Wheres my boy Vinnie Chase? An Entourage Season 2 thread...

god, are you kidding? this show isnt about celebrity worshop, its just a hilarious look at life as an actor and his freinds. i mean, from the point of view of turtle (someone who would be slaving away for a contractor if he wasnt freinds with vincent chase), why wouldnt you want to be involved in this world? shallow? sure, but fuck it, why not?

anyway, the real reason to watch the show is jeremy piven, who as agent ari is fucking hilarious, did anyone else see it tonight?

The best line of the night was Ari's
"I'd love to stay but its anal sex night at the Gold house, so if you'll excuse me, i have to go and punish my wife."

and yeah, as blount said (sharing another one of my thoughts in addition to the sitc comparison (not that i was the first to think of that, i'm sure)), this season everything cannot be as easy for vinnie or it'll be boring (as opposed to first season when that was the hook). and the end of ep 4 hints at that, although they might just hand-wave leo away at the start of the next ep. i hope not. i was pretty happy when the studio kicked them out of the mansion and they had to go looking for somewhere else -- i didn't even realize it was studio-owned (i didn't see every ep of season 1), i thought vinnie was already fuck-off rich but he's not, and the show's better for it.

i don't buy the author's contention that ari may be faithful to his wife. i can't remember a specific scene but isn't there something in the first season that disproves that?

""Entourage" represents so vast an improvement over HBO's "Sex and the City" that it makes that show seem, in retrospect, like nothing more than a one-note celebration of pluckiness, devised for a tweener reading level. By contrast, "Entourage" does not patronize its characters or its audience: it is a multilayered, adult and thoroughly funny show about various male fantasies of teamwork and individualism." !!! was never a big sitc fan myself (couldn't stand the 'articles' carrie would write/narrate *shudder*), but i never expected to read a graph like that from a name crit (is VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN a name crit? i don't read much tv criticism)

I totally call bullshit on that.

(i realize as i write this all the episodes where we see the "softer" side of samantha. sure, its there, but i just dont believe it. oh well.)

saget: slightly amusing, but not nearly vulgar enough for his reputation. which points to a problem in general for this show: it's on HBO but where're the goodies that's supposed to enable, eg full-frontal, drugs, really raunchy stuff. like when they sit around the pool with the hookers and saget brags about his colombian...WEED? c'mon!

"When your girlfriend was in the mailroom, she offered to blow me.
True story."

This season's been great. The only things that haven't sat well with me; 1.) the women aren't written very well (like, at all) 2.) the 20-minute U2 performance from the SDCC ep 3.) not enough emily

Ari's definately the most interesting thing about the show, the build-up of this episode was bitchin.

Ari may be an asshole, but I felt sorry for him. It would be nice to see him rise back on top of his game rather than fade away.

I love watching the Queens boys much more than I originally thought I would. I even like Vinny Chase now. There's some depth to his character. But what I really enjoy more than anything is the bumbling sidekicks, Turtle and Calf Implants. They are hilarious!

Is this the second season now? The show got good really quick.

I hope it lasts at least 5 years because I can't get enough!

And just how funny is Johnny Drama? Kevin dillon in the role he was literally born to play.

Q: How can you tell if a woman is unworthy in Entourage?
A: She's in Entourage.

but i like E's new girl, none the less.

so excited so excited

i haven't seen the teaser so these are probably way off...

alls well that ends well, but no real twist, you know?

HBO
A lot of the other guys pointed to you and said, the thing about Jerry is, the guy you see on screen, he's always smiling, he's a great guy, he's really easy to get along with. And he's the same guy that he is when you're just hanging out. Do people expect you to be like Turtle when they meet you?

Jerry
Oh, absolutely. I actually think people are a little disappointed [LAUGHS]. I mean I am very much like that guy in the sense that that I'm from New York, I have the same group of friends from when I was a kid, and if you're my good friend, there's nothing that I won't do for you. I'll do anything in the world. I'll die for you. But I'm different in that I'm not as outgoing or as outspoken as Turtle. I'm definitely way more shy than he is, especially with women. If I'm first meeting you, you'll think I'm just this shy, quiet kid. But once you get to know me, then the Turtle comes out.

are you kidding me? the show is called ENTOURAGE.

Turtle and Drama... ok, not so much.

anyway i'm talking about onscreen, a la first season. it's hbo goddamit!

Yeah sure. Nothing actually happens in any episode in season 1 (the only season I've seen). They just go to parties and try to pull chicks, and sometimes Chase/Eric bicker with Ari. That's it.

http://entouragemovie.tumblr.com

Movie looks just like the show.

i like how in the ads they explain what the word entourage means

...trashed by A.O. Scott...

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'Entourage' review: Tolerable reunion
Opinion-Chicago Tribune-Jun 1, 2015

Mike Golic gave it four donuts on Mike & Mike.

^^^