It was a good show. Its not the wire, game of thrones, true blood, breaking bad, the sopranos, the corner, the shield. It was kind of simple and story kinda slow and the whole rasta monsta thing dragged out for to long but it was well made. There is definately room for a show like this in the world. Especially when theres so much crap.
Im a Brit, I dont really care for the whole "hipster" culture of my country or anywhere else, or fashion but this show had me watching non stop both series for 2 days. I loved the way it felt like the makers of the show had played allot of GTA. It looked just like GTA 4, and even abit of lost and damned and gay tony. For instance the clubs and the russian sauna are straight pulled from GTA IV. And the music also felt pulled from gta, I heard "destination unknown" on gta VCS, and I re discovered the awesome hip hop song deja vu by peter gunz and lord tariq. Luis Guzmán is cool too, and as a massive fan of carlitos way and big pun I like seeing Puerto Ricans (or German *beep* why are they called German *beep* lol) in stuff. Theres practically no P.R movies apart from Empire and Carlitos way to my knowledge. Oh and the girl that plays the lesbian daughter is beautiful.
It looked like allot of care went into the locations, the clothing, the sets, the way it was filmed, the photography, the vehicles, the music. The characters were mostly likable to, and fine girls in it to. I really want to go to NY/USA now, I cant afford to go currently but one day im gonna go and ride the subway, eat hot dogs, (i dont even smoke) smoke newports, swisher sweets, drink a 40, eat pretzels, visit diners, go and see the big pun mural, eat some puerto rican food, ride a bike round the city, get a cab ride, drink at an irish bar, go central park, play stick ball, watch kids play with fire hydrants, buy some fake goods off the street, even try my hand at basketball.
Ok I might not manage all those things but thanks to this show I feel like ive visited abit of NY already.
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soundsofviolence
12 years ago
There's a reason why it felt like GTA to you. It's because Rockstar did a great job of detailing and capturing the essence of NYC. The creators of HTMIIA did the same thing.
This show captured New York, being young, and trying to be something in the city perfectly. The essence of youth and hip culture was overwhelmingly correct on this show. Unfortunately, not many people get it. I'll definitely miss this show. The clothes, the music, the casting, etc was pretty spot on. When I hear the title song in other ads I get really bummed because I know this show doesn't exist anymore and I never got to see the full potential. Hopefully another network will pick it up. I'm glad HBO is taking chances on original shows but they need to follow through. Their loss will hopefully be another networks gain.
I just only hope Girls doesn't suffer the same fate HTMIIA. There's a huge backlash on these kinds of shows because people just don't get it. It's not just about hipsters and blah blah blah. This is just who young Americans are. Love it or hate it, it's real. These are accurate depictions. It may not be apart of your life or interests but it exists and it's nice to see it depicted on television, film, etc.
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