October 8th, 2010 . No Comments »
One might think that by season seven my beloved Dallas would be losing its luster… well, no way.
Season seven’s big oil deal, and opportunity to smash Cliff, is when the federal government decided it was time to open up tracks for drilling oil in the Gulf of Mexico. I had no idea that the wild success story that is Gulf Drilling has been going on for so long. Readers probably don’t need me to tell them that the Texas oil magnates couldn’t keep their greedy paws off those tracks.
Also, this season we get to know Sly, JR’s executive assistant and newest weapon in the Ewing v. Barnes feud. To our delight, Sly has no problem dabbling in evil… and revenge. Cliff plays into her hands like the idiot he is. Stupid Cliff. Furthermore, Cliff’s stupidity is demonstrated by half sister and Bobby coveter Katherine Wentworth, played by Morgan Brittany. Oh that Morgan Brittany! So transparent, so manipulative, so beautiful! Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Dallas, gulf drilling, jr ewing, morgan brittany
July 5th, 2010 . No Comments »
Earlier today I saw The Killer Inside Me, a Jim Thompson novel turned film staring Casey Affleck.
Lately I’ve been thinking that Casey Affleck can do no wrong. There is something about him, maybe it is the inflection of his voice, that connects the viewer to the character. It was true when he played the coward that killed Jesse James, when he was the P.I. in Gone Baby Gone, and it continues today as Lou Ford.
Lou Ford is a troubled deputy sheriff of a small town in western Texas. He appears to his neighbors and coworkers as an upstanding citizen but a series of questionable murders, shown in real time to the viewer, and flash-back memories of Ford’s childhood reveal otherwise and Affleck plays him perfectly. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: casey affleck, jessica alba, jim thompson
One might think that by season seven my beloved Dallas would be losing its luster… well, no way.