TMC
02-19-2016, 01:35 AM
http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-hbos-vinyl-a-classic-rock-drama-that-wishes-it-was-punk
The Martin Scorsese (http://www.stereogum.com/1859526/richard-hell-reviews-hbos-vinyl/franchises/sounding-board/)-Mick Jagger-Terence Winter series switches back and forth between its influences, says Alan Sepinwall. “Here's a burst of Sopranos, then a shot of Mad Men, followed by a gorgeous Scorsese camera move.” He adds that "this plays at times like Scorsese doing a cover band performance of himself. It's great to have Scorsese himself filming (Bobby) Cannavale doing a line of coke off a car's rearview mirror, but hasn't he gone down this particular seedy alley a time or twelve already?” PLUS: Vinyl bogs down in formulaic (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/arts/television/review-vinyl-resurrects-the-70s-music-industry-amid-proto-punk-squalor.html) plot lines as it gives less time to the music, it is visually stunning yet ultimately empty (http://www.vox.com/2016/2/12/10979736/vinyl-review-hbo-mick-jagger), Vinyl is a compelling idea in search of a compelling story (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/vinyl-review-hbo-s-disappointing-li-nyc-filmed-70s-rock-n-roll-drama-1.11460029), it feels like the HBO-iest show (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/vinyl-is-hbos-hbo-iest-show-yet-thats-mostly-a-good-thing/2016/02/10/d075bef8-cb90-11e5-88ff-e2d1b4289c2f_story.html) the network has ever made — and that’s a good thing, it proves addictive despite its “bellicose male bullsh*t,” (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/viny-hbo-review) it’s an office drama masquerading (http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/12/10975910/vinyl-tv-review-hbo-mick-jagger-martin-scorsese) as a music show, Scorsese directed a bloated pilot (http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/11/vinyl-ew-review) that lacks energy and personality, its biggest flaw is that the music doesn’t feel important (http://www.salon.com/2016/02/12/vinyl_falls_short_too_many_cooks_and_too_much_noise_override_the_spirit_of_the_era/), and Vinyl is "creatively audacious (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/vinyl-tv-review-861155) — a ridiculously exciting visual ode to the fist-pumping power of music."
The Martin Scorsese (http://www.stereogum.com/1859526/richard-hell-reviews-hbos-vinyl/franchises/sounding-board/)-Mick Jagger-Terence Winter series switches back and forth between its influences, says Alan Sepinwall. “Here's a burst of Sopranos, then a shot of Mad Men, followed by a gorgeous Scorsese camera move.” He adds that "this plays at times like Scorsese doing a cover band performance of himself. It's great to have Scorsese himself filming (Bobby) Cannavale doing a line of coke off a car's rearview mirror, but hasn't he gone down this particular seedy alley a time or twelve already?” PLUS: Vinyl bogs down in formulaic (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/arts/television/review-vinyl-resurrects-the-70s-music-industry-amid-proto-punk-squalor.html) plot lines as it gives less time to the music, it is visually stunning yet ultimately empty (http://www.vox.com/2016/2/12/10979736/vinyl-review-hbo-mick-jagger), Vinyl is a compelling idea in search of a compelling story (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/vinyl-review-hbo-s-disappointing-li-nyc-filmed-70s-rock-n-roll-drama-1.11460029), it feels like the HBO-iest show (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/vinyl-is-hbos-hbo-iest-show-yet-thats-mostly-a-good-thing/2016/02/10/d075bef8-cb90-11e5-88ff-e2d1b4289c2f_story.html) the network has ever made — and that’s a good thing, it proves addictive despite its “bellicose male bullsh*t,” (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/viny-hbo-review) it’s an office drama masquerading (http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/12/10975910/vinyl-tv-review-hbo-mick-jagger-martin-scorsese) as a music show, Scorsese directed a bloated pilot (http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/11/vinyl-ew-review) that lacks energy and personality, its biggest flaw is that the music doesn’t feel important (http://www.salon.com/2016/02/12/vinyl_falls_short_too_many_cooks_and_too_much_noise_override_the_spirit_of_the_era/), and Vinyl is "creatively audacious (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/vinyl-tv-review-861155) — a ridiculously exciting visual ode to the fist-pumping power of music."