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I'm not sure about this example.
Asshole Victim:
- The arrogant bully that is poisoned by Willie in a Deadly Prank. Willie has clearly entered dark territory, but the audience isn't exactly broken up by the death.
Aviator Fan is quite persistent in the YMMV regarding Richard Harrow. Is there anyone with some authority who can weight on this?
Removed:
- Hell Is That Noise: In Season 3, Van Alden reaches his Rage Breaking Point in the workplace when a coworker mocks him by doing an impression of a horny housewife, which bears an uncanny resemblance to Lucy Danziger's slurred whining. Van Alden promptly shoves an iron in the man's face, but the Call-Back persists as his screams of agony start to sound like the "extremely penetrating" infant Lucy had sired.
Took out this from anachronisms:
"Nucky sells Thompson Submachine guns to the IRA stating that their claim to fame was in the trenches of WW1 when in fact the first model: The M1921 was not created until 3 years after the end of the war."
It's a bit complicated but there is actually no anachronism here. Nucky only says that it is called a "trench broom" and (after doing a little demonstration) that you can see why. "Trench broom" was, indeed, one of the commercial nicknames
given to the gun when it was released to the civilian market in 1921 (another one was "anti-bandit gun" - the irony!) because the gun had been developed to be supplied in the WW1 trenches (patent is from 1915) but the first units were not completed until 1919, a year after the end of the war.
given to the gun when it was released to the civilian market in 1921 (another one was "anti-bandit gun" - the irony!) because the gun had been developed to be supplied in the WW1 trenches (patent is from 1915) but the first units were not completed until 1919, a year after the end of the war.
Nucky's father wasn't recast. After all Tom Aldredge didn't die until after shooting all his planned scenes so there was no need.
When Margaret meets Juliet for the first time, the latter greets the former with an Irish greeting, I was wondering what that meant. Bit of a stickler for these things as bilingual bonus can lead to better revelations.
In the second season the Commodore introduces Eli to the men who "made" Atlantic City. One of these old guys stands up and greets Eli in a language I've never heard of and raises his glass to him. Anyone know what language this is and what it means?
I asked last year how many Historical Domain Characters were too many but received no answer. With a new season underway and still more "real life" characters I decided to delete that bit and simply state that most of the supporting characters are based on real persons. For convenience, should someone decide to restore that section, here is the list as I found it.
Al Capone, Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Johnny Torrio, Frankie Yale, Jim Colosimo, Jake Guzik, Eddie Cantor, Theodore Hardeen (Houdini's brother), Harry Daugherty, U.S. Senator Walter Evans Edge, mayors Edward Bader, Frank Hague and Harry Bacharach, Edith Day, Sophie Tucker, George Remus, Bugsy Siegel, Joe Masseria, and, not least, Senator and future President Warren Harding (as well as his wife and mistress).
, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Johnny Torrio, Frankie Yale, Jim Colosimo, Jake Guzik, Eddie Cantor, Theodore Hardeen (Houdini's brother), Harry Daugherty, U.S. Senator Walter Evans Edge, mayors Edward Bader, Frank Hague and Harry Bacharach, Edith Day, Sophie Tucker, George Remus, Bugsy Siegel, Joe Masseria, and, not least, Senator and future President Warren Harding (as well as his wife and mistress).
Just wondering... if I've ever decide to create a character sheet for this show, should I take out all tropes that apply to a character in particular from the main page, or leave it untouched?
So, I took out the potholes identifying Rothstein as a Complete Monster. One, I don't think you're supposed to pothole YMMV tropes like that- not positive.
But besides that, he really doesn't qualify IMO. As I was noting in a Trope Repair Shop discussion of the Complete Monster trope, that thing where he tricked someone into choking to death is off screen, and he doesn't really come across as the most evil and threatening character in the series. Having watched the first season, I'd say he's way way too reasonable to qualify, and none of his on-screen actions are notable bad by the standards of the show. He's ruthless and unpleasant, but not really a Complete Monster.
Would Rothstein count as a teetotaler?
There are several references to him opting for milk or tea over liquor because he wants to 'stay sharp' at the tables. It's also well documented that the actual Rothstein never smoke, drank or womanized.
Would it qualify him as straight edge evil?
Can someone confirm whether this is a mistake? I don't want to correct it yet, in case I'm wrong.
Beware the Nice Ones: The Commodore's Maid
My understanding was that Jimmy's mom was the one poisoning the Commodore. Jimmy accused her of it and she didn't deny it. But he didn't really blame her, nor did he want her to go to jail, so they accused the maid. She was a plausible culprit because she prepared his food, and the Commodore believed it easily because he never liked her. However, Nucky figured out that it wasn't her, probably because of her lack of motive (or maybe someone told him? I don't remember). So, instead of having her arrested as the Commodore wanted, he gave her some money and told her to leave town.
Am I missing something?
No, it really was the maid. I know a lot of people were confused by this, though, so don't feel bad. Terence Winter jossed this one in an interview.
http://hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/interview-boardwalk-empire-creator-terence-winter-post-mortems-season-one
Took out Improbable Aiming Skills (at least as it relates to Richard Harrow) because it does not apply. Losing an eye would not effect one's aiming with a rifle that had a scope at all; if you had two eyes you would close the one you weren't looking through the scope with. Also, the shot we saw him take (less than a hundred yards, stationary target) was not at all difficult.
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