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I watched the first couple of episodes but didn't get any further.
There was one thing that put me off it. There's a scene where he is driving home from a party with his wife and they are talking in the car, but the 'car' was so obviously a set with a rolling backdrop and I couldn't figure out if this was deliberate stylisation or just poor production values.
Anyway it confused me which broke the spell a bit and I stopped watching.
I should probably give it another chance.
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Given the ridiculous levels of detail anyone with the merest hint of an interest in the vintage can pick out in every scene I'm fairly sure it would purely have been an artistic nod (and another in-joke) at the period's own TV output.Originally Posted by Macca
Plus, you wonder about production values ? The costumes alone would dwarf most shows' entire budgets ..
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Yes, you're right. David Chase, just fresh from a massive hit with The Sopranos, so you've got to figure that they gave him a blank cheque. I just wasn't prepared for it to go all 'abstract' like that since that never happened in The Sopranos. It jarred with me.
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David Chase, with The Sopranos, heralded a new age of television, with movie-size budgets and production values.
How things have moved on...There was a time when theatre was the thing, and films were a poor second. Then television was similarly regarded by the film industry. These days it seems that the television companies attract the biggest stars and have enormous budgets at their disposal. While half the films made now are Pixar type cartoons with actors merely providing voice-overs.
I wonder what the future holds for cinema - in the past they've been able to use 3D or surround sound to get bums on seats. What will it be next?
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