HBO's Boardwalk Empire - Page 2

Harry_Lime02 · 09-20-2010, 06:27 PM

This finally started? It feels like I've been waiting for it since forever. Gonna check it out as soon as I can.

Poeman · 09-20-2010, 07:09 PM

Just saw the show...It felt like a movie directed by Scorcese.

I really liked Steve in this role...He is not a tough guy, but he is very good in his role and he loves to talk. But Michael Pitt STOLE his scenes in the show

I like that the show feels authentic and has that grand mobster feel to it.

I got a question though

Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:

unknownuser · 09-21-2010, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poeman

Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:

DACrowe · 09-21-2010, 02:07 AM

He got whacked because he didn't want in the liquor business.

Think what happened to Vito because he wouldn't go into drugs in the first Godfather film.

I think an interesting aspect that (as of right now) Nucky is no Tony Soprano or Michael Corleone. He is half a politician who frowns on "larceny and murders!"

This should be interesting.

Bruce Malone · 09-21-2010, 03:10 AM

Enjoyable first episode. Interesting how they chose buschemi for the lead but the tough guy gangster role has been done so many times. I guess its refreshing to see another take on it.

Poeman · 09-21-2010, 03:34 AM

I think its great that the tough guys will be the ones around him

kguillou · 09-21-2010, 09:01 AM

I love how they were able to recreate the look and feel of new jersey in the 20's, the environments, the clothes... Does anybody know where and when they filmed this? I ask cause i live in jersey and would've loved to see the sets as they were filming.

Dark Donnie · 09-21-2010, 09:51 AM

I read Brooklyn and Central and North Jersey...Rockaway was on location.

marvelman2006 · 09-21-2010, 11:49 AM

Very good pilot and a solid attempt to get my attention to stick with it. Steve is really good in role and and for reason he just clicks with that era in time, but man does he look old now.

I really like how there using the prohibiton on alcohol as a way to setup the story and also using real people.

Hush · 09-21-2010, 11:52 AM

Man i loved the Pilot and will be here for the long run. Great show and awesome Performances all around, might read the book now.

Dark Donnie · 09-21-2010, 02:33 PM

Just read it was renewed for a second season and the pilot was the highest rated debut behind only Deadwood.

CrypticOne · 09-23-2010, 10:12 AM

Awesome to hear this series already greenlit for a second season!

Drizzle · 09-23-2010, 11:03 AM

Finally caught up with it on HBO On Demand. Buscemi was good as always. It didn't draw me in like past HBO shows have done, but I'll still tune in.

cabel · 09-23-2010, 09:39 PM

Fantastic pilot. Great performances, and I loved the setting. The only thing that took me out of it was having so many characters and exposition to keep up with. Otherwise I'm definantly keeping track of this show.

jacobed · 09-25-2010, 03:07 PM

I enjoyed the pilot, like others have said there is alot of exposition but that's to be expected in a pilot episode. I only wanted to watch this for one reason and one reason only Steve Buschemi in the leading role. He is one of my favorite actors and he definitely does not disappoint in this show.

Revenant · 09-27-2010, 10:43 AM

So far so good. Love Kelly Macdonald as well.

Bruce Malone · 09-28-2010, 02:08 AM

Anyone think this could become HBO's answer to Mad Men?

unknownuser · 10-03-2010, 11:12 PM

Great episode tonight!

Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:

Bruce Malone · 10-06-2010, 01:28 AM

Honestly this show is amazing.

MessiahDecoy123 · 10-06-2010, 02:27 AM

I don't see how Jimmy can ever return to Atlantic City. The law and the gangsters are after him.

Bobber · 10-06-2010, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MessiahDecoy123

I don't see how Jimmy can ever return to Atlantic City. The law and the gangsters are after him.

Perhaps they somehow manage to pin it on someone else.
But him shacking up with Capone in Chicago (which is what I assume will happen) won't exactly hide him from the gangsters. They can find him just as easily in Chicago as they could in Atlantic City.

Matt · 10-25-2010, 01:17 PM

Are people still watching? This is easily HBO's best show since The Sopranos.

Travesty · 10-25-2010, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt

Are people still watching? This is easily HBO's best show since The Sopranos.

I've been watching every week, cause i don't have Showtime(Dexter), but I think the show is ok. I liked the pilot a LOT, and then after that, every episode has been way to slow. I did like last nights episode, though. I think it's the best one so far.

HighFivingMF · 10-25-2010, 01:28 PM

I missed the last two weeks. Guess I'm gonna have to play catch-up soon. Great show though, glad to see Steven Buscemi the star of something.

Dark Donnie · 10-25-2010, 01:30 PM

Last Nights episode was easily the best of the season.

09-20-2010, 06:27 PM	#26
Harry_Lime02 Concerned Citizen Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,490	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire This finally started? It feels like I've been waiting for it since forever. Gonna check it out as soon as I can. __________________ In life you have to do a lot of things you don't want to do. Many times, that's what life is - one vile task after another.

09-20-2010, 07:09 PM	#27
Poeman Mastermind Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the town with no name Posts: 11,293	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Just saw the show...It felt like a movie directed by Scorcese. I really liked Steve in this role...He is not a tough guy, but he is very good in his role and he loves to talk. But Michael Pitt STOLE his scenes in the show I like that the show feels authentic and has that grand mobster feel to it. I got a question though Spoiler!!! Click to Read!: Why did the fat italian guy with the mustache get shot near the end? Who was it that got him killed?

09-21-2010, 02:07 AM	#29
DACrowe Side-Kick Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 24,840	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire He got whacked because he didn't want in the liquor business. Think what happened to Vito because he wouldn't go into drugs in the first Godfather film. I think an interesting aspect that (as of right now) Nucky is no Tony Soprano or Michael Corleone. He is half a politician who frowns on "larceny and murders!" This should be interesting. __________________ "Let us disappoint the Men who are raising themselves upon the ruin of this Country." --John Adams

09-21-2010, 03:10 AM	#30
Bruce Malone Side-Kick Join Date: May 2009 Location: Stay out of my territory Posts: 3,707	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Enjoyable first episode. Interesting how they chose buschemi for the lead but the tough guy gangster role has been done so many times. I guess its refreshing to see another take on it.

09-21-2010, 03:34 AM	#31
Poeman Mastermind Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the town with no name Posts: 11,293	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire I think its great that the tough guys will be the ones around him

09-21-2010, 09:01 AM	#32
kguillou Side-Kick Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New Joisey Posts: 4,674	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire I love how they were able to recreate the look and feel of new jersey in the 20's, the environments, the clothes... Does anybody know where and when they filmed this? I ask cause i live in jersey and would've loved to see the sets as they were filming.

09-21-2010, 09:51 AM	#33
Dark Donnie Kenny Powers is Back! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,147	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire I read Brooklyn and Central and North Jersey...Rockaway was on location. __________________ Avvy by Hunter Rider

09-21-2010, 11:49 AM	#34
marvelman2006 Banned User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,546	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Very good pilot and a solid attempt to get my attention to stick with it. Steve is really good in role and and for reason he just clicks with that era in time, but man does he look old now. I really like how there using the prohibiton on alcohol as a way to setup the story and also using real people.

09-21-2010, 02:33 PM	#36
Dark Donnie Kenny Powers is Back! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,147	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Just read it was renewed for a second season and the pilot was the highest rated debut behind only Deadwood. __________________ Avvy by Hunter Rider

09-23-2010, 10:12 AM	#37
CrypticOne HiiiPoWeR Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 9,412	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Awesome to hear this series already greenlit for a second season!

09-23-2010, 11:03 AM	#38
Drizzle The "D" is silent. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 8,732	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Finally caught up with it on HBO On Demand. Buscemi was good as always. It didn't draw me in like past HBO shows have done, but I'll still tune in. __________________ By what right does the wolf judge the lion? VIDEO-CLick to Watch!:

09-23-2010, 09:39 PM	#39
cabel Side-Kick Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,218	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Fantastic pilot. Great performances, and I loved the setting. The only thing that took me out of it was having so many characters and exposition to keep up with. Otherwise I'm definantly keeping track of this show.

09-25-2010, 03:07 PM	#40
jacobed Earned the Power of Love Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6,993	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire I enjoyed the pilot, like others have said there is alot of exposition but that's to be expected in a pilot episode. I only wanted to watch this for one reason and one reason only Steve Buschemi in the leading role. He is one of my favorite actors and he definitely does not disappoint in this show. __________________ Go Twins!

09-27-2010, 10:43 AM	#41
Revenant Ted Kord Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Saint Paul, Mn Posts: 197	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire So far so good. Love Kelly Macdonald as well.

09-28-2010, 02:08 AM	#42
Bruce Malone Side-Kick Join Date: May 2009 Location: Stay out of my territory Posts: 3,707	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Anyone think this could become HBO's answer to Mad Men?

10-03-2010, 11:12 PM	#43
unknownuser nuʞuoʍunsǝɹ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 5,329	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Great episode tonight! Spoiler!!! Click to Read!: Nucky is definitely Jim's father! I also loved the final metaphorical shot of Nucky's footsteps. __________________ Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.

10-06-2010, 01:28 AM	#44
Bruce Malone Side-Kick Join Date: May 2009 Location: Stay out of my territory Posts: 3,707	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Honestly this show is amazing.

10-06-2010, 02:27 AM	#45
MessiahDecoy123 Cosmic Spidey Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,440	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire I don't see how Jimmy can ever return to Atlantic City. The law and the gangsters are after him. __________________ "It's Transformers with a brain, a heart and a working sense of humor. Suck on that, Michael Bay! " - Peter Travers on The Avengers

10-25-2010, 01:17 PM	#47
Matt The Man SHH! Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Camp Manuel Posts: 74,145	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Are people still watching? This is easily HBO's best show since The Sopranos. __________________ "f*** the psycho terrorists." ----Anita18 Avatar by Hunter Rider

10-25-2010, 01:28 PM	#49
HighFivingMF Welp. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 12,361	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire I missed the last two weeks. Guess I'm gonna have to play catch-up soon. Great show though, glad to see Steven Buscemi the star of something. __________________ Avatar by TheIrishAvenger.

10-25-2010, 01:30 PM	#50
Dark Donnie Kenny Powers is Back! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,147	Re: HBO's Boardwalk Empire Last Nights episode was easily the best of the season. __________________ Avvy by Hunter Rider

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode