Everything Waco Thread

First hour was kind of slow, but most docu-dramas are like that so I wasn't really surprised. However, the acting is excellent....to me it was the FBI dude (not the negotiator) that was the slime ball.

Him, too. But the slime ball comment was more directed to Koresh "accepting" the "burden" to take on the roll of sole reproducer. Lol

First hour was kind of slow, but most docu-dramas are like that so I wasn't really surprised. However, the acting is excellent....to me it was the FBI dude (not the negotiator) that was the slime ball.

Wow! Very well paced, intriguing series, thus far. Terrific acting. Koresh sure was some charismatic slime.

Melissa hasn't had too much screen time, as of yet, due to the fact that they were mainly laying down a foundation for Koresh, his best friend Steve (who's wife Koresh had a child with...after Koresh miraculously had a revelation that the men would remain celibate and HE would take on the burden of reproducing duties), Thibodo (who actually wrote the book...one of the survivors... The heavy set gentleman in all the promotion events), and the ATF agent. You CAN, though, already tell Melissa's character IS queen bee, as has been described.

I read somewhere, I think it was tvguide.com, that Waco was getting good reviews; but that the "surprise break out star here might very well be Melissa Benoist."

Waco started trending on Twitter. Read a lot of tweets saying they stumbled upon the show by accident, but couldn't stop watching. I saw a few people shocked... "Oh look!! it's Supergirl!!!"

I will say, this first episode did a really good job making you want to ummm... firmly express yourself to the tv, "What is wrong with you people?" lol They weren't forced to stay, didn't suffer from Stockholm Syndrom, and didn't appear to be socially inept. On the contrary, some were once rich, well traveled, educated (one from Harvard, another with a doctorate, etc etc).

interview with Melissa about waco

Looking forward to watching this. I had to double-check that my cable company actually carries this network. Since they don't carry the CW, I can't take anything for granted with them. And, yep! They do, so all is good.

I noticed that Melissa is doing a great deal of promotion this week for it. It made me wonder if, allowing her this time off to spend on promotion was a contributing factor to the delay in Supergirl. Not THE only factor, just one that, when added with other issues, made them decide it might be better to have a break in February.

Either way, I'm thankful that she works for a company that is supportive in letting her continue to spread her acting wings.

Glad you found it. I’m debating whether to start watching right away or wait for the nine week break.

I think many factors contributed to the production delay and Melissa doing all this promotion could have been one of them. Her part was originally going to be smaller so this level of promotion probably wasn’t planned when she took the part.

Paramount is ultimately owned by CBS which is a partner in CW so they’re getting something from Waco’s promotion. Nevertheless it is nice to see that the network cares about letting actors do different projects. My hope is with these good reviews producers will start to schedule filming around Supergirl’s production schedule to get Melissa in thier projects.

Looking forward to watching this. I had to double-check that my cable company actually carries this network. Since they don't carry the CW, I can't take anything for granted with them. And, yep! They do, so all is good.

I noticed that Melissa is doing a great deal of promotion this week for it. It made me wonder if, allowing her this time off to spend on promotion was a contributing factor to the delay in Supergirl. Not THE only factor, just one that, when added with other issues, made them decide it might be better to have a break in February.

Either way, I'm thankful that she works for a company that is supportive in letting her continue to spread her acting wings.

Sully, where do you live and who is your cable outlet? Maybe I can help out. I'll try my best

I just kept thinking that the FBI and ATF seemed to be very heavy handed in the whole thing.

Somehow Kelly I think you are right.

However, the breakout performance of Waco could likely be that of Melissa Benoist (Supergirl) as Rachel Koresh, David's first wife and recognized matriarch of the Mount Carmel religious community. At first, Rachel seems quiet and unassuming, then you quickly learn how she carefully operates behind the scenes. In Benoist's performance, she turns Rachel into the character that most intrigues you. There is so much more going on behind her eyes and you're struck by how smart the character is, becoming not only David's wife but his confidant and advisor and one of the few women whom he respected. In recent interviews, the producers admitted Rachel's role was originally much smaller but quickly expanded it once they saw Benoist's take on the character.

Full review at Spoilertv.com

https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/01/waco-advance-preview.html

What's up with the whole splitting up miniseries as of late? lol I remember the good ole days where a miniseries would be broadcast in a week on consecutive days so that you could really binge watch. lol I just noticed Waco is once a week. Booooo.

Looking forward to watching this. I had to double-check that my cable company actually carries this network. Since they don't carry the CW, I can't take anything for granted with them. And, yep! They do, so all is good.

I noticed that Melissa is doing a great deal of promotion this week for it. It made me wonder if, allowing her this time off to spend on promotion was a contributing factor to the delay in Supergirl. Not THE only factor, just one that, when added with other issues, made them decide it might be better to have a break in February.

Either way, I'm thankful that she works for a company that is supportive in letting her continue to spread her acting wings.

I've driven by it more times than I can remember. Never actually saw the compound, just the Mount Carmel sign....never really thought about it too much. I was in my 2nd year of teaching when it happened...I just kept thinking that the FBI and ATF seemed to be very heavy handed in the whole thing. That was something that I just remember thinking when I saw all of the news footage of what was happening.

I do recall that incident back in '93 I was about like 12 or 13 yrs old at the time, I remember seeing it on tv, was huge standoff and there was like huge explosion and it went up in flame I had no idea whats going on in that news, I was living at Deaf school in girls dorm at that time. That was crazy times in that year.

Here's some vid of Melissa doing press tour for Waco...

Melissa is so nice and what a smile during that meeting with fans, I know she's mentioned before how it warms her heart to see girls dressed in Supergirl costumes and she seemed taken with the girl who was wearing one in the video.

Anyway friend I don't know if I'll ever get to see Waco so if you watch it next week please post your thoughts here particularity on Melissa of course.

I'm going to bet that it will end up on Amazon, iTunes and Netflix fairly soon....

It looks like they are going to start at the end so to speak....and then do a flashback to maybe a few days before the government showed up? At least that is what it looks like from the opening scene video.

Waco premiere...



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5300495/Melissa-Benoist-dazzles-pink-silk-gown-Waco-debut.html#v-8200143488276840874

Here's the entire Build Series broadcast from yesterday. The first link is simply Melissa discussing her role. I'm also including the entire broadcast....

Melissa will be part of the panel that join BUILD to have a conversation about the new Paramount Network miniseries, "Waco." Mon, January 22, 2018
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST. This event will be streamed LIVE on BUILDseries.com

While doing Waco press tour, Melissa discusses new atmosphere on set after A. Kriesberg...

BTS of the making of Waco



And Waco Opening Scene

Yeah, I watched that exclusive 3 times to make sure I'd heard right. I was so proud of her.

Seriously tho, if you were a writer, wouldn't you want to write for this actress. I think she's a writer's dream. You don't have to write to her strengths.

Writing to her strengths assumes that she has a weakness in acting and if she has any, I have yet to see them . I've never been so blindsided by an actor/actress' talent before. Most of the time, I have heard of them and they have received many positive accolades for their work beforehand so, I am not surprised when they are actually THAT good. Melissa started off pretty good in Supergirl but, she rose to impressive very quickly in Season 1.

Anyone else remember when Waco happened? I remember watching it all go down on the news when I was a junior at BYU.

I'm one of those that can't remember where I was when last week happened, lol. But, I do remember watching this on the news when it happened. It was so crazy. It will be interesting to see more behind what went on. The information we got at the time was very lean in details.

I was a sophomore so yah I remember. There was a guy a year below me who’s mom died in the siege. She left him and his dad to join the Branch Davidians when he was young, so he didn’t really remember his mom.

Wow, that's terrible. I heard that those kinds of things went on and still go on in cults but, to know someone that it happened to would really bring it closer to home.