I liked Pistol on FX
didn't love it and it took waaay too many liberties on known facts/time lines
but I liked the acting and liked that they used some real live footage/photos interspersed with the acting
it was fun, but by no means essential
It was taken from Steve Jones book, which I loved
and I can see some of Lydon's issues...but jez the stink he made was a bit over the top
it by all regards put him in a very good light as far as I could tell
One of the biggest things that got on my nerves, because in the book it was almost a footnote was the big role that Chrissy Hynde played (in the series)
No doubt, she was there, working at Sex and even hooking up with jonesy....but they took that and turned it into something it wasn't
not sure why they had to do that. Guess they felt viewers needed a love story? just odd, not sure why everyone agreed to that (other than the actress who played her)
but I uncovered this great pic of her from that era
she was a bad ass from the get go
