The casting is terrible... Oliver Platt acts like a complete buffoon... Steinbrenner is annoying and obnoxious, but he's played as a bumpkin here... Reggie is dull... the real Reggie was never dull... Billy Martin is played as a pathetic loser... no admirable qualities at all, NONE... a really mean-spirited portrayal. Thurman Munson, "beloved captain", played as a jealous jerk... Gabe Paul, impotent idiot (okay, they got one right). DiMaggio with no charisma (or overwhelming arrogance, take your pick), just bland. No Mickey? Not Mick the Quick, he was hilarious.
The good parts about the miniseries are the actual clips that are patched in and the backstories at the end of each episode. Chris Chambliss, Fran Healey, et al. Where's Rizzuto? The theme music is blackboard scratching awful... like the theme from "S.W.A.T." garbage.
Watch it on the net if you haven't seen it already - www.bronxisburning.com. Some commercial breaks, not bad.
The good parts about the miniseries are the actual clips that are patched in and the backstories at the end of each episode. Chris Chambliss, Fran Healey, et al. Where's Rizzuto? The theme music is blackboard scratching awful... like the theme from "S.W.A.T." garbage.
Watch it on the net if you haven't seen it already - www.bronxisburning.com. Some commercial breaks, not bad.