Fargo on FX

[OrangeUte]

Did anyone watch this? It is a new series based loosely on the movie. Billybob Thorton is the bad guy who rolls into town and starts corrupting people to violence everywhere.

The series premiere was on Tuesday night, and it looks really good!

Anyone who is a Coen brothers fan is going to love this, they are producing it.

[Applejack]

Did anyone watch this? It is a new series based loosely on the movie. Billybob Thorton is the bad guy who rolls into town and starts corrupting people to violence everywhere.

The series premiere was on Tuesday night, and it looks really good!

Anyone who is a Coen brothers fan is going to love this, they are producing it.

I don't get it. How do you turn a movie into a TV series? Has this ever been done well?

Edit: YES! Mr. Belvedere is based on a 1948 movie! That was a great show - an English butler in Pittsburgh!!?!?!??! What hijinks.

[Mormon Red Death]

Mash

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[OrangeUte]

Applejack, that's why it's "loosely"-based. The story has a similar use of black comedy, drama, mystery, and certain plot elements are similar, but not the same. Check it out.

[Utah]

I did watch it. I was a solid 7. I've read that the premiere is the weakest episode, so that's good. Billy Bob is pure evil. He does a good job, as do the other actors portraying a small town, small minded people. They moved the story along further than I thought in one episode (but I guess if you only have 10 to tell your story you can't lollygag), and it made me care for the characters.

I'm not sure if I should hate the main guy or feel bad for him.

Good stuff.

The last scene with Hanks and Billy Bob was chilling.