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i tried to watch Landman

Posted by letmebeyourgoddess

I don’t think I got past the second episode and I feel like I know less about what goes on in this show than before I even started watching that, which I didn’t think that was physically possible. What is up with the over sexualization of the daughter ? Why is there so much soft core p*** in shows nowadays that have nothing to do with the plot ? and then in between it’s billy’s boring monotone voice. I’m just curious if it gets any better?
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Johnny_Blaze_123 Mar 22, 2026 +2917
This isn’t a show. It’s an oil industry ad.
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Affectionate-Day8307 Mar 22, 2026 +1325
It's the latest in boomerslop. Paramount+ is riddled with it.
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RODjij Mar 22, 2026 +647
Thats Taylor Sheridan TV for you. Yellowstone and its spin offs, Landman, Tulsa king. Wrote good shit for Sicario & hell or high water movies but his TV work is a very direct audience.
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zuuzuu Mar 22, 2026 +87
Wind River was also great, but the only one of his TV shows I've liked was 1883. It was a Yellowstone prequel, so I'm not sure why I watched it because Yellowstone was terrible, but I'm glad I did.
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myassholealt Mar 22, 2026 +47
1883 was basically a TV adaptation of the Oregon Trail in my book.
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zuuzuu Mar 22, 2026 +18
Yeah, but it was well done, with compelling characters.
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icecreambandit7 Mar 22, 2026 +13
Ok but how much dysentery was there?
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johnnyma45 Mar 23, 2026 +7
Dunno but a shit ton of people died
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Christopher135MPS Mar 23, 2026 +3
Either the first or second episode someone dies from cholera because they drank river water without boiling it.
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The_Mystery_Knight Mar 23, 2026 +7
I think his problem, beyond the boomerism that has gotten worse as his career has progressed, is that he has great ideas but loses sight of the story he’s trying to tell pretty quickly. At least that’s my theory. His movies are great. 1883 was one season and was pretty great. 1923 was two seasons and was good, but again you saw a drop off from season one to season two. Yellowstone S1 was good TV. But it lost sight of its main hypothesis. The villain in S1 is John Dutton. He’s cowboy Walter White. He continually manipulates everyone around him that he claims to love do things that they don’t want to do. And it was compelling. But then he kind of just morphed into a speak and spell for boomerisms and the show lost its way.
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Christopher135MPS Mar 23, 2026 +4
Agreed. Season 1 was riveting, season 2 was great, 3 was…. Yeah. Four wasn’t worth it. I haven’t bothered with 5.
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Digess Mar 22, 2026 +189
Sicario wasn’t his, it was 70% rewritten by someone else.
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rhdkcnrj Mar 22, 2026 +190
Who rewrote 70% of it? EDIT: getting downvoted for asking this is insane. I’m not supporting Sheridan, I’m literally just trying to find out who actually wrote one of my favorite movies lol
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BatFromSpace Mar 22, 2026 +154
Allegedly heavily changed by the director along with Benicio del Toro (removed almost all of his speaking parts to make him seem tougher and more mysterious)
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rhdkcnrj Mar 22, 2026 +38
Denis Villeneuve said that?
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airjunkie Mar 22, 2026 +54
There's articles all over the internet about rewrites (and numerous credible podcasters who have discussed it as well) and del Toro is well know to make major changes to his characters (from what I've heard the changes he made for One Battle After Another significantly improved the script/movie). An example : https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/emily-blunt-cutting-original-sicario-opening-right-decision-1234603189/ That being said Villeneuve has also praised the original script so the 70% rewrite idea sounds a little over the top. From what I've heard the original script seemed very heavy handed, while Villeneuve changes it to be more cinematic. I'm not personally a fan of Sheridan's shows (personally I find them unwatchable) but his movies are excellent.
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George__Parasol Mar 22, 2026 +16
I think Del Toro spoke about wanting to remove dialogue specifically where Alejandro talks about himself and his backstory, not dialogue altogether (just adding this on top of what you said)
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thegoldenchain Mar 22, 2026 +27
I read this from a different reddit thread, so maybe independently verify, but the word is that Denis Villenueve ended up rewriting large swaths of Sicario along with Benicio Del Toro, because they liked neither how Del Toro nor Emily Blunt’s character were written.
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rhdkcnrj Mar 22, 2026 +23
Someone else said this too but is there any source for it? Not saying you should provide one - you were very direct and up front about where you heard it - but I’d love an actual source instead of just reddit comments quoting other Reddit comments
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thegoldenchain Mar 22, 2026 +56
That’s fair. I did some research to see if it was independently verified and the answer is “kind of.” First, Villeneuve seems to be nothing but [complimentary](https://deadline.com/2024/10/london-film-festival-denis-villeneuve-one-rule-filmmaking-avoid-arseholes-1236114157/) of both Sheridan and the original script, so anyone saying otherwise is likely taking a leap. Second, there are a few articles that reference Villeneuve changing said script. Both [cutting](https://www.thewrap.com/sicario-director-denis-villeneuve-on-why-he-cut-benicio-del-toro-lines/) Del Toro’s lines significantly to make him appear more menacing and [changing the ending](https://theplaylist.net/how-denis-villeneuve-changed-the-ending-of-sicario-from-the-script-20151029/), again to highlight Sicario’s cruelty. So, there’s evidence that it was a solid script and there’s evidence that Villeneuve made critical changes. That said, there’s no evidence (that I can find) that Villeneuve rewrote most of the script or that Sheridan wasn’t there the whole time, helping Villeneuve make the script changes. That appears to mostly a reddit self-perpetuation.
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rhdkcnrj Mar 22, 2026 +22
My man. Finally an actual *answer*. I appreciate you taking the time
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lilkil Mar 22, 2026 +2
I think the movie is an amazing example of what a great director can add. Consider the bridge scene. Almost all of the dialogue is military bro jargon, but the way it is shot and edited makes it an absolute masterclass of suspense and tension.
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banstylejbo Mar 22, 2026 +35
It’s just the latest version of the CSI/NCIS fad. A billion spinoffs of the same junk format for people who want mindless conservative garbage to watch.
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LilacYak Mar 22, 2026 +7
Was CSI/NCIS really considered conservative?
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cgott84 Mar 22, 2026 +54
I would argue copaganda is inherently conservative
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Burwhale_The_Avenger Mar 22, 2026 +11
Exactly. It's not like it's the sort of stuff a Conservative would turn off in disgust.
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IrrelevantLeprechaun Mar 23, 2026 +5
Even The Rookie is basically copaganda, albeit less blatantly. I recall everyone defending it back when DropOut TV announced their collab with The Rookie despite it already having a reputation as copaganda.
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Tymareta Mar 23, 2026 +5
> Even The Rookie is basically copaganda The show is sponsored by the LAPD, is written by an ex-cop and said LAPD have literally stated that it's been "fantastic for recruitment", it's not less blatant, it's simply copaganda that appeals to liberals, as opposed to conservatives.
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ap0577 Mar 22, 2026 +18
I actually didn’t hate Lioness season 1 but the rest is slop. Agree that the movies are dope.
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SentryNap Mar 22, 2026 +26
I wasn’t minding Lioness too much until Zoe Saldana’s constant yelling started giving me a headache. Women can demonstrate strength and toughness and emotional intensity without screaming in everyone’s face.
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ShortHandz Mar 22, 2026 +12
The early seasons of Yellowstone were ok, shit went off the rails pretty fast though. 1873 was also pretty good. I tried one episode of the new show Marshals... brutal.
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locklear24 Mar 22, 2026 +12
Yellowstone was okay when it was a legacied family fighting for something, and to be honest the lives of the ranch hands were infinitely more interesting. It just became Dallas with Sopranos politics. Edit: corrected ‘ranch bass’ to ‘ranch hands’.
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br0b1wan Mar 22, 2026 +39
And it's going to get worse
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prozaczodiac Mar 22, 2026 +17
Have never heard the term boomerslop for movies, love it.
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BorkStimpson Mar 22, 2026 +8
I only know about this show and the like because it is featured so much on morning talk shows that I watch with my parents when I’m with them lol so that tracks
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stuffofpuffin Mar 22, 2026 +11
“boomerslop”? MAGAslop or MAGAwank are more accurate.
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Lfsnz67 Mar 22, 2026 +5
Wait till you see the anti New York screed The Madison
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Good_old_Marshmallow Mar 22, 2026 +160
There’s a version of this that could’ve been interesting. Like Mad Men and smoking.  I’m fully down for a show about the life in oil country. The scene of all the laborers up before the sun up in a long line piled in expensive pick ups waiting for a bikini barista to make them energy drink mixes was a fun bit of world building that is true to life. The oligopoly of oil companies all plotting together makes for a good drama. The inherit hypocrisy of society that we will depend on oil but we don’t want to think about it is fun. The extraction economy creating such wealth inequality and pulling out such wealth but putting so little into the local place is a good story premise. The single mother of someone who died at an oil site. The oil site overseer who’s lived out there for decades but hasn’t decorated his house because he doesn’t think of it as home even tho it’s the only place he’ll ever live.  The oil propaganda I’m even okay with coming from the *characters* like that is how the characters would think. It’s like Don Draper saying cigarettes aren’t bad for you, like yeah that character would think that. My issue is more that the show very much says that. I don’t need morality lessons from my entertainment, I’m okay if the show doesn’t go out of the way to prove him wrong or do the obvious things mad men did like have characters coughing from smoke or dye of lung cancer. But I don’t need it going the other way of vindicating that he’s right 
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abcpdo Mar 22, 2026 +59
the funny thing is boomtown the podcast this was based on was fairly neutural, even a little critical of the oil industry in west texas
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MCJokeExplainer Mar 22, 2026 +8
That podcast is so good. Glad that those guys probably made bank on the IP, but Landman sucks
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abcpdo Mar 22, 2026 +2
yeah christian wallace is an EP on the show iirc
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Unc1eD3ath Mar 22, 2026 +56
I watched a video about his spiel on wind turbines and he was almost completely wrong. It was insane. Just made up bullshit. They don’t kill birds or hardly ever. He claims they take more oil etc but they more than offset the materials and maintenance. They’re such clowns
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Haltopen Mar 23, 2026 +4
I can only imagine how many people like me only saw that clip because their boomer parents sent it to them as “proof” that wind turbines are all bullshit and the GOP is right to hate them. It must be true, the tv man said so confidently and if a man is speaking confidently about something he must be correct.
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Unc1eD3ath Mar 23, 2026 +2
Yeah there’s no such thing as reliable sources or epistemology to some people
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Good_old_Marshmallow Mar 22, 2026 +20
Which, is fine for his character to believe. In fact it makes sense for his character to be hooked on fox news and news max and facebook posts and to generally just think those things to justify his life's work to himself but also to deal with the culture and world he lives in. It makes sense. Its like the smoking exec scenes from mad men. And I'm even fine with the show not debunking him, not doing a newsroom style "erm actually". But I would've like a wink to the camera like how in mad men everyone in the conference room was coughing from the smoke. But I didn't even need that, but what would've worked is something like The Soprano's where the narrative and the characterization makes clear he's full of shit without it needing to be said. But that's not there either, what is there is everything setting up like he's completely in the right and completely justified and correct and he gets to own this educated liberal woman. SIlicon Valley has a scene where a coder talks about how he's god, how all society requires him, how it would all collapse without him, the all mighty coder that all modern society needs. This was a big part of the shows promotion. The next scene in the show is another coder saying the first guy is full of shit and its all self mythology and marketing and he's lying about all his accomplishments. That's good writing. That's how you portray self mythology. The show about a weird conserative old man in the desert with beliefs disconnected from reality whom time has passed by but that corporate America has to indulge and in fact well compensate because we won't move on from oil is actually an interesting one. Its something the show at points flirts with telling as a story. But it doesn't do it
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Unc1eD3ath Mar 22, 2026 +8
I agree to an extent. I’m fine personally with it but it’s effective propaganda because not everyone can read those signs you’re talking about. It’s obviously better done in some shows than others but the wink slips by far too many people for it to be ethical on a mass scale. It does change people’s votes and it is intentional. Take for example how involved the U.S. military is in any show or movie that portrays them. Showrunners and filmmakers practically forced to cowtow to them or they won’t lend their equipment and they get a huge say and it shapes the perception of them.
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Good_old_Marshmallow Mar 22, 2026 +10
Oh I don’t think there is even a wink in Landman I think they nod at it as correct. I’m just saying that had there been a wink it could’ve been artistically interesting although morally questionable 
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Indigocell Mar 23, 2026 +3
Women on this show seem to exist solely as "strawmen" for the boomers to dunk on effortlessly. Like, this supposedly high powered lawyer has never heard of a f****** turbine or a rattlesnake before.
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TakedownCan Mar 22, 2026 +148
Its a soap opera for men.
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AdjectiveNoun1234567 Mar 22, 2026 +173
Conservative men
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Good_old_Marshmallow Mar 22, 2026 +98
And conservative women frankly  I think the ex wife in landman and Beth from Yellowstone is equally written for the conservative woman. It’s accurately captured a view of liberated and strong independent woman that they aspire too. One that is a badass and does whatever she wants and is a rebel and dangerous but also is always by her man and is adored by her man and calls her father Daddy and makes other women miserable and does nothing to upset gender roles 
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Indigocell Mar 23, 2026 +10
> One that is a badass and does whatever she wants and is a rebel and dangerous but also is always by her man and is adored by her man and calls her father Daddy and makes other women miserable and does nothing to upset gender roles One that knows how to fight (better than someone professionally trained) because she "grew up with brothers." You see it always circles back to that. No woman can have strength independent of it in that worldview.
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Good_old_Marshmallow Mar 23, 2026 +9
That’s a great example cus like, they still love the idea of a lady badass who can do badass things like a man but she does it like a MAN and does it cus of a man and from a man 
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Indigocell Mar 23, 2026 +5
It's a specific example because it plays out exactly like that with Beth Dutton and the strawman liberal hippy environmentalist she fights in one episode lol. This character literally has to be saved from an overzealous judge (by our hero John Dutton) for the severe crime of preventing a cop from brutalizing a protestor (she fuckin judo flips this cop, lol). This hippy character then learns the errors of her ways after sleeping with John during house arrest at his domicile. This bullshit is the ultimate boomer fantasy.
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TakedownCan Mar 22, 2026 +25
I am not American but I just view it as the characters are very conservative and its the characters POV. I assume the way they are acting is just in line with others like them in real life. I don’t think it would make as much sense if Billy Bobs character was very progressive.
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commiecomrade Mar 22, 2026 +31
The show presents Billy Bob's character as in the right and his oil propaganda views as gotchas to the annoying hindrance of climate awareness. I am a fan of separating depiction and endorsement in media as much as the next guy but this is not it. If you can defend his character's factually incorrect yet unchecked rant about bird strikes and time to repay material costs on wind turbines as mere depiction then you could extend the same benefit of the doubt and say that Birth of a Nation is Starship Troopers but for the Klan.
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formerdaywalker Mar 22, 2026 +7
It was so close to satire, but couldn't really stick the landing.
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thetwoandonly Mar 22, 2026 +10
I thought that was wrestling
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Digess Mar 22, 2026 +24
Believe it or not, a lot of the mainstream IWC are left leaning. Which is ironic given a lot of wrestlers are conservative
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FlameFeather86 Mar 22, 2026 +5
Because the IWC watch a lot more wrestling than just WWE, which is where all the conservative wrestlers gather. AEW is far more left leaning and liberal.
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HaggardSlacks78 Mar 22, 2026 +21
Exactly. I want to know how much money Sheridan and Paramount are getting from the oil lobby. To make matters worse the target demo eats it up. All the MAGA men I work with talk about it like it’s the greatest thing they’ve ever seen.
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ManifestDestinysChld Mar 22, 2026 +18
David Ellison, the guy in charge of Paramount, is Epstein Class through-and-through. Of course MAGA guys slurp it down, it's made specifically for them. The conservative guys who toe the company line are the big damn heroes, it's no wonder MAGA people love it. It was made to be what they were raised to love.
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Faithovrfear Mar 22, 2026 +20
Yup, here’s a great explanation from [Climate Town](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wBC_bug5DIQ&pp=0gcJCcUKAYcqIYzv).
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Cavewoman22 Mar 22, 2026 +7
As far as commercials go, it's not all bad.
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RunBrundleson Mar 22, 2026 +12
It’s Taylor Sheridan jerking himself off for an hour each week. I’ll be honest I think landman is way better than yellowstone and a lot of that is the leads pulling some serious weight, but Taylor Sheridan can’t help but inject his bullshit into whatever he writes. He ruins everything good he comes up with.
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ViskerRatio Mar 22, 2026 +17
> It’s an oil industry ad. Honestly, this is such a bizarre take it's hard to credit you've watched the show. The show depicts the oil industry as full of sleazy, opportunistic characters working in an incredibly dangerous occupation. What industry wants an ad that shows their rank-and-file workers repeatedly dying to work hazards while they cut deals with drug cartels?
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veverkap Mar 22, 2026 +94
While that may be sorta true, Billy Bob's character does so many pro-oil, factually incorrect monologues that it makes up for it.
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LindyNet Mar 22, 2026 +63
Im in the oil industry and his rants are pure O&G ads. Mostly bullshit but with juuuust enough truth to sound right
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TheKage Mar 22, 2026 +10
I haven't seen the show but I've worked in O&G and I heard "pro-oil, factually incorrect" rants basically everyday from my coworkers. I'd say that is pretty true to real life lol.
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MrOtter8 Mar 22, 2026 +35
I have not watched the show but I know this clip went viral and it is nothing but repeating all the dumbest anti-renewable energy takes. It might not be an oil industry ad but it definitely works in plenty of pro-oil propaganda. https://youtu.be/fmbZwxEnAFc?si=71URol2zvuD7o8xj
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Chataboutgames Mar 22, 2026 +24
Because the message is “it sucks, but it’s our best option, and anyone who pursues any other option is a naive baby!”
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Emm_withoutha_L-88 Mar 22, 2026 +39
It was literally funded by the oil industry
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SOSpammy Mar 22, 2026 +3
It's because they know everyone knows they are sleazy. So the message is "It's a dirty job, but someone needs to do it for society to function, and there are no alternatives." If they tried depicting themselves as heroes people would more easily catch on that it's propaganda.
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Emotional_Signal7883 Mar 22, 2026 +552
Taylor Sheridan is The Boomer Whisperer
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DrMonkeyLove Mar 22, 2026 +133
Which is why I still can't figure out why my incredibly progressive millennial wife loved Yellowstone. Must be the hunky bad boy guys. I watched one episode and found it so preposterous I couldn't watch anymore.
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sigh_co_matic Mar 22, 2026 +130
It's a modern soap opera.
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soobviouslyfake Mar 22, 2026 +47
I gave up after the fourth time they had a montage of horses running in slow motion. In one episode.
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6745408 Mar 22, 2026 +11
she’d probably love *Dynasty* if she’s okay with older television.
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TheRealRomanRoy Mar 22, 2026 +34
Such a fall from grace. Wind River was incredible.
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ausmaid Mar 23, 2026 +6
Hell or high water was a revelation too
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TheUmbrellaMan1 Mar 22, 2026 +7
What scares me is that Taylor Sheridan wrote the introduction for the new anniversary edition of Lonesome Dove. He loves that novel and has mentioned a couple of times how he wants to make a Lonesome Dove tv show. Oh my God ....
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Morgan-Moonscar Mar 22, 2026 +3
Well he burned bridges with CBS/Paramount, so not likely.
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Chumbaroony Mar 22, 2026 +697
The only Landsman that you should be watching is Jay Landsman from The Wire. Sheeeeiiiitttt, I should go rewatch The Wire.
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LionFox Mar 22, 2026 +84
You come at the king, you best not miss.
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Cory411 Mar 22, 2026 +59
The wire oh man nostalgiaaaa haha some quality we rarely see.. crazy how many young faces you see there who's careers took off.
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Ranjith_Unchained Mar 22, 2026 +13
>Where's Wallace, String?? String: He just won the Oscar
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sd_glokta Mar 22, 2026 +11
It's also sad to see how many careers should have taken off, but didn't.
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No_Arugula_6548 Mar 22, 2026 +23
Omg the Wire is the greatest show of all time!
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Hacksaw_Doublez Mar 22, 2026 +9
A man got to rewatch the Wire.
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GreatEmperorAca Mar 22, 2026 +8
Oh indeed 
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sopranosfan865 Mar 22, 2026 +13
The Wire? They’re a glorified crew.
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perfectisthe Mar 22, 2026 +12
# Shiiiiiiiiiit partner, now I have to too
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FitSolution2882 Mar 22, 2026 +13
And I don't say that about many people, even when they're here on the felt. I don't give that one up unless it happens to be true. Natural po-lice.
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BaddestKarmaToday Mar 22, 2026 +18
“You come at the king, you best not miss”
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240Nordey Mar 22, 2026 +11
Nice pull detective... what unit you in?
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jrhayes1 Mar 22, 2026 +10
Just finished season 3. ✌🏼 String. Had to be a decade since I watched it if not more. Recommend it.
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thewolfshead Mar 22, 2026 +6
Real po-leece. 
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PlasticCraken Mar 22, 2026 +3
Could also be Nate Landman from the Rams
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DaveInLondon89 Mar 22, 2026 +2
Both in and on
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rossmosh85 Mar 22, 2026 +184
Landman is trash TV. But Billy Bob Thorton is really compelling so he makes it work.
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Meunderwears Mar 22, 2026 +55
Yes I would honestly prefer that his wife and daughter weren’t in it at all - at least as currently written. I feel like a creep every time they show up on the screen.
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lexikan27 Mar 22, 2026 +13
Agreed. I loved Ali Larter in Heroes but I'm not a fan of her character in this show.
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magus678 Mar 23, 2026 +3
I get where you are coming from, because they are pretty boo boo as characters. I will say though that they really deliver it. The actresses are doing a great job. As an aside I feel like Taylor Sheridan does a good of getting good performances out of his overqualified cast.
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Meunderwears Mar 23, 2026 +3
Yes, they commit to the roles for sure, I jut find them way over the top, but hey, Taylor Sheridan.
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magus678 Mar 23, 2026 +2
Just using this thread to sort of pontificate: I know a lot of people are anti-Sheridan because of their personal politics, but the guy does have some chops. I will say though, that they are inconsistent. There are particular scenes in Landman, for example, that are fantastic. And others that..aren't. The inconsistency is so strong I actually wonder at the way these shows are organized, with staffing and such. Because those bright spots are so much brighter than much of the rest that I wonder how that even happens.
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ManEEEFaces Mar 22, 2026 +4
Really? I felt like he was phoning it in right out of the gates. Only made it through two episodes.
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aladdyn2 Mar 22, 2026 +3
Exactly. I don't know why but I just enjoy watching him act in anything. If he wasn't in it it would just be a total garbage show. As it is I can see it getting too much like a soap opera to keep watching it.
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captdicksicle Mar 22, 2026 +42
As a oilfield worker of 20 years I was initially very interested in the show. They had a few episodes on the first season that had a little to do with operations of an actual oilfield, however the amount of embellishments that went into those scenes was ridiculous. The wife and daughter scenes are horribly wrote and almost embarrassing to watch. The whole angle with the cartel is brain numbingly stupid. The first season was bad. The second season was terrible
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Objective_Debate5034 Mar 24, 2026 +2
I grew up in the oil industry so thought I'd give it a try. Once! Grandfather owned a drilling company and Dad worked on the oil rigs. Oklahoma, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. I still get inherited royalties. I remember going with my Dad to visit the rigs and have a large picture of my grandfather's first oil strike. Hard and dirty work with long hours in cold and heat  but very lucrative. I always respected their sacrifices to give their families very nice homes and livings. I recently found a book in my Dad's belongings that I've been reading...Voices from the Oilfield. I applaud you for giving it 20 years of your life.  BTW, all the roughnecks that worked for them were told I was off limits!  
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AmbitioseSedIneptum Mar 22, 2026 +71
Or women that look like ‘em
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TummyDrums Mar 22, 2026 +26
Yeah like their moms!
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DarkCrawler_901 Mar 22, 2026 +43
Look at the president 
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anormalgeek Mar 22, 2026 +60
...I'd really rather not.
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Boondogle17 Mar 22, 2026 +292
It is absolute garbage of a show. I watched a couple episodes while visiting my parents in FL for a couple weeks and I couldn't stand it. The over sexualization of his daughter and pretty much every woman on the show and then the oil propaganda bs every 5 minutes. Its geared towards people in their 60s and up is my guess.
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ImThis Mar 22, 2026 +90
Everyone I interact with that's older than 60 absolutely loves this garbage. It's hilarious.
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ThunderBobMajerle Mar 22, 2026 +21
My parents in law cant believe I haven’t seen it and every time they come over they check to see if we have whatever it streams on (paramount?) and then can’t believe we don’t have paramount. Rinse repeat
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WhiskyWillFixIt Mar 22, 2026 +33
Gen X very left woman here. I think it’s super entertaining. Not everything has to be brain food. Some things are just fun.
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gprime312 Mar 22, 2026 +2
Did you miss the part where 3 people get exploded in the first episode?
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Ready-Organization12 Mar 22, 2026 +77
The relationship between the daughter and the father was honestly nauseating. It felt almost like a parody.
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letmebeyourgoddess Mar 22, 2026 +22
YES, ugh god they definitely did it as soft core p***. there is nothing realistic about that AT ALL. and i love my dad 😂
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Chataboutgames Mar 22, 2026 +132
The daughter stuff in the first couple of episodes is just embarrassing. There’s no explanation for it beyond “old dudes want to jerk off to the youngest women they can get away with.”
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kingbrasky Mar 22, 2026 +86
Its such a weird dynamic, too. The daughter is like 17 in the show but its a 26 year old woman playing her. Jail-bait cosplay.
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Chataboutgames Mar 22, 2026 +24
Yep, and not even subtle
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holla15 Mar 22, 2026 +27
That’s like 95% of shows with a high school character. They’re rarely 18 or under actors playing those parts.
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nick_tron Mar 22, 2026 +12
I hate the show but this is pretty common in TV/film, not that weird
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Chataboutgames Mar 22, 2026 +26
I've rarely seen it turned up that intensely. She never puts on pants, they can't go two lines of dialogue without mentioning her age and she pretty much just alternates saying "Daddy" and vividly describing the sex she's having like some demented sex doll fever dream.
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nastyminded Mar 22, 2026 +28
On the previous episode of Landman... "Honey, why aren't you wearing any pants?" "Because daddy. I told my boyfriend to cum on my chest but he missed and got it all over my shorts. Now I have to go get naked and take a shower, daddy." "Ok baby. Oil is the best form of energy in America." "Thanks daddy!"
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GeriatricGamete67 Mar 22, 2026 +104
It's conservative dadslop
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vsquad22 Mar 22, 2026 +47
The Madison, another of Taylor Sheridan's TV shows, is equally awful. I tried to look past the right-wing nonsense, but it is laid on far too thick. If this is how right-wingers think and think about everyone else, it explains a whole lot. It should be a show about a woman dealing with the loss of her husband and getting to know him better after his death through what he left behind. Instead, it just constantly shits on city dwellers and twists/misrepresents any form of tolerance or consideration for others. The city folk are just insane caricatures written way, way over the top.
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amerett0 Mar 22, 2026 +22
Watch Goliath instead, much better written show
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23zia23 Mar 22, 2026 +141
No one has mentioned it yet but this show is quite literally funded by the Big Oil lobby as straight up propaganda. Google it or there's some good videos about this phenomenon on YouTube it's all very strange and hush hush 
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NoTitleChamp Mar 22, 2026 +27
"No one has mentioned it yet " Lol, EVERY thread mentions the same takes including this one.
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WhiskyWillFixIt Mar 22, 2026 +17
No one has mentioned it? It’s literally all anyone talks about when this show gets hate watched and posted about every other day.
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kingbrasky Mar 22, 2026 +49
They arent even hiding it. There are ads for the oil producers before the stream. Or at least there were when I watched the first season.
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23zia23 Mar 22, 2026 +15
Ads make sense but a portion of the actual funding for producing the show is straight from the oil lobby and some very very shady people 
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COLD-COCK- Mar 22, 2026 +11
Like who?
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soundwave75 Mar 22, 2026 +16
Actually been mentioned multiple times and also in the other 83 threads about this show lol.
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gprime312 Mar 22, 2026 +5
Ironically, you're spreading misinformation you claim this show is supposedly spreading.
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tagun Mar 22, 2026 +7
Rollie Williams does a great episode about this on Climate Town. "How Oil Propaganda Sneaks into TV Shows" https://youtu.be/wBC_bug5DIQ?si=AIRqQ78vtdsR3tOl
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pzycho Mar 22, 2026 +6
My favorite is that bullshit speech Billy Bob gave about wind power that lead to, "what about solar?" "Don't even get me started on solar." End of argument. That's how they decide oil is better than solar.
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Thomas_455 Mar 22, 2026 +6
Redditors repeat this all the time and I still haven't seen any evidence that the oil industry funds this show.
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Risenzealot Mar 22, 2026 +56
Landman is not a show many on Reddit are going to enjoy. It's kind of geared towards a specific audience that in general will not be found here. Not knocking you OP, just stating what I feel to be true. I've yet to even try it myself I just know who makes it and what they usually put out. Maybe I'm wrong lol.
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juggarjew Mar 22, 2026 +26
Yup lol my conservative "boomeresque" 40 year old "alpha male" relative loved the show and tried to push it on me all the time. Im like... man im just not that interested.
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Mission_Presence_117 Mar 22, 2026 +8
Non American viewers simply see it as an over the top American stereotype of families in Texas.
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dazedandconfused492 Mar 22, 2026 +22
I still can't understand how the same person wrote both Sicaro and Landman
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FragnificentKW Mar 22, 2026 +21
The reason Sicario works is 100% because of Denis Villeneuve There are numerous interviews with Josh Brolin saying on record that he thought the script was shit when he first read it and that he thought there was no way the movie was going to be any good. He even admits he even kinda phoned in his performance as a result and Villeneuve somehow worked that into the movie and made that aloofness part of the character and a commentary on the CIA and the war on drugs/war on terror
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LemmeBumADart Mar 22, 2026 +11
I’m interested you got the sauce
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abilliontwo Mar 22, 2026 +24
Wait, you don’t think it’s normal for a 17 year old girl to insist upon getting to have sex with her boyfriend in her dad’s house and then telling her dad it’s ok because she told her boyfriend he can cum anywhere he wants, just not inside her? I also made it one episode into this show and was like, “I don’t know what this show is, and I don’t care to find out.”
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BarbBushsBeastlyBush Mar 22, 2026 +5
The daughter in Landman is about as relevant to the plot as the Native American girl in 1923
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WhiskyWillFixIt Mar 22, 2026 +7
Oh we’re back to this again!?
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Cellar_Door40 Mar 22, 2026 +9
It’s a live action cartoon. Everything is exaggerated on purpose. It’s very very entertaining. The stuff with the daughter decreases over time but some of it becomes a recurring bit.
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2ByteTheDecker Mar 22, 2026 +18
It's just more Yellowstone-esque Boomer Bait.
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QuintoBlanco Mar 22, 2026 +18
It's a show for older men (old men) with a conservative point of view and it's an ad for the oil industry targeted at a conservative audience. There is a large market for stuff like this. But obviously it's not a good show. Arguably, it's a bad show by design.
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AntoniaFauci Mar 22, 2026 +11
> What is up with the over sexualization of the daughter The writer is what we used to call a chauvinist pig.
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WinterKnight404 Mar 22, 2026 +8
I call it "Billy-bob Mansplains It All"
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Classic-Big4393 Mar 22, 2026 +15
It’s a Michelob Ultra and cigarette commercial with a terrible pop country soundtrack.
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nowitscometothis Mar 22, 2026 +3
I watched the whole first season. was able to get past the hit and miss writing and oil propaganda. But then gave up after the second episode of season two. The writing just was so bad I couldn’t do it anymore. Talk to another friend about it and he did the exact same thing. Shut it off mid scene
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Difficult-Roof-3191 Mar 22, 2026 +3
I dropped it when he was like "just chop off my damn pinky. Don't need that shit anyways". If that was me I'd be screaming SAVE THAT SHIT!!
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10thisisathr0waway10 Mar 23, 2026 +3
Was a fan of Sheridan after watching Sicario so I tried out Yelllowstone. First season was kinda good and then it started to go off the rails with the writing and it turned into a cowboy soap opera. I finished the series just because I wanted to see if it would get any better but it didn't. I binged s1 of landman and that show was way worse than Yellowstone. I realized how most of Sheridan's shows portray female characters as sort of the same naggy, overbearing trope was just boring and gross. It just became the same old soap slop you see everywhere. He's producing most of the paramount stuff now and it's just disappointing to see the lack of quality writing coming out of these shows considering his earlier stuff was great.
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letmebeyourgoddess Mar 23, 2026 +2
ugh it sucks because i was gonna try yellowstone next. i didn’t know they were allll made by the same guy.
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The_CDXX Mar 23, 2026 +3
Taylor Sheridan cant write woman and his shows are very mediocre, but still entertaining. Just watch it and hate on every character that pops up.
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BPC1120 Mar 23, 2026 +3
Sheridan shows are all MAGA soap opera slop
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__dontpanic__ Mar 23, 2026 +3
Possibly the worst written female characters/dialogue of all time. I bailed midway through episode two. Unwatchable.
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bigwomby Mar 22, 2026 +12
I actually like Landman compared to Sheridan’s other shows. Tommy is a guy who has made mistakes before and is trying hard to make up for them and is incredibly loyal to his family, friends, and co workers (though most are in positions under him). His wife and daughter though are just spoiled rich brats with not too many redeeming qualities, but if you were expecting Taylor Sheridan to create a decent female character, you’re watching the wrong persons shows. Haven’t finished the 2nd season yet, but am enjoying Sam Elliott in another series, and Andy Garcia is great - though I got scared when there was a scene with someone “horsing around” and I thought Taylor Sheridan was going to show up again in another of his series. Thank goodness he didn’t.
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Bitgod1 Mar 22, 2026 +8
I dunno, I’m weird I guess. I haven’t watched any other Sheridan show, just Landman. And I love it. I just think it’s half-comedy. A few times I roll my eyes, usually at anti-green messaging. But other than that, it cracks me up.
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AdlersTheory26 Mar 22, 2026 +8
I try to avoid Taylor Sheridans show for that reason. His new show The Madison is absolutely atrocious full of clichés that old conservative men want to hear about how city people are bad and useless and ungrateful. I want to watch Landman and Lioness but I'll stay away from them for now
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skapoww Mar 22, 2026 +8
The premise of this show is a power fantasy that many boomers have. The fantasy is how Billy Bob thorntons character verbally abuses everyone and everything around him at all times and acts like it is a great burden to simply do his job and exist. My stepdad loves it so much and I am okay watching it but it’s hard to ignore the “I do what I want” boomer fantasy at the center of the show.
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seanayates2 Mar 22, 2026 +21
I stopped watching after I realized every female character is an idiot sex object who wants to have sex with Billy Bob Thornton. Yuck. 
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Mission_Presence_117 Mar 22, 2026 +19
I really don’t think thats the case in the show at all
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OverlordPacer Mar 22, 2026 +15
Yeah wtf is that comment? The only woman on the show who is shown to be sexually into Billy is his wife… these comments hate the show so much they are dinging it for things that aren’t even accurate.
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optimis344 Mar 22, 2026 +6
You are right. Some of them are for Sam Elliot.
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OverlordPacer Mar 22, 2026 +9
lol you clearly haven’t watched the show.
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Xianio Mar 22, 2026 +16
Landman is a show for, generally older, republican men. The stuff you find cringey & off-putting is the equivalent - for them - as queer storylines and racial storylines. I.e. Youre seeing the cultural divide in your country in your entertainment now.  PS: The example you cite - the sexualization of his daughter - only feels weird because its not normal anymore. Sexualizing "teenage" girls in sitcoms & TV comedies was super common 30-40 years ago. Try rewatching Love & Marriage; youll see it in the 1st or 2nd episode. 
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corndogco Mar 22, 2026 +6
> Try watching Love & Marriage Did you mean Married with Children? The theme song was Sinatra's Love and Marriage. Christina Applegate played the bimbo daughter, Kelly Bundy. Fantastic cast! (Well, maybe not David Faustino...)
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HoodieGalore Mar 22, 2026 +3
Dude, when the show introduced Marcy Darcy, I f****** *lost my shit*; that show was so good lol
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twent4 Mar 22, 2026 +3
I wanna say she had a different name because of Steve, no?
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HoodieGalore Mar 22, 2026 +2
She was married to Steve Rhodes first, yep - but they divorced and she married Jefferson Darcy.
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Xianio Mar 22, 2026 +2
I did ya. Thanks!
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loztb Mar 22, 2026 +4
Anything made by Sheridan is just revenge p*** where you watch your crew get slightly fucked over, then outplay the enemy with either brains or guns. Most of the times it's not gonna make sense. Turn off your brain, and it will be an ok show. I still need to skip the mother/daughter scenes for how blatantly low IQ they are.
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THE_Ryan Mar 22, 2026 +4
Once I started skipping most of the scenes that have the wife and daughter in it, it became a better show.
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Apprehensive_War173 Mar 22, 2026 +2
Honestly, if it’s already bothering you that much by episode 2, it probably won’t suddenly click. Shows like this tend to double down on their tone rather than pivot. the oversexualization and slow, talky pacing are kind of baked into the style, so if that balance isn’t working for you now, it likely won’t later.
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jmikell Mar 22, 2026 +2
I felt exactly the same after the first couple of episodes… I, a 33 year old married male with a baby on the way looked over at my wife and said “even for me, the sexualization of the daughter is way over the top” Get through 4-5 episodes and then see how you feel about it. Sexualization of the daughter and ex wife don’t stop, but they are really setting a foundation for the rest of the show. It starts to get better, but if you’re not still interested after a few more the it’s not for you
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arenyx Mar 22, 2026 +2
The action bits are fun but god it was such a creep fest with the daughter. Feels like it mellowed out but it doesn’t get much better for her character. Blonde pretty girl in a boomer show isn’t gonna get much better character development
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UserCheckNamesOut Mar 22, 2026 +2
Suddenly the wife just up and decides to spend a bunch of time at a retirement home with strangers, because they were driving by at random??? What was this plot turn? It was like I missed an episode.
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deviltrombone Mar 22, 2026 +2
It's one of many reasons for Billy Bob to alternate between his "Can you believe the shit I have to put up with" sighs and his goofy "I wouldn't have it any other way" grin.
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AquaStarRedHeart Mar 22, 2026 +2
The Taylor Sheridan-ing of TV
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ucbiker Mar 22, 2026 +2
The daughter shit is really fuckin gross and funny to me because there’s literally no reason for her to be 17. Like she’s a high school senior, she could be 18 but it makes the lawyer character and the viewers all that much more uncomfortable because she’s 17.
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ImRatsandwich Mar 22, 2026 +2
Just because there are "socially relevant" concepts in the content, does not mean the content is socially relevant. Im not seeing this move the needle for your societie's future. Either in politics, economics or entertainment trends. Selling using sex is just the oldest shit there is. Older than the oldest evil boomers. Older than the most racist fascist movement. Older than "life's not fair". Its got some totally preposterous story lines. Just ridiculous, and these characters are just absolutely toxic humans. Hilarity and drama ensues.
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Ballplayerx97 Mar 22, 2026 +2
I love the concept of the show. I think it's interesting seeing the inside of the oil industry. There's some really strong acting performances and compelling characters like Billy Bob Thornton, his son, and the female attorney. As a lawyer, some of the legal scenes are pretty realistic which is neat. Putting out fires for clients. The wife and daughter just turn it into a bit of a farce and I wish they got 10% of the screen time.
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dingleberryboy20 Mar 22, 2026 +2
I'm just waiting for the showdown between Landman and Seaman in the finale.
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HelRayzer12 Mar 23, 2026 +2
Well while I did enjoy the first season I'll tell you one thing, the second doesn't get better lol...
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CyberSmith31337 Mar 23, 2026 +2
If you think Landman is terrible, make sure you watch *Marshals*. I have never seen such by-the-numbers slip in my life. But yeah, *Landman* is absolute trash given the amount of high profile actors in it. It is a show with a huge budget that has absolutely **nothing** to say about anything. I do enjoy the description of it as “Boomer Juice”.
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kooserjack Mar 23, 2026 +2
Listen to Boomtown, 12 episode podcast series from Texas Monthly, if you're interested in the source material. I listened to the podcast when it came out because I went to college with the host/writer, Christian Wallace... supporting old acquaintances and whatnot. It was really great! Can't speak to the show, but your opinion seems to sum up what I've heard.
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ASDF123456x Mar 23, 2026 +2
My dad worked offshore back in the 80s & he got up to like episode 2 or 3 and he said the show was f****** stupid lmao. Especially the explosion scene.
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NotSoNiceO1 Mar 23, 2026 +2
I've seen clips, and I also don't see the appeal other than the over sexualization of the female actresses of the show.
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Naught2day Mar 23, 2026 +2
That show lost me in the first episode, at least you made it to two. In the first episode the three most experienced men on the team were beating a metal wrench, with another metal wrench to shut off a gas leak, while the rookie got sent to the truck. I will take "things that would never happen for a $100 Alex".
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breerubes Mar 23, 2026 +2
Thank you! Completely creepy and wrong the way they are trying to normalize that kind of sexualization of the 17 year old daughter. The older lawyer, the dad. All of it. Absolute trash
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Canehighoncrypto Mar 22, 2026 +5
Landman is a good show. Billy bob is really good. Some people just watch tv for entertainment and don't look at everything as propaganda.
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smitbret Mar 22, 2026 +4
Well, that's OK. You are obviously not the target audience. Luckily, we are at a time when there is a glut of options.
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