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  8. 8.

    Schlemizel

    I sorta now how it ends so it takes the suspense out of it.

    As a kid I paid 25 cents to see their death car at the State Fair. That was pretty cool for a 14 YO boy to see even though at the time I had no idea who Bonnie & Clyde were. It was a few years before the movie came out. The next year I spent another quarter & saw Hitlers limo; I think its the one the “Band of Brothers” stole at the end of the war.

  9. 9.

    Svensker

    Nope. Kinda liked the first one — fabulous fashion — but really they weren’t very interesting people.

  10. 10.

    geg6

    I decided not to after reading an incredibly hilarious interview with the male lead who seemed to think he was some kind of know it all asshole. He seems to have thought that Penn’s film was a comedy. And that Clyde had premonitions that allowed him to make their miraculous getaways. Nope, not gonna watch after that.

  11. 11.

    gbear

    How can any cast for this remake even hold a candle to the original? I like the way The Guardian starts off their review of the new version:

    Your reaction to this bloated remake will depend on what level of desecration you are prepared to see visited on a beloved classic

  12. 12.

    SarahT

    @Chat Noir: Yeah, I’m going to miss Treme a lot, and only 3 more episodes after tonight. Sigh… Hope “Getting On” is renewed, at least.

  13. 13.

    WaterGIrl

    Is anybody watching Mob City? I have it set to record, but haven’t watched any of it yet.

  14. 14.

    Aji

    Not on your life. Watching the Saints.

    @WaterGIrl: I saw a rerun of the pilot episode. Or rather, I suppose I should say that I had it on the background while I did work on my laptop and sort of vaguely absored parts of it, because overall it bored the hell out of me. Impression? They were trying too hard for atmosphere at the expense of story. But I’d watch another episode or two to see if it improves.

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    Litlebritdiftrnt

    I am watching HGTV Hawaii episodes. The house hunter here has a “cup cake bakery” I suppose this is before the whole cup cake bubble went caboom. Other than video stores I have not seen any other business go out of business faster than cup cake bakeries.

  19. 19.

    Omnes Omnibus

    I can tell you what I won’t be watching later this month: 47 Ronin starring Keanu Reeves. Why? Because Keanu Reeves as a samurai.

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    @Litlebritdiftrnt

    As you have much greater familiarity with media across the pond than I, wanted to ask something.

    Have recently become hopelessly addicted to QI. It’s off-kilter humor, droll mockery and funhouse bawdiness, done while still offering real data, just cracks me up.

    Any quick recommendations for any similar programmes?

  21. 21.

    geg6

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    American Hustle looks like it might be pretty good.

    And I really want to see Out of the Furnace, which was filmed here in Braddock and Koppel, PA. Christian Bale actually worked for a couple of weeks at a steel mill in Koppel.

  22. 22.

    Cassidy

    @Omnes Omnibus: It looks fun. The writers, director, and producers were looking to make a full blown comic book fantasy and still do the story. In other words, they had a plan.

  31. 31.

    gogol's wife

    I just re-watched the first episode of Season 3 of Downton. What a great show. I love watching it the second time, when I don’t have to worry whether Mrs. Hughes is going to die, and I don’t have to restrain myself from letting my husband know that Matthew is going to die.

  32. 32.

    jharp

    @Schlemizel:

    Cool.

    My Dad used to take us into the “freak shows” at the Ohio State fair.

    I’d have been much better served to see the Bonnie and Clyde car.

    One of my memories and I shit you not was “turtle boy”. We paid money to watch a man with no arms and no legs open a pack of cigarettes and light one with a match.

  34. 34.

    PurpleGirl

    I thought about watching Bonnie and Clyde but the producers decided to use Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) as the theme song in the commercials and the movie. Knowing the song from its 1966 release, it is not related in any way that I can make out to the story of Bonnie and Clyde. I don’t mind old rock-n-roll being reused, but, please, let the lyrics be relevant to the use.

  35. 35.

    YellowJournalism

    Taping now. Watching later. Haven’t read any reviews so I don’t know what to expect.

  36. 36.

    James E Powell

    I guess I’m not a normal American; I have almost no interest in the ‘real stories’ of criminals. Maybe presidential assassins, but not bank robbers. How is that interesting?

  37. 37.

    Origuy

    @NotMax: I’ve gotten hooked on QI as well. I also like Mock the Week, which is about current events. I only get about half the references, but it’s so fast-paced that I don’t mind. It’s hosted by Dara O’Briain, who is on a lot of the QI episodes.

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    Uncle Ebeneezer

    @WaterGIrl: We watched the premiere. Meh. Trying way too hard to be cool. I know it’s a Noir thing but the dialogue is pretty ridiculous. Also the characters are pretty one-dimensional and the plot is mildly interesting but not fascinating. We’ve been watching Masters of Sex (which is amazing) and having just finished Boardwalk Empire, Mob City is pretty weak by comparison. Probably will stick with it just to see the LA landmarks etc., but not for anything more than that.

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    gwangung

    @Cassidy: I don’t quite recall the supernatural elements in the original….

    It feels like Hollywood trying to copy a bad Hong Kong director who’s trying to pull off a faux Japanese “thing”.

  42. 42.

    Cassidy

    @gwangung: The Chushingura has had so many interpretations done, I’m sure you’ll find one with some supernatural elements in it. Hell, the facts surrounding the “original” story are in dispute amongst scholars anyway. As I said, the writer and director were aiming for a comic book fantasy style telling, as so many other “serious” and “accurate” (as accurate as a legend can be) versions had been made, in the same vein of 300.

  45. 45.

    LanceThruster

    Probably…though I found it ironic that the commercials were being run in heavy rotation during CNN’s special on gun violence.

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