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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 10, 2016 0:21:04 GMT -5
I'm kinda of the opinion that his son did it tbh. Nah. OJ did it. He has a history of abuse against his ex-wife, could not explain cuts on his hand, or the fact he owned a pair of shoes identical to the ones the killer wore, and had a heated argument with his ex-wife the day of the killings. The civil trial lawyers tore him a new ass.
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Post by Some Guy on Feb 10, 2016 0:50:47 GMT -5
Tonight's episode proves that everyone is acting their asses off The MVP in my opinion is going to be Travolta, no questions Ehhh, Travolta has been outacted pretty heavily by Vance and Paulson so far. He just seems like the over the top performance of a big name to match their nuanced performances.
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Post by Lancers on Feb 10, 2016 0:52:28 GMT -5
Courtney B. Vance is Johnnie Cochran. It's beyond eerie.
HATED the Kardashian kids bit. So, so awful.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 10, 2016 1:46:17 GMT -5
Courtney B. Vance is Johnnie Cochran. It's beyond eerie. HATED the Kardashian kids bit. So, so awful. I still have these on DVR and haven't watched yet, but is it better than Phillip Morris doing his parody? Jackie Chilies on Seinfield?
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Feb 10, 2016 2:17:16 GMT -5
Courtney B. Vance is Johnnie Cochran. It's beyond eerie. HATED the Kardashian kids bit. So, so awful. K-A-R-D-A-S-H-I-A-N! Kardashian! Kardashian! Kardashian! Yay!!!
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Post by domrep on Feb 10, 2016 9:34:04 GMT -5
They took liberties w/the way OJ is portrayed right? Because no way was OJ acting like a 5 year old during the chase scene right?
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 10, 2016 11:16:29 GMT -5
"Starring Dennis Franz....as OJ SIMPSON"
"No Mr Simpson....a human is a living creature!"
"I DON'T CARE!!!!"
"Now I'm gonna stab me something sweet!"
"No Mr Simpson, that's murder. If you keep it up I'll yell so loud, the whole country will hear!"
"HAHAHAH, the man in the White House??? Not likely....HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHHH!!!!"
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Post by BRV on Feb 10, 2016 11:43:10 GMT -5
A few takeaways from episode 2:
- Having watched the ESPN 30 for 30 "June 17, 1994", which captured the drama and emotion of the Bronco chase better than any film or documentary ever has, I was pretty excited for this episode, knowing it revolved solely around OJ Simpson's run from justice. But, I don't know, it felt like the episode just left a lot to be desired. Some of the most gripping parts of the chase were the conversations between OJ and the police negotiator, where you can hear the sorrow in OJ's voice and almost feel the despondence as he's readying himself to die, yet that was relegated to one two-minute scene. Given that the chase was one of the seminal moments in American television history, I almost would have preferred they devote two episodes to it, because there's so much about it that was presumably left on the cutting room floor to save for time.
- Does anybody else feel like they're trying to make OJ a sympathetic figure? Maybe I'm looking at it from a different perspective because I think he was guilty and literally got away with murder, but I can't help but feel like the show is almost serving as a rehabilitation of OJ Simpson, that we're supposed to feel he was the victim of racism and corrupt police work more than anything else. I feel that way because it felt like every few minutes, the show would have someone deliver a line about how the police were only after him because he's black or that he was being set up because of the color of his skin.
- It's been mentioned several times before, but the awkward and totally unnecessary shoehorning in of the Kardashian kids is really irritating me. Granted it was only one scene, but there was zero reason to have the kids chant their family name or scream about seeing their father on television other than for the show's creators and executive producers to say, "Hey everybody! Here are those famous people, but 20 years ago!"
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Post by wisdomwizard on Feb 16, 2016 23:40:40 GMT -5
No one remembered it was on tonight?
Interesting scene with Robert's family there at the beginning, though not as much DAT F BOMB at the end.
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Post by Perd on Feb 16, 2016 23:46:00 GMT -5
Damn, Courtney B. Vance is great in this.
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Feb 17, 2016 0:15:22 GMT -5
If the portrayal of Marcia Clark is accurate, it's a shocker that she hasn't gotten lung cancer. She smokes more in 1 episode than a typical smoker does in a day.
It took a couple of episodes, but I'm taking Travolta's Shapiro seriously now.
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Post by cageking666 on Feb 17, 2016 6:46:52 GMT -5
No one remembered it was on tonight? Interesting scene with Robert's family there at the beginning, though not as much DAT F BOMB at the end. Work has been draining me nonstop but I can still catch it on demand
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Feb 17, 2016 8:37:38 GMT -5
No one remembered it was on tonight? Interesting scene with Robert's family there at the beginning, though not as much DAT F BOMB at the end. It seems like a couple of weeks into its run American Crime Story: The People vs OJ Simpson has gone from a dramatization of said murder case into the story of Robert Kardashian, a man who is just trying to prevent the Kardashian kids from becoming the kind of shitty people who turn out like the Kardashian kids. I kept laughing every time Robert referred to OJ as "uncle Juice". I can buy him raising his kids to think of Simpson as "uncle OJ". But "uncle Juice" is a bit much.
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Post by domrep on Feb 17, 2016 12:55:45 GMT -5
No one remembered it was on tonight? Interesting scene with Robert's family there at the beginning, though not as much DAT F BOMB at the end. It seems like a couple of weeks into its run American Crime Story: The People vs OJ Simpson has gone from a dramatization of said murder case into the story of Robert Kardashian, a man who is just trying to prevent the Kardashian kids from becoming the kind of shitty people who turn out like the Kardashian kids. I kept laughing every time Robert referred to OJ as "uncle Juice". I can buy him raising his kids to think of Simpson as "uncle OJ". But "uncle Juice" is a bit much. Everyone called him that apparently. "Hey it's Juice." Anyway, based on what I've read on the case, Clark and her team were supremely confident that they were going to win so it's cool to see the show capture that.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Feb 17, 2016 13:11:56 GMT -5
Anyway, based on what I've read on the case, Clark and her team were supremely confident that they were going to win so it's cool to see the show capture that. They had reason to be confident, but they were clearly overly so. They botched the living hell out of their case.
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 17, 2016 13:12:39 GMT -5
I saw the first episode. It seemed to me the producers wanted it to be about the Kardashians rather than OJ. Cuba Gooding's performance seems more like he's playing Rod Tidwell, rather than OJ Simpson, and John Travolta's performance is abysmal. I did like Courtney B Vance as Johnny Cochran though.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Feb 17, 2016 16:26:42 GMT -5
It seems like a couple of weeks into its run American Crime Story: The People vs OJ Simpson has gone from a dramatization of said murder case into the story of Robert Kardashian, a man who is just trying to prevent the Kardashian kids from becoming the kind of shitty people who turn out like the Kardashian kids. I kept laughing every time Robert referred to OJ as "uncle Juice". I can buy him raising his kids to think of Simpson as "uncle OJ". But "uncle Juice" is a bit much. Everyone called him that apparently. "Hey it's Juice." Anyway, based on what I've read on the case, Clark and her team were supremely confident that they were going to win so it's cool to see the show capture that. I know. It just seems weird to hear that nickname prefaced with the word "uncle". Plus it's funny to me that Robert Kardashian is constantly using his nickname. Like either he's the president of the OJ Simpson Fan Club or he trademarked "The Juice" and is trying to create brand awareness in order to sell merchandise.
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Post by BRV on Feb 17, 2016 17:28:04 GMT -5
It seems like a couple of weeks into its run American Crime Story: The People vs OJ Simpson has gone from a dramatization of said murder case into the story of Robert Kardashian, a man who is just trying to prevent the Kardashian kids from becoming the kind of shitty people who turn out like the Kardashian kids. I kept laughing every time Robert referred to OJ as "uncle Juice". I can buy him raising his kids to think of Simpson as "uncle OJ". But "uncle Juice" is a bit much. Among myself and well, any person I've talked to about "American Crime Story", we've all had the same criticism of the show: it's really quite good but the shoehorned Kardashian scenes are completely unnecessary and need to be removed from the show. The first scene of episode 3, literally the FIRST SCENE, is all about the Kardashian kids and their realization that fame and notoriety can get you where you need to be, rather than virtue or a good heart. If Kim never got more famous than being sex tape cannon fodder and if Kris never got more famous than marrying Bruce Jenner, not a single scene with the Kardashian family would be in the series. Why haven't we had a scene with the Shapiro family? Or the Bailey family? Hell, I don't even think O.J. Simpson's family gets as much play as the li'l Kardashians. But because they are who they are, the show's creators somehow feel the need to Poochie the living s**t out of the family even if it means sacrificing the overall quality of the show. Don't get me wrong, the show has been great so far, despite its foibles here and there, but I could really do without the giant neon sign screaming HEY DO YOU KNOW THESE KIDS ARE FAMOUS NOW blasting me in the face anytime Robert Kardashian is on screen.
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Post by Perd on Feb 17, 2016 17:42:18 GMT -5
Yeah, the use of the Kardashians is about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the face. I've heard that it's not as obnoxious in later episodes. I certainly hope that's the case.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Feb 18, 2016 15:30:08 GMT -5
Jean, the use of the Kardqshians is about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the face. I've heard that it's not as obnoxious in later episodes. I certainly hope that's the case. Every Kardashian Kids scene so far just gets the "message" scenes from Don't Be A Menace In South Central.... in my head.
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