What are your favorite HBO shows?

[jenna2891]

mr. show, sopranos, curb, and six feet under and sex and the city are tied.

and how could i have forgotten entourage?!?

 

[abomb]

and how could i have forgotten entourage?!?

Me too?!? What was I thinking. I have Season 1 on DVD.

A-Bomb

 

[joeshmo]

Love Real Time.

Entourage and Rome currently. Wife and I watched SATC all the time. HBO does good series. Looking forward to the new comedy with Bill Paxton that is upcoming...looks like it could be good.

Forgive my non knowledge of HBO. I dont get it at home but I rent a lot of the series when they come out on DVD. So probably a stupid question, but what is SATC? Plus is Rome good enough for me to rent when they come out on DVD.

 

[nathan]

Forgive my non knowledge of HBO. I dont get it at home but I rent a lot of the series when they come out on DVD. So probably a stupid question, but what is SATC? Plus is Rome good enough for me to rent when they come out on DVD.

Sex and the City

 

[Ryanwb]

Seriously, did anyone actually watch "The Wire" I saw one episode and nearly vomited on my smoking jacket

 

[KingofCards]

I love the Wire.

The other shows from HBO I love in no particular order:

Rome, Sopranos, OZ, Entourage, Deadwood, Real Time, Six Feet Under, Band of Brothers,

 

[Renz]

After a two-season (24 episode) run, HBO has decided not to renew its Emmy®-winning Depression-era drama, Carnivale . As Carolyn Strauss said, "We have decided not to renew Carnivale. We feel the two seasons we had on the air told the story very well and we're proud of what everyone associated with the show has accomplished."

Translation: Nobody watched it.

 

[NMCard]

Deadwood, Entourage, Sopranos, oz, six feet under, cathouse

 

[Warlordaz]

Band of Brothers (absolutely the best mini series ever!)
Oz ( I know the guys who played the O'Reilly brothers, I grew up with them)
Deadwood (I'm a Native Arizonan and it is a Western, Ian McShane rocks!)
Entourage (Piven is the man ... check out: www.lhiob.com to play some roof golf)

Never saw the Wire and Entourage is Sex In The City for guys.... Never got into Carnivale or Six Feet Under

I would certainly like having Robin Williams, George Carlin , and John Leguizamo from their HBO DVD specials ...

 

[D-Dogg]

Sopranos
Entourage
Sex and the City
Curb Your Enthusiasm


HBO is the poo...smell it!

 

[D-Dogg]

Rome is so far, so good...

 

[AZ Shocker]

Entourage is about as "hip" as they come.
The U2...in concert...on one Entourage episode this year was epic.

 

[Chaplin]

Rome is so far, so good...

Getting hard for me to get into Rome, mostly because most of the characters aren't inherently likable (except for Pullo maybe). It seems more soap opera-ish than anything else on HBO... Also, shows like Carnivale, Deadwood and Sopranos are all very much character-driven, Rome is more plot-driven and it is in a much more grand scale--to its detriment, IMO.

 

[Chaplin]

Translation: Nobody watched it.

People watched it (as much as Deadwood and Rome), but it cost $4 million PER EPISODE to make, THAT'S why they cancelled it. SO what do they do? Make Rome...

 

[D-Dogg]

Getting hard for me to get into Rome, mostly because most of the characters aren't inherently likable (except for Pullo maybe). It seems more soap opera-ish than anything else on HBO... Also, shows like Carnivale, Deadwood and Sopranos are all very much character-driven, Rome is more plot-driven and it is in a much more grand scale--to its detriment, IMO.

I really like Brutus. I think once his character came on screen, I started getting into it.

The nephew of Ceasar reminds me of that kid from Desperate Housewives...Zack. Not the same cat, but I'm expecting him to be all crazy at some point.

 

[Chaplin]

I really like Brutus. I think once his character came on screen, I started getting into it.

Unfortunately, he shows up for about 20 seconds in every other episode.

The nephew of Ceasar reminds me of that kid from Desperate Housewives...Zack. Not the same cat, but I'm expecting him to be all crazy at some point.

***SPOILER***
(Select the text)

You do know that the kid is Octavian, who would eventually become Emperor himself? In truth, he was probably one of the greatest rulers of Rome in its history.

***/SPOILER***

 

[D-Dogg]

Yeah, I did know the spoiler text from history. I think that might be why I like this show. A lot of people from my Roman history classes bouncing out onto the screen.


Oh, and I think we'll be seeing a lot more of Brutus as time goes on. I think I like him because he reminds me a lot of Jason Lee.

 

[Chaplin]

Oh, and I think we'll be seeing a lot more of Brutus as time goes on.

LOL! I think we're pretty sure how the season finale (or at least, A season finale) is going to be, right?

 

[D-Dogg]

I also think that Octavian will be the primary focus of the show if it makes it 4 or 5 years.

 

[Warlordaz]

If it hits 5 years, he should be the center of the show....

 

[Pariah]

1) Deadwood

I got the first disc of season one the other day and watched the first episode. It was okay; I'll watch the second episode, but I probably won't get the other season one discs. I can live without it--I'd rather watch a movie, I think.

I just don't get why it's so hyped. And, I like Westerns (my wife liked it even less--she's not a fan of the genre--she's still in the "it was 'okay" category, but closer to not liking it than me).

 

[Chaplin]

I got the first disc of season one the other day and watched the first episode. It was okay; I'll watch the second episode, but I probably won't get the other season one discs. I can live without it--I'd rather watch a movie, I think.

I just don't get why it's so hyped. And, I like Westerns (my wife liked it even less--she's not a fan of the genre--she's still in the "it was 'okay" category, but closer to not liking it than me).

To give this series a chance, you have to watch the first 4 episodes. After that, you're hooked.

 

[KingofCards]

I agree with Chaplin. You aren't going to dig the series as much until you watch several episodes. Like any new show it starts out kind of slow as the main plots and characters are introduced.

 

[phillycard]

I like Real Sex, and Six Feet Under. On a sidenote, I can never get my wife to watch Real Sex with me. I'm think she's afraid I'll ask her to try something crazy off of the show.

 

[Renz]

I only recently got HBO so Rome is the only series I have watched. I really like it. I got my BA in history, so I obviously find it interesting from that standpoint, but the fictional characters are good too I think.

I really like the character of Vorenus and his conflictions concerning being in the legion and the strain it puts on his family. Also, his wife is smokin' hot!

Pullo is a very entertaining character and I think Octavian is very well written. His intelligence and understanding of politics make him very believable as the future Emperor Augustus.

The series is very good at portraying the Romans as they really were. There was no Judeo/Christian ethic yet, so all the violence, sex and slavery was just a fact of life to them. That is very interesting, I think.