FTA-TV Show Me a Hero (HBO)

[Marlowe]

New show from David Simon (The Wire, Generation Kill, Treme) starring Oscar Isaac. Need I say more?



Starts in three weeks.

 

[JUBJUB]

Starts on Foxtels Showcase on monday August 17,just hours after the USA

 

[King Elvis]

Intredasting.

 

[JUBJUB]

Starts tonight on Showcase at 7.30pm

 

[Kakkle]

David Simon can do no wrong. Looking forward to this.

 

[Warsaw]

Annoying that Showcase is only showing 1 episode a week, whilst HBO are airing two weekly.

 

[HBF]

IQ'ing as I type.
Will watch later in the week.

 

[JUBJUB]

Spotted 4 or 5 actors from The Wire in the first ep

 

[Kakkle]

Spotted 4 or 5 actors from The Wire in the first ep

I didn't spot one, haha. But I have not seen The Wire in about 5 years.


Very solid first episode up. Looking forward to seeing how it unfolds.

 

[JUBJUB]

I didn't spot one, haha. But I have not seen The Wire in about 5 years.

Orlando the bartender in The Wire - he was the guy in the meeting with the black leaders and had a mo and they'd greyed up his hair
Maurice Levy the lawyer in The Wire
The white guy who worked with Mayor Carcetti & Norman in The Wire
Brother Mouzone - he was the black guy who kept asking his daughter "Are you working today ? What are you going to do today"

and apparantly Clarke Peters [Lester Freamon] was in it.Didn't spot him,so I'll have to look again

 

[Kakkle]

Thought that might've been Brother Mouzone.


I think Lester was the guy that was talking in the meeting with Jon Berntal. You only see the back of him.

 

[JUBJUB]

Thought that might've been Brother Mouzone.

The giveaway is how fast he talks

 

[Portmanteau]

Very promising start. Really keen to see how this shapes up. Oscar Isaac is a boss.

 

[Marlowe]

Intriguing politics aside, I'm wondering where the show is going with those ancillary characters who live in the public housing, because at the moment I'm not all that interested.

Also, Jon Bernthal should keep being in more things. Guy is a terrific character actor.

 

[Triple E]

Have most people in this thread seen only episode 1 (like me), or downloaded and watched the first two?

 

[JUBJUB]

Have most people in this thread seen only episode 1 (like me), or downloaded and watched the first two?

Only the one shown on Foxtel

 

[Godchin]

HBO are airing two weekly.

Cheers, didn't know they released them as pairs.

 

[grizzlym]

Intriguing politics aside, I'm wondering where the show is going with those ancillary characters who live in the public housing, because at the moment I'm not all that interested.

Also, Jon Bernthal should keep being in more things. Guy is a terrific character actor.

I remember trying to watch The Wire but had a few false starts, then it clicked. It was like the story was so big, with so many characters, and it took time for the series to reveal itself. I fear that this series will be over just when that starts to happen.

I'm really enjoying the story, the acting, the way its all put together, I'm just a tad concerned where they're going to get 'story' from.

 

[Godchin]

Loved the phone call scene between the lady and Wasicsko at the end of part 2. Great television.

 

[Godchin]

What a fantastic mini-series.

I'm glad I didn't (and advise everyone else to not) read about Yonkers/Wasicsko before watching the series.

 

[dylan123]

Yeah know a couple that had it ruined by reading up about Wasicsko, glad I didn't, certainly didn't go the way I was expecting it to. Was a solid watch.

 

[Heisenberg_]

I remember trying to watch The Wire but had a few false starts, then it clicked. It was like the story was so big, with so many characters, and it took time for the series to reveal itself. I fear that this series will be over just when that starts to happen.

I'm really enjoying the story, the acting, the way its all put together, I'm just a tad concerned where they're going to get 'story' from.

I think I started, stopped then restarted the first season 3 times, then I was hooked and binge watched the rest.

 

[JUBJUB]

Yeah know a couple that had it ruined by reading up about Wasicsko, glad I didn't, certainly didn't go the way I was expecting it to. Was a solid watch.

Just watched the final ep on Foxtel.Glad I never looked up anything about it otherwise the ending wouldn't have been as bigger a suprise as it was.

 

[Warsaw]

Is there anyone more important in the entire television/film medium than David Simon?

Highly compelling/compulsory viewing. Thought I'd spend an entire week with it, ended up going through it in two nights.

That was a defining Issac role. He's been great in everything recently, but he showed so much here. He's unravelling was deftly portrayed. Keener was awesome to watch. Ditto for Doreen and Carmen and their arc.

Credit to Paul Haggis too (still don't forgive him for Crash). The lottery scene and the council meetings had its respective air of heartbreak and intensity.

Not a series, but if I was putting it up against them this would be my favourite (so far) of the year. I absolutely adored it.

 

[Godchin]

My favourite for the year too. Talking about Simon - nobody does a better montage. I've had Bruce Springsteen and Hungry Heart stuck in my head for weeks now.

Hopefully his next show maintains the quality but I'm not excited about the idea of Maggie Gyllenhaal portraying a pornstar