Deadwood (series, and now a movie.... hopefully)

WHAAAT? Great news if true!

I mean to rematch it soon, after I've finished with The Shield.

It took me until quite far in to Season One to 'get' Deadwood. Then you start to appreciate that the town functions in the show as symbolic of industrial capitalism. The way people are chewed up by the sex work and the mine and the power struggles and spat out is very brutal and compelling.

Favorite characters were E.B. Farnum, the theatre troupe boss played by Brian Cox, and Trixie.

This scene always makes me laugh.

Is Cousin Geri going to be in it?

The first season is brilliant, sheer perfection. The second and third seasons weren't as good but still far above most "quality" shows.

I didn't like the Widow - that story drug the rest of the show down.

My favorite story line was the gradual decline of the Minister and how Al eventually killed him as an act of mercy. Al did terrible shit, but you appreciated that he did a terrible thing that needed to be done and no one else wanted to do. My favorite character was the Doctor because he tried (with mixed success) to appeal to Al's more decent side. Considering how many of the DW actors showed up in other shows, I'm always surprised the guy that played the doctor didnt go on to bigger things.

'that story drug the rest of the show down.'

Oh, DEAR.

Did anyone else notice that the always unnerving actor (because he's so good at psychos) Garret Dillahunt played two different villains on the show? One was in the first season and the other in, I think, the last.

I loved the way Joanie always wore a top hat.

The great thing was the dialogue. It was as if Shakespeare had written a western.

I gave up sometime during the beginning of the last season when Al Swearengen started talking in ridiculous over the top monologues that were akin to Shakespearean verse. I kept rolling my eyes and thinking that nobody would talk that way. I soon learned that HBO wouldn't be picking it up for another season. I figured if HBO gave up why should I invest anymore time in the show.

R5 The guy who played Doc is Brad Dourif, he's had a long and consistent career.

R5 he was also the voice of Chucky.

r7, Yes, Garret Dillahunt was amazing on Deadwood. First as that droopy eyed coward Jack McCall and later as Hearst's henchman Francis Wolcott. It would be awesome if Dillahunt came back as yet another character in the Deadwood movie.

Timothy Olyphant is a GOD.

I'd make time to watch him if he was in a tampon commercial

I absolutely loved Deadwood. It, certainly, never got the attention it deserved in the UK.

By coincidence, Garrett Dillahunt played a psycho villain and Timothy Olyphant a noble hero in yet another cable TV series, Justified, which is one of the best series I've ever seen.

BTW...Here is a "useless bit of infomation"....Timothy Olyphant mother is a Vanderbilt And I saw him naked in a sauna, he is "very well-built"and Yes, I wish I sucked his cock and swallowed his Babies but alas I did not!!

R15 = Dean Cain

Timothy Olyphant in Deadwood, with that hat and suit, is probably one of the best looking men I've seen. I think it's mostly his body in that type of clothing, very nice. And this is coming from a les!!

It's finally happening. Filming to start in October.

I found the other Deadwood thread where Olyphant was quoted as saying it's never gonna happen, back in March.

Bet that check changed his mind real quick.

Teaser. May 31st.

Ian McShane is a fucking God! End of discussion. (not really, have fun....)

I loved this series. So many good actors. Titus Welliver stars in [italic]Bosch[/italic] and Brent Sexton showed up in season 2.

That guy who played the preacher, Ray McKinnon, won an Oscar for a film short. He turned up on [italic]Sons of Anarchy[/italic], as did Dayton Callie and Robin Weigert.

This show first turned me on to Timothy Oliphant and 'Justified' sealed the deal.

r20, thank you!! really exciting teaser. Jane firing her gun, wonder what that's all about.

Fantastic show. This is the one show that I would love to have a second life. Very excited.

Is it too edgy for the housewives, though?

r23 Same, although Justified hasn't aged that well.

Kim Dickens, aka Joanie Stubbs, still looks good.