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 Mac Conway, a Marine who returns home to Memphis from Vietnam in 1972, finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. As he struggles to cope with his experiences at war, Conway is drawn into a network of killing and corruption that spans the length of the Mississippi River. Based on a character by Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition, the original Quarry novels), Quarry was created for television by Graham Gordy and Michael D. Fuller (Rectify) and was directed by Greg Yaitanes (Banshee). It's a pretty good mix between the two shows. Some more defining characteristics: long takes, extremely deliberate pacing, the music of Stax Records Season 1 is eight episodes. Fridays on Cinemax.  Cinemax has posted some full episodes. Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpGH_rN7qA4 Episode 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pidmqkhszy8 Episode 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMw2cHBzUwM edit: as of episode 4 they have been taken down. atrus50 fucked around with this message at 08:58 on Oct 2, 2016 |
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2nd ep was loving brutal.
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Sep 18, 2016 17:38
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Since there is only one post I figured it's okay to post since I haven't watched e2 yet. So far e1 was great and has me hooked, but Greg Yaitanes was what got me interested in the first place. Quick question though. I need to re-watch the episode because my wife kept distracting me, but did they tell Quarry that his wife was shacking up with another dude? The impression I got was that they wanted him to kill the guy and he went home and found his wife loving him, then found the Otis Redding record he was missing.
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Sep 19, 2016 01:52
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That was as excellent as it was bleak.
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Sep 19, 2016 04:22
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life is killing me posted:Quick question though. I need to re-watch the episode because my wife kept distracting me, but did they tell Quarry that his wife was shacking up with another dude? The impression I got was that they wanted him to kill the guy and he went home and found his wife loving him, then found the Otis Redding record he was missing. Yeah, Quarry called the Broker if they knew this guy was loving his wife. I got a theory that noone actually ordered a hit on some random music journalist, and that the Broker had Quarry kill the guy as a sort of signing bonus to get Quarry used to killing for him.
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Sep 19, 2016 04:38
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Quarry - Yes, everyone and everything in the 70's looked like poo poo
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Sep 19, 2016 15:52
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R-Type posted:Quarry - Yes, everyone and everything in the 70's looked like poo poo Except for Quarry's wife
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Sep 19, 2016 16:11
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R-Type posted:Quarry - Yes, everyone and everything in the 70's looked like poo poo No kidding. I guess 80's was some sort of a psychotic reaction.
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Sep 19, 2016 19:11
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So, is this more like early Banshee, or is it more like the last season? Because I loved 75% of that show's run but good god that was a wet fart of a last season.
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Sep 19, 2016 22:01
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:So, is this more like early Banshee, or is it more like the last season? Because I loved 75% of that show's run but good god that was a wet fart of a last season. I think the only thing Banshee and Quarry have in common is Greg Yaitanes. Quarry is not a serialized action movie like Banshee was (so far). Quarry is more of a slow-burning drama about a Vietnam vet who comes home to a public who hates him for what he did in Vietnam and a family who wants little to do with him for the same reason. It's intense, but in a different way than Banshee, and it's really hard to compare the two because the eponymous main character is far different than Lucas Hood. There are some plot elements that are similar, I guess? Both shows involve a main character "returning home" in a sense, carrying on activities that are pretty much the same as what they did before returning. Lucas Hood was a thief who returned "home" (even though he never lived in or heard of Banshee before, he's at least returning to a person he knew before) and assumed the identity of a dead man so he could continue his heists, and Quarry was a vet who returned home to basically end up killing people, same as he did in Vietnam, albeit grudgingly.
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Sep 20, 2016 00:02
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I very much like what we've gotten of Quarry so far, and some shots remind me a lot of Banshee, but it's definitely got a much different tone and pace. Much more of a slow burn, but it's supposed to be that way. It definitely doesn't shy away from the sex or violence. Give the first two episodes a shot, I think it's gonna have a good run.
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Sep 20, 2016 02:19
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life is killing me posted:Since there is only one post I figured it's okay to post since I haven't watched e2 yet. So far e1 was great and has me hooked, but Greg Yaitanes was what got me interested in the first place. They didn't tell him, they arranged for him to see it for himself.
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Sep 20, 2016 07:21
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I know that Logan Marshall-Green has to be the subdued straight man, but that was some stellar drunk acting he did in the second episode.
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Sep 20, 2016 15:38
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I'm really loving the dude who played Dewey Crowe in Justified (Damon Herriman) as a weirdly sexual hit man who does solo karaoke in his hotel room in only his underwear, dude's obviously a pretty versatile actor.
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life is killing me posted:I'm really loving the dude who played Dewey Crowe in Justified... That's who that is! Dude is a fuckin chameleon. As for the Banshee comparison... this show is already more grounded and real. The characters are a little more gritty, the violence isn't stylized, it's just loving brutal. It's darker, not just in the story but how it looks... like everything is covered in a fine layer of dust and decaying around the edges. Hood was cool, who doesn't love a super-thief ninja, whereas Quarry is just a sad human being applying the only talent he has, that somewhere in the jungle his soul got broken and all that's left is a machine made of hate. One of the characters describes him as 'hard as rock and completely hollow', hence the name.
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Sep 20, 2016 20:12
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Never watched Banshee, but this show is pretty good. As someone who used to live in Memphis, I appreciated the depiction of certain aspects of the city, and the griminess of it all works pretty well. Kind of a waste of Jamie Hector, but I'll probably stick with this.
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Sep 21, 2016 01:46
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double negative posted:As someone who used to live in Memphis, I appreciated the depiction of certain aspects of the city, and the griminess of it all works pretty well.
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Sep 21, 2016 23:09
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atrus50 posted:the show was shot some in Memphis for local landmarks, but was mostly shot in Louisiana for its tax breaks and the look I'm talking less about where it was shot and more about things like the references to busing, which is and has been a major agent in the transformation of the city. Initially, I scoffed at how white this show is for something set in Memphis, then I remembered how drastically white flight accelerated as integration picked up and it becomes real reasonable. We won't talk about the accents, though. I gotta wait and see more of what they do with it because I don't think they're really trying to get like that, but it's cool so far. Also, the violence is ridiculously savage. Put a good deal of effort into those bodies toward the end of episode 2.
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Sep 21, 2016 23:35
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enjoying this, and I like how Quarry has a Forehead Thing going on much like Lucas Hood, though the former has a bump and the latter a dent seriously though, loved the 2nd episode
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Sep 22, 2016 01:32
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double negative posted:Kind of a waste of Jamie Hector He's a regular on Bosch. BTW, if you haven't checked out Bosch you really should. First season was OK/good but the second season was terrific. Also, for The Bridge fans, Matthew Lillard turns up and is suitably fun/weird.
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Sep 22, 2016 10:52
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updated op with episode three a mouthful of splinters
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Sep 24, 2016 12:25
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I love this show so much already. It's helped a lot with the hole Banshee left in my heart.
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Sep 24, 2016 16:26
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When I heard Greg Yaitanes would be making this 70's series I was a bit worried the effort it takes to get the period right would distract from the show itself. Getting all the proper costumes, style of speaking, cars and everything takes a lot of time and money just to not make it look bad. On the Americans podcast you hear the producers often mention they spent weeks finding the right clothes for a 1983 AT&T maintenance worker and they might have had better things to do. And that is a show with a far larger budget. But everything that made Banshee so memorable is still here and it feels fresh right because of the period setting. Great cinematography, interesting characters that don't fit standard conventions, a couple at the center with a toxic relationship that still burns fiercely and bursts of violence that are shocking but not gratuitous. And a tremendous attentention to little things. One such thing I noticed was the little tick sound from Joni's wedding ring when she climbs into the boat. And drat, that was a Katie Ledecky sprint to that boat there coming from a vicious fight and sudden drop into the water. Norwegian Rudo posted:
And you've got Job in a very different role. CeeJee fucked around with this message at 06:55 on Sep 25, 2016 |
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Sep 25, 2016 06:42
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I started watching this show yesterday when it showed up on TMNGo, I like it so far. Has sort of a No Country for Old Men vibe, I think Banshee is also on TMN so I think I'll watch it after finishing last nights episode Was Buddy quibbling over the $500 that wasn't even his money because he's trying to build a nest egg for when he
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Oct 1, 2016 12:56
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the first three episodes have been taken down. the only way to watch it now without a cinemax subscription in the US is on playstation vue. https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/standalone/ there is a 7 day trial but its 15 a month.
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Oct 2, 2016 09:02
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I finished Ep 4 yesterday and didn't like it very much tbh
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Oct 2, 2016 14:11
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Professor Shark posted:I finished Ep 4 yesterday and didn't like it very much tbh I don't like the writing on this show very much but the acting is very good and sells it most of the time.
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Oct 2, 2016 17:27
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Yeah the acting is pretty great, I'm looking forward to seeing more of Moses
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I really like this show, but I can see why it's never going to be popular with alot of people.
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am0kgonzo posted:I really like this show, but I can see why it's never going to be popular with alot of people. Yeah, cuz it's on Cinemax
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Banshee did just fine I think, being on Cinemax. So did Strike Back. Funnily enough, if you browse "HBO" on iTunes, it will show Cinemax shows too. Anyway, this episode was the weakest so far IMO. I did like the tension of knowing that brosef was coming for them, and was actually kind of looking forward to the come to Jesus meeting Mac and his wife inevitably were going to have. Low blows were thrown, Mac called Joni a whore, all the hallmarks and go-tos were there in that fight. But despite the tension, I knew that, that late at night, the owner of the motel knocking on the door asking for the tools wasn't just because dude was a night owl. I sort of wish that had been a little more low-key, but anyone who has seen television or film where a guy is looking for someone trying to kill them knows that trick. I still love the emotional rollercoaster the show takes you on. When Mac and Joni were Those are the moments when this show really shines, for me. I don't need OTT violence (I mean, it's nice). I just need palpable tension and an emotional connection to the story or characters in some way that makes me want to keep watching, and I get that in this show.
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Oct 4, 2016 14:53
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I'm watching 5 now and I have to say this show seems to have run out of steam 
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Oct 15, 2016 19:54
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I got tired of seeing dirty 70's hicks living in squalor doing stupid poo poo. This show is devoid of fun or passion.
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Oct 16, 2016 03:17
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Professor Shark posted:I'm watching 5 now and I have to say this show seems to have run out of steam Have to agree nothing happened in 5, it was bordering on boring. Still a nice atmosphere and well acted and all that. I did enjoy the previous motel episode though. I'll still keep watching, it may pick up.
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Oct 16, 2016 04:51
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Episode 5 was my favourite so far. Show good, goons bad, imo.
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Oct 16, 2016 10:20
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Almost finished with Ep 6 I wish this show was about Buddy, Karl, and Moses. I don't care about Joni, the detective investigating the murder, or Quarry's debt. I'm skipping through the sex scenes at this point.
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Oct 16, 2016 13:37
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Professor Shark posted:Almost finished with Ep 6 I think the show is actually quite good, but anyone who goes into it because they want a successor to Banshee is going to be disappointed.
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Oct 16, 2016 22:16
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i really like this show, and the gambling episode (5?) had me laughing quite a lot the sex scenes are more distracting than anything but whatever
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Oct 17, 2016 07:11
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The sex scenes honestly feel a bit like Greg 'Cuck' Ye Taine needs to put more action scenes in. However. However. Unless this is the Greg 'b' team working on this whilst his 'a' team either work on the next Banshee successor, or a porn film just with close ups of a limp penis trying to be folded (like a piece of rope/cord) into a waiting vagina. What I'm basically saying is that maybe the b team made the last of us, while the a team are working on the next uncharted mega smash follow up to Banshee.
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i dont really understand your post
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