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In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2004
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heh, ive often wondered about this myself. They have a rep to uphold. They probably feel that their audience demands it since they pay for the service.
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oxymoron
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Hell, Blowfish, what do you think got me watching ****ing HBO in the first ****ing place.
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****. I gotta watch this ****ing show. Like now. Like, ****ing, right ****ing NOW.
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My Black Friend, Alan
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You really do. You really, really do.
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oxymoron
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Ratings are in, nearly 5 million viewers (7 million total including the night's reruns), biggest HBO premeire in 6 years.
2nd season already announced. |
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Between this, Bored To Death and Game Of Thrones... I'm really considering getting HBO for the first time.
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#8 |
oxymoron
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They apparently really think they have something with Game of Thrones. Rumor is that the HBO brass loves it. I thought it was a good sign when they ended the promo before Boardwalk Empire with that long Sean Bean shot (plus it just looked cool).
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#9 |
Take a Chill Pill
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**** I have been reading so many comics since Comic Con, (Late July) that I haven't picked my Game of Thrones book back up. I'm probably going to kick myself for not reading it.
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oxymoron
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I would say wait until after the show to read it. I know I'm holding up my re-read of the series until after the first season.
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Yeah, I'm actually pretty happy that I'll have some distance on it before the show starts. I don't want the book too fresh in my mind -- tends to damper the visual medium for me.
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Watched the pilot last night. Looks like a pretty good show. I love the setting. Not many movies/tv are set in that era. I won't be watching it, though, since I don't have HBO.
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Dug the first episode. Kept getting reminded of Bioshock, which made some scenes pretty funny in my head. Love the Al Capone bits; there was an energy in that performance.
Anyone else see the Jimmy character and imagine Scorsese telling the HBO brass "Fine. If you guys won't give me Leo then at least give me a guy with Leo's haircut" ? I don't have the concerns about Buscemi that DJLN does. I don't know where that's coming from. Felt like a putting pieces into place sort of first episode. Eager to see how the show develops, and how (or even if) the other directors will try an incorporate Scorsese's visual style. |
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I loved the show and Buscemi, but Buscemi and Benecio Del Toro are my two favorite actors making movies right now.
It is cool to watch how the mafia formed in this arena. |
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OMG the real Nucky Johnson looked like Scott Pioli.
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