Luck

I knew Israel was a goner as soon as he appeared on the scene; figured that Ace's man (Farina) would be offing him, though. They're gonna make fish food out of Israel, I think.

The Escalante character (Ortiz) is far and away the guts of this show; what a job that guy does. There are about a dozen or more Hispanic horsemen that I know in the Ocala area that are LESS believable than him in that part!
He's got the language down exactly right; looks like he's gonna turn out to be an "all right" guy after all, after being portrayed as a greedy slimeball in the first episode.


Ocala Mike

[tector]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

The Escalante character (Ortiz) is far and away the guts of this show; what a job that guy does.

Absolutely correct sir. Hoffman--in this show--can't carry his jock strap.

[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.

[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.

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.