DamnYankees: For my money, no show has ever had a better full cast than The West Wing, though.

I'd put this Milch show up against anything ever on TV for best cast. Sadly, it only lasted for eight episodes. Ed O'Neill's performance was worthy of all known awards, and the rest of the cast kept up.

As long as it's not John from Cincinnati.

Cagey B: As long as it's not John from Cincinnati.

Which also had a ridiculously good cast, by the way.

set in the world of California horse racing

Goddammit.

NewportBarGuy: Nope, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice... can't get fooled again.

The show will be awesome and by the middle of the second season HBO will biatch about the budget and pull the plug.

They did it to me with Deadwood and Rome.

Fark you, you filthy cocksuckers!

/Of course I'll watch this.

Rome was almost totally bankrolled by entities other than HBO, and the plug wasn't pulled. It was planned to end after the second season.

Deadwood was awesome, Rome was quite good too. This new project interests me, cawkzuckers.

With that kind of hyperbole, the show is certain to get a lot of "meh"s from the meh crowd.

DamnYankees: NewportBarGuy: Nope, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice... can't get fooled again.

The show will be awesome and by the middle of the second season HBO will biatch about the budget and pull the plug.

They did it to me with Deadwood and Rome.

Fark you, you filthy cocksuckers!

/Of course I'll watch this.

While it sucks, HBO shows tend to not have mysteries. They are more just spending time in a certain place and watching stuff happen. So when they get canceled, it's not like there's unsolved mysteries. It just sucks we don't get to spend more time in those worlds.

/Carnivale not included

So, you were not disappointed that there was no showdown between Al Swerengen and Herst? Or a story arc about how Al gets run out of town? That they did not actually do the the town burns to the farking ground story line?

On Rome you did not want to see the story arc of Attia and Octavians wife going at it? Or stories about how Octavian black mailed senators, murdered generals, and built an empire on the bones of his enemies?

What the hell is wrong with you? Did X-Files ruin you forever?

California Horse Racing? Who gives a shiat? They could cast Ian McShane, Kevin McKidd, and the guy who played McNulty and I couldn't get interested in that subject.

Just bring back Deadwood, dammit.

Not only will HBO cancel it prematurely, they will do so at the end of an episode when this is occurring:

•The alien is emerging from its hiding place in the lifeboat.
•Bill Murray is whispering something inaudible into the girl's ear.
•God and Satan are preparing for their final clash.
•The asteroid is hours away from impact.
•Scarlet Johanson is slowly peeling off Christina Hendricks' top.

Slaves2Darkness: So, you were not disappointed that there was no showdown between Al Swerengen and Herst? Or a story arc about how Al gets run out of town? That they did not actually do the the town burns to the farking ground story line?

Not only that, but the HBO hoopleheads "promised" two movies (essentially long episodes ) to wrap up the show after it was announced it was canceled.

I'm still waiting for those.

hoopleheaded cocksucking motherfarking HBO will ruin this again.

I'm just getting to the end of Deadwood season 1, and knowing that all that got cut pretty short is making me want to go tell some HBO hoopleheads that their droopy eyes look like the hood on a coont.

Also I am displeased with their cancellation.

KhamanV: I'm just getting to the end of Deadwood season 1, and knowing that all that got cut pretty short is making me want to go tell some HBO hoopleheads that their droopy eyes look like the hood on a coont.

Also I am displeased with their cancellation.

The fact is, no other network would have carried the show for as long, let alone even green-lit it.

^ at the cast


Deadwood is farking awesome, partway through season 3 and REALLY not looking forward to it ending.

NewportBarGuy: Nope, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice... can't get fooled again.

The show will be awesome and by the middle of the second season HBO will biatch about the budget and pull the plug.

They did it to me with Deadwood and Rome.

Fark you, you filthy cocksuckers!

/Of course I'll watch this.

Anyone who casts doubts on this post sucks cock by choice.

NewportBarGuy: Nope, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice... can't get fooled again.

The show will be awesome and by the middle of the second season HBO will biatch about the budget and pull the plug.

They did it to me with Deadwood and Rome.

Fark you, you filthy cocksuckers!

/Of course I'll watch this.

Well they didn't cut The Wire short so they have that going for them, which is nice. Second season of Rome was an "extra" that was never originally planned. Deadwood not having a 4th (and final) season was sad though. I was under the impression it was the writers/producers not HBO that decided to do no more (these are the same clowns who wrote John from Cincinnati).

Rome at least had an ending. A good, satisfying conclusion. Deadwood was coitus interruptus. And no cigarette after.

But I'm sure I'll give this a try.

Game of Thrones.

That is all.

thornhill:

The fact is, no other network would have carried the show for as long, let alone even green-lit it.

Granted, and yet, I am still disappointed with them. Perhaps some other channels should nut up and provide both competition and incentive to keep a strong show going.

KhamanV: thornhill:

The fact is, no other network would have carried the show for as long, let alone even green-lit it.

Granted, and yet, I am still disappointed with them. Perhaps some other channels should nut up and provide both competition and incentive to keep a strong show going.

You really shouldn't be. "John from Cincinnati" is the perfect example of the risks HBO is willing to take risks and the artistic freedom they're willing to give their show-makers. On any other network, including Showtime, production would have been canceled after the executives saw the rough cuts for 3 or 4 episodes.

I'll say it. I liked John From Cincinnati. That's right.

Franklin Delano Bluth: Deadwood is farking awesome, partway through season 3 and REALLY not looking forward to it ending.

That was my situation a couple weeks ago. I was almost putting off episodes because I didn't want it to end. Real shame it just fizzled out like that, but a truly enjoyable series.

/Swidgen!

Tenebreux: Rome was almost totally bankrolled by entities other than HBO, and the plug wasn't pulled. It was planned to end after the second season.

^This.
Season 2 ends with the ascension of Augustus, and from a history-writ-large kind of deal, there wasn't much interesting happening in the Empire to be the 'A' story (assuming 'A' is the Patrician storyline, 'B' is the Plebian one) that would make interesting viewing. Personally, I liked how Rome ended up.

Anyone who wants more of Rome should get their mitts on I, Claudius, which takes up in the time of Augustus. Not as rich in production values, but extremely well acted and has a dash or two of the old full frontal.

Looking forward to this. There's still a Wire shaped hole in my life but Season 3 of Breaking Bad will tide me over for a while...

Milch is on my KOS list.

NewportBarGuy: Nope, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice... can't get fooled again.


And here I thought you were about to launch into a well-placed rant against John from Cincinnati.

DamnYankees: HBO shows tend to not have mysteries. They are more just spending time in a certain place and watching stuff happen. So when they get canceled, it's not like there's unsolved mysteries.

*AHEM*

while we wait this is getting pretty awesome by the week :


satisfyingly gory and violent with a decent plot

one more to drive the point home :

KhamanV: I'm just getting to the end of Deadwood season 1, and knowing that all that got cut pretty short is making me want to go tell some HBO hoopleheads that their droopy eyes look like the hood on a coont.

Also I am displeased with their cancellation.

The only thing I can tell you is Deadwood has held up to repeat viewings. So you have that going for you. Just enjoy where you are now.

Nobody says fark like Dennis Farina

RobSeace: Stray Slacker: I'll say it. I liked John From Cincinnati. That's right.

Me too... It was delightfully weird and funny... I was really curious where they were going with things...

It was weird enough to keep me interested. I would have liked 1 more season to wrap everything up.

drunkness_monster00: RobSeace: Stray Slacker: I'll say it. I liked John From Cincinnati. That's right.

Me too... It was delightfully weird and funny... I was really curious where they were going with things...

It was weird enough to keep me interested. I would have liked 1 more season to wrap everything up.

Seems like a reoccurring theme with HBO.