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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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11/29/10 03:55 PM
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The Italian Stallionette
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In the last episode, the women who was performing near the end of the episode: wasn't she also in the last entry in the Rocky series? The woman telling the jokes and singing was supposed to be Sophie Tucker, a wonderful performer of the the times. Bette Midler does a great imitation of her (and often speaks about how funny Tucker was). I don't know the actress who portrayed her. That's who that was???I remember Sophie Tucker.  I knew it was somebody I had heard of, but all I could think of was Mae West, and this woman didn't come across like Mae West. I've missed some episodes so I too have been catching up. Van Alden is acting kind of strange. I suppose he could be switching sides. He seems crazy though. Jimmy seems more and more heartless to me. A surprise that his mother was only 13 when she had him. I can't believe the season finale is already next week. The HBO series are always way too short. To be honest, I am kind of losing interest in the series. I don't know, but aside from the beautiful background of the 20's, I find too many stories and too many characters. TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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11/29/10 04:12 PM
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To be honest, I am kind of losing interest in the series. I don't know, but aside from the beautiful background of the 20's, I find too many stories and too many characters. Bitch and moan, bitch and moan... that's all you ever do. On the bright side, it looks like a lot of the loose ends and side stories will be tied up soon. The "big connection" for me was finding out that the commodore is Jimmy's father. FWIW- I find it funny that Van Alden, through his misguided fervor, did away with one of Nucky's sources when he drowned his assistant.
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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11/29/10 04:31 PM
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Interesting SC. Do you really think Van Alden was completely misguided? Maybe I'm misreading your point... I read his actions as quite purposeful. I think he saw an opportunity to both save a "heathen" soul and get a confession at the same time. Either that fellow was going to confess to being in cahoots with Nucky or he was going to die. I think Van Alden's a real sort of Knight Templar sort of character. He's creepy and cunning. I really liked the confrontation between Margaret and Nucky. And the foreshadowing "Deception requires a willing participant" was cool.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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11/29/10 04:32 PM
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To be honest, I am kind of losing interest in the series. I don't know, but aside from the beautiful background of the 20's, I find too many stories and too many characters. Bitch and moan, bitch and moan... that's all you ever do. On the bright side, it looks like a lot of the loose ends and side stories will be tied up soon. The "big connection" for me was finding out that the commodore is Jimmy's father. FWIW- I find it funny that Van Alden, through his misguided fervor, did away with one of Nucky's sources when he drowned his assistant. LOL....What can I say. I bitch & moan. I thought maybe I missed something as I quickly was catching up on missed episodes, and it was "known" that the Commodore was his father. But yea, that IS a surprise. I'll likely at least start to watch the second season. Then again, if the season is over a year away, I might just forget about it.  TIS
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"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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#586857
11/29/10 06:00 PM
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Interesting SC. Do you really think Van Alden was completely misguided? Maybe I'm misreading your point... I read his actions as quite purposeful. I think he saw an opportunity to both save a "heathen" soul and get a confession at the same time. Either that fellow was going to confess to being in cahoots with Nucky or he was going to die. I think Van Alden's a real sort of Knight Templar sort of character. He's creepy and cunning. I didn't see Van Alden as looking for a confession... he wanted to save the "heathen" soul. He wanted to save someone who never showed any inclination, belief or interest in "being saved". Van Alden freaked when Sebso wasn't clear about his thoughts on heaven. That's WHY he wanted to save Sebso. I'd say that is misguided. (He's a tea-partyer long before its time  ).
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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11/29/10 06:06 PM
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And Richard really is quite broken inside. His suggestion of murdering a number of innocent relatives to bring out the D'Allessios was brutally logical and completely evil. Richard has become one of the more interesting characters in a series that I've seen in a long time. He is so full of self-controlled rage. He can be gentle and quite charming and quite sensitive yet a minute later he can be totally deadly.
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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11/30/10 10:18 AM
11/30/10 10:18 AM
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And Richard really is quite broken inside. His suggestion of murdering a number of innocent relatives to bring out the D'Allessios was brutally logical and completely evil. Richard has become one of the more interesting characters in a series that I've seen in a long time. He is so full of self-controlled rage. He can be gentle and quite charming and quite sensitive yet a minute later he can be totally deadly. He's also a helluva shot!
"After all, we are not communists" Christopher Moltisanti: You ever think what a coincidence it is that Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease?
Tony Soprano: Yeah well, when you're married, you'll understand the importance of fresh produce.
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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12/03/10 08:48 AM
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OK... who is gonna die Sunday night? (the series' Season One finale). Have a look at this (interesting) site by clicking on the link below: WHO WILL DIE? - CLICK HERE
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Re: Boardwalk Empire
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12/06/10 07:55 AM
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Did Nucky pay the maid to poison the Commodore? I don't think Nucky paid her to poison the Commodore as much as he didn't want any bad publicity around election time. He may have suspected something else as well. What was that look he gave when she gave him the Bible. Anyway the maid (LuAnne??) was definitely in on it but I think that Gillian was also involved. The Paris Green paint was something that Angela would have been using and it would have been easy for Gillian to pocket it and convince the maid to use it. Both women had grievances against the Commodore. The reason I think this to be the case is that the Commodore only started getting better after Jimmy confronts Gillian. LuAnne is just a patsy. A portly pastry patsy. A portly pastry patsy working with a pastie wearing pragmatic prostitute possessing pent up passions..
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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