AMC's Hell on Wheels

Anyone looking forward to this? I've seen the commercials and I'm interested to see if it lives up to the hype.

 

YES.
But I have to wait to see it: Ravens v. Steelers.

 

This is a damn good start.

 

Liked it so far. We'll see where it goes.

 

By the way - I'm reading an incredible book on the building of the Transcontinental Railroad - Empire Express. An amazing book, incredibly well-written and a must read for anyone interested in the history of the American West.

 

The opening's such a Deadwood knockoff, it's beyond hilarious.

That said, love the photography, and I'm more than willing to give it an extended chance, based on the premiere.

But they're taking multiple pages from the Boardwalk Empire book, in terms of sustained, imaginative,
gratituous violence.

We'll see.

 

The opening scene just lost me ...Completely fell outside my suspension of belief.

A guy walking the streets of Washington D.C. wanders into a church, into a confessional and there is his avenging executioner? Waiting?

I also watched the preview of the next episode, where he's being questioned by the Swede.
The Swede mentiosn people saw the he and one-armed guy leaving the bar togther ... But Nobody saw the one-armed guy with gun in the dude's back?

The show was decent, but I don't know.

 

This might be a far reach, but I think it was juuust a bit more lawless back then. A one-armed guy with a gun in the back of another guy might be going on, but everyone is trashed and probably looking out for themselves.

/not a history buff

 

Great book, very detailed. There are 2 others, one by Stephen Ambrose and the other by H.W. Brands. I don't like Brands' narratives, generally. I've read a couple of books he authored, one on Teddy Roosevelt I remember. I did the Ambrose book on tape.

Looking forward to this series, It's on DVR.

Sunday is turning out to be the best day for TV. Boardwalk Empire, Pan Am and Once Upon a Time. Oh yeah, Football!.

 

Watched it last night. It was interesting and definitely worth a further look, but the characters are pretty shallow so far. I think it will get better and I hope Common is around for awhile.

 

Other than the opening scene, which someone above mentioned, I liked it. Will keep watching.

But man, that opening scene made no sense at all.

 

The Ambrose book sucked.