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Originally Posted by PatCummings
Typical HBO...yes, but in my opinion, that's a good thing.
Overall, enjoyable...and also, the first time I feel like the science of ticket structure in horse racing ever made it to mainstream. It was caveman, but at least there was logic and it wasn't babied into the script. I saw that as a breakthrough.
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I agree with this - I enjoyed it to a certain extent, but found it difficult for a non-racing fan to "get" or more importantly stay interested in.
Most importantly, for all the sub-plots, it really could have ended last night with no real interest in dragging the viewer back. Pretty obvious that the P6 guys will find nothing but trouble, Dustin Hoffman's character is uninteresting and really no one cares about him or his horse that he's not allowed to own, Richard Kind's character as a jock's agent is over-the-top ridiculous, and the whole thing was kind of forced.
All of the technical inaccuracies aside, (2 panned backstretch shots with the tote board in the background, and no way that P6 ticket was 845.00 (an impossibility by the way) - I recall seeing at least 2 legs where they were 4 deep and a all button selection in the last (8 horses - more like 2.5-3K)
I'll watch, I hope it gets better, but if it was about anything other than horse racing, I doubt I'd tune in again.