Don't sleep on Tulsa King

Submitted by Mister_Sasquatch t3_zcxkyo in television

It feels like there's minimal discussion of this show here. I'm a lifelong Stallone fan, but I'm well aware that when he gets full control, the product isn't always great (but has been).

This show is the perfect amount of Stallone being Stallone while also being restricted by not giving him the reigns.

I went in with low expectations since I wasn't sure if it would just be a tv version of one of his straight to video movies, but I was very satisfied. It's incredibly funny, but not in the stupid marvel quippy way. He's truly a fish out of water and watching the locals deal with this random Scorcese style mobster entering theirives is fun. There's a joke here and there that's obviously something Sly demanded be included, but I'd say they heighten the weird tone the show has.

When I saw it beat the House of Dragons premiere viewership, and was renewed for a second season 3 episodes in, I wasn't surprised. I'm sure there's people who hate this show because their idea of TV is restricted to the one thing they like, but if you're open to pure fun tv, check this out.

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KrazyRuskie t1_izsuf4s wrote

The cringiest thing I've seen in a while. The tough guy rides into town and he's the king right away.

How many seconds before the sheriff or/and local cowboys show up and send that old ass packing.

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SpecialistWater2409 t1_j1avw2b wrote

Everything you described, is EXACTLY what the beauty and magic of Tulsa King is all about! Stallone rocks this role, in ways none other could ever do or equal

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Mister_Sasquatch OP t1_iyz0609 wrote

And the dynamic of Starr's character not knowing what is going on vs Stallone acting like this is completely normal is why I love it.

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RCocaineBurner t1_iyz84x5 wrote

Him popping up in Cabinet of Curiosities was pretty great

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Stoopid_Grin t1_iz06cgd wrote

That episode was one of my favs. Very tales from the crypt-esque

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[deleted] t1_iyzgczk wrote

It's fun light entertainment, but holy shit none of the how easy things work for Stallone, for just bullying people, make any sense.

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zenitude97 t1_iz2u8fe wrote

Yup, pretty glaring. The dispensary owner could have literally called the police. There are so many instances where the plot could have been brought to a dead stop by someone calling the police. He's a lone guy in a new city and a known ex-con.

He's randomly assualting people as a known ex-con. IRL mafia has also grown weaker nowadays and keeps a way lower profile. This sort of "blunt instrument" approach makes no sense.

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PuertoRock007 t1_iyz2ekx wrote

I can't wait to see it. I just can't deal with that old format of waiting a whole week to see the next episode, so I just until the whole season is done. I don't know who thought it was a good idea to go back to that.

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hedonisticshenanigan t1_iyz9s0c wrote

It's quite good, Stallone still got it.

Taylor Sheridan and Terence Winter can do no wrong in my book.

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Spartyjason t1_iz065q3 wrote

Well Taylor Sheridan did Those Who Wish Me Dead...but nobody is perfect.

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BrooklynKnight t1_iyzdb2d wrote

This show is REALLY good. Sly is GREAT. You can tell he's having fun filming it. I LOVE when the actor is having this much fun, you can tell!

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Regula96 t1_iyzvcvg wrote

A little bit too enthusiastic there mate. Don't you know that on reddit we complain about things.

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red_sutter t1_iz17rve wrote

According to experts in all the Andor threads, anyone who likes a show and posts about it positively more than once is just an astroturfing son of a bitch

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HamburgerSink t1_iz1o0pp wrote

It’s definitely entertaining because of big sly but with each passing episode it gets more and more cheesy/cliche.

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kukme t1_j1p9901 wrote

It’s fun but totally ridiculous and makes no sense.

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Nethlem t1_j0q81rr wrote

Six episodes in I'm enjoying this in a weird "Watch a car crash" way, due to its pseudo-autobiographical nature.

A lot of it boils down to "How Sylvester Stallone thinks the world works if Sylvester Stallone wasn't a rich celebrity actor". It's kind of adorable in its naivety, and most of the acting is serviceable to pretty good.

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SpecialistWater2409 t1_j1awiuz wrote

And don't forget, there is a lot of fun in the script of Tulsa King! It's not meant to be exacting in any accepted societal sense. No more than Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction", or other filmography of this nature. Sheridan's material can be compared, for sure!

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Lazy-Kaleidoscope430 t1_j1kz4fp wrote

I was so shocked by how much I actually liked this show! I look forward to the episodes every week. I thought it was going to just be another typical Stallone movie but chopped up into episodes. It is a typical Stallone role but more than that!

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sandkillerpt t1_iyz7232 wrote

I heard good things but not sure in which streaming platform this will be on, internationally.

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