Opposites Distract

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The Gentlemen Season 2 vs MobLand: Which Is Peak Guy Ritchie & Worth the Binge?

The Gentlemen Season 2 vs MobLand: Which Is Peak Guy Ritchie & Worth the Binge?2 Oct29 min

<p><strong>The Gentlemen</strong> or <strong>MobLand</strong>: which <strong>Guy Ritchie</strong> series deserves your next binge? Finishing The Gentlemen Season 2 sends Bo straight back to episode one. Jared is only halfway through it, and he’s still putting MobLand on top.MobLand puts <strong>Tom Hardy</strong>’s unnerving calm beside a <strong>Pierce Brosnan</strong> performance Bo can’t quite make peace with. Jared loves the vicious turn. Bo can’t stop seeing James Bond. Can an actor be so convincing in one role that another great performance feels wrong?For Jared, the first two episodes of <strong>Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story</strong> land uncomfortably close to an SNL parody. Is that a reason to quit—or exactly the wrong place to stop?Pick your side with Bo Yokely and Jared Pike on Opposites Distract Podcast, S04E18. Spoilers ahead.Chapters0:00 The Gentlemen or MobLand for Your Watchlist0:43 Jared’s Beard Gets a Brutal Review2:50 The Gentlemen Is Bo’s Guy Ritchie Peak5:15 The Gentlemen Makes Style a Character7:15 Theo James’s Eddie Starts Losing Control8:02 The Gentlemen’s Breaking Bad Power Trap9:26 MobLand Lets Pierce Brosnan Off the Leash10:28 Tom Hardy’s Calm Is the Scary Part11:33 MobLand Inspires Some Very Dark Banter14:12 MobLand’s Darkness and Maeve’s Power17:01 Pierce Brosnan Breaks Bo’s Bond Image18:10 Lizzie Borden Has Tough Acts to Follow20:38 Lizzie Borden Feels Like an SNL Sketch21:18 Bo’s Reunion Joke Falls Flat22:30 Does Lizzie Borden Earn a Second Chance?25:28 Should Concerts Come With Politics?28:13 Ricky Gervais Rejects the Lecture</p><p>#TheGentlemen #MobLand #GuyRitchie #LizzieBorden #TomHardy #PierceBrosnan #TheoJames</p>