are there any history nerds who can sketch out for us what would have happened in Season 4? Or should I just go fuck myself and patch it together on Wikipedia or some shit?

Probably the second one.
There's a feature on the box set, that I haven't watched, where Milch walks through what would have happened. I know that around when Season Four would have happened, there was a huge fire that destroyed most of the town, including the Gem. I think.
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post #208 of 216
6/6/09 at 12:30am
Yeah, I know Deadwood burned down (twice?), and I know Swearengen died a train-hopping hobo, but I'd be curious to know what Milch had planned. I should probably stopped loaning my sets out and watch them.
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post #209 of 216
6/6/09 at 12:33am
If I can find some time this weekend, I'll watch the feature (which is only in the complete series set) and report back.
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post #210 of 216
6/6/09 at 12:44am
Oh, well I don't have that anyway, so that'd be swell.
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post #211 of 216
6/6/09 at 12:47am
The only non-historical story stuff I can recall was Milch saying that over the remaining seasons, Tolliver would warp into something of a feminist and philanthropist (not a typo, really), and that Al would continue to groom Adams such that their relationship would become more like the one he has with Bullock than Dan. Some historical stuff besides the fire would be that Ms. Bullock would become more prominent in the town, founding a public library, Bullock and Star would eventually convert the hardware store into a hotel and dissolve their partnership, Shaunessy the obnoxious innkeep would be murdered at the Bella Union and Jane would finally drink herself to death.
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post #212 of 216
6/6/09 at 12:49am
You know what I hate? People who use the lack of a finish to not watch this show.

If you're reading this thread and have never seen Deadwood just blind buy the entire series, you won't regret it.
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post #213 of 216
6/6/09 at 1:00am
Definitely. The series has AN ending.
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post #214 of 216
11/6/09 at 11:11am
This might be crap, or it might be the equivalent of methadone to Deadwood addicts:

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FX has a period Western drama series in development titled Reconstruction from Joshua Brand, co-creator of St. Elsewhere and director/producer Peter Horton, cites THR. The drama will be set in a Missouri town during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period and focus in on Jason, a dignified East Coast gentleman who, after returning from the war, seeks sanctuary in the border state. Brand will write the script while Horton will direct; both will executive produce along with Aaron Kaplan.
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post #215 of 216
11/6/09 at 1:52pm
I'd need to see if the writers' previous efforts featured extensive use of the word "cocksucker."
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post #216 of 216
12/6/11 at 8:51am

Just wanted to offer up a shout out to one of my favorite lines of all time, Alma's defiant final insult to Hearst. He may have won, but he wasn't ever loved or respected, and people were through with trying to be nice with him

 

Hearst is pretending he's insulted that Bullock would want to make sure that the money he's paying for the claim is closely guarded till it's moved to the Deadwood Bank, and he says to Alma that "at least you acknowledge the insult" with regards to Bullock's supposed over caution

 

Her response remains one of my favorite moments on the show: "I acknowledge the pretense of civility, in a man so brutally vicious, as vapid and grotesque"

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