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CHENZ A! · 09-20-2010, 11:07 AM

Buscemi is playing a crooked politician, not a gangster.. I think he pulls it off pretty well.
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**gblowfish** · 09-20-2010, 11:22 AM

I love Buscemi, he's just fun to watch, like Christopher Walken or John Malkovich.
BTW: who makes the best psycho character of those three guys?

keg in kc · 09-20-2010, 03:21 PM

Buscemi is a great actor, I'm glad to finally see him be the centerpiece of something.

I've watched about 20 minutes, the quality of the production is just amazing.

Jenson71 · 09-20-2010, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Buscemi is a great actor, I'm glad to finally see him be the centerpiece of something.

I've watched about 20 minutes, the quality of the production is just amazing.

And I wonder how much of that is paid from product placements. I read that Nucky's car is a Rolls Royce, but other than that, I'm not sure what other products are still around. Coke? Some cigarette types? General Electric?

It's great HBO is willing to take the risk to put up this type of period show, re-creating sets and costumes.

Deberg_1990 · 09-20-2010, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jenson71

And I wonder how much of that is paid from product placements. I read that Nucky's car is a Rolls Royce, but other than that, I'm not sure what other products are still around. Coke? Some cigarette types? General Electric?

It's great HBO is willing to take the risk to put up this type of period show, re-creating sets and costumes.

Alot of the backgrounds were done with CGI making the sets appear bigger than they really are. But it was done very well from what i could tell.

Jenson71 · 09-20-2010, 05:56 PM

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Alot of the backgrounds were done with CGI making the sets appear bigger than they really are. But it was done very well from what i could tell.

Oh, definitely. But I'm pretty sure that there's still a lot of elaborate building that goes on.

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DaneMcCloud Quote: HBO doesn't engage in product placements, at least not in the past.

Interesting. Did not know that.

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-20-2010, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jenson71

And I wonder how much of that is paid from product placements.

HBO doesn't engage in product placements, at least not in the past.

CHENZ A! · 09-20-2010, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

HBO doesn't engage in product placements, at least not in the past.

Is this sarcasm? honest question. Because maybe it's coincidence, but I see a lot of product placement on Entourage especially. Every time they have a beer it's a Budweiser.

**Buck** · 09-20-2010, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

HBO doesn't engage in product placements, at least not in the past.

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Originally Posted by CHENZ A!

Is this sarcasm? honest question. Because maybe it's coincidence, but I see a lot of product placement on Entourage especially. Every time they have a beer it's a Budweiser.

Entourage is the king of Product Placement, but a lot of times its different products every week.

If you watched Hard Knocks with the Jets, Pepsi and Taco Bell were mentioned/shown a lot. Not sure if thats on HBO or the Jets.

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-20-2010, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CHENZ A!

Is this sarcasm? honest question. Because maybe it's coincidence, but I see a lot of product placement on Entourage especially. Every time they have a beer it's a Budweiser.

That's the producer's choice.

HBO is a subscription service and to my knowledge, does not accept cash for product placement.

Doug Ellin recently mentioned this in an article.

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/how_...nOQmgjFX38MnzI

Ellin said he couldn't charge for product placements even if he wanted to, because HBO is an advertising-free channel. But he uses real brands the way he uses real celebrities, like Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who was in a recent episode.

"I try to keep it as real as possible," said Ellin. That's why E (Kevin Connolly) drinks Belvedere on the rocks and Johnny Drama (Kevin Dillon) orders Johnny Walker Blue. "Guys have specific tastes," Ellin observed.

Jenson71 · 09-20-2010, 03:35 PM

Some things reminded me instantly of The Sopranos. First, that big brick/or red house. I feel like that's the house Tony kept coming back to when he was on the brink of death (if he had gone in the house, that was symbolic of his passing). Also, the boardwalk scenes, and the opening credits, while anyone is looking out into the ocean, reminds me of Tony's fish dreams.

TrickyNicky · 09-20-2010, 10:43 PM

Saw this on a friends DVR. It was amazing. This looks worth 10 bucks a month.

**KcMizzou** · 09-21-2010, 01:28 AM

Omar sighting...

**Buck** · 09-21-2010, 03:20 AM

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Omar sighting...

I was happy his name was in the opening credits, I was disappointed he only had one line.

Although in The Wire, he didn't even show up til the 3rd or 4th episode.

**gblowfish** · 09-21-2010, 10:11 AM

Apparently, there's a rule on HBO that you must say the work fuck every 90 seconds or so.
It took approx 90 seconds for the first F-Bomb in Boardwalk. I always think HBO drops F-Bombs just because they can.

Also there must be gratuitous nudity at some point. There was, full frontal nudity in the funeral parlor scene. And Buscemi gets laid by a chick who keeps screaming Ride 'em Cowboy...

NTTAWWT.

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09-21-2010, 10:11 AM	#15
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17646178 VARSITY	Apparently, there's a rule on HBO that you must say the work fuck every 90 seconds or so. It took approx 90 seconds for the first F-Bomb in Boardwalk. I always think HBO drops F-Bombs just because they can. Also there must be gratuitous nudity at some point. There was, full frontal nudity in the funeral parlor scene. And Buscemi gets laid by a chick who keeps screaming Ride 'em Cowboy... NTTAWWT.
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