Big Love Season 4 January 10, 9 PM on HBO - Blu-ray Forum

krazyclown · 12-30-2009, 05:21 PM

Any one watch this show.

Secretagentnumber6 · 12-30-2009, 05:23 PM

I have watched it since the beginning. I do love the show, but I feel it would be best to finish the storyline in this season or perhaps one more after this. If not I feel they will be distressing the stories and stretching it out especially after what happened at the end of last season.

krazyclown · 12-30-2009, 05:48 PM

This is Amanda Seyfried last season

I rember Chloe Sevigny saying in an interview i saw last season it was planed for 8 seasons

season 4 trailer link http://www.hbo.com/biglove/index.html

WyldeMan45 · 03-08-2010, 06:44 PM

There are several moments in "End of Days" where Bill is confronted with the hypocrisy, selfishness and destructiveness of his actions, first by Don, then by Marilyn, then by Barb. Considering what a monster the character has become, these should be satisfying moments of reckoning. But they're not, because Bill Henrickson is so lacking in any kind of self-awareness, so consumed with a belief system that, as Marilyn notes, is really "just another excuse for f--king around," that he's incapable of feeling shame or remorse. It doesn't matter if the wake-up call is coming from a hated enemy like Marilyn, or the best friend Bill betrayed, or his #1 wife - Bill had a testimony, and he's going to follow that no matter who gets hurt in the process, end scene.

And while I've been known to obsess on TV shows with reprehensible main characters who are incapable of learning or changing (Tony Soprano, to name one), those shows came with charismatic actors in those roles, and/or such assured storytelling around the anti-hero that I accepted the lack of growth as the price of admission. But as played by Bill Paxton, Bill is an incredibly bland and opaque main character. The show's storytelling this year has become such a ridiculous mess - trying to stuff what felt like three seasons worth of plot and character arcs into a 9-episode bag - that I'm finding it hard to care about any of it.

The acting by many of the female castmembers (here the wives plus Melora Walters as Wanda and Mary Kay Place as Adaleen) is still great, even if the characters' journeys only sometimes make sense (Nicki's arc, in particular, was all over the map this year). That, plus my vague curiosity at seeing how much ruin descends on the family now that Bill has stupidly come out of the closet, may keep me watching through gritted teeth next season. But this year was a pretty spectacular creative failure, and I hope the creative team is more capable of learning from its mistakes than Bill is.

KASR · 05-05-2010, 04:58 PM

I've been sooo curious about this show - I'm gonna have to pull the trigger sooner or later.

Gamma_Winstead · 05-05-2010, 05:54 PM

I lost interest in the show after the first two episodes. Its pretty bland, and frankly not interesting. 50 minutes of the wives complaining and Bill doing jack shit doesn't appeal to me.

WyldeMan45 · 05-05-2010, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by gamma626

I lost interest in the show after the first two episodes. Its pretty bland, and frankly not interesting. 50 minutes of the wives complaining and Bill doing jack shit doesn't appeal to me.

You know I've watched this show for 4 seasons now, and I still don't even know why, lol. It's not that I like it, I think their portrayal of their religion is just insanely funny to me. I just shake my head and ask myself "there's no way this is real!" sometimes they seem to make fun of the Mormon religion more than South Park.

My all-time 2 favorite quotes from the show:

I'll never forget when Nikki yelled "sex is for procreation not recreation!"

Or when Bill started dating looking for a 4th wife and proclaimed "You're my wife!! Who I date is none of your business!"

Gamma_Winstead · 05-05-2010, 07:20 PM

Yeah. It's honestly not that good. I HATE the kind of drama in this show. Nikki pisses me off most.

WyldeMan45 · 05-05-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by gamma626

Yeah. It's honestly not that good. I HATE the kind of drama in this show. Nikki pisses me off most.

The past season was beyond ridiculous. Bill suddenly "getting the calling" to sun for senator, while his family is completely falling apart, and they crammed it all into 9 episodes, when it felt like 2 separate seasons. It was easily the worst season of the entire series. I originally watched because they seem to like to use the kids from Veronica Mars on it, with Lily, Mack and even Beaver all showing up at one time or another, but even though Amanda Seyfrield is their daughter she has barely been on it. Somehow they manage to cast Aaron Paul who is phenomenal on Breaking Bad, and he was working double duty here and was never given anything to do, they completely wasted AP.

fatediesel · 05-05-2010, 08:49 PM

The last season was horrible, even Chloe Sevigny admitted it. This was Amanda Seyfried's last season on the show, so I would assume Aaron Paul will be gone as well. I'm going to be curious how they go after the season finale, which was a bit of a game changer.

WyldeMan45 · 05-05-2010, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fatediesel

The last season was horrible, even Chloe Sevigny admitted it. This was Amanda Seyfried's last season on the show, so I would assume Aaron Paul will be gone as well. I'm going to be curious how they go after the season finale, which was a bit of a game changer.

I still couldn't believe they came out publicly lol, Political FAIL!

Gamma_Winstead · 05-06-2010, 01:10 AM

I'm pretty sure Amanda doesn't like the show either.

WyldeMan45 · 05-06-2010, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by gamma626

I'm pretty sure Amanda doesn't like the show either.

Yeah and she makes horrible movies too! Lol, when oh when are they going to put her in good films?!?!?!

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12-30-2009, 05:21 PM	#1
krazyclown Expert Member Member since:May 2008 Location:Clementon NJ 4K collection:190 Blu-ray collection:1122 Blu-ray reviews:1	Big Love Season 4 January 10, 9 PM on HBO Any one watch this show.

12-30-2009, 05:23 PM	#2
Secretagentnumber6 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:St Louis Area Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:212 Trading Score:4	I have watched it since the beginning. I do love the show, but I feel it would be best to finish the storyline in this season or perhaps one more after this. If not I feel they will be distressing the stories and stretching it out especially after what happened at the end of last season.

12-30-2009, 05:48 PM	#3
krazyclown Expert Member Member since:May 2008 Location:Clementon NJ 4K collection:190 Blu-ray collection:1122 Blu-ray reviews:1	This is Amanda Seyfried last season I rember Chloe Sevigny saying in an interview i saw last season it was planed for 8 seasons season 4 trailer link http://www.hbo.com/biglove/index.html

03-08-2010, 06:44 PM	#4
WyldeMan45 Banned Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Western Washington Blu-ray collection:49 Trading Score:15	There are several moments in "End of Days" where Bill is confronted with the hypocrisy, selfishness and destructiveness of his actions, first by Don, then by Marilyn, then by Barb. Considering what a monster the character has become, these should be satisfying moments of reckoning. But they're not, because Bill Henrickson is so lacking in any kind of self-awareness, so consumed with a belief system that, as Marilyn notes, is really "just another excuse for f--king around," that he's incapable of feeling shame or remorse. It doesn't matter if the wake-up call is coming from a hated enemy like Marilyn, or the best friend Bill betrayed, or his #1 wife - Bill had a testimony, and he's going to follow that no matter who gets hurt in the process, end scene. And while I've been known to obsess on TV shows with reprehensible main characters who are incapable of learning or changing (Tony Soprano, to name one), those shows came with charismatic actors in those roles, and/or such assured storytelling around the anti-hero that I accepted the lack of growth as the price of admission. But as played by Bill Paxton, Bill is an incredibly bland and opaque main character. The show's storytelling this year has become such a ridiculous mess - trying to stuff what felt like three seasons worth of plot and character arcs into a 9-episode bag - that I'm finding it hard to care about any of it. The acting by many of the female castmembers (here the wives plus Melora Walters as Wanda and Mary Kay Place as Adaleen) is still great, even if the characters' journeys only sometimes make sense (Nicki's arc, in particular, was all over the map this year). That, plus my vague curiosity at seeing how much ruin descends on the family now that Bill has stupidly come out of the closet, may keep me watching through gritted teeth next season. But this year was a pretty spectacular creative failure, and I hope the creative team is more capable of learning from its mistakes than Bill is.

05-05-2010, 04:58 PM	#5
KASR Expert Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Pornographic Movie Set Home Theater Gallery:36 Blu-ray collection:65	I've been sooo curious about this show - I'm gonna have to pull the trigger sooner or later.

05-05-2010, 05:54 PM	#6
Gamma_Winstead Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:U.S.G. Ishimura 4K collection:118 Blu-ray collection:764 Blu-ray reviews: 36 Trading Score:6	I lost interest in the show after the first two episodes. Its pretty bland, and frankly not interesting. 50 minutes of the wives complaining and Bill doing jack shit doesn't appeal to me.

05-05-2010, 07:20 PM	#8
Gamma_Winstead Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:U.S.G. Ishimura 4K collection:118 Blu-ray collection:764 Blu-ray reviews: 36 Trading Score:6	Yeah. It's honestly not that good. I HATE the kind of drama in this show. Nikki pisses me off most.

05-05-2010, 08:49 PM	#10
fatediesel Blu-ray Count Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Iowa Blu-ray collection:410 Trading Score:47	The last season was horrible, even Chloe Sevigny admitted it. This was Amanda Seyfried's last season on the show, so I would assume Aaron Paul will be gone as well. I'm going to be curious how they go after the season finale, which was a bit of a game changer.

05-06-2010, 01:10 AM	#12
Gamma_Winstead Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:U.S.G. Ishimura 4K collection:118 Blu-ray collection:764 Blu-ray reviews: 36 Trading Score:6	I'm pretty sure Amanda doesn't like the show either.

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