Michael "Omar" Kenneth "Little" Williams, Steve Buscemi, and ehhhhh Michael Pitt in Martin Scorsese's BOARDWALK EMPIRE

Harrow is ice cold

wrapped up a lot of things nicely from this season I thought, though it did seem both rushed and understated. Margaret and Nucky are my favourite thing. Besides Harrow.

i think they used to do that w/ the sopranos, where the penultimate ep was the one where a lot happened, and then the last episode was more subdued

Looks like s2 will be the one where things really kick off, this one seems to've been about getting everyone into place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mhpw7gb1fE

this one seems to've been about getting everyone into place.

far too generous imo.

this show was a massive let down full of dreadful writing. i'm out.

Why is the blocking of the extras on this show SO TERRIBLE.

ha, otm.

this ep was a lot worse than the show has been recently, stupid shit about the brack etc. also the margaret storyline was a bit thick, just sort of pointlessly wavering then "oh fuck it let's get back together."

i do like this show a lot though, it had been on a really good streak until this finale.

ugh yeah, this was not good. "i want to find out who the real enoch thompson is" or whatever... just awful. and even as one of the few fans of both paz and nelson i groaned at the pregnancy news.

very disappointed in the last episode. Didn't buy Margaret's damascene conversion to machine politics. Did lol when mayor bader reinstated Eli.

Sure it set up the next series but it leaves me feeling very dissatisfied about this one

and even as one of the few fans of both paz and nelson i groaned at the pregnancy news.

that was so weird. feel like they're keeping nelson around purely for the lols now. the scene with his wife was also hilarious: "they make my fillings hurt!"

Looks like s2 will be the one where things really kick off

not exactly regretting stopping after ep. 4.

I figure I'm willing to keep watching this show just for the pure volume of getting to look at Steve Buscemi that that would entail.

I just finished episode 6 and it's kinda getting slow (mostly the Kelly Macdonald, Michael Pitt, and Gretchen Mol parts). Enjoying all the Buscemi though. Is it worth it to stick with it until the end of the season?

The whole thing's pretty slow moving - at the end of the season it only just feels like everything's in place for some big shit to go down. The only character who really goes through some eye-popping changes during S1 is Nelson. Having said that, if you're enjoying the scenery I'd keep going. And I don't think you've met the most fascinating character yet.

The whole season feels like setup for a much better season 2/3.

That's what I'm hoping!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-B8RjzOwG8&feature=player_embedded

never thought I'd say this but I'm kinda psyched for season 2

I'm v v excited.

thought first season patchy and not great but looking fwd to second

The first few eps of this season will be make or break for me, I think. They'll need to have upped their game a few notches.

holla @ kelly macdonald

― max, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:04 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

liked s1 overall, it started slow then the middle few eps were very good culminating in a slightly silly ending. will defo be watching s2.

this show was a massive let down full of dreadful writing. i'm out.

― caek, Monday, December 6, 2010 7:49 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark

otm. i somehow watched all but the last ep, but the show is so inertia-inducing i haven't got round to it.

great set design, costumes, and tits, though.

i had to fight through the first 3/4 but i thought it got quite exciting after that.

i liked mike hale's line: "stiff, dull and a pale and weirdly politically correct pastiche of older and better gangster dramas". not sure about the pastiche, but the rest is otm.

what with the likes of steve buscemi and paz being so well cast, it's difficult not to like this show though

tbf though, this guy was brilliant

http://www.philly2philly.com/sites/default/files/harrow.jpg

I came round on the show but i still think Buscemi was horribly miscast

i can understand some criticisms of 'justified' but they nailed the main casting so well that that carries the show through any among of so-called generic stuff (oh like we're too good for gunfights now?). this is just another way of saying i like watching timothy olyphant i guess.

i was making a horribly formed joke about buscemi xp

Ah. I actually think Paz is fine for her role though. Don't know why didn't they just let Kelly McDonald use her actual accent either. Pretty much ruins her performance for me.

yeah her accent is a fucking joke. she was at the same lark in intermission too. it's like "simpering" comes as part of her "irish" package.

Definitely. I mean how hard would it have been to make the character Scottish?

i wasnt that impressed w/the first season, but im pretty curious about s2.

i guess there's a lot of irish/catholic storyline stuff xpost

I suppose so. You're totally tight in what you said before though. It's not just that it's a bad accent, it's that it actively changes her performance.

totally right

yeah exactly...she is totally playing the accent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYPTrcho84s

she's the exact same character here...when she talks after bout 1.30

Haven't seen Intermission since it came out. I wonder if it holds up

http://vimeo.com/18275127

Back tonight, but does anyone care?

oh wow really? apparently nobody cares, or else I was just depending on ilx to remind me.

I will watch it at some point, hopefully it is 60 minutes of Harlow and, uh, I dunno, tits

I care, but I've recorded it to watch later.

I think I mean Harrow. You know, the one with the face.

This is make or break season for me.

I thought last night's was really good, aside from the obligatory HBO season-opening montage to remind you of all the characters. The editing of the scene when Nucky was speaking to the two different churches was great.

I'd like to say that I don't like the "ehhhhh Michael Pitt" of this thread's title. I think he's proven himself here, he's very good in the role.