I still really like it on rewatch. But in comparison to the movie, I think stretching out that style of story to 10 hrs makes it feel more nihilistic and gruesome than i wanted. And I'm not a huge fan of how some of the female side characters get treated as disposable or just stupid. I guess you could say that's a factor of the show focusing on this very shitty man, but it was still uncomfortable.
That aside, it's really interesting how this first season interprets what Fargo is about. There's overt connections to the plot of the movie, a pregnant cop, quirky midwestern affects covering up heinous violence - but the tone feels different, there's a focus on conspiracy and building up a Mastermind criminal. rather than flailing incompetence driven by pettiness or greed it's The Face of True Evil and i feel like that's actually a lot less interesting, thematically, tho i understand it was somewhat necessary in order to stretch a story across 10 hours, and it's mostly fun throughout.
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I still really like it on rewatch. But in comparison to the movie, I think stretching out that style of story to 10 hrs makes it feel more nihilistic and gruesome than i wanted. And I'm not a huge fan of how some of the female side characters get treated as disposable or just stupid. I guess you could say that's a factor of the show focusing on this very shitty man, but it was still uncomfortable.
That aside, it's really interesting how this first season interprets what Fargo is about. There's overt connections to the plot of the movie, a pregnant cop, quirky midwestern affects covering up heinous violence - but the tone feels different, there's a focus on conspiracy and building up a Mastermind criminal. rather than flailing incompetence driven by pettiness or greed it's The Face of True Evil and i feel like that's actually a lot less interesting, thematically, tho i understand it was somewhat necessary in order to stretch a story across 10 hours, and it's mostly fun throughout.