the mosquito coast - new series on apple+

[henrygandorf 29191]

 

 

first two episodes dropped friday.  total of 7 in season 1 (or is it a limited series?).  i don't remember the movie at all, but the book was written in 1981 by justin theroux's uncle.  now he (justin theroux) is producing the tv version.

watched both episodes this weekend.  has a little bit of an ozark vibe to it, but definitely seems intent to stretch out the story.  i'm assuming the 7 episodes will cover the entire book, leaving us without source material for the inevitable season 2 (assuming people like it).  i'm interested enough to continue watching for the next 5 fridays.  thought the kids did a nice job.  my wife likes the wife/mom, who is usually a kiss of death for a new show - seems like everything she's in disappears.

anybody else?

 

[mr. sunshine 2827]

We’ve had Apple TV for free from the get but only managed to watch Ted 
Lasso. I thought that Theroux did some good work in the Leftovers, not to mention plowing Jennifer Aniston, so this is probably worth a watch 

[Buzzrock 14921]

I liked the movie but this isn’t getting very good reviews.

[wild_turkey 3159]

Watched the first 2 episodes tonight and love it so far.

[Js1 85350]

45 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

Watched the first 2 episodes tonight and love it so far.

How I felt. Watched last night and got sucked in 

[NorthLoop 14209]

I've read the book and enjoyed it. Paul Theroux has some good novels out there worth reading. I also really loved The Leftovers so I'll give this a shot.

[Bama Llama 1450]

I'll watch because it's adapted from Paul Theroux's novel.  Been a fan of his fiction since The Family Arsenal and of his snarky but cool nonfiction since Riding the Iron Rooster and Kingdom By The Sea.  A word to the wise, Clark - ice melts in the tropics.

[Apep 645]

The movie was alright when I saw it as a teenager. Definitely enjoyed Harrison Ford playing against type in the movie and wish he'd have done it more often. Tried to read the book about a decade ago and didn't make it past the first chapter or two. It's still sitting on my bookshelf. That has more to do with not being instantly hooked than anything else. Haven't even bothered to watch the trailer, but might give it a shot.

[C-Man 27230]

We’ve had Apple TV for free from the get but only managed to watch Ted 
Lasso. I thought that Theroux did some good work in the Leftovers, not to mention plowing Jennifer Aniston, so this is probably worth a watch 

He’s so awesome in Wanderlust

[Telegraph_it 3357]

I watched the first two episodes and enjoyed it so far. I liked the reference to El Camino del Diablo in episode 2. I was recently on that road a couple weeks ago. Awesome landscape. 
 

 

[Telegraph_it 3357]

Dang. I thought I took a picture of the unexploded ordinance sign. Guess not. Plenty of these signs too along the road. 
 

[wild_turkey 3159]

I’m still watching and mostly enjoying this. I thought episodes 1-2 were much better than episodes 3-4, but it still has my attention.

Chuy has to come back into play at some point. I’m guessing he’ll save their asses when they get in another bind around episode 7.

I want Allie (Theroux) to become more of a badass as things move forward. I’m assuming he’s on the run because he gained knowledge of some type of government criminal coverup. He worked for the NSA and we’re led to believe he’s a pretty intelligent guy, so I’d like to see him display some skills that help his family evade the types of dangers they’ve recently faced.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

Spoiler

Harrison Ford was not the good guy in the movie and I was curious if the TV show would follow a similar path. When they introduced that TV Allie was on the run from the feds, I was wondering if the writers were going to go full-on bad guy. Perhaps have him be an Unabomber-like character but more of a potential threat and not have actually killed someone. Instead I'm afraid they're going to make him more of a hero which is disappointing because that is the easy story.

But I could be wrong. Justin Theroux doesn't seem to have the ego that he has to follow the standard script that many actors require.

Love that the male NSA investigator, James LeGros is the actor from Phanstasm II and Point Break (the real one.) He's one of those actors that doesn't appear enough.

 

[CooterBrown 18014]

2 episodes in. So, did they get the Yuma sheriff’s uniform and hat for an actor that was 6’3”/250 and at the last minute went with a guy 5’8”/160? Dude looked like he was playing dress up.

[CooterBrown 18014]

Series finale was this week. I liked this show quite a bit. Allie is in the running for the most unlikeable protagonist in TV history.

I got the impression that the wife is really the one on the run and Allie is just an accomplice.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

11 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Series finale was this week. I liked this show quite a bit. Allie is in the running for the most unlikeable protagonist in TV history.

I got the impression that the wife is really the one on the run and Allie is just an accomplice.

They definitely hinted about the wife. We haven’t really seen any evidence that Allie did anything wrong himself in his past. He confessed to the cartel that he was worked for the NSA previously but we have no idea if that was true.

side question: do monarch butterflies like blood?

[CooterBrown 18014]

side question: do monarch butterflies like blood?

No idea but after that nightmare fuel, they all need to die by fire.

[Mac8111 2107]

So we binged this over the past few days. Pretty wild ride. Still way too many questions than answers though.

[CooterBrown 18014]

Just noticed that S2 started a few weeks ago.

[CooterBrown 18014]

First two episodes are dumb as fuck. What the hell happened to the writing?

[Red Five 40859]

Yeah this has been nine episodes of not a whole bunch happening. First season was much better. 

[CooterBrown 18014]

Well, that was an all of a sudden series finale. It felt like they were filming the episode and received notice they were not being renewed so they axed the last 30 minutes of the episode and added 10 minutes to wrap up the series.

It’s weird that the book author was heavily involved with the show story and script and it deviated so far from the source material. At least they actually got to the Mosquito Coast in the last 30 seconds of the series.

[hornbri 1399]

On 1/6/2023 at 9:36 PM, CooterBrown said:

Well, that was an all of a sudden series finale. It felt like they were filming the episode and received notice they were not being renewed so they axed the last 30 minutes of the episode and added 10 minutes to wrap up the series.

It’s weird that the book author was heavily involved with the show story and script and it deviated so far from the source material. At least they actually got to the Mosquito Coast in the last 30 seconds of the series.

Agreed, it was like they had 10 minutes notice to wrap it all up. 

[Neonmoon 38129]

On 1/6/2023 at 12:20 PM, Red Five said:

Yeah this has been nine episodes of not a whole bunch happening. First season was much better. 

We just watched both seasons. The second season was pointless. Nothing happened. The first season wasn’t much better. 

[wild_turkey 3159]

Season 1 was okay. Season 2 sucked.

None of the characters are likable which kills any motivation I have to watch and root for them. Both parents sucked and were miserable to each other and their kids.

The plot was also dumb.