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

[Major]

It's pretty sad when clothing from the 1920s looks a million times sharper than men's suits today. Where can I find the Gyp Rosetti clothing line for sale? I don't even care if it's out of style. I'll bring sexy back.

There are these guys called tailors - pretty sure they could make you exactly what you want.

Yeah, they can widen lapels and things like that, but finding that old-school heavy wool is not always easy.

You're a FBG. Just hire the Boardwalk costume designer. Problem solved.

 

[JoeSteeler]

GF and I just started watching and up to S2, E3. Both really liking it do far.

 

[RBM]

Nooooooooooo. Just watched the finale. Holy heartbreaking. I don't get why they have to do that kind of crap. Just give the audience what they want. Every viewer was dying to see Richard blow Narcise's head off there. I mean it's extremely powerful stuff on the Richard and Chalky fronts, so I guess that's what they're going for.

Love Eli's look when he saw who was picking him up. That should be a cool dynamic next season.

Who is going to be Nuckys number two now? Mickey? Will? Bad choices.

 

[RBM]

Same formula as season 3....has some slow moments in the middle but picks up steam and kicks ### in the last 3 or so episodes. I think I preferred season 3 though because of all the Gyp/Masseria/Lucky/Meyer stuff.

Some of the Narcisse/Daughter stuff was real boring. And the Gillian/office space guy was brutal until the awesome swerve. That shocked the #### outta me.

 

[massraider]

Same formula as season 3....has some slow moments in the middle but picks up steam and kicks ### in the last 3 or so episodes. I think I preferred season 3 though because of all the Gyp/Masseria/Lucky/Meyer stuff.

Some of the Narcisse/Daughter stuff was real boring. And the Gillian/office space guy was brutal until the awesome swerve. That shocked the #### outta me.

Me too. It was a great payoff for a seemingly pointless storyline. Hopefully, we will be Gillian-free for the forseeable future.

 

[Gr00vus]

Nooooooooooo. Just watched the finale. Holy heartbreaking. I don't get why they have to do that kind of crap. Just give the audience what they want. Every viewer was dying to see Richard blow Narcise's head off there. I mean it's extremely powerful stuff on the Richard and Chalky fronts, so I guess that's what they're going for.

Love Eli's look when he saw who was picking him up. That should be a cool dynamic next season.

Who is going to be Nuckys number two now? Mickey? Will? Bad choices.

Sally.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Same formula as season 3....has some slow moments in the middle but picks up steam and kicks ### in the last 3 or so episodes. I think I preferred season 3 though because of all the Gyp/Masseria/Lucky/Meyer stuff.

Some of the Narcisse/Daughter stuff was real boring. And the Gillian/office space guy was brutal until the awesome swerve. That shocked the #### outta me.

Me too. It was a great payoff for a seemingly pointless storyline. Hopefully, we will be Gillian-free for the forseeable future.

I wish, but I think Winter gave an interview in which he said that she'd be in S5.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

Well this blows!!!

@Deggans: HBO says Boardwalk Empire's next season will be its last, wrapping a five-year run.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Well this blows!!!

@Deggans: HBO says Boardwalk Empire's next season will be its last, wrapping a five-year run.

Well then I hope they fast forward a bit and we never see the dr or Gillian again.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

 

[Gr00vus]

That sucks.

Probably won't happen but they should spin off Van Alden and Capone.

 

[Ilov80s]

That sucks.

Probably won't happen but they should spin off Van Alden and Capone.

It t really does suck, the show has an endless amount of great material that it could cover.

 

[The Ref]

Well this blows!!!

@Deggans: HBO says Boardwalk Empire's next season will be its last, wrapping a five-year run.

Just came here to post this - WTF? This announcement blows.

 

[The Ref]

That sucks.

Probably won't happen but they should spin off Van Alden and Capone.

It t really does suck, the show has an endless amount of great material that it could cover.

It really does. Michael Shannon is the only actor that is going anywhere. Blow his head off at the end of this season and move on with life.

 

[shadyridr]

They have so many yrs of prohibition left. Is the show not doing well? Too costly? I dont get it

 

[Raider Nation]

Well this blows!!!

@Deggans: HBO says Boardwalk Empire's next season will be its last, wrapping a five-year run.

Just came here to post this - WTF? This announcement blows.

What will become of THE CHILDREN???

 

[Brady Marino]

Well this blows!!!

@Deggans: HBO says Boardwalk Empire's next season will be its last, wrapping a five-year run.

Just came here to post this - WTF? This announcement blows.

What will become of THE CHILDREN???

Gillian, on the lam from a federal pound-me-in-the-### prison, blows Margaret and the kids up with a suicide bomb to give us a happy ending.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

That sucks.

Probably won't happen but they should spin off Van Alden and Capone.

It t really does suck, the show has an endless amount of great material that it could cover.

Yep. And they wasted the majority of the last 2 seasons.

 

[RBM]

Well this blows!!!

@Deggans: HBO says Boardwalk Empire's next season will be its last, wrapping a five-year run.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Premier]

I've heard it's insanely expensive. And simply isn't good enough/makes them enough money.

 

[LittleLarry]

I've heard it's insanely expensive.

One of the things I love most about this show are the sets/scenery. It is kind of amazing to experience how they lived in the 20s, and I'm sure most of it is pretty accurate.

Also a lot of what you see is computer generated. This must cost a ton of money.

 

[The Ref]

I've heard it's insanely expensive.

One of the things I love most about this show are the sets/scenery. It is kind of amazing to experience how they lived in the 20s, and I'm sure most of it is pretty accurate.

Also a lot of what you see is computer generated. This must cost a ton of money.

If only they had a subscription based service where half of America pays them $15 a month to help defray some of the costs.

It would be one thing if this was a golden age of HBO shows and they had Sopranos, Deadwood, Rome, The Wire etc running and they wanted to pull it in a little. Other then GOT (which is awesome) they dont have a single A-List program going (I dont want to hear about Twilight or whatever that vampire show is). Long story short - they better come up with another program on this level in the next year.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

That sucks.

Probably won't happen but they should spin off Van Alden and Capone.

It t really does suck, the show has an endless amount of great material that it could cover.

Yep. And they wasted the majority of the last 2 seasons.

It definitley feels this way now.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

That sucks.

Probably won't happen but they should spin off Van Alden and Capone.

It t really does suck, the show has an endless amount of great material that it could cover.

Yep. And they wasted the majority of the last 2 seasons.

It definitley feels this way now.

There are so many stories and characters from the era, and we just wasted two seasons on Gyp Rosetti and Dr. Narcisse, doing what?

How can they conclude in one season these stories, which last for many more years? They need time jumps at the beginning, middle, and end of the season, just to make it satisfying. One final season is a joke. Make it 2 so they can set it all up and progress Capone, Bugsy, and Lansky properly.

 

[RBM]

But the show is really about AC and Nucky. Did he have enough interaction with those real figures to base big storylines on them? Doesn't seem like it.

I guess they could have dramatized what business he did have with them just because of how awesome those characters turned out.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

But the show is really about AC and Nucky. Did he have enough interaction with those real figures to base big storylines on them? Doesn't seem like it.

I guess they could have dramatized what business he did have with them just because of how awesome those characters turned out.

He did, and they certainly could have dramatized it a bit. Nucky's involvement with Capone, Rothstein, Waxy Gordon, Bugsy, Lucky, Lansky, all led to the eventual Syndicate. This show could have been about how organized crime came to be, instead we got a soap opera with major characters in the background. As much as I loved the show at first, and think Richard was an awesome character (as was Jimmy), they could have had as good, or a better, a show eliminating them, and just sticking to how the mob started and conclude with it becoming so big in the 30s, capone getting arrested, the big time hits that happened etc. They went another route though, and now we get half a story.

 

[gump]

Dam that sux.

 

[Ilov80s]

I've heard it's insanely expensive.

One of the things I love most about this show are the sets/scenery. It is kind of amazing to experience how they lived in the 20s, and I'm sure most of it is pretty accurate.

Also a lot of what you see is computer generated. This must cost a ton of money.

If only they had a subscription based service where half of America pays them $15 a month to help defray some of the costs.

It would be one thing if this was a golden age of HBO shows and they had Sopranos, Deadwood, Rome, The Wire etc running and they wanted to pull it in a little. Other then GOT (which is awesome) they dont have a single A-List program going (I dont want to hear about Twilight or whatever that vampire show is). Long story short - they better come up with another program on this level in the next year.

I am guessing they are banking on True Detective becoming their next big hit. It has gotten rave reviews and looks fantastic. It starts Sunday.

Trailer

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXwCoNwBSkQ

 

[Aerial Assault]

Damn. I'm sad about this. :(

 

[jdoggydogg]

Well this blows!!!

@Deggans: HBO says Boardwalk Empire's next season will be its last, wrapping a five-year run.

I say this as a fan of the show: it's the right time to end it.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I read somewhere there are rumors of it being a very abbreviated season.

 

[Brady Marino]

Well this blows!!!

@Deggans: HBO says Boardwalk Empire's next season will be its last, wrapping a five-year run.

I say this as a fan of the show: it's the right time to end it.

The Capone storyline alone would carry a spinoff, IMO.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Well this blows!!!

@Deggans: HBO says Boardwalk Empire's next season will be its last, wrapping a five-year run.

I say this as a fan of the show: it's the right time to end it.

The Capone storyline alone would carry a spinoff, IMO.

The show should have been about this rise of all these guys and how eventually the boardwalk empire became the national crime syndicate/mafia that dominated the country from the 30s-60s.

 

[Aerial Assault]

I read somewhere there are rumors of it being a very abbreviated season.

Argh. Why, I wonder? This makes no sense. I do see heavy spinoff potential, though: a show about Al, Lucky, and Meyer. Buscemi could make an occasional guest appearance.

 

[The Ref]

I've heard it's insanely expensive.

One of the things I love most about this show are the sets/scenery. It is kind of amazing to experience how they lived in the 20s, and I'm sure most of it is pretty accurate.

Also a lot of what you see is computer generated. This must cost a ton of money.

If only they had a subscription based service where half of America pays them $15 a month to help defray some of the costs.

It would be one thing if this was a golden age of HBO shows and they had Sopranos, Deadwood, Rome, The Wire etc running and they wanted to pull it in a little. Other then GOT (which is awesome) they dont have a single A-List program going (I dont want to hear about Twilight or whatever that vampire show is). Long story short - they better come up with another program on this level in the next year.

I am guessing they are banking on True Detective becoming their next big hit. It has gotten rave reviews and looks fantastic. It starts Sunday.

Trailer

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXwCoNwBSkQ

It's HBO on Sunday night... I'll give it a shot. Looks like a bad cop show set against a Carnivàle theme.

 

[Raider Nation]

Buscemi really was a curious choice for the Nucky role. They always say about a leading man that women want to be with him and men want to be him. Guys like Jon Hamm as Don Draper and Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens are good examples. Buscemi doesn't fit either criteria. When they show him, I can't wait until they show some someone else.

He's got terrible looks and no screen presence, at least not in this role.

 

[Brady Marino]

Buscemi really was a curious choice for the Nucky role. They always say about a leading man that women want to be with him and men want to be him. Guys like Jon Hamm as Don Draper and Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens are good examples. Buscemi doesn't fit either criteria. When they show him, I can't wait until they show some someone else.

He's got terrible looks and no screen presence, at least not in this role.

My only guess is that the producers wanted to throw Buscemi a bone after spending an entire career of being "that great actor who wasn't blessed with even decent looks". I like Buscemi's work, but I agree that he's meh in Boardwalk.

 

[The Ref]

Buscemi really was a curious choice for the Nucky role. They always say about a leading man that women want to be with him and men want to be him. Guys like Jon Hamm as Don Draper and Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens are good examples. Buscemi doesn't fit either criteria. When they show him, I can't wait until they show some someone else.

He's got terrible looks and no screen presence, at least not in this role.

My only guess is that the producers wanted to throw Buscemi a bone after spending an entire career of being "that great actor who wasn't blessed with even decent looks". I like Buscemi's work, but I agree that he's meh in Boardwalk.

If they were throwing him a bone it was because of some of the work he has done with HBO over the years, incl the one year of the Sopranos. They had a known commodity and I'm sure he didnt pull down big money for a lead guy.

 

[Brady Marino]

Buscemi really was a curious choice for the Nucky role. They always say about a leading man that women want to be with him and men want to be him. Guys like Jon Hamm as Don Draper and Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens are good examples. Buscemi doesn't fit either criteria. When they show him, I can't wait until they show some someone else.

He's got terrible looks and no screen presence, at least not in this role.

My only guess is that the producers wanted to throw Buscemi a bone after spending an entire career of being "that great actor who wasn't blessed with even decent looks". I like Buscemi's work, but I agree that he's meh in Boardwalk.

If they were throwing him a bone it was because of some of the work he has done with HBO over the years, incl the one year of the Sopranos. They had a known commodity and I'm sure he didnt pull down big money for a lead guy.

Good points. Some producers go with what they know. For instance, I think JJ Abrams has gotten just about all of his Alias actors/actresses in at least one post-Alias project he's done.

 

[Ilov80s]

The actual Enoch wasn't a great looking guy, so maybe they wanted to keep with that, an unlikely hero. This might be the first time that a movie or TV has cast an actor for a "historical" role that was less attractive than the actual person.

 

[Billy Bats]

Buscemi really was a curious choice for the Nucky role. They always say about a leading man that women want to be with him and men want to be him. Guys like Jon Hamm as Don Draper and Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens are good examples. Buscemi doesn't fit either criteria. When they show him, I can't wait until they show some someone else.

He's got terrible looks and no screen presence, at least not in this role.

My only guess is that the producers wanted to throw Buscemi a bone after spending an entire career of being "that great actor who wasn't blessed with even decent looks". I like Buscemi's work, but I agree that he's meh in Boardwalk.

If they were throwing him a bone it was because of some of the work he has done with HBO over the years, incl the one year of the Sopranos. They had a known commodity and I'm sure he didnt pull down big money for a lead guy.

Wow you're not kidding. I was curious so I looked it up... $75k an episode???? For a lead on an HBO series? That seems criminal to me.

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/steve-buscemi-net-worth/

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Quick question. Just started season 4... Who are the men the guy with no face is whacking? Last I saw him, he killed everyone in the brothel and stole Gretchen Mol's kid. What am I forgetting?

 

[Balco]

Quick question. Just started season 4... Who are the men the guy with no face is whacking? Last I saw him, he killed everyone in the brothel and stole Gretchen Mol's kid. What am I forgetting?

You will find out as the season wears on. I am assuming you are talking about the two guys the beginning of the first episode of season 4?

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Quick question. Just started season 4... Who are the men the guy with no face is whacking? Last I saw him, he killed everyone in the brothel and stole Gretchen Mol's kid. What am I forgetting?

You will find out as the season wears on. I am assuming you are talking about the two guys the beginning of the first episode of season 4?

Yeah, plus one more and the guy he let live...who ended up dead anyway.

So I'm not supposed to know what's going on?

 

[Balco]

Quick question. Just started season 4... Who are the men the guy with no face is whacking? Last I saw him, he killed everyone in the brothel and stole Gretchen Mol's kid. What am I forgetting?

You will find out as the season wears on. I am assuming you are talking about the two guys the beginning of the first episode of season 4?

Yeah, plus one more and the guy he let live...who ended up dead anyway.

So I'm not supposed to know what's going on?

They say who those people are later on in the season. I was just as confused as you.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Quick question. Just started season 4... Who are the men the guy with no face is whacking? Last I saw him, he killed everyone in the brothel and stole Gretchen Mol's kid. What am I forgetting?

You will find out as the season wears on. I am assuming you are talking about the two guys the beginning of the first episode of season 4?

Yeah, plus one more and the guy he let live...who ended up dead anyway.So I'm not supposed to know what's going on?

They say who those people are later on in the season. I was just as confused as you.

Cool, thanks. Thought I was going soft upstairs.

 

[Barry]

Buscemi really was a curious choice for the Nucky role. They always say about a leading man that women want to be with him and men want to be him. Guys like Jon Hamm as Don Draper and Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens are good examples. Buscemi doesn't fit either criteria. When they show him, I can't wait until they show some someone else.

He's got terrible looks and no screen presence, at least not in this role.

My only guess is that the producers wanted to throw Buscemi a bone after spending an entire career of being "that great actor who wasn't blessed with even decent looks". I like Buscemi's work, but I agree that he's meh in Boardwalk.

If they were throwing him a bone it was because of some of the work he has done with HBO over the years, incl the one year of the Sopranos. They had a known commodity and I'm sure he didnt pull down big money for a lead guy.

Wow you're not kidding. I was curious so I looked it up... $75k an episode????

That's insulting! Ted danson makes eight hundred thousand dollars an episode.

 

[RBM]

Quick question. Just started season 4... Who are the men the guy with no face is whacking? Last I saw him, he killed everyone in the brothel and stole Gretchen Mol's kid. What am I forgetting?

You will find out as the season wears on. I am assuming you are talking about the two guys the beginning of the first episode of season 4?

Yeah, plus one more and the guy he let live...who ended up dead anyway.So I'm not supposed to know what's going on?

They say who those people are later on in the season. I was just as confused as you.

Cool, thanks. Thought I was going soft upstairs.

It will never really matter though so don't even worry about it.

 

[False Start]

Just saw that this season will be its last. WTF? Yeah don't let awards and ratings get in the way of how suits run things. Guess HBO needs to make more room for shows like Girls, Ja'mie, Getting On and Looking while cancelling Newsroom, Boardwalk and Hello Ladies. What people are entertained by now and days is rather lame.

Speaking of cancel, looks like I can cancel HBO after the final season of Newsroom and Boardwalk now and since I do not believe the next season of True Detective will live up to this past season.

Vent over.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Just saw that this season will be its last. WTF? Yeah don't let awards and ratings get in the way of how suits run things. Guess HBO needs to make more room for shows like Girls, Ja'mie, Getting On and Looking while cancelling Newsroom, Boardwalk and Hello Ladies. What people are entertained by now and days is rather lame.

Speaking of cancel, looks like I can cancel HBO after the final season of Newsroom and Boardwalk now and since I do not believe the next season of True Detective will live up to this past season.

Vent over.

Shows like Girls and Looking are inexpensive. Practically nobody watched Looking, but I think the last season cost about $20.

Never saw Hello Ladies, but I heard it stunk. I'm bummed about BE too, but it's an expensive show to put on.