HBO's High-Class Problems: $100M 'Vinyl' Disappoints Amid 'Westworld,' David Fincher Woes
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The Watcher
Judging you from afar
I am into Vinyl, but it's playing to an extremely niche crowd of hardcore music fans that are going to recognize first-name references to musicians from 40+ years old and enjoy sitting through musical interludes of their least mainstream B-side songs for half the show. The story isn't strong enough yet to pull in anyone else and I don't know that it will ever get there. Hopefully it does, it's got the potential, it just needs to lighten up a little bit on the "for pretentious music fans" only requirement. They shouldn't have started out there, they should've built to it gradually imo.
And $100 million
Where? I can't imagine loads of baking soda and skanky clothes are that expensive. I would say maybe it went to music royalties for all the songs they play, but a lot of this stuff is really old and I would think it's in the public domain at this point. That number is insane for what I watched.
And $100 million
Where? I can't imagine loads of baking soda and skanky clothes are that expensive. I would say maybe it went to music royalties for all the songs they play, but a lot of this stuff is really old and I would think it's in the public domain at this point. That number is insane for what I watched.
Amazon has a great fukking way to get shows though. We get to see the pilots and vote on it. They're real hit or miss though.
I am actually really enjoying Vinyl.
Ms. Elaine
Spoiled Brat
They need to stop being lazy by working with these "brand name" directors...most of them have shytty ideas anyway when it comes to TV.
I don't know why they thought Vinyl would be a success. Looked like shyt to me from the get go. Guess they thought Empire with white people would be a can't miss.
I don't know why they thought Vinyl would be a success. Looked like shyt to me from the get go. Guess they thought Empire with white people would be a can't miss.
The Fukin Prophecy
RIP Champ
They didn't even give BE a proper finale, we got like 8 rushed episodes...Vinyl kilt my beloved Boardwalk Empireoff, early, tho
I tried to watch Vinyl because Gyp is the lead dude but I couldn't make it past the first hour...
Show is boring drug fueled trash...
I'm still upset about The Brink being cancelled. It was the best show that premiered last year on HBO. IMO. I got bored w ballers after 5 episodes.
HBO never keeps those type of comedies on tho. Bored to Death was genius too, but those type of shows aren't broad enough I guess.
HBO never keeps those type of comedies on tho. Bored to Death was genius too, but those type of shows aren't broad enough I guess.
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To me Vinyl plays to too small of an audience.
A lot of young people are not trying to watch a show about the rock scene from the 70's
A lot of young people are not trying to watch a show about the rock scene from the 70's
Have you seen Narcos?
Ms. Elaine
Spoiled Brat
Who would have ever thought we'd be living in a time when Hip Hop was relevant and RocknRoll wasn't?
What a time to be alive.
kinda sucks b/c this most definitely isn't the hayday of hip hop either. i can't believe i live in an era where people in my area (NJ/NY) listen to garbage ass country bullshyt.Who would have ever thought we'd be living in a time when Hip Hop was relevant and RocknRoll wasn't?
What a time to be alive.
i literally used to roll with my friends in the early 2000s listening to hip hop and punk and shyt and openly wonder if kids our age were cruising down south blasting some twangy "my truck, my girl, my america" dogshyt, and now i actually see that in my area.
