Anyone watch the premiere tonight? This is gonna be a good one...HBO does it again

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

recorded it, will watch very soon.

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.

I liked it.

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.

the commericals make me really want to see it, ill have to wait til it gets released to disc. no hbo

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

Liked it. Very good.

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.

Have it DVR but haven't watched it yet, will do so sometime after work tonight.

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.

"I got what I want, what the fuck would we talk about?"

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.

The guy who gets murdered at the end, in Chicago...who killed him? I didn't recognize him as he walked away

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.