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Turgid Or Flaccid?? Herc Sizes Up HBO Penis Sitcom HUNG!!

Show about a big dick by Heckles	Jun 28th, 2009 12:22:48 AM
Cutting edge indeed.
RE: Show about a big dick by omgwtfbbqsauce	Jun 28th, 2009 12:31:46 AM
Cumming to Showtime in 2010, "Pussy", a show about a woman with an abnormally large vagina, watch as she tries in vain to find a partner who can "fill" the sizeable void in her life...
am i the only one who feels icky? by Toe Jam	Jun 28th, 2009 12:37:33 AM
i'm really hoping i'll like this show, as payne is one of my favorites (don't know much about the lipkins, though), but i'm afraid my own feelings of inadequacy will keep me from warming to it. it'll be rather awkward watching it with my girlfriend -- almost like watching porn in which the guy's cock is so distractingly big that i can't enjoy the scene for what it is. douche chills.
I'm Tom Jane by Magnum Opus	Jun 28th, 2009 12:46:19 AM
I just want my kids back.
by ZAM1138	Jun 28th, 2009 12:50:01 AM
omgwtfbbqsauce, there really are times when I think TV is comming(PUN!)to that. I hope it's funny, because HBO isn't doing much for me lately. Therapy and Vampires=meh. Plus, the show takes place in Detroit!(Metro Detroit?)
I thought the pilot was about ten minutes too schlong... by FuckMichaelBay	Jun 28th, 2009 12:50:38 AM
...Hi-Yo!
A show about Tom Jones?!?! Count me in! by RyanMurray	Jun 28th, 2009 01:19:29 AM
:)
Dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick. by JumpinJehosaphat	Jun 28th, 2009 01:22:42 AM
How many dicks is that? A lot.
He just wants his kids back! by MetalMickey	Jun 28th, 2009 01:28:32 AM

Is Homeless Dad out on Blu-ray yet? by MaxCalifornia.	Jun 28th, 2009 01:41:30 AM

Hence... Like a Virign by inb4scriptgirl	Jun 28th, 2009 02:02:31 AM

Awesome by Omar B	Jun 28th, 2009 02:22:38 AM
I love anything with Tom Jane, and this looks great.
Hooray by dejectedgeek	Jun 28th, 2009 02:50:08 AM
I've been looking forward to this since it was announced way back when. After I saw the first few trailers, I knew it was going to be something great. Maybe even better than Eastbound & Down. That's probably not true, though. Kenny Powers' dick is probably triple the size of Ray Drecker's.
just watched Mutant Chronicles starring Tom Jane by BMacSmith	Jun 28th, 2009 03:05:49 AM
not a single original thought in that entire, horrible movie. wow, Jane and Perlman must be embarassed by that shit.
America freaks the fuck out when they see a cock by V'Shael	Jun 28th, 2009 04:11:07 AM
so I can't imagine a show about a big dick is going to go down well.
real penis or body double? by Titus05	Jun 28th, 2009 04:52:14 AM
will Thomas Jane bare his penis for HBO the same way Anna Paquin has done with boobs and booty for True Blood?
Jane Adams is great! by Watching_Teri_Hatcher_Take_A_Shi t	Jun 28th, 2009 05:02:29 AM
This show looks pretty funny. Hopefully it's not another CALIFORNICATION.
We need a lot more big cock in our lives by Miyamoto_Musashi	Jun 28th, 2009 05:59:17 AM
We all do
HBO has shown us some fantastic breasts from Anna Paquin by Miyamoto_Musashi	Jun 28th, 2009 06:03:29 AM
Still hoping for that full frontal of Anna, playing with herself, but hey I cant wait
A review of Hung from mainstream journalists, or: by Monkey Butler	Jun 28th, 2009 06:10:52 AM
How to include about 10 fucking stupid "big dick" puns into a four sentence review.
So.... by dj_bollocks	Jun 28th, 2009 06:30:25 AM
...no on e would do a show about a woman with a massive vagina then.... who knew ?
Carradine doco! Haha, nice one, EvilWizard! by couP	Jun 28th, 2009 07:33:48 AM

Sigh, wish it were the season premiere of Deadwood! by Judge Briggs	Jun 28th, 2009 08:32:46 AM

"And starring......Andy Dick.....as...the dildo..." by 2for2true	Jun 28th, 2009 08:43:55 AM
rim shot
mixed reviews, huh? by v1cious	Jun 28th, 2009 09:48:09 AM
i'll probably check it out anyway, since there's nothing on.
something has to interest me, by Timahh	Jun 28th, 2009 09:57:15 AM
until entourage and Mad Men start up...ill check out tonight at least.
That's AICN Geeks For You... by cymbalta4thedevil	Jun 28th, 2009 10:11:02 AM
No Problem watching a Comedy about a guy with a Big Dick you Never Actually See. Emotionally Traumatized for the Rest of 2009 by their Confused Feelings upon viewing Dr. Manhattan's Big Blue Schlong in WATCHMEN.
cymbalta4thedevil by Monkey Butler	Jun 28th, 2009 10:16:24 AM
I think the confused feelings after Watchmen were more because it was such a shit movie, but the lack of squid wasn't actually what made it shit.
Watch INTO THE STORM, the HBO movie on Churchill instead by YackBacker	Jun 28th, 2009 10:29:19 AM
Brendon Gleeson as Winston Churchill is excellent. The production values are very good too. It's amazing to consider the life and contributions of Churchill, and where we would have ended up without his leadership. But, if you like shows about large penises, I guess HUNG is more your speed.
Oh and a big F-U to the San Francisco Chronicle reviewer above by YackBacker	Jun 28th, 2009 10:31:06 AM
Saying "HBO might have found its next big thing" is a desperate attempt to have your name included in promo material for HUNG. Go. Fuck. Yourself.
EvilWizardGlick, true about the gassing by YackBacker	Jun 28th, 2009 10:33:49 AM
And about bombing civilians, but those were the rules of engagement on both sides of World Wars I and II. I'm not saying Churchill was a saint, that would be wrong and silly. I am saying he was a consequential figure who did more to thwart German tyranny than anyone else in his position. And I'll take an imperfect man who is able to stare down the truly racist mass murderer Adolf Hitler.
People who put all of their faith in one book by YackBacker	Jun 28th, 2009 10:42:53 AM
are generally known as fundamentalists. I'm not saying "Human Smoke" is incorrect because I haven't read it (I know of it, though). But the mistreatment of fleeing Jews by the US and Europe is a well-documented side-issue to the bigger picture-- that Churchill was integral in the West's ultimate victory over Germany. There are no perfect heroes in history, I've accepted that fact long ago. Deconstructing Churchill might seem like an honest take on history, but I think doing so skews too far to the negative, overshadowing his essential contribution to a greater good.
And you're right, history belongs to the victorious by YackBacker	Jun 28th, 2009 10:44:50 AM
And I cringe to think of how a victorious Hitler would have white-washed the Holocaust had he defeated the West. I'll trade low-grade biological warfare for the Final Solution any day of the week.
Biggus Dickus by Skraggo	Jun 28th, 2009 11:39:17 AM
He has a wife, you know... Incontinentia. Incontinentia Buttocks.
Are people still worried about the state of HBO? by Dijonase24	Jun 28th, 2009 11:39:23 AM
Between In Treatment, Eastbound & Down, No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Flight of the Conchords, and True Blood (though mostly as a problematic guilty pleasure) I think there's been a lot to love on HBO lately. Sure, they had an impossibly perfect streak there where The Wire, Deadwood, and The Sopranos were all on the air at the same time, but should we really fault them because there's not a show of that caliber on right now? Those things don't just happen. Those shows are all among the best ever. They're not always going to have best ever caliber stuff on the air, but between what's on now and what's in the works I think there's a lot of great stuff on HBO.
I want a Vaginal sitcom called FADGE. Starring hot babes. by Damien Chowder	Jun 28th, 2009 11:46:22 AM

I do pushups with my John Thomas by CaptainAxis	Jun 28th, 2009 11:59:58 AM
When is The Life and Times of Tim coming back?
Is this about Michael Jackson? by Yoda's Ball Sack	Jun 28th, 2009 12:26:39 PM
Because it sounds gay.........
Let me know when HBO gets a series starring Milena Velba! by HollywoodHellraiser	Jun 28th, 2009 12:37:34 PM
Than we can start talking about HBO owning my house! BTW, why have the media start pushing male sexuality to men? Everything of the past several years or more have been nothing but dicks and asses of guys in GUYS fucking faces! Think goodness for Stallone, pizza, shitty sci-fi, and porn!
Dioxholster I have long accepted that naked women in movies... by HollywoodHellraiser	Jun 28th, 2009 01:01:58 PM
are now a rarity unless its a foreign film! I mean Jessica Alba and her creed of talentless younger actresses should by no means get paid for what they called acting! Do I think they should show some skin? Hell yeah, its not like people are busting down the door to see their movies. What we get are cockteases and little payoff. Guys may sound chavunist when they say so-so should get naked but we only say that because the actress we're referring to sucks! I remember the joke in Scary Movie about the gay athelete and how it just went on forever, even to the point of a fake penis in the ear! And women aren't excluded. I was looking at Degrassi recently nd its seems almost every girl is now gay! WTF, its gotten ridiculous.
Monkey Butler- so f'n true by Heckles	Jun 28th, 2009 01:21:55 PM
You see these assholes sitting in front of their laptop at Coffee Bean laughing wildly as the next dick pun leapt onto the page. And their parents said that journalism degree from Yale was going to waste...
Grim Reaper working overtime - Bye Bye Billy by Kaiser Soze	Jun 28th, 2009 01:37:10 PM
Billy Mays R.I.P. - the beard is gone
Can the penis talk? by Kid Z	Jun 28th, 2009 02:09:50 PM
Does it control the owner of the penis in question? Is the penis evil? Does it brainwash it's owner into starting a gang and committing elaborate crime? If not, pass!
What a strange premise for a show. . . by Cymbol	Jun 28th, 2009 02:21:08 PM
I would be just as turned off from watching a show if it were called "Big Tits". Maybe the show is good - but it's hard to find the time to squeeze a show called "Hung" into my busy schedule. Perhaps when it hits the rental store if reviews are good. It's a pass for me.
Whats w/ the obsession with cock lately?? by grendel69	Jun 28th, 2009 02:21:31 PM
Male nudity in movies has been out of control the past few years. Its everywhere and except for Bloody V I cant even remember the last time I saw a full frontal female scene. Hangover and Bruno show erect penises(since when is that ok for a R film?)Hung.... whats with the cock obsession??
FINALLY! A TV SHOW I CAN GET WRAPPED UP IN!!! :D by DAVIDCARRADINES_DICKROPE	Jun 28th, 2009 02:29:56 PM
Who sez dreams don't come true? :)
Well... by grendel69	Jun 28th, 2009 02:57:02 PM
The feminazis and homosexuals have been trying to blur the gender lines for decades now. Its seems theyve succeeded. Young men arent even masculine anymore.I look and listen to these people and ...theyre girly metrosexuals. Fuck this, Im gonna go watch some DOug Stanhope standup.
Thomas Jane... by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby	Jun 28th, 2009 03:00:12 PM
couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. Remember when HBO ran worthwhile programming?
actually... by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby	Jun 28th, 2009 03:03:18 PM
for some reason after 'The Sopranos' (yes, I stuck with it till the end) I just lost interest in anything the network produced. I thinK AMC is the next big network (Breaking Bad, Mad Men).
AICN Fans At The Movies by cymbalta4thedevil	Jun 28th, 2009 03:14:57 PM
Guys BEING Dicks = Cheering & Applause. Guys SEEING Dicks = Rampant Homophobia.
BEWARE OF THE BATES by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS	Jun 28th, 2009 03:25:49 PM
Kathy Bates is out there somewhere in the world. She could be ANYWHERE. In your garden. In your cellar. In your local cinema. ANYWHERE. Stay alert and DON'T stay anywhere by yourself. Kathy Bates is watching... and waiting...
How about a TRUE BLOOD talkback? by SpyGuy	Jun 28th, 2009 03:51:03 PM
TRUE BLOOD is all kinds of crazy-ass fun and deserves considerably more love on here than it's getting.
so does Billy Mays get any love? by walrusholder	Jun 28th, 2009 04:03:44 PM
he is sort of a TV star
Billy Mays by Kid Z	Jun 28th, 2009 04:08:57 PM
Somewhere in the afterlife Billy Mays sprays a faceful of OxyClean into MJ's face, blinding him while Farrah knocks him to the ground with a girly little karate kick. After which Ed McMahon, holding a half-empty bottle of Dewars staggers over and kicks him in the face, knocking off what was left of his nose.
HBO, by Timahh	Jun 28th, 2009 04:09:07 PM
has some pretty interesting stuff coming down the pipe however. A show about 1920's Atlantic city from a Sopranos writer and to be directed by Scorsese...the new show from Ed Burns and David Simon about New Orleans. They are definitely down right now, but it won't be long before we are all re-upping our subscription.
EvilWizardGlick: It wouldn't be racist if it were a black... by Kai_Mah'gra	Jun 28th, 2009 04:11:02 PM
...lead. However, there would still be bitching galore about it. By black people about being stereotyped (facetiously, of course), and by white people about the impropriety (*coughInjusticecough*) of it all. That's why a movie like Boogie Nights would never have been the critical success it was if starred Taye Diggs or even Don Cheadle, who was in the movie, as opposed to Mark Whalberg. A White guy with a big dick is a nice anachronism that makes us all feel good, or at least, ok, about exploring the dramatic, and in the case of Hung, the comedic potential in situations offered up by an otherwise taboo subject.
Agree: True Blood TBack FTW by tehDude	Jun 28th, 2009 04:15:40 PM
Show is all sorts of good.
Thomas Jane is a poor mans Aaron Eckhart by BMacSmith	Jun 28th, 2009 05:05:40 PM
but he's alright
You poor sexually repressed Yanks by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Jun 28th, 2009 06:14:18 PM
A mans naughty place is not a place of shame, regardless of your Puritan upbringing. Im not going to watch this (unless it gets some great reviews), but I think its a cool premise for a show lol But Im European and we;re all gay anyway ;)
Actually I should take that back by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Jun 28th, 2009 06:15:36 PM
The fact that this got made in US, even if on cable shows you're all growing up a little bit. Well not in this TB,of course, but in general you know lol
Pussy: The Series by redshirt	Jun 28th, 2009 07:09:31 PM
Starring Denise Masino
Milo is on Criminal Intent! by chrth	Jun 28th, 2009 07:43:24 PM

Herc laughs at the O by VikkiMarsdale	Jun 28th, 2009 07:53:28 PM
"I laughed at the Adams character... as Drecker sent her rocketing into orgasm." - Yeah, they always look funny the first time you see one.
Tom Jane is a good actor... by Thrillhouse77	Jun 28th, 2009 07:58:31 PM
when he said: "I just want my kids back" - you could really FEEL his inner torment. And homelessness.
Meanwhile in non-penis news by ThrowMeTheIdol	Jun 28th, 2009 08:19:47 PM
Merlin is fun tonight, this series is a lot better than Heroes. NBC should pair it with Chuck.
Yackbacker by iamnicksaicnsn	Jun 28th, 2009 08:58:21 PM
While I agree with you that is a corny joke, it really is just part of Tim Goodman's sarcasm. As a San Francisco native, Tim Goodman has always been a bad-ass reviewer because he lives in snark, and for the most part, this guy is usually right on the money with his reviews and recommendations.
why isn't there a True Blood TB, HERC? by Judge Briggs	Jun 28th, 2009 08:59:22 PM
Get off your ass, man!
Col. Tigh-Fighter... by Kid Z	Jun 28th, 2009 09:23:55 PM
Hey mate, the Puritans are the fault of you Brits... you kicked them all out of England and they wound up here. Can't say as I blame you, though... I understand Cromwell was a right bastard!
This show will pull huge ratings... by Kid Z	Jun 28th, 2009 09:27:57 PM
... from all the sexually-obsessed cougar hoes that'll be tuning in each week like clockwork. Oh well... maybe it'll keep their skanky @$$es out of the clubs for one night a week.
Sounds like HBO's version of Californication by ShabbyBlue	Jun 28th, 2009 09:39:33 PM
Another sex drama/comedy. I miss the days of Dream On though.
I wonder if I should get into this line of work. by Cotton McKnight	Jun 28th, 2009 09:48:23 PM
I'm nice, polite, and I have a very large penis. I wonder how one gets into this line of work.
"Martin Tuppers Closet" by grendel69	Jun 28th, 2009 10:30:17 PM
"Beef & broccoli,beef & broccoli. That was fast" Dream On rocked.
Just watched it by Omar B	Jun 28th, 2009 10:33:21 PM
It was pretty damn good. I still don't get why this site goes crazy every time male genitals are even mentioned ... like a couple months ago with Watchmen. We've all got one (or for the women) seen one. Buncha babies.
Watched it...entertaining, went by fast by digital8	Jun 28th, 2009 10:38:02 PM
It was good. Pilot was short. Next episode in a few weeks. It has potential and I'll be watching the next episode.
I think this is... by Bootskin	Jun 28th, 2009 10:53:54 PM
..the most I've seen Herc type without a page and a half of amazon.com ads. Good for you Herc. This "article" looks like you actually watched the show you're talking about.
Whenever losers knock Americans as "Puritans"... by DAVIDCARRADINES_DICKROPE	Jun 28th, 2009 11:12:38 PM
I just think two words: SOLOMON KANE. And then I think, it's GOOD to be a Puritan. >:)
Germans and Brits are pretty ban happy too by BMacSmith	Jun 28th, 2009 11:15:27 PM
especially when it comes to violence.
Needs More Rough Anal by Blast_Hardcheese	Jun 28th, 2009 11:16:49 PM
That one "poet" girl must have a really deep twat. Also, it would of been better if instead of the girl at the hotel changing her mind, it ended with a shot of a fat woman's face scruched up in pain from a huge dong in her butt. Then he pulls out after overflowing her poop chute and then she accidentally poops all over the bed from her bunghole being stretched out. That's a Tijuana Milkshake by the way.
State of HBO by Dijonase24	Jun 28th, 2009 11:16:59 PM
That seems pretty harsh, Ash0k. I listed The Wire, Sopranos, and Deadwood as "best ever" caliber shows. Of the networks you mentioned I'd only say that ABC and AMC can claim that kind of quality (what with Lost, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad). I don't have Showtime so I can't speak for it, but I hear great things about Dexter. And with The Shield gone I don't really think FX has anything that would quite qualify, though Always Sunny and Sons of Anarchy are definitely up there. My point was only that HBO seems to be far from done, and I'm surprised when people brush it off as easily as you just did. The first season of In Treatment was very good, and the second was as good as anything else I saw this year. No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency was offbeat an pleasant, and a very welcome change of pace for HBO. Flight of the Conchords competes with Always Sunny and 30 Rock for the funniest show on TV (in mine eyes, anyway). I liked Eastbound & Down well enough, but I know that a lot of other people absolutely loved it. True Blood is basically crap, but I think it's exceedingly enjoyable crap. That doesn't take into account their mini-series and original movies (which are generally top-notch), the other shows I can't account for since I don't watch them, or the stuff someone else mentioned that's coming (Treme, the Atlantic City show, Bored to Death). Like I said, they're missing a show that gets mentioned as an "all-time great," but I don't really think you can fault them that. I've enjoyed everything I've watched on HBO lately so I feel like I'm getting what I'm paying for. Or maybe I'm just trying to convince myself I'm not wasting my money. Either way.
iamnicksaicnsn by YackBacker	Jun 28th, 2009 11:32:45 PM
If it is to be read tongue-in-cheek, then I can appreciate Goodman's comment. Thanks for the insight.
Forest Tucker Gives Jane Ghostly Advice by cookylamoo	Jun 28th, 2009 11:36:09 PM
In episode 3. And I love Jane Adams. She has so many moles, she's like a cute little chocolate chip cookie.
VikkiMarsdale is funny by D.Vader	Jun 28th, 2009 11:39:09 PM
"The first time you see one..." heheh.
When has the uk ben ban happy ? by kingoflight	Jun 29th, 2009 12:04:28 AM
Recently we have had more gore on TV infact we are getting a good dose more with the channel 4 programs first we had open heart surgey LIVE ! Now we are getting animal altopsy programs this week. We have a watershead but after 9 Its 18-R rated baby !
Is this thread about the BET awards? by lockesbrokenleg	Jun 29th, 2009 12:50:27 AM

Dijonase24: "True Blood is basically crap, but I think it's exce by Samwise Ganja	Jun 29th, 2009 12:53:15 AM
god, man.........(or woman) i agree whole heartedly, the show is good, but my girl tried to make me read the books, and true no go..... if there is anything i hate more than a womans point of view it's a womans point of view told from another cunts point of view..... BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the show, all in all is good sauce though.......
Thought it was pretty funny by DukeofNewYork	Jun 29th, 2009 04:03:58 AM
has nice potential. HBO is great, not sure what the bitching is about. Where's the love for Big Love? Flight of the Conchords was fucking hilarious, too bad Bret and Jemaine decided against a third season. Life and Times of Tim was something that caught me waaaay of guard with its hilarity, I didn't watch it till the season had run and now I can't get enough. Entourage is terrible now but still worth a watch just in case. Curb Your Enthusiasm is terrific, cannot wait for the new season with the Seinfeld cast. Eastbound and Down was funny, not as funny as some swear it to be but it grows on you quickly. HBO has all the broadcast networks beat IMO. easily. and I haven't even seen True Blood, vampires don't do anything for me but the prospect of anna naked is a plus
Thought it was boring by gooseud	Jun 29th, 2009 06:22:55 AM
Apparently it gets better......which I would hope, because that first episode was pretty much laugh-devoid.
should have made true blood talkback.. by ulcer	Jun 29th, 2009 10:14:36 AM
no one cares about Hung
Re: State of HBO by skycrapper	Jun 29th, 2009 10:26:55 AM
Don't forget "Game of Thrones" in those coming up series. The books fucking rock. Keeping my fingers crossed that it gets picked up.
Needs more GIANT PIG by GIANT_PIG	Jun 29th, 2009 10:34:19 AM
GIANT PIG!!!
How Big Does Your Dong Have To Be by Blast_Hardcheese	Jun 29th, 2009 11:49:52 AM
To be a male prostitute or porn star? The girls on Adult Friend Finder tell me mine is big I'm still not convinced.
Fucking sucked. by HoboCode	Jun 29th, 2009 12:08:20 PM
Couldn't stop yawning. am I realyl supposed to feel sorry for a guy wit ha huge cock? At least have some fucking female nudity.
How many dick references can a dumb reviewer drop? by Lezbo Milk	Jun 29th, 2009 12:23:22 PM
I thought the reviews were funny as hell. All these dipshit critics trying to be as clever as the material they write about...and failing miserably. I guess that's why they are writing about shows, instead of actually writing them.
HoboCode by CaptainAxis	Jun 29th, 2009 12:59:55 PM
Yawning? So while watching a show about a guy with a huge dick, your mouth kept opening wide reflexively? I think your subconscious is trying to tell you something. You know what's funny? Most of the people bitching about the premise of Hung probably list Boogie Nights as one of their favorite films. Also funny to see all the whining about male nudity as if it's so commonplace now. Really? Name 10 films or TV shows that have shown male nudity in the last two years. Now do the same with female nudity. Yeah, shut the fuck up with that homophobic horseshit.
CaptainAxis by HoboCode	Jun 29th, 2009 01:29:15 PM
LOL. The yawning was more of a result of the stultifyingly bad acting by the entire cast. This show was god awful. I'm originally from fucking Detroit and still couldn't keep my eyes open.
Real American? lol by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Jun 29th, 2009 02:34:31 PM
Come on mate. That is the most repressed comment I think Ive ever read! lol. You're not doing yoursef any favours with that post :D In Quadrophenia Ray Winstone and Phil Davis share a bath. Not in a gay way (if you can actually believe 2 men can be in a bath together withourt being gay). In the 80;s French cartoon The Mysterious Cities of Gold the two little boys go swimming in the river naked. Nothing gratuitous, just had no swim suits so took off their clothes and jumped in the water. This is what we watched in the 70's and 80's in Europe. Reading this TB makes me think of the Simpsons "Wont somebody think of the children!" In conclussion I deduce real Americans get scared at the thought of naked men lol. Is that what your saying Ash0k? ;)
Bored as his cock by spiceybiscuit	Jun 29th, 2009 02:58:27 PM
Did we watch the same show?? I was bored out of my mind. I didn't even know that was Anne Heche as the X, that is how bad and pulled back her face is
Ashok as a real american straight male, youre an embarrasment by Ace of Knaves	Jun 29th, 2009 05:02:16 PM
the simple fact is you shouldnt be afraid of penises or their mention because we all have one, acknowledging this fact, or even putting on a program highly relevant to this fact does not denote homosexuality. Its a show about a guy using his huge cock to bang chicks. nothing gay about it. Kepp your own issues ( with your intellect, sexuality, and penis size) to yourself. This is a good program . You were probaly one of those little creeps snickering at doctor manhattan's dong, telling yourself it was overkill , and no guys dick is that big flaccid. yeh keep telling yourself that.
Ash0k by CaptainAxis	Jun 29th, 2009 05:04:16 PM
Xenophobic? Check. Usage of the "libtard" insult? Check. Rampant fear of male genitalia? Check. Reliance on the "Real American" meme? Check. You wouldn't happen to be republican, would you? I hope for your sake this is just your talkback "tough guy" gimmick. Because honestly, in the context of this talkback, your comments don't make a lot of sense. By the way, I'm Canadian. Let the witty, Limbaugh-approved insults fly! As for the show, I appreciated that the supporting cast (i.e. his kids, the poet chick) looked like real people instead of airbrushed actors. Man, some of you are so quick to condemn a new show. Like I said in the Philanthropist talkback nobody read, you deserve all the shitbag reality shows and police/lawyer/doctor procedurals clogging the airwaves. Nothing satisfies some of you. There's a Hung pun hidden in there somewhere.
yeh i also thought it was cool by Ace of Knaves	Jun 29th, 2009 05:10:56 PM
how his kids looked like schlubby regular kids youd see at a mall somewhere, not these picture perfect model types, not one but both of his kids were overweight, and actually resembled each other. nice realistic touch.
HBO by grendel69	Jun 29th, 2009 05:14:46 PM
Problem is none of it interesting. They had the greatest show ever... Deadwood and shit canned it. What did we get instead? Lucky Louie, Tell Me You Love Me and In Treatment(Im fuckin tired of people in therapy). Gee where are those shows now?? Meanwhile HBO turns down Mad Men, which could have been huge for them. Only thing interesting to me is Entourage prob has a couple years left and The Pacific is next year.
Entourage?! by CaptainAxis	Jun 29th, 2009 05:31:01 PM
Now THERE is a terrible show, like fingernails on a blackboard. I've tried to watch it many times and every time it quickly reveals its truly retarded nature. It's like The O.C. with swearing, tits and ass. If you look up Ash0k's favorite word "metrosexual" in the latest dictionary, you'll see a picture of the Entourage cast. I can see why anybody who likes Entourage would be "bored" by Hung. It's not shiny and flashy enough. Perhaps a tinfoil ball is more your speed.
I didn't realize Thomas Jane was so bad by Browncoat_Jedi	Jun 29th, 2009 06:01:30 PM
His acting was terrible! I liked the pilot anyway. But what a mistake to cast him.
So William Hung has his own show now, Interesting by My_IQ_is_135	Jun 29th, 2009 06:30:04 PM

You take that back about Lucky Louie!!! by Domi'sInnerChild	Jun 29th, 2009 07:25:51 PM
I'd trade Hung and Entourage to have that show back. That said, everybody get it that Hung is just Weeds with a male lead, right? It's got potential, but the pilot wasn't as funny as Herc made it out to be.
it looked interesting. by Timahh	Jun 29th, 2009 07:29:46 PM
I like seeing Tom "i just want my kids back" getting some work. Jane Adams also. And for the first time in her career, i didn't want to punch anne heche in the face.(does that rhyme...i can't tell) Not a great ep, but first one's rare;y are. I'll check out a few weeks before i make up my mind.
Thomas Jane is fucking terrible by darthvedder81	Jun 29th, 2009 08:00:21 PM
Exhibit A: "The Mist" (especially the last 5 minutes of that shitfest). Poor man's Aaron Eckhart? More like a poor man's Bill Shatner.
Jane was fucking great in The Mist. by HoboCode	Jun 29th, 2009 08:19:37 PM
Probably thanks to Darabont's direction, but he sucks in this. Awful.
Entourage by grendel69	Jun 29th, 2009 08:58:13 PM
No its not great, but I find it entertaining enough to watch.
About as shitty as True Blood by lockesbrokenleg	Jun 29th, 2009 09:17:50 PM
What is the deal with that show? It sucks!
terrible by Fico	Jun 29th, 2009 09:32:04 PM
I will never give up on HBO but without Curb and Conchords this network is limp
True Blood > Buffy by CaptainAxis	Jun 29th, 2009 09:32:17 PM
Unless you're a teenager or a geek with the emotional maturity of a teenager.
Buffy ain't True Blood by Itchy	Jun 29th, 2009 09:37:51 PM
but I wouldn't mind seeing Sarah Michelle Gellar and Michelle Trachtenberg guest starring on True Blood and getting their tits out for a full-on vampire railing.
Thomas Jane by CaptainAxis	Jun 29th, 2009 09:40:10 PM
Terrible? Really? I didn't see anything wrong with him at all, although I did keep noticing how much he looks like James Purefoy when he squints. He felt very real, emotionally distant and his argument with the poet chick was great. If she wanted more than his cock, she wouldn't have hopped right into bed with him... twice. Finally, an argument where the man doesn't look like a total idiot. Now, can you provide any examples other than a vague "he sucked"?
love this show by one_guy_from_andromeda_	Jun 29th, 2009 10:46:46 PM
very funny, and high quality HBO production values. Thomas Janes is so hooooot
Racist if a black star? by Hipshot	Jun 29th, 2009 10:59:11 PM
Not if it isn't. Sure, some people would knee-jerk in that direction but if: 1) They address the cultural stereotypes (might be a selling point for him!) 2) He is a multi-dimensional human being, with hopes, needs, dreams, family, career, etc, and not just a "type." 3) There are other black men on the show, providing balanced imagery. Then I'd say casting black would be a choice. I'd be nervous--not real happy with the black folks on "True Blood" (both men criminals, one gay and cringing in slave-like manacles. Yuck) but I'd be willing to give it a chance.
I love it by SavageJuicebox	Jun 29th, 2009 11:34:20 PM
When people declare popular shows as being terrible. It's great to have opinions but you look ridiculous when you start declaring absolutes.
TURGID and FLACCID by DrMorbius	Jun 30th, 2009 01:09:04 AM
Is this Hercs biopic?
of course his son is some "goth" weirdo by rainbowtrout1265	Jun 30th, 2009 09:22:38 AM
that is not a "regular" kid you would see at the mall. of course, HBO would make his son some bizarre oddball.
the realistic scenario with his kids by rainbowtrout1265	Jun 30th, 2009 09:25:44 AM
Since Jane plays a coach/former athlete, his kids would more than likely be pretty athletic kids. His son having painted fingenails, etc, is just TV show nonsense.
rainbowtrout1265 by HoboCode	Jun 30th, 2009 10:14:24 AM
Actually the kids are the one thing the show got completely right. the kid wasn't that gothy. I'm originally from Michigan and have family and friends there still. Those kids are exactly like kids in Michigan. Pudgy, reserved, punky/gothy but not overtly so. Spot on if you asked me.
rainbowtrrout, come into this century by Ace of Knaves	Jun 30th, 2009 10:47:27 AM
simply adopting a style doesnt make someone a weirdo this day in age, and at least here in california, i see plenty of punk/goth/emo kids in malls, on buses, everywhere, and i'm sure paramore and taking back sunday arent only selling tickets and cd's here otherwise they wouldnt be nationwide successes. wake up. all that counterculture "weirdness" you fear is become so ridiculously mainstream and commonplace no one who actually gets out even thinks twice about it. It's just fashion. It's harmless. Where you have your brown shirts and jackboots, this kid has spiked bracelets and lipstick, so what. "why would a television show for designed for entertainment think to create conflicting scenarios such as a jock dad with goth kids? That's so ludicrous and necessary? those yahoos at hbo can only be responsible! Surely there hasnt been contrived ideas in any family based sitcom on any other network before!" grow up.
I enjoyed it by JonKrause	Jun 30th, 2009 11:17:31 AM
I avoided this talkback before watching the show and when watching it with an open mind I found it quite enjoyable! The casting is good and while the first episode probably won't be remembered as one of the best, it nicely sets up the entire series and I like the possibilities of where it can go. Being someone from Detroit, I also really liked the fact that they've really taken their location to heart. They didn't just say "This show will take place in Detroit" and then film a bunch of generic scenes that could take place anywhere. I've been to every one of those locations in the opening credits and it was pretty cool to see them on an HBO show like this. Just my two cents.
Finally got around to watching it on DVR by Itchy	Jun 30th, 2009 11:31:25 AM
Not bad. It's got some potential. They need to ratchet up the laughs, though. And they could have done a slightly better job casting ... I mean, I'd fuck Anne Heche straight or gay, but those two kids are downright unpleasant to look at, and Jane Adams ain't exactly eye candy. On the other hand, it was funny to see all the shots in and around Detroit ... funny seeing my hometown on a show. They certainly managed to find the worst of the dumps sitting around the city, that's for sure.
rainbowtrout1265 by CaptainAxis	Jun 30th, 2009 12:12:08 PM
Yeah, teenagers just LOVE to emulate their parents, don't they? It's not like kids ever rebel against their parents or anything. Seriously, you're allowed to use your brain before you post. Itchy, you'd be better off watching Entourage if you don't like looking at "unpleasant" people. This is what people look like in the real world, most aren't airbrushed, emaciated models.
by DeadPanWalking	Jun 30th, 2009 12:38:28 PM

Better than expected by DeadPanWalking	Jun 30th, 2009 12:39:32 PM
I went in thinking it would be stupid or derivative, but it was actually pretty well done. The writing is hilarious, and the leads do a great job. I'll be dvr-ing.
Penis Penis Penis..... by spiceybiscuit	Jun 30th, 2009 02:25:37 PM
Really, this is a "groundbraking" show for HBO? It's almost as bad as Weeds and that fucked up Big Love, it's a show about a big dick and all he does is bang some horse faced naughty slut
Spiceybiscuit by Blast_Hardcheese	Jun 30th, 2009 03:11:48 PM
I'm sure hes going to bang some fat chicks too.
"I'M DOING THIS FOR MY KIDS!" by MrMysteryGuest	Jun 30th, 2009 03:46:52 PM
Thomas Jane's famous Arrested Development line! :)

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