Any fans of the FX series "Fargo"?

[rppper]

Billy Bob Thornton is one of my favorite actors, and the ensemble cast is great. This show is nearly as intense as Breaking bad IMHO....thoughts and opinions?

[Coventina]

1. I watched the first 2 & 1/2 episodes.

I bowed out when Malvo killed the dog.

I had been hanging on by a thread, and that was the final straw for me.

I love Martin Freeman, and was watching the show mainly because of him, but, not even he could tempt me to keep watching after that.

I just don't do well with violence, especially against animals who have done no wrong.

[rppper]

3. Were you a breaking bad viewer?

I can think of one child being shot and one being poisoned off hand, but their roles were vital to the plot, as was Malvo's killing of the kings dog. Malvo is a treacherous character, a sociopath of opportunity....but Malvo seems to hate bullies, and has a soft spot for Freeman's character, as he killed Freeman's protagonist unbeknownst to Freeman.

I'm sorry that the one scene caused you to lose interest in the show...it really is a quality television series and the cast is superb.

Honestly I had a similar moment while watching "pet sematary" years ago...the scene where the little boy got hit by the 18 wheeler...I walked out of the theater at that point, and couldn't watch the rest of the movie for many years afterwards.

[Coventina]

4. No, I gave Breaking Bad a try but just couldn't hack it.

My husband LOVED it and is currently loving Fargo as well.

I can recognize that they were / are good shows with great scripting, shooting, acting, etc., and I wouldn't try to discourage anyone from watching them. I just can't handle the violence.

My husband says I need to get "desensitized" but I have no desire to do so.

[rppper]

6. I completely understand where you're coming from.

And please don't think I'm trying to push something on you. You make a good point on the desensitization, but it is difficult these days to find anything without some sort of violent content. It's almost a case of taking the lesser of two evils...

[Paladin]

2. I think it's terrific. Thornton is exceptional.

[Auggie]

5. Here

Lots of fun

[Rowdyboy]

7. My partner and I are addicted...The show came up at a recent dinner with a couple of old friends

(one of my major professors from back in the 1970's and his wife) who agreed they felt the show was the best thing on television right now.

[The Second Stone]

8. Thornton is playing the devil incarnate

as a complete psychopath and having kicks screwing up people's lives.

[rppper]

12. My fiancé and I both find some parallels....

...between Malvo and his bad Santa character...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Love it. It has kind of a Twin Peak-y vibe

and it's especially fun for me since I am familiar with Bemidji and Duluth (though the show wasn't filmed there). The accent is awfully extreme, though - even way Up North you don't hear it quite like that. Martin Freeman's British accent leaks through a little now and then, too, which makes it sound even weirder. Even so, the show is really good - very dark and very strange.

[rppper]

11. I read somewhere else about the thick...

Accents...I think it's a hat tip to Francis McDormands and William Macy's characters in the original movie.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

10. I just started watching.

It is an interesting show. I do like Thornton's character and I am following the show now. I was a fan of Breaking Bad, and while there is a level of suspense, intensity, and unexpected events that make the show enjoyable. At this time I rate Breaking Bad as much better. Aside from the female cop trying to solve the murders, I don't think there are any other characters I have much sympathy for.

[blogslut]

13. Yes.

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