I thought that about Breaking Bad after the 1st season. You can never tell with these things.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Monday, 4 October 2010 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
some of this just seems so shity, weirdly inert and leaden, a minute long scene of mpitt emoting w/ photos of his wife...
i thought the problems with the first episode were just difficulties w/ providing backstories/exposition for all the characters but the third episode is even worse
― journey to the end of nyt (nakhchivan), Monday, 4 October 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
some of it is ok. i like the federal agent bro.
Paz De La Huerta is absolutely ruining every scene she's in
i can't rly believe how soft-porn this show is tbh
― laughing out loud lol (history mayne), Monday, 4 October 2010 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
she isn't so much 'ruining' the scene where she spills ice cream on her tits and licks it off her finger... that's kind of the whole point of the scene
― laughing out loud lol (history mayne), Monday, 4 October 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
haha
i wonder what paz is like w/ casting directors
― journey to the end of nyt (nakhchivan), Monday, 4 October 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
haha G-Man guy was the young groom Bill Murray bought Wrestlemania tix for in Groundhog Day.
― Kerm, Monday, 4 October 2010 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Surely it wouldn't be that hard to work out the meaning of "motherfucker" even if you hadn't heard it before?
― Number None, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
this series is a Worthy Successor to the acclaimed films that martin scorcese has directed
― 50.bison (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I totally love Paz De La Huerta in this. But also I have no idea who she is.
― funky house skeptic (polyphonic), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, she plays an annoying pouty twit with breasts extremely well.
― Rob Liefeld pose (chap), Thursday, 7 October 2010 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
she was great in the dressing room scene
― another al3x, Friday, 8 October 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
no she wasnt
― sean gramophone, Friday, 8 October 2010 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
any recognizable names writing/directing these episodes?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 October 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
they got some noob in for the pilot, the others they staffed out to veterans of 'house' and 'ncis'
― rmde @ the romo dumplings (history mayne), Friday, 8 October 2010 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
xp was to! i'm generally enjoying the more ott characters in this so far though.
― another al3x, Friday, 8 October 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
British dude playing Capone is good.
― Simon H., Friday, 8 October 2010 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
he's a good actor, but he's not exactly showing chops here yet (or getting a chance to) and he really can't do the accent (same problem with him in gangs of new york iirc)
― caek, Friday, 8 October 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
the chalky/klansman scene was awz
― johnny crunch, Monday, 11 October 2010 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought Capone's Chicago accent sounded pretty great!
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 11 October 2010 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
opening credit sequence is soooooo generic HBO though, can't they craft these things to mesh with the shows rather than other credit sequences?
― da croupier, Monday, September 20, 2010 9:01 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
If the Wire was still around I wonder if there's would be McNulty floating slowly over Baltimore set to the Dream Syndicate
― da croupier, Monday, September 20, 2010 9:04 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is so otm, opening credits suck so bad
― some dude, Monday, 11 October 2010 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
All coming together now. Very good episode.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Monday, 11 October 2010 05:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Still very enjoyable, still not feeling much in terms of depth. But it may well come.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Really digging Nucky and Margaret now. Also happy to see Jimmy and Al about to get swallowed up in a turf war. And it's worth repeating how awesome the Chalky scene was.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I want to get invited to one of Nucky's parties.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
eh. this is fairly entertaining thus far, but it's not exactly great.
i like Buscemi, but he feels miscast here. not believably charismatic enough to be a successful politician, not tough or intimidating enough to be a gangster. the scene in the last episode when he notices a spot on a glass and flips the table in a rage sent home the latter point. Michael Pitt is very pretty, but he's a damn boring actor. each episode seems to have a certain T&A (thanks Paz) and violence quota. often feels gratuitous. the show's too conservative, no real interesting plotlines, just standard gangster shit we've seen 100x before in a fancy new setting. it all feels a bit shallow.
also thought that Chalky scene in last episode was a little hammy, tbh. *ducks*
i'll stick it out, it's rarely boring and it COULD be something great, i'm just not exactly all that impressed with it at this point.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
each episode seems to have a certain T&A (thanks Paz)
Was feeling the T&A on Jimmy's ill-fated Chicago squeeze, she reminded me of a younger sexier Jennifer Jason Leigh.
I pretty much agree entirely with circa. Moreover, I don't feel like I'm on anyone's side yet. Yer Don Drapers, Walter Whites, Dexter Morgans and Tony Sopranos are all pretty repulsive in their own ways, but their respective shows had you rooting for them pretty much from the off. I'm guessing Margaret is supposed to be filling that role, and she's growing into it but hasn't reached that point for me yet. Her exchange with the anti-Suffrage guys was her best moment yet, showing her as more than a sobbing victim.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
margarets got some nice gams
― johnny crunch, Monday, 18 October 2010 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought that was the best episode yet, everything had a bit more breathing space. And I'm glad Nucky and Margaret cut to the chase at the end, things should start heating up plotwise now.
Michael Pitt is still the weak link, but the actress who played Pearl was pretty good. Her trajectory was predictable, but she sold it very well I thought.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, been done a lot before but what was still good (mantra for the show, perhaps?). Nothing as good as the Nucky/Margaret stuff at his birthday from last week but still very solid and moving along nicely. If we get more Chicago shenanigans next week I'll be happy.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Eli's speech was a very funny sequence.
Michael Stuhlbarg has been consistently killing it in all his scenes.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't mind the opening credits that much... Brian Jonestown Massacre gets some $$$$
― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 21 October 2010 06:17 (thirteen years ago) link
this is great, really enjoying it now. god those anti booze people are annoying tho
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Sunday, 24 October 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Anybody not on board with this show yet needs to get real. The Jimmy/Capone stuff is really great.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Monday, 25 October 2010 03:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I don't see anything wrong with this show, totally love it.
I loved Pearl though, miss her already.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 25 October 2010 03:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Margaret/Nucky stuff has been moving fast but handled so well.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Monday, 25 October 2010 03:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Completely loved Pearl yeah, :(
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 25 October 2010 09:11 (thirteen years ago) link
everything is moving fast; plus it def feels like theres a quota of nudity & violence, which is fine imo, im sure these were naked, violent times & ppl
― johnny crunch, Monday, 25 October 2010 11:09 (thirteen years ago) link
This show is finally getting my attention
― A Reclaimer Hewn With (Michael White), Monday, 25 October 2010 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
two weeks behind. should catch up tonight.
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Monday, 25 October 2010 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
every time i see this thread title this image pops into my head:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/images/kenneth_williams1_gal.jpg
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 25 October 2010 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
It's really hitting its stride now. Good stuff.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Monday, 25 October 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm digging how the storytelling is very straightforward and unpretentious.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Monday, 25 October 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
is a great show...really liking it now. the capone/jimmy storyline is played out so well. all the tensions between characters are, in fact.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 25 October 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, this show's really coming together for me. I was starting to lose interest, but the last two eps hooked me again. Michael Stuhlbarg's Rothstein is mesmerizing in every scene he's in. Van Alden's an awesome character, and Michael Shannon has the most amazing face. I loved the glimpse at Capone's home life, and Margaret's becoming an interesting, complicated character. The portrait of the bickering 'Professional Irishmen' at the St. Patty's day dinner was great.
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 25 October 2010 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
ttly agree re: rothstein - hope he gets more screentime
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
We know remarkably little about Nucky's past and inner life for a lead character. Maybe that will change, or maybe it's deliberate and we never will.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Between this show and seeing A Serious Man recently, Stuhlbarg is rocketing towards the top of my "must watch everything he does" list.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, same. I actually caught A Serious Man recently too, due to loving him in this, and he was possibly the highlight of it for me.
― Princess TamTam, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
He's Houdini's brother... but he's just as good!!
― Princess TamTam, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
haha! I couldn't stop thinking about Buscemi in Fargo at the night club with the hooker when he said that.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:16 (thirteen years ago) link