ultimoDANK Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I'm working my way through season 3 and I can't recall a single bad episode. Is this show a little bit slept on? It's not in the top tier of shows but it's damn close. Some of the characters and acting are so fantastic. Richard Harrow inparticular, what a role. That guy deserves some kind of award recognition. It's almost like there should be a catagory below best supporting actor for parts like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 We had a pretty healthy thread for BE on the previous board. I love it and absolutely would put it on that top tier... the acting is top notch and the history porn is glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimoDANK Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 Just catching up I'm sure I would have avoided that thread. Did the end of season 2 piss people off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Not really, no. There was some confusion and a lot of chatter about where the series could go from that point, but I don't remember any outright hatred for how it ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I stopped watching after season 2. Jimmy's story was the main hook for me, and I couldn't care less about Nuckie or Margaret. There are a lot of interesting supporting characters, but the cast is so huge and the story so sprawling that they often disappear for episodes at a time. I just can't bring myself to sit through 40 minutes of Nuckie and Eli on the hope of catching a few scenes with Richard or Chalky or Rothstein. I heard season 3 was alright, but I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bink_winkleman Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I thought 3 was atrocious. Jimmy was the only thing I really even sort of cared about on the show. Gyp Rosetti is so corny. This show reminds me of The Walking Dead that it wants so bad to be in that BB/Mad Men/Sopranos/Wire conversation, but it's just not there. It was anointed HBO's flagship show when it first aired, only to be rightfully overshadowed by GoT. So much style over substance. I quit watching out of boredom early in S3, but caught up over the holidays when nothing else was on. There are a few characters I still enjoy--Richard is still amazing, Chalkie is of course great--but I think I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I think they need to spend plenty of time on Lucky in NY and Capone in Chicago for this upcoming season instead of it all being about AC. We can't be that too far away from when Capone becomes the #1 guy in Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 If it means anything, Margaret is almost non-existent in season 3. Rothstein also has a bigger role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I thought losing Jimmy would hurt the series too, but I absolutely loved season 3. Yeah, Rosetti is a bit of a cartoon, but he's a fantastic one and Richard Harrow owns the entire season. Capone, Luciano and Meyer get moved to the forefront more and Van Alden gets a great satellite story. Plus, Billie Kent. Billie, Billie, Billie Kent. Squeeee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Plus... "What's that? A gun? I got a gun. He got a gun. He got a gun... Everybody got guns!" might be my favourite line of the entire series. AND THE HAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bink_winkleman Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I'll agree on Capone, Billie and they really did do a lot of great things with Van Alden. I won't budge on Gyp though! I'd really like the show to do some daring things with the historical figures, like maybe kill one off or have one do something extremely ahistorical to keep the show a little more unpredictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 The show is great. Gyp was great. Shut up you unworthy bastards. Go back to How I Met Your Mother and that Bazinga show. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bink_winkleman Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I am offended by the insinuation that I watch How I Met Your Mother or Nerd Blackface. Only running shows I watch are BB, GoT, Orange is the New Black (I guess that counts?) and Walking Dead. Of those, I guess Boardwalk Empire might be better than Walking Dead, but it's probably a wash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I don't see how watching How I Met Your Mother would be a bad thing, the show is hilarious. I was a little reluctant to watch the show the first few seasons it was on but once I finally gave the show a chance I couldn't get enough of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Oh man I'm praying "Nerd Blackface" is a new framistan! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Last season was tremendous. Gyp went down in glorious fashion and Richard... there are not words. Can't wait for the new one in a week or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiffshots Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Plus, Billie Kent. Billie, Billie, Billie Kent. Squeeee. This. Yes. So much. I never get so wrapped up in fictional characters to the point where a scripted event upsets me (and yes, that includes wrestling angles). But... Billie getting killed in the speakeasy bombing literally had me SCREAMING WITH RAGE at my TV set. Even I was kinda shocked at my reaction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Plus... "What's that? A gun? I got a gun. He got a gun. He got a gun... Everybody got guns!" might be my favourite line of the entire series. Ahem. "We been on the road 18 hours. I need a bath, some chow, then you and me sit down and we talk about who dies. Eh?" I'm stoked for the next BE soundtrack just for "Old King Tut" making the cut. (Poet, hardly know it etc.) Elvis f'n Costello! 1. Strut Miss Lizzie (David Johansen featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 2. Old King Tut (Stephen DeRosa featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 3. It Had To Be You (Elvis Costello featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 4. Everybody Loves My Baby (Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 5. You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) (Liza Minnelli featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 6. Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Leon Redbone featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 7. Make Believe (St. Vincent featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 8. Lovesick Blues (Pokey LaFarge featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 9. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Neko Case featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 10. Who's Sorry Now (Karen Elson featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 11. You'd Be Surprised (Stephan DeRosa featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 12. I'm Going South (Margot Bingham featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 13. Sugarfoot Stomp (Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 14. Jimbo Jambo (Rufus Wainwright featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 15. There'll Be Some Changes Made (Kathy Brier featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 16. Somebody Loves Me (Margot Bingham featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 17. All Alone (Chaim Tannenbaum featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 18. The Prisoner's Song (Loudon Wainwright III featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 19. I Ain't Got Nobody (Patti Smith featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) 20. I'll See You In My Dreams (Matt Berninger featuring Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimoDANK Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Billie is crazy cute. I think Gyp is ok but there is something phoney about it. Like they were trying to match GoT on the fucked up meter. Though Jimmy and his mom was also a very GoT story. HBO loves incest! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Plus... "What's that? A gun? I got a gun. He got a gun. He got a gun... Everybody got guns!" might be my favourite line of the entire series. Ahem. "We been on the road 18 hours. I need a bath, some chow, then you and me sit down and we talk about who dies. Eh?" That was the biggest mark out moment of the entire series, good pick. I find myself saying the guns line all the time, to the detriment of the people around me usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Jeffery Wright is joining the cast for season 4 and it looks like hes going to be Nuckys main advisory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I guess I was the only one who watched it last night. Looks like Chalky's going to be front and center this season now that he's running the erstwhile Babette's as a Cotton Club-style establishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Loved last nights premiere. Really digging the direction they are going in, as all the interesting characters are stepping into the spotlight. -The Harrow stuff is intriguing. Curious about the motive behind those killings, but also why he recreated his facial injury on that last victim. Great cold open, too. -The Dunn Purnsley stuff was fucking brutal, but I did love the scene where Chalky and Eli were giving him shit while he was burying the body. This story felt like the centerpiece of the episode, which is awesome because that almost guarantees more Chalky this season. -The best Nucky scene was the Billie Kent call back. Does the butler guy have a name? He always has the best delivery, - Al Capone was far and away the highlight of the episode for me. Looks like we are finally getting the rise to power story this year. Loved the scene with the reporter. Best premiere of the shows run? I'd say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I think it is safe to say that Nucky is by far the least interesting character on this show now. Why can't we just have the Chalky, Capone, and Richard Harrow show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Eddie Kessler is Nucky's butler, and I'm glad he's back for no other reason than if he gets to sing another song or two. Dude has some weapons-grade pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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