MOB CITY / L A Noir [TNT]

[The Wiser Hatter]

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An we have a date for the start of the show.
December 4th and the name has been changed
To MOB CITY.

 

[Kirk H.]

Oh....can't wait!

 

[tecolote]

I am looking forward to this,although after watching all of the previews(which are good), I'm wondering if I've spotted a spoiler involving Bugsy Seigel.
Someone even took the time to teach Alexa Davalos the proper technique to rapid-wind a Leica screw-mount camera....
Regards,

Tecolote

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

It starts the coming Wednesday. I have the TiVo set. Not much on during the holidays.

 

[Kirk H.]

I can't wait. It looks really gooood!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/6533...m=feed&utm_term=coaxial&utm_campaign=1310_RSS
Some early reviews.

 

[Gregg Axley]

I'm taping it, looks like Saturday morning.
I was traveling back home this morning, and went to bed before the program came on.
So...I missed it.
Was it good?

 

[flat-top]

Let me be the first to say that I really did NOT enjoy Mob City at all.
There's nothing here that we haven't seen before, and seen it done better. Very disappointed.

 

[2075rami]

I just watched the first night on the DVR, and I enjoyed it. It was better than I had anticipated thus far.


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[Doctor Strange]

I found it closer to the superficial dreck of Gangster Squad than the staggering brilliance of L.A. Confidential. The characters are meh, but the production quality is pretty good.

I'll keep watching, but it's now pretty clear why TNT is dumping these first six episodes as a "miniseries event" rather than promoting this big-time with a more visible showcase during last month's all-important sweeps: it's very unlikely that this will be expanded into a regular series.

 

[tecolote]

Gangster Squad is indeed dreck, it was hard to enjoy the period detail watching it. Mob City could be awful and still be way better. I enjoyed it enough to watch it twice. One of my favorites bits was the sort of Dragnet-like dialoque Rothman and his buddy had with ex-con busboy right before the
Parmesan cheese hit.
I do have some nits to pick/questions, though:
I didn't think filtered cigarettes were around in 1947, and were dumpsters around by then.
Teague's shoulder holster morphs from a re-harnessed Lewis to a Lawrence at the oilfield, and back again.
Why is Parker wearing what look like LAPD Traffic division shoulder patches?
One of Jasmine's Leicas has a self timer,which was introduced until 1954, on the other hand that sure is a nice bag of Leica stuff she has.

There's some similarity to Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister with the blackmail of the mobster Steelgrave,based on Siegel, by Orrin Quest with his Leica.

Regards,

Tecolote

 

[Gregg Axley]

While I'm not expert on the clothing and cars, as far as "period correct", I have to say this thing started out confusing, hard to follow, and "overblown" as far as production goes. Maybe I haven't had enough alcohol, maybe I've had too much (even though I haven't had a drink today), but this thing stinks.

 

[Kirk H.]

Gangster Squad is indeed dreck, it was hard to enjoy the period detail watching it. Mob City could be awful and still be way better. I enjoyed it enough to watch it twice. One of my favorites bits was the sort of Dragnet-like dialoque Rothman and his buddy had with ex-con busboy right before the
Parmesan cheese hit.
I do have some nits to pick/questions, though:
I didn't think filtered cigarettes were around in 1947, and were dumpsters around by then.
Teague's shoulder holster morphs from a re-harnessed Lewis to a Lawrence at the oilfield, and back again.
Why is Parker wearing what look like LAPD Traffic division shoulder patches?
One of Jasmine's Leicas has a self timer,which was introduced until 1954, on the other hand that sure is a nice bag of Leica stuff she has.

There's some similarity to Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister with the blackmail of the mobster Steelgrave,based on Siegel, by Orrin Quest with his Leica.

Regards,

Tecolote

And what about Simon Peggs character saying..Just like Cagney...Top of the world Ma. That was from White Heat which came out in 1949 and this show takes place in 1947.......even with the continuity errors I muist confess that I did enjoy it enought that I will see what the next episodes are like.

Kirk H.

 

[resortes805]

To keep the thread alive, I have read recently that the title of the show has been changed to Lost Angels. I guess Rockstar, creators of L.A. Noire the video game, were having quite a hissy fit about the name and threatened to sue the pants off of everyone involved in the TNT show if they continued to use the name L.A. Noir.

You would want to sue too if somebody stole the name and setting of your successful project without your permission.

 

[Gregg Axley]

I was wondering when they'd change the name.
Rockstar had it first.

 

[RBH]

The book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City
by John Buntin, came out in 2009.
The video game L.A. Noire appeared in 2011. The demo was released in 2010.

 

[Gregg Axley]

I stand corrected, but my meaning was that the video game had the name first.
Mob City just doesn't have the same ring IMHO.
Again, maybe it will grow on me.
The singers though, I'm not so sure about.
Youtube some of the songs from LA Noire (the video game) and see the difference between the quality.
Some old (recorded in the 30's through the 40's) and some recorded for the game.

 

[resortes805]

The book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City
by John Buntin, came out in 2009.
The video game L.A. Noire appeared in 2011. The demo was released in 2010.

Then Buntin should of sued first!

 

[BriarWolf]

Caught the first episode the other night and actually rather enjoyed it. It was visually very vibrant, with good use of lighting, which I thought gave a suitable contrast to the noir feel.

 

[PADDY]

Enjoyed it. One can get too focused on the detail of these things to the detriment of actually just escaping into the fantasy of it all for an hour.