Fargo
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Yellow Fang
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I watched the film a long time ago. I did not enjoy it as much as most people seemed to. It was black, very dry humour. I was surprised to read Martin Freeman played the car salesman role. William Macy was superb in that role. Even an American actor would have a tough act to follow.
ColinJ
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Ah, ok, I wasn't going to bother because I have 5 series of Mad Men to get through on DVD, but Fargo sounds worth recording for later viewing!
MontyVeda
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I rely on downloads.... so I've no idea when it'll be shown in the UK... probably after they've finished rerunning the first series i guess.
jonnysnorocket
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First night for a long time I sat and watched TV, Fargo was good, followed by Pacino & de niro in 'Heat' .... Might try watching telee next Sunday evening too!
Yellow Fang
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Very reminiscent though. He's another put upon car salesman with marital problems <sigh>
MontyVeda
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A relatively simple thing to grasp... but it's going over a lot of heads it seems.
Yellow Fang
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So simple it's going over the heads of some TV journalists too. None of the characters are exactly the same, but are similar.
Independent
Martin Freeman felt like the wrong choice to play Lester Nygaard, the unhappily married struggling salesman who’s reminiscent of William H Macy’s character in the original film. A Hampshire native, Freeman can’t quite pull off the “Aw, jeez” Upper Midwest accent, which was such a joy in the original movie, and his befuddled nice-guy mannerisms are the same ones John Watson has in Sherlock and Tim had in The Office. He is so innately likable, in other words, he can’t convey the snivelling self-interest which made William H Macy’s character compelling in the original. Or so it initially seemed.
The Guardian
The story may be different, but so much is either immediately familiar or quickly rejigs. The road, a dark slash through frozen white upper mid-western wasteland, squad car pulled over; Allison Tolman's Molly Solverson is a toned-down Gunderson (though it's not her who's pregnant); the William H Macy role, the hapless, dissatisfied salesman getting sucked downward into hell, is taken by our own Martin Freeman because American acting unions now demand that every major US TV series has at least one Limey (not sure about the accent, Mart, but then I'm not really in a position to judge; I'll leave it to the good folk of Minnesota); Billy Bob Thornton is the devil, the roving hitman gloriously injecting evil into small-town insularity.
MontyVeda
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Journalists get wrong end of stick shocker! Whatever next?
Donger
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Wasn't sure I wanted too see them mess with perfection, but I'm enjoying the differences in plot. Billy Bob at his best since "Bad Santa". Looking promising.
MontyVeda
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Finally watched it last night.... very enjoyable when it wasn't trying to be a pale pastiche of the film... those bits were just annoying.
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Fnaar
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I've not seen the film, but watched the first episode... loved it, will watch the rest, deffo!
LCpl Boiled Egg
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Orphan Black season 2 starts on the 30th April on BBC3 from what I've heard.
No he's not, he's an insurance salesman.