Big Belgian Big Country

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While I'm always happy to hear about my favorite big n' beefy Belgian Matthias Schoenaerts getting a new big n' beefy leading gig, I'd probably be more enthusiastic about this one if the behind-the-scenes credentials weren't center-square on my shit list this week - he's signed on to star in Galveston, which was written by Nic Pizzolatto; Pizzolatto's adapting his own book actually. Pizzolatto is the "creator, writer, showrunner and exec producer" of HBO's True Detective, which as y'all know I was really looking forward to thanks to the participation of the director Cary Fukunaga, but as I admitted on Twitter just yesterday I am having a helluva hard time getting into the show. It's just all coming off as so forced - total poseur tee-vee. Woody Harrelson's not bad (Woody's almost always good) but Mumbles McConaughey grates, and it's not entirely his fault - the dialogue he's given makes me want to drive railroad spikes through my eardrums. Anyway that's my long way of getting to my biggest problem with the show is its writing, and so hearing Matthias has signed on to spout this dude's lines is giving me pause. Also the story's centered on a Texan named Roy "Big Country" Cady (ugh that name, it's already so much empty dick waving) and I'm a little worried about Matty diving into that accent.
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