Blind Item Revealed — Ozark
I had a conversation with a friend and regular source today about an upcoming TV show. It’s got a talented B-list star to top line and has credible staff behind it, but my friends tell me it’s unnerving how much they’re attempting to replicate Breaking Bad, to the point the creative are immersing themselves in episodes to decide the tone and look of the series.
Let’s just hope it’s the Family Guy to The Simpsons, not the Coupling to Friends.
What is the show?
Ozark
Blind Item Posting: 07/03/16
The Story: Netflix’s Ozark Might Be Too Much Like Breaking Bad for Its Own Good
Popular Guesses: The Deuce / Preacher / Ozark
Recently released worldwide on Netflix, Ozark has earned near universal acclaim and incredible buzz from the viewers, but a comparison verging on a criticism is present within nearly every review, critique and comment…
Esquire summed it up, ‘Ozark Is Too Much Like Breaking Bad.’
The Salt Lake City Tribune said it more simply, ‘TV review: ‘Ozark’ is a weak attempt to mimic ‘Breaking Bad.”
The show’s star Jason Bateman was even forced to respond to the comments, admitting there was a ‘similarity’ in an interview with the Radio Times.
I wonder why there’s so much similarity… Cough. Read the blind item again. Cough.
I’m hearing glowing praise for this. I’m all set for a binge at the weekend if med school allows it. Aha.
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You won’t regret it. One of the best shows Netflix has to offer. Definitely like Breaking Bad.
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Love how spot on GL was
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Another TGL win.
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Add Netflix on to the old GL sources list.
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Totally. Netflix and HBO usually provide most of the blinds here 🙂
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What’s peculiar about this blind item is that it was posted before Ozark was even in production. This is from the pre-production period.
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I heard the working title of Ozark was Cracking Negative, so highly derivative if you ask me.
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Better than Fracturing Terrible.
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Snapping Suckyness.
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Sounds like a Ryan Murphy show…
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Or a review of one.
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Jason Bateman is going to be a multiple Emmy winner by the time this is done.
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Never finished Breaking Bad. Not sure I could abide this.
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If Ozark was released a couple of months earlier, the show would have been nominated for every Emmy available. It’s obvious that Breaking Bad is a huge inspiration on show (normal protagonist that has to commit crimes under extraordinary circumstances), but the show ready shines on its own right….
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OMG. I was totally thinking that when I read a review. It’s possible that it won’t get nominated or win as much because it might be forgotten by nomination time next year, which sucks
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The trailer is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hAXVqrljbs
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Looks kinda shitty, but most Netflix shows do.
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Could this reveal inspire the BB team to sue?
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Everyone keeps saying this is the fucking shit. I’m gonna need to check it out. Really hate that dick Bateman usually, though.
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breaking bad > ozark
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I watched the series. It was just ok and boderline unbelievable.
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Fair assessment. Premise is a little off. You really need to suspend belief to buy into and I struggle with shows like that 😦
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