HBO Max Discussion

[slickdtc]

I didn’t see a thread for HBO Max shows and series, and didn’t think it appropriate to add series to the movies thread or HBO stuff to the Netflix thread. Please merge/delete if it already exists, searching on mobile app is practically useless.

Just started The Undoing with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. One episode in, with the drama hitting at the end of it. It’s setting up, so I’m all in.

Watched Mare of Easttown, and being from the area (they filmed parts down the street from my work, others in local bars), it was an extra thrill. Great series on its own, it hit close to home thematically besides literally hitting close to home. A must-watch if you dig murder mysteries or something like True Detective.

I also knocked out In the Heights, a musical about life in Washington Heights in NYC. It was a fun, out of my usual interests watch... I don’t think I’ve ever willingly watched a musical before. A nice storytelling of the life as a resident.

What else ya got?

[Jolly Roger]

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I recently finished all of Westworld, which has its own thread here but it's pretty dead. I can see why with how bad Season 3 was, lol. Season 1 was as good as anything ever made though. Well worth it just for Season 1.

[RockinDaMike]

HBO Max Discussion

I’m currently on Deadwood, never seen it but I see why people call it a classic. Ian McShane is fantastic.

Never seen a Rick and Morty episode in my life so I’m gonna start that.

Love the selection of movies, so many classics.


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[JayBee74]

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I’m currently on Deadwood, never seen it but I see why people call it a classic. Ian McShane is fantastic.

Never seen a Rick and Morty episode in life so I’m gonna start that.

Love the selection of movies, so many classics.

Deadwood had some serious brutality in it.

Have to catch up with Rick and Morty because the DVR interface for new shows has always been sketchy.

[Jolly Roger]

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I’m currently on Deadwood, never seen it but I see why people call it a classic. Ian McShane is fantastic.

SWEDGIN!!!

Deadwood might be my #3 fave after Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire. HBO didn't make many mistakes, but not giving Deadwood a full run of 5 or 6 seasons was one of them.

The swearing on that show is an interesting feature. I recall David Milch saying he didn't want to use period vulgarity because it would've sounded quaint to modern ears and wouldn't carry the same effect as intended at the time, so that's why he updated it and everything is ****sucker this and ****sucker that.

BTW, really old school HBO show to watch if it's on there: Carnivale. Never got quite the same acclaim as a lot of the other shows, but I loved it.

[Blzer]

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I missed Those Who Wish Me Dead. Didn't realize it would be knocked off of there so quickly.

I'll likely check out In The Heights, but I'm way too backlogged on shows to start watching any of these before I see some other ones.

[RockinDaMike]

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SWEDGIN!!!

Deadwood might be my #3 fave after Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire. HBO didn't make many mistakes, but not giving Deadwood a full run of 5 or 6 seasons was one of them.

The swearing on that show is an interesting feature. I recall David Milch saying he didn't want to use period vulgarity because it would've sounded quaint to modern ears and wouldn't carry the same effect as intended at the time, so that's why he updated it and everything is ****sucker this and ****sucker that.

BTW, really old school HBO show to watch if it's on there: Carnivale. Never got quite the same acclaim as a lot of the other shows, but I loved it.

Glad you pointed out the language because it seemed off to me that they would talk like that in that time period but totally understand why they would do it, especially if you need to portray how tough these guys are in a lawless town.

I also gotta check out Carnivale, my buddy always told me to get the single season.

One show I always avoided is Oz. I just couldn’t handle hearing how much rape was in the show. I may have the stomach for it now as much older.


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[Jolly Roger]

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One show I always avoided is Oz. I just couldn’t handle hearing how much rape was in the show. I may have the stomach for it now as much older.

Oh yeah, Oz was horrifying. I still find J.K. Simmons terrifying to this day. Anything prison-related is just so dreary.

[Jolly Roger]

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Oh and then there's True Detective Season 1. Eff, that was a great season of television. Season 3 was also pretty good. I never really gave Season 2 a proper shot.

It would take a long *** time to watch all the quality stuff HBO has to offer. I tried to convince my friend to give an HBO subscription on Amazon Prime a shot, she hasn't seen a single HBO show ever. I don't even know how she's functioning.

[kibaxx7]

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The platform was just made available in Latin America a couple of days ago, so I got in. Gotta catch up with Rick & Morty (saw seasons 1-3), time to watch Succession, and FINALLY, The Sopranos and True Detective.

[JayBee74]

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Oh yeah, Oz was horrifying. I still find J.K. Simmons terrifying to this day. Anything prison-related is just so dreary.

Oz was never uplifting but the Beecher-Schillinger (JK Simmons) stuff was something.

JK Simmons once said that Oz was a collections of young dumba$$ actors from the theater who were pretending to be tough guys (He stressed the exception was Chuck Zito, who wasn't pretending).

[lowpaiddonkey10]

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Well worth the $16. If I have one complaint it would be the snail speed they let you get around the site. Check out the great stuff on the TCM hub.

[Picci]

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Oct 1, 2021

Spoiler

<b>The Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story - Official Trailer (2021) Jon Bernthal, Ray Liot</b>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6MiXqUzI0

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[slickdtc]

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Oct 1, 2021

Spoiler

<b>The Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story - Official Trailer (2021) Jon Bernthal, Ray Liot</b>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6MiXqUzI0

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I think it’s time to watch The Sopranos. One of those super highly acclaimed series I just... never watched. I’ve become so glued to a short 7 episode series or watching new stuff as it comes out that I find it tougher to start something knowing you have multiple seasons, nearly 100 episodes, even though fully developed characters and stories is what we all want out of film entertainment. Go figure. Ha.

Finished up The Undoing and it was great. Very much a psychological thriller, probably could’ve been a long movie but at 6 episodes you get a new, believable gut-punch in each before finally arriving at the conclusion. Good twists, heavy themes, enough graphic content to be disturbed by it instead of numbed to it. Thought it did a great job of having the audience feel the turmoil that was going on.

[Armor and Sword]

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Same here. We never watched one minute of the Sopranos.

We are going to take the plunge


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