Newer PostOlder PostM O N D AY, A U G U S T 2 8 , 2 0 0 6"Deadwood" -- Out Not With A Bang.......but a whimper.</p><p> In my book, last night was the series finale for"Deadwood." It had a terrific first season, a very good second season(that started slow but ended well) and a terrific third season with 11great episodes that absolutely flew by -- and a final episode thatsputtered to a halt.</p><p> Gunmen were amassed for battle, violence hung inthe air, Powers Boothe was desperate for something to do, Trixie wasdesperate to die and it all just sort of...ended.</p><p> It wasn't a bad episode,mind you.</p><p> But clearly, the story isn't over and the feeling that this wasit probably overwhelmed the creators.</p><p> Surely they sensed their dayswere numbered, even though the official word didn't leak out until afterthe episodes were filmed.</p><p> But maybe HBO wasn't answering DavidMilch's phone calls as quickly.</p><p> Just like the last few episodes of"American Dreams" and countless other great shows who heard theclock ticking, "Deadwood" failed to do justice in its final moments.</p><p> Thatpair of two hour movies will probably be even worse, with forced arcsand a reaching for finality that really needed another two seasons.Don't let these hard words fool you into thinking the show failed tomeet expectations.</p><p> Most every week it met and exceeded them.</p><p> Then itgot shot in the back by the penny-pinching cowards known as networkexecutives.</p><p> That's no way for a gunslinger to meet death.POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 3:24 PM 0 C O M M E N T S :Post a CommentL I N K S T O T H I S P O S TCreate a LinkHomeSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: "Deadwood" -- Out Not With A Bang....http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/08/deadwood-out-not-with... 1 of 37/28/09 7:44 PMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SBiboyMichael in New YorkAaron POPSURFING.COM: "Deadwood" -- Out Not With A Bang....http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/08/deadwood-out-not-with... 2 of 37/28/09 7:44 PMPOPSURFING.COM: "Deadwood" -- Out Not With A Bang....http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/08/deadwood-out-not-with... 3 of 37/28/09 7:44 PM
