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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Aug 6, 2018 21:23:29 GMT
Terrible, terrible teaser trailer, still though, so hyped for this return. Last year only Twin Peaks and Phantom Thread rated higher than this show for me, so I am fully ready to be impressed again. Also, I'd like to add my voice to those who are happy Franco is back.
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Post by dazed on Aug 23, 2018 17:57:06 GMT
Official trailer:
I like this one way better.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Aug 23, 2018 18:13:16 GMT
That was much better.
So many shows I'm hyped for are coming this month. Roll on September.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 16, 2018 12:18:54 GMT
Watched the premiere and it was a mostly very strong return. We got caught up with everyone and the notable time shift turned out to be no big deal. If I could get rid of on thing from this show it would be CC, as its been the same one note shit with this character since episode one, and I'm over it. The problem is with the character though, not the actor, who's doing his best with the shows most tedious, one demonsional time waste.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 17, 2018 13:03:34 GMT
Also, I meant to say that I was initially pissed with the new theme song, as "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" is just the business, but by the time the credits ended, I was liking the new tune.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 19, 2018 8:06:22 GMT
So episode two was a real winner, in that Wire way of it seems like not much happened, but when you think it over, a hell of a lot happened. Larry, who is the most entertaining pop culture pimp since Pepper Jack, was practically a non entity in episode one, but he stole the show this week. As the main sell so far on how the pimps are fast becoming an irrelevance to their ladies in more modern times approaching the 80s, I almost felt a tiny bit of sympathy for him. Also, he gets to delivery the line of the show so far right before the opening credits hit. Thankfully the places the line their, as I could get my chuckles out of the way while the credits rolled.
Elsewhere, the more interesting side of the show remains the development of the porn industry and Eileen and Lori as a potential players in it, in front of and behind of the camera. The Lori / CC dynamic is interesting, although I still hope that if one character dies this Season it'll be him (fingers crossed for an open window). All signs in this relationship point to violence, and I dunno if that's always the way to go. Still, with a one dimensional fucknut like CC, is there anywhere else to take it. It just seems oh so inevitable.
The Alston story line isn't rocking my world, but I'm sure it'll go somewhere; or at least I hope it will. His season one story-line with the reporter was my least favourite thing about the show so far. I'd hate for a repeat, as Lawrence Gilliard Jr. is awesome, and deserves better.
In regards the surprise at the end of the show, I'm not sure how I feel about it, as my hopes in that area were definitely for something else.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 29, 2018 16:06:48 GMT
Dang folks, I feel like I'm the only one at an awesome party . So Episode three was fantastic. It could probably make a case for being the best of the series so far. The themes being dealt with are getting wider and heavier, with racism in the art of filming people fuck, being the latest on the table. Devastating and hyper real moment of the week goes to Eileen, who was brought back down to earth in the worst way possible. It's interesting that Larry, Darlene and Eileen are dealing with stories in a fictional 1970s show, that are still insanely relevant in a 2010s reality. So I guess a mob war is a brewing too. That could prove stale, but hopefully the can make the implications interesting enough, so that I feel another TV mob war is worth it. I wish I could be more interested and entertained by the ever increasing decent into irrelevance that CC is going through, as he sees the ladies in is life move on and up without him, but he's such a one dimensional fucknut of a 'villain' that I simply can't care. It was nice to see Slim Charles back aswell. Perhaps he can bump of CC this year. Also, I don't watch Westworld, but I'm pretty sure they referenced it.
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Post by dazed on Sept 30, 2018 4:30:33 GMT
Dang folks, I feel like I'm the only one at an awesome party . So Episode three was fantastic. It could probably make a case for being the best of the series so far. The themes being dealt with are getting wider and heavier, with racism in the art of filming people fuck, being the latest on the table. Devastating and hyper real moment of the week goes to Eileen, who was brought back down to earth in the worst way possible. It's interesting that Larry, Darlene and Eileen are dealing with stories in a fictional 1970s show, that are still insanely relevant in a 2010s reality. So I guess a mob war is a brewing too. That could prove stale, but hopefully the can make the implications interesting enough, so that I feel another TV mob war is worth it. I wish I could be more interested and entertained by the ever increasing decent into irrelevance that CC is going through, as he sees the ladies in is life move on and up without him, but he's such a one dimensional fucknut of a 'villain' that I simply can't care. It was nice to see Slim Charles back aswell. Perhaps he can bump of CC this year. Also, I don't watch Westworld, but I'm pretty sure they referenced it. Great to hear. I was a huge fan of the first season. I’m at school right now and don’t have HBO, so once I’m back home on holidays I’m planning to binge it all. Which is what I did for the first season.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 5, 2018 14:50:20 GMT
Episode four was also fantastic. This is easily the best show on television right now. It has its issues, with some minor plotlines just not being all that interesting, but I have hopeful expectations that they will go somewhere at some point. I'm gutted that Season 3 will be the final one.
So this week, the perennially tedious CC may have finally proven himself to have potential uses outside of being a totally lame and obvious cock to all around him. Speaking of massive cocks, Bad Bad Larry Brown the nicest pimp in the whole damn town, found the perfect use for his this week. Larry is no dummy, he found himself increasingly redundant as a pimp, so he found a hole in the market both literal and figurative and filled it.
The James Franco's had a mixed bag of a week. Mob wife Vincent had his nice guy hypocrisy finally catch up on him a bit, which is great. The other one, who is jointly the least interesting character on this show, simply continues to exist, sure he occasionally adds some levity to proceedings as a comic foil, but really, he's not that funny. Ideally, by the end of this season, CC and Frankie kill each other off in some cliche 70s urban street fight. Also, Chris Bauer finally got to do more than be an extra this week, so that was nice.
Overall, the Eileen storyline continuous to be the most interesting thing on the show, and Maggie G continues to steal the show.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 13, 2018 14:14:33 GMT
Episode five...well it was obviously more top quality TV. The plot soup is thickening and as things look up for some characters, the look worse for others.
Unfortunately after a brief respite from the stupidly obvious villainy from CC last week, he was back to his lame self this week, and things came to the inevitable conclusion that they've been building to all Season. It's all just so obvious with this story, and it takes me out of a world I otherwise love. He's the type of cliche I'd expect from Ryan Murphy, not David Simon.
Still, aside from that stain, this was an otherwise great episode.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 18, 2018 19:29:40 GMT
Episode 6 was the best yet. It was hugely entertaining and at times hysterically funny. I'm fascinated to see what they do with the last few episodes of this season, and really disappointed to learn that season three is to be the last.
Edit: In my episode 4 post, I made a "Bad Bad Larry Brown" joke, and Eileen did the same in episode 6 . I'm suing David Simon if this shit continues.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 24, 2018 18:57:56 GMT
I guess on first look episode 7 probably seemed like a step down after last weeks fantastic entry, but after mulling it over, an absolute tonne of stuff happened, and pretty much every notable characters storyline was pushed forward or at least kept fresh and interesting, apart from that one walking, talking cliched bore, who is still a walking, talking, cliched bore. He's written consistently I suppose; consistently terrible and obvious.
With only two episodes left, it'll be interesting to see where people are at when they wrap this Season up. Still crossing my fingers for a spot in the great pimp cemetery in the sky for one man. Unfortunately I'm deluding myself.
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Post by jakob on Oct 29, 2018 3:34:54 GMT
Oh my god, that ending tonight.
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Post by ibbi on Oct 29, 2018 23:42:33 GMT
Y'all murdered the shit outta that motherfucker.
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Post by AKenjiB on Oct 30, 2018 4:47:19 GMT
Last episode was fantastic. It’s been such a wonderful way to fill the void left by The Wire. Those final minutes, even when I realized something was coming, still managed to shock me. Also Black Frankie is the best. Such an underrated character. Gotta day though that CC really let his arrogance go to his head. He thought he was untouchable and the fact he got killed by people he viewed as nobodies was pretty interesting. But seriously, not sure what he expected when confronting Frankie? Even before he started making comments about Bobby’s wife, this wasn’t going to end well for him. Frankie didn’t owe C.C. an upfront payment and there was nothing C.C. could do to demand it. Threaten Frankie and Bobby? Hurt or kill them? They’re backed by the mob. Pipilo would almost certainly have him killed if he did anything. Damn dude could’ve just waited a few months if he wasn’t such an entitled little prick.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 31, 2018 19:35:54 GMT
Episode 8... Sometimes dreams do come through. I think that ending is immediately one of my all time favourite TV moments. I have literally never been more happy to see a character die, be it on film or television. Not since Richie Aprile has it been so satisfying to see such a complete fucking twat, get what was coming to him, and see such a perfect expression of disbelief on his face as it happened. I think I could watch it on a loop. The one thing I didn't like about this show is now gone. Happy Days!!!!! Elsewhere, I recall it being a very good episode, but honestly, who cares.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Nov 7, 2018 12:57:09 GMT
So it's all over for another year . I had some small problems with episode 9, and with Season 2 overall, but it was a damn good Season of television, bordering on the excellent. It'll be interesting to see where they take these remaining characters in the next and final Season. It'll be the 80s as far as I'm aware, so one would assume HIV & AIDS will play a big part.
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Post by Allenism on Nov 16, 2018 18:18:28 GMT
I'll throw you a bone.
Finished episode 6 last night, and I think this is where the season is finally taking off with episode 5 being the high point so far. I think season 1 grabbed me more quickly, whereas this one seems to be taking more of its time. It's genuinely exciting to see all of the disparate narrative strands gradually coming together. To me, it's this novelistic quality which makes the show standout from so many others. Gyllenhaal is still proving herself to the be the MVP of the cast, but Akinnigabe, Meade, and Levieva are turning in some very commendable work as well.
I still think the mobster storyline gets too much airplay, and it's simultaneously frustrating and curiosity-provoking to see Lori and Dorothy put up with CC's abuse for as long as they have, but I'm confident that the arcs will play out in rewarding fashion as they typically do in a David Simon production.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Aug 13, 2019 11:35:23 GMT
So I watched season two again recently in anticipation of the third coming along and if you ignore one season wonders Twin Peaks & Chernobyl, The Deuce is more or less my favourite show of the decade right now. So, if they pull of a third season on the level of the first two, this will shoot right up my all-time favourites TV list.
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Post by Archie on Oct 22, 2019 18:50:01 GMT
Emily Meade deserves all the Emmys in the world. My soul is fucking crushed.
I'm gonna miss this show so much.
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 28, 2019 2:25:57 GMT
I'm finally caught up just in time for the finale tomorrow. That last episode hit me like a pile of bricks.
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 28, 2019 2:44:48 GMT
I posted about this show in some other threads so I'm gonna copy and compile my thoughts here - S1 was okay but nobody in the cast stood out to me and I didn't really feel the impact of anything going on. It reminded me of the prematurely canceled Vinyl which had a rocky start but I ended up enjoying that show and wanted more. S2 now with Elvis Costello over the opening credits like a bribe before every ep, and it worked: better in every way, the narrative, the perfs, with a career best Maggie Gyllenhaal, who I haven't ever really liked until this. S2Ep6 is awesome - Maggie Gyll running around NYC guerilla-style shooting a porno fairy-tale horror. Like a female Jean Rollin. Love how much focus S2 gives to the filmmaking process. There's also across the season a better rippling feeling from the powerful down to their pawns, how they're caught or how they re-invent themselves, alongside the enforced circulation of mob money, the police corruption, wide scale culpability, city squalor.....conditions that invite tragedy..... and characters living within those conditions thrown pell-mell into their start-ups before reconciling with their place in the larger, seedy system. And a great ending montage over The Pretenders, singing "I had my dreams like everybody else but they're outta reach"... here it's what if they are in reach, but at a price. cheesecake Idk a thing about S3, how would you compare it to S1/S2?
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Post by stephen on Oct 28, 2019 2:56:36 GMT
This season has been resoundingly socking me in the solar plexus, and every time I get to my feet, it hits me even harder. The finale is going to devastate me, lay me out like Ali did to Foreman, and I'm gonna totally wake up and name all my kids George, aren't I?
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 28, 2019 23:06:21 GMT
I posted about this show in some other threads so I'm gonna copy and compile my thoughts here - S1 was okay but nobody in the cast stood out to me and I didn't really feel the impact of anything going on. It reminded me of the prematurely canceled Vinyl which had a rocky start but I ended up enjoying that show and wanted more. S2 now with Elvis Costello over the opening credits like a bribe before every ep, and it worked: better in every way, the narrative, the perfs, with a career best Maggie Gyllenhaal, who I haven't ever really liked until this. S2Ep6 is awesome - Maggie Gyll running around NYC guerilla-style shooting a porno fairy-tale horror. Like a female Jean Rollin. Love how much focus S2 gives to the filmmaking process. There's also across the season a better rippling feeling from the powerful down to their pawns, how they're caught or how they re-invent themselves, alongside the enforced circulation of mob money, the police corruption, wide scale culpability, city squalor.....conditions that invite tragedy..... and characters living within those conditions thrown pell-mell into their start-ups before reconciling with their place in the larger, seedy system. And a great ending montage over The Pretenders, singing "I had my dreams like everybody else but they're outta reach"... here it's what if they are in reach, but at a price. cheesecake Idk a thing about S3, how would you compare it to S1/S2? Honestly, with not binging the show and all the time jumps I'm trying to differentiate them all so I may not be as helpful. I still think season 2 is tops, but 3 has had some interesting character arcs and Gyllenhaal has never been better.
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Post by ibbi on Oct 29, 2019 14:48:15 GMT
My god that finale was such treacle. There was a lot of treacle in the season as a whole to be fair, but my god that ending. David Simon transformed into Frank Capra. Not that I'm saying it didn't work
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