Friday Night Lights Season 2

[tdarko]

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I've never watched the show, but that just sounds hilarious. If you're going to base a show around a football team, have someone who knows something about football tell you when a scene is terrible. That's always bothered me about sports movies, especially serious ones that purport to be something more. I can handle a cartoonish game in Slap Shot because nothing about that movie is supposed be serious, but I really disliked the movie version FNL because I couldn't believe that there was an actual real football team at the center of the action.

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Dudd,

1. 22 episodes and there is less than 25 minutes of football minutes in the entire season--the bulk of which is in the first and last episodes.
2. There are many episodes a football game isn't shown.

Don't compare it to sports movies b/c it isn't fair to say that it is a sports show. Part of my apprehension before watching this show was b/c of watching FNL the movie, it was silly, overacted, strayed really far from the book and wasn't congruent with the book. The movie was just really bad. This show doesn't attempt to do the same thing, it isn't a sophisticated Varsity Blues.

[jmill2511]

Wow, no one here likes the movie FNL? I thought it was pretty good, and Explosions in the Sky is amazing.

Finally giving the show a chance after seeing this thread, and the Simmons article.

[jmill2511]

Oh man, pilot episode has Explosions in the Sky in it

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[Yeti]

um ya so do most eps

[Dids]

Having read and loved the book, I thought FNL the movie missed the mark by a good margin and I just didn't enjoy it at all.

[jmill2511]

Ahh haven't read the book yet, I'm sure I'll enjoy it alot more than the movie though. Pretty much always the case with a book that was made into a movie.

Also, on episode 4 of season one already, show is great!

Pretty much hated the scene where Lyla and Riggins kiss though.

[revots33]

This show is so damn good, miles better than the movie. As a married guy I really appreciate the portrayal of the Coach and his wife - one of the most realistic depictions of a loving marriage I've ever seen on tv.

Since it's such a good show I predict it will get canceled to make room for another show where people try to remember song lyrics. We need a few more of those.

[traz]

clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose imo

[ematz]

The best sports book I've ever read. For you guys who've read it, any other recommendations?

[Anacardo]

What I've learned from this thread and others like it is that Dids watches a lot of TV.