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Topic: Boardwalk Empire (Read 18963 times)
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Sky
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My favorite time period. Some great casting. Amazing costuming and sets. Buscemi puts on a great performance, such amazing subtlety and some good writing.
We were pretty worried given the intro music being some sixties rock piece, but the actual show was great. No idea who's bright idea the completely inappropriate intro music was, but it should really be dropped asap.
Tommy from Snatch as Capone was awesome. Although I kept wanting Jimmy to say "You took the fucking jam outta my doughnut, Tommy. You did."
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Arthur_Parker
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Thought it was mostly great, only bit I didn't like was the little girl crying, she seemed too young to understand acting, bit disturbing.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Yeah, I remember thinking she was a genius actor for the pause in crying when the father sat down...then thinking she's way to young to be consciously acting that good.
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Slayerik
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I like this show. Hope it stays strong.
Never been the biggest Buscemi fan, but I think he's good in this role.
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"I have more qualifications than Jesus and earn more than this whole board put together. My ego is huge and my modesty non-existant." -Ironwood
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Rasix
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Best part of the first EP: OMAR!  This could be very good. If nothing else, the setting is incredibly interesting. |
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Ard
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This show managed to teach me something. That I never, ever, want to see Steve Buscemi naked and having sex, ever again. Liked it a fair amount otherwise though.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Buscemi was naked? I never noticed. I guess.....BOOBIES!!!!
Were you saying something?
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FatuousTwat
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I was out of town and missed the second episode, bleh.
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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Tarami
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Fantastic. Curiousity: Is Nucky's deceased wife "played" by Molly Parker? There was a photo of her shown in the second episode and I could have sworn it was her. Edit: The Interwebs appear to agree with my observation. |
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« Last Edit: October 03, 2010, 08:40:58 AM by Tarami »
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- I'm giving you this one for free.
- Nothing's free in the waterworld.
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Haven't seen last night's ep yet, but the first three were very good. Definitely enjoying it. And wow, does Nucky's moll make me glad this is on HBO. |
When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Slayerik
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Yeah, this show is pretty cool. Lots of good looking women, and well casted.
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"I have more qualifications than Jesus and earn more than this whole board put together. My ego is huge and my modesty non-existant." -Ironwood
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Mrbloodworth
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Really enjoying this show.
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Ginaz
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Apparently the character Steve Buscemi plays, Nucky, was completely different physically than Buscemi IRL. The real Nucky was well over 6' tall and around 225-230. I can understand, though, why they went they way they did with the role. If they got some big dude to play the part, people would be comparing him to Tony Soprano. Besides, it makes for a better story to have a weasley guy like Buscemi be the boss instead of someone who's just physically imposing.
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Plus Buscemi fucking rules.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Tarami
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Indeed. The casting is, as so often with HBO, impeccable.
Also, I want to see more of the IRS agent, Nelson. He's fucken awesome.
"The roast tastes good."
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Slayerik
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I still like this show. It's not awesome, but I DVR and enjoy it.
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"I have more qualifications than Jesus and earn more than this whole board put together. My ego is huge and my modesty non-existant." -Ironwood
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Mrbloodworth
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Indeed. The casting is, as so often with HBO, impeccable.
Also, I want to see more of the IRS agent, Nelson. He's fucken awesome.
"The roast tastes good."
I'm starting to think he is a very damaged person. |
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voodoolily
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Finnuh, munnuh, muhfuh, I enjoy creating new written vernacular, s'all.
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Best part of the first EP: OMAR! This could be very good. If nothing else, the setting is incredibly interesting. I love that he's on here too. Plus, Michael Pitt has never been hotter.  |
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proudft
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Eddie is the best butler in the history of manservants.  |
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Nucky really needs to let him finish up his business at the bordello next time- Eddie has definitely earned it.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Zaljerem
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I still like this show. It's not awesome, but I DVR and enjoy it.
Agreed. Liked the last episode a lot, a few things coming to a head .... |
Every problem has a better solution when you start thinking about it differently than the normal way. - Steve Wozniak
When is [Minecraft] going to get together with DF, have a nice cuddle and a bottle of wine and finally produce the Baby that I want ? - Ironwood
"Thank you for helping us help you help us all." - GlaDOS
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Ruvaldt
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I should like this show more than I do.
I'm on episode 8, and none of the characters or conflicts have quite 'stuck' for me. It's still better than most TV, but that isn't saying a whole lot, I guess. Hoping that I become less tepid within the next few episodes.
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"For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can." - Ernest Hemingway
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WayAbvPar
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I have liked it along along, but the end of the season rush is amazing. I love Harrow as a character. And wow. Van Alden snapped a lot sooner than I thought he would.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Ard
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You're making the assumption he actually snapped and that he wasn't completely crazy all along. The flogging and stalking earlier kinda lends itself to that. Jimmy becoming a mess, however, I didn't see coming this early, and even Nucky is falling apart some. It'll be interesting to see how the last episode goes down, and I hope this doesn't follow the trend of HBO prematurely killing a series mid-stride.
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Abagadro
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They renewed it after its second episode.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Ard
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Doesn't mean they'll get a third though, and they might have to pull a Rome and vastly accelerate the timeline to finish the story.
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HaemishM
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I finally caught up with all the shows except last night's finale. I really wasn't too sure I was going to stick with it after the first 2 or 3 episodes, but it really picked up about mid-season. I was a bit disappointed that they portrayed Van Alden as so bugfuck nuts but the actor pulled it off so well, I got over it. I love the line in the Chinese restaurant - "The thought of what foul ingredients have gone into this filth repulses me."
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WayAbvPar
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Gonna be an interesting start to season 2. Great thing about HBO is that there are good shows staggered through the year so there is almost always something to watch.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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voodoolily
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Finnuh, munnuh, muhfuh, I enjoy creating new written vernacular, s'all.
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I'm gonna go ahead and girl up the thread once more and say Gawsh, I hope Nucky and Margaret get married and have babies!! I actually thought he was going to propose to her already as a strategic move, but I somehow think he cares for her too much to use her so literally. And I think he knows she's too smart to fall for it. |
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HaemishM
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Season finale was kind of flat. No big revelation moments, even the return of Eli as the sheriff. The whole betrayal cabal thing I'm not quite convinced on. Still a good show, and one I look forward to seeing another season from.
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Slayerik
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Just a reminder, this starts back up Sunday (9/25) at 9pm EST.
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"I have more qualifications than Jesus and earn more than this whole board put together. My ego is huge and my modesty non-existant." -Ironwood
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WayAbvPar
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Looking forward to Nucky pwning the triumvirate of dumbshits all season long.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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HaemishM
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Ummm, holy shit. Just caught the last episode and...
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Yeah, the last two episodes have been full of  moments. Show is SO good right now. |
When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Threash
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I don't get why Jimmy was such a complete dick to the guy who ended up killing his wife. I hate what they are doing with Margaret, other than that the show has been great.
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