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Taboo |OT| TV miniseries starring Tom Hardy, Tuesdays on FX / Saturdays on BBC One
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The shirt is way too long.
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mysocksarepink
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I couldn't get into this after the first episode. Does it get better?
Depends on why you didn't get into it. Pacing of the show doesn't show, it keeps its somewhat slow and methodological way of telling its narrative and building the world. Things do start to ramp up tho and the game is on so events start to unfold.
Cornballer
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What do you mean by "better"? It doesn't change tone and style although obviously as the threads of narrative start to coalesce it does pick up more pace and urgency but unless it goes full ham in its closing episodes it doesn't change much: it's murky, opaque and methodical and probably plays better the more you know about that period (and like terrific actors delivering interesting performances)
AbortedWalrusFetus
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I think my favorite thing about this series is there literally are no "good guys." Every character in it is repulsive.
dead souls
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I'm still watching. It's not bad, but it is pretty damn boring.
Sorry bro, I'll hopefully remember next week ._.
tearsintherain
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I enjoy it for how brutal it shows life 200 years ago was. You hear people always talking about how they would like to live in simpler times blah blah but goddamn most people today would not be able to survive in that day and age. Every other scene was basically "fuck me, I am glad I didn't live back then".
The husband is growing on me, he is literally completely clueless and does the exact opposite of sensible every chance. He is mega racist George Costanza.
Voodoo sex was weird as fuck. I really can't get a handle on this show - what James is trying to do (sell gunpowder to China?), if magic is real or not, and what the British, East India Company, and America spies are trying to do. I'm always in though for a show that keeps me guessing.
Decided to pick up the show today and burned through the first three episodes. I read some of the comments here beforehand and had also heard from friends that people find this show slow, but there's something with this one that managed to set its hooks with me. Love the methodical pacing, the great acting, the production values and the constant sense of dread. I can see the pacing being on the slower side, but there's no way I consider this show more "boring" than, for example, "The Americans" which is another fantastic show.
More_Badass
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Same here. It's slow burn and it doesn't answer much yet, but Hardy's character, the grimy setting, and the wider intrigue between America, England, and the East India keeps the show quite compelling
CreeperBlocks
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I know this is going to be a werid comparison but there's something about this show that reminds me of the Hannibal tv series, the seasons two and three at least. The slow pace, the untrustworthy characters, the dark subject matter. But you keep coming back for more.
Tom Hardy's performance is what keeps this show going. He has no equal on this show, not yet at least. The supporting cast is fine but this is Tom Hardy's show from the beginning and he established that.
Tom Hardy's performance is what keeps this show going. He has no equal on this show, not yet at least. The supporting cast is fine but this is Tom Hardy's show from the beginning and he established that.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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The american agent the doctor has been great imo.
More_Badass
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Nootka is in a crucial spot for trading.
America, England, and East India all want it so they can trade with the Chinese.
James has the same goals, and wants to trade gunpower for pelts from China. Thus the whole thing about wanting a monopoly
boneyjangles
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Possibly. I thought Locke was very dull. A man on a phone in a car talking about cement.
This has a lot more going for it. I wouldn't say it's particularly good, but it has it's merits (sets, costumes, music, Jonathan Pryce). Tom Hardy mumbles, whispers and stares his way though it as expected.
Spiral Insanity
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Locke was intense, had me glued to my screen.
Taboo is a bit too much written as a dude-fantasy. Reminds me of The Witcher actually.
Taboo is a bit too much written as a dude-fantasy. Reminds me of The Witcher actually.
I think they did overextend her role being to look wide eyed surprised: one more of few narrative flaws thus far. She should be more pivotal really. That said seems they're going somewhere with her character finally even if the path seems obvious as teased.
Hardy and his constant 'hmm's'. I liked that scene on the fireplace though. Finally some emotions surfacing.
Into the Light
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Haha my Gf has picked up on his constant hmmm's she mimics him now lol.
Cornballer
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New episode tonight:
Yeah nice to see some emotion poking through.
He will not stand for a weak banana game.
They didn't listen to you
No. No they did not.
Cornballer
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- Onion A|V Club review
EDIT:
The Ringer's The Watch Podcast took a crack at a video recap of last week's episode. I lol'd.
EDIT:
The Ringer's The Watch Podcast took a crack at a video recap of last week's episode. I lol'd.
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