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[Mike in STL]

Is it me, or is Cuba Gooding Jr. one of the worst fucking actors I've ever seen?!  He is absolutely TERRIBLE as OJ...In fact, his only real good role was in a Tom Cruise film, and he wasn't even that good in that honestly...He was pretty good in Radio also, but he had Ed Harris carrying his ass.  

 

He doesn't LOOK like OJ, he can't act like OJ, and is almost a parody of him.

No, it's not just you. He was good as Rod Tidwell though. But he has zero range as an actor. He doesn't remind me of OJ at all.

[NewMarketSean]

Ironically, the casting had been excellent for everyone EXCEPT for OJ. I guess they wanted a name for OJ but I have to believe there's an actor out there, known or unknown, that looks more like him. I think Gooding is nailing the mindset of Simpson though. He's not doing that bad a job, just looks nothing like him.

Loving the show so far though. Should win a ton of awards.

[Nigel Tufnel]

They had Malcolm-Jamal Warner playing Al Cowlings... he might have made a better OJ.

[DJ MC]

Is it me, or is Cuba Gooding Jr. one of the worst fucking actors I've ever seen?!  He is absolutely TERRIBLE as OJ...In fact, his only real good role was in a Tom Cruise film, and he wasn't even that good in that honestly...He was pretty good in Radio also, but he had Ed Harris carrying his ass.  

 

He doesn't LOOK like OJ, he can't act like OJ, and is almost a parody of him.

 

One argument I've seen made is that Gooding's vocals and mannerisms are accentuating Simpson's whiny-ness and childishness, though whether that's a choice or just his natural style is debatable.

[NewMarketSean]

So apparently there's a story on TMZ about a knife that was found on OJ's property around 1998...handed over to a cop who kept it for years and recently gave it back to police to be examined for blood...not that they can convict OJ if it does turn out to have Brown and Goldman's blood on it.

[BSLChrisStoner]

So apparently there's a story on TMZ about a knife that was found on OJ's property around 1998...handed over to a cop who kept it for years and recently gave it back to police to be examined for blood...not that they can convict OJ if it does turn out to have Brown and Goldman's blood on it.

 

http://www.tmz.com/2...s-nicole-brown/

[Mike in STL]

Ha!

 

[DJ MC]

Last night was the "Should I cut my bangs? I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL CUT MY BANGS!" episode

[BSLChrisStoner]

Vanity Fair: The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: Fact-Checking Episode 7
http://www.vanityfai...episode-7-recap

[Mike in STL]

Didn't watch the finale yet. No spoilers please.

[BobPhelan]

Didn't watch the finale yet. No spoilers please.

Death penalty.

[Mackus]

I only recently watched this series when it was released on Netflix.  Man, I loved it.  Thought it was great.  Especially once it got into the trial, as I think they really made the two teams of attorneys the stars of the show.

 

Agree with those saying Cuba was a bad choice for OJ.  And I thought Travolta, who I usually like, was terrible.  But all of the other acting was fantastic, particularly the actors playing Johnnie, Darden, and Marcia (they all got Emmy noms, right?  totally deserving).  Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian was good as well, really liked how they used him to show a long-time friend going from staunch believer to horrifyingly realizing that he did it.  And god damn, what an insane spectacle this whole thing was.  I thought I had remembered how crazy it was back when it happened when I was like 12 years old or so, but it really was such a monumental shitshow of a circus. 

 

Need to watch the ESPN doc next.

[NewMarketSean]

Need to watch the ESPN doc next.

That's even better.

[bnickle]

Never even got to the trial with this one. Forced myself through the first two episodes and was done. The 5 part ESPN doc was excellent. Watched all 5 parts in two days.

[Icterus galbula]

I watched the documentary over two days too.

 

Mackus- you're going to love it.

[SportsGuy]

Just finished watching this. Thought this was good.

It is amazing how quickly the jury came to a decision.

The reality is though, if you can't sit there and say that it was proven 100%, you can't convict someone. So, if that's how you feel, I can understand why the verdict can come so quickly.

[You Play to Win the Game]

Just finished watching this. Thought this was good.

It is amazing how quickly the jury came to a decision.

The reality is though, if you can't sit there and say that it was proven 100%, you can't convict someone. So, if that's how you feel, I can understand why the verdict can come so quickly.

 

Not to mention how much of their lives were taken away... and just how much that impacted their life with the sequestering and what not. I definitely didn't realize just how much of an impact that has on jurors. *Knocks on wood as I type this*

[NewMarketSean]

Just finished watching this. Thought this was good.

It is amazing how quickly the jury came to a decision.

The reality is though, if you can't sit there and say that it was proven 100%, you can't convict someone. So, if that's how you feel, I can understand why the verdict can come so quickly.

 

I agree. Move that trial outside of LA and any other jury convicts him.

 

But the jury was played masterfully by the defense. Blowing up Mark Furhrman on the stand, the glove, and missteps by the prosecution brought the jury over to OJ's side.

 

Plus, as the show and the doco show, much of the verdict was motivated from the riots and the police violence that had occurred in LA for decades.

[Nigel Tufnel]

I'm old enough that I was working downtown during the trial.  When we heard the verdict was coming out, a bunch of us from work us went over to Bennigan's, which I guess is now Luckie's Tavern in what eventually became Power Plant Live.  But this was 1994, before PPL and Port Discovery, so Bennigan's was pretty much the only public place in that part of the Inner Harbor with a TV, and since there also wasn't really any internet yet, the place was pretty crowded.

 

I guess I knew going in that opinions were mostly divided on racial lines, but if I hadn't known, I definitely would have after the verdict.  The black people in the crowd literally were cheering and celebrating, while all of the white people looked aghast.

[NewMarketSean]

I'm old enough that I was working downtown during the trial.  When we heard the verdict was coming out, a bunch of us from work us went over to Bennigan's, which I guess is now Luckie's Tavern in what eventually became Power Plant Live.  But this was 1994, before PPL and Port Discovery, so Bennigan's was pretty much the only public place in that part of the Inner Harbor with a TV, and since there wasn't any internet yet, the place was pretty crowded.

 

I guess I knew going in that opinions were mostly divided on racial lines, but if I hadn't known, I definitely would have after the verdict.  The black people in the crowd literally were cheering and celebrating, while all of the white people looked aghast.

 

I can't get into this without getting political, so I won't.

 

But I will say the way people reacted to that verdict was disgusting, but completely understandable in many ways.