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shipperxHaven't seen it yet, but the commercials look good. Plus, Deadwood! Anyway, TV Guide's review of Justified Sounds good as the commercials looked:
Raylan Givens, the hero of FX’s terrific new series Justified, is a disarming character in every sense of the word.
As played with laconic charm and drawling irony by Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood), Raylan’s a bona fide hero (a rare breed on FX), a deputy U.S. marshal—“Like in Gunsmoke?” someone asks, to which he answers, “More like The Fugitive.” Quiet and courtly yet simmering with murderous rage for the lowlifes he encounters, Raylan has a smart and sexy dark humor that goes down bourbon smooth. But get on his or the law’s wrong side, and the soft-spoken modern cowboy becomes a quick-drawing deadly weapon.
“I don’t pull my weapon unless I’m going to shoot to kill,” he says. And unless, in his mind, it’s Justified—a clever name for a fantastically entertaining instant classic. Like its leading man (a literary creation of the renowned Elmore Leonard), Justified is cool. It is hot. And it is great. (The show premieres Tuesday at 10/9c.)
The set-up in Tuesday’s excellent pilot episode, written by Graham Yost (The Pacific, Boomtown), sends Raylan against his will back to his old Kentucky home turf, in exile for his seemingly trigger-happy loose cannon ways. Reconnecting to his roots unearths quite a bit of personal baggage: some of it sexy-funny, a lot of it scary-deadly, the latter most particularly taking the form of a childhood buddy (played by The Shield’s electrifying Walton Goggins) gone bad. White supremacist, rocket-launcher-wielding bad.
Knowing your enemy can make the job even tougher. But if anyone can get ’er done, it’s Raylan, whose sly swagger is more than justified.
This is the best new series, network or cable, of the midseason. An immediately addictive brew of action, suspense and wry humor, the show is grounded in Olyphant’s low-key but high-impact star-making performance, the work of a confident and cunning leading man who’s always good company. Edgy and adult, yet considerably less dark (as in gloomy) and twisted than many of FX’s breakout shows, Justified could be the network’s most broadly accessible entertainment yet. Having seen three of the first four episodes, I am hooked on this must-see series.
As played with laconic charm and drawling irony by Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood), Raylan’s a bona fide hero (a rare breed on FX), a deputy U.S. marshal—“Like in Gunsmoke?” someone asks, to which he answers, “More like The Fugitive.” Quiet and courtly yet simmering with murderous rage for the lowlifes he encounters, Raylan has a smart and sexy dark humor that goes down bourbon smooth. But get on his or the law’s wrong side, and the soft-spoken modern cowboy becomes a quick-drawing deadly weapon.
“I don’t pull my weapon unless I’m going to shoot to kill,” he says. And unless, in his mind, it’s Justified—a clever name for a fantastically entertaining instant classic. Like its leading man (a literary creation of the renowned Elmore Leonard), Justified is cool. It is hot. And it is great. (The show premieres Tuesday at 10/9c.)
The set-up in Tuesday’s excellent pilot episode, written by Graham Yost (The Pacific, Boomtown), sends Raylan against his will back to his old Kentucky home turf, in exile for his seemingly trigger-happy loose cannon ways. Reconnecting to his roots unearths quite a bit of personal baggage: some of it sexy-funny, a lot of it scary-deadly, the latter most particularly taking the form of a childhood buddy (played by The Shield’s electrifying Walton Goggins) gone bad. White supremacist, rocket-launcher-wielding bad.
Knowing your enemy can make the job even tougher. But if anyone can get ’er done, it’s Raylan, whose sly swagger is more than justified.
This is the best new series, network or cable, of the midseason. An immediately addictive brew of action, suspense and wry humor, the show is grounded in Olyphant’s low-key but high-impact star-making performance, the work of a confident and cunning leading man who’s always good company. Edgy and adult, yet considerably less dark (as in gloomy) and twisted than many of FX’s breakout shows, Justified could be the network’s most broadly accessible entertainment yet. Having seen three of the first four episodes, I am hooked on this must-see series.
Also, Roush's partial review of last week's (excellent) LOST:
Performance of the Week: Michael Emerson in Lost. Ben Linus once again proves to be one of TV’s most electrifying anti-heroes, oozing menace and malice but also an endless reservoir of pathos. By the end, as he faces up to his sins committed in the name of power and realizes he could never forgive himself, he confesses to Ilana in a shotgun standoff that he was running off to Smokey because (weeps) “He’s the only one that’ll have me.” Ilena mutters, “I’ll have you,” as the Lost loyalists chime in: “We’ll ALL have you, Ben!”
Oh and TVGuide has its article up on the KISH firing along with 200+ comments in response (and to bring everyone up to date, Tikka Sumter/Layla has now also been bumped to recurring status. So there you go. No more gays or African Americans left in Llanview. But, hey, they still have their rich asshole convicted three-time rapist, double-murderer, and child abuser as a romantic lead!)
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Date: 2010-03-15 06:24 pm (UTC)If it's anywhere near as good as Damages is, we'll be fans as long as the series airs.
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Date: 2010-03-15 08:51 pm (UTC)But that really sucks about Layla. I guess now I feel a little better about ATWT, whose last African American character wandered off (with no mention of her whereabouts - and she's a member of a core family!) several months ago. But they have brought on yet another gay male character in a featured role, who is proving to be very popular with the non-Nuke fans.
Of course, most of Nuke fandom -who are supposed to be so pro-diversity - hate him because he's going to be a rival to Noah for Luke's affections, and want him gone ASAP.
::does not get fandom::
::oh wait - shipping trumps everything - now I get it::
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Date: 2010-03-16 02:48 am (UTC)ETA: Never mind - was answering via email and didn't see the vid there! Also - LOL!
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Date: 2010-03-16 11:00 pm (UTC)Elmore Leonard=BONUS!
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