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Title: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Nefaro on January 04, 2017, 11:28:04 AM
Ridley Scott and Tom Hardy doing a dark series set in the 1800s?  Definitely at the top of my list!





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Wonder if there be witchery involved.  :dreamer:


Please be good please be good please be good
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on January 04, 2017, 12:36:07 PM
I'm all in! Sons-of-Anarchy Victorian style.  :dreamer:
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Nefaro on January 04, 2017, 02:29:59 PM
Saw some mention of a/the writer being one who did the Peaky Blinders series.  I never did continue watching that one even though my initial impression was good.

This one seems to be about a murderous vengeance spree..?  And some serious anti-hero business.   ^-^ 



Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Nefaro on January 04, 2017, 02:40:20 PM
Evidently it starts on the Beeb this weekend ~~>


Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Gusington on January 04, 2017, 06:34:18 PM
If it's even half as good as Peaky Blinders it will be twice as good as anything else on tv.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Steelgrave on January 04, 2017, 07:06:49 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 04, 2017, 12:36:07 PM
I'm all in! Sons-of-Anarchy Victorian style.  :dreamer:

You knew exactly how to word that to reel me in   8)
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on January 04, 2017, 07:42:47 PM
Maybe this guy will turn-out to be Jax's great, great grandfather. And all of them will be kin to Ragnor Lothbrook. Opps, wrong channel.  :hide:
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Steelgrave on January 04, 2017, 08:53:34 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 04, 2017, 07:42:47 PM
Maybe this guy will turn-out to be Jax's great, great grandfather. And all of them will be kin to Ragnor Lothbrook. Opps, wrong channel.  :hide:

8) :bd: :bd: :bd:
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: mirth on January 04, 2017, 09:28:49 PM
Tom Hardy may be too awesome for TV...
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on January 04, 2017, 10:34:24 PM
Bill Murray would be great. Maybe as his Father who show's up every Feb. 2nd.  :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: undercovergeek on January 05, 2017, 03:56:07 AM
Quote from: mirth on January 04, 2017, 09:28:49 PM
Tom Hardy may be too awesome for TV...

He broke the internet reading a children's bedtime story here on New Year's Eve about 6pm

Women all over the country got all excited

Not a dry pair of pants to be found
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on January 05, 2017, 10:31:43 AM
My wife wasn't thrilled with him in Madd Maxx or Revenant. So I think I'll just leave it at that and not tell her about this show.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: TacticalWargames on January 10, 2017, 06:15:44 PM
Love Tom Hardy. Interesting first ep.

Best thing on TV at the moment though has to be the second half of Vikings season 4.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on January 10, 2017, 07:21:58 PM
Tonight's the night Suckas! Don't do a Taboo-boo and miss it.   #:-)
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on January 11, 2017, 11:34:28 AM
OK. A good first episode, introducing and a little sorting things out. Great scenery. I wonder where they filmed it at? Some of the shots looked a little like Williamsburg, Va. Hardy has great screen presence.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: OJsDad on January 11, 2017, 09:46:16 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 11, 2017, 11:34:28 AM
I wonder where they filmed it at? Some of the shots looked a little like Williamsburg, Va. Hardy has great screen presence.

Per IMDB

West Wycombe Park, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: OJsDad on January 11, 2017, 09:49:37 PM
Also, per IMDB,

QuoteTom Hardy revealed that he wanted to film some scenes fully nude but was forced to put on a loin cloth explaining, "You're lucky there was a loin cloth because I didn't want one. It's not a period drama until someone gets naked and covers themselves in blood. You can't have naughtiness like Game of Thrones on the BBC." Even so, Hardy did film some scenes with full frontal nudity and some of these filming pictures were leaked in the media but all such scenes for cut from the final edit of the show.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on January 11, 2017, 11:18:02 PM
Thanks OJ'sDad. So Hardy's scene got circumsized? Poor guy. His chance to make it big on TV and he got cut short.  :hide:
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Nefaro on January 12, 2017, 10:57:23 AM
Enjoyed the first one.  Which rarely happens with tv series since they often require the first few episodes to gel. 

Seems like another Count Of Monte Cristo type of vengeful return story, but obviously with some secretive twists and questionable sanity hidden in the middle.  Which is just fine with me.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Gusington on January 12, 2017, 08:46:27 PM
I'm gonna try to catch this tomorrow night with The Wife if she remembers my name.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: mirth on January 12, 2017, 08:57:02 PM
Probably going to watch this weekend if I can pry myself away from binge watching The Wire.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on January 18, 2017, 11:25:13 AM
OK. Second date went alright. I'm not in love but I'm not not-in-love either. If I weren't such a shameless hussie for Victorian England I'd ditch this little tease and snuggle-up to some real action refreshment but my hussie-side would never shut-up about it. So, I'm in for a third watching. I feel so dirty.  :-\
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 18, 2017, 11:29:31 AM
I'm enjoying it so far.  I was expecting a bit of a slow burn, so it's not bothering me.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on February 01, 2017, 10:51:42 AM
It's starting to get there now. I'm in for the season. Like they didn't already know I'm 'easy'.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on February 08, 2017, 07:39:41 PM
Another good show. The plot's really taking-off now. I'd sure hate to play Poker against Hardy. His expression NEVER changes. It'd be like playing one of the heads on Mt. Rushmore.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: mirth on February 09, 2017, 09:17:02 AM
I lost a lot of money to Lincoln's Mt. Rushmore head.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Nefaro on February 09, 2017, 09:54:52 AM
Quote from: mirth on February 09, 2017, 09:17:02 AM
I lost a lot of money to Lincoln's Mt. Rushmore head.


Didn't that chafe after a time?
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: WallysWorld on February 09, 2017, 10:35:02 AM
I'm liking it and Hardy is doing a great job. I also like the actor that plays the chemist.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on February 09, 2017, 10:44:16 AM
Lincoln's head is too honest to bluff, but that damned Roosevelt grinning all the time-- you can never tell what he's holding. And watch-out for Jefferson! You can't see where either one of his hands are.  ^-^
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on March 01, 2017, 12:10:56 PM
OK. That was a short season 1, but a good one. Looks like they're going to need a whole lot of new cast for Season 2. I thought I saw Tom Hardy smile once when he got shot so.... better be careful there Tom.
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: bayonetbrant on March 01, 2017, 12:11:39 PM
Watched the finale this morning. I'm good for 2 more sessions of that
Title: Re: Taboo (FX) - Ridley Scott series set in the 19th C
Post by: Sir Slash on March 01, 2017, 11:20:32 PM
I'm hoping for some swash-buckling naval action next season.  O0