THE OLD MAN on FX & HULU

[Usagi Pilgrim]

I'm REALLY surprised no one is talking about this show. Based on the novel & starring Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, & Amy Brenneman, this has been the absolute HIGHLIGHT of entertainment these last few weeks. Rather than try to summarize, here's the trailer...

Episode 5, out of 7, just aired last week, if anyone wants to jump in, but again, I can NOT recommend this show highly enough. Can't wait to hopefully get some discussion going.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Thankfully it's been given a second season, since obviously there's no way that they could wrap things up in 2 episodes. I find the 7 episodes thing kind of odd, and am wondering if that had anything to do with Jeff Bridges' health problems at the time.

It's a great, thought-provoking show. I found the casting for the younger versions of Bridges' and Lithgow's characters to be particularly inspired - especially Lithgow's character. That dude absolutely nailed it.

 

[mattycsi]

Looks good, I'll check that out.

 

[Usagi Pilgrim]

Thankfully it's been given a second season, since obviously there's no way that they could wrap things up in 2 episodes. I find the 7 episodes thing kind of odd, and am wondering if that had anything to do with Jeff Bridges' health problems at the time.

It's a great, thought-provoking show. I found the casting for the younger versions of Bridges' and Lithgow's characters to be particularly inspired - especially Lithgow's character. That dude absolutely nailed it.

I honestly thought they had Lithgow do ADR for those flashback scenes. It was THAT perfect of a casting.

Whenever the younger Dan scenes are on, all I hear is Against All Odds by Phil Collins. Lol

I just keep seeing Jeff from that video.

 

[Malibu139]

I “think” I have Hulu with Disney plus and have been trying to get logged on for a couple days just to see this.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I've had it on my list, but haven't watched it yet.

 

[Diabhal]

Love this show. Looking forward to future episodes.

 

[Pepperbone]

I think I'll get on it this week.
TV content is wildly unpredictable these days. It's not just good and bad anymore, it's either incredibly good or what-the-hell bad.

 

[Solo4114]

Think I'm gonna give this a miss for now. The elevator pitch sounds like I've seen it before already.

That said, glad to see Jeff Bridges working again and, hopefully, beating his cancer.

 

[jts1031]

Amy Brenneman seems to be playing someone not that different from her character in Heat. She's taking a bit more control than she did in that movie, but very similar circumstances.

 

[Mottrex]

I thought I'd posted on this..
I don't want to give anything away but let's just say "It's a Kickass story where plenty of people get their asses kicked!

Jeff was.. Infact the whole cast were brilliant in this series.

 

[joberg]

You should look into the FX Network on YouTube: stunt work with Jeff Bridges and his stunt double + stunt coordinator!
Raw, real survival fights (reminds me a lot of the fantastic stunt work that was done for Atomic Blonde ) not the typical Hollywood stuff for sure. Great cast also makes it a very enjoyable watch!

 

[Mottrex]

You should look into the FX Network on YouTube: stunt work with Jeff Bridges and his stunt double + stunt coordinator!
Raw, real survival fights (reminds me a lot of the fantastic stunt work that was done for Atomic Blonde ) not the typical Hollywood stuff for sure. Great cast also makes it a very enjoyable watch!

I've seen a few of those
And Atomic Blonde.. I liked it lol