Luck (2011) - HBO, Mann, Milch, Hoffman, Nolte

[Feech La Manna]

I think we had an older thread but search is fucked up.

Apparently Milch and Mann are already ready to kill each other. Hopefully it results in some crazy fucking television.

[Toofer_Spurlock]

Well that youtube is kind of boring looking, but I'll watch this.

[number none]

I dunno, they managed to make horse-racing look pretty exciting. That's an achievement

[nakedlunch]

obv gonna watch but honestly the enthusiasm for me isn't as high for this one as the names involved would suggest

although I was like cartman waiting for the wii when I was waiting for boardwalk and was sort of let down overall so who knows

[Gehrig Industries]

i dont think i could watch a tv show about gambling without rolling my eyes constantly at everything they got wrong

[number none]

I'm pretty sure Milch has some gambling experience

[bachwards]

i dont think i could watch a tv show about gambling without rolling my eyes constantly at everything they got wrong

You mean you didn't find Tilt (featuring Michael Madsent as The Matador) to be an accurate representation of the poker world?

[Feech La Manna]

New teaser

http://www.hbo.com/video/video.html/?au ... &view=null

[Broncobama]

hbo's slide has been historic

[Feech La Manna]

well I'm not really sure why they're still making episodes of Hung, but this will be good, Boardwalk Empire is good, Game of Thrones is good, Entourage is dead

[Feech La Manna]

also they've got a lot of promising stuff in the pipeline

[someguy]

the guy responsible for what made hbo great had to step down when he publicly abused his girlfriend/wife, the new person in charge worked on the simpsons and has been putting their focus on making hbo a popular comedy network which is why shit like hung or life and times of tim kept getting renewed

[Feech La Manna]

oh yeah that new Laura Dern show looks awful too

at least Veep is pretty much guaranteed to be good

[Broncobama]

boardwalk empire is not good

it's passable at best

[someguy]

boardwalk empire comes off like the new head of hbo trying to re-create the success of the network from years ago without ever watching a single hbo program

also lol anyone remember treme?

[Feech La Manna]

Two of its Executive Producers (and almost certainly the two with the most creative input) worked on The Sopranos

[nakedlunch]

boardwalk is ok

GoT is fucking awesome

this will prob be ok to good

[number none]

I don't think you can really blame HBO for giving Boardwalk Empire shot. Aforementioned Sopranos connection, Scorcese directing the pilot etc. It could still get good too.

[starttomelt]

Very excited for this.

and re: Current HBO programming

Tier 1:
Game of Thrones, Eastbound & Down

Tier 2:
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Tier 3:
Boardwalk Empire, Bored to Death

Tier 4:
Treme, How To Make It in America

Tier Z:
True Blood, Hung

[nakedlunch]

yeah fucc completely forgot how legit EB&D is

those tiers look about right. have never seen htmiia but it looks stupid as hell

[bluemovers]

Very excited for this.

and re: Current HBO programming

Tier 1:
Game of Thrones, Eastbound & Down

Tier 2:
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Tier 3:
Boardwalk Empire, Bored to Death

Tier 4:
Treme, How To Make It in America

Tier Z:
True Blood, Hung

i think i agree with this completely

[Broncobama]

How To Make It in America

so bad

[nakedlunch]

did you watch game of thrones? every episode is like the new girl youre dating taking her shirt off for the first time over and over

[Broncobama]

did you watch game of thrones? every episode is like the new girl youre dating taking her shirt off for the first time over and over

sounds pretty good

i wanted to read the first book before I started that one

[Feech La Manna]

I will fully admit to being a bit of an HBO fanboy but they've always had shit running alongside the good stuff. Remember Arli$$?

[nakedlunch]

arliss was one of those shows I never had to watch to know with 100% certainty it was a piece of shit

I actually kind of like life and times of tim.

[pissydan]

dont diss life and times of tim.

how to make it and hung are both AWFUL. treme is better than bored to death.

[pissydan]

arliss was one of those shows I never had to watch to know with 100% certainty it was a piece of shit

I actually kind of like life and times of tim.

no 1 ladies detective agency...

[pissydan]

they shoulda made more braingames.

[badhat]

i do not identify at all with anyone who doesnt have a huge boner for Luck.