tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post115235724152727036..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Deadwood: Fight clubAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1152639689743888262006-07-11T13:41:00.000-04:002006-07-11T13:41:00.000-04:00I thought Hostetler's death was an irrational mome...I thought Hostetler's death was an irrational moment--like all suicides--but not entirely out of character. If he'd been a happy man eagerly looking forward to his new life in Oregon, that would have been one thing. But he was miserable, probably clinically depressed in today's terms, and that combined with Steve's incessant provocations led him to a mad final act: If I'm so much of a cheating liar out to wrong you and laugh at you, how come I'm dead, asshole?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109906758271443692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1152635122876621752006-07-11T12:25:00.000-04:002006-07-11T12:25:00.000-04:00Re: Hostetler's decision to kill himself... I didn...Re: Hostetler's decision to kill himself... I didn't buy it either. Felt entirely like a storyteller reaching for a moment, not an organic outgrowth of that character. Let's face it, Hostetler likely spent much of his life as a slave... yet he had the strength of self to end up, in freedom, as an entrepreneur. There's nothing I can see in this conflict with Steve that would push a strong man over the edge; Hostetler had to have overcome a lot worse in his life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1152632783155935742006-07-11T11:46:00.000-04:002006-07-11T11:46:00.000-04:00I think you're right, that Hostetler realized Stev...I think you're right, that Hostetler realized Steves are everywhere and he just couldn't take it anymore.<BR/><BR/>Still wish he'd at least shot Steve first. I was sure he was about to grab a pitchfork and stab Steve to death with it. Damn!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1152627378885795162006-07-11T10:16:00.000-04:002006-07-11T10:16:00.000-04:00In Matt's review of the episode, he says Hostetler...In <A HREF="http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/zollerseitz/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/115252351496300.xml&coll=1" REL="nofollow">Matt's review</A> of the episode, he says Hostetler's decision to commit suicide -- as opposed to trying to kill Steve, or just grabbing his money and leaving -- was the first plot development in the show's history that he didn't buy at all. I'm not sure that I agree -- I could see this as Hostetler recognizing that, no matter how hard he tries, he's always going to live in a world where he's at the mercy of people like Steve -- but I was wondering what others thought.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1152570709201455932006-07-10T18:31:00.000-04:002006-07-10T18:31:00.000-04:00The "what goes up must come down" rule does apply,...The "what goes up must come down" rule does apply, but the bullet usually just plinks off the top of your head - it hurts, and it _might_ knock you out, but it won't kill you.<BR/><BR/>That was a recurring joke on Arrested Development; P.J O'Rourke also talks about it in his coverage of the end of the first Gulf War. Apparently, the falling bullets of the really big machine guns - like M-60's - can kill you, but the smaller bullets just bounce off.<BR/><BR/>-Darren MacLennanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1152548599020567562006-07-10T12:23:00.000-04:002006-07-10T12:23:00.000-04:00It was an amazing, brutal episode. I only wish th...It was an amazing, brutal episode. I only wish that Hostetler had shot Steve instead of himself. Now that's injustice.<BR/><BR/>I would like to see Sol do more than talk to Trixie. He needs to interact with Bullock more, or maybe Charlie or even Jane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1152543650300189312006-07-10T11:00:00.000-04:002006-07-10T11:00:00.000-04:00I look for the Trixie-Sol dynamic to resolve since...I look for the Trixie-Sol dynamic to resolve since she's finally figured out what's wrong. Every time they had one of these at-odds conversations, I thought: Al would have understood what she meant; she's got to stop 'talking to Al'." <BR/><BR/>The fight scene? What a call-back to "My man beat your man's balls off" in Season 2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com