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

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

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

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

lol

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

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.

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.

idk how anyone can do without dustin hoffman

It's easy.

dustin is best

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.

super dope movie 4 sure

yeah it's the best basically

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

wow did not know that

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.

Dustin's Hoffman's

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

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

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

likeable often confounds me as well

second episode pretty great too

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

Ive read that it's on hbo go

yeah, it's on hbo go

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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.

haha that piece was so these two guys

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

Renewed btw.

niiice.

now if he can somehow weave in john from cincinnati characters

that group of hairlips all work at the track now

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

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

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

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

first episode has aired... i think spoilers for it are fair game now?

Okay. It's about horse injuries.

now if he can somehow weave in john from cincinnati characters

Levitating horse?

was thinking surfing on horse but not sure if that realistic

***SPOILER***

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/specials/weirdflorida/blog/Horse_surfing.jpg

Could it be a holy ghost horse?

u think u can double cross ppl or lie on ur word + ur promises LIKE OUR MUSLIM PRESIDENT FROM KENYA?!?

I'm loving this. And yes the birther bit was a nice touch.

Dustin Hoffman + Miami Vice's Cochi Loco

loving John Ortiz on twitter. he seems like a bro. Escalante is the best character.

I'm starting to think that Nolte's character is gonna be this series' Ellsworth. He's even got a pooch as a sidekick.

Second episode definitely better than the first, or maybe I'm just growing into the show more. That birther bit, and that whole scene, really, was hysterical.

thinking abt it, it's amazing how much set-up they've packed into these 1st 2 eps

the scene between Ace and Gus where they explained Ace's prison stint was really clunky. I guess the writers just wanted to get the whole backstory out there in one shot but it didn't really make sense to have them tell each other a drawn-out story that they both already knew.

is episode 3 on HBO Go now or was it only the second ep that they put up early?