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Sep 19, 2010 11:08 PM
Anyone watch the premiere tonight? This is gonna be a good one...HBO does it again
Sep 19, 2010 11:08pm
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Sep 19, 2010 11:09 PM
I have been watching the Colts. But its on the DVR. I am so pumped for it that I actually recorded the making of, the pre-show and the show lol
Sep 19, 2010 11:09pm
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Sep 19, 2010 11:10 PM
recorded it, will watch very soon.
Sep 19, 2010 11:10pm
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Sep 19, 2010 11:47 PM
Looks good, a little slow, but they have to lay the foundation before we get into it. The ending let us know that it's going to be sweet.
Sep 19, 2010 11:47pm
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Sep 19, 2010 11:57 PM
I liked it.
Sep 19, 2010 11:57pm
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Sep 20, 2010 12:02 AM
Don't have HBO, but I have been reading up on it and it sound like something I would really like. I guess I'll just have to wait until it comes out on DVD or gets re-run on A&E like they did with the Sopranos.
Sep 20, 2010 12:02am
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Sep 20, 2010 12:17 AM
the commericals make me really want to see it, ill have to wait til it gets released to disc. no hbo
Sep 20, 2010 12:17am
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Sep 20, 2010 12:19 AM
Little Danny;490432 wrote:Don't have HBO, but I have been reading up on it and it sound like something I would really like. I guess I'll just have to wait until it comes out on DVD or gets re-run on A&E like they did with the Sopranos.

or you can watch it online the next day
Sep 20, 2010 12:19am
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Sep 20, 2010 12:21 AM
Liked it. Very good.
Sep 20, 2010 12:21am
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Sep 20, 2010 1:03 AM
No way a Martin Scorcese show about Prohibition-era gangsters was going to be anything less than stellar.

I had read that the 1st episode was by far the slowest of the season, but as far as pilots go, that was pretty fast paced.

"Cut it with the cowboy shit, it's distracting," is the line to beat of the season thus far.
Sep 20, 2010 1:03am
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Sep 20, 2010 8:35 AM
Have it DVR but haven't watched it yet, will do so sometime after work tonight.
Sep 20, 2010 8:35am
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Sep 20, 2010 10:08 AM
Pretty solid show for the first one. I expect much more as the show progresses, but I'll surely be tuned in every Sunday night.
Sep 20, 2010 10:08am
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Sep 20, 2010 10:58 AM
"I got what I want, what the fuck would we talk about?"
Sep 20, 2010 10:58am
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Sep 20, 2010 4:38 PM
I thought it was great for a pilot, but will need to pick up to sustain greatness (which I have little doubts it will).

I love the young Al Capone character. HE and Jimmy were pretty big badasses in episode 1.
Sep 20, 2010 4:38pm
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Sep 21, 2010 8:00 PM
The guy who gets murdered at the end, in Chicago...who killed him? I didn't recognize him as he walked away
Sep 21, 2010 8:00pm
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Sep 21, 2010 8:06 PM
SportsAndLady;492582 wrote:The guy who gets murdered at the end, in Chicago...who killed him? I didn't recognize him as he walked away

Capone killed him.
Sep 21, 2010 8:06pm
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Sep 21, 2010 8:16 PM
2kool4skool;492593 wrote:Capone killed him.

No, it wasn't Capone.

I'm talking about the fat mexican guy with the mustache. He was shot in the back of the head and the blood splattered all over the camera.
Sep 21, 2010 8:16pm
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Sep 21, 2010 9:16 PM
SportsAndLady;492611 wrote:No, it wasn't Capone.

I'm talking about the fat mexican guy with the mustache. He was shot in the back of the head and the blood splattered all over the camera.

Unless I'm tinking of a completely different scene then yeah, Al Capone killed him because he was the current boss in Chicago, and he didn't want to get in the bootlegging business. Capone disagreed, as was implied in the conversation he had with Jimmy when they first met.

You're talking about the guy in the restaurant, who was playing music, and got shot in the back of the head right?
Sep 21, 2010 9:16pm
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Sep 21, 2010 9:54 PM
2kool4skool;492732 wrote:Unless I'm tinking of a completely different scene then yeah, Al Capone killed him because he was the current boss in Chicago, and he didn't want to get in the bootlegging business. Capone disagreed, as was implied in the conversation he had with Jimmy when they first met.

You're talking about the guy in the restaurant, who was playing music, and got shot in the back of the head right?

Yeah I think? I just didn't think that was Capone..Capone's chubby, this guy was skinny.
Sep 21, 2010 9:54pm
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Sep 21, 2010 9:56 PM
SportsAndLady;492826 wrote:Yeah I think? I just didn't think that was Capone..Capone's chubby, this guy was skinny.

Yeah the guy that shot the restaurant guy was tall and skinny. Capone is the guy that stole the alcohol after gunning everyone down right? If so the guy in the restaurant was different.
Sep 21, 2010 9:56pm
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Sep 21, 2010 10:23 PM
Capone was with Jimmy and stole the alcohol. I dont think he shot the guy in the restaurant. Its on again at 11pm, so I will probably watch it again towards the end to see.
Sep 21, 2010 10:23pm
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Sep 21, 2010 10:33 PM
From another board:

"He was James "Big Jim" Colosimo, boss of Al Capone.
My guess is Rothstein got him killed."

From Wiki
When prohibition went into effect in 1920, Torrio pushed for the gang to enter into bootlegging, but Colosimo refused. In May 1920, Colosimo went out of town to marry his second wife, Dale Winter (he had deserted his first wife). After Colosimo returned to Chicago a week later, Torrio called him and let him know about a shipment arriving at his cafe. When Colosimo appeared at the cafe to wait for its delivery, he was shot and killed. The initial murder suspect was his new wife Dale, but no one was ever arrested for the murder. It was widely believed that Torrio ordered Colosimo's killing so that the gang could enter the lucrative bootlegging business. Torrio reportedly brought in New York colleague, Frankie Yale, to murder Colosimo. Al Capone has also been suspected as Colosimo's assassin.[1]
Colosimo was the first to organize disparate parts of Chicago's crime scene. After his death, his gang was controlled first by John Torrio and then Al Capone. It would become the infamous Chicago Outfit.[1]
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Sep 21, 2010 10:33pm
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Sep 21, 2010 10:38 PM
Except remember Boardwalk Empire isn't all correct. They have embellished much of what really happened, including the characters. That's what I got out of the preview stuff anyway.
Sep 21, 2010 10:38pm
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Sep 21, 2010 10:48 PM
Nevermind, I was wrong. They were cutting back from Capone driving the liquor to Chicago.

They didn't introduce the character who killed Big Jim, but it was Frankie Yale. I'm sure he'll be introduced soon though, he was a pretty major player in real life.

Torrio is now the Chicago boss, and Capone and Yale are his #2's. There's debate over whether Capone or Yale pulled the trigger on Big Jim, but it was under Torrio's orders.

edit: I see someone already posted something similar.
Sep 21, 2010 10:48pm
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Sep 21, 2010 10:49 PM
Steel Valley Football;492881 wrote:Except remember Boardwalk Empire isn't all correct. They have embellished much of what really happened, including the characters. That's what I got out of the preview stuff anyway.

Im in the middle of rewatching it, they call him by name Colosimo and Capone tells Jimmy that Colosimo has no interest in the bootlegging business because he thinks there is plenty of money to be made in whore houses.
Sep 21, 2010 10:49pm