Friday Night Lights is terrifying

[CyFallsMom]

So says the London Times:rolleyes:

I was looking for something else that had popped up on CNN and went to the London Times website. I decided to see if they were really as up on things as they thought and there were a few things on Texas high school football actually. But this paragraph gave me a little chuckle (and the underlined part sounds like a few football programs around Texas too):D

Friday Night Lights, H. G. Bissinger’s true story of a Texas high school team, is one of the great sports books of the past 20 years — a terrifying account of small-town pride and venality channelled into a game played by children. Football, with its brutality, celebrity and win-at-all-costs mentality, has as much to say about modern America as baseball, perhaps more.

Just thought it was interesting and wanted to share.

[Crank_It]

anything we do in the eyes of europeans seems terrifying. why? because they are pansies:D

[pied]

Couple of things, youth sports in other countries is VASTLY different than here.

Much of the book was terrifying, especially to someone without context.

Go back and read the aprt about the watermelon deal, the coach talking about Boobie, and the description of Carter's entrance.

I do not see how the description is wholly inaccurate.

[Crank_It]

I absolutely LOVED the book. my brother had bought it when he was in military school and when he moved home i found it in one of his boxes and could not put it down. I'd be up until 4 in the morning (school night) just mesmerized.

[Favpack]

How do they describe a typical after soccer game brawl?

[jrock210]

How do they describe a typical after soccer game brawl?

They are used to something like that so they aren't terified anymore.

[dada]

I absolutely LOVED the book. my brother had bought it when he was in military school and when he moved home i found it in one of his boxes and could not put it down. I'd be up until 4 in the morning (school night) just mesmerized.

Book was 10 times better than movie and 100 times better than TV show.

[pied]

Personally I loved all three.

The book was a first person account.

The movie was an exciting 2 hours loosely based on the book. I thought it conveyed much of the importance of HS football in TX and the time period very well.

I think the TV show has some of the best dialogue on TV. Especially between the coach/wife/daughter are very very good. Plus you have Lyla....

[CyFallsMom]

I absolutely LOVED the book

Me too - could NOT put it down. And they ARE a bunch of pansies over there with their tea cups and what not. They call that terrifying and then they bloody each other up in pubs over a soccer match!!

I, too, love all three - the book was just awesome. The movie wasn't the same as the book but it was good for entertainment value and the TV show is just one of the best on TV right now. It has been critically acclaimed and the relationships (with the exception of Lila and Jason who make me ill with their whining) are just fun to watch. The TV show has really gotten better with each week - they did away with so much of the "shaking camera" thing thank goodness. I don't watch it to watch football scenes - I watch it to see if Julie is going to fight with coach again over Matt or if Smash is going to straighten up and drop the steroids or if Riggins is going to go through at least ONE day with clean hair and a sober mind - it is what it is - a soap opera. But I love it and was quite excited that they have decided to go forth with a second season. Looks like Coach T won't be joining the college ranks after all!!

Had to edit to add one more thing. When I go on Vacation, I always take Cypress Falls and Texas Longhorn attire with me. In NY, many are fascinated by high school football in Texas so, inevitably, they ask about Cy Falls and high school football and I always send them to this site for a dose. I was wearing a Longhorn shirt a couple of summers ago at Disneyland and one of the ride workers was telling us about all the fans who had come to Disneyland and how nice they were but she didn't completely understand the Hang Loose thing - I had to explain that it was actually supposed to be a Longhorn head. And then we all gave the entire line a dose of Longhorn spirit:):). Always the obnoxious Texan I am!

[DrEdward]

So how many of us here are going to be skipping the Friday night lights this fall because we are terrified?

[twcpfan1]

I think 'terrifying' was used in a different context in the original article. I think it meant more like 'unbelievable' or 'unimaginable'. The British are funny that way. They also use 'frightening' but it's meant to signify superlatives.

[BAMF cowboy]

What you have to understand that there is no sport in England that draws tens of thousands of fans for teenagers. I think CavDad has it right on, when he's saying its not terrifying in the fact that it's scary, but more about the maginitude of teenagers playing a game that in sometimes seems to be more important than life itself.

[DrEdward]

I think 'terrifying' was used in a different context in the original article. I think it meant more like 'unbelievable' or 'unimaginable'. The British are funny that way. They also use 'frightening' but it's meant to signify superlatives.

Of course. It was tongue-in-cheek.

[mojotrain]

So says the London Times:rolleyes:

I was looking for something else that had popped up on CNN and went to the London Times website. I decided to see if they were really as up on things as they thought and there were a few things on Texas high school football actually. But this paragraph gave me a little chuckle (and the underlined part sounds like a few football programs around Texas too):D

Friday Night Lights, H. G. Bissinger’s true story of a Texas high school team, is one of the great sports books of the past 20 years — a terrifying account of small-town pride and venality channelled into a game played by children. Football, with its brutality, celebrity and win-at-all-costs mentality, has as much to say about modern America as baseball, perhaps more.

Just thought it was interesting and wanted to share.
Thanks, load's!