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... we often watch this with our dinners on TV trays. Hilarious, sometimes affecting, violent, and with great actors doing great acting. We started this after *Justified*,and on reco of a co-worker, who represented that it's excellent, and with more cursing than any other series, ever. He's right.
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Disc 1 & 2 of season 3 are no good at all!!!
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It has been said before there is a LOT of really gratuitous use of the F word here; also references to fellatio, and various direct words for peoples reproductive organs, and body functions.It is my understanding that the folks that produced this show did not find the swear words used by Dakota residents in the 1870s to be quite strong enough, so they 'livened up' the language quite a bit. Frankly I find it very difficult to listen to. That said this show works on a lot of different levels. It is VERY well done, from the aspect of plot, scenery, and all the typical elements that go into making a big budget cable TV show. The non cursing language is polite, and formal, and you have to wonder that folks who'se every other word starts with a F or C etc, are so very well educated and articulate. So unless you want your kids using terms that would make a WWII sailor blush I would send em out of the room. However this is a very lush, interesting and in most way s very good series. I had just watched HBO's "Rome" prior to watching this one and then watched "John Adams" after. Of the three I would be most likely to watch "Rome" again. Historically "Deadwood" is about as correct as your average TV western. This is the entire series and is over 20 hours long. Comparing it to say the 70's mini series version of "Centenial".. well there is no comparison. Michener wins hands down. So if you got nothing better to do for a week, sit down, get out a few dozen bags of microwave pop corn, prepare yourself to watch your language for a while afterwards (I am a lay preacher, and do NOT use swear words, but found myself getting almost a bit linguisticly raunchy after watching this) and enjoy. It is interesting, does have some "socially redeeming value" and not a total waste of time. Which is a lot more then can be said of most of what flashes before our eyes on the ol flatscreen these days. jim in gold barRead full review
Deadwood is an amazing David Milch production with superb casting and magnificent writing. This set includes commentary by Milch and the complete set of three seasons. The book, Deadwood by Peter Dexter, is also an outstanding book and highly recommended. Do not confuse either the TV series or the book with the typical Western movie or writing. The set, the costumes, the language, and the realism (based on history) of the TV production are second to none. Ian McShane and Timothy Olyphant are superb in their roles, as are virtually all of the other characters. I cannot recommend this series highly enough. However, understand that the profanity and violence may be offensive to some. Nevertheless, it was inherent to the time and place of this setting. The physical production of the series is very nice. Each disc is wrapped in a separate sleeve and placed within a page of a "book" of discs. It is very easy to keep track of the discs, and they are secure in each page. The "book" is contained within a cardboard outer sleeve that is nicely detailed to look like an antique book. I think I prefer the arrangement of these discs over any other set I've used. Each disc has two episodes and various features. Milch comments on some of the episodes with a full hour of the episode and his running commentary, which is informative and helpful and offers insight into both the production and the writing and acting.Read full review
Don't get me wrong, there have been great westerns to come before Deadwood, but none of them really got it right. There is just a reality that some people aren't willing to deal that after 50 years of our history being whitewashed through film and TV, we're finally starting to see the truth. David Milch has done his research and discovered the wonderfully bizarre contradiction of languages used in the old west. Watching the cast of Deadwood converse with a combination of old world English laced with profanity straight from the gutter is incredible and feels right for the first time. Where do people think our language came from? People always want to think that they were the first to do something, when things like profanity, substance abuse and prostitution have been around since before man walked erect. Along with the incredible dialog and storytelling, David Milch has introduced possibly the greatest character to ever come to TV or film...Al Swearengen. Ian McShane plays Al with the same intense conviction and truth that the character himself lives by. In Al's world things are black and white and never apologizes for a second for living his life by a strict code of morals of his own making. I don't think we've ever seen a character go from crying after a mercy killing to watching a murder he orchestrated stone faced. This is indeed a special show that is continuing to pave the way for the facts of our history to finally be told with truth...Instead of the whitewashing we've seen our whole lives to make us feel better about ourselves.Read full review
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