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"Set amid the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad—when former soldiers, freed slaves, and other men trying to shape their destiny spent their days laying track and their off hours whooping it up in the titular traveling camp—it delves deeply into the way the war between the states tore open wounds that are still festering, much like Mad Men still has plenty to say about our national identity, gender politics, and the effectiveness of a good bra shot."

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-trailer-for-amcs-hell-on-wheels-how-the-west-w,55479/

The cast includes Anson Mount, Colm Meaney and Common amongst others. Premieres sometime in the fall.

5/3/2011 7:10:19 PM

i am intrigued. i'm drinking the AMC kool-aid, i love just about every original series they air

5/3/2011 9:59:04 PM

That sounds sweet. I love the transcontinental railroad history.
<-- nerd

5/3/2011 10:08:21 PM

HBO-lite


will watch anything AMC does from now on

[Edited on May 3, 2011 at 10:44 PM. Reason : lol, just noticed I said the same thing in The Killing thread]

5/3/2011 10:42:05 PM

i'm pretty sure that's John Marston walking in that picture, though I don't understand why he hasn't just whistled for his horse

5/3/2011 10:42:32 PM

Sounds pretty badass, I'll have to tune in! Though I'll be impressed if its anywhere near as good as Deadwood.

(RIP Deadwood )

5/4/2011 9:08:52 AM

it is nearly impossible for anything on basic cable to compete with deadwood... simply because they were able to use such violence (both classic and sexual), language, and lewdness to show how gritty the west really was (or how we want to imagine it being) - regardless, basic cable can't compete with that

5/4/2011 11:45:37 AM

^ yeah but Breaking Bad's doing a damn good job of showing the drug world without being able to go to Wire-esque type levels

5/4/2011 12:45:41 PM

^precisely my thoughts on the matter.

5/4/2011 1:47:41 PM

I liked this show quite a bit when it was called Deadwood. Also, The Walking Dead was actually pretty weak overall...so AMC hasn't shown me much.

[Edited on May 4, 2011 at 1:50 PM. Reason : ]

5/4/2011 1:49:23 PM

They have more shows than Walking Dead. You may have heard of them before.

5/4/2011 1:52:57 PM

Mad Men and Breaking Bad alone pretty much mean I will check out anything AMC does from now on.

5/4/2011 2:26:23 PM

haha @ AMC kool-aid

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5/4/2011 2:31:41 PM

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"I liked this show quite a bit when it was called Deadwood. Also, The Walking Dead was actually pretty weak overall...so AMC hasn't shown me much."

derp derp.

5/4/2011 2:38:47 PM

Colm Meaney



wat

5/4/2011 2:41:54 PM

The Irish John C. Reilley

5/4/2011 2:52:03 PM

Just saw a trailer for this on IGN...looks badass, will be watching.

I really love Ted Levine (No Homo)

5/5/2011 7:58:50 AM

yeaaa i'll watch this.

<3 AMC

[Edited on May 5, 2011 at 8:13 AM. Reason : bring back rubicon tho ]

5/5/2011 8:12:17 AM

When does this premier?

5/9/2011 10:03:02 PM

the premiere date hasn't been announced yet, but it will be sometime in the fall, likely paired with The Walking Dead

5/9/2011 10:33:42 PM

Premiere set for November 6th after The Walking Dead. Also this tweet from press tour amused me:

Quote :

"Sigh. Reporter asks Common if he was surprised racism still existed after the Civil War. [He wasn't.] "

[Edited on July 28, 2011 at 4:31 PM. Reason : .]

7/28/2011 4:26:05 PM

I can't wait to see this as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78zEDBmHwbU


[Edited on October 3, 2011 at 8:14 PM. Reason : Trailer]

10/3/2011 8:14:11 PM

Fuck this is a Sunday!

My DVR might not be able to record all the Sunday night awesomeness

10/4/2011 8:01:10 AM

^shit I might have the same problem.

10/4/2011 2:41:41 PM

^
After my initial panic...I thought about it and I think that AMC is usually good about airing encores after their premiere block...if not then Showtime and HBO definitely are.

10/4/2011 3:29:57 PM

Bump for the premiere on Sunday. I heard the pilot was a mess, but perhaps they've worked out some of the issues in the interim. The thread title could go from sincere to sarcastic very quickly.

10/31/2011 2:21:22 PM

Bump for this evening @ 10 pm.

very much looking forward to this.

11/6/2011 6:05:50 PM

I'll check it out

11/6/2011 6:11:06 PM

i turned it off 10 mins in

looks like gritty clint eastwood wannabe anti-hero vs indians vs evil railroad guy Miles O'brien

beam me up

11/6/2011 11:43:58 PM

Yeah, I just realized why I connected them. My bad.

[Edited on November 7, 2011 at 12:21 AM. Reason : ]

11/7/2011 12:05:24 AM

it's always hard to judge a show after just the pilot, so i'll give it some time to develop.

10 minutes is definitely not enough time to judge a show.

i'll watch anything with scalping and throats getting cut, it kept me entertained enough for an hour.

11/7/2011 1:36:25 PM

I want to like this show. I like the time period and plot. But after seeing the ad for it. No thanks. Looks terrible.

11/7/2011 2:01:38 PM

^judge books by their cover much?

11/7/2011 2:03:26 PM

you like the time period and plot, but an ad scared you away?

11/7/2011 2:43:50 PM

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"I want to like this show. I like the time period and plot. But after seeing the ad for it. No thanks. Looks terrible."

this makes no sense

11/7/2011 2:50:30 PM

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"AMC’s newest series, period Western Hell On Wheels, was off to a strong start last night. It drew 4.4 million viewers and ranked as the cable network’s second-highest-rated series premiere behind mega-hit The Walking Dead, which opened with 5.3 million last fall"

http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/amcs-hell-on-wheels-debuts-with-4-4-mil/

Also I have a feeling you people are going to flip your shit when we see The Swede next week.

11/7/2011 4:27:17 PM

the old guy that hires Bohannon...don't know if they ever even gave him a name, and at this point it's obvious he's not coming back, but that actor was Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. He's got a top 10 creepy voice.

11/7/2011 10:34:08 PM

^ Thank you, that was bugging me all episode where I knew that guy from.

11/8/2011 6:08:05 AM

Pissed that we won't see more of him (Ted Levine), I've always liked that actor.

I enjoyed the show, feels like a good follow-up to Walking Dead. It's a drama, but it feels a little lighter than TWD.

11/8/2011 7:36:56 AM

Chink's in the rails. Oh wait.

11/8/2011 10:29:49 AM

The pilot was better than I thought it would be but it still definitely feels like a pale imitation of Deadwood. Colm Meaney isn't doing his best work here.

[Edited on November 8, 2011 at 1:04 PM. Reason : .]

11/8/2011 12:59:05 PM

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"but that actor was Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs."

I figured that out, and at the exact same time realized that Buffalo Bill = Police Captain from Monk! Holy mind blown.

11/9/2011 3:44:46 AM

I thought the pilot was strong... I look forward to the next episode where I think we will really get a feel for the series as a whole.

11/9/2011 9:00:32 AM

I've watched the pilot three times now.

The third time, I paid attention. I liked it.

11/13/2011 3:18:32 AM

I still need to watch this

11/13/2011 8:48:36 AM

BUMP

11/14/2011 9:45:22 AM

i like this Swede character

11/14/2011 1:23:08 PM

yeah the Swede is pretty awesome. Also those indians were like something out of a movie from the 30s, one of them actually said "counting coup", in english no less.

11/14/2011 9:16:35 PM

The way they're depicting the Indians is, uh, interesting.

They're really freakin scary.

[Edited on November 15, 2011 at 1:11 PM. Reason : sss]

11/15/2011 1:10:38 PM

I got so bored in the second episode I just stopped and saved to watch for later

11/15/2011 1:16:10 PM