Boardwalk Empire. First Thoughts.

     So I just watched the first episode of Boardwalk Empire, and here are my first impressions of the show. First off, Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson, county treasurer, casino owner, and gangster. I love Buscemi, he was awesome in Reservoir Dogs, unfortuately I didnt take him for a hard nosed gangster then and I am not sure I can take him as a gangster now. The good part is that he is still Steve Buscemi and can scare most people by looking at them with his "kermit the frog" eyes.
    The rest of the cast seems to be very good. Michael Pitt really fills that LeoDiCaprio roll that Martin Scorsese loves to have in every movie (well show in this case). And Stephen Graham, one of those actors you have seen in 15 different things but only remember the character he played (I know him as Tommy in "Snatch" he was also in Gangs of New York and Public Enemies) is playing a young Al Capone, who at the time is just hired muscle for one of the other bootleggers.
     There are at least 6 episodes filmed, and I am willing to bet that there wont be many more, if any, for this season. The most I can see is about 10 episodes this season, but I do believe that "Boardwalk Empire" will be successful, but i dont see it being a "Sopranos" level hit.

The first blog

So this is a blog that is part of my YSU programming Class. Sooo I have to follow the shows "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO, wich is about an atlantic city mob boss, and Chase which is a Jerry Bruckheimer product.