Wow...the Russians went dry? I'm sort of impressed.
Boardwalk Empire Night: Sunday Dec 11th @ 7pm EST
12/11/2011
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Ha!
Originally posted by
Ansley
Alright, Gary...tell me what's so awesome about this show! I'm a huge Buscemi fan.
Well, it's top notch (great writing, great cast, great premise). It's about organized crime in Atlantic City during the prohibition era. HBO really should have started this show the season after the Sopranos ended!
12/11/2011
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Do you think it's historically accurate?
Originally posted by
Gary
Ha!
Well, it's top notch (great writing, great cast, great premise). It's about organized crime in Atlantic City during the prohibition era. HBO really should have started this show the season after the Sopranos ended!
Well, it's top notch (great writing, great cast, great premise). It's about organized crime in Atlantic City during the prohibition era. HBO really should have started this show the season after the Sopranos ended!
12/11/2011
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I just assumed, that because it was so high profile, that more people would be familiar with the show.
Originally posted by
Gary
Ha!
Well, it's top notch (great writing, great cast, great premise). It's about organized crime in Atlantic City during the prohibition era. HBO really should have started this show the season after the Sopranos ended!
Well, it's top notch (great writing, great cast, great premise). It's about organized crime in Atlantic City during the prohibition era. HBO really should have started this show the season after the Sopranos ended!
12/11/2011
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I'm one of those sick twisted people who don't have HBO.
Originally posted by
Gary
I just assumed, that because it was so high profile, that more people would be familiar with the show.
12/11/2011
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It's based on historical events & historical people, but I think a lot of the individual stories are fiction.
Originally posted by
Ansley
Do you think it's historically accurate?
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I actually don't either, we don't have cable at all. I watch everything online or via download.
Originally posted by
Ansley
I'm one of those sick twisted people who don't have HBO.
12/11/2011
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Oh ok, that's cool. Gives them a lot more room to work with the characters. Now I kind of regret not being able to make a decision between Showtime and HBO...we ended up with the Starz package of movie channels.
Originally posted by
Gary
It's based on historical events & historical people, but I think a lot of the individual stories are fiction.
12/11/2011
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Back to that instant gratification problem of mine...I'd never remember to go look at them online to find them. I know Netflix and Xbox teamed up, but it's just another fee on top of the ones we already have.
Originally posted by
Gary
I actually don't either, we don't have cable at all. I watch everything online or via download.
But anyway...so what's Buscemi's character like? Is he as ruthless as the pictures lead us to believe?
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Ha! The only things I associate with those two are: SHO has Dexter, and HBO has Boardwalk.
Originally posted by
Ansley
Oh ok, that's cool. Gives them a lot more room to work with the characters. Now I kind of regret not being able to make a decision between Showtime and HBO...we ended up with the Starz package of movie channels.
12/11/2011
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I wanted Showtime for Californication. Duchovny makes my world spin!
Originally posted by
Gary
Ha! The only things I associate with those two are: SHO has Dexter, and HBO has Boardwalk.
12/11/2011
Oh and did my eyes deceive me...is there full frontal nudity of both men and women in this show?
12/11/2011
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Oh yeah... he is the Crime Boss who runs Atlantic City. Steve Buscemi is so perfect for the role.
Originally posted by
Ansley
Back to that instant gratification problem of mine...I'd never remember to go look at them online to find them. I know Netflix and Xbox teamed up, but it's just another fee on top of the ones we already have.
But anyway...so ... more
But anyway...so ... more
Back to that instant gratification problem of mine...I'd never remember to go look at them online to find them. I know Netflix and Xbox teamed up, but it's just another fee on top of the ones we already have.
But anyway...so what's Buscemi's character like? Is he as ruthless as the pictures lead us to believe? less
But anyway...so what's Buscemi's character like? Is he as ruthless as the pictures lead us to believe? less
12/11/2011
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I have never seen that one, how is it?
Originally posted by
Ansley
I wanted Showtime for Californication. Duchovny makes my world spin!
12/11/2011
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Oh yeah... there is so much graphic violence, nudity, and sex.
Originally posted by
Ansley
Oh and did my eyes deceive me...is there full frontal nudity of both men and women in this show?
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Brilliant! Fabulously brilliant! Duchovny is always, always in trouble. He's a sex fiend and a half, but tries to be a good dad when the kid is around. Becca (the kid) is sassy and spot on in her assessments of situations.
Originally posted by
Gary
I have never seen that one, how is it?
12/11/2011
Lucky Luciano...wasn't that name used in Goodfellas?
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What kind of trouble? Crime trouble, or relationship trouble? Is it a comedy, drama, etc?
Originally posted by
Ansley
Brilliant! Fabulously brilliant! Duchovny is always, always in trouble. He's a sex fiend and a half, but tries to be a good dad when the kid is around. Becca (the kid) is sassy and spot on in her assessments of situations.
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Durh, my bad. It's a dramedy...and mostly relationship trouble. In the first season, he ended up sleeping with an underage girl. She broke his nose in the middle of sex.
Originally posted by
Gary
What kind of trouble? Crime trouble, or relationship trouble? Is it a comedy, drama, etc?
You see he's madly in love with Becca's mother, but he kept breaking her heart by cheating on her with other women. So she left him, but they stayed good friends. They eventually got married in one of the seasons but it's been so long since I've seen an episode, I don't know where they are in the story now.
12/11/2011
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Lucky Luciano was a real NYC Mafia Don. He was born in Sicily, came to America when he was 10, and rose to power during prohibition.
Originally posted by
Ansley
Lucky Luciano...wasn't that name used in Goodfellas?
The character wasn't in Goodfellas, but you have definitely heard the name in other places.
12/11/2011
Duchovny plays a writer, mom is a musician and the kid is just the kid. He's also quite the coke abuser. Each episode lands him in jail, with a broken nose, or a squashed ego and a life lesson to be learned that he promptly ignores or forgets in the next episode.
12/11/2011
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Ahhh ok. Gotcha. Sometimes it's hard to know who was real and who wasn't.
Originally posted by
Gary
Lucky Luciano was a real NYC Mafia Don. He was born in Sicily, came to America when he was 10, and rose to power during prohibition.
The character wasn't in Goodfellas, but you have definitely heard the name in other places.
The character wasn't in Goodfellas, but you have definitely heard the name in other places.
And I never really followed it---the reality and ruthlessness is kind of gut wrenching.
Like the scene in Casino with the vice and then the baseball bats...makes me so nauseous. However, Donny Brasco was a breeze to watch.
12/11/2011
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Oh ok. I like David Duchovny, but aside from that movie Kalifornia (I think that is the title), and the X-files... I can't say I have seen him in much else.
Originally posted by
Ansley
Durh, my bad. It's a dramedy...and mostly relationship trouble. In the first season, he ended up sleeping with an underage girl. She broke his nose in the middle of sex.
You see he's madly in love with Becca's mother, but he kept ... more
You see he's madly in love with Becca's mother, but he kept ... more
Durh, my bad. It's a dramedy...and mostly relationship trouble. In the first season, he ended up sleeping with an underage girl. She broke his nose in the middle of sex.
You see he's madly in love with Becca's mother, but he kept breaking her heart by cheating on her with other women. So she left him, but they stayed good friends. They eventually got married in one of the seasons but it's been so long since I've seen an episode, I don't know where they are in the story now. less
You see he's madly in love with Becca's mother, but he kept breaking her heart by cheating on her with other women. So she left him, but they stayed good friends. They eventually got married in one of the seasons but it's been so long since I've seen an episode, I don't know where they are in the story now. less
12/11/2011
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This role is just so perfect for him. Check it out if you ever get a chance, but start from the beginning or it won't make any sense.
Originally posted by
Gary
Oh ok. I like David Duchovny, but aside from that movie Kalifornia (I think that is the title), and the X-files... I can't say I have seen him in much else.
12/11/2011
IMDB tells me that Gretchen Mol's character is portrayed as becoming a mother at 13. What's that storyline like?
12/11/2011
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Oh man... She starts off not being in the show very much, but as the story develops, she get more and more involved. Her son is one the main characters of the show. Without giving too much away, her back story & her relationship with her son is all pretty crazy. There are a lot of dark histories for all the characters.
Originally posted by
Ansley
IMDB tells me that Gretchen Mol's character is portrayed as becoming a mother at 13. What's that storyline like?
12/11/2011
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Smells like an Oedipus complex!
Originally posted by
Gary
Oh man... She starts off not being in the show very much, but as the story develops, she get more and more involved. Her son is one the main characters of the show. Without giving too much away, her back story & her relationship with her son is
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Oh man... She starts off not being in the show very much, but as the story develops, she get more and more involved. Her son is one the main characters of the show. Without giving too much away, her back story & her relationship with her son is all pretty crazy. There are a lot of dark histories for all the characters.
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12/11/2011
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Dabney Coleman plays the Commodore, the man who both in the real life & in the show, who founded Atlantic City. He is the father of Jimmy Darmody, the child Gretchen Mol's (Gillian Darmody)character had at age 13.
Originally posted by
Ansley
Smells like an Oedipus complex!
12/11/2011
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Dabney Coleman is great on the show, sort of a world class, rich, scumbag. (so much fun)
Originally posted by
Gary
Dabney Coleman plays the Commodore, the man who both in the real life & in the show, who founded Atlantic City. He is the father of Jimmy Darmody, the child Gretchen Mol's (Gillian Darmody)character had at age 13.
12/11/2011
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Wow...that's pretty intense. Actually, that's very intense. Did he marry her?
Originally posted by
Gary
Dabney Coleman plays the Commodore, the man who both in the real life & in the show, who founded Atlantic City. He is the father of Jimmy Darmody, the child Gretchen Mol's (Gillian Darmody)character had at age 13.
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