Big Love

[ValkyrieIsAboutToDie]

New HBO series premiering after The Sopranos tonight about a polygamist family in Utah. I'm not a big fan of just about anything on TV, but this looks like it's going to be my new show. Anyone else looking forward to this?

[Zeste]

I watched it. It is probably really good to people outside utah, but being a lifelong non-mormon resident of utah, it's a little to close to home. I live about 1.5 hours away from one of the biggest polygamist colonies in the state, so I see "pligs" every day, usually in Wal-Mart and Chuck-a-rama (or other buffet restaurants). Not to mention the rest of the "regular" mormons in every aspect of my life (my family, my boss, my co workers, my girlfriends family, my friends....). It's just too much mormon for this heathen.

But it was a good show and bill paxton is awesome.

[Kyena13]

I typically hate Bill Paxton, I think he's a terrible actor, but the show seemed decent for a series premier. I'll definitely be giving it more of a chance, despite Mr. Paxton. All 3 of the wives are going to be very interesting for sure.

[Grimmlokk]

I am a complete and total sucker for any original series on HBO or FX really. This is no different. Watched 1 episode and now I know I'll be watching all of them=/ It's a very interesting idea, and seems to be executed well so far.

Shows exempt from my suckerism are reality shit and Nip/Tuck because both are horrible and if you watch them you are a horrible person who eats kittens and probably smells like feet.

[Samus Aran]

I watched it tonight also it was actually pretty damn funny, it’s hot some hot ass hos that’s fo sho. Jeanne Tripplehorn still looks damn fine even now days and that Ginnifer Goodwin chick from that gay Win a Date with Tad Hamilton movie is damn cute too but hottest of all has got to be Amanda Seyfried from Mean girls, she’s got the big ol tittys and the phat ass. The chick that played Napoleons GF from Napoleon dynamite is in it too and she’s got pretty good lookin too lately. The only chick I don’t like is that fucked in the head Chloe Sevigny bitch, that fuckin ho don’t even look good, I don’t know why they fuckin cast in the show. You figure taking a shot in the mouth on screen from one of the worst directors of all time would end your shitty career but I guess not. Besides that slore the show was still pretty decent, I think ill watch it a couple more times before I pass my final judgment on it though.

[ValkyrieIsAboutToDie]

Originally Posted by Kyena13

I typically hate Bill Paxton, I think he's a terrible actor, but the show seemed decent for a series premier. I'll definitely be giving it more of a chance, despite Mr. Paxton. All 3 of the wives are going to be very interesting for sure.

I can't stand Bill Paxton in any other movie either. His throaty/slurred speech and squinty eyes throw me off, along with his poor delivery, but ::gasp::, holy shit, he's my favorite character on the show so far, next to the daughter. Something about him screams "Likable Mormon", which is such a brutal oxymoron I can barely stand typing it.

But anyway, first episode: C+. I look forward to strong character development and the relationship that will unfold between the wives. Otherwise, it was a slow, quiet episode that just plodded along introducing characters in a Lynchian sort of way. Still though, I can only see good things coming from such a fascinating/fucked up theme.

[Fadaar]

Just post here when the wife orgy is going to happen, then I'll bother to watch.

[Zinke]

Seriously, any one with real information on the mormon polygamists, do the wives just take turns being the 'wife' in terms of sex or what? That's something that's always been weird. I know in India, a man doesn't take additional wives until after a few years normally. At which time, the younger wife tends to be the new sexual plaything, and child-bearer. The older wife becomes the head of home basically.

[Faltigoth]

In the show, it was hinted at that the main character started taking extra wives because his first wife had ovarian cancer that resulted in a hysterectomy.

And technically, there shouldn't be any more Mormon polygamists, since the Church of Mormon outlawed it in 1890, but I know it is still happening - and the way you describe India is sort of what this show's depiction looked like, with the wives scheduling who had the husband on what days of the month, etc. with the oldest wife being like 'the head of household'.

*edit* and I'd be in for the wife orgy too, hot damn. Though I couldn't help but think that every time Bill Paxton checked his phone, he was going to look at it and say, '3 Meters!?! That can't be, man, that's inside the room!!!!!" or some other line from Aliens.

[Zeste]

Originally Posted by Zinke

Seriously, any one with real information on the mormon polygamists, do the wives just take turns being the 'wife' in terms of sex or what? That's something that's always been weird. I know in India, a man doesn't take additional wives until after a few years normally. At which time, the younger wife tends to be the new sexual plaything, and child-bearer. The older wife becomes the head of home basically.

I have tons of real information, first hand. I know quite a few active polygamists, and our entire state (especially the southern part where I live) is well vested in what our neighbors an hour to the east do.

The calendar system they had was accurate. There have been a few polygamists that have worked at my office here, and we asked how it works. Basically, the wives sign up for the days they want. The sister-wife that was here said that usually new wives sign up for alot of days, and that relieves the sex workload from the rest. She seemed glad that the new, younger wives took up more of the sexual time.

As far as orgies go - the show big love was pretty inaccurate in one aspect - most polygamists are HIDEIOUSLY ugly, not only because they dress like they are from the 1890's, but the communities are so closed and have such a lack of genetic diversity that their facial features and such become all washed out, and you start to get ALOT of genetic abnormalities (six fingers, down syndrome, huge hands...). Make no mistake, polygamists are usually strange looking people, both genetically, and because of their style of dress. The men all wear longsleeve, collared shirts, tucked in, and long pants (tight pants) 365 days a year. And the women all wear the dresses that are homemade and look like what pioneers wore 200 years ago. Also, they wear the mormon "garments" under their clothes, the famous magic mormon underwear... only theirs arent short sleeved and legged like normal mormons, theirs go to the wrists and ankles, ala they can never show skin other than their hands or faces/necks. Oh, and the men all wear awesome nike basketball shoes and have awesome cellphones clipped to their belts.

Also, the blond wife (played by chloe whatever), she had the big "wave" hairdo in the front and the braids in the back... thats how ALL the women wear their hair, its quite hideous. Also, the old fashioned clothing is the norm. Mind you - Bill Paxtons family is NOT typical, most polygamists live out on the "compounds" or cities where its just them... remember the scene with the 20 hideous wives washing the plane? thats what their life really is. Rarely do practicing polygamists enter the mainstream. And they'd NEVER say fuck.

Did anyone else hear bill paxtons character on the phone say "What the H!" hahahaha... yeah...

[Ham n Cheese]

This show was pretty boring.