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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: MontrealCity's Most on July 25, 2010, 11:29:00 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqS58Y3kcOY&feature=channel
Hyped for this!!!
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this looks excellent, i'm looking forward to the walking dead also. gonna be an excellent season for tv!
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this is a must, scorsese directed? i love the 1920s time piece, should be dopeness, whens the premier?
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looks decent
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I wish they hadn't started advertising for this, so early. Every time I see an ad for this on HBO, I want to see it more and more. Can't wait until the fall season starts.
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lol i know i cant wait for this show...
Now we have to go into it not expecting Sopranos part 2 because i think wil be disapointed.
Its gonna be very good regardless. Steve Buschemi is a dope actor and if he has hands in writting and directing were in very good hands.
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lol i know i cant wait for this show...
Now we have to go into it not expecting Sopranos part 2 because i think wil be disapointed.
Its gonna be very good regardless. Steve Buschemi is a dope actor and if he has hands in writting and directing were in very good hands.
yeah I don't think anybody should expect Sopranos 2. this has nothing to do with that. This shit is all based on real characters from history and from what I understand a significant part of it is like a fuccin history lesson. i can't wait to see this shit
http://www.youtube.com/v/7KfUNiFlo4c
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I'm not expecting the Sopranos, but I am expecting greatness.
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I'm not expecting the Sopranos, but I am expecting greatness.
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So who watched it tonight i thought it was dope!!
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i saw it. looks great so far!
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I thought it was a decent first episode. Maybe having Scorsese as a director might have hurt it a little. Usually directors sacrifice their style in order for the series' creator vision stand out. Imma be curious to see how the rest of the episodes match up, I'm also certain that they will be better.
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Well first episodes are never blow outs because they are more to introduce the characters.
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I wouldn't say never.
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
The Sopranos
These shows were really good right away in the first episode. And I do have patience, as a fan of The Wire I'll definitely give this show time.
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i dint see the shows you stated exept for the sopranos.
As far as the sopranos the first episode was cool but i mean if you look back Tony as a charatcer realy got going after 3-4 episodes
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great show...buscemi is fuccin brilliant. interesting characters. the most interesting character being arnold rothstein.
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a link for the first episode for the heads that ain't seen it yet
http://www.fileserve.com/file/eQyUuQj
it was decent, i can see its gonna have a 'the wire' type vibe to it, covering all aspects of the game, but in the 20's and the acting and casting seems on a level too
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i liked it on the whole, and am hyped about the whole season, however, im still not sure about buscemi, i love him , but him in that role is a little odd for me,
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why is that????
I think he is a great actor i think he is pulling it off nice
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The first episode makes it look promising.
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First episode was pretty fucking sick
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buscemi is a great actor, but i've been so embedded to not seeing him in this kind of role so it just feels odd, but i am still very much enjoying it
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Your right, Buscemi seems odd in the main role as a mobster but he's a different kind of lead mobster and I've been pleased with his performance. No complaints at all, but I see what u mean, the thought of Buscemi as a lead mobster is odd.
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really liking it.
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lovin this shitt...C-BLUE = arnold rothstein
http://www.youtube.com/v/zJ_klqOPYUA
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Another great episode tonight!
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Another great episode tonight!
Bitch got cut the fuck up. That's all I'm gonna say.
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Another great episode tonight!
Bitch got cut the fuck up. That's all I'm gonna say.
Seen that comin still. Al Capone is a pure gangster, no brains. Jimmy was smart enough to know they wasn't backin down that easy (when Al Capone thought they was). Was fucked up how they cut her when early in the episode she was talkin about wantin to be in pictures.
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First pretty cool episode of the series
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Anyone got a link for this weeks episode???
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Sad that chick smoked herself
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holy shit, tonight was such a fucking awesome episode
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holy shit, tonight was such a fucking awesome episode
The show is getting better and better. Seems like the first 3 episodes were all set-up and now we're getting the pay off.
The Prohibition agent is starting to become the most interesting character for me now. You can tell he is about to go postal on muthafuckas, no pun intended.
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Michael Pitt's delivery of lines is just laughable. He's a huge distraction especially when pretty much every actor around him is 100x better. He's like trying to play a tormented intelligent bad ass or something but is coming off as an emo kid that has "seen things". Meanwhile Michael Shannon* and Michael Stuhlbarg are absolutely nailing their roles, brilliant performances. Nucky's character is finally starting to give a bit better lines too, and they just don't sound like one liners anymore.
*Initially said Shea Whigam but was confused about the actor.
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^ Seems like we disagree heavily on this show lol. I always liked Nucky and Michael Pitt is my favorite actor in the show.
What a great episode last night.When Jimmy & Al smoke those dudes in the hotel, damn!
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yea loving this show.
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Have a feeling Capone is gonna steal the show. His segment with Jimmy towards the end of the episode was my favorite scene so far.
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i feel like they could do so much cause so many of the characters are strong.
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Have a feeling Capone is gonna steal the show. His segment with Jimmy towards the end of the episode was my favorite scene so far.
I was a little bothered by the way Capone handled that situation when Jimmy talked shit about him. The lost battalion? That would've never been tolerated. Capone was known to kill people for looking at him the wrong way and an Irishman, get the fuck out nigga. I'm not saying he would've killed him in real life, but he would've at the very least given him a beating he wouldn't have forgotten. This is a real cat from history. He built his reputation by operating in a certain manner and he didn't get there by turning the other cheek like a Christian.
There's many books about Al Capone. Check out Mr. Capone.
http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Capone-Real-complete-story/dp/0688128386/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288260431&sr=1-1
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^ Seems like we disagree heavily on this show lol. I always liked Nucky and Michael Pitt is my favorite actor in the show.
What a great episode last night.When Jimmy & Al smoke those dudes in the hotel, damn!
The Jimmy character is the only cat I don't like. Nucky is the fucking man, but even he ain't got shit on Arnold Rothstein. I'm waiting for Meyer Lansky to show up.
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Phenomenal show. Jimmy is by far my favorite character. I feel like he steals the show.
Al Capone & Nucky are great too.
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Have a feeling Capone is gonna steal the show. His segment with Jimmy towards the end of the episode was my favorite scene so far.
I was a little bothered by the way Capone handled that situation when Jimmy talked shit about him. The lost battalion? That would've never been tolerated. Capone was known to kill people for looking at him the wrong way and an Irishman, get the fuck out nigga. I'm not saying he would've killed him in real life, but he would've at the very least given him a beating he wouldn't have forgotten. This is a real cat from history. He built his reputation by operating in a certain manner and he didn't get there by turning the other cheek like a Christian.
ha ha, yeah i thought the same thing dawg, you get me, i thought al was gonna merk jimmy after that little bash at the prostitute house when he went to his room, i was expecting al too switch on jimmy on some, yeah any minute now, al's gonna merk jimmy's character, but it didn't happen and ours like yeah right, like he would have allowed man to disrespect him like that in front of strangers, his boss and his whole crew and let him get away wit it, i was like, yeah right ok
but other than that, the series has been top notch, nucky's character is sick, rothstein does his thing, luciano is reppin and meyer lanksky's character seems like he's on it, he seems like he's about his money, yes surr
and that pedophille fed agent is just plain creepy, a real slimy, sleazy, punk evil mudda focker, that character seems authentic to me and why does that character seem so familiar to me aswell and it ain't even funny, creepy, slimy, mudda sucker, hopefully his character gets merked or sumthin, even though i don't think that would be authentic for that time period, them prohibition gangsters merking a federal agent on US soil wouldn't be really realistic for that era, unless it was a beat cop or sumthin, local pd or they got into a shootout and had to defend themselves, you get what i'm saying or at least they can give that prick a well deserved accident death or sumthin, ha ha
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Show is dope and has sick lines. Nucky had some good ones this past week.
"You're about as subtle as a fucking kick in the teeth" lol
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"The only way you'll get in the white house is on a guided fucking tour" lol
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Show is dope and has sick lines. Nucky had some good ones this past week.
"The only way you'll get in the white house is on a guided fucking tour" lol
ha ha, that line merked it, nucky's that mudda focka, he's big
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:)
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Nucky's been a puss bag so far. I am expecting him to layeth the smacketh down in the remaining episodes.
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Great show, just finished watching episode 8, things are cooking up.
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Show is dope and has sick lines. Nucky had some good ones this past week.
"You're about as subtle as a fucking kick in the teeth" lol
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"The only way you'll get in the white house is on a guided fucking tour" lol
Steve Buschemi is great for those.. just reading them i can hear his unique voice saying them and cracked me up.
One of the main reasons i watch the show.. Althought i missed the last 5 weeks.
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3 episodes left in the season, shits gonna get heavy
Someone close to Nucky and/or Jimmy will get hurt or killed prompting all out WAR
Jimmy finna shit on the D'Alessio brothers; he'll kill them.
He won't kill Lucky Luciano or Rothstein (yet at least) - they're too big of characters and are legendary historical figures who didn't see there "fall" for a long time
But U know Jimmy finna fuck someone up :P
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Slow episode this week. LOL at Harrow wanting to kill the mother, the sisters and the dentist.
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Last episode of the season should be memorable.
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Last episode of the season should be memorable.
LOL at Van Alden
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I'm excited for the final episode tonight,
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\Wasn't sure about this show for the first 3 episodes because they seemed really slow, but after watching the season finale just now I can't wait for season 2. Mostly, to see where Jimmy's loyalty will lie in the coming episodes. Or how Eli will retaliate against Nucky now that he was given his spot back.
And of course Van Alden LOL. That guy is off his rocker.
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It was an up and down season. Hoping for a better season 2.
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Great finale. Its gonna be interesting to see what will happen with commodore, Jimmy and Eli. Haha lol at how Van Alden slapped that young agent.
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Obviously the Commodore, Jimmy and Eli are thinking of dethroning Nucky... but I wonder what was in that book that the Commodore's maid gave to him when he told her to leave and gave her money. He looked at it with interest... maybe it's some book that she jacked from the Commodore, or maybe some notes that she took of what kind of shit he talks.
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Good point. I wonder how Nucky will respond but I bet Eli will stay loyal. He isn't a manager, I think he resents that, but he knows why.
Nucky is his golden goose/meal ticket.
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But at the same time, his brother heading the Sherriff's Department gave him the muscle to get a lot of dirty work done without getting investigated.
While it'd be nice to think that Eli would stay loyal, obviously by aligning with the Commodore (who wants Nucky out and knows a lot of his dirt, as does Eli and Jimmy), there's probably something in it for Eli where he can still live comfortably even without his brother in a position of power. So this is where things stand:
Nucky: He still has a lot of influence on the (new) mayor and minority groups (Chalky and the blacks, Margaret and the women, etc.)
Margaret: She is aware of Nucky's shady dealings but is going to side with him regardless. She even indulged in boozing in the last episode.
Commodore: He wants Nucky out, having revealed some past turbulence between him and Nucky where he felt he got fucked over.
Jimmy: At first things were peachy with his family, but his wife cut her hair, which was to his displeasure. He's starting to show disdain for Nucky, particularly for the role he played in setting his mom up with the Commodore. But I'm not sure where his loyalty lies when it comes to choosing Nucky or the Commodore. Also, he wasn't happy about Nucky ending the beef with Rothstein.
Eli: He's not just pissed because he got removed as Sherriff, but he's just upset at Nucky's overall character, particularly him being able to have people murdered without doing the dirty work and also using people only when they're needed and disposing of them when they are no longer necessary, and sometimes going back and forth (like what he did with both Jimmy and Eli).
Van Alden: He's staying in Atlantic City.
Rothstein: Off the hook for fixing the World Series, but no longer at war with Nucky because of it. Same thing with Luciano and Lansky.
Chalky: Still seems loyal to Nucky above everyone else. He's never been fucked over by Nucky in any way.
Chicago gangsters (including Capone): Good working relationship with Nucky.
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GREAT finale. Great season period. Only 2 episodes I wasn't extremely fond of. The other 10 were phenomenal.
Wonder what the commodore, jimmy & eli have up there sleeves :o it wont be easy to remove nucky
the scene of jimmy lookin out at the water like nucky during the intro was sick foreshadowing
can't wait for season 2
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Wonder what the commodore, jimmy & eli have up there sleeves :o it wont be easy to remove nucky
Like I said before, based on his facial expressions, I'm sure Nucky read something of interest in the book that the Commodore's maid gave to him when he gave her money and told her to leave town (rather than having her prosecuted). My guess is that she had probably been documenting things that he had been saying about people (him included) since she obviously didn't like the guy anyway.
Nucky's smart, but without the Commodore, Jimmy and Eli backing him, his future is questionable. Jimmy (and the guy with the mask) were more or less doing the dirty work of his illegal operations while Eli (now reinstated as Sheriff) was his muscle. However, Nucky's still allied with the gangsters from Chicago and now he's on better terms with Rothstein (which includes Luciano and Lansky), not to mention Chalky. But while he was invited and brought into the operation, I don't see Jimmy just turning on Nucky like that. He's talked about how Nucky uses him to do his dirty work, but earlier in the season, he wanted to be part of the team specifically to do just that, given his experiences in the war.
I just wonder if Van Alden is going to get info out of Lucy since she's pregnant by him but also was Nucky's main squeeze (though he doesn't know that yet).
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its based on real life, if u know history, the shows basically already spoiled for you.
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its based on real life, if u know history, the shows basically already spoiled for you.
I'm aware of that, but it IS a TV show, and a few characters who are key figures weren't real, like Jimmy. But Nucky (though his real last name was Johnson and not Thompson), Rothstein, Luciano, Lansky, Capone, etc. were all real. So we can't exactly figure out the way the show is going to end, other than Nucky eventually getting convicted of tax evasion.
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ye its based on real life characters but scorcese basically said the real life is just a starting jumpin point for the show..they didnt name him nucky johnson for a reason..put thompson so they can do whatever
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yea i like the whole season a lot, a lot of people hated on it becasue it was slow, i liek that, i would want an action driven show, i see 3 more good seasons left in this show, theres so many plotlines that there isa lot to do, will be interesting to see how it unravels.
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There's a difference between slow and just bad. A lot of times Boardwalk was pretty bad.
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rothstein gets murderd by one of the 2 top dons in the nyc.
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There's a difference between slow and just bad. A lot of times Boardwalk was pretty bad.
I couldn't think of anything I would consider bad off the top of my head from the season. A lot of shit bored me a little, but it eventually paid off in the end.....I'm trying to think of a few examples, but I'm starting to forget a lot of the details after just a few weeks.
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I've been re-watching the season (though at a pretty slow pace), and there are things that I'm picking up on that I didn't notice before, or things that I'm trying to look for. It's definitely not a waste of time to check it out a second time around. You notice throughout the whole season how Eli doesn't really like his brother all that much, or how Jimmy's baby mama acts when near the photography studio, etc. I'm trying to see at what point Van Alden's sidekick (I forget his name) would've been under Nucky's control since it didn't seem like that in the third episode when they storm into the hospital when Eli is trying to kill Rothstein's man who survived the ambush.
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I've been re-watching the season (though at a pretty slow pace), and there are things that I'm picking up on that I didn't notice before, or things that I'm trying to look for. It's definitely not a waste of time to check it out a second time around. You notice throughout the whole season how Eli doesn't really like his brother all that much, or how Jimmy's baby mama acts when near the photography studio, etc. I'm trying to see at what point Van Alden's sidekick (I forget his name) would've been under Nucky's control since it didn't seem like that in the third episode when they storm into the hospital when Eli is trying to kill Rothstein's man who survived the ambush.
u didn't realize this he first time around?
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Of course I did. You just don't notice to what degree some of these things are, plus you get to watch the progressive buildup of people's resentment, which you don't notice the first time around.
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There's a difference between slow and just bad. A lot of times Boardwalk was pretty bad.
I couldn't think of anything I would consider bad off the top of my head from the season. A lot of shit bored me a little, but it eventually paid off in the end.....I'm trying to think of a few examples, but I'm starting to forget a lot of the details after just a few weeks.
Here's some of the things I didn't really like or thought was just okay.
-Nucky's lack of depth as a character. It shouldn't have taken until the last episode to have this payoff being that he is the central character so far. There's one thing to be mysterious, but he clearly wasn't.
-Bad casting for Jimmy's character. He spends most of the time acting like he's about to cry and his lips get all pouty like if he was some 13 year old slut on myspace a few years ago.
-Way too much emphasis on Margaret Schroder. We all knew what was going to happen. She claims to be the righteous one and still ends up being with Nucky.
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Here's some of the things I didn't really like or thought was just okay.
-Nucky's lack of depth as a character. It shouldn't have taken until the last episode to have this payoff being that he is the central character so far. There's one thing to be mysterious, but he clearly wasn't.
But it's just the first season, and they can't unveil everything about every character's background right away while allowing the storyline to progress. But there were signs of his past, like when he'd walk by the boardwalk and stare at the place with the premature/unhealthy babies, though of course it didn't make sense until the end.
-Bad casting for Jimmy's character. He spends most of the time acting like he's about to cry and his lips get all pouty like if he was some 13 year old slut on myspace a few years ago.
Agreed.
-Way too much emphasis on Margaret Schroder. We all knew what was going to happen. She claims to be the righteous one and still ends up being with Nucky.
She never "claimed" to be the righteous one. I think one of the big themes of the show is the fact that anyone can be corrupted in some way, though of course the corruption itself varies in its degree. Nucky said it himself in the last episode where it said something to the effect of everyone deciding how much sin they can live with. But everyone in the show crosses boundaries that they probably didn't expect to cross.
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Wow u guys don't like Jimmy? Easily my favorite
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Here's some of the things I didn't really like or thought was just okay.
-Nucky's lack of depth as a character. It shouldn't have taken until the last episode to have this payoff being that he is the central character so far. There's one thing to be mysterious, but he clearly wasn't.
But it's just the first season, and they can't unveil everything about every character's background right away while allowing the storyline to progress. But there were signs of his past, like when he'd walk by the boardwalk and stare at the place with the premature/unhealthy babies, though of course it didn't make sense until the end.
-Bad casting for Jimmy's character. He spends most of the time acting like he's about to cry and his lips get all pouty like if he was some 13 year old slut on myspace a few years ago.
Agreed.
-Way too much emphasis on Margaret Schroder. We all knew what was going to happen. She claims to be the righteous one and still ends up being with Nucky.
She never "claimed" to be the righteous one. I think one of the big themes of the show is the fact that anyone can be corrupted in some way, though of course the corruption itself varies in its degree. Nucky said it himself in the last episode where it said something to the effect of everyone deciding how much sin they can live with. But everyone in the show crosses boundaries that they probably didn't expect to cross.
Ever since Nucky took a really long look at the premature babies, I knew he had lost one. The show isn't subtle at all. Maybe I'm used to this from watching a whole lot of tv shows these days that I'm able to catch on quick but I don't think that's the case. Margaret's political views and attitude has "righteous" all over. Her arc of the season was very in detail for it to be something so simple. The entire season's theme and each character's arc probably could have been told in 6-8 episodes and with the same effect.
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You might be right. I don't watch much TV anymore, so maybe I'm just not catching onto stuff as easily as I used to, haha. I stick with watching the Lakers, football and boxing mostly :P