We are thinking exactly alike. Good, but not great, but enough likeable characters to keep me interested. I find myself fixated on how many people in the cast are actually Kentuckians--or at least Southerners. The Kentucky country accent is one of the more unique in the South, certainly one of the hardest to affect for a non-native. It can be much thicker than even a deep Georgia accent. I'm always a bit annoyed at how Hollywood populates shows with people who fake accents. is there not a good source of good actors in each state who can at least be competent regulars? The only show I can think of that used a lot of local talent who looked, sounded, and acted genuine was "In the Heat of the Night", shot here in Georgia. The Brother who played the petty criminal/sometimes information Jimmy Bean (?) is an accomplished actor who's done a lot of plays and musicals here in Atlanta. I've seen him in lots of stuff.
----- Original Message ----- From: "B Smith" <daikaij...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:19:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa and Elmore Leonard on TV Tonight Weird. My comment from yesterday never posted. Anyways, I liked but not loved the show. The former friends now rivals thing is a little played out but they did a pretty good job with it. I'll keep watching. One thing I did like was how competent the FBI team was during that firefight. They were ambushed but kicked ass. I love the female agent's attitude. I hope we see more of her. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > "Justified" was good. A bit deliberate in pacing, which is good. I liked it, > but frankly, I liked "Karen Sisko" better when that show premiered. Not to > say "Justified" isn't good. It still has that wryness to the leads that > Leonard's famous for putting in: where people almost seem to be about to > crack a smile, but instead they shoot someone dead. I like shows that go > anywhere other than NYC or LA, so the setting in Kentucky was cool. Kind of a > modern "In the Heat of the Night". A bit obvious that the first case he takes > deals with militant white supremacists, though. > Lots of potential, held my interest, I'll keep watching. > Still, seeing "Justified" made me miss "Karen Sisko" and even "K*ville" all > the more... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:50:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Kurosawa and Elmore Leonard on TV Tonight > > > > > > > D'oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > After all the previews I've been catching on "Justified", I missed it (chin > deep in Kurosawa-san). Ditto for the repeat of that. Let me check the site, > to see if it can be viewed there. > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@... > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I mentioned "Samurai" on History Channel at 8 pm EST (Martin, it reruns at > midnight). But there are a couple other things worth checking out tonight. > > First, Turner Classics is doing the second of its three Tuesday night Akira > Kurosawa marathons. Movies run from 8 pm EST until around 7 or 8 tomorrow > morning: > http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=290045&mainArticleId=290029 > > Then on FX, at 10 pm EST there's the premiere of the new series "Justified". > This has me intrigued because it's based on Elmore Leonard's work. I've liked > just about everything I've ever seen done on his works, including the > criminally underrated TV series "Karen Sisco". The series' producers range > the gamut, and consists of people who worked on great shows like "Sisco", > "Boomtown", and "Sons of Anarchy" > > ***************************************************** > > http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/justified/aboutTheShow.php > > JUSTIFIED is the story of Deputy U.S. Marshal RAYLAN GIVENS (Timothy > Olyphant), a true-blue hero and something of a throwback, given to wearing a > Stetson and cowboy boots, carrying his sidearm in a hip holster â€" a weapon > he only draws when he has to, and when he does, he shoots to kill, because, > as he sees it, that’s the purpose of a gun. > > Raylan was born and reared in the hill country of eastern Kentucky. It was in > Harlan where he played ball, chased girls and dug coal. And it was from > Harlan, at age 19, that he ran, determined to become a U.S. Marshal. Now, > years later, after shooting a gun thug in a Miami hotel and thereby incurring > the wrath of his Marshals Service superiors, Raylan has been sent in > punishment (and by fate?) to the one place to which he vowed he would never > return â€" Kentucky. > > The character of Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens was created by America’s > pre-eminent crime novelist Elmore Leonard (Get Shorty, Out of Sight) and is > played by Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood, Live Free or Die Hard). The Chief > Deputy of the Lexington U.S.M.S. office is ART MULLEN, played by Nick Searcy > (Cast Away, From the Earth to the Moon). Working alongside Raylan are fellow > deputies TIM GUTTERSON â€" played by Jacob Pitts (The Pacific) â€" and RACHEL > BROOKS â€" played by Erica Tazel (Life, The Office). Raylan, Art and the > other deputies do what all U.S. Marshals do â€" chase down fugitives, protect > witnesses, transport prisoners. > > But, being back in Kentucky, Raylan will also have to confront a past crowded > with enough skeletons to choke a graveyard. There’s his old friend and > fellow coal-miner, now fugitive bank-robber, BOYD CROWDER (Walton Goggins - > The Shield). There’s AVA CROWDER (Joelle Carter - Monk, CSI: Miami), the > cheerleader from his youth he always had a crush on. There’s ex-wife WINONA > (Natalie Zea - Hung, Dirty Sexy Money). And, looming largest of all in > Raylan’s past, there’s his career criminal father ARLO (Raymond Barry - > Cold Case, Training Day). > > JUSTIFIED was developed for series television by Executive Producers Graham > Yost (Boomtown, The Pacific), Michael Dinner (Karen Sisco, Sons of Anarchy), > Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly (Kidnapped) and Elmore Leonard. The series > comes from FX Productions and Sony Pictures Television. >
