By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-18 17:17:05 | Updated at 2024-11-23 07:41:49
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Sunday night was the highly-anticipated premiere of the star-studded new drama Landman, and fans loved what they saw.
The new Paramount+ show was met with positive reviews from X users after its first two episodes debuted on the streaming platform yesterday.
Social media users couldn't stop comparing Landman and the hit Western series Yellowstone.
Both shows were co-created by Taylor Sheridan and he also directed the first two episodes of Landman.
'I just watched the Landman pilot. Taylor Sheridan may have another banger on his hands, I fear,' an X user wrote.
Some of Landman's A-list stars include Billy Bob Thornton, Ali Larter, Jon Hamm, and Demi Moore.
Landman currently holds a 71 percent on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
Billy Bob Thornton stars in the new Paramount+ television series Landman. The show premiered on November 17
Thornton's co-stars include A-list actors Jon Hamm and Demi Moore
Landman centers around Tommy Norris (Thornton) - a rugged executive from M-Tex Oil company in Texas.
The series premiere starts with a tied-up Tommy wearing a bag over his head while discussing a lease with a cartel member.
He survives the intense exchange and continues to work under businessman Monty Miller (Hamm) while balancing relationships with his ex-wife Angela (Larter) and his children Ainsley (Michelle Randolph) and oil field worker Cooper (Jacob Lofland).
Social media users have praised Thornton for his portrayal and have praised the show because of the actor's performance.
One person noted that Thornton's character is 'more charismatic and warmer' than Kevin Costner's character on Yellowstone.
Another person wrote: 'Anyone watch the new series Landman last night after Yellowstone? I liked it. Billy Bob Thornton is PERFECT for this role.'
Other social media users were simply intrigued by Landman because Sheridan was the show's co-creator.
'Ever since Yellowstone I've looked forward to whatever show he puts out. Then Tulsa King sold it for me. And now Landman in 2 episodes has sold me. He's definitely their guy,' an X user wrote.
Landman centers around Tommy Norris (Thornton) - a rugged executive from M-Tex Oil company in Texas
Social media users were impressed with Thornton's performance in Landman
The series premiere takes a dark turn after Cooper's entire oil rig team dies in an explosion.
The early deaths made a few X users uninterested in the show, and one person called it the 'stupidest' they'd ever seen on a television show.
Others were less impressed with the show, and one X user even called it a 'cheap ripoff of the hit 1980s show Dallas.'
'The show "Landman" is just Yellow Stone with Bad Santa…,' an X user tweeted.
Multiple X users claimed the show was 'unrealistic,' citing alleged inaccuracies.
'My Dad spent 30+ years working in Permian Basin oilfields. I noticed several inaccuracies, I'm sure dad will notice many more,' an X user wrote.
'Great show, but true oilfield area folks know what's real vs made for TV. The show needs to be more real.'
The show currently has a 71 percent rating on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer
Social media users were not impressed with what they claimed were inaccuracies in the life of an oil field worker
More than one critic mentioned Landman's connections with Yellowstone.
'Landman has the masculine bravado and conservative milieu of Yellowstone, Sheridan's flagship red state soap opera, but also builds an immersive, detailed world in the sun-baked Permian Basin that anchors the show in observed reality,' a critic wrote for Variety.
One reviewer from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review claimed it was Sheridan's 'best series yet' and that it was 'even more entertaining' than Yellowstone.
'I have enjoyed most of Taylor Sheridan's series so far, but Landman is the best work he has done since the first season of Yellowstone,' wrote a critic from JoBlo's Movie Network.
Still, some insist the series leaves much to be desired.
'Landman runs at the pace of an oil derrick, lumbering slowly from one branching plot thread to the next,' a reviewer from RogerEbert.com wrote.
'None of the men in 'Landman' are saints. They're broken, sexist, slovenly, selfish, greedy, patronizing, ignorant, and more,' a critic wrote for Entertainment Weekly.
'But Tommy and his male peers are three-dimensional disasters; the women, by contrast, are wholly defined by their sex.'
