Deadwood

The show ended that way because of money reasons. It wasn't finished yet.

I don't feel like dredging up the links but there are some interesting interviews with both Ian McShane and the guy that played Dan, Al's right hand man, where they talk about how HBO fucked em and lied to them and how much they resent HBO for ending it like that.

All the familiar period shows - Deadwood, Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Sopranos, Borgias, Wire, Rome, Tudors, Mad Men, Spartacus, Downton Abbey, etc - are more or less great, with a few bad episodes but mostly riveting television. Some people are going to like the more gangster/action/sex shows, some people are going to like the more soap opera/romanticized/thoughtful shows. Its pretty silly to really rank them, since it will vary greatly with what is going on with your own life. I found Mad Men insanely boring when it first aired, but now that I am older and have kids I really appreciate it a lot more, a lot of the slow scenes really make me think. I probably would like Sopranos more if I rewatched it now, I hated all that emo shit that started around season 5 when it first aired.

fuck I'm getting old

Tananthalas_sl said:

Mad Men at its best is average. Nothing wrong with liking it but there is absolutely nothing beyond it's initial premise to distinguish it from any other drama...aside from Christina Hendricks.

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Yeah, your opinion is wrong and you are wrong.

Tananthalas_sl said:

You suck cock by choice!

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There we go

Slaythe_sl said:

I mean...it wasn't supposed to end that way. I've come to enjoy that blue balls feeling at the end of season 3 but I, like many, was pretty upset when we learned the show was being cancelled.

Given that at the time there was supposed to be a 4th season coming, how were they supposed to end 3? Hearst burns Deadwood to the ground? Seth or Cy kills George as he's leaving...leading to the same result? You can't really continue the story line there without letting Hearst just leave camp peacefully.

Had the plan been for just three seasons all along we probably would have gotten something different. That said, I like the build to nothing after the fact.

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HBO really needs to make a commitment to it's viewers with these shows. They should be able to make a promise after the first few episodes of a show and say this show will run at least 3 years and tell the people in charge of the show that they need to wrap up the current storyline within that time-frame. If the show is still successful after those 3(or whatever they pledge) years the writers can start a new storyline arc. Ending shows like they do sometimes is an insult to the people who pay for their channel.

Actually you can't. Because Mad Men is boring as shit compared to any above average show. You can't even compare it to Deadwood.

Yeah I'm on my fourth viewing right now and this show is still invincible. Every character on it is gold. You're just a simpleton if you don't like it, sorry.

Zhaun_sl said:

I have to agree. I origionally wanted to watch just due to liking westerns but this really is a whole level above the majority of TV.

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Yeah, even my friends who don't like "Westerns" loved Deadwood. Its easily in my top 10 TV series of all time.

I enjoyed Deadwood just like everyone else here it seems.

Whilst the last season didn't end very well at all, on reflection I thought it should of been a three season show. S01 The establishment of the town, S02 The huge gold rush and then the last season the gold runs dry and all the empires are for naught.

I would hate to have a series like that just continue and continue like so many do until it becomes a mercy that they take the show off air.

such a great show, watched it 3 times already, too bad they didnt finish it.

i guess without this show i would have never watched justified ... olyphant FTW.

mysterion_sl said:

such a great show, watched it 3 times already, too bad they didnt finish it.

i guess without this show i would have never watched justified ... olyphant FTW.

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Yeah, seeing Hurst and Bullock on screen together in Justified just felt...right.

And Ellsworth!