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AQUAMAN Premiere!! HBO's 1st ENTOURAGE Since September!!
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"I say that whoever reps you cares about you."
"I've heard a lot worse coming out of your wife's mouth, Phil!"
I am – Hercules!!
Whatta show!! When we last left the boys, Ari was trying to get Richard Schiff to jump to his new agency and Vince had just pussied out of telling Jim Cameron he couldn’t handle acting opposite Mandy Moore in “@qu@m@n.” The final shot was a billboard proclaiming “Aquaman: Summer 2006.” And sure enough, the film’s premiere is depicted in 3.1.
The Washington Post says:
… Tonight, as the third season begins, that movie is about to open, and both industry scuttlebutt and word on the street is good. Even so, Vince (played engagingly by Adrian Grenier) knows better than to get cockily overconfident, despite the many temptations that accompany career leaps in Hollywood; he already has to be planning a face-saving spin campaign should the costly ship sink. … Ari is played with masterfully modulated desperation, ferocity and bravado by Jeremy Piven - without whom there simply would be no show. Piven is not the central character, but he is the Rolls-Royce engine that keeps "Entourage" heading down the highway. Bumblingly robbed of an Emmy last year, Piven is back and as deserving as ever for the latest season of "Entourage," refining a characterization of awesome complexity and elusiveness - a man who is never in the rifle's sights long enough to be a bona fide target, even though there's an infinite number of candidates who'd love to pull the trigger. … The cast and creators have pulled off a neat and tantalizing trick: They make you yearn to be there with Vince and his boyish brigade, romping through decadence but never wallowing in it …
Entertainment Weekly gives it an “A-minus” and says:
… its new third season is almost preposterously enjoyable. … As always, it's not the main stories but the subplots — such as Ari trying to bully a cocky 13-year-old, the star of Young 21 Jump Street (genius detail!), who's making the moves on his daughter — that reveal the darting wit of the show. When Drama, in next week's episode, mentions how he lost his Harley — ''I had to hock it to Michael Madsen after a couple of bleak pilot seasons'' — he compresses an entire, depressing substratum of showbiz existence into a mere 15 words.
TV Guide says:
… we have the wild West Coast of Hollywood high life, skewered in the corrosively enjoyable satire Entourage (10 pm/ET). It's back for a scintillating third season with blockbuster movie openings, make-or-break box-office grosses and a father who says of his teenage daughter: "In this town, as long as I keep her off an E! True Hollywood Story, I've done my job." … There's a reason a theme-park roller coaster is used as a metaphor. This is one fabulous ride. Strap in and enjoy. …
The New York Times says:
… Ari is spending more time with his family. He has opened his own agency with his trusty assistant Lloyd (Rex Lee) still at his beck and holler, but the new business is rickety and his wife is on his back about the way he keeps dipping into her trust fund to stay afloat. At one point she is enraged to learn that the check he wrote to a charity drive at their child's private school bounced. Ari reassures her by saying the money was not for tuition; it was merely a donation to the less privileged. "This doesn't affect our kids," Ari tells her. "We'll never see the kids this affects." Like "Deadwood," "Entourage" is as good as ever in its third season, yet somehow different. Both shows have lost a little of their effervescence and turned more sedate. "Deadwood" is more earnest; "Entourage" is a little sweeter. …
10 p.m. Sunday. HBO.
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I'm totally psyched for the new season!
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that is all
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That word belongs in this TB, too.
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barred from descrimination against women by feminism, males now turn upon each other, creating a new race of subserviants by making other males their "bitches", calling each other by girl names, claiming they "own" each other, and constrantly questioning each other's sexuuality. This kind of prison sensibility is also on diosplay on shows like "Scrubs" males go out of their way to treat eachother like slave girls. I guess boys must be boys, even without females.
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function?
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I've loved the stuff with Cameron and I hope that we get a few scenes of the "finished" movie.
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...that is officially THE single most idiotic thing I have ever read on the Internet. And that's saying something.
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Not to gang up on you, but I gotta agree with Sean38. What?
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Let's hug it out bitch!
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that's fucking comedy gold.
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That 'WGND3 news' post was supposed to be on the Spiderman TB. Oh well, it wouldn't have been funnny there, either.
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That over the last five years men have started calling each other "bitch" , and refered to less agressive men as "ladies?" That homophobia has reached an all time high. Where have YOU Been?
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It might be mildly anti-feminine but I wouldn't call it homophobia. It's just a way for guys to bond. I promise it's not a big deal. So get over it.
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I know I started calling other guys "bitch" when I was 13 years old after laughing my ass off hearing Ice T say it in New Jack City in '91. How is it that you think this is something from the last *five* years?
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BITCH! The boys are back in town. 20 episodes this year!
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sorry ... not to be rude, but that reference is lost on me. if anything, helen keller herself was a miracle, but i don't know that she could be described as a miracle worker, though she had many great accomplishments. was that a line in "entourage"? if so, i'm disappointed, because the lines are usually much wittier than that.
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but i think his/her criticism is a little misdirected. while it's true that "entourage" has a habit of having its characters refer to each other as "bitch," "lady," etc., i'd venture to say it's actually one of the less machoistic and homophobic shows around. at least it hasn't resorted to homosexuality as a punchline, which another critical darling ("arrested development," which i also love) did every episode with one of its main characters. "entourage" is simply showing what it's like for a few rather typical american guys to suddenly start living the obscenely wealthy, famous lifestyle. the guys talk like normal young, straight guys. i think the show neither endorses or condemns the way they subvert each other with language like "bitch" and "fag." it's simply an honest. that said, i can't believe i'm actually posting a diatribe about the sexual and moral undertones of such a shallow (though immensely enjoyable) show.
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http://tinyurl.com/r2gvz
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My uncles used to greet everyone of their nephews with "Hey, fruity". We're suupposed to roll with the insults. It's more a form of playful aggressive behavior than homophobia. They're not hurting each other's feelings or anything. It's play.
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I just hope we get treated to some old 'Viking Quest' footage this season.
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found it tremendously lame. but something about the promos for this season and the buzz really make sme want to give it another try. So I will.
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and now I'm riding around in a prop car from The Fast & the Furious"
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when he shows up with a housewarming gift for the crew.. and he's at the madam's place kissing on girls hittin the water bong. oh also on blowin up he's good. "IM BOB SAGET THIS IS WHAT I DO, MY HOUSE MY CAR YO THIS IS MY CREW!"
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I'm just saying is all.
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almost as much as I love Johnny Cakes.
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Like a suction cup.
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I'm a huge fan but this was a weak season premiere. Some stuff was funny like James Woods giving noogies to Drama and Ari screaming "Lloyd!" never seems to get old but having the guys' moms come to the premiere was way too fucking sappy for me. I hate Mercedes Ruehl.
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Because Entourage is back!
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Get the F#@k out and dont even grab a bagel!
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This guy's site is funny as shit, and he does great tv reviews too. He's got reviews of tonight's HBO shows up.
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Bitch.
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Season 2 is when the show found it's footing and is incredibly enjoyable. Ari is worst that before (in a good way) the gang seemed to have gelled off screen. And Eric becomes the character that hold everything together. Season 2 was great stuff. And this new episode was good. I don't get the hate.
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With Eminem... I live in The Bronx, grew up in NYC. Guys calling another guy a "Bitch Ass N*gga", "Bitch Ass", "You Fucking Bitch", "Pussy", "Fag", "Soft" is real old. All that shit pre-dates the 90's. Is it right? Maybe not. But you have to have a sense of humor about the way guys talk to each other. These words can be bad or be funny, depending on who you are talking to and how you say it. The other day one of my friends blew off a guys night of drinking and watching the Tarver fight to work out problems with his girl and he was quickly called "Gay". And don't get sensitive about being called one of the above by a friend as a joke because then people will really think something is wrong with you. "Entourage" is pretty truthful in the depiction of straight male friendships. Maybe Cookoolookoo (or whatever his name is) should spend less time trying to look smarter than everyone (in a fucking talk back!) by writing stupid and useless pseudo college essays trying to find hidden meanings behind a comedy on TV. People are stupid, it's like when the OC was credited for the term "Chicken Head".
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This is why I dumped HBO.
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one night? Oh, and I always thought it was Helens teacher that was the miracle worker...ah well.
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There's a reason you've never seen Vince or Eric in anything else of note. They suck. I like the storylines enough to look past it most of the time, but once in a while they deliver a line that's so off, you can't help but be taken out of the moment.
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their right to denegrate another person's masculinity. OK, so white guys stole this rap from black kids. Why not, we've stole everything else from Black Culture. But really, is this the kind of thing you really want to import. It's like watching forty year old white guys wearing trousers that hang off their ass...pathetic.
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Not that it matters, but just because I said I was from the Bronx and NY I'm black?
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That gave that impression.
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loved the part when they brought in all the moms from the plane. Incredibly cheesy, but it put a huge smile on my face. Stepped off right where season 2 ended...and that's a good thing because last season was terrific. Just wish it was an hour long show. Jeremy Piven kicks ass; you gotta love him. I'm really looking forward to this season and seriously consider it one of tv's best comedies. That "Jimmy" Woods cameo was great, too!
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I'm "biracial" as I'm half white and half latino, believe me when I say that calling another dude, bitch, pussy, fag, etc. is not imported from black culture. It is simply a thing guys do to each other. When my dad was playing "Hide the Belt" (a game where you hide a belt in an alley and whoever finds it gets to whip the others) in an all white neighborhood, they called each other fag. My mother's brothers call each other gay or the equivelant of "bitch" in spanish. I'm sure that this is true all over the fucking world. It's not something that should be done in mixed company so, maybe it seem like it is everywhere. But this is how guys act when they are freinds and no one else is around.
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I'm not one to usually address anyone personally in a talkback, but seriously, shut the fuck up. Your observations are off base and you're only embarrassing yourself with your transparent attempt at appearing insightful. The fact that guys address each other as "pussy" or "bitch" is often done jokingly as a term of endearment and is in no way cause by or influenced by "feminism". If anything this show is a testement to the failure of the feminist movement because women on the show are very rarely shown as anything more than objects to be had. Not saying thats the way it should be, just the way it is.
That being said a decent opener to a decent show. This show would be nothing without Piven but i have missed watching it since the second season ended. The second season was a definite improvement over the first, and while there is almost a formulaic pattern to a lot of the jokes (especially those involving Johnny Drama) I still laugh several times each episode. To me its just fun escapist summer entertainment. -
Big bad clone- don't blame me for your fucked up childhood and your abusive father. 8LWeisas - If feminism had failed, you'd still be calling women "bitch" not your buddies. This isn't high school boys, this is the internet so Nahhhh Nahhhh.
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My childhood was very far from fucked up. I am saying that in close knit men will often bond by playfully insulting each other. My father is not abusive, I was pointing out a game that he and his boyhood chums played with each other back in mid-20th centuary. I used that to illustrate that boys were jerks to each other back then as well. I am not ganging up on you or bashing your opinion. I am merely adding my observations to counter your assertions. If cannot be civil about this, then why bother communicating your opinion to us? This isn't a cable news show, we can take our time and make our points. So rather than insult me and my family, would you kindly offer evidence to support your claim?
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For some reason this show doesn't work for me in 30 minute doses. I think I will wait until the season is over and watch the whole thing in one big marathon like I did with season 1 and most of season 2. It seems to make a huge difference with this show for some reason. The Sopranos is better in a marathon too, but it works better week to week than Entourage does...maybe because it's just 30 min...I dunno, but that's the case. But I lost the groove from last season and this episode didn't resonate with me. It seemed too forced and formulaic too with James Woods, etc.
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to shut the fuck up. I would call that rather uncivil. Also, from your description of "hide the belt" I had no idea when your father was playing this game. It sounded like he was playing it with you. ***** now I finally watched Entourage tonight and I have to admit, the toned down the homophobia a bit, although the misogengy seemed to be cranked up an equal amount. All in all, I found "lucky Louie" to be five times as funny.
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would that make you feel better. On could argue that verbal abuse among guys is a way to "toughen" them up so that insults from others don't cut so deep. You calling me an idiot didn't bother me because I've heard much worse things from guy friends, brothers and cousins. Frankly, I'm a bit concerned that you would bother lashing out at others when you could have easily joked or debated with them. ---- and how homophobic can this show be if they had Drama and Turtle double team a girl last season?
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And so is your feminism teacher at whatever college you just returned from for summer vacation. Men have always insulted each other good-naturedly, and the number one insult has always been calling the other guy a woman. Or a homosexual. There are plenty of Westerns and War movies from the 30's where a character refers to other guys as "ladies". By the way, the only thing feminism accomplished is making women have to work 40+ hours a week AND raise kids/cook/keep a clean household. Feminism made the incredibly foolhardy mistake of thinking that men were keeping women down/barefoot/pregnant, when in reality women are the way they are regardless and independent of men. Women had it made in the 50's, and feminism fucked it up. As a man, I am not complaining because it didn't change much for me, but just imagine how many women would love to be stay-at-home Moms and not have to work full-time just so there is enough money.
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I laughed my ass off several times during the season premiere. Just like I do during every episode. Entourage is hilarious, and I really want to see some footage of Aquaman!
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After I fuck her in the ass and have her lick the poop off my cock.....there, am I getting with the program now? What's your mother doing tonight?
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Having sunk as low as the people I berate, I am officially leaving this talkback and I will not appear on anymore Entourage talkbacks unless someone calls me out (Like Candyman). Have fun with your name calling and belittling...I'm out of here.
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has taken Johnny Drama to a new level. He is the perfect combination of stupidity, arrogance, and hopelessness.
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Sorry about being late to this TB. I've just read all of the nonsense above. My take: Entourage is successful because these guys are realistic. This is how young, stupid guys from NY act. I know because I used to be a young, stupid giy from NY. I don't want some unrealistic PC bullshit. Guys like that are not PC. If you want to watch entertainment that fits into your PC bubble you should go see Rob Reiner movies. I can almost guarentee you will be the only person in the theater.
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Do we really buy Rail Thin-Lollipop Head Vince as a guy who can realistically bed all the "Skanks" in Hollywood? I'm surprised they haven't made Adrian get into better shape yet... Isn't this show created by Marky Mark (a guy who made abs and Calvin Klein underwear popular in the 90's?) Why hasn't someone told Adrian Grenier to beef up a bit? His TV alter ego just played a fucking Superhero in a big budget movie, even "Bitch Ass Fag" Tobey Maguire got into better shape to play Spider"Fag". And this show needs to at least be 45 minutes to an hour long now. It seems too short. "Weeds" on Showtime has the same problem.
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Am I the only fucking one who found that line... "Who's that animal?" from Turtle's mother incredibly fucking racist. This ain't the Sopranos folks, even if the boys flew all the moms in from Alphabet City. She just plain called that fine lady out as an "animal" at a red fucking carpet premiere, and nobody has anything to say about it but me? Next thing you know, they'll be reheating the ovens.
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if I say something controversial, too? Just askin'.
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But true to life. I live in a mostly Italian/Irish neighborhood now and experience comments like that occassionally from the more old school racist residents who have been there for ages. It's sad.
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This needs to be an hour show. I feel like it is just about hit its groove at the end of the half hour.
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Too bad it's only a half hour but that's what I liked about watching them all on DVD. This is a great show. If we all want more it must be!
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Ari says, "Call me Helen Keller 'cause I'm a fucking miracle worker, bitch!" And yet we all know that Keller wasn't the miracle worker, it was the bitch that got through to her. At least, I THOUGHT we all knew that. Guess it's just "lost" on you.
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Last episode of the Sapronos was a big disapointment,they only gave Spawn 2 f**king seasons (which was a great comic based series,and still better than that turd ultimate avengers movie.) and OZ series finale sucked like beecher on keller's ****,now we got to put up with lame shows like Entorage..oh yeah a bunch of dumb ass freeloaders.how original,Big love looks to be a big stinker and
if i wanna see what went on in ROME, i would watch Caligula.
Atleast the one thing they did right, was cancel Six feet under.
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"street", and not because she was "black". I might ask the same question about a white ho-bag.
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... lending credence to this fuckwad's posts by explaining what is painfully obvious? Yo Cooky, shut the fuck up, biatch! If you can't take the heat, then get yer ass out the kitchen. On to more important matters that Cooky's bullshit, the first Episode of the third season kicked ass. I can't wait to see how the Aquaman opening weekend turns out, and how many clients Ari is going to keep. I think it is hilarious though, that Ari won't lower himself to representing Drama.
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sigh..
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