TV: HBO: Barry

[tragabigzanda]

premiere was excellent. i'm 100% on board for the rest of the season.

[Simple Torture]

We DVR'd this, can't wait to watch it.

[Monkey_Driven]

premiere was excellent. i'm 100% on board for the rest of the season.

Same.

Big Bill Hader fan. Loved the premiere.

[tragabigzanda]

Two eps in and this show slays me.

Also, mods, can one of you kindly merge this thread with the other one I started an then forgot about it?

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7993&hilit=barry

[Norris]

Two eps in and this show slays me.

Also, mods, can one of you kindly merge this thread with the other one I started an then forgot about it?

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7993&hilit=barry

you could just delete that post

[evenslow]

premiere was excellent. i'm 100% on board for the rest of the season.

Same.

Big Bill Hader fan. Loved the premiere.

(two thumbs up).

[tragabigzanda]

Two eps in and this show slays me.

Also, mods, can one of you kindly merge this thread with the other one I started an then forgot about it?

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7993&hilit=barry

you could just delete that post

done, thanks

[tragabigzanda]

Great interview with Hader on directing Barry, including a fair amount of technical stuff:
http://collider.com/bill-hader-intervie ... /#season-2

[tragabigzanda]

Watching that fantastic opening scene in E2, and then reading about Hader's experiences directing the episodes this season and his classic cinema influences, I feel like this show could possibly allow us to watch Hader grow into a legitimately talented director.

[tragabigzanda]

E3 was more of a plot/character development episode, and it was still great. They're doing a remarkable job of balancing the comedy with the darkness, almost like a way less hammy Dexter. This might be my new favorite show.

[Monkey_Driven]

Missed the last two episodes due to traveling. Can't wait to dive back in when the time comes.

[VinylGuy]

I saw the first one and i was disappointed.

[tragabigzanda]

I saw the first one and i was disappointed.

heresy

[VinylGuy]

It wasnt funny and it looked pretty normal. I read your review and thought it was going to be amazing.
What i found was really far away from that.

[tragabigzanda]

It wasnt funny

It's definitely not hard comedy, more dramedy. I think I probably laugh louder than my wife does because I've got a long history of being tickled by Bill Hader.

it looked pretty normal.

The pilot was nothing to write home about visually, but E2 has an opening scene with a terrific sight gag, and the article I linked earlier does shed some light on some of Hader's other visual choices for E2. Again, it's nothing amazing, but having followed Hader very closely I can definitely see him starting to learn and apply some more creative visual flair.

I read your review and thought it was going to be amazing.
What i found was really far away from that.

If you didn't respond to the pilot, then I doubt you'll change your mind...But I thought E2 was terrific and we often like the same stuff, so you may want to give it just one more shot before bailing for good.

[VinylGuy]

It wasnt funny

It's definitely not hard comedy, more dramedy. I think I probably laugh louder than my wife does because I've got a long history of being tickled by Bill Hader.

it looked pretty normal.

The pilot was nothing to write home about visually, but E2 has an opening scene with a terrific sight gag, and the article I linked earlier does shed some light on some of Hader's other visual choices for E2. Again, it's nothing amazing, but having followed Hader very closely I can definitely see him starting to learn and apply some more creative visual flair.

I read your review and thought it was going to be amazing.
What i found was really far away from that.

If you didn't respond to the pilot, then I doubt you'll change your mind...But I thought E2 was terrific and we often like the same stuff, so you may want to give it just one more shot before bailing for good.

...Trag are you...a victim?...#MeToo?

I might see ep2 yeah, but not now. I have Atlanta man..why would i watch this now?

[tragabigzanda]

That's fair, Atlanta is incredible (and certainly more visually compelling). Maybe I'll try to coax you to watch again once the seasons wind down.

[VinylGuy]

Ill watch ep 2 for you buddy. I owe you that for sure.

[tragabigzanda]

Ill watch ep 2 for you buddy. I owe you that for sure.

Ha, you owe me nothing and I don't want to be responsible for 30 minutes of your life being wasted. Maybe try that opening scene and see if takes hold.

[washing machine]

Gave the pilot a try last night. Something felt unintentionally off with the pacing early on in the episode, but by the end of it I was hooked...somehow. I'm interested in this show. Absurd premise with some interesting twists early on. I dig it.