Friday Night Lights - Spoilers

[stoney321]

Okay, I FINALLY got to re-watch the season premiere of this show, and I may have watched the best pilot of a show ever. So, I'm Texan. Big shocker, I know. Man, they NAILED it. They. NAILED. it.

The whole town weighing in on the game. The signs in everyone's yard. The "Gone to the Game" signs on business fronts. Yep. High school football is almost as important as religion here. In some circles, it's more important. (I'd point to the "House Divided" bumper stickers/decals as proof.) The feeling of perfection witnessed when that perfect spiral is released and an entire stadium holds their breath, hoping the receiver catches it.

How everyone knows each player's name. All the way to third and fourth string (if larger than 2A.) Now granted, I was 5A. In fact, I was State Champion 5A, I thank you. But I live in a 2A town now, my dad grew up in a 1A, and I love high school football. I frickin' LOVE high school football. NFL wears me out, but lord, I love high school football. (And Pee Wee football makes me "awww!" with the cuteness, but I digress.)

I teared UP when those kids held their hands up with fingers crossed? GOOD LORD, I have done that in a game. Do y'all do that outside of Texas? Does the opposing team kneel down in respect while the EMTs check out the injured player? 'Cause we do that here. I remember my cousin's football team his senior year. He was a running back, his good friend Tyler was the QB. Tyler was gonna be Heisman material, had a full ride to BYU, which was the SHIT in the early 90s. Tyler got hit just like on this show. Tyler was paralyzed. Tyler's girlfriend, the head cheerleader, stood by him and married him. I think they're still married. Okay, that was just a random remembrance.

ANYWAY. I have two quibbles, but they're teeny tiny.

• If this is in West Texas, half of that cheer team would be Hispanic girls with impeccable hair. And flawless makeup. Not one to be seen! No way, people. Hire some Latinas and gain credibility.
• Also, if this is West Texas, not even Midland nor Odessa is large enough to support a Dillards [eta!](Yes they are! But I still stand by the fact that small towns like "Dillon" where the coach's wife is excited about his and hers closets - the kids wouldn't be wearing several hundred dollar outfits.) Those kids dress WAY too nice. Some of them were right, but it's a LONG drive to Amarillo or El Paso, and even then, you're looking at JC Penny's and Bealls' for your high-end store, especially on a small town income. I wish TV execs/costumers would go realistic in the clothing department on shows like this.

Like I said. TEENY TINY quibbles. The characters feel real. They talk right. Hell, they got the West Texas accent down. *cough* George STILL doesn't have it all the way. Heh. OH! And I feel very strongly that in Real Life, the coach would have brought that grieving mother the game ball. Signed. By every member of that boy's team.

If they have every one in the HS hanging out at Sonic, parked on the "cool side" (and if you don't know which is which, I'm not telling) I may freak out with the accuracy of small town life. And there would be a bonfire before the game, too. One the whole town turned out for. (Or the night before. I'm just saying.)

This may be one of the best sports TV shows ever, and one of the best new shows of the fall lineup. If you aren't watching, you should fic that! It comes on at 7/8pm C/E tonight on NBC. Or hell. I'll upload it to YSI if you missed it and wanna watch. Just say the word.

BEST FRIENDS! BOYS HOLDING HANDS! FATE OF THE WORLD TOWN RESTING ON A FEW YOUNG MEN'S SHOULDERS! *bawls* It has EVERYTHING. brandil? YES. Yes. It's the BEST. And where are the ICONS, omg??

*cough*

Comments

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I didn't see the movie this was evidently based on, so I was only hoping it wouldn't be a PAX/Hallmark type schlock fest, you know?

But yeah. Him saying "Thank you." His manners. That is how a QB is groomed. How an upper echelon player is groomed. I hear all of this negative talk about TO (and deservedly so) but I can tell you that boy got his ass handed to him by Jerry Jones and told how to behave. I loved that the PeeWee football kid said Street could be better than Staubach and Aikman. :)

For me, it was the way they dressed the Mayor, her Marlboro voice, and her telling Street to quit being nice, because that's not how you win games. Then telling him to listen to early Black Sabbath to get into winning mode. :)

[sweetumms33.livejournal.com]

I loved the movie version of this. It was just powerful in the simplicity of it all, and it managed to not be cheesy, which is honestly a feat in its own. I'm from Western PA, so while we aren't as hardcore as the Texans, highschool football is a way of life here too. I was wondering if you knew anywhere I could get the pilot from, so I could see it.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I didn't see the movie, and now I'm thinking I need to...

You can get it from this torrent: http://www.torrentportal.com/details/727265/Friday.Night.Lights.S01E01.HDTV.XviD-LOL.avi.html

It's being heavily seeded, so it should move FAST.

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

There is so much fic potential. I know there's fic for the movie, so I've no doubt there will be fic for the show. It'll be interesting to see how this fandom grows compared to SPN which just exploded last year. And yes, where are the ICONS?????????

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

OMG! You have to see the movie, Stoney. You have to! Dwight Yokum is in it and I did not expect him to be good at all, but he's amazing. The movie will probably better address your issues with the clothing/money issue. It's based on a book (true story, I think) about Odessa's team.

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Eep. Correction. It's Tim McGraw, not Dwight. I don't know what I was thinking.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

*netflixes like a summbitch!*

I LOVE it when Dwight Yokum acts. He is a SUCKER PUNCH every time. SOLD.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

If I knew how to take images out of VLC player and get them to save in PSP, I'd whip up some. I'm surfing... If I find some, I'll hook a sistah up.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Alright, it's on the Netflix Queue. I'm SOLD. I don't know why I didn't see it the first go round... Probably a kid having issue. And I'll clearly need to see the book, too. DONE.

And right with the WB filter. I'm pleasantly surprised at how real it feels. DOwn to the angry kid being raised by his brother who sleeps on the sofa under the window. Yep.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ha! I'll STILL check it out. You and Ash reccing it? I'm THERE.

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

There's an option in VLC called "Snapshot" - you can get it by right clicking or from a drop down menu up top. I'm not sure what you do from there to screencap though.

I still don't understand how to download torrents. I am very, very sad.

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was fucking blown away by his performance and the kid who plays his son. They're way too real.

[sweetumms33.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!!! Can't wait to watch

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw the snapshot, and I tried to click - but... I don't know what it does with the image from there. I need hand holding. :)

And I can tell you how to use bittorrent - 'tis EASY PEASY. I use the actual bittorrent program. It felt more user friendly that Azureus did. To GET torrents, I almost always find what I want at piratebay.org, torrentportal.com, or fulldls.com. They have a wide network that finds just about anything.

Say you want FNL. Go to torrentportal (for example) and do a search - fine tune it by selecting TV for your category. It'll come up at the top. Turn on your bittorrent program. Click the link you just found, then hit DOWNLOAD THIS TORRENT. Your browser will ask you what to do, select to use Bittorrent. Bittorrent will ask you where to stick it (I do my desktop or a folder created) and Bob's your uncle. Unless John is your uncle.

:)

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Thanks. And I do actually have an uncle Bob. No John though, only cousins named John. If I figure out the snapshot thing, I'll let you know.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, please!

Also: the key to getting a good torrent: look for one with lots of SEEDERS. That's people that have the program, sharing. LEECHERS are people taking. The more people involved, the faster the dl goes. (40:100 vs. 1200:4000, you see.)

And keep the file running after you've dl'd. That's how you seed. No one explained that to me, and I realized I was just taking without giving back. I usually seed until my share ratio reaches 200%, at least. But that's just me.

*squishes you*

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Just found these instructions on a board (I've added a few things to make it more clear). And it works.

------------

To enable screencapping:
Open VLC
Hit Settings -> Preferences
In lower right corner check the box for "advanced settings".
Then click on "video" to open General Video Settings.
Look to the "snapshots" area and choose where you'd like your screencaps saved, and in what format (choice of PNG or JPG).
Click "save" in the lower left corner of the window to save your settings and close the window.

To take a screencap:

A) Right-click anywhere in the playback window and select "snapshot" from the menu that appears.

or

B) Hit Ctrl-Alt-S during playback.

Either way, a thumbnail of the screencap will appear in the upper left of the window and remain for about 4 seconds.

------------

Okay, back to me. My only issue? I couldn't get it to put the pics where I wanted them. It put them in the default - My Docs > My pictures. But there's also a tutorial here with screen images to walk you through visually (just scroll down a bit they've got 'how to open a file' first:

http://community.livejournal.com/cap_it/2950440.html

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Ooh, as a follow-up I got the directory feature to work right when I opened the player but NOT a video. So just player opened. Changed my location. Saved. Then opened a video took a few shots and they were where I wanted them to be stored. Score!!

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I had wondered about that 'keep it open' thing. How long and all to do it. Good to know. I'm dl-ing something right now from Up-file, but when I finish I'm going to DL FNL ep1. Whee!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

AWESOME!!! You are the WINNER. I'll see if I can't cap some shots for icon making, yayness!!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

If you can hang on a bit, the file I'm uploading (FNL) is almost complete. I'll hit you with a comment so you know it's available. :*

[brandil.livejournal.com]

You should see the movie, I will send it to you if you need me to.

Street was everything they said he was, I hope he continues to be.

::sniff::

[brandil.livejournal.com]

I don't know how to download torrents, make screen caps or icons.

I almost lose at fandom.

The fact that I found this show and Nip/Tuck and have converted people to both proves I don't lose completely.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Me, too! Brandi, I've watched the pilot THREE TIMES now. It's just good, solid storytelling.

I'm gonna try and make icons. I'm not the best at it, but dammit, I want an icon!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I told Sal up there how to use torrents. It's actually pretty simple, once you learn what the basic terms are. Point and click, really.

I used to LOVE Nip/Tuck. Then school started for the kids, and it's just a bad time. I shouuld check it out... I LOVED S1.