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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: softcock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hell on Wheels - AMC
it's pretty good .
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Not just "pretty good," it's fucking amazing! I went out and got a 1851 Navy BP revolver after watching that show. I can't wait till season II. The Walking Dead is awesome but if I had to make a choice I'd take Hell On Wheels. Luckily I get to watch both though.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: softcock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hell on Wheels - AMC
it's pretty good .
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Not just "pretty good," it's fucking amazing! I went out and got a 1851 Navy BP revolver after watching that show. I can't wait till season II. The Walking Dead is awesome but if I had to make a choice I'd take Hell On Wheels. Luckily I get to watch both though.
Re: hell on wheels -AMC
yep, hell on wheels is awesome, much tougher characters and not soo much drama as that zombie thing.
yep, hell on wheels is awesome, much tougher characters and not soo much drama as that zombie thing.
Re: hell on wheels -AMC
Starts back up 8/12 on AMC, damn good show as usual for AMC. This year should be great!
Starts back up 8/12 on AMC, damn good show as usual for AMC. This year should be great!
Re: hell on wheels -AMC
I saw the first couple, with the family but with all the talking and dinner, never really bit my tounge if I missed it
Rented it on red box, first five ep. and loved it
and I just saw the whole season just came out on netflix Yahoo!!!!!!
I saw the first couple, with the family but with all the talking and dinner, never really bit my tounge if I missed it
Rented it on red box, first five ep. and loved it
and I just saw the whole season just came out on netflix Yahoo!!!!!!
Re: hell on wheels -AMC
I watched the first few episodes, and I also paused awhile in front of the Season I DVD yesterday. After reflection, I left it on the shelf.
I can't fault the writing, the acting, or the production quality; but shows like it, <span style="font-style: italic">Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad</span>, etc., are just a smidge on the far side fo the moral and ethical bondary I'm willing to keep in my home.
Maybe I'm just an old fogey, but seeing outright evil and villainy being portrayed without any hint of societal yardstick or reference seems irresponsible.
I am as much a fan of Robin Hood, the good villain, as the next fellow.
This stuff is something quite different, and I just can't manage to suspend my judgement even part of the way it takes to swallow it whole, and without at least a modest response from my normal gag reflex.
I just have to ask myself whether Hollywood is so bereft of moral value, or of sustainable story line material, that it is forced to employ such subject matter.
A pity if this is so.
The kids will see this, no matter what the 'guidelines' permit. Such portrayals, without some form of moral and/or ethical yardstick or reference, is not what I feel comfortable seeing paraded upon their center stage.
If we ever wonder where the whackos get their imbalances from, I'd have to be pretty 'off' myself not to cite works such as these.
Greg
I watched the first few episodes, and I also paused awhile in front of the Season I DVD yesterday. After reflection, I left it on the shelf.
I can't fault the writing, the acting, or the production quality; but shows like it, <span style="font-style: italic">Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad</span>, etc., are just a smidge on the far side fo the moral and ethical bondary I'm willing to keep in my home.
Maybe I'm just an old fogey, but seeing outright evil and villainy being portrayed without any hint of societal yardstick or reference seems irresponsible.
I am as much a fan of Robin Hood, the good villain, as the next fellow.
This stuff is something quite different, and I just can't manage to suspend my judgement even part of the way it takes to swallow it whole, and without at least a modest response from my normal gag reflex.
I just have to ask myself whether Hollywood is so bereft of moral value, or of sustainable story line material, that it is forced to employ such subject matter.
A pity if this is so.
The kids will see this, no matter what the 'guidelines' permit. Such portrayals, without some form of moral and/or ethical yardstick or reference, is not what I feel comfortable seeing paraded upon their center stage.
If we ever wonder where the whackos get their imbalances from, I'd have to be pretty 'off' myself not to cite works such as these.
Greg
Re: hell on wheels -AMC
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Greg Langelius *</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I watched the first few episodes, and I also paused awhile in front of the Season I DVD yesterday. After reflection, I left it on the shelf.
I can't fault the writing, the acting, or the production quality; but shows like it, <span style="font-style: italic">Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad</span>, etc., are just a smidge on the far side fo the moral and ethical bondary I'm willing to keep in my home.
<span style="color: #CC0000">Maybe I'm just an old fogey </span>
but seeing outright evil and villainy being portrayed without any hint of societal yardstick or reference seems irresponsible.
I am as much a fan of Robin Hood, the good villain, as the next fellow.
This stuff is something quite different, and I just can't manage to suspend my judgement even part of the way it takes to swallow it whole, and without at least a modest response from my normal gag reflex.
I just have to ask myself <span style="color: #CC0000"> whether Hollywood is so bereft of moral value
</span> , or of sustainable story line material, that it is forced to employ such subject matter.
A pity if <span style="color: #CC0000">this is so
</span> .
The kids will see this, no matter what the 'guidelines' permit. Such portrayals, without some form of moral and/or ethical yardstick or reference, is not what I feel comfortable seeing paraded upon their center stage.
<span style="color: #CC0000"> If we ever wonder where the whackos get their imbalances from, I'd have to be pretty 'off' myself not to cite works such as these.</span>
Greg </div></div>
From one old fogey to another,Well said.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Greg Langelius *</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I watched the first few episodes, and I also paused awhile in front of the Season I DVD yesterday. After reflection, I left it on the shelf.
I can't fault the writing, the acting, or the production quality; but shows like it, <span style="font-style: italic">Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad</span>, etc., are just a smidge on the far side fo the moral and ethical bondary I'm willing to keep in my home.
<span style="color: #CC0000">Maybe I'm just an old fogey </span>
I am as much a fan of Robin Hood, the good villain, as the next fellow.
This stuff is something quite different, and I just can't manage to suspend my judgement even part of the way it takes to swallow it whole, and without at least a modest response from my normal gag reflex.
I just have to ask myself <span style="color: #CC0000"> whether Hollywood is so bereft of moral value
A pity if <span style="color: #CC0000">this is so
The kids will see this, no matter what the 'guidelines' permit. Such portrayals, without some form of moral and/or ethical yardstick or reference, is not what I feel comfortable seeing paraded upon their center stage.
<span style="color: #CC0000"> If we ever wonder where the whackos get their imbalances from, I'd have to be pretty 'off' myself not to cite works such as these.</span>
Greg </div></div>
From one old fogey to another,Well said.
Re: hell on wheels -AMC
Hmm..hell on wheels..I'll have to check that out. Ready for Walking Dead to start up again. AMC is kicking butt
Hmm..hell on wheels..I'll have to check that out. Ready for Walking Dead to start up again. AMC is kicking butt
Re: hell on wheels -AMC
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Greg Langelius *</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Maybe I'm just an old fogey, but seeing outright evil and villainy being portrayed without any hint of societal yardstick or reference seems irresponsible. </div></div>
Art imitates life.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Greg Langelius *</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Maybe I'm just an old fogey, but seeing outright evil and villainy being portrayed without any hint of societal yardstick or reference seems irresponsible. </div></div>
Art imitates life.
Re: hell on wheels -AMC
Netflix has it on Insta-view as well. Definitely want to watch it in order.
Netflix has it on Insta-view as well. Definitely want to watch it in order.
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Just a heads-up . for those not doing AMC and where in-waiting .
NetFlix - 'Instant Play' . doing ( Season 2 ) - Hell on wheels
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This is a fantastic series, I am glad the new season and episodes are here. I caught episode 1 but missed two so I'll hopefully catch episode 2 right before episode 3 airs this weekend.
I did the exact same thing I did with Mad Men with this series; watched the first 2-3 shows and was like meh and didn't watch it again.
Waited a year or so and found it on Netflix and ended up having a marathon and getting hooked. Once you get into it, the show is very very good.
Waited a year or so and found it on Netflix and ended up having a marathon and getting hooked. Once you get into it, the show is very very good.
True; so, so true. ...And vice-versa; and therein lies the rub...
We took advantage of a Hell on Wheels marathon presentation, second season, to immerse ourselves and give the series a reasonable chance to grow on us; and grow it did. There is no question that we're buying it, its part of our cable bundle anyway. We enjoyed it, and I have no illusions about whether or not our Grandkids will see it, or whether they can cope in its presence.
My point is, even if it were an accurate representation of historical conditions, how do we decide whether or not it deserves a center stage in their life experiences.
This old fogey went through their age bracket, lo a half century ago; no cable, no digital recordings, just old Newton Minnow and his now nearly comical admonitions about a vast wasteland, with no redeeming social value.
Times have indeed changed; but for the better? For all my many years, even I can't say.
Greg
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