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***OFFICIAL*** Boardwalk Empire thread (2 Viewers)

Leeroy Jenkins said:
gump said:
Watching Ep 1 last night.... :kicksrock: I'm in.Hard to believe that was Coleman.Loved the scene with the little people boxing....showing why Capone got his nickname, then the look on his face as he turns to Billy's question about the liquor pickup.
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How did he get his nickname?
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After his initial stint with small-time gangs, that included The Junior Forty Thieves, Capone joined the Brooklyn Rippers and then the notorious Five Points Gang. During this time, he was employed and mentored by fellow racketeer Frankie Yale a bartender in a Coney Island dance hall and saloon called the Harvard Inn. It was in this field that Capone received the scars that gave him the nickname "Scarface";[5] He inadvertently insulted a woman while working the door at a Brooklyn night club, provoking a fight with her brother Frank Gallucio. Capone's face was slashed three times on the left side. Capone apologized to Gallucio at Yale's request and would hire his attacker as a bodyguard in later life.[6][7] When photographed, Capone hid the scarred left side of his face and would misrepresent his injuries as war wounds.
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He was actually never in WWI.
 
biggamer3 said:
Raider Nation said:
biggamer3 said:
Can someone explain to me why they had the comedian do his shpiel during the Jimmy heist and murders?
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That's one of Marty's signatures. Remember in Goodfellas, Henny Youngman was telling jokes as Tommy and HENDRY were robbing Air France?
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I figured that, but did it really add anything? besides it being a Scorcese staple, it really seems out of left field
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Was a beautiful juxtaposition demonstrating the difference between "gangsters" and "bosses"While Capone and Darmoty are out in the woods pulling the heist, Nucky is a pillar of the community, out with the beautiful people at a showHe gets his anyway and doesn't have to do any of the dirty work
 
McJose said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
gump said:
Watching Ep 1 last night.... :thumbup: I'm in.Hard to believe that was Coleman.Loved the scene with the little people boxing....showing why Capone got his nickname, then the look on his face as he turns to Billy's question about the liquor pickup.
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How did he get his nickname?
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After his initial stint with small-time gangs, that included The Junior Forty Thieves, Capone joined the Brooklyn Rippers and then the notorious Five Points Gang. During this time, he was employed and mentored by fellow racketeer Frankie Yale a bartender in a Coney Island dance hall and saloon called the Harvard Inn. It was in this field that Capone received the scars that gave him the nickname "Scarface";[5] He inadvertently insulted a woman while working the door at a Brooklyn night club, provoking a fight with her brother Frank Gallucio. Capone's face was slashed three times on the left side. Capone apologized to Gallucio at Yale's request and would hire his attacker as a bodyguard in later life.[6][7] When photographed, Capone hid the scarred left side of his face and would misrepresent his injuries as war wounds.
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He was actually never in WWI.
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Thanks.Did I miss them alluding to this or showing this in either episode?
 
Tremendous Upside said:
biggamer3 said:
Raider Nation said:
biggamer3 said:
Can someone explain to me why they had the comedian do his shpiel during the Jimmy heist and murders?
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That's one of Marty's signatures. Remember in Goodfellas, Henny Youngman was telling jokes as Tommy and HENDRY were robbing Air France?
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I figured that, but did it really add anything? besides it being a Scorcese staple, it really seems out of left field
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Was a beautiful juxtaposition demonstrating the difference between "gangsters" and "bosses"While Capone and Darmoty are out in the woods pulling the heist, Nucky is a pillar of the community, out with the beautiful people at a showHe gets his anyway and doesn't have to do any of the dirty work
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thanks, that makes it a lot more understandable now
 
I don't know if its just the "wow its Young Al Capone" feel to the Capone actor but he absolutely nails every scene he is in. They are showing him just enough that each time he is on the screen he just satisfies viewers.

PS If Boardwalk goes on for like 4 or 5 seasons and Capone is still a character that actor playing him will be typecast for life and never be able to play another role IMO, sort of like how all the memorable Soprano's actors have never done crap since show

 
Leeroy Jenkins said:
McJose said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
gump said:
Watching Ep 1 last night.... :confused: I'm in.Hard to believe that was Coleman.Loved the scene with the little people boxing....showing why Capone got his nickname, then the look on his face as he turns to Billy's question about the liquor pickup.
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How did he get his nickname?
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After his initial stint with small-time gangs, that included The Junior Forty Thieves, Capone joined the Brooklyn Rippers and then the notorious Five Points Gang. During this time, he was employed and mentored by fellow racketeer Frankie Yale a bartender in a Coney Island dance hall and saloon called the Harvard Inn. It was in this field that Capone received the scars that gave him the nickname "Scarface";[5] He inadvertently insulted a woman while working the door at a Brooklyn night club, provoking a fight with her brother Frank Gallucio. Capone's face was slashed three times on the left side. Capone apologized to Gallucio at Yale's request and would hire his attacker as a bodyguard in later life.[6][7] When photographed, Capone hid the scarred left side of his face and would misrepresent his injuries as war wounds.
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He was actually never in WWI.
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Thanks.Did I miss them alluding to this or showing this in either episode?
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No...but I was just referring to the camera angle while he was laughing at the little people...scars were front and center.
 
Considering that Nucky is the main charachter on the show, is it a little too early to have the Feds checking on him in the first two episodes??

 
4x champ said:
Considering that Nucky is the main charachter on the show, is it a little too early to have the Feds checking on him in the first two episodes??
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Made me a little uneasy too I guess. Is it historically accurate that the Feds were this ready to mobilize the second prohibition was enacted?
 
biggamer3 said:
I don't know if its just the "wow its Young Al Capone" feel to the Capone actor but he absolutely nails every scene he is in. They are showing him just enough that each time he is on the screen he just satisfies viewers. PS If Boardwalk goes on for like 4 or 5 seasons and Capone is still a character that actor playing him will be typecast for life and never be able to play another role IMO, sort of like how all the memorable Soprano's actors have never done crap since show
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I still see him as Tommy from Snatch...I'm sure that will pass, much like seeing Imperioli as Spider from Goodfellas for the first season of the Sopranos...from then on, he was and always will be Christophuh Moltisanti.
 
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Wingnut said:
biggamer3 said:
I don't know if its just the "wow its Young Al Capone" feel to the Capone actor but he absolutely nails every scene he is in. They are showing him just enough that each time he is on the screen he just satisfies viewers. PS If Boardwalk goes on for like 4 or 5 seasons and Capone is still a character that actor playing him will be typecast for life and never be able to play another role IMO, sort of like how all the memorable Soprano's actors have never done crap since show
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I still see him as Tommy from Snatch...I'm sure that will pass, much like seeing Imperioli as Spider from Goodfellas for the first season of the Sopranos...from then on, he was and always will be Christophuh Moltisanti.
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Knew i saw him before.PS doesnt he also look like a dead ringer for Babe Ruth?
 
I really enjoyed the end of episode 2 when the Russian came stumbling out of the Pine Barrens and surprised the couple in the car.

I also liked the look the little boxer gave Nucky (who had already turned his back and continued walking) after delivering (probably for the millionth time) his "I'm a little short" line.

 
kupcho1 said:
I really enjoyed the end of episode 2 when the Russian came stumbling out of the Pine Barrens and surprised the couple in the car.

I also liked the look the little boxer gave Nucky (who had already turned his back and continued walking) after delivering (probably for the millionth time) his "I'm a little short" line.
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That was great. I had to rewind that part.
 
McJose said:
kupcho1 said:
I really enjoyed the end of episode 2 when the Russian came stumbling out of the Pine Barrens and surprised the couple in the car.

I also liked the look the little boxer gave Nucky (who had already turned his back and continued walking) after delivering (probably for the millionth time) his "I'm a little short" line.
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That was great. I had to rewind that part.
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BTW, I believe that was Craig Ferguson's daughter as the girl that wouldn't put out (til the end).
 
kupcho1 said:
McJose said:
kupcho1 said:
I really enjoyed the end of episode 2 when the Russian came stumbling out of the Pine Barrens and surprised the couple in the car.

I also liked the look the little boxer gave Nucky (who had already turned his back and continued walking) after delivering (probably for the millionth time) his "I'm a little short" line.
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That was great. I had to rewind that part.
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BTW, I believe that was Craig Ferguson's daughter as the girl that wouldn't put out (til the end).
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Explains why she's both kind of ugly and pretty at the same time, she's a Scotsman.
 
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WOW - I just rewatched episode 1. I didn't quite catch what the comadore said to Nook when he gave him "The international Jew". I certinaly didn't hear Henry Ford... and I certinaly didn't realize that Ford really did write that....

Guess I'm hiding under a rock or something.

 
Reading up a little on Big Jim, found out Torrio was his nephew. The Sopranos family wasn't very unrealistic.

 
Caught the half hour show last night about the real nucky and the real happenings that the series is based on.

I thought that half hour was more interesting than the show so far. Can't wait to see how they tie in some of the real life things that were mentioned, if they do.

 
4x champ said:
Considering that Nucky is the main charachter on the show, is it a little too early to have the Feds checking on him in the first two episodes??
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I thought that it was a little weird too, especially considering that Nucky was so brazen about flaunting his wealth despite his legitimate income being so low (though I guess that the casinos were legitimate). Up to that point in time, I guess that most people weren't that afraid of the Feds, given how provincial life was? (Though Nucky was certainly unsettled by the visit.)
 
Leeroy Jenkins said:
4x champ said:
Considering that Nucky is the main charachter on the show, is it a little too early to have the Feds checking on him in the first two episodes??
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Made me a little uneasy too I guess. Is it historically accurate that the Feds were this ready to mobilize the second prohibition was enacted?
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I have no info to back it up, just opinion, but I assume that the government was fully aware that there would be an instant black market for alot of alchohol and were prepared to fight that battle immediately.
Please See Mine said:
4x champ said:
Considering that Nucky is the main charachter on the show, is it a little too early to have the Feds checking on him in the first two episodes??
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I thought that it was a little weird too, especially considering that Nucky was so brazen about flaunting his wealth despite his legitimate income being so low (though I guess that the casinos were legitimate). Up to that point in time, I guess that most people weren't that afraid of the Feds, given how provincial life was? (Though Nucky was certainly unsettled by the visit.)
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I guess I was just surprised that the feds would be on him so soon in the storyline. I'm thinking it might limit his activities without really seeing how ruthless he was at the time. :goodposting: I could be way off, but I hope his story isn't all about him being chased by the feds, I want to see alot of gangster stuff. :lmao: Maybe most of that activity comes from the young guys; Jimmy, Capone and friends?
 
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kupcho1 said:
I really enjoyed the end of episode 2 when the Russian came stumbling out of the Pine Barrens and surprised the couple in the car.

I also liked the look the little boxer gave Nucky (who had already turned his back and continued walking) after delivering (probably for the millionth time) his "I'm a little short" line.
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:jawdrop: So the Sopranos was like Lost with time travel and ####. AWESOME!!

 
4x champ said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
4x champ said:
Considering that Nucky is the main charachter on the show, is it a little too early to have the Feds checking on him in the first two episodes??
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Made me a little uneasy too I guess. Is it historically accurate that the Feds were this ready to mobilize the second prohibition was enacted?
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I have no info to back it up, just opinion, but I assume that the government was fully aware that there would be an instant black market for alot of alchohol and were prepared to fight that battle immediately.
Please See Mine said:
4x champ said:
Considering that Nucky is the main charachter on the show, is it a little too early to have the Feds checking on him in the first two episodes??
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I thought that it was a little weird too, especially considering that Nucky was so brazen about flaunting his wealth despite his legitimate income being so low (though I guess that the casinos were legitimate). Up to that point in time, I guess that most people weren't that afraid of the Feds, given how provincial life was? (Though Nucky was certainly unsettled by the visit.)
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I guess I was just surprised that the feds would be on him so soon in the storyline. I'm thinking it might limit his activities without really seeing how ruthless he was at the time. :goodposting: I could be way off, but I hope his story isn't all about him being chased by the feds, I want to see alot of gangster stuff. :) Maybe most of that activity comes from the young guys; Jimmy, Capone and friends?
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Well they (the feds) were originally there for the other guy, who was telling the story about the guy choking on the cue ball. They dig catch on quick to Nucky quick though.I'm shocked Nucky just walks around town unprotected. He's the baddest man in town, and he walks around by himself, unprotected. Especially in light of his last phone conversation.I think the story will eventually still center around him, but wiht a lot more action between the other guys. Nucky constantly battling constant setbacks and retaliations. The whole, what else could go wrong thing.
 
biggamer3 said:
I don't know if its just the "wow its Young Al Capone" feel to the Capone actor but he absolutely nails every scene he is in. They are showing him just enough that each time he is on the screen he just satisfies viewers. PS If Boardwalk goes on for like 4 or 5 seasons and Capone is still a character that actor playing him will be typecast for life and never be able to play another role IMO, sort of like how all the memorable Soprano's actors have never done crap since show
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Need as much of Capone as possible in every episode. His scenes were easily the most captivating in the last episode, and he didn't really do much other than beat the crap out of a reporter. Even the couple minutes it took for him to recognize Jimmy and blow him off were somehow awesome.
 
Two more Sopranos alums tonight. Benny, and the kid who always got heroin for Chris.

And of course we already had Tony B. and googly-eyed Butchie.

 
Obscure but gotta give my kid credit for this one...

The guy that plays brother sheriff played Eugene the Russia dude in "Wristcutters: A Love Story". I never would have figure that out.

Eugene

Andy Taylor

 
This show isn't grabbing my attention like I thought it would. None of the characters are appealing to me. I'll give it a few more episodes.

 
So Billy is on his way to hook up with Capone? Is there any real character Billy is semi-based on?

 
Pooch said:
This show isn't grabbing my attention like I thought it would. None of the characters are appealing to me. I'll give it a few more episodes.
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I kind of feel the same way - so far, the setting and premise are better than the actual show that's being delivered. It's almost... boring? But I'll give it some more time to get to know the characters better. Personally, I think I would have preferred an episoide or two dealing with the leadup to prohibition. It's obvious everyone on both sides of the law had major plans/players in place - I would have liked to have seen those plans/players being developed.
 
Gr00vus said:
McJose said:
Gr00vus said:
McJose said:
Not that I'm complaining but the gratuitous nudity is getting almost laughable.
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I'd like to express my gratitude for the gratuitous Paz nudity - laughable isn't the adjective I'd apply there.
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:thumbup: It's cheap.
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You have to break up the Buscemi screen time somehow. There are few better ways I can think of.
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I think showing that Paz (or whatever) chick naked all the time distracts the view from how absolutely beat her face is.
 
McJose said:
Gr00vus said:
McJose said:
Gr00vus said:
McJose said:
Not that I'm complaining but the gratuitous nudity is getting almost laughable.
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I'd like to express my gratitude for the gratuitous Paz nudity - laughable isn't the adjective I'd apply there.
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:eek: It's cheap.
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You have to break up the Buscemi screen time somehow. There are few better ways I can think of.
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I think showing that Paz (or whatever) chick naked all the time distracts the view from how absolutely beat her face is.
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I agree in principle, though I wouldn't say her face is absolutely beat.
 
McJose said:
Leeroy Jenkins said:
McJose said:
pantherclub said:
So Jimmy is nuckys son right?
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That's what they're hinting at I suppose.
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:popcorn:I'm an idiot. I missed all those signs but now it seems obvious. Is Jimmy based on a historic figure, a compilation of people, or is he totally fictional?
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I can't find anything about Jimmy being completely fictional or not.
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Jimmy is based off of jimmy boyd - but in real life is not related to nucky that I can find
 
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