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Perry Mason [HBO]

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Matthew Rhys has signed on to star as Perry Mason in a prospective limited series at HBO. The project is being exec produced Robert Downey Jr.
Rhys, who will also serve as a producer on the project, will play Mason at a time in his life when he is living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator. He also finds himself haunted by his wartime experiences in France and is suffering the effects of a broken marriage

https://tvline.com/2019/01/14/matthew-rhys-perry-mason-hbo-limited-series-cast/

Tatiana Maslany to co star

https://deadline.com/2019/04/tatiana-maslany-hbo-perry-mason-limited-series-team-downey-matthew-rhys-1202594604/

the reimagined Perry Mason is set in 1932 Los Angeles

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Go Harvey Go

Back in 2013, NBC and Universal Television attempted to bring a Raymond Burr drama series into the 21st century... only for it to be cancelled after four episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMxzCHIisKo

HBO and RDJ ought to do better here, though. They haven't *completely* re-imagined Mason, for starters - and they've kept the setting, too.

JP Liz V1

https://tvline.com/2019/05/07/john-lithgow-perry-mason-cast-limited-series-hbo/

John Lithgow joins

Agent Coulson

First look of Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason.

Agent Coulson

Trailer and starts June 21st.

Agent Coulson

While the rest of the country struggles through the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong. Based on characters created by author Erle Stanley Gardner, this drama series follows the origins of American fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason. When the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason’s relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself

JP Liz V1

For Sky Atlantic and NOW TV it is on Monday June 22nd

The Black Oil

Strong trailer.

odyssey06

Really looking forward to this, big fan of Matthew Rhys from the Americans & have seen some of the original black and white series and the 1980s TV movies on CBS Justice recently.

Agent Coulson

Starts next Sunday,

The cast and creators of Perry Mason discuss how they took the legendary defense attorney character back to his gritty roots as a private investigator and recreated 1930s Los Angeles for a new kind of Perry Mason story.

JP Liz V1

Well it sure don't feel like Burr's Mason

another True Detective installment

CastorTroy

Can't say I watched the original and I've only seen the later tv movies. But gonna check this out.
Will also try Equalizer but that's a different thread when the time comes.

Agent Coulson

A stunning looking episode not sure about the story yet however it was only the opening episode.

CastorTroy

Wonder when we'll get a PI that's not a heavy drinker.
Was a good show. Didn't realise it was going to be a season long story.
A lot of recognisable faces in it.

Could do with a warning about the baby. I know of some who wold turn it off after seeing that early scene.

I really shouldn't have looked up why I recognised the mother. Couldn't see her as anyone but Sheila the She-Wolf when I found out.

JP Liz V1

CastorTroy wrote: »

Wonder when we'll get a PI that's not a heavy drinker.
Was a good show. Didn't realise it was going to be a season long story.
A lot of recognisable faces in it.

Could do with a warning about the baby. I know of some who wold turn it off after seeing that early scene.

I really shouldn't have looked up why I recognised the mother. Couldn't see her as anyone but Sheila the She-Wolf when I found out.

I did not expect either the male nudity and food sex scene

Gayle Rankin as the grieving mother Emily Dodson stood out in the top notch cast for me

fritzelly

Another remake using the name for nostalgia and totally changing the story

The first episode was plodding and all over the place.
Like someone said above True Detective comes to mind
At only 8 episodes I'll continue but unless there is development on the actual story I'll probably be out after the next episode

Slydice

I haven't seen any of the previous Perry Mason stuff and there has been a lot!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Mason_(disambiguation)

Sounds like it'll be ok to get into though when it's described as:

set before Mason's legal career

1: Strong opener. The show could go up or down depending on the story and direction. One thing stood out though was Matthew Rhys is putting a lot into it.

That scene in the morgue when his face reacts to what he sees!

Not lost on me that Jefferson Mays (George Hodel in I Am the Night) is playing the guy working in the morgue!

Full_Circle_81

Well that wasn't at all the sort of show I was expecting! Far more dark, gritty and brooding. Dunno why I was expecting a kind of fun courtroom detective type show :P

Galwayguy35

Is it any good?

Missed the first episode.

JP Liz V1

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Is it any good?

Missed the first episode.

It's dark nothing like courtroom Burr's Mason, felt it more like another True Detective installment

CastorTroy

Thought this was a really good episode as well. Seems pretty well paced. Over an hour long but didn't feel it.

recipio

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Is it any good?

Missed the first episode.

Ditto. caught the second episode last night. Top notch production and witty dialogue. If you are squeamish beware of some visceral scenes including a shocking 'suicide'. Best HBO production since 'Boardwalk' ?

CastorTroy

This even has a couple of Boardwalk Empire actors as well

Heckler

Nearly finished the first episode and like it. I don't know why it had to be linked to the Perry Mason name unless they plan on some serious character progression. It could have been called anything. As mentioned more like True Detective without the philosophy.

Love the 30's setting. Made me want to rewatch LA Confidential and re-read some James Elliot. Usual HBO sex, swearing, fantastic production values etc.

Will defo give ep.02 a watch. Lots calling it boring, plodding etc. I find it quite engaging. I've never seen the Americans or any film that Matthew Rhys has been in but I think he's pretty damn good here. And of course John Lithgow and T-1000.

expectationlost

ep 2 what was in that persons mouth?

[Deleted User]

Watched some of it.. So he's gay and he smokes... Not reminiscent of The Burr Perry Mason :pac:

Not very gripping either

CastorTroy

expectationlost wrote: »

ep 2 what was in that persons mouth?

If you mean

the guy who's face was half shot off from the shotgun, it looked like upper false teeth, or at least half of them. The reason it was significant was because the cop found the other half in the alley meaning it was the guy who fell from the roof and the dirty cop moved him to that house and staged the scene

Slydice

2: Some damn gory scenes in this episode!

Well made again. I can guess the plot will be

for Mason to eventually meet up with Officer Drake and they can piece together that yer man wasn't a suicide.

Thought the Church speech was done really well. The music in the background with the drums had me thinking about Terminator music.

The composer is Terence Blanchard and it looks like the soundtrack is being put up here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBKadB95sF46Vk3HxiX1ohJ7sDkbFa0HL

Haven't gone through it yet though to see if the drums are in one of the songs.

CastorTroy

I like to see Tatiana Maslany getting work since I thought she was brilliant in Orphan Black, though I need to go back and finish that at some point

Galwayguy35

Thought we would have to wait longer to see who was responsible for the murder of the kid, unless there is another twist in the story yet to come out.

Galwayguy35

Deleted User wrote: »

Watched some of it.. So he's gay and he smokes... Not reminiscent of The Burr Perry Mason :pac:

Not very gripping either

Didn't seem too gay when he was shunting the wan that wants to buy his farm :pac: