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Fargo the TV series

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by dreunc1542, Apr 14, 2014.

  1. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    I've been loving the show so far. The use of the Durufle Requiem throughout the third episode was masterfully done, especially at the end. I laugh as much during Fargo as during most comedies.

    Oswalt's obtuseness doesn't surprise me. He's been shown to be basically averse to doing detective work since the first episode. I'm guessing the only reason he became chief is he was next in line in terms of seniority. Also, with all the detail that Malvo gave, I don't think it's a stretch that they believed him.
     
  2. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    Totally agree with this view of Oswalt. Have to disagree about the music though.... it was the Fauré Requiem. :)
     
  3. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    My minuscule knowledge of classical music, especially compared to you, comes back to bite me. Thanks for the correction.
     
  4. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    The main reason I can tell them apart is that a) the Duruflé has a solo part for my voice type while the Fauré doesn't and b) The "Libera Me" from the Fauré is one of the most beautiful melodies ever composed IMO. :)
     
  5. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    The Deus Ex Machina is pretty strong with this show. Which, in a sense, is too bad. I like shows where folks make the wrong choices based on reasonable logic, not writer-controlled obtuseness.

    The show is too smug and elitist by half -- like the line in one episode that Bemidji doesn't have a library, when there's a damn college in the town -- and I'm not exactly sure why. It also seems unusually hateful of people. But I'm still watching.
     
  6. Amy

    Amy Well-Known Member

    After this episode, I'm not so sure. Holy fucking Christ.

    I fine with violence in TV/movies when there is a point to it, but this was violence just to be show-offy. I'm not even sure what the story is anymore.
     
  7. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    That said, the shootout in the blizzard was a pretty tremendous piece of TV.
     
  8. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    What was the DOA count there at the end?
     
  9. GidalKaiser

    GidalKaiser Member

    At least 4 dead, maybe 6 if the deaf hitman was killed by Molly before she got shot.*EDITED AFTER READING THE GRANTLAND Q&A** Yeah, revisionist history.
     
  10. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    BTW, Molly isn't dead. Alison Tolman let that slip in an interview with Grantland. She's in "pretty bad shape," she said, but not dead.
     
  11. ifilus

    ifilus Well-Known Member

    Blue font? (It is not the last episode.)
     
  12. GidalKaiser

    GidalKaiser Member

    Yeah, I realized both after the fact. I'm a damn good journalist, apparently.
     
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