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Martin Freeman » Richard III » July 20, 2014 3:18 am

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I loathe Brantley, so I hadn't even bothered reading his take on it.  Variety gave it a very good review, and I've seen a few other solid ones as well.  I haven't been paying much attention though since I'm not seeing it.

Awards » Emmy nominations for HLV » July 11, 2014 4:30 pm

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I think that BAFTA's are more about real acting than Emmy. Very often is more how much the producer and the broadcaster advertise and promote the show to the jury. If you will see an increase of interviews about Sherlock in USA, maybe they have a chance.

Well, yes and no.  The BAFTAs are making their selection from a much, much smaller pool of nominees.  The campaigning that goes on prior to Emmy nominations is so that voters remember you exist.  There are literally hundreds of shows and performers that are eligible to be nominated and it's impossible for voters to remember them all.  For Your Consideration ads, screeners, interviews with the actors & creative teams, etc. is for voter awareness.  They can't vote for you if they don't know you exist or they've forgotten about you.

I don't see how the Emmys are any better or worse than the BAFTAs in recognizing talent.  In fact, just looking at the Lead Actor field, two of the nominees are previous BAFTA winners.  Two more are previous BAFTA nominees.  Who in the Lead Actor field doesn't deserve to be there or is only there because of campaigning?  I fail to see who is coasting on hype alone.

They are against FARGO who at the moment push only BBT and Allison Tolman (with a few interviews about Hanks as well). Nothing about Martin Freeman, thought he got two nominations - i knew it right at the CC TV Awards that he had no chance, as well when the interviewer on red carpet didn't ask BBT a thing about MF ( like, you are against your colleague, your thoughts, blah blah blah) and when MF didn't bother to come to the awards.

There are no interviews with Martin Freeman because he's not available to do them.  Allison Tolman is brand new to the business and not working on anything else.  Billy Bob Thornton is a busy man but he lives in Los Angeles so he certainly has an easier job making time for this sort of stuff than Martin does.  

And the Critics Choice Television Awards

Awards » Emmy nominations for HLV » July 11, 2014 3:17 pm

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Swanpride wrote:

The last time they got thirteen nominations and won none....so I wouldn't be too excited yet.

Yeah, they're not going home with much if they go home with anything.

They're not winning any of the big ones.  The Normal Heart will win movie.  Mark Ruffalo or one of the Fargo boys will win Lead Actor.  Supporting Actor will go to Matt Bomer, though there is a tiny (very tiny) sliver of a chance that Martin could win in an upset.  Fargo will win Directing.  I expect The Normal Heart to win writing, I don't see the Emmys passing up a chance to award Larry Kramer, but if it doesn't go to him then that will be another win for Fargo.

They could do better in the tech categories, but I imagine Fargo and The Normal Heart will get most of the love there as well.  I expect Fargo to win Cinematography (especially since they have two nominations) and Editing (three nominations).  I don't see Sherlock winning casting when they only have two acting nominations (compared to The Normal Heart's 6, American Horror Story's 5, and Fargo's 4).  

So, yeah, slim pickings for Sherlock at the Emmys this year.  They could do well in the Sound categories.  They could take Original Dramatic Score.  I'd actually be really pleased if they did since that's an award they should have won twice by now.  I don't even know why they're nominated for their costumes.

Awards » Emmy nominations for HLV » July 10, 2014 5:03 pm

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SusiGo wrote:

Yes, awards can never be really fair. I appreciate that the Golden Globes at least do drama and comedy separately. 

The Emmys also separate drama and comedy.
 

Martin Freeman » Fargo Discussion (WITH SPOILERS) » June 20, 2014 6:53 pm

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I didn't love the finale, but I mostly enjoyed it.  I do think "A Fox, A Rabbit, and a Cabbage" was the high point of the series, followed closely by "The Heap".  

I thought Molly's story to Lester was there for contrast.  Her story of morality (the man knows that the glove is useless to him so tosses it in hopes that somebody else will benefit) vs. the logic puzzle presented to him by Budge and Pepper.  The morality escapes him but the logic is obvious to him right away.  It gets right to the heart of what kind of person Lester is.

The end of Lester was very fitting, I thought.  I was hoping that we'd see him rotting behind bars with all of his lies finally exposed and nobody left to pass the blame to, but I was satisfied with what we were given.  I appreciate the symmetry of a man who a) lived in a constant state of fear, b) refused to face the consequences of his own actions, and c) was both too dim and too arrogant to heed any signs of danger - dying because of, literally, those exact things.

I did feel like the finale wrapped things up a little too neatly and felt like it was a bit of a cop out to have both of the bad guys dead and the good guys living happily ever after.  Blech.  I would've been happier with one minor tweak to the ending actually - Gus going to jail.  I think it would have been an ending just unhappy enough to fit the darkness of the show without bringing permanent tragedy into the Solverson/Grimley family.  As it stands, I can buy that the Bemidji police would turn a blind eye to what happened in that cabin but I don't buy that they'd give him a citation for bravery.  Give me a break.

I felt like Molly was sidelined far too much in the finale.  I'm happy that she gets to be Chief, I love the scene with her and Bill (probably my favorite of the finale and a lovely showcase for Bob Odenkirk), but I wanted her to take down at least one of those guys and I'm upset that she didn't get that.  Yes, she got the satisfaction o

Music » Actors/actresses who also happen to be able to sing/piano/etc... » May 30, 2014 3:42 am

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Bertie Carvel!  I don't think very many Sherlock fans took an interest in him after seeing him in The Blind Banker, sadly, but he's a tremendously talented actor and he's got an incredible voice.  Not just as a singer (though he does sing beautifully) but using his voice to create a character.

Here he is as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical.  This is a really great example of him doing a character voice while singing.  




And here's a clip of him recording a song for the Broadway cast recording.  I just love seeing him do the voice without the costume. 




And here he is singing (with Lara Pulver, also relevant to this board) with his own voice.  There's a few minutes of dialogue at the start of this video, singing starts at 3:00.


TV Programmes » Hannibal » May 29, 2014 8:10 pm

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I loved season two and the finale was my third favorite episode of television this season (just behind Breaking Bad's "Ozymandias" and True Detective's "Who Goes There?").  

**********SPOILERS**********









Hannibal gutting Will was everything I could've hoped for it to be.  I loved it so much.

Both Bryan Fuller and Hugh Dancy have confirmed that Will survives (as he did in the books).  We still haven't gotten to the events of Red Dragon yet and Will needs to be around for that so they can't kill him off.  Yet.

It sounds like the fate of Jack is up to Laurence Fishburne and whether or not he wants to come back to the show. 










**********END SPOILERS**********

Martin Freeman » Fargo Discussion (WITH SPOILERS) » May 27, 2014 6:56 pm

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zeratul wrote:

Well I didn't watch the clip.
But the behavior of the police about the guy tucked to a gun was typically american police to me... Shoot on everything that moves, until it stops, even if it is moving because of the impact of your bullets...

Also the whole attitude of the police "investigating" is quite clichee...

I see.  Well, I'd ask for examples because if something is "typical" then providing evidence of such should be no problem, however I can already tell that I wouldn't be given any so I won't bother.  The only response I have at this point is that "shoot on everything that moves, until it stops" is absolutely not a typical American law enforcement response.  Which is why it's on television.  Because a heightened reality is the only place something that nuts would ever be deemed acceptable and because it's something that carries shock value (shocking = not typical).  I will also point out that all of the tv critics who reviewed that episode pointed to that specific scene as the most unbelievable thing that's happened on the show so far.  Including the fish.

I obviously made a mistake in thinking this was going to be a thoughtful conversation about violence in media when really it was just excuse to wag fingers at dumb 'mericans and their dumb SWAT teams.  I apologize.  Please carry on, I won't interrupt again.

Martin Freeman » Fargo Discussion (WITH SPOILERS) » May 27, 2014 6:55 pm

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tonnaree wrote:

Holy crap.  What show is that clip from?

Utopia.  It's a good show, but very intense and doesn't hold back on the violence.  Definitely not for everyone.  It's getting a remake in the US.  I don't remember what network is doing it, but David Fincher is directing so it will certainly get a lot of attention when it's released.
 

Martin Freeman » Fargo Discussion (WITH SPOILERS) » May 27, 2014 6:54 pm

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The Television Critics Association Awards have announced their 2014 nominees meaning that Fargo has their first nominations of the season.

Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials
American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
Broadchurch (BBC America)
Fargo (FX)
The Returned (SundanceTV)
True Detective (HBO)

Outstanding New Program
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
Fargo (FX)
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Sleepy Hollow (Fox)
True Detective (HBO)

True Detective is obviously going to win (and, interestingly, was nominated in both Drama and Miniseries categories), but it's still a nice way to kick off the season. 

Martin Freeman » Fargo Discussion (WITH SPOILERS) » May 26, 2014 9:27 pm

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Russell wrote:

Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing the stereotypical reputation our Hollywood has sometimes with attitude towards violence, but it struck me curious/very intriguing that a couple of you so far have thrown up your hands so to speak about the show being 'typical american style'. Maybe not so much in certain specific ways or same style, but aren't shows in other countries like that sometimes? I know the Brits definitely have a dark (or more dry?) humor thing going on at times and reputation for different style of tv shows, but… yeah, again, it's the way in which they show it.

Just saying it doesn't seem purely an 'american' thing so much as also a 'Fargo'/Coen brothers thing, and just found it thoughtfully interesting people put it that way. Depends on the person's sense of humor/okayness with it, I suppose (I mean, I enjoy the also-guilty Game of Thrones, but wouldn't watch Dexter or Hannibal). I even found the last one a little over the top, but… eh, we're all still watching for Martin, aren't we?

I agree.  It sort of makes me laugh when these kind of stereotypes pop up because people are usually looking through a very narrow lense.  I don't see American shows in this genre as any more violent/gory/shocking than shows in this genre from any other country.  You could, perhaps, make an argument about the prevalence of guns but that's really about it.  I don't think Fargo is any more violent or upsetting than what I saw of Utopia or Misfits, for example, but maybe that's just me.

I find this far more stomach turning than anything that's been on Fargo (made doubly so, since it aired a month after the Sandy Hook massacre):




I understand people having an aversion to violence when they're looking for entertainment.  Even as somebody who doesn't mind it (I like noir, detective stories, and dark humor so violence often plays a part in the things I enjoy) I sometimes fi

Martin Freeman » Fargo Discussion (WITH SPOILERS) » May 14, 2014 5:05 am

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Honestly, I was expecting them to go all out with it and have the wounded hand be completely in his mind because nobody but Lester was paying any attention to it and it was starting to drive me crazy.  The fact that he made it through a hospital stay and an arrest (!!!) without it being noticed was completely unbelievable to me.  The hand would've been treated before he ever made it into a cell, I don't care what sort of backwards small town he's in.  But it's been (somewhat) addressed now so I guess I can get over it and enjoy the rest of the story.    

I loved Molly this episode.  She's still my favorite.  I can't wait for her to take Lester's sorry ass down.

Martin Freeman » Fargo Discussion (WITH SPOILERS) » May 13, 2014 7:46 pm

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I'm really starting to wonder if they're going for some sort of Tell-Tale Heart thing with Lester's hand.  My viewing buddy says I'm crazy, but it wouldn't surprise me.  At this point, I think it would actually make more sense than if they were playing it straight.

Martin Freeman » Favourite Martin pics » May 8, 2014 3:27 pm

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TeeJay wrote:

Seems like it is a screencap or still from his movie Dedication.

It's from Sir Ian McKellen's one-man-show in Wellington to earn money for a theatre that was badly damaged in the Christchurch earthquake.  Martin was there, along with the rest of the Hobbit cast, carrying a big bucket and collecting money.  The message he's holding up was just a typical hello to somebody's friend.




 

Martin Freeman » Fargo Discussion (WITH SPOILERS) » May 8, 2014 1:31 am

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I didn't really love last night's episode, but I was very pleased that my theory regarding where the Supermarket King got his money turned out to be correct.  And I did love how Lester's plan backfired.  The final shot of the episode was delightful.

Series Four Suggestions & Ideas » Who would you like to play Harriet? » May 8, 2014 1:29 am

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Apart from being very unimpressed by the nepotistic casting on this show, that's not possible.  Martin's sister died several years ago.

Sherlock Games » Cabin Pressure Quote Hangman » May 4, 2014 12:06 am

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Sherlock Games » Cabin Pressure Quote Hangman » May 3, 2014 10:07 pm

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Sherlock Games » Cabin Pressure Quote Hangman » May 3, 2014 9:00 pm

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Sherlock Games » Cabin Pressure Quote Hangman » May 3, 2014 8:44 pm

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It's a classic.    Here's a new one.

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