I remember where I was when BIG LOVE first premiered on HBO. I also remember thinking, "wow they are starting the series with Bill Paxton showing his bare ass." I remember really enjoying the show. Including the use of God Only Knows by the Beach Boys as the show's theme. Well, many years later I now watch Big Love as if it were a great car that broken down almost overnight. I am trying like hell to still enjoy Big Love but they are making it SUPER difficult. Here are a list of some of my general complaints:
Don;t believe me? I kid you not when I sum up one of the critical plot lines by saying "A polygamist mormon teams up with native americans to open up a family friendly casino in Utah." Huh? Can anyone wrap there freaking headed around that. Doesn't it sound like I am just making up sentences using random nouns? Thats the plot folks.
While watching episode one of season four I heard the super annoying Nicolette use the terms fry sauce? Really. I just heard ketchup referred to as "fry sauce." Come on how much longer are they trying to relay to us that she is "folksy" and isn't as "progressive/modern" as the other wives. She grew up in a polygamist compound. Her ridiculous hair and dress give it away. I get it! We are four seasons in. You don't have beat me over the head with it by having her refer to ketchup as fry sauce. It's unnecessary.
Septuagenarians trying to kill one another. What is with this storyline continuing after more than four seasons. At first it was very dark, then it was kind of funny watching old people trying to kill each other but now its just absurd. Its not funny anymore watching old people try to stab each other. As a matter of fact it's so bad it makes me want to stab myself.
Damnit BIG LOVE get it together. Please, or might have to find something else to do with my Sunday Night. Because at this point, its not TV, it's not HBO, it's just pathetic.
The Casino is over the line in Idaho (gambling is illegal in Utah), and in fact casinos DO target Mormon clientele (try googling "Wendover, Nevada"), AND Mormons are heavily into the gambling infrastructure in general (check out "Valley National Bank" and / or the history of Vegas in general). And there are Tribal casinos in every state surrounding Utah. So what's your problem?
ReplyDeleteIt so happens "Fry Sauce" is not something to make Nicki look like a hick, it's a regional thing: all restaurants and drive ins in Salt Lake City serve fry sauce (it's one part Ketchup to one part Mayo, which Nicki was trying to mix together from the little packets. The writers were quite on target-- I was impressed.
As far as Lois and Frank, to each their own. Personally, I enjoy the story.
i hate that show
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