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Goddamn. The first episode just premiered here in the US. Its the one Scorsese directed and fuck me was it good.

This might have the best production values of any show to grace television. Wonderfully directed (as expected) and full of interesting characters. This is going to be one of HBO's finest.

Get on it Ranchers.
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Sell me on it. What's the premise?
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Grabbing ep 1 now. Looks good from that clip.
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Gangsters are awesome.
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Cant see youtube at work, someone explain it.
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From Terence Winter, Emmy Award-winning writer of 'The Sopranos,' and Academy Award Winning Director Martin Scorsese, 'Boardwalk Empire' is set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition, when the sale of alcohol became illegal throughout the United States.

America in 1920. The Great War is over, Wall Street is about to boom and everything is for sale, even the World Series. It is a time of change when women are getting the vote, broadcast radio is introduced, and young people rule the world.

On the beach in southern New Jersey sits Atlantic City, a spectacular resort known as "The World's Playground," a place where rules don't apply. Massive hotels line its famous Boardwalk, along with nightclubs, amusement piers and entertainment to rival Broadway. For a few dollars, a working man can get away and live like a king -- legally or illegally.

The undisputed ruler of Atlantic City is the town's Treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, (Steve Buscemi) a political fixer and backroom dealer who is equal parts politician and gangster and equally comfortable in either role. Because of its strategic location on the seaboard, the town is a hub of activity for rum-runners, minutes from Philadelphia, hours from New York City and less than a day's drive from Chicago. And Nucky Thompson takes full advantage.

Along with his brother Elias (Shea Whigham), the town's Sheriff, and a crew of Ward Bosses and local thugs, Nucky carves out a niche for himself as the man to see for any illegal alcohol. He is an equal opportunity gangster, doing business with Arnold Rothstein (Michael Stuhlbarg), Big Jim Colosimo (Frank Crudele), Lucky Luciano, (Vincent Piazza) and Al Capone (Stephen Graham).

As the series begins, Nucky's former protégé and driver Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt) returns home from the Great War, eager to get ahead and reclaim his rightful place in Nucky's organization. But when Jimmy feels things aren't moving quickly enough, he takes matters into his own hands, forming a deadly alliance with some associates of Nucky's that set the Feds, led by Agent Van Alden (Michael Shannon) on his mentor's tail. Complicating matters further is Nucky's burgeoning relationship with Margaret Schroeder, (Kelly Macdonald) a local woman in an abusive marriage whom he tries to help out.

The show also stars Michael Kenneth Williams ('The Wire') as Chalky White, the leader of the city's African-American community; Gretchen Mol as showgirl Gillian; Dabney Coleman as Nucky's mentor The Commodore; and Paz de la Huerta as Nucky's girlfriend Lucy.

Created by Terence Winter, 'Boardwalk Empire' is executive produced by Terence Winter, Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten, Stephen Levinson and Mark Wahlberg. Gene Kelly is co-executive producer; Rudd Simmons is producer. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten, Jeremy Podeswa, Alan Taylor and Allen Coulter. The series is written by Terence Winter, Lawrence Konner, Howard Korder, Tim Van Patten, Paul Simms, Margaret Nagle, Steve Kornacki and Meg Jackson.

'Boardwalk Empire' is inspired by the non-fiction book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City" by Nelson Johnson.
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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

Love the sound of this.
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Looks great, definitely giving this a watch.
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Second ep has aired. Was good - not as good as the first, but next week looks great.
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GreyWizzard wrote:Gangsters are awesome.
Is that what gansters look like I thought they are black, have diamonds in their teeth, dress in NBA clothes, say fizzle dizzle shizzle slap ya bitches and sing shit music...


That series looks awesome....anything with Buscemi is a winner...
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Just got to watch the first ep. I love it. Buscemi is such a stand out actor. I love when he gets to deliver massive amounts of dialogue.
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Yeah it's pretty good but Lone Star is clearly the best new show of the new TV season.
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It's on death watch after one ep yeah?
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Yep, it's already axed. Kind of a bummer but you've got to be impressed with how responsive they are.
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Well that's fucking great. Now we'll never know if America gets past prohibition.
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Cletus wrote:Well that's fucking great. Now we'll never know if America gets past prohibition.
He wasn't talking about Boardwalk Empire, which has already been picked up for a second season. :up:
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Haven't seen it yet, but agreed with Grey. Buscemi is a fucking gun actor when given a role that doesn't rely on the novelty factor of his looks. Cases in point: Big Lebowski, Reservoir Dogs, Ghost World.
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You forgot his role in The Sopranos.
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I haven't watched The Sopranos :(
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Shaneus wrote:I haven't watched The Sopranos :(
Don't worry, its only the best television ever created.
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First season, yes. But I can never just watch one ep of any TV show. When there's a series that has episodes of an hour in length, I'm pretty well fucked.
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Well the great thing about Sopranos is that the episodes are all pretty much self-contained. You never really have cliff-hangers or anything like that, so its very easy to spread them out over a long, long period of time.
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I'm seven episodes into Boardwalk Empire and totally hooked. Loved Margaret's "cunny" call. :lol:
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FFS I need to start watching this. I have them on my hard drive but I'm still catching up with Mad Men
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