What is HBO going to create next?
08-19-06, 06:28 PM
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What is HBO going to create next?
The end of most of their dramas, Sopranos has its final 7(?) episodes coming up this January, this is deadwoods last season (besides the planned 2 2-hour specials) and Rome has only one more season left, what is HBO going to do now? There any word on possible new hour long dramas coming up? I know they still have the wire and Entourage, and the new show Lucky Louie, but I hope they will continue to make epic dramas like sopranos and deadwood.
Personally I am hoping for a realistic pirate show. (no Johnny Depp comedy but real life rugged raping and pillaging pirates).
Personally I am hoping for a realistic pirate show. (no Johnny Depp comedy but real life rugged raping and pillaging pirates).
08-19-06, 06:59 PM
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Hold up, Rome and Deadwood are ending next season? Where'd you guys read this? Links perhaps? And why so soon?
Still, my favorite show on HBO right now is Entourage. I think this show is as close to perfect as it gets. It's just so good. And after the first episode, I think Lucky Louie has picked up. I kind of like it. It's better than the crap sitcoms they usually try to push on us and is a thousand time more realistic in its portrayal of life.
Still, my favorite show on HBO right now is Entourage. I think this show is as close to perfect as it gets. It's just so good. And after the first episode, I think Lucky Louie has picked up. I kind of like it. It's better than the crap sitcoms they usually try to push on us and is a thousand time more realistic in its portrayal of life.
08-19-06, 07:01 PM
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Maybe a show about people who are obsessed about DVDs.Look at the original posters name.
08-19-06, 07:05 PM
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I would like to see a horror series somewhere along the lines of the attempted Nightmare on Elm St. tv series either that or something like Friday the 13th tv series.
08-19-06, 07:23 PM
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I would also like to see a tv series based on the movie Scanners.You could call it Scanners-25 yrs Later and bring back Mike Ironside and Jennifer O'Neal(still hot after all these years).
08-19-06, 08:15 PM
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Alot of the shows that HBO produces are really expensive. Deadwood costs over $5M an episode. Producing The Wire in Baltimore has got to be really expensive as well. So, I think they are going to be really selective on what projects they decide to take on, especially since they are a subscriber based channel with zero ad money coming.
08-19-06, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by hiccup
Hold up, Rome and Deadwood are ending next season? Where'd you guys read this? Links perhaps? And why so soon?
Still, my favorite show on HBO right now is Entourage. I think this show is as close to perfect as it gets. It's just so good. And after the first episode, I think Lucky Louie has picked up. I kind of like it. It's better than the crap sitcoms they usually try to push on us and is a thousand time more realistic in its portrayal of life.
Still, my favorite show on HBO right now is Entourage. I think this show is as close to perfect as it gets. It's just so good. And after the first episode, I think Lucky Louie has picked up. I kind of like it. It's better than the crap sitcoms they usually try to push on us and is a thousand time more realistic in its portrayal of life.
I'm surprised you haven't read about Deadwood. HBO and David Milch agreed to produce two 2 hour movies to wrap up the series. There was a thread about this several months ago.
08-19-06, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by pinata242
Cancel everything and bring back Carnivale and I'd be happy.
Eh, that was my least favorite, they shouldn't have made Sopranos Season 6 and made 2 more seasons of Rome.
08-19-06, 10:05 PM
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Alan (Six Feet Under) Ball is developing a series based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire series of books. Link
David (Deadwood) Milch is developing a show called "John From Cincinnati" based on the works of Kem Nunn (Nunn is also involved in developing the show). The show has been described as "surf noir." Link
Big Love is still around, and the Wire will probably go to a fifth season (the fourth season starts in a few weeks).
David (Deadwood) Milch is developing a show called "John From Cincinnati" based on the works of Kem Nunn (Nunn is also involved in developing the show). The show has been described as "surf noir." Link
Big Love is still around, and the Wire will probably go to a fifth season (the fourth season starts in a few weeks).
08-19-06, 11:15 PM
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Although I'm not a fan of every HBO show created in the last few years, I recognize the quality of each one. That faith was severely shakened with the stillborn Lucky Louie.
08-19-06, 11:28 PM
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"Big Love" and "The Wire" are probably a lot cheaper to produce than period/genre shows like "Rome," "Deadwood," and "Carnivale," since they don't require special sets, props, and costumes.
I would expect that we'll be seeing more shows that HBO can produce on the cheap, and less period and genre projects.
I would expect that we'll be seeing more shows that HBO can produce on the cheap, and less period and genre projects.
08-19-06, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
"Big Love" and "The Wire" are probably a lot cheaper to produce than period/genre shows like "Rome," "Deadwood," and "Carnivale," since they don't require special sets, props, and costumes.
I would expect that we'll be seeing more shows that HBO can produce on the cheap, and less period and genre projects.
I would expect that we'll be seeing more shows that HBO can produce on the cheap, and less period and genre projects.
I hope not, thats why HBO was so great.
08-20-06, 08:55 AM
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I thought I had heard/read somewhere that a Pacific Theatre version of Band of Brothers was in the works?
08-20-06, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
Although I'm not a fan of every HBO show created in the last few years, I recognize the quality of each one. That faith was severely shakened with the stillborn Lucky Louie.
08-20-06, 12:10 PM
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Sure Lucky Louie is extremely hit and miss, but Big Love is one of the best HBO shows still in production IMO. It started off slow, but the writing and acting are top notch, and it was definitely more satisfying than this past season of The Sopranos. I think their only missteps of late are Carnivale which I couldn't get into and LL, which I still enjoy moments of (overall, it's pretty brutal though). Hopefully they'll have some more great stuff up their sleeve...looking forward to the new Milch show for sure.
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08-20-06, 01:17 PM
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Yeah, we'll probably see more series along the lines of "Big Love". I'm guessing about 80% of that show is shot on a studio lot (the home and backyard is so obviously a studio set it almost takes away from the "realism"). I think it's obvious HBO doesn't have the cash flow to invest in "big" (i.e. expensive) series anymore...at least for now.
Of course, that doesn't mean the shows won't be enjoyable...after a horrible pilot and a slow start, "Big Love" became quite entertaining.
Of course, that doesn't mean the shows won't be enjoyable...after a horrible pilot and a slow start, "Big Love" became quite entertaining.
08-20-06, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by The Bus
I just want some kind of wrap-up to Mind of the Married Man.
Ditto for Carnivale!