but the one thing that drives hollywood is money. If the show gets a high viewer rating and popularity they'll find a way to make it last for several seasons. at least i hope so :-)
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Stranger things have happened.
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HBO ordered a second season the day after the first episode aired.

http://gawker.com/5644039/boardwalk-...season-already
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I stand corrected...Happily corrected! :-)
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Just finished up watching the latest episode. It was my favorite so far. I really like Jimmy's character. Love how their using Jimmy to show how WWI veterans were "the Lost Generation". If the show makes it five more season's they'll be talking about a "new" book that comes out in 1925, "The Great Gatsby" :-)
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last nights was good, I hope Omar is going to f some stuff up
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Definitely, The wire was possibly my favorite Tv show of all time.
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mine too
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This show looks great, good scenery, great costumes, incredibly detailed period depictions. What I'm missing is a story to pull me in and keep me interested. I just don't have a reason to care about any of the characters right now. After three weeks lets go through em Jimmy - He's decided he wants to be a gangster and has just abandoned his common-law wife and son. Nucky - he likes to sleep with showgirls, is move liquor and is free with his money - only slightly redeeming qualities I've seen are that he deals fairly with everyone and takes on charity cases. The sheriff brother is an ass and is only still around because of Nucky. They can't seem to decide what to do with the irish widow, one week she is coming to Nucky for help, next week refusing it, pretending to be too proud to take it. All the remaining characters are caricatures of mobsters, showgirls, black leaders, and businessmen. I'll give it a few more weeks, to see if there are some more interesting developments, but so far I just see a number of very good actors (Buscemi, Gretchen Mol and Michael K. Williams mainly) wasting their time on weak material.

The Sopranos worked because Tony was an engaging character. We didn't like him, weren't meant to. But we wanted to know more about him, just as we wanted to know more about his crew and his family. We wanted to see just how far he would go, and how low he would sink. Boardwalk Empire is missing the human depth that was the center of The Sopranos.
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The Sopranos was likely the last of the great tv or movie mob
depictions. Ive been going to AC, as we call it in Philly, since i
was 2 yrs old, before the casinos.
I actually was the parking lot attendant next to the Ritz
as a summer job after my freshman yr. in college.
Empire is showing a snapshot of prohibition that isnt normally
talked about. How many of us knew AC played such an intergral
part in liquor then. Nucky was in the right place at the right
time, and he knew what to do with it.
I predict the girl in the dress shop becomes his girlfriend.
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If they drag this out long enough, it could be a prequil to The Sopranos.
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From the 20's to the 90's... Thats some serious dragging out of a storyline.
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Going to watch the latest episode later tonight. I'm engaged, but not yet thrilled by the show.
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I agree, it has potential to be xcellent, it needs a wider scope, its too
narrow in its story line, i guess its story lines are still being developed.
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I liked Sundays episode. A couple of quetions...

#1 - Who was the guy that slashed the hooker's face?

#2 - Who was the girl toward the end that grabbed the guys junk and said "I know what you want, maybe after the show?"
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Somebody please correct me if i am wrong.

#1: a man affiliated with the crew who already possessed the chicago area's alcohol provisions. I think he was making a statement to Jimmy and al.

#2: the woman was jimmy's mother, and the guy was lucky Luciano.
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Anyone elso think that Jimmy is Nuckys son?
Also it seems like that irish woman is going to be the beginning of the end for Nucky as well.
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Ahh... that makes sense. Isn't Luciano trying to kill Jimmy?
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Just watched the latest episode and I was very entertained. I think it's finally starting to hook me in. Capone and Jimmy are going to be an entertaining duo, I think.
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Agreed. I love how Capone kicked the crap out of the dude and then when the guys came in to negotiate, he said "50%" :-)
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