John From Cincinnati - 7/22

PayTheSnucka · #1 07-23-2007, 12:37 PM

We agree that separate threads for each week is better than that 1 thread, right?

"The big money is in escrow for anyone who can tell me WTF is going on"

Linc took the words out of my mouth. I've come too far to stop watching now, but the show makes less sense each week.

I'm totally taken by the surf culture - I guess that is what hooks me into this still.

TheDudeAbides · #2 07-23-2007, 12:43 PM

This show confuses me more and more each week - but I'm still really digging it. I know it's been said every week but Shaun is really the worst actor ever. That scene where he started 'crying' at Bill's house about wanting to die was some of the most laughable acting I've ever seen. My two year old fake cries better than he does (complete with hands up to cover his face). Just brutal.

That being said - I'm loving how they set up these characters (Cass, Linc) as bad guys and now they're not really on the 'bad' side anymore. Should make for some interesting developments.

Soul Daddy · #3 07-23-2007, 12:53 PM

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We agree that separate threads for each week is better than that 1 thread, right?

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No, that's why people continue putting thoughts in the original thread. So we don't end up with multiple threads that consist of 10 posts. But whatever.

Weird episode. After the close of last week's, I figured that we had come upon some shift in the overall arc, but I didn't expect that shift to focus mostly on Linc/Palaka.

Dids · #4 07-23-2007, 12:57 PM

I was dead tired and kept falling asleep, which is a really hard way to watch this show.

Becoming unreasonably obsessed with Cas. She's sooooo [censored] adorable.

TheDudeAbides · #5 07-23-2007, 12:59 PM

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Becoming unreasonably obsessed with Cas. She's sooooo [censored] adorable.

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Anyone care to venture a guess as to what she saw on the video camera that made her so happy?

MrTrik · #6 07-23-2007, 01:31 PM

I think John was levitating. It was hard to tell, but that's what I thought right away.

Hoya · #7 07-23-2007, 01:47 PM

The only thing I gathered from this episode is that Cass is supposed to film some miracles and spread the word of John - "without the zeros and ones its all [censored]," or whatever that quote was.

Wynton · #8 07-23-2007, 05:01 PM

I haven't been reading most of the threads about this show, mostly because I've been watching them so late. But each week, I become closer to giving up on it.

I never like it when people post complaints on threads that are really meant for the fans. But I am curious whether my general reaction to the show is the same as others here.

Is there a consensus -- among people at OOT who were looking forward to this show at the start of the season - whether the series is even worth watching at this point?

Dids · #9 07-23-2007, 05:08 PM

Wynton,

I love it, but that's because

1- I could listen to Milch written dialog forever

2- I love that I have no clue what's going on.

It's probably not the best show if you dig on 24/Entourage/Prison Break.

The only really lousy asepct of the show is that there's two reasonably horrible actors (the kid, Kai) and one character that's just so loathesome you want her off screen (Sissy). The rest is amazing to me.

Wynton · #10 07-23-2007, 05:15 PM

Dids,

I was a huge fan of Deadwood (much more so than 24 and the like), and because of that perhaps, have been quite disappointed by the show for a variety of reasons. But as I said before, I'm not here to spoil anyone's fun, just wondering whether my view (for Milch fans) is the minority or majority view.