Luck

[richard]

Sir Michael Gambon certainly spices up every scene he's in. He's a villain totally and he's like an elephant in a room. Powerful, rude, loud, violent, all things bad bad bad. The baddest of the bad in Luck, so far.

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Any chance you will be at Del Mar during the first weekend of August?

Why yes yes I will !!

[TouchOfGrey]

HBO to suspend filming with horses on racing drama ‘Luck’ after 3rd horse fatality

[Dahoss]

That's unfortunate, but this horse didn't die while filming a scene. She reared back while being led to the stable and hit her head on the ground.

A freak accident. Reminds me of what happened to Exogenous before the 2001 Distaff.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

HBO to suspend filming with horses on racing drama ‘Luck’ after 3rd horse fatality

The first two horse deaths drew criticism from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which said that safety guidelines used in filming failed to prevent the deaths “so clearly they were inadequate.”

Good thing they arent against seat belts...

[Honu]

Well perhaps if America Humane would allow lip chains to be used on horses that are high strung or goofy then maybe they wouldnt act up in the street and kill themselves.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Honu

Well perhaps if America Humane would allow lip chains to be used on horses that are high strung or goofy then maybe they wouldnt act up in the street and kill themselves.

Why would they have a say? It is a pretty basic horse industry standard to use lip chains on unruly horses. Appeasing these people never works.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Why would they have a say? It is a pretty basic horse industry standard to use lip chains on unruly horses. Appeasing these people never works.

You cannot believe how much say they have in everything. I saw the horse being stupid and jumping around in the street, the guy on the end of the shank had no shot. These horses are being fed and trained like race horses so they are acting like them as well and the stupid azz's from America Humane want to tell the people who actually know what they are doing how to do it.

Originally Posted by PatCummings

I don't know what others think, but last night's episode of Luck, was, in my opinion, far and away the best of the series, and really catapulted the show into the full HBO standard quality we've come to expect. I was fine with it before, enjoyed it, great racing scenes, etc - but last night was the best, and should really hook viewers that might have been loose on the tether.

Couldn't agree more. Loved it.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Honu

I will be, would love to meet some more folks from DT.

Originally Posted by geeker2

Why yes yes I will !!

See you two there!

[jrajf]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

I don't know what others think, but last night's episode of Luck, was, in my opinion, far and away the best of the series, and really catapulted the show into the full HBO standard quality we've come to expect. I was fine with it before, enjoyed it, great racing scenes, etc - but last night was the best, and should really hook viewers that might have been loose on the tether.

This episode was so full of syrup and sap that I will find it hard to rerun..
all this relationship crap..dustin and his creepy lady...escalante getting on with the little boy...the pregnancy thing and the remolding of escalante as a good guy....not for me

[Antitrust32]

maybe the AHA and PETA should spend one day as a claims adjuster for equine insurance. Maybe they'd gain some perspective.

Originally Posted by richard

Sir Michael Gambon certainly spices up every scene he's in. He's a villain totally and he's like an elephant in a room. Powerful, rude, loud, violent, all things bad bad bad. The baddest of the bad in Luck, so far.

He's terrible in this role. Killing Rain Man's middle man was about as believable as Split Rock's pick 5 tickets.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by jrajf

This episode was so full of syrup and sap that I will find it hard to rerun..
all this relationship crap..dustin and his creepy lady...escalante getting on with the little boy...the pregnancy thing and the remolding of escalante as a good guy....not for me

.....show sucks

[TouchOfGrey]

Just saw on Twitter that HBO has cancelled Luck.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

Just saw on Twitter that HBO has cancelled Luck.

[LARHAGE]

I wish the producers had balls, so because some PETA morons get mad they cave? I have horses that have reared up and flipped over, maybe I should quit my job. I guess there will no longer be any horse shows or movies, a horse might get hurt. This is so ridiculous, if any of those animal rights wackos REALLY knew horses, they would know they get injured in their stalls, in the pastures, in trailers and just plain walking down the road.

[trackrat59]

Luck Shut Down For Good

http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/hbos...t-horse-death/

Needless to say, this type of publicity is the last thing this sport needs.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by LARHAGE

I wish the producers had balls, so because some PETA morons get mad they cave? I have horses that have reared up and flipped over, maybe I should quit my job. I guess there will no longer be any horse shows or movies, a horse might get hurt. This is so ridiculous, if any of those animal rights wackos REALLY knew horses, they would know they get injured in their stalls, in the pastures, in trailers and just plain walking down the road.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Viewership had decreased to 600,000 - It was a convenient way out of a mess, that's all.