HBO's Perry Mason

[Tyler Joined: Jan 9th, 2018 Topics: 9 Posts: 1380 View Predictions]

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Teaser released today, premieres June 21

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[Tyler Joined: Jan 9th, 2018 Topics: 9 Posts: 1380 View Predictions]

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I think HBO released this today just for me because they knew I finished bingeing the Americans.

That said, I’m going to watch this but this honestly looks a parody for an HBO prestige drama. This, the Outsider, and the Undoing all looked ridiculously incredibly generic, I’m ready for something new.

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[Jays Joined: Dec 15th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 1234 View Predictions]

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This looks miiiiiles better than The Outsider and The Undoing, imo.

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[Sab227 Joined: Dec 29th, 2012 Topics: 48 Posts: 301 View Predictions]

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Yeah this looks great I cant wait to see how it turns out

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[Reis Joined: Jun 17th, 2014 Topics: 8 Posts: 815 View Predictions]

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2x times Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany and Matthew Rhys sounds great.

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[hopelesstar Joined: Mar 10th, 2020 Topics: 3 Posts: 3059 View Predictions]

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Maslany role seems baity on paper and she is second billed, she is coming “Maslany will play Sister Alice, the leader of the Radiant Assembly of God, preaching three sermons a day to a hungry congregation and a radio audience that spans the country. An entertainer, politician, God’s conduit to the City of Angels, Sister Alice wields great power when she speaks, and plans to use it in ways only she can know.”

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[jacob121 Joined: Mar 2nd, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 379 View Predictions]

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Looks impressive to me.

June is a tough date Emmys-wise, though.

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[JakeT Joined: Sep 4th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 349 View Predictions]

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I’ll give anything with Rhys in a go. Same applies to Maslany and Lithgow.

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[Riley Chow Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 21 Posts: 2216 View Predictions]

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The trailer for HBO's Perry Mason series with Matthew Rhys has me wondering if the books ever mentioned Mason having been a private eye before he became a defense lawyer, or if that's something wholly invented for this: https://t.co/QMuOftxsMD

— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) April 20, 2020

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[jacob121 Joined: Mar 2nd, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 379 View Predictions]

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Not sure why but I was under the impression that the series would be an adaptation of one of the novels but based on that tweet I guess not.

I’ve never seen the original (not *that* old) so didn’t know he is typically portrayed as a lawyer not a PI.

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[BamaEd Joined: Nov 3rd, 2010 Topics: 3 Posts: 202 View Predictions]

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Oh what to say. I think calling it Perry Mason is a bad idea. If this had been a new series with new characters, it would have been just fine. But the trailer looks generic meh. It seems a lot like that Ben Affleck movie from what was it, a year ago, two years? It doesn’t feel fresh and different. It’s a UK actor doing a sort of serviceable American accent, 30s art direction and costumes, lots of “acting” (aka overwritten show).

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[DvirBA Joined: Apr 23rd, 2018 Topics: 3 Posts: 171 View Predictions]

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Great to see Tim Van Patten back on HBO.

He used to be their top director yet he haven’t done anything for them since the Boardwalk Empire finale in 2014.
I hope he’ll at least get a nomination, merely for being a legend

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[Kay Joined: Feb 22nd, 2019 Topics: 2 Posts: 1194 View Predictions]

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Looks great.

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[Riley Chow Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 21 Posts: 2216 View Predictions]

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Got all eight episodes and there is no review embargo noted. Unfortunately not going to watch because I am catching up on Emmy-eligible shows.

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[boss Joined: Aug 14th, 2016 Topics: 3 Posts: 893 View Predictions]

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Riley Chow wrote:

Got all eight episodes and there is no review embargo noted. Unfortunately not going to watch because I am catching up on Emmy-eligible shows.

Is it still referred as a drama series?

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