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Post by AntiArbitrator on Feb 27, 2013 17:10:39 GMT -5
2/26/13
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Feb 27, 2013 17:14:29 GMT -5
“Outlaw” started off exciting. Arlo is a tough ol’ dude. I guess that is how he has survived after the shady life he has lived. I am giving his son some props too. Raylan is calm under pressure and he does make tough – and final – decisions like shooting that impersonator without asking any questions. He surprised me so much I jumped up and cheered. But Raylan really surprised me after he learned Arlo had died because he was sniffling when he went to the elevator. Boyd is willing to go legit in order to make Ava happy. I like Colt but he really needs to lay off of the drugs. He held a conversation with the young man and then shot him in cold blood. For the first time, I am beginning to wonder about the young Marshall because someone seems to be leaking information.
The dialogue is great:
Wynne Duffy: Theo’s got a guy on his way down who has apparently killed more people than malaria.
Victim #1: “I’ll choke that pond so full of bodies, you’ll be able to walk across without getting your feet wet.”
Boyd: Sit your white collar ass down!
Boyd: I'm the outlaw here!
Vulgar sweet nothings from Arlo to Raylan and Raylan's commentary to Arlo at his bedside.
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Mistermoonlight
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Mar 4, 2013 21:04:10 GMT -5
RIP Arlo.  I really liked the old bantam rooster. Anyone whose dying words to his son are "kiss . . . my . . . .ass," is just made out of attitude. I have no doubt that he's down below right now, trying to figure out how he can engineer the takeover of Hell. ![]() I too, liked seeing Raylan, who always reminds me of Gary Cooper, do his fast draw on two occasions during the episode. Ellen May and the sheriff's scene was tender. I sure hope nothing happens to her. I really like her character. Any scene with Wynn Duffy in it is a bonus to me. I love him way too much. I can't think of another show that has as many singular characters as this one. They are masterfully hewn, and few are anything we've ever seen before. The storytelling is always unpredictable, and the characters are true to themselves. Elmore Leonard, the dean of American crime writers, who created some of these characters in his short stories, is going to write and perhaps direct one of the upcoming episodes, and that's gonna be something to look forward to.
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Mar 4, 2013 21:36:28 GMT -5
MisterMoonlight, your comments led me to look up Elmore Leonard's credits. I am familiar with some of his works and I am very interested in reading his short stories. I am guessing the 2012 novel "Raylan" is the one that became "Justified". Justified has more kick to it for the TV show.
I wanted to see where the Ellen May scene with the Sheriff would lead, but I guess we will have to wait and see.
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Mar 4, 2013 22:38:40 GMT -5
Yes, the novel came after the TV series began. The characters first appeared in an Elmore Leonard short story titled "Fire in the Hole," which featured Raylan and Boyd Crowder.
I'm such a fanatic of this show that I've read all of Leonard's published material on the characters.
What strikes me about the show is how they've taken these characters and fleshed them out way beyond what Elmore Leonard wrote, while still keeping true to the amazing dialogue style of Leonard himself.
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