[ZerrickiShadow]

QUOTE (Carbine23 @ Monday, Sep 17 2012, 19:32)

Anyone think Van Alden will be the hero in the end?

That's very possible. I see this going a few ways.

1). Van Alden joins the ranks of the Irish, and abandons his morality because he desperately needs the money for his new wife and kids.

2). Van Alden refuses to join the Irish or any illegal buisness and sticks to his morals, but finds a gang of people who have similar beliefs to his and they attack all the illegal alcohol buisnesses and cause chaos for Nucky and the crew.

or a combination of the two

3.) Van Alden "joins" the Irish, but works on the inside to destroy them as well as Nucky THompson and gain back his job as a fed.

[Iminicus]

Harrow is the f*cking MAN!

Also, looks like Capone will finally start seeing more action, bout f*cking time. Oh and Arnold is boss.

[GTAvanja]

QUOTE (Iminicus @ Tuesday, Sep 18 2012, 07:37)

Harrow is the f*cking MAN! Also, looks like Capone will finally start seeing more action, bout f*cking time. Oh and Arnold is boss.

Creepin around like a f*ckin dentist with ether.

[Marlowe.]

QUOTE (Don Garcia @ Tuesday, Sep 18 2012, 08:04)

Oh, and...did Richard kill that dude on behalf of Nucky, because he asked for his own warehouse, or was that personal revenge for Jimmy?

I don't think Harrow works for Nucky anymore. And I reckon if Nucky did send Harrow, why would he kill the driver too? He is on the warpath.

R.I.P Manny. You just knew the second the writers attempted to humanize him he was a dead man.

Fantastic premiere. So glad they kept George Mueller around - he's going to beast mode this season.

[niko bellic half brother]

I've been meaning to watch this show for a while now. Thinking about getting seasons 1+2 from Amazon.

As you can probably tell from my sig, I'm a huge Sopranos fanatic - the best series to ever grace our tv screens for me. One of the reasons I really want to start with BE, is I've recently learned it was co-created by one of the best writers on The Sopranos - Terence Winter.

So I'm basically just wondering, are the shows quite similar in terms of writing? Does BE have the same great humour that Sopranos had?

I do realise they are set in different time periods, I just miss The Sopranos so much and want to know if Boardwalk Empire is a worthy replacement.

Cheers.

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[El_Diablo]

QUOTE (niko bellic half brother @ Tuesday, Sep 18 2012, 15:01)

So I'm basically just wondering, are the shows quite similar in terms of writing? Does BE have the same great humour that Sopranos had?

stop wondering.
start watching.

Boardwalk Empire is definitely on the same level as Sopranos.
you might as well consider it Sopranos but set in the 1920's. it's every bit as good in every way; acting, writing, directing, editing, cinematography, musical score/soundtrack. and yes there's humor mixed throughout the serious drama, sex, and violence.

HBO is finally getting back to its roots.
ever since the Sopranos wrapped and they cancelled Rome and Deadwood, they stopped taking risks for awhile and the few shows they kept were garbage (like Entourage and Hung... so utterly boring and shallow).

with Boardwalk (and Game of Thrones, for that matter) they have completely redeemed themselves.
if you're not watching Boardwalk, you're missing the best television on TV.

[niko bellic half brother]

QUOTE (El_Diablo @ Tuesday, Sep 18 2012, 22:31)

QUOTE (niko bellic half brother @ Tuesday, Sep 18 2012, 15:01) So I'm basically just wondering, are the shows quite similar in terms of writing? Does BE have the same great humour that Sopranos had? you might as well consider it Sopranos but set in the 1920's. it's every bit as good in every way; acting, writing, directing, editing, cinematography, musical score/soundtrack. and yes there's humor mixed throughout the serious drama, sex, and violence. HBO is finally getting back to its roots.

Sold.

That's all I needed to know.

I'm glad you mentioned the soundtrack. I forgot to ask about that. The Sopranos had an awesome variety of great music throughout it's 6 seasons.

Will now proceed to ordering seasons 1+2. When I get the chance, I'm going to blast through each season in 2 seperate marathon sessions like I did with the first 3 seasons of The Sopranos nearly 10 years ago.

Loved Steve Buscemi as Tony Blundetto, so I'm expecting nothing short of a great performance in BE too.

[Don Garcia]

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[Rucke]

QUOTE (GTAvanja @ Tuesday, Sep 18 2012, 09:05)

QUOTE (Iminicus @ Tuesday, Sep 18 2012, 07:37) Harrow is the f*cking MAN! Also, looks like Capone will finally start seeing more action, bout f*cking time. Oh and Arnold is boss. Creepin around like a f*ckin dentist with ether.

Hahaha I loved how he smiled when the Sicilian dude said that to him.

[Fnorg]

I'm tellin' ya, Rothstein is the best character and Michael Stuhlbarg is the best actor. Dude's impeccable. The quiet that veils his psychopath inner makes him so fun to watch. I wonder if the shows even gonna get a chance to kill him off - it's still five years down the line.

[EscoLehGo]

Wasn't he the mobster that got shot and when he was in the hospital and the cops were questioning him about the gunman he said "Me mudda did it"?

[Carbine23]

Tonight's episode was another awesome one although there wasn't a lot of action. However next week's episode looks like it's going to be insane.

I'm starting to like Gyp Rossetti's character a lot

[El_Diablo]

Rossetti is crazy.

who does he work for?
himself?

he obviously knows exactly what he's doing.
and he's trying to start a war. but for what purpose? for whose gain?

and is Nucky seriously getting jealous of the other guys that Charlie is seeing?
he knows she's a whore. what does he care?

[EscoLehGo]

QUOTE (El_Diablo @ Monday, Sep 24 2012, 05:12)

Rossetti is crazy. who does he work for? himself? he obviously knows exactly what he's doing. and he's trying to start a war. but for what purpose? for whose gain? and is Nucky seriously getting jealous of the other guys that Charlie is seeing? he knows she's a whore. what does he care?

My theory with Rosetti is yea, that he is working for himself and that he thought he could do legit business with Nucky but when that shut down he decided to cancel Nuck out of the equation.

With the whore, I think Nucky is falling into that old rich white man stereotype where he falls in love with a much younger chick because he never experienced what he considers to be real love and she will probably play a major part in his downfall.

Did anyone else think Rosetti would kill that gas station attendant when he was explaining how to properly measure distances on a map?

[Marlowe.]

In hinsight, how genius was Roseitti's introduction? Now, every scene with Rosetti, I'm on the edge of my seat, afraid he's going to beat somebody to death with a lead pipe. Worst part is, how bloody deliberately inquisitory he is, like he's begging to be offended, just so he has a reason to beat somebody to death with a lead pipe. You could cut the tension with a knife in the scene where he is ordering spaghetti ("it's like a noodle") and coffee. When the cute waitress said "butter", I thought she was about to get beaten to death with a lead pipe.

Also, Eli's back, and skinny! He makes a good point too: how is Mickey stick alive? That snickering jaboni will outlive everyone, I bet.

Chalky's family life itself isike a whole other dimension. Enthralling television. Every episode should have him whittling wood, too.

P.s. Stephen Root!

[Scarface187]

I damn near thought Rosetti was gonna go Anton Chigurh on that gas station attendant.

Aside from the Rosetti and Chalky stuff I thought this was a kind of weak episode. Next one will be intense though.

[GTAvanja]

This episode suffered from lack of Van Alden.

[Don Garcia]

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[El_Diablo]

the problem (if you consider it a problem) with Boardwalk is that there are almost too many things going on. all at the same time.
any show that is as good as Boardwalk deserves 2 hours per episode in my opinion. that way the secondary and tertiary characters - sometimes more interesting than the primaries - could really flex their muscles, in terms of their own stories. there's so much going on.

[Carbine23]

So does anyone think Harrow knows what Nucky did?