Luck: HBO series: David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Mann

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Aerosol, Friday, 27 January 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link

i dont think that's exactly right cause were it true in situations where theres a lot of rolled over money itd make sense just to bet every horse, my impression was that there was an overall cap for the number of horses you could bet in all six races

lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link

ok that would make sense

⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 27 January 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link

not really. the thing is with each horse you bet the cost of the ticket goes up exponentially

Aerosol, Friday, 27 January 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link

like if you played the field on each race you tick would cost a billion dollars

Aerosol, Friday, 27 January 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link

right, what did they spend on their ticket? $20k?

⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 27 January 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link

when you have a large carryover there are like huge conglomerates that pole together to buy a $10,000 ticket

Aerosol, Friday, 27 January 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link

the pick 6 is not set uo to be user friendly

Aerosol, Friday, 27 January 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link

right, what did they spend on their ticket? $20k?

I think they bet $800-something

handicapping wonks who are much wonkier than me (I don't bet pick sixes, costs too much $$$$) claimed that the ticket as written out on "Jerry's" napkin should have cost $3K

dmr, Friday, 27 January 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link

looking forward to dmr's posts itt as much as i am looking forward to this show!!

⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 27 January 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link

hahaha. hi-5

dmr, Friday, 27 January 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link

not really. the thing is with each horse you bet the cost of the ticket goes up exponentially

― Aerosol, Friday, January 27, 2012 3:41 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

tbf this sounds a lot more like what I said than what u did

lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link

or what moldy did

lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link

lol ipad

lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link

i dont think that's exactly right cause were it true in situations where theres a lot of rolled over money itd make sense just to bet every horse

i was responding to this. just saying that this ticket would not be cost effective

Aerosol, Friday, 27 January 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link

ah so yes ty for that info it was I think the missing piece

lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2012 21:21 (twelve years ago) link

btw factoid it is often a winning proposition to buy every lottery ticket once the pots get big enough, just not logistically feasible

lag∞n, Friday, 27 January 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link

lol

Aerosol, Friday, 27 January 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link

My aunt and uncle paid for their daughter's wdding with a pick-six win.

do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Friday, 27 January 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link

Ok, just saw the pilot. Not bad, not amazing. The soundtrack--Sigur Ros as a horse is euthanized in particular--were distracting. Felt rather unengaged during most of it, yet when it was over I wanted to see more.

No Deadwood, not yet anyway, but I'll keep watching.

Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Monday, 30 January 2012 06:31 (twelve years ago) link

Could do without the Massive Attack theme song (good song, wrong fit), the cajun guy, the handsome picks guru, and Dustin Hoffman. Otherwise, good stuff.

polyphonic, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link

idk how anyone can do without dustin hoffman

Mordy, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link

It's easy.

polyphonic, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link

dustin is best

lag∞n, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link

i'm a total dustin hoffman stan after seeing straight time. his performance in that one is one of the most committed and convincing and _physical_ performances i've seen.

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link

super dope movie 4 sure

lag∞n, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link

yeah it's the best basically

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link

and there's a connection in that michael mann did an uncredited rewrite on straight time.

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link

wow did not know that

lag∞n, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link

I like Dustin's Hoffman's good performances. I did not care for him in the pilot of Luck, and also I did not care for him in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.

polyphonic, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link

Dustin's Hoffman's

polyphonic, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link

the review in nyer says he kinda just plays it as a cypher the whole time and gives u nothing to care abt but im gonna go ahead and see for myself

lag∞n, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link

yeah from evidence of pilot episode, he is not doing much to make his character likable (sp?) or easy to read

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link

like-able?? jesus that word looks wrong no matter how i spell it.

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 30 January 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link

likeable often confounds me as well

Hungry4Ass, Monday, 30 January 2012 23:35 (twelve years ago) link

second episode pretty great too

Mordy, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 04:13 (twelve years ago) link

how are you seeing episode 2-- is it on demand already?

⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 04:18 (twelve years ago) link

Ive read that it's on hbo go

Clay, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 04:21 (twelve years ago) link

yeah, it's on hbo go

Mordy, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 04:22 (twelve years ago) link

Haven't seen the show, but that NYT descrip of "detente" btwn Milch and Mann made me laugh. They must've nearly gouged each other's eyes out.

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 12:09 (twelve years ago) link

haha that piece was so these two guys

lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago) link

Written by David Carr (main subject in the documentary Page One), who's very Milch-ian himself.

Burritos are one of the things I'm nostalgic about!!! (Eazy), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link

Renewed btw.

encarta it (Gukbe), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link

niiice.

⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link

now if he can somehow weave in john from cincinnati characters

⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link

that group of hairlips all work at the track now

encarta it (Gukbe), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link

Here's a good article on one of themes of the pilot episode:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1137939/index.htm

polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link

can't get that link to work, is it about Alydar?

dmr, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link

I don't want to say what it is due to being sort of an episode spoiler?

polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link


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