Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Wed October 11, 2017 4:02 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Fri October 13, 2017 12:46 am
by Dscans
Who's doing some good episode recaps of this show?
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Fri October 13, 2017 12:48 am
by Simple Torture
Dscans wrote:Who's doing some good episode recaps of this show?
Well, there's the AV Club, which have been okay. I haven't really seen much of anything elsewhere.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Sat October 14, 2017 3:18 am
by Dscans
Simple Torture wrote:
Dscans wrote:Who's doing some good episode recaps of this show?
Well, there's the AV Club, which have been okay. I haven't really seen much of anything elsewhere.
Yeah, I'm surprised The Ringer hasn't been all over this. They cover every other goddamn HBO show. There's a new baby Scans in the house now so I only watch segments when I can find time, which makes the recaps helpful.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Wed October 18, 2017 11:11 pm
by doug rr
i'm still on the fence about this show..its still fake 70s to me
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Mon October 23, 2017 3:49 pm
by Mecca
I loved the Buffalo reference.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Wed October 25, 2017 4:06 am
by Simple Torture
I've watched enough David Simon shows that I was able to guess Leon's final line exactly.
I still think Vince and Abby aren't going to end well; the fact that she's using him still seems to be going over his head, but it's going to come crashing down soon.
I was very worried that CC was going to be in that bus station.
I can't believe next week is it for Season 1.
Has anybody been reading/hearing the rumors for Season 2? What I heard was:
The show is going to jump forward 10 years and it'll be the '80s, then Season 3 will be the '90s. Not sure how true this is.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Thu October 26, 2017 5:02 pm
by dimejinky99
I hate James Franco with the heat of a thousand suns. But I’m in.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Thu October 26, 2017 5:13 pm
by Mecca
dimejinky99 wrote:I hate James Franco with the heat of a thousand suns. But I’m in.
He's pretty alright in this. Very believable
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Fri October 27, 2017 8:11 am
by dimejinky99
His performance as the twin brother is exactly how I imagine him to be in real life.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Sat October 28, 2017 1:30 pm
by Dscans
I can't believe this is Chris Partlow.
I still don't believe it, actually.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Sun January 07, 2018 8:04 am
by washing machine
I like the set more than the story in this show. Actually, I really, really like the set in this show.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Sun January 07, 2018 4:02 pm
by VinylGuy
Keep forgetting about this one. Only saw two ep and they were ok. I might come back.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Sun January 07, 2018 11:18 pm
by Jammer XCI
I used an HBO trial just to watch this show last week.
It was actually pretty good. I liked it more than Treme and it has a similar vibe to The Wire, though that's obviously the gold standard when it comes to HBO/David Simon shows.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Mon August 27, 2018 5:21 am
by The Argonaut
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Sun September 09, 2018 2:55 pm
by Simple Torture
This really snuck up on me. Season 2 premieres tonight!
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Sun September 09, 2018 6:54 pm
by Jammer XCI
Eagerly anticipating the new episodes here.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Wed September 19, 2018 5:48 pm
by @SkitchP
Not enough Black Frankie this season.
Re: HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 20
Posted: Tue September 25, 2018 12:34 pm
by @SkitchP
It felt like the first two really didn't accomplish a ton. I suppose that's the result of fast forwarding a couple of years (77) now so they have to reestablish where the characters are. The third episode though was fucking aces.
