Hung *Series Premiere* - "01" - 6/28/09
06-28-09, 01:49 AM
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Hung *Series Premiere* - "01" - 6/28/09
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Reviews have been mixed. Herc from AICN liked it. Maureen Ryan from the Chicago Tribune didn't, but she compared it to Breaking Bad which she also doesn't like.
Tonght's ep is 44 min, it's off next week along with True Blood for 4th of July weekend, and then when it comes back on the 12th it will be in the half hour between True Blood and the new season of Entourage.
06-28-09, 09:35 AM
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Re: Hung *Series Premiere* - "01" - 6/28/09
Kenny Bania is in it after all....
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Last edited by Quack; 06-28-09 at 09:38 AM.
06-28-09, 10:15 AM
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Re: Hung *Series Premiere* - "01" - 6/28/09
Excited to check it out. I worked on the pilot as an extra so wondering if there is a blink and you miss scene of me in the crowd at a high school basketball game. 
06-28-09, 12:11 PM
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06-28-09, 02:16 PM
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Looking forward to this. Love Thomas Jane. 
06-28-09, 09:51 PM
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Okay, I LOVED it.
Thomas Jane was great. The characters seem like they can be pretty deep and not just cliches. And the best part "I got a baseball scholarship to the University of Central Florida"
Thomas Jane was great. The characters seem like they can be pretty deep and not just cliches. And the best part "I got a baseball scholarship to the University of Central Florida"
06-28-09, 10:18 PM
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I was very disappointed. This brought neither the funny OR the sex. Seems like it's trying to be Californication and it doesn't even come close. I'll check it out one more time on the 12th while waiting for Entourage, but this may be one of those rare HBO shows I just can't get into.
06-28-09, 10:41 PM
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I liked it, but I also like anything Jane is in which helps.
I did chuckle when I saw his ex's new husband, was the guy he 'tortured' in The Punisher.
I did chuckle when I saw his ex's new husband, was the guy he 'tortured' in The Punisher.
06-28-09, 10:47 PM
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Well if I am interested in a premise, I will always give it more than the pilot. I will be tuning in. It was OK, but I definitely think it could get better now that the setup is out of the way.
06-29-09, 12:19 AM
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Re: Hung *Series Premiere* - "01" - 6/28/09
Loved this one...Jane was awesome, excellent use of Detroit and it totally felt like an episode of "Election" the series. I am in for this one.
06-29-09, 10:08 AM
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Re: Hung *Series Premiere* - "01" - 6/28/09
Found it pretty boring - not very funny at all - probably the least awesome thing Payne has done IMO. I'll give it a few more eps because I like the cast, but I didn't feel like anyone was particularly good here... and there is no way that Tom Jane and Anne Heche have kids that UGLY together.
06-29-09, 01:42 PM
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Not really. This might work if the lead and his ex-wife were regular lookign people. But they aren't (at least Heche wasn't in her youth). It doesn't work. And it looks like the boy has pumped a gallon of collogen into his lips. Seriously. I was put off by how unattractive these kids were.
06-29-09, 01:44 PM
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I think the casting of the kids was maybe my favorite part. You mean not everyone has anorexic runway model children?! But they're on TV?!?! 
Not a big Thomas Jane fan, and this role surprises me a bit, but I think that's why it works. I thought he was great.
"Fucker."
Not a big Thomas Jane fan, and this role surprises me a bit, but I think that's why it works. I thought he was great.
"Fucker."