New HBO mini-series this month. John Adams - Page 2

lew · 03-17-2008, 10:39 AM

It was great last night. This is going to be an awesome series

Publius · 03-17-2008, 10:41 AM

Fuck, I completely forgot about this.

Stylerod · 03-17-2008, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by David Octavius

Good so far but I wished they showed more of the fighting to show just how outmatched and desperate the situation was in the beginning

I think that might be coming. But I'm not sure how much they want it to be a war movie.

This weekend was the Battle at Guilford Courthouse reenactment in Greensboro, NC. That battle is considered by many to be the turning point in the revolutionary war. I wonder if they will talk about it at some point of the series.

lew · 03-17-2008, 10:45 AM

Yeah, the series is rated PG, so I doubt much gore and violence will be in the movie. Even though they showed that guy's cock when he was getting tarred and feathered.

Stylerod · 03-17-2008, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by lew

Yeah, the series is rated PG, so I doubt much gore and violence will be in the movie. Even though they showed that guy's cock when he was getting tarred and feathered.

Yeah they did. Man, you know. I have heard of tar and feathering but I never really thought of it as a form of torture, more humiliation. But last night watching that I'm thinking "Fuck, that tar is boiling." I mean, I would guess most people died after that, right? If not outright but from infection after.

motivez · 03-17-2008, 02:02 PM

Have it recorded, haven't seen it yet though.. sometime this week when I have time

Hooray for the DVR

Stylerod · 03-17-2008, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by motivez

Have it recorded, haven't seen it yet though.. sometime this week when I have time

Hooray for the DVR

I just watched it again with my wife. She is one of the brightest people I know, but she knows nothing about our history. So she asked me to watch it with her because she had a ton of questions. I think it was even better the 2nd time.

David Octavius · 03-17-2008, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by motivez

Have it recorded, haven't seen it yet though.. sometime this week when I have time

Hooray for the DVR

SPOILER ALERT! America wins the revolution, John Adams becomes our 2nd President and lives to a ripe old age!!!

HAHA

Phantom · 03-17-2008, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by Stylerod

Yeah they did. Man, you know. I have heard of tar and feathering but I never really thought of it as a form of torture, more humiliation. But last night watching that I'm thinking "Fuck, that tar is boiling." I mean, I would guess most people died after that, right? If not outright but from infection after.

That's what I was thinking too.

When I read about tar and feathering as a kid, I figured the guy might just take a (difficult) shower afterwards and suffer from a little humiliation. What they depicted looked cruel.

Ardentfrost · 03-17-2008, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by David Octavius

SPOILER ALERT! America wins the revolution, John Adams becomes our 2nd President and lives to a ripe old age!!!

HAHA

Thanks for ruining the whole show for me!

Publius · 03-17-2008, 03:29 PM

From the wiki on tarring & feathering....

First degree burns are sustained after a split second contact with a material that is about 70 °C (160 °F). The same is also sustained after thirty seconds of contact with 55 °C (130 °F) material. The tar of that period was of such a quality that it only melted at about 60 °C (140 °F). At temperatures of 60 °C (140 °F) burns can be created with a three second contact. The thin tar layer presumably cooled quickly; nevertheless, the victims possibly sustained some burns in addition to their humiliation.

RMNIXON · 03-17-2008, 04:12 PM

David!

You Bastard!

thomez · 03-17-2008, 08:01 PM

I've always thought of the tar being like hot candle wax, but a lil' hotter

thewise1 · 03-18-2008, 06:40 AM

I'm in the same boat. That looked painful

Publius · 03-18-2008, 10:09 AM

I realized yesterday on my way home from work, after weeks of anticipation about this show, that we don't have HBO (didn't pay for it because we don't ever watch it, we typically watch the various Showtime series).

Galactic Gigolo · 03-19-2008, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by Publius

I realized yesterday on my way home from work, after weeks of anticipation about this show, that we don't have HBO (didn't pay for it because we don't ever watch it, we typically watch the various Showtime series).

That's why God invented HDTV torrents.

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northhunter · 03-19-2008, 09:40 PM

Our cable provider has on demand for certian specials and this is one of them. We can watch episodes 1 & 2 whenever we want with others to follow. It's like having them on DVD, they stop where you stop and you can come back hours or days later and resume watching. First time I was actually glad I paid for the service.
Having said all that I found the first two episodes very well written and directed. The acting was good as well, the whole family has now seen both episodes in their entirety.

nikudi · 03-25-2008, 11:54 PM

Hi does anyone kno who plays the actor john jay in the series? Thank u

motivez · 03-26-2008, 12:07 AM

I don't

I just caught up on it yesterday though, and I'm really impressed.. Giamatti is absolutely fantastic..

HBO always seems to make stuff that's just so incredibly well made, it always sucks when they get done with something..

David Octavius · 03-26-2008, 03:42 PM

Ben Franklyn = cunning politician! (in a good way)