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I'm going to have to catch up through On Demand. I've caught bits and pieces and it looks like it's great.
First two episodes were pretty damn good.
I knew Giamatti was going to be great. The big surprise is David Morse as Washington. He hasn't had much to do yet, but they did a excellent job with the makeup and Morse has nailed it so far. The guy they got to do Jefferson is a stiff, though (which may be historically accurate).
I've seen 1776 about a bazillion times and it was kind of funny comparing that to the second episode of JA (which covered the same timeline but I presume was more accurate).
I'm going to have to catch up through On Demand. I've caught bits and pieces and it looks like it's great.
I pretty much have to use On Demand for most HBO shows now, because I don't get everything the first time through.
Oh, and Tom Wilkinson is killin' it as Ben Franklin, but then Franklin always gets the best lines.
I haven't read the David McCullough book, so I don't know how many liberties they've taken with the truth. I presume Forrest Adams was never actually present at both the Boston Massacre and the Battle of Concord.
I'm glad I accidently caught the first one or I'd have never known; I turn the TV on about 2x per week, and rarely find anything I'm interested in. A friend of mine told me she was so happy to see this succeed "The Wire" after we were SO disappointed in that "John From Cincinnati" after "the Sopranos".
Yeah Shoog, everytime I'm close to canceling HBO something great comes out. More great TV. Almost forgot about The Wire being gone.
Tom Wilkinson is a damn good actor. I've always enjoyed his work and am really enjoying watching him potray Franklin. Giamatti is at the top of his game with this performance. But I do feel Laura Linney, though a fine actress, is a bit miscast. I don't see much on screen chemistry between her and Giamatti.
I've seen the first two episodes as well.
Giamatti and Wilkinson are amazing. I agree with Morse. I was afraid that the were going to make Washington so over the top heroic, but Morse is playing him well.
As for Jefferson, that's exactly how he was. I'm speaking of course from a historical viewpoint, I wasn't there to prove he was that way. But, he was a bit low key and hesitant before he became President. And, even while President, and afterward, he kept to himself quite a bit.
I need to check out the rest of the series.
How many more episodes are there going to be?
I saw a preview for this week's, maybe next week's, episode. That chemistry thing is going to change a bit.
I think there are seven.
Isn't this based on David McCullogh's biography of Adams? If so, they started with damned fine material.
Adams' crucial role in the American Revolution has been overlooked for too long. Jefferson and his cronies did an amazing hatchet job on Adams - while Jefferson was Adams' VP, no less - that greatly influenced how history remembered Adams.
yeah its a 7 part series
Does he bang her?
This week's episode was pretty awesome. I can't wait for next week.
I accidentally caught the second one yesterday afternoon and figured I'd catch up and now I'm sucked in. I may have to read the book. He is, after all, my 2nd cousin 12 times removed.
You lie.This week's episode was pretty awesome. I can't wait for next week.
I accidentally caught the second one yesterday afternoon and figured I'd catch up and now I'm sucked in. I may have to read the book. He is, after all, my 2nd cousin 12 times removed.
But, tonight's episode was pretty damn good.
Next week is going to be kick ass.
He and Jefferson will be going head to head.
I'm looking forward to how they portray that dynamic.
What an awesome treat this series is. I didn't think HBO had anything coming out for awhile.
My only gripe...WTF is with the tilted camera? I feel like I am watching Batman from the 60's at times.
Yeah, great episode. Those crazy ing french. I was hoping the welcome dinner for Adams would turn into an orgy.
Right. With all that nightmarish make-up it would be right out of "Eyes Wide Shut".
I'm gonna have to go and buy the book now. I'm not ashamed to say that I didn't know about John Adams before this show.
Tom Hanks sure does produce some great TV. From the Earth to the Moon, Band of Brothers and now John Adams. I can't wait for The Pacific to come out. Him and Spielberg recreating WWII is magic.
"Oh, to be seventy again!"
I missed the beginning of this, but I set the DVR to get the whole series. Only problem is it lists the episodes in the order it recorded them. Which one came first?
I guess I could go to HBO's site and find an episode guide or something.
Tom Wilkinson was great in The Patriot as the en led, supercilious, aristocratic Lord Cornwallis, telling colonial terrorist Benjamin Martin "shoot my men, but don't shoot my officers!"
Didn't find an episode guide, but there's a Message Board...
Scratch that...found it.
http://www.hbo.com/films/johnadams/index.html
I didn't think I would be into this show too much, TheTruth is way more of a history buff than I. But I'm loving this series!
I also didn't know a whole lot about John Adams before watching this show...but it's great learning it now. Who else had to turn away when they were sawing that guys leg off that got jacked by the cannonball?? Jesus that was gross!
Agreed on Hanks making great HBO. I didn't realize that The Pacific was still going to happen. I was thinking with Spielberg producing Flags of our Fathers, that they had moved on to other projects. I would love to see The Pacific made, though.
Wasn't really interested in watching this show but once I caught it I am hooked.
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