New Fargo

[Long Run]

Just saw the new season of Fargo is starting April 19. The first two "seasons" have been so good, it will be something if they can make it three.

[Lord Jim]

As good as the first version was, the second series was even better...

That Kirsten Dunst did not win the Best Actress Award for her incredible portrayal of Peggy Blomquist, is a disgrace to the Emmy Award decision makers, and no reflection on her performance...

[BoSoxGal]

I'm still waiting for season 2 to come to Hulu. *sigh*

[Lord Jim]

BSG:

We were watching something on Hulu last night, and an ad came on saying that they now have season 2...

[BoSoxGal]

Thanks for the FYI; I actually binged it this weekend as soon as I saw it had arrived.

It was FANTASTIC, a lot better than Season 1, I thought - although admittedly my opinion was much influenced by my love of all things 70s, I thought they did the whole period recreation very well.

Performances were all great, but I was especially impressed with Jean Smart's portrayal of Floyd Gerhardt because it was so different than anything I'd seen her do before.

I don't think I'll be able to watch Season 3 until it comes to Hulu, so try to avoid posting too many spoilers. Although, I forget everything new I read pretty quickly these days, so by the time I watch it in a year I'll have forgotten the spoilers you posted, too. So forget I said that.

[kristina]

Forget what?

[Lord Jim]

We've watched the first two episodes of Fargo 3....

I'm not sure I like it as much as Fargo 2, but it's still great TV, and I have to say Ewan McGregor playing the dual roles as these supposed twins...(this is not a spoiler, it's well known as part of the show)



Is somewhat mind blowing...

Those two characters barely look like brothers, let alone twins...(even fraternal twins; certainly not identical twins...even though they're played by the same actor...)

And McGregor does a masterful job of portraying them as two completely different people...

In the scenes that both Ray and Emmit appear, they shot the scenes twice...

And like the way that Robert DeNiro put on a lot of weight to play the older Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull, McGregor also didn't use a "fat suit" or computerized imaging to portray the paunchy Ray :

To pull off the dual casting involved a physical transformation on McGregor’s part. Coming off the “T2 Trainspotting” sequel, during which he became an “obsessive runner,” the 46-year-old Scottish actor says he was in the best shape of his life. So to play the heavier Ray, he was ordered to gain weight.

“I just started eating whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I made sure I ate carbs with everything and french fries with everything. I didn’t have any technique besides eating a lot,” McGregor says. The actor didn’t track how much weight he gained, but notes, “I couldn’t get into any of my trousers anymore. I went and bought three pairs of Levis with waistbands three inches larger than I usually wear.”

Then, because Emmit is thinner than Ray, he wears a Spanx compression t-shirt in those scenes, which also had the effect of straightening that character’s posture. Ray, on the other hand, wears cowboy boots, which gave him more of a sauntering gait. On set in Calgary, Alberta, McGregor often has to portray both brothers in a single day, which starts with two-and-a half hours in the makeup chair to transform into Ray.

“First, I have my hair wet-shaved and I wear three prosthetic pieces: one on the bridge of my nose to make [it] slightly wider, one on my chin that makes my cleft chin disappear and this heavy piece around my neck. Also the moustache and that funny receding, long-hair wig,” he says. “The process of putting the makeup on buys me the time to stop and come out of one character and go into the other one. It’s been very useful. If it was more quick, it would be very jarring.”

McGregor says both characters — Ray’s “lovable oddball” and Emmit’s “soulless capitalist” — are equally satisfying to portray, and he can’t pick a favorite brother. Others involved with the series, however, have chosen a side.

“The crew prefers Ray for sure,” he says. “You can tell that the crew really like it when Ray’s on set more so than when Emmit is.”

http://nypost.com/2017/04/11/ewan-mcgre ... -on-fargo/

[Long Run]

It's a simple Jedi trick; any of them can do it.

[oldr_n_wsr]

I found Married with Children re-runs on friday night on channel 179 (logo I think).
Yes, I sat down and watched TV for a bit (from 10:30pm til about midnight when I fell asleep).
If I hadn't found those re-runs I would have went to bed at 10:30pm as I found nothing else on worth watching. Even natgeo didn't have anything interesting on and Discovery has been disappointing as they seem to be running "Naked and Afraid" all the time (or at least every time I do make it in front of the TV).

[Lord Jim]

Best quote from Fargo Episode 2 Season three, so far:

Ray: "I've never killed anyone before."

Nikki: “Me, neither. Life’s a journey.”