Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

AMC also has weekly Walking Dead Marathon's :lol:

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

Very true. I was 9 at the time and my brother and dad were Knicks fans. They were pissed at NBC's split scene coverage of the NBA finals and the OJ chase. My mom went into her bedroom to watch the chase on another channel.

The 30 for 30 documentary on the chase was good and blended footage of the hunt for OJ with the sports events that were going on that day.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

I didn't mind Schwimmer as much as I did Travolta and Gooding Jr. Both were horribly miscast. Travolta is embarrassingly bad. What a ham. And Gooding Jr., while he did his best, looks and sounds nothing like O.J. Like you, I love (love) Connie Britton. But as Faye Resnick!? Really?? Back to Travolta, how does that man keep getting work? He should just manage a 24 hour gym.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

Travolta is a producer of the series. So he cast himself. And I agree, he is ridiculously miscast.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

The "producer" credit is just a "gimmee" title much like the "executive producer" titles for stars of long-running shows that are given as additional compensation. According to Entertainment Weekly, Ryan Murphy wanted Travolta but he was playing hard-to-get; Murphy gave up some of his profit "points" in the production and either gave them to Travolta directly or just used them to pay his asking price.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

Funny, I remember a commentator a couple weeks ago saying about this show that it might do for Travolta's career what Tarantino did for him.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

So resurrect it for a hot minute before Travolta eventually sinks it again?

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

I can't wait for the Bronco chase tonight!

I'm really surprised by how much I already love this show.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

Chase episode was great minus the scene of Kardashian kids.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

A Pizza Hut with a Cisco IP phone in 1994? I don't think they even existed back then.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

They make OJ look like a boy scout. Apologizing to everyone for causing so much trouble, worried about the people standing on the freeway -rolleyes-

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

I was more surprised by the line about chicken wings. I'm pretty sure Pizza Hut didn't have wings in 1994.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

Granted, I know nothing about Shapiro... but I refuse to believe Travolta is acting like he is to "ham it up". He comes across as over-dramatic and his face is annoying --- but I'm willing to be that's because Shapiro is too. Shockingly, Kardashian is quite the Type B personality so far. I expected him to be the annoying, over-the-top character who knows everything.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

Talking about "Acting" is tricky, but I'll give it a shot. This is nothing new with Travolta. He always ACTS, -even in his best roles (or roles where's he's best used), he tends to put on a character, and you see him being very specific in his mannerisms and his way of speaking (particularly when he's playing "the villain"). He doesn't ever really come across as "natural". In this situation, he just stands out from the other actors because they're playing they're roles in a lower-key, less Theatrical way.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

I agree with this. Travolta never comes across as natural and it is always blatant acting. Sometimes it can work for the character, but most times it just seems like someone trying too hard. I think the guy has a pretty high opinion of himself though. I recall seeing him on Inside the Actors Studio and he came across as douchey. I wonder how well he is paying the bills on that huge ass plane he owns with the DTV drivel he stars in these days.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

I was watching it with my daughter and when the detectives first got to O.J.'s house I said "This guy Furman is going to jump the fence"...and he did. She asked how I knew that. The events are still pretty fresh in most people's memory.

The story so far is on point with the real events with some fake drama thrown in to move the story along.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

There are plenty of articles, re-caps and such that will tell you where each episode has massaged the truth and where it has not, and I'm sure if anyone actually involved with the case sees anything egregious they'll be sure to alert the press.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

I thought the chase was pretty well done. They mostly showed only what happened inside that the Bronco that we can actually substantiate via 911 calls, etc. I was worried they would make up a bunch of stuff but I liked the way they did it.

Has AC ever talked about his version of what went down inside the Bronco?

EDITED TO ADD: Actually I found this article which says he has deliberately kept a low media profile
https://www.romper.com/p/where-is-ac...od-reason-5157

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

If you watch the deposition tapes AC had to testify. When they start questioning him about Nicole, He breaks down crying and requests a break from questioning. You can tell he really loved Nicole.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

The use of Sabotage was brilliant! Fun episode.

I still wonder why AC wasn't charged with a crime. That's as much aiding and abetting a fugitive as anything I can remember.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

"He's black now."

Exactly what I thought of at the time.

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They didn't.

The first time I had ever heard of "wings" (as in "Buffalo wings") was in this Domino's commercial, dated Christmas 1994. Which was, I think, the first time a national chain trotted out the wing thing. Not sure about Hooters or BWW, but Pizza Hut didn't get them until much later.



Pizza Hut didn't bring out wings until later, I think after that Jessica Simpson commercial promoting a Buffalo Chicken pizza.

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

Pizza Hut had wings in '95.

http://everything.explained.today/WingStreet/

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

Pizza Hut had wings in '95.

http://everything.explained.today/WingStreet/

Re: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) -- Series Thread -- 2/2/16
 

Hmmm. I went to Wednesday 10 cent wing night at a college bar starting in 1992.

1993 or 1994 sounds about right for it for the national chains.