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Boardwalk Empire Season 2

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Russell Bell:

--- Quote from: 13th Duke on October 15, 2011, 06:15:48 PM ---Its a great show.

You can tell its from the same pen as the Sopranos. Its that slow-moving build up. The Sopranos was superb but you had to stick with it and get really engrossed so you had feelings for each character. I feel like Boardwalk Empire is doing a good job of that right now and the big plots will really start coming from the end of S2 and onwards.

Obviously we all know that at some point Al Capone HAS to be a focal point of the series and its great to know we have all that to come.

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I agree with this.

Boardwalk Empire is soo much like the Sopranos in the fact that it isnt just "bang boom explosion" every other scene, so you have to actually pay attention and become emotionally involved with the characters and plot.  Some people can appreciate that, some just cant or wont.

So far this seasons been awesome.

Will be interesting to see Nucky get out of this predicament.

Javier:
I don't care for the characters in Boardwalk Empire like I did with The Sopranos.  So when Boardwalk Empire has those scenes that are meant to  stand out, I feel empty because I don't really care for the characters.  The main difference from Boardwalk Empire and The Sopranos is the fact that David Chase isn't part of it.  It's an insult to the Sopranos to be even compared to Boardwalk Empire.

krzieg:
Great show! I'm not gonna compare it to the Sopranos but it's one of the best shows out right now........right beside Breaking Bad.......

13th Duke:

--- Quote from: Javier on October 16, 2011, 05:02:15 PM ---I don't care for the characters in Boardwalk Empire like I did with The Sopranos.  So when Boardwalk Empire has those scenes that are meant to  stand out, I feel empty because I don't really care for the characters.  The main difference from Boardwalk Empire and The Sopranos is the fact that David Chase isn't part of it.  It's an insult to the Sopranos to be even compared to Boardwalk Empire.

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It really isn't, because the comparisons in how the narrative moves and they way the series is set out is a direct similarity. I don't think I commented on it being better or worse than The Sopranos.

I loved the Sopranos by the way. Hopefully Boardwalk Empire won't cop out with a faux-thinker of an ending that meant fuck all and never concluded anything though...

Javier:
The way it moves?  It's a TV drama show, practically every show has the same pace these days.  The way the series is set out is not very similar.  With Tony Soprano, he had to deal with issues from his crime family and also with his real family.  That was the main idea of the Sopranos, in Boardwalk Empire it's basically Nucky and him running Atlantic City.  It's not even close to exploring the character depth the Sopranos had.  So far, it's really been more style than substance.

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