Entourage (The TV Show)

This past summer I finished watching Game of Thrones and moved my focus towards Entourage, the HBO series that follows movie star Vincent Chase and his group of friends. The show is loosely based off of executive producer Mark Wahlberg's life as a rising film star. As a movie star, Vince's life revolves around his friends Eric Murphy or "E", Johny "Drama" Chase (Vince's older and less talented brother), Turtle and Vince's agent, Ari Gold.

I can't get enough of this TV show, which is hard now that classes have started! Each episode runs for 30 minutes, and it makes a great show to binge-watch easily. Since I started watching it a few weeks ago, I've already finished the first half of season 3, which is a sad accomplishment now that I'm already halfway through the second part of the season.

Entourage brings forth two main themes throughout the series. The most prevalent and thus easily noticed are the heavy undertones of male friendship and machoness. Entourage boils down to a bro-tv show, of four friends and the endless fun that being rich in Hollywood brings you. Because of the high stakes of such a lifestyle, this bravado brings out the testosterone. Throughout the series, this can mainly be seen with Vince's agent, Ari Gold. Dealing with clients and studios often leads Ari to act...angrily...often his phone is thrown, or someone is yelled at, like Lloyd, oh poor Lloyd. The second theme, if we'll call it that, (probably more of a characteristic of the show) is the embracing and focus of the lifestyle of the rich and famous in Hollywood. There are scenes where we see Vince buys his friends $10,000 watches, Aston Martins (I don't even want to know the price) and countless other expenses that add up to an enormous credit card bill. The group frequents expensive restaurants, Rodeo Drive, flies in a helicopter and take private jets wherever they need to go. This all goes along with countless parties, clubs, drugs, and alcohol.

All-in-all Entourage is an excellent show that warrants a look for someone searching for a new series to watch.

Entourage movie?

     The critically acclaimed HBO show Entourage ended about 2 years ago and ever since then fans have been waiting for a full length film.  Executive Producer Mark Whalberg and his cast love the idea but wanted to see a script before making any decision.  Head writer and creator Doug Ellin began writing the script and the movie has been given the go ahead to begin production.  As an Entourage fan I am very excited to see where the story will go.  Will it continue from where it left off, or will it start a few years later?

     In summary, Entourage is about a rising actor named Vincent Chase who brings his friends with him to Hollywood looking to make it big.  Vincent works with his manager E, driver Turtle, brother Drama, and his agent Ari.  Whalberg says everyone is back and motivated to make this movie, he would like to do a second but doesn't want it to be a disaster.  I personally feel that this movie is going to be awesome  and they should wait for the first to come out before even thinking about a second.  No release date has been given yet but it is good to know that production has started.

HBOGO

     The ability to re-watch any show on television new or old is a technology of a generation.  Since Netflix started in 1999 they have been the leader in changing the game of how we watch television on our computers.  The technology spread fast and soon enough every television station will have some type of internet access for live viewing or re-programming.  In 2010 HBO launched its internet streaming syndicator, HBOGO.  This allowed HBO to maintain its credibility as a high powered premium channel with great respect for the quality of programming.

     HBO has been reaching out to service providers to make deals so more people have access to HBO as long as they are paying the premium through the service provider.  Once HBO made a deal with Optimum I immediately created an account with HBO GO.  Since then I have been catching up on my favorite HBO shows like Entourage, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos and I can't wait till Game of Thrones season 3 comes out.  What is nice about HBO that differs from companies like Netflix and Hulu Plus is that because HBO has its own programming they can put their shows up on their site immediately after they air giving the viewer the ability to access them anytime.  Netflix has recently taking the role of studio with the release of their first original series House of Cards.  I can't wait to view great television shows on my computer at home on my own time.