HBO's "The Deuce" (Season 2) - Page 4 - Blu-ray Forum

Hoke Moseley · 08-06-2018, 08:20 PM

browinie · 08-20-2018, 05:16 PM

Official trailer has been released. This looks like it will be as good as the first season!

mredman · 08-20-2018, 09:33 PM

such an excellent show. already have s1 on Blu-Ray definitely adding s2 as well

Dr. Seymour Love · 09-10-2018, 05:27 PM

Good first episode, so glad to be back in this world. Man that one guy has lost a ton of weight.

mredman · 09-10-2018, 05:46 PM

yep good season premiere the production value on this show to make it look like in the 70's is just so damn good.

Charlie_C · 09-11-2018, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by mredman

yep good season premiere the production value on this show to make it look like in the 70's is just so damn good.

Yeah the scene in the car with Rudy, Vince and Tommy was exceptional in that regard.

Dr. Seymour Love · 09-11-2018, 11:50 AM

I loved when Franco walked in front of that one theater and it was covered with Confessions of a Young American Housewife posters. Also seeing Jennifer Wells name up on the marquee since she passed a couple of months ago.

mredman · 09-11-2018, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Seymour Love

I loved when Franco walked in front of that one theater and it was covered with Confessions of a Young American Housewife posters. Also seeing Jennifer Wells name up on the marquee since she passed a couple of months ago.

Yeah awesome detail there.
Already looking forward to picking up s2 on Blu-Ray

Charlie_C · 09-11-2018, 05:10 PM

Anyone concerned for the woman in charge of the "romance" booths? Tommy seemed pretty ominous in the scene.

Dr. Seymour Love · 09-12-2018, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlie_C

Anyone concerned for the woman in charge of the "romance" booths? Tommy seemed pretty ominous in the scene.

He took her and showed her the windowless peep booths, he mentions it when he takes Franco and shows him the same ones.

R3P0 · 09-12-2018, 01:00 PM

So cant wait to get HBO back Oct 1 so I can catch up on this show

format916 · 09-13-2018, 02:54 PM

i saw the pilot of the first season and i just couldnt get into it. the most interesting part for me were the movie titles on the marquee.

AnamorphicWidescreen · 09-19-2018, 02:02 PM

Enjoying The Deuce S02. Excellent series, and I like how the characters have progressed from S01.

The new opening theme song & images are great - Elvis Costello's "This Year's Girl" (1978) & the late '70's?! footage of Times Square, etc. really encapsulates the era, just like the S01 opening theme/song encapsulated the early '70's era.

It's obvious that times have changed considerably re: what we saw in the first season. The adult film industry is booming (we saw the beginnings of this towards the end of S01), and women are going to "work" there in a safer, controlled, and much more lucrative environment - without having to deal with the dangers/hassle of dealing with anonymous "johns", potentially dangerous & definitely greedy pimps, etc.

One of my favorite scenes in this season is when one of the pimps goes to the bus station in an attempt to "pick up" young women who are coming to the big city for the first time, so they can "work" for him (obviously, this had worked successfully for him in the past). After he focuses on one young woman (fresh off the bus) & goes into his regular "routine", she ignores his come-ons and asks him directions to an adult film location....he is then dumbfounded, and realizes that he is speaking to deaf ears...and then yells after her that she will be exploited, etc. - while she just ignores him and quickly walks away....great sequence, that spoke volumes

I also think we'll see the early beginnings of the clean-up of Times Square in this season, re: the investigation of the tourist's death that we see in Episodes 1-2 here. Obviously, this won't happen on any great scale until the '90's, but I think it started to some extent much earlier.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, it's simply AMAZING how much NYC & Times Square has gotten cleaned up since the '70's - early '90s. While TS was obviously dangerous & seedy during that era, today TS & NYC in general is completely different & a hell of a lot safer.

https://www.city-journal.org/html/ho...ory-13197.html

MJD64 · 09-19-2018, 02:31 PM

The first two episodes were great, really looking forward to the rest of the season; HBO is simply unbeatable for their dramatic series, IMO.

I also love the opening credits, with Elvis Costello's This Year's Girl played over that great period footage (anyone balking at a 1978 song being used in a show set in 1977 should know this current season reportedly ends in '78, so there is justification

). However, I am going to have to cry foul over the footage of the marquee clearly advertising 1981's Scanners...though the fact that it's vintage David Cronenberg makes it easy to forgive!

AnamorphicWidescreen · 09-19-2018, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MJD64

I also love the opening credits, with Elvis Costello's This Year's Girl played over that great period footage (anyone balking at a 1978 song being used in a show set in 1977 should know this current season reportedly ends in '78, so there is justification

). However, I am going to have to cry foul over the footage of the marquee clearly advertising 1981's Scanners...though the fact that it's vintage David Cronenberg makes it easy to forgive!

Agree about the 1978 EC song - very iconic, and the fact that the show starts in '77 & features a '78 song is not a big deal at all. The point is that the music signifies an era instead of a specific year, IMHO.

I do agree about Scanners - I noticed this as well. However, I'm a huge Cronenberg fan, too - so could slightly overlook this. I would also argue that the TS area probably hadn't changed much from the late '70's - early '80's, so the feel/vibe of the footage is still spot-on. I do watch a lot of film (obviously), and the clothing/hairstyles/cars/etc. don't look that much different from, say, 1977/1978 - 1981/1982.

Dr. Seymour Love · 09-19-2018, 04:14 PM

Love the discussion of Al Goldstein and Midnight Blue.

eightslicesofpie · 09-20-2018, 08:15 PM

Renewed for third and final season

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...by-hbo-1145801

Hucksta G · 09-20-2018, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by eightslicesofpie

Renewed for third and final season

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...by-hbo-1145801

Damn for some reason i thought they had plans for four seasons but I see in the article it says three seasons.

mredman · 09-20-2018, 08:43 PM

Simon always said 3 seasons even at the start of season 1. So this is really good news he get to conclude it.

https://deadline.com/2018/09/the-deu...al-1202468436/

mredman · 10-09-2018, 04:11 AM

This show just Keeps getting grittier and grittier. Some of these characters are in so much deep sh!t now. Its hard to see how they get out of the mess. S2 better get a Blu-Ray release. Show is firing on all cylinders. While things spiraling out of control. Chaos is coming.

09-19-2018, 02:02 PM	#73
AnamorphicWidescreen Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2014	Enjoying The Deuce S02. Excellent series, and I like how the characters have progressed from S01. The new opening theme song & images are great - Elvis Costello's "This Year's Girl" (1978) & the late '70's?! footage of Times Square, etc. really encapsulates the era, just like the S01 opening theme/song encapsulated the early '70's era. It's obvious that times have changed considerably re: what we saw in the first season. The adult film industry is booming (we saw the beginnings of this towards the end of S01), and women are going to "work" there in a safer, controlled, and much more lucrative environment - without having to deal with the dangers/hassle of dealing with anonymous "johns", potentially dangerous & definitely greedy pimps, etc. One of my favorite scenes in this season is when one of the pimps goes to the bus station in an attempt to "pick up" young women who are coming to the big city for the first time, so they can "work" for him (obviously, this had worked successfully for him in the past). After he focuses on one young woman (fresh off the bus) & goes into his regular "routine", she ignores his come-ons and asks him directions to an adult film location....he is then dumbfounded, and realizes that he is speaking to deaf ears...and then yells after her that she will be exploited, etc. - while she just ignores him and quickly walks away....great sequence, that spoke volumes I also think we'll see the early beginnings of the clean-up of Times Square in this season, re: the investigation of the tourist's death that we see in Episodes 1-2 here. Obviously, this won't happen on any great scale until the '90's, but I think it started to some extent much earlier. As I mentioned in an earlier post, it's simply AMAZING how much NYC & Times Square has gotten cleaned up since the '70's - early '90s. While TS was obviously dangerous & seedy during that era, today TS & NYC in general is completely different & a hell of a lot safer. https://www.city-journal.org/html/ho...ory-13197.html Last edited by AnamorphicWidescreen; 09-19-2018 at 03:43 PM.

08-20-2018, 09:33 PM	#63
mredman Banned Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:13 Blu-ray reviews:7	such an excellent show. already have s1 on Blu-Ray definitely adding s2 as well

09-10-2018, 05:27 PM	#64
Dr. Seymour Love Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2012 4K collection:124 Blu-ray collection:1081 DVD collection:587 iTunes collection:48 Blu-ray reviews: 15	Good first episode, so glad to be back in this world. Man that one guy has lost a ton of weight.

09-10-2018, 05:46 PM	#65
mredman Banned Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:13 Blu-ray reviews:7	yep good season premiere the production value on this show to make it look like in the 70's is just so damn good.

09-11-2018, 11:50 AM	#67
Dr. Seymour Love Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2012 4K collection:124 Blu-ray collection:1081 DVD collection:587 iTunes collection:48 Blu-ray reviews: 15	I loved when Franco walked in front of that one theater and it was covered with Confessions of a Young American Housewife posters. Also seeing Jennifer Wells name up on the marquee since she passed a couple of months ago.

09-11-2018, 05:10 PM	#69
Charlie_C Special Member Member since:May 2017 Location:UK 4K collection:140 Blu-ray collection:376 Trading Score:10	Anyone concerned for the woman in charge of the "romance" booths? Tommy seemed pretty ominous in the scene.

09-12-2018, 01:00 PM	#71
R3P0 Blu-ray Duke Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:46 Trading Score:1	So cant wait to get HBO back Oct 1 so I can catch up on this show

09-13-2018, 02:54 PM	#72
format916 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2011 Location:South Florida 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:497 DVD collection:429 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	i saw the pilot of the first season and i just couldnt get into it. the most interesting part for me were the movie titles on the marquee.

09-19-2018, 02:31 PM	#74
MJD64 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2016 Blu-ray collection:847 DVD collection:854	The first two episodes were great, really looking forward to the rest of the season; HBO is simply unbeatable for their dramatic series, IMO. I also love the opening credits, with Elvis Costello's This Year's Girl played over that great period footage (anyone balking at a 1978 song being used in a show set in 1977 should know this current season reportedly ends in '78, so there is justification ). However, I am going to have to cry foul over the footage of the marquee clearly advertising 1981's Scanners...though the fact that it's vintage David Cronenberg makes it easy to forgive!

09-19-2018, 04:14 PM	#76
Dr. Seymour Love Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2012 4K collection:124 Blu-ray collection:1081 DVD collection:587 iTunes collection:48 Blu-ray reviews: 15	Love the discussion of Al Goldstein and Midnight Blue.

09-20-2018, 08:15 PM	#77
eightslicesofpie Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2015 Trading Score:233	Renewed for third and final season https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...by-hbo-1145801

09-20-2018, 08:43 PM	#79
mredman Banned Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:13 Blu-ray reviews:7	Simon always said 3 seasons even at the start of season 1. So this is really good news he get to conclude it. https://deadline.com/2018/09/the-deu...al-1202468436/

10-09-2018, 04:11 AM	#80
mredman Banned Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:13 Blu-ray reviews:7	This show just Keeps getting grittier and grittier. Some of these characters are in so much deep sh!t now. Its hard to see how they get out of the mess. S2 better get a Blu-Ray release. Show is firing on all cylinders. While things spiraling out of control. Chaos is coming.

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