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09-25-2015 , 11:16 AM

Pokerisfunny

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4270492/

Premiere isnt untill january 17th 2016 but this seem to have lots of potential and I look forward to this alot.

The rooster looks super solid with Paul Giamatti that was superb in "Too Big to Fail" and Damian Lewis who crushed it in "Homeland" for example.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/_raEUMLL-ZI

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09-25-2015 , 06:02 PM

Dominic

Tripod

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,260

ooooh, looks evil. i love it

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12-18-2015 , 07:12 PM

Pokerisfunny

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 478

Im super hyped for this!

January 17th!

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01-02-2016 , 05:36 AM

dfb89

old hand

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,293

I saw show on eztv guess it was leaked, pilot was good. I'll be following

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01-02-2016 , 01:53 PM

mumpfmampf

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,553

Can somebody please find proper words/reasonings for my gut feeling that casting D. Lewis for this part is just horrible?

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01-02-2016 , 04:18 PM

NhlNut

KANGZ

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,186

Available 'on demand'

Premier was meh. Could go either way.

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01-02-2016 , 07:33 PM

pindawg

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Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,153

Premier was good. Damien Lewis is a corrupt stock broker, who was the only one from his firm that survived 9/11 (he wasn't in the building). It will be interesting to see how corrupt he really is, or how far he is willing to go to protect his safety and image.

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01-02-2016 , 08:38 PM

Pokerisfunny

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 478

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Originally Posted by mumpfmampf

Can somebody please find proper words/reasonings for my gut feeling that casting D. Lewis for this part is just horrible?

Why? Any example would do.

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01-02-2016 , 08:41 PM

Yeti

Abominable

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,208

from a different thread:

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Originally Posted by Yeti

billions is written by brian koppelman and david levien (rounders). their recent output has been awful but i'm optimistic this will be good.

the first six episodes as screeners have been circulating for a while and i'm slightly surprised they haven't leaked. koppelman keeps retweeting people raving about how good it is, but i don't know who any of those people are.

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01-02-2016 , 08:46 PM

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riverboatking

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Originally Posted by Pokerisfunny

always makes me shake my head when ppl refer to lewis as the guy from homeland rather than from band of brothers.

just starred in the GOAT tv production.

as for this show I liked the pilot enough to keep watching but it would not suprise me if it becomes unwatchable by mid season.

paul giamatti is awesome as usual, but could def see alot of potential cheeseball ****, esp with lewis' wife.

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01-03-2016 , 09:49 AM

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Pokerisfunny

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 478

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Originally Posted by riverboatking

always makes me shake my head when ppl refer to lewis as the guy from homeland rather than from band of brothers.

just starred in the GOAT tv production.

hehe I havent seen band of brothers (

) so I refered to what I knew, that he did crush it in Homeland (first seasons atleast).

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01-03-2016 , 07:10 PM

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Michael888

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,761

Umm idk what that post is someone can delete it.

Thought it was meh. Has potential, obviously he will be revealed as a full blown gangster soon enough.

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01-04-2016 , 07:49 AM

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Jusbe

adept

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,158

Was excited about this when they announced it, but damn that was sort of bad. Can't really see it getting much better either.

Last edited by Jusbe; 01-04-2016 at 07:57 AM.

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01-04-2016 , 10:09 AM

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skillgambler

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i thought it was quite good

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01-04-2016 , 03:31 PM

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Very good IMO

The person who played George Reemus in Boardwalk Empire is in the show

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01-05-2016 , 02:48 PM

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Saya

enthusiast

Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 67

anyone else thought he is kind of a cheap frobisher knockoff?

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01-12-2016 , 05:11 PM

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revots33

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Saw the first ep. Pretty bad. Lame/cheesy dialogue. Had a distinctly CBS network show feel to it. Not gonna stick with this one.

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01-12-2016 , 06:54 PM

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[Phill]

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Watched this a few days ago. Thought it was pretty awesome.

Had a great wall street feel to it.

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01-18-2016 , 12:09 PM

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housenuts

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Finally got around to watching the pilot. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to future eps.

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01-18-2016 , 12:10 PM

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housenuts

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Originally Posted by Yeti

ep 2 is leaked

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01-18-2016 , 02:02 PM

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nyc999

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Originally Posted by revots33

Had a distinctly CBS network show feel to it.

I plan on watching the pilot this week, although that's the worst feedback someone could level on a TV show.

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01-18-2016 , 02:50 PM

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OneOut

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Strong start. Liked how they set up Homeland to be this incredibly likable and generous guy so they can show us how evil he really for however long this show exists.

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01-18-2016 , 03:39 PM

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BABARtheELEPHANT

old hand

Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,920

Characters are a little 2 dimensionals for my taste so far but I'll stick to it, the potential is there.

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01-18-2016 , 05:43 PM

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[Phill]

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Enjoyed a lot of the second ep. Lewis and Giamatti are putting in great performances imo. Its not particularly believable (though I'd believe a lot could be real) but it achieves what i believe it is aiming at.