Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers
29,188
edits
Friday Night Lights (TV series): Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
Line 1:
{{work}}
[[File:
{{quote|'''Kid:''' Mr. Street, do you think God loves football?
'''Jason:''' I think that ''everybody'' loves football.
|''
{{quote|''Clear eyes... full hearts... '''CAN'T LOSE!'''''}}
Line 9:
In 1988, the Permian Panthers of Odessa, Texas had a football season. And it was good. Then a guy wrote [[Friday Night Lights (book)|a book about it]] in 1990, and everyone could read about how it was good. Then in 2004, [[The Film of the Book]] [[Based on a True Story]], ''[[Friday Night Lights (film)|Friday Night Lights]]'', was brought to us by Peter Berg. And we could all ''see'' that it was good.
And in 2006, because the movie was far too short a window into what was good, Berg made '''''Friday Night Lights
Because of the show's large, constantly rotating ensemble, it's difficult to give a summary of the show that does it justice. It starts as the story of the Dillon Panthers, a very successful football team in a town with little else to talk about. At the center of the Panthers (and the show), is Coach Eric Taylor. Coach Taylor attempts to shepherd his players to success while raising a daughter and dealing with the demands of the school, the booster club, and the rest of the town. He wouldn't be anywhere without his wife Tami, the school's guidance counselor who later becomes the principal.
| |||