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Sep 21
I harshed on Boardwalk Empire for fun and profit today! Who will feel the wrath of my poison pen NEXT week?? tylercoates: bbook: Nothing about the show feels exciting or fresh or fun, a problem that came into stark (pardon the pun) relief with the premiere of Game of Thrones, which did all those great-show HBO things but also managed to get viewers actually excited. Nucky’s dealing and killing and making the moves he needs to make to become a Prohibition kingpin—hey, way to get that Justice Department stooge in your pocket!—meanwhile, in Westeros, there’s beheadings and dragons and androgynous knights! We’re Breaking Up with Boardwalk Empire Joe Reid, BlackBook contributor! 

I harshed on Boardwalk Empire for fun and profit today! Who will feel the wrath of my poison pen NEXT week??

tylercoates:

bbook:

Nothing about the show feels exciting or fresh or fun, a problem that came into stark (pardon the pun) relief with the premiere of Game of Thrones, which did all those great-show HBO things but also managed to get viewers actually excited. Nucky’s dealing and killing and making the moves he needs to make to become a Prohibition kingpin—hey, way to get that Justice Department stooge in your pocket!—meanwhile, in Westeros, there’s beheadings and dragons and androgynous knights!

We’re Breaking Up with Boardwalk Empire

Joe Reid, BlackBook contributor! 

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