I still think that WWI plus liquor-or-no-liquor plus corruption leads precisely to violence.
― Muammar for the road (Michael White), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
The show lacks a point, or a larger theme, which is probably why it will never be amazing. Still, watch it after The Walking Dead and it's grade-A brilliant.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:47 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark
yeah, i agree with this. it's not really pushing the envelope thematically - though sometimes it gives you glimpses of the kind of show it COULD be - but it's coming into its own as really good entertainment.
tim van patten is probably the best 'in-house' HBO director
― The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
just caught up on this, holy hell, gruesome stuff. agree with most of what's been said, plotwise i have no idea what's going on with nucky anymore but there's enough characters around to entertain me. nice little pine barrens touch on the last ep too.
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 31 October 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
^^ "Pine Barrens" jumped to mind for me too!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 31 October 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
Love that Eddie Cantor is a character on this show, going on about Ida and the girls. It's spooky.
― whoop, up the butt it goes (silby), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
boring episode
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
wasn't boring, was just a comedown after the insane-o previous ep
― The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
can someone explain to me where the women are hiding their long hair when it is "up", I have no idea how that works at all
― whoop, up the butt it goes (silby), Friday, 4 November 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
YES! I was trying to get my wife to explain to me where all of Katie's hair went when she's in uniform.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 4 November 2011 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
i'm enjoying season 2 a lot.
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 November 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
I did not want to be reminded of Esther Rantzen every 10 minutes in this episode(nor did I want to see those fingers)
― kinder, Monday, 7 November 2011 06:02 (twelve years ago) link
ugh, those fingers, yea
― johnny crunch, Monday, 7 November 2011 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
ugh... the sound they made!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 7 November 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
fell asleep during this episode.
― akm, Monday, 7 November 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Haha, yeah, the sound of those fingers was the first time this show has ever actually made me flinch. I'm still loving this season, even though I thought the ending was a bit rushed and anticlimactic. I mean, you'd think it would have unfolded a little more interestingly, considering how many storylines were tied up in it (trying my hardest to avoid spoilers here).
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 7 November 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
those fingers coming off so obvious
― conrad, Monday, 7 November 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
wasn't for me - i had a half a second of "the fuck was that soun.... OH GOD!" in my head.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 7 November 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
rewatched this, glad I did, fuck. not sure I followed exactly why he did that to that guy, some irish shit I guess.
― akm, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 07:34 (twelve years ago) link
didn't get that at all either. thought he was going after nucky's hitman at first or something. kinda slow episode.
watching goodfellas right now i realize paz and lorraine bracco sound EXACTLY the same
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 10 November 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
i assumed that was the actual reason he was left behind there - to execute irish dude's enemies on the east coast.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 10 November 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
this was episode was amazing
― encarta it (Gukbe), Monday, 14 November 2011 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
loving the peaches.
― s.clover, Monday, 14 November 2011 06:25 (twelve years ago) link
ya - good ep. loved the "the only winning move is not to play" part.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 November 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, this show has been on such a good run this season, not sure why the reception seems to be so muted.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 14 November 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
A combination of backlash against/not living up to the hype of the first season probably.
I thought the beach scene between Jimmy and his wife was spectacular. Also like that her lesbian dalliance from last season wasn't a one-off "Marissa on The O.C." deal.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Monday, 14 November 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
also: it has to compete with zombies.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 November 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, but the zombie show is terrible now. Its easy to tell which one of those Sunday night shows wins out for us, we always watch Empire as it airs and now have two eps of Walking Dead just sitting on the DVR.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 14 November 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
I DVR Walking Dead, Hell on Wheels, and the 11pm Boardwalk Empire and watch the NFL-delayed Amazing Race live. I find that leaving Boardwalk for the end of the night gives me the most satisfaction. I am also aware that I watch way too much television on Sunday nights.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Monday, 14 November 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
How is Hell on Wheels? Thought about giving that a shot, but we would up getting way too caught up in the first three seasons of Breaking Bad on Netflix.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 14 November 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
i agree. but *zombies* seems to automatically grab certain numbers no matter how awful the writing may be.
xpost
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 November 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
Thats true, just so disappointing to me how badly they've fumbled a show with such great promise.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 14 November 2011 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
a little OT - but thursday are the same as sundays with me - where I watch one right away and wait until i have time for the other. (Always Sunny... being what I watch immediately and Community waits until later) (ya ya, i know how much Community is loved here and i still like it plenty) (def way more than Walking Dead)
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 14 November 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not sure about Hell on Wheels just yet. It's got enough promise that I'm happy to give it at least half a season. xposts
― encarta it (Gukbe), Monday, 14 November 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
Back to BE: I think this ep dealt with the violent tendencies complained about up thread. Some great character stuff as well as probably the most exciting bit of political maneuvering. I'm guessing Nucky is going to start selling guns to the Irish?
― encarta it (Gukbe), Monday, 14 November 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
Prohibition and the surplus of Thompson sub machine guns were the two major factors accounting for the rise of organized crime in the 20's and 30's. Notice how mostly you only see pistols, shotguns and rifles involved (with the exception of a Gatling gun) in the series so far? Fire power is about to get amped real quick, I imagine.
― righteousmaelstrom, Monday, 14 November 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
So what did everyone make of the pretty batshit last few eps? (BTW, HBO seems to be on a bit of an incest tip now what with this and GoT)
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Monday, 2 January 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Finale was amazing.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Monday, 2 January 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
I liked the episode giving us Jimmy's totally insane backstory a bit more than the finale (I think I'm just a sucker for backstory in anything other than Lost?) but yeah that stretch run made me feel like I hadn't wasted my time watching this show in the first place.
― Clay, Monday, 2 January 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
The episode immediately preceding the finale, should have been the finale.
― calstars, Friday, 11 May 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
I think Nucky and Rothstein arranged their phone call timing so that Luciano and Lansky would overhear -- so that when they learn of what happens they will wonder if they are also susceptible
― calstars, Friday, 11 May 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
S1 and 2 are ondemand atm, so I finally dived into this properly. Totally addicted. Took me a few eps but once Richard Harrow showed up I was all in. Goddamn he is really a mesmerizing character, and actor.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
(I've almost finished S1)
Harrow pulled me through the first season. Two is genuinely really good.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
yea s1 is a chore @ times imo, 2 has a lot of stellar stuff in it
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 September 2012 03:06 (eleven years ago) link
God yeah those first 5 or so episodes of S1 were pretty light on the intrigue
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 September 2012 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
Shouldn't we be getting some more of this soon?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 1 September 2012 09:46 (eleven years ago) link
Ah yes we are, on the 16th.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 1 September 2012 09:50 (eleven years ago) link
No interest in this, felt the two season arc as 'jimmy's story' should have been left tbh.
― darraghback (darraghmac), Saturday, 1 September 2012 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
this was pretty bad
― thomp, Saturday, 1 September 2012 10:05 (eleven years ago) link
it just seemed like a soap opera with occasional violence where a lot of actors who had been good in other things went to be awful. and the plotting of the seasonal arcs was a total mess, e.g. five minutes of the lucy'n'nelson show every week totally failing to have any impact on the plot at all, i guess they went 'well, they're contracted'
― thomp, Saturday, 1 September 2012 10:08 (eleven years ago) link