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Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Tue March 29, 2016 7:49 pm
by Mecca
bodysnatcher wrote:this show simply feels like a few HBO execs were in the room, surrounding a large Gateway computer, reading an article about the resurgence of vinyl sales and thought, "Let's make a show about vinyl."
umm...
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Tue March 29, 2016 7:50 pm
by bodysnatcher
Mecca wrote:bodysnatcher wrote:this show simply feels like a few HBO execs were in the room, surrounding a large Gateway computer, reading an article about the resurgence of vinyl sales and thought, "Let's make a show about vinyl."
umm...
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Thu March 31, 2016 2:53 am
by hlniv
What a letdown
This weeks episode didn't even have Olivia Wilde naked.
What a rip off
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Thu March 31, 2016 4:32 pm
by Strat
I watched the first episode. Was a 2 hour pilot necessary?
Should i continue watching?
Olivia Wilde is so gosh darn beautiful.
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Thu March 31, 2016 9:52 pm
by bodysnatcher
No.
No.
Eh.
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Thu March 31, 2016 9:53 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: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Thu March 31, 2016 9:54 pm
by bodysnatcher
She looks like an alien trying to pose as a human
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Thu March 31, 2016 9:54 pm
by bodysnatcher
sorry Strat
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Thu March 31, 2016 9:54 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: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Thu March 31, 2016 9:56 pm
by bodysnatcher
she's the female Clark Kent
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Mon April 04, 2016 5:47 pm
by epilogue
Watched the pilot. Too long, for sure. And I wasn't feeling the ending. But I do want to watch more. I'll throw on the next episode here in a bit. I certainly haven't seen anything in this show that makes me think it's terrible.
Are the rest of the episodes directed by Marty? Because that might be the thing that gets me to stop watching.
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Mon April 04, 2016 7:34 pm
by LoathedVermin72
durdencommatyler wrote:Are the rest of the episodes directed by Marty? Because that might be the thing that gets me to stop watching.
you are an odd person
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Mon April 04, 2016 8:04 pm
by epilogue
LoathedVermin72 wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Are the rest of the episodes directed by Marty? Because that might be the thing that gets me to stop watching.
you are an odd person
The second episode was better than the first. And I'll be honest, I missed a few of Marty's flourishes. There were some outstanding character moments that I'm glad he was out of the way for but then there were some really flat scenes that could have used his dynamic.
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Tue April 05, 2016 1:57 am
by @SkitchP
This show is so absolutely awful. On nearly every level.
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Tue April 05, 2016 1:31 pm
by epilogue
Well now Skitch, let's take stock. Olivia Wilde is fantastic in the show. I love John Cameron Mitchell as Andy Warhol. I love the musical cutaways, the performances that are out of time and abstract. Doogie Howser's friend is funny, especially when he's high.
So, yeah, there are some things that are good, a couple levels that work. I'll keep watching.
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Tue April 05, 2016 9:43 pm
by Mecca
"hey look its john lennon!"
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Tue April 05, 2016 10:26 pm
by @SkitchP
durdencommatyler wrote:Well now Skitch, let's take stock. Olivia Wilde is fantastic in the show. I love John Cameron Mitchell as Andy Warhol. I love the musical cutaways, the performances that are out of time and abstract. Doogie Howser's friend is funny, especially when he's high.
So, yeah, there are some things that are good, a couple levels that work. I'll keep watching.
I dont love any of that. The ONLY thing i love is Ato Essandoh. The whole should be his.
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Tue April 05, 2016 11:33 pm
by epilogue
@SkitchP wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Well now Skitch, let's take stock. Olivia Wilde is fantastic in the show. I love John Cameron Mitchell as Andy Warhol. I love the musical cutaways, the performances that are out of time and abstract. Doogie Howser's friend is funny, especially when he's high.
So, yeah, there are some things that are good, a couple levels that work. I'll keep watching.
I dont love any of that. The ONLY thing i love is Ato Essandoh. The whole should be his.
Yeah his stuff is great.
Re: HBO: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Tue April 05, 2016 11:51 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: Vinyl (2016)
Posted: Wed April 06, 2016 12:01 am
by Mecca
tragabigzanda wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:@SkitchP wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Well now Skitch, let's take stock. Olivia Wilde is fantastic in the show. I love John Cameron Mitchell as Andy Warhol. I love the musical cutaways, the performances that are out of time and abstract. Doogie Howser's friend is funny, especially when he's high.
So, yeah, there are some things that are good, a couple levels that work. I'll keep watching.
I dont love any of that. The ONLY thing i love is Ato Essandoh. The whole should be his.
Yeah his stuff is great.
He was my favorite part of the pilot. Is his story being treated as a focus, or a side-plot?
side plot tied to the main story