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Socrates1
Am I right? Doesn't everybody who watches this show want to know more about [Juno]?
Nah - I'm not impressed with her at all, and I don't think I'm supposed to be -
she comes across as a fantasy babe for the gentlemen viewers to enjoy.
As swiss says she looks/talks/acts like someone who's wandered in from Queens in anachronistic hair, rather than the wild thing from a wealthy family that she's supposed to be. (And for me it didn't help that her mother's Polish pronunciation was so terrible - mercy, they have a city full of Poles to call on to get it right!)
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And thanks, swiss, for more of your insights. I'm glad you're getting so much out of the show. Apparently I just expect a show to do more of the work filling in those fleeting moments and half-baked characters instead of leaving us to guess about quite so much. I don't feel like I need to be hit over the head with things - I think I do fine with nuances and subtlety - but this series is simply leaving too much out.
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When I could still get into the "vinyl cuts" site I read an interview with Olivia Wilde explaining what Devon and the Swedish chick are about, what motivates them, how they feel, etc. Great, big help - but why do I have to read this in an interview?? It should be conveyed on the screen.
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I'll watch this episode again (well, I watch them all twice, to make sure I'm getting my money's worth :E )
The basement party scene was nicely done. The bat was hilarious!
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Swiss in Las Vegas?! I hope you settle in nicely, and that you'll tell us more when you're ready to
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Socrates1
Jamie Vine steals every scene she’s in, IMO.
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How did anybody ever wear polyester clothes? Do the characters seem like they’re agitated? Are there too many pained expressions on the their faces? They seem like they’re miserable sometimes. Maybe it’s the polyester, or they just know the writing has kind of sucked. “This was all really funny as it went down.” Yeah, that’s not totally coming across.
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All the other bit players are orbiting around a dying sun. Richie is too much the center of the show’s universe.
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swiss
I do know if I looked at Vinyl in an even slightly different way, I probably wouldn't like it as much as I do. If I viewed it through the lens of being a Scorsese production...his recurring preoccupations/themes of nihilism, of the world being deeply dark and chaotic, of life having at its core a continuous, brutal, amoral grappling match to the death among men of power, of there being very few redemptive qualities of human beings and existence itself probably doesn't feature anything resembling redemption, of love probably not being real or at least not terribly relevant. That's all present in Vinyl, and is tedious to me, but I'm captivated by the show's attention to moments, wherein far more life, grace, humor, truths, complexity, fluidity, and spontaneity lives. Which is what I dig, because moments and the moments between moments is where the juice of life and art live
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Totally agree, GREEK! Ok, so maybe YOU WILL TELL ME which character is supposed to be Gram Parsons! I also can't imagine Richie leaving...being killed off! I love his character! When will the series resume? Is there a start-up date in the fall?
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mickschix
which character is supposed to be Gram Parsons!
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I do know if I looked at Vinyl in an even slightly different way, I probably wouldn't like it as much as I do. If I viewed it through the lens of being a Scorsese production...his recurring preoccupations/themes of nihilism, of the world being deeply dark and chaotic, of life having at its core a continuous, brutal, amoral grappling match to the death among men of power, of there being very few redemptive qualities of human beings and existence itself probably doesn't feature anything resembling redemption, of love probably not being real or at least not terribly relevant. That's all present in Vinyl, and is tedious to me, but I'm captivated by the show's attention to moments, wherein far more life, grace, humor, truths, complexity, fluidity, and spontaneity lives. Which is what I dig, because moments and the moments between moments is where the juice of life and art live
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If everybody had your sunny disposition the world would have no problems. This was a nice passage from you here.
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Thank you! Not sure what's sunny about it smiling smiley
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Thank you! Not sure what's sunny about it smiling smiley
You're just very sunny. That's a good quality. Accept it. You're wonderful.
Hello, i think Vinyl will be back February, or March 2017.Funny story i was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony last Friday night at the Barclay center (Deep Purple, Chicago,Steve Miller NWA,and Cheap Trick (who i really love a lot from the start way back in the seventies) and when the HBO table was pointed out to me with Bobby Cannavale, Max Casale ,Juno Temple and Ray Romano that just made me so happy to see the cast of my new favorite TV show !!! I really love VINYL !!!!!!!Quote
mickschix
Totally agree, GREEK! Ok, so maybe YOU WILL TELL ME which character is supposed to be Gram Parsons! I also can't imagine Richie leaving...being killed off! I love his character! When will the series resume? Is there a start-up date in the fall?
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I call foul on those underpants
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TheGreek
okay last night when Kip was lights out and Ritchie comes over just before he is supposed to hit the stage what does Ritchie shoot him up with to wake him up ? speedball ?
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TheGreek
okay last night when Kip was lights out and Ritchie comes over just before he is supposed to hit the stage what does Ritchie shoot him up with to wake him up ? speedball ?
This scene made me laugh!
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I call foul on those underpants
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Marhsall
Overall I'd give the show a strong recommendation. Good acting. Amazing Soundtrack! Though I can't see this show having a strong following w/ anyone under 35 or who doesn't know their history.
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I call foul on those underpants
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CloudCat
yeah!
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camper88
I concur ... they use the tightest whitest underwear in a scene where they're completely wrong.