The People Vs. OJ Simpson (FX)

[Cheesebeef]

Is anyone else watching this? It's easily the most entertaining thing on TV right now.

Courtney B. Vance is running away with an Emmy and it's only March.

 

[DemsMyBoys]

I am. Agree Vance is outstanding.

Were you in L.A. during the trial, Cheese? We were all OBSESSED with it. I used to carry a little 2" TV so I wouldn't miss anything. Total strangers in places like the dentist waiting room would see it and ask for updates.

Whenever they get anything wrong on the show I yell at the TV.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I am. Agree Vance is outstanding.

Were you in L.A. during the trial, Cheese? We were all OBSESSED with it. I used to carry a little 2" TV so I wouldn't miss anything. Total strangers in places like the dentist waiting room would see it and ask for updates.

Whenever they get anything wrong on the show I yell at the TV.

No. I was back in Phoenix before that. It's funny how much people who lived out here during this know EVERYTHING that's happening in this show... stuff that I am always SURE isn't real, and then ends up being... or at least close to being real. One of my best friends is good friends with a cop who knew Furman, and was even on his basketball team. The cop, who's black also, said Furman wasn't so much a racist in his opinion, but was a MASSIVE sexist. Like HATED women.

 

[oaken1]

I refuse to watch this thing. I remember watching it live...it was a tragedy from start to finish which was sensationalized in every aspect by the media...both shameful and shameless. Everything bad about the human race was on full display during this event/time period...and it got ratings,...so bad became good

 

[Iceman]

Started recording the series last night. Didn't realize it had full out seasons. Is David Schwimmer the actor for Kardasian?

 

[Cheesebeef]

Started recording the series last night. Didn't realize it had full out seasons. Is David Schwimmer the actor for Kardasian?

yeah. he's freaking awesome in the role.

 

[DemsMyBoys]

No. I was back in Phoenix before that. It's funny how much people who lived out here during this know EVERYTHING that's happening in this show... stuff that I am always SURE isn't real, and then ends up being... or at least close to being real. One of my best friends is good friends with a cop who knew Furman, and was even on his basketball team. The cop, who's black also, said Furman wasn't so much a racist in his opinion, but was a MASSIVE sexist. Like HATED women.

Yep. Fuhrman-the-sexist became part of the sub-plot of the trial.

It was the ultimate L.A. star**** and gossip fest. Harvey Levin and Dominick Dunne were on KCBS every Friday evening discussing the trial. Not just the legal aspects but the juicy tidbits about which celebs were talking about it in which restaurants. They filmed it in the lobby of the Chateau Marmont.

I saw the chase. I was at my parents' house in O.C. near the 5. When the sirens got close everyone on the street went outside to see the Bronco go by. As soon as it passed.... everyone rushed back inside to watch it on TV. (There were 12 news helicopters at that point. I counted them.)

 

[crisper57]

This IS easily the best show on TV right now.

It is so entertaining. Vance actually made me appreciate Cochran's methods because he is so damn compelling. Easiest Emmy win ever.

 

[crisper57]

While we're at it. Give an Emmy to Sarah Paulson too! Damn!

 

[Cheesebeef]

While we're at it. Give an Emmy to Sarah Paulson too! Damn!

*******... who turned her into Rick James!?

This show... it's freaking amazing. Apparently next season is going to be American Crime Story: Hurricane Katrina. How completely frakked up is THAT going to be?!

 

[crisper57]

*******... who turned her into Rick James!?

This show... it's freaking amazing. Apparently next season is going to be American Crime Story: Hurricane Katrina. How completely frakked up is THAT going to be?!

This one is pretty much singularly focused on the 2 legal teams. How are they going to do anything like that with something the scale of Hurricane Katrina? That will be nuts!

David Schwimmer is Shepard Smith, berating Sean Hannity (Richard Gere) for trying to turn the tragedy into political points for the GOP on live TV.

(I made that up)

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

I refuse to watch this thing. I remember watching it live...it was a tragedy from start to finish which was sensationalized in every aspect by the media...both shameful and shameless. Everything bad about the human race was on full display during this event/time period...and it got ratings,...so bad became good

I feel pretty much the same way.

I feel like Fred Goldman has got more facetime with the media, than some US Presidents (I don't judge him btw) God knows I hope I never have to suffer what he is dealing with... But I can't watch TV for more than a week or two without seeing a story involving him, and his seemingly endless attempts to get another jab at OJ.
That...or stories about OJ himself, his current crime/sentence etc....
The whole saga has stayed relevant longer than anything I can recall.

I lived it while it happened, and the show sounds well done.. But being an amatuer WW2 historian (is there such a thing? lol) and watching the news occasionally, I feel like I'm getting more than enough tragedy on my television at the moment.

 

[crisper57]

I feel pretty much the same way.

I feel like Fred Goldman has got more facetime with the media, than some US Presidents (I don't judge him btw) God knows I hope I never have to suffer what he is dealing with... But I can't watch TV for more than a week or two without seeing a story involving him, and his seemingly endless attempts to get another jab at OJ.
That...or stories about OJ himself, his current crime/sentence etc....
The whole saga has stayed relevant longer than anything I can recall.

I lived it while it happened, and the show sounds well done.. But being an amatuer WW2 historian (is there such a thing? lol) and watching the news occasionally, I feel like I'm getting more than enough tragedy on my television at the moment.

I can understand that, but the show isn't about Goldman, or even OJ for that matter. It is about the Prosecution vs the Defense Team, and how far each will go to win the case. The victims and the defendant are inconsequential, to a large degree. What is really on trial here is the racial overtones surrounding LA during that time.

 

[oaken1]

I can understand that, but the show isn't about Goldman, or even OJ for that matter. It is about the Prosecution vs the Defense Team, and how far each will go to win the case. The victims and the defendant are inconsequential, to a large degree. What is really on trial here is the racial overtones surrounding LA during that time.

so,...your saying it is a pretty accurate depiction of the real life case then..........

 

[oaken1]

By the way...has Kato got his reality show yet?

 

[crisper57]

so,...your saying it is a pretty accurate depiction of the real life case then..........

Marcia Clark is on record as saying it is incredibly accurate.

 

[Cheesebeef]

FX just keeps hitting home-runs with their limited series. Fargo S1 was great. S2 somehow topped it and OJ has somehow topped BOTH.

Unbelievably impressed by what they're doing over there.

 

[crisper57]

FX just keeps hitting home-runs with their limited series. Fargo S1 was great. S2 somehow topped it and OJ has somehow topped BOTH.

Unbelievably impressed by what they're doing over there.

When they showed next week was the finale, by wife literally yelled, "No!!!" It is the one thing on TV that is appointment viewing for us. It may be the best limited series I have ever seen, and maybe the best single season of television in any format as well. Top 5 for sure. It is damn near perfect!

 

[DemsMyBoys]

Marcia Clark is on record as saying it is incredibly accurate.

I give it an 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10...... 10 being "nailed it".

There were some moments in the courtroom that were incredibly tense that they just kind of glossed over. And they embellished the moment when Simpson tried on the glove. It was an edge-of-the-seat moment by itself. For some reason they added dialogue that wasn't said. And they missed the back and forth, back and forth between Darden and Cochran which was much more intense then what was portrayed.

As much tension and drama as you see on TV.... multiply that by 50 and you get what it was like and why we were all obsessed with watching it live every day.

 

[Covert Rain]

I just started watching this. I have to tell you John Travolta is straight up creepy. I mean nightmare creepy. I love the cast so far but that part was miscast IMO.

 

[DemsMyBoys]

I just started watching this. I have to tell you John Travolta is straight up creepy. I mean nightmare creepy. I love the cast so far but that part was miscast IMO.

Think so? I think Travolta is outstanding in the roll. He's got Shapiro's look, speech pattern and stilted mannerisms down pat. I have forgotten it's Travolta a couple of times.

 

[Covert Rain]

Think so? I think Travolta is outstanding in the roll. He's got Shapiro's look, speech pattern and stilted mannerisms down pat. I have forgotten it's Travolta a couple of times.

Maybe I just need to watch more but so far....creepy.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Think so? I think Travolta is outstanding in the roll. He's got Shapiro's look, speech pattern and stilted mannerisms down pat. I have forgotten it's Travolta a couple of times.

Totally agree. I was going to say he's my favorite in the show but literally EVERYONE is so damn good, it's impossible to pick the best performance.

 

[DemsMyBoys]

I was behind and saw "Manna From Heaven" yesterday. They did an OUTSTANDING job with Darden's contempt of court back-and-forth with Ito. All of the emotion was there...including Marcia Clark's spur-of-the-moment decision to be council for Darden and asking if she should remove her jewelry if Ito was going to toss her in the clink. That was a Whoa! moment in the trial.

There was one deviation....it actually happened weeks earlier when Detective Lange was on the stand. But I'll give them dramatic license on the timing since the portrayal of those moments was perfect.

 

[Cheesebeef]

WTF?!?!?! The finale cut off on my DVR with 30 minutes left in it!