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And the farther you get from the Upper Midwest, the more room there is to explore the cultural distances involved.

Kansas City is only the beginning! Ten years from now, I want to see a season of Fargo set in Tokyo! :D

(Speaking of which, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter, about a Japanese woman who is obsessed with Fargo the movie, loses touch with reality, and travels to Minnesota to find the lost ransom money.)
 
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Excuse me but, and speaking as someone who grew up in the Twin Cities, I can assure you that if Fargo is another planet, Kansas City is another universe. And my Twin Cities friends from the farmlands in central/northern Minnesota certainly brought a "Fargo feel" and sensibility with them, complete with the accent.

My only point was, from the clip and apart from a couple of instances, I didn't see (in your own words) the Fargo "state of mind" that was so (endearing) in the movie. I can accept that the franchise now will use any connection to Fargo as a justification for having a new season and location in the "Fargo" franchise--I suspect 2 years from now we'll have a "Fargo" season set in Phoenix/Arizona, where some Minnesotans at least used to Winter in. And then perhaps, a season in L.A., where many people have moved to. Egads, it's CBS NCI all over again. ;)

And hey, maybe the new season will work and prove me wrong, and actually have a "Fargo" sensibility to it. Just not seeing that in the preview--it could just as easily be called, "Kansas City."
The preview I saw (the one posted earlier in this thread or another) had that Fargo feel to it. It's really always been a crime story about eccentric characters, set in the snow to give it that upper Midwest feel. I thought that preview showed that. But in reality, the show is more of an homage to the Coen Bros. as much as about Fargo and not all Coen Bros movies took place in the Upper Midwest. Fargo, arguably is the most famous of all the Coen Bros. movies so this is more a series in the style of Fargo than having to be set there. At least that's my take.
 
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The beauty of Fargo is the Coen Brothers. Even though they take place in different places, with different characters, and different film genres, of their movies have a quirky, edgy feel to them that makes them creepy and funny and crazy and weird. I think the TV series tries to mirror all of that oddness, regardless of where the story takes place.

I am a huge fan. But I still think their first - Blood Simple - is their best. If you have never seen it, you should!

So. Freakin'. GOOD!!!
 
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The beauty of Fargo is the Coen Brothers. Even though they take place in different places, with different characters, and different film genres, of their movies have a quirky, edgy feel to them that makes them creepy and funny and crazy and weird. I think the TV series tries to mirror all of that oddness, regardless of where the story takes place.

I am a huge fan. But I still think their first - Blood Simple - is their best. If you have never seen it, you should!

So. Freakin'. GOOD!!!
Great another movie I have to go back and watch!! Thanks, I've never seen that one, and I've seen most of their stuff. I keep meaning to go back and watch Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski sometime with my son who's recently gotten into Fargo.
 
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I need to see Blood Simple too. If it's like Fargo or The Big Lebowski that's great, but I couldn't stand Raising Arizona. I've tried to re-watch it a few times, but I just hate it.
I added Blood Simple to my queue on Amazon Prime (I think it's $4). I'm with you on Fargo. I don't get The Big Lebowski at all. I finally watched it and it's horrible, absolutely horrible.
 
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I need to see Blood Simple too. If it's like Fargo or The Big Lebowski that's great, but I couldn't stand Raising Arizona. I've tried to re-watch it a few times, but I just hate it.
Now that I think about it, maybe the reason I hate Raising Arizona is because the worst actor in the world is in it (Nic Cage). I wonder if I would have liked it with someone else in the role?
 
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I'll take your word for it, because I've yet to see it. IMO, the only movie that he didn't ruin was National Treasure and that's only because ANYONE could have played that role and it would have been the same movie.

When I watch a good actor, I see the character they're portraying for the duration of the film. When I watch Cage, I see an actor acting like the character he's portraying.

Big difference.
 
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Yeah, but a lot of actors are like that. Tom Cruise is probably the best example (best as in good); he's always the same basic character, but he sometimes does very interesting things with it. Burt Reynolds was the same. Kevin Costner. Meg Ryan.

I think the difference with Cage is that the character he always plays is so...odd.
 
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Nope - that's not it (for me anyway). It's not that Cage basically plays the same character each time. It's that I can see him acting. When I watch a good actor, I don't see them "acting" - they simply are the character. With Cage I can see him in the act of acting, if that makes sense.

Put another-but-similar way - when I watch a good actor play John Smith, I see John Smith. When I see Nic Cage play John Smith, I see Nic Cage playing John Smith.
 
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Yeah but... Cage is hilarious as himself. I enjoy watching many of his roles for basically that reason. It's not so much "what's this character going to do" as "what's that Nic Cage going to do now?"

And I don't mind that. I find it entertaining and that's why I'm there: to be entertained.
 
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Yeah, said it in the Watchmen thread, but the plan from the start was pretty much 1 season.
Damon Lindelof said all along he was only doing 1 season

This one makes me sad, Better Call Saul ending after 6th season.
Seems like a perfect run, glad it's planned out and can't wait for the last 2 seasons!
And saw the last season was 13 eps vs the normal 10
 
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I need to see Blood Simple too. If it's like Fargo or The Big Lebowski that's great, but I couldn't stand Raising Arizona. I've tried to re-watch it a few times, but I just hate it.
I liked Blood Simple and Loved Fargo. Hated Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski. In fact, I don't think I've fully watched either one. Tried a few times. Gave up.
 
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