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How do you FUCK UP a western in 2025?


Betty Gilpin in a Western = SAY NO MORE I'M IN!

.....but wtf is this??? of course I see now it has high imdb ratings.. they're always trash

Finished episode 1.. πŸ˜‘
I feel like I want my hour back!!! SO empty, there's NO plot. This is one of those mini series where you wait till episode 5 till something really interesting happens for 10 minutes? πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ Come on...I was anticipating this... what a let down.

At least I got Betty Gilpin for a not insignificant number of minutes.... unfortunately they have her meandering about aimlessly doing god knows what... might as well be doing her taxes. By the time the action started I kinda just wanted the arrows to kill the whole cast.

And supposedly violence/sexual violence but no nudity how is that even mathematically and scientifically possible?

Nice sets at least..good scenery..

But geeze man. Shaking my fucking head 😞. Nah I'm 1 and done. I can't be the only one. 2/10⭐

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my old ass dad loved it. he only likes stuff with lots of violence and gore. he keeps going on about it. i'm sure i'm gonna hate it.

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πŸ˜‚ well if anybody was doing anything interesting in between all the violence and gore i could have loved it too probably 🀭

let's see if you like it!

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And he likes this? Maybe I should check it out, then.

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I am also an old ass dad who likes stuff with lots of violence and gore, and I agree with TandyMan's dad. It's a really good show, and much better than almost any other Western made in the last 10 years.

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I haven't seen this but western does NOT mean action. It isn't just John Wayne and Clint Eastwood reluctant hero stories. You can use the genre for all kind of different stories.

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that's a good point. i think most western i see is either with action/horror. seems to be quite a staple of the genre though. maybe the least amount of action i've seen i can of think are maybe damsel, news of the world.. otherwise it's still quite prevalent but definitely not required

here i meant only that there's basically a single major action sequence nearing the end of the episode that i use to mark as a time point. if you see it it'll probably make more sense

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Ignore this rant; apparently, the OP is upset there was not sufficient T&A.

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nah..the boring plot eventually would catch up to T&A-free moments.
yes make no mistake unabashedly T&A makes everything better especially westerns 🀠
but nah not always required

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compared to Godless (2017)?

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oh no i had definitely gotten into that 3 or more episodes before pausing it. i intend to attempt to finish it..i just found the goings-on more interesting. it often had chill vibe thats good for the right moment of general vibing out, even if not having the most deep engaging story

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I have to agree.

There was a lot of action but I wasn't clear on the plot.

I guess if the point of the story was that the action IS the plot, then okay.

There are survival stories and the plot is about the characters surviving some horrible situation. If that was the point then it achieved it. Meanwhile, I didn't learn much about characters and so it was kind of dull while being full of action, so that's odd.

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i agree. show was boring. there's virtually nothing else to watch right now though. everyone was way too gritty. for some reason they cast john carter of mars who cant act for shit except his brooding handsome face. so they decided to completely cover it up and let us only see his acting. also wtf is up with his sash hat? never seen that in a western before. he looked like he was in the middle east.

and speaking of nudity, you know redfeather and his crew gangbanged the white woman. that's why she converted.

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ahhh redfeather's character looked pretty cool at least
i imagine his escapade happened off screen
in Godless they had a white woman ganbang bloodied open top, also Netflix

(im amused i didnt recognize john carter haha)

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I only showed up for Betty as well. And I will probably finish this for Betty as I think she is one of the best actors alive right now.

Can’t say I’m thrilled with it so far either. But man, it’s dead out there right now in TV land. I need something to stare at.

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man i cant agree with you guys saying nothing to watch these days. i find it's an embarrassment of riches! 🀠

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