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Is this worth a watch?
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>>67396958
Yes, I think so. At least until you get to the season with based Gyp Rosetti. And if you're at all interested in crime history then it's a no brainer.
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Not the most amazing show ever and frequently disappointing but totally worth watching. The production values are amazing
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Its pointless, goes nowhere, and specifically set out to be pointless and go nowhere.

But its never overly dramatic or outright stupid and the production values are perfect.
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Great show. All the mindless drools chattering about BCS being a proper "slow burn" and "character drama" need to watch Boardwalk Empire to see how it's actually done.
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Amazing show
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Fairly mediocre to be honest, the story never really goes anywhere and it's not the most dramatized series on television, but the production values are phenomenal.
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>>67396958
Boring as shit. Just not very likeable.
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Dropped after few episodes. Usually i don't do like this.
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One of the best I've seen. I also find it funny that /tv/ shits on one of the only shows that actually delivers on their mommy fetish.
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>>67397480
They were too close in age for it to really hit the mark

What is it with redheads and incest fetishes?
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>>67396958
yes but its quality fluctuates a bit desu.

Season 3 was when I started to notice it was was repeating itself.

Season 4 was actually an improvement but then 5 was probably the weakest of it all.

First two seasons are easily the strongest and some of the best tv out there.
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>>67397406
Plenty of capeshit threads for you senpai, why come in here with those awful opinions? TWD or BrBa would be more your speed.
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OP here, looks like it's very 50/50

I'm also very embarrassed about spelling the title wrong
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>>67397981
Wow mad as fuck.

Sorry. Boredwalk Empire isn't even as good as fucking Prison Break lmao
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>>67398155
It's shit I promise.

Literally the only good praises people are saying is "well they spent a lot on costumes and set design"
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stopped watching after a few episodes. its boring garbage
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I loved this show. Honestly, the last 2 episodes were some of the best television I have ever seen. Season 4 is my least favorite. Show is filled with >pottery
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>>67398155
nah mate go watch it

It's a show like the sopranos or the wire, just not at that level.
But still really good; great charachters (for the most part) and it looks stunning
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>>67398155
Its not bad, its just not very good either.
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>>67396958
S2>S1>S4>pile of shit>S3
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>>67398264
Dude get real. It's not even close. It's not even Breaking Bad tier. It's shit, it's network television tier
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>>67398155

Give it a try, it's actually awesome

>>67398216
>Sorry. Boredwalk Empire isn't even as good as fucking Prison Break lmao

Shouldn't you be defending either DC or Marvel in other thread?
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>>67398311
Gyp Rossetti is fucking king you pleb trash piece of shit.
Who /barney google/ here?
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>>67398358
oh yeah no gyp was fantastic, but the second part of s3 was so bad
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first 2 seasons are great, season 3 was ok and 4 really should've been merged with 3 to make one great season.
season 5 was coming back into form but they concluded it too soon and you're kinda just left there hanging.
solid show, it was one of the better things to look forward to sunday nights.
brba/BE threads were cozy
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>>67398358
Gyp was very well acted no doubt about that but he was standard ill tempered gangster cut out you've seen a thousand times.

And that whole season is just a retread of both 1 and 2 in terms of pacing and overall plot.
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>>67396958
Did the director just see Escape from LA or something?
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OP here, let me put it this way: Should I buy this boxset or the Xena boxset?

>inb4 torrents
I'm a grown up I don't need to
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>>67398356
It's fucking shit. Fuck off you loser

>It's a real kino and if you disagree you're a pleb
Top kek
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>>67398476
depends man. Have you seen either show?

If you already know you like one of the two its probably just safer to go with the one you are familiar with
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>>67398462
>Scorsese
>giving a fuck about Escape from LA
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>>67398476
Don't buy it lad. Save the money. Donating it to refugees would be a wiser choice than this meme
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it was good all the way to season 2, and sortve season 3. The whole storyline for the series got fucked up when one of the actors got sick and they had to speed up the storyline for some of the major characters. I won't spoil it but thats basically why it went down hill after season 2. Season 3 was okay after that, but it didn't hold up as well as 2. But yeah overall a lot of great moments and i believe it couldve held up to shows like sopranos, breaking bad, and mad men, if they had a better plan b for when one of the actors couldn't continue.

So like I said great show up to season 2, and if you want to continue I'd stop at 3. Because the series finale and the whole final season itself was atrocious and I couldn't believe how far downhill the writing went, especially for the finale
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First season only
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>>67396958
it has awsome production design and photography. some good very well developed characters.
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I enjoyed it, the scenery and setting was amazing
It really felt like 1920's Atlanta city
The Boardwalk felt so alive and authentic

>>67397480
kek, this
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Jimmy was the only reason I watched, then he got addicted to cocaine and pills and was fired from his own show
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>>67398502
>i thought it was boring
>i couldn't relate to anyone
>the characters weren't likeable
>it was shit
>i think Prison Break is quality entertainment

knuckle dragging cromagnon detected
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Absolutely. Great show, great characters
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Someone post the dancing webm.
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S1 is great, S2 is great but definitely drops in quality, 3 is fucking mediocre, 4 is pretty bad but it's entertaining, 5 is great
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>>67398951
>5 is great
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>>67397044

Gyp Rosetti is season 3. Best season of the series.
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>>67398902
this one?
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>>67398951
4 was so horrible it almost ruined season 5.
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>>67399018
That very one.
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>>67398993
it was, albino white's death was unecessary and Van alden's too to a lesser extent but still.

>>67399060
yeah 4 had a lot of stupid shit that 5 had to resolve
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>>67396958
yes. 100% yes.
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>>67398951
Season 3 is great and 5 is rushed but good too. Season 4 is bad
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>>67399018
she was a big step down for nook
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>>67398802
The prison break comment was to reference how dogshit Boredwalk Empire is.
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>>67399087
Exactly. And most of it turned out to be completely pointless.
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>>67399087
season 5 was cringe
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>>67399097
>>67399060
>>67398977
fucking hated Nucky throughout the entire show but S5's flashbacks redeemed him for me
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>>67399097
>>67399060

Amazing, I need to watch this shit again
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>>67398731
really?
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>>67399154
Wut
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>>67399143
guess i don't like it anymore since it was "cringe"
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>>67396958
It degrades as time goes on.

The first 2 seasons are pretty great, but it goes downhill from there.

Season 5 is fucking awful imo.

Also it's really lacking likable characters, they all just get killed off.

Richard Harrow is meant to be the most sad/likable character in the show and even he murders a kid that was surrendering
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Drop it after S3 and you can walk away fulfilled.
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>BCS is mindless and hollow
>ITS GREAT IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT STICK TO TRANSFORMERS AND CAPESHIT
>Boardwalk Empire is an actual slow burn with compelling characters who actually have depth and development
>BORING SHOW SHIT SUCKS
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>>67399187
I disliked Nucky through S1-4 then in S5 I considered him redeemed through the flashbacks
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>>67398553
>>67398335
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>>67399131
Jokes on you faggot, anyone who isn't pretending to be retarded unironically knows that Boardwalk Empire is a top tier show
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Good shit. Watch it. Some real awesome secondary characters too. I feel like I cared more about them than Nucky and his shit.
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>>67399243
Because of his shitty childbood? Because he fucked Gillian over for his own good.
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Good times with The Harrowing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw5pYWb-Ppc

season 3 BE, season 5A brba, and detrimental decay of Dexter all came together for this.
I think live threads let the mediocre quality slide a little more since you can vent better instead of having to sit through it by yourself.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AndVFoRGkYA

never forget ;____;
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>>67399243
kind of hard to redeem him after he shot that kid in the face tb h.
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>>67399317
Just the general way his character was shaped and his ambitions and motivations were given an extra layer that made him infinitely more interesting
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>>67399317
and so Zod becomes Carl
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>>67399277
People are in this very thread telling OP to not even watch it 60% way through. Just straight drop it.
>top tier show

Don't you have something else to do, Steve
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>>67399195
Seasons 1 and 2 are perfect together. Season 3 was pretty good too. Season 4 is probably the worst.
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>>67399323
>everything wrong with /tv/ the post
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>>67399357
Zod and Eli were the only characters I actually found likable.

Also Jimmy, but they fucked kill him off
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>>67399323
I remember the glorious thread when this first showed up
>>67399342
He wasn't half a gangster anymore
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>>67399406
Peggy was likable.
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>>67399406
Richard. He literally had a waifu folder
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>>67399367
Anyone who actually drops it halfway through is missing out. I wouldn't be surprised if half the people telling him not to watch it are you.

In my experience, those who don't consider BE to be "top tier" usually have shit like TWD, GoT, and Breaking Bad in their top tier unironically.
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>>67399323
>WW1 sniper running around a mission noscoping people
what the fuck is this?
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>>67399440
>Muh women issues
>Pretending to be a saint when she was literally living off a criminal's money
>"The woman pilot crashed :((((((((("
Yeah, nah
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>>67399472
As I said before in this thread, I couldn't really bring myself to like him after he killed that fucking kid for no reason after he had surredered
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>>67399549
i agree, he shouldve killed that irish fuck instead
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>>67399549
refresh my memory
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>>67399549
no one even remembers or cares about that. They only killed harold off because they chose to axe jimmy in the worst way and he was his sidekick
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>>67399341
Man the way Richards waifu got scared at the cameras flash was just too god.

>>67399476
Breaking Bad isn't shit your hipster and neither is Boardwalk Empire.
>>67399549
The one trying to load his gun?
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>>67399644
No they killed him because he was a tragic character and they had a hard one for old Greek drama. That is also the reason for the ending.
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>>67399549
The kid was a D'Alessio. And he was like 15 or 16. Old enough to participate in his older brother's schemes. He ambushed that alderman on the Boardwalk. He also seemed pretty violent in a few of his other scenes, like a Benny type. Before Richard walked up to him, the kid was loading up a revolver and would have shot Richard in the back. He only "surrendered" at the last possible minute, once Richard was on him, gun raised. All in the game yo. Richard offered to have smoked out the D'Alessio's by killing their younger sisters, parents and dentist brother. Dude gave absolutely no fucks.
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>>67399502
>i've never shot a gun before because I'm Australian and from reddit: the post

An 8x scope like that is nothing
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It's one of my favorite shows of all time now, but it took me 2 tries to get into it.
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>>67399687
Breaking Bad isn't shit, you're right, but it isn't anywhere near as good as Boardwalk Empire. Breaking Bad is the cream of the crop when it comes to entry level entertainment.

>>67399644
>they chose to axe jimmy in the worst way

What is a tragic character? Jimmy was literally Oedipus, you uncultured swine.
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>>67399616
>>67399644
>>67399687
https://youtu.be/JaAajdic_ko?t=40

Skip to 0:40.

>>67399726
What the fuck was the kid supposed to do? He was scared shitless.
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>>67398977

Best casting. Not just that he looks exactly like a young Buscemi, but he mimics his mannerisms perfectly too.
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>>67399726
At that point in the series Richard was still in the war.

Only after Jimmy died did he return
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>>67399502
>trained killing machine operating at an exceptional level

Richard was ice cold at that point, not even thinking, just moving. A man on a mission. And before you start sperging about the men he kills, they're half drunk gangsters, not trained soldiers.
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>>67399787
Surrender immediately. He was a coward and deserved his faith.
Don't play gangster when you can't deal with the consequences.
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>>67399787
I have no problem with the kill. Harrow is still my number 1.
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>>67399787
Who cares? Stop being a moral fag. The kids older brothers were fucking cuthroat low level gangsters and he wanted to follow along for the ride. Crime doesn't pay. They had no problem attempting to hit Nucky on the boardwalk in broad daylight, or robbing his aldermen.
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>>67399810
>trained killing machine
>WW1 sniper
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>>67396958
Yes, although season 4 is a cuckfest and the ending is garbage
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>>67399879
>64+ confirmed kills at the start of the series
>not a trained killing machine

Harrow waited like 3 or 4 days to get a killshot on a German sniper. If that isn't discipline and dedication resulting from crack training, idk what is.
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Greatest show of all time desu, not even baiting

There is something very special about it, definitely give it a shot.
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>mfw nucky kills jimmy
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show was packed with memorable moments

>would you...fight for me?
>and you, you smug kike midget, creeping around like a dentist with ether
>al capone singing to his son
>anything gretchen
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Dropped the show when nuck is Ireland and calls a tommy gun a trench sweeper
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I liked the Eddy ending.
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>>67400101
why?
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>>67400084
I cried when all Capone realized his son was deaf and not retarded and lost his ahit for a second because he was such an asshole ;_;
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>>67400101
they should have made the poetry less obvious, I saw tommy darmondy comming a mile away
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>>67397623
>5 was probably the weakest of it all
That's because they had to rush to end it, so they did all the big deaths right in a row in order not to leave the show hanging.

>Elliot Ness got reduced to a fucking cameo

Fuck you, HBO.

That said, they probably should have had a timeskip between 1922 and '24, because season 3 was wasted on Gyp.
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>>67400141
Because i have gun autism
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>>67400159
I'm glad this went over my head or forgot about Jimmy's kid, i shit my pants when tommy told nucky who he was then shot him straight after
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Season 5 was good. Best one after the first two.
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>>67400222
Based opinion
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>>67400084
>>67400148
>Al Capone visits the Darmody home
>conversing with Angela in Italian
>playing games with Tommy
>chokes up and gets teary eyed at the sight of Jimmy and Tommy laughing and playing and talking with each other
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>>67399060
This guy would make a good Dave Grohl if they ever need an actor to play him
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>>67400159
Literally everyone called out "Joe Harper" as Tommy Darmody the minute Mickey Doyle picked him out.
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Gyp was a pretty good character. Too bad they only kept him for one season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-_2cReoqWM
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>>67400322
He was really annoying and not in any way a good character, he's just another boring ass viral meme character.
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>>67396958
Yes.
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>>67400354
>meme character
This show isn't for you
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>>67396958
I got bored with it at the start of Season 3 and didn't bother finishing it.

So you be the judge.
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>>67400174
>season 3
>wasted
>on Gyp

LMFAO
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>>67400413
fucking based. I miss him.
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>>67400387
S3*
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>post yfw they killed Rothstein offscreen
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>>67400474
actor couldn't return or some shit, don't really care.
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>>67400474
That was complete horseshit
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A great show hiding withing a mediocre show. There are just so many lousy and ultimately pointless storylines to wade through to get to the good stuff. See: anything with Gillian and Harrow post S2, basically everything with Margaret (remember that super important subplot where she was trying to get doctors to pasteurize milk or something?), Chalky's full retard affair with that singer. They kept building up these mob wars and then when they decided to cancel the show they just jammed a bunch of them in S5 or had them happen offscreen in a timeskip or something (like Rothstein's death). It wasted so much potential.
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>>67399784
only pretentious little twat waffles use the term "entry level"
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>>67399835
Literally. A. Kid.

>>67399873
>Moral fag
There's that buzzword again. I can tolerate a lot of cruelty and still like a character, but not when it's completely meaningless. That kid really didn't look like he'd try to get revenge in the future.
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Many of you have terrible opinions, let me help you with that.

First of all:
Yes OP (>>67396958), the show is well worth watching.

Secondly, and even more importantly, the official season ranking is as follows:
4 > 2 > 5 > 3 > 1, each season being great and at least an 8/10.
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>>67399753

That's probably a 2-3x scope.
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>>67400474
>Rothsteins death could have been the result of a season long "war" between he and Nucky, manipulated by Lanksy and Luciano, that ends with Nucky pulling strings to rig the fuck out of that card game, stack the deck against Rothstein and destroy him
>instead he dies off screen unceremoniously and there's like two references to his passing
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>>67400474
>>67400535
>>67400587
this is more hbo's fault than the show.
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>>67400322
The actor did a great job with him but the writing was ridiculous. He was doing Tommy's "what am I a clown" thing for the entire season.

>>Hey nice to meet you
>Fuck is that supposed to mean? We're at war now!
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>>67400561
>That kid really didn't look like he'd try to get revenge in the future.
Yeah he only tried to kill Nucky on the boardwalk and split that fat guys head open. No way he would have.
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>>67400535
>Building up Mob Wars
>Jammed a bunch into s5

How many seasons were they expecting if they thought S5 was too early?
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>>67400561
But that's what you are being. A disgusting moralfag. There's no upvotes for you to win here boyo. The kid chose a life of crime. All in the game yo. Whose to say what that kid would or wouldn't have done. Because at the time he was lying low with his brother after an attempt on Nucky's life. Should have kept that gun loaded, maybe he would have had the drop on Richard.

>>67400545
pretentious twat waffles put Breaking Bad up there in their top tier
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>>67400643
this, got old fast, especially if you've watched more than one gangster period movie.

Joe Bananas was way more entertaining in that role.
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>>67400535
>They kept building up these mob wars
Its their own fault for writing the show around a decade of historical activity, as if the show would get as many seasons as they liked.

>pasteurize milk
It was actually feminine hygiene, but the way you put it works too in a way

>>67400678
Exactly what I was going to say. Shows have done more with as many or fewer seasons
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>>67400678
IIRC the plan was seven seasons. But the high production cost coupled with Hurricane Sandy annihilating many of their sets, including the boardwalk set, put the entire show in a tight spot.

I felt the same. They spent years hyping up the Chicago gang wars and the Castellamarese War only to skip right over them both.
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>>67400698
Joe Bananas? The boss of the Bonano family? I liked Gyp, I saw him as the prototype/grandfather for all those edgy gangster types that came before (after).
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>>67400813
Yes him
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Gyp wasn't a horrible character by itself but doing a "villain of the season" is some bad 90s shit and the show took a turn for the worse at that point.
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>>67400853
pretty much every HBO show does that
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>>67400760
Can we just get seven seasons of Peaky Blinders instead?
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>>67397188
>Slow burn
>Literally everyone is liable to die at any time
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>>67400895
peaky blinders is good, but it's not boardwalk good.
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>>67400853
He would've been way more interesting as the side-man to an actually interesting character
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>>67400941
You're right, it's a lot better.
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>>67400895
>seven seasons of Peaky Blinders

why would anyone want that? It's a homeless mans Boardwalk Empire at best. The main character is notJimmy Darmody. The only bright spot aside from Murphy, obviously, is Hardy, and he doesn't have nearly enough screen time.

>>67400846
What actually are you talking about? The real life Joe Bananas? Or a movie about Joe Bananas?

>>67400853
>villain of the season

not necessarily a bad thing if you ask me. He was the only "villain of the season" on BE. Narcisse doesn't count because, while he was introduced in the premiere of 4, he makes it through to the end of the 5th season. Rosetti was a nice change of pace after two seasons of political scheming, Nucky vs Jimmy, and the Commodore being a based rich old fuck.

Speaking of the Commodore. I was recently rewatching season 2 after having gone through most of House of Cards. Does Raymond Tusk remind anyone else of a watered down Commodore?
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>>67401050
I'm talking about Joe Bananas in Boardwalk Empire
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>>67400936
>doesn't actually know what the meaning of a slow burn is

stick to BCS kiddo, "slow burn" has nothing to do with who could die when, and everything to do with the payoff.
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>Eddy
>Harrow
>Jimmy
>Van Alden
>Chalky

Christ lads they didn't deserve to die
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>>67401078
Joe Bananas wasn't in Boardwalk Empire. Are you talking about Joe "the Boss" Masseria? Or Salvatore Maranzano? Bonano was a driver around that time and wasn't named boss until after the Commission was established, after the killing of Maranzano.
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>>67400941
I disagree. They're both good, I just enjoy Peaky Blinders a lot more.

There's also not a single episode of Boardwalk better than the finale of Season 2 Peaky
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>>67401087
except Boardwalk had no payoff
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>>67401107
They did though. Except Eddy but it was so refreshing that I wasn't even mad.
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>>67401107
>Jimmy
>Chalky

they wanted to die when it came down to it. Jimmy was dead pretty much the whole time. Chalky was ready for it. Eddy was the worst of that bunch. He didn't deserve to go out like that.
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>it's a van alden/eli episode
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>>67401050
> The main character is notJimmy Darmody. The only bright spot aside from Murphy, obviously, is Hardy,
what does that even mean?
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>>67400895

Peaky Blinders is Big Bang Theory compared to BWE though
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>>67401145
>no payoff
>what was the Harrowing
>what was "To The Lost"
>what was the Eli vs the Fed in season 4
>what was that bloody showdown in Capone's office

just stop
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>>67401140
I'm talking about Joe Bananas who was in S5.
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Near perfect from season 1 to season 2.

Season 3 is decent, Rosetti being kind of a typical gangster villain type is saved by Bobby Cannavale being GOAT.

Season 4 is great as well. Lot of great performances.

The biggest issue is that the show wasn't given enough time to deal with all of the plot points it set up. Sort of like Deadwood, but unlike Deadwood Boardwalk Attempted to cram a shitload of development into a shorter season. Ideally, we should have had six or seven seasons, but HBO can only avoid one period piece at a time and Tits N Dragons just has a greater draw. Season 5 still managed to be pretty satisfying for me.
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>>67400084
>These woods are for living Richard. Hunting, fishing, seeing what the squirrels get up to...you hear me Richard?

Such a great episode. Not many people make the connection to Pine Barrens either
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>>67401299
Joe Bananas isn't in Boardwalk. You mean Bugsy Siegal? Post a pic of you who're talking about.
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>>67401266
And now list every pointless storyline without a payoff and compare the lists
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>>67401397
what the fuck why did I replace Bugsy with Joe
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>>67401255
What are you fucking blind? He's a clear copy, imitation of Jimmy Darmody. He nearly had the same fat as Darmody and honestly the show would have been better off if they had the balls to pull that move and end it right there.
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>>67401433
You mean Joe Massaria
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>>67401142
Yea that episode is GOAT. BWE was great, but they didn't have anything better than that.
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>>67401478
He's only similar at a face value, if you think it goes any deeper you are a moron.

>the show would have been better if it ended because i dont like it
right
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>>67401433
Easy. Bugsy is crazy as shit, Joe Bananas also sounds like the name of someone who would be crazy as shit. I liked that they had Bugsy in seasons 2 and 3 a little bit, and kept the same actor.

>>67401412
I could easily keep going on to list more examples of payoff. The only storylines that don't have a payoff are shit like Margaret and that abortion clinic. Keep moving the goalposts back though, good work.

Fucking season 5 is one form of gratifying payoff after another.
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>>67401577
If you can't see the artistic merit if they had chosen to put Tommy in that grave instead of saving him to be Churchill's "lol secret agent IRA spy", then you are, sorry to say, a moron. But you probably are the guy above who unironically thinkgs TPB is better than BE.

I actually did genuinely like it. It just seemed stale at times and didn't really stack up against Boardwalk. Just because I thought that would have been a better ending, as opposed to that scene we got in the office, with that cringey Meme Monkeys song in the background, doesn't mean I wanted it to end because I didn't like it. Stop being so immature and irrational.
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>>67397623
Still haven't watched Season 5. Got a few episodes in but then I just drop it.

It's so weak compared to 1-4. I need help to finish it guys.
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>>67401917
just FF all the flashbacks except the later ones
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>>67401703
I'm glad it pissed on your expectations of the genre and had all the shock and poignancy of the actual execution without the aftermath.

>"lol secret agent IRA spy"
right
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>>67401703
The only reason you consider BE to be so superior to PB is it's length, because it's one of the "epic dramas" despite being a really basic contemporary drama set in a period
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>>67401992
I'll admit it, both that copout, and the following scene at their club, where worth it for just that scene where he walks away from his grave. That scene was great. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and when the moment finally passed, although I was sure he was a goner, I let out a huge sigh of release. The show just isn't better than BE though, sory.

>guy saves him at the last minute and tells him Churchill will be in touch

What would you say he is then? Tommy is being manipulated by Churchill to spy on the IRA, acting as a government hit man essentially. That shit is lame as fuck and the show would be better off. That kind of shit is the hallmark of pleb tier entertainment.
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>>67402083

First season of PB is mostly shit though
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>>67402083
The only reason you consider TPB to be superior to BE is because BE is finished. The future is not yet written for TPB. You can gripe and groan about all the failings of Boardwalk, but the best days lie ahead for TPB.
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>>67402165
It's so cartoony

>lol mock execution
>that stupid socialism subplot
>that shitty "gang war" at the end

And so much other crap I can't even remember because I last watched it over a year ago and when I tried to rewatch it again I just couldn't make it past the pilot.
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>>67401703
>lol secret agent IRA spy
> Meme Monkeys song

Just a meme poster trying to explain his shit taste, yet isn't used to talking outside meme speak.
Nothing to see here.

>>67402152
Before I even finish typing this out

>that kind of shit is the hallmark of pleb tier entertainment

Dude the more you resort to meme speak the more you show how awful your ability to structure an argument is
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>>67401945
The flashbacks were literally the best thing of last 3 seasons.
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>>67402152
>Tommy is being manipulated by Churchill to spy on the IRA, acting as a government hit man essentially
Where are you even getting this from?
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>>67396958
Every season gets more and more frustrating with the needless attempts to be more "thoughtful" and "deep" instead of "actually good." and

And then they went and did a fucking 7 year time jump before the last season, skipping over basically everything cool that happened in IRL life. I was stoked as shit when the show started, because it seemed obvious it was leading to shit like the Valentine's Day massacre, Rothstein's death, and all the other cool gangland shit that happened in the late 20's.

But nope. Jumps right over all of it to do boring horseshit in Cuba. Didn't even finish the last season.
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>>67402341
I watched the tv show, did you? Did you pay attention during those scenes with Churchill?

>>67402284
>not speaking in memes
>looking for actual discourse and exceptionally structured and organized conversation
>on a romanian cave paintings forum

I think there's some other place that may be better suited to your interests.
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>>67402490
Yes, very little leads me to presume that's where they will head with it for an entire season.

Maybe at most an episode.
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>>67402490
>tries to give a serious opinion on a series
>gets called out for having a shit opinion
>lol why are you looking for serious opinions and arguments amongst my memes

You're basically a shittier version of Jon Stewart and Jon Oliver
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>>67402333
you're insane. They were cringe
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>>67402519
I mean it was never that big of a plot point before that, so it's not like I'm assuming all of season 3 he's going to be working for Churchill. It's just annoying that they used him as a deus ex machina there. All the tension that was built up throughout the episode, seeing Sam Neil hire these guys, watching Tommy work through his plan, spinning many plates, knowing these guys were out there, waiting to snatch him. And then they do and everyones celebrating their victory but they don't know where Tommy is, and you know he's being driven to his death. Just saying.

>>67402557
I'm having a perfectly fine conversation with this other fellow. The only one crying about spilled memes and serious discussion is you. This other friend is having no problem with it, what's your major malfunction? Are you triggered that I don't love your favorite show or something?
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>>67402640
>cringe

meme criticism tbqh
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>>67402383
>in IRL life

lol
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>>67396958
stop at season 4
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Great cast, great idea for a show, great time line, based on a true story, FUCKS IT ALL UP.
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Who /owen/ here?
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>>67404626
nobody, literally nobody. Awful acting, cringe feel
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I loved everything about the series except that cunt wife he had, the scenes with Nucky's wife were so boring idk why they even put her in the damn show. I just want see some mafia shit not some love shit.
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>>67396958
who /vanalden/ here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4IiZXdTZgA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbX-VLkHhQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbX-VLkHhQ
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>>67406720
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMGurHbUu8w
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>>67404626
based Murdock
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No St Valentine's day massacre ruined it for me and Nucky's ending was so disappointingly predictable.
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>>67397623
This is a right and true nigga right here listen to him


Also S5 was abominable. Which was a shame because the first two seasons it was shaping up to be another sopranos
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