# Barkskins-watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007 "2020-06-03T21:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007/1 "2020-06-03T21:06:57Z")
It’s interesting but dammit, I’m having a devil of a time keeping the characters straight. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007/2 "2020-06-03T22:39:17Z")
I just finished the book the show is based on. I had trouble keeping everyone straight and I could go back and reread it! Great book, btw. Curious how the show turns out. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007/3 "2020-06-03T22:53:12Z")
I watched the first two episodes in the wrong order. No wonder I couldn’t follow! I missed recording the start of what was CALLED ep 1, and then I recorded what I thought was ep 2 and then ep 1. It mad absolutely NO sense until I saw them both. I’m intrigued, but it’s very visually dark in placed & I do have trouble keeping the characters apart. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007/4 "2020-06-03T23:03:06Z")
The guy who created this show, Elwood Reid, is a sort-of friend of mine. I say sort of because we’ve never met in person but have corresponded online many, many times, and have numerous mutual real-life friends. We’ve been Facebook friends for-fucking-ever, like since Facebook first came out. I’ve been a fan of his ever since I read his autobiographical account of playing college football at UM - I checked it out from my junior high school’s library in 1999. Damn! Where does the time go?! Later on, in college, I tried to write some short fiction and Reid very kindly read my work and gave me a little bit of guidance. All this is to say, it has been spectacular to witness his career ascend to these heights. He just has a phenomenal talent for world-building and creating characters, and it really, really shines in Barkskins. He may not have written the original source material, but his style is all over the highly-animated and three-dimensional characters and their dialog. The show is also just beautiful to look at. It’s just fire, end of story. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007/5 "2020-06-04T22:47:37Z")
I do think it’s a bit odd that nobody yet has said “TABARNAK!” on the show. But I haven’t caught up on all the episodes yet. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007/6 "2020-06-07T20:38:02Z")
WTF am I watching??? I’ve come to the conclusion it’s _Twin Peaks_ in the 1700’s. Loosing interest fast. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007/7 "2020-06-07T20:45:03Z")
One other thing: Ain’t nobody gonna be surviving those Rock-Mallet head shots everybody seems to be taking, and then perfectly fine in the next scene. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007/8 "2020-06-07T21:46:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > WTF am I watching??? > > I’ve come to the conclusion it’s _Twin Peaks_ in the 1700’s. You say that like it’s a bad thing. I get it, that style is not for everyone. I like it though.