Too many fans seem to be blown away

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

As a former record producer at the top end of the international rock / pop business who came a generation later than the protagonists of Vinyl, who knows intimately the reality of the music scene that the show documents, I found it superb.I can only laugh at the ignorami bleating "cliche" and thinking they're clever for it. Clichés typically become clichés because they're accurate and true...I can't even begin to count the people I've met irl who could so easily be characters in Vinyl. This show totally hit the nail on the head, which makes it even sadder that HBO couldn't see the value in it, and cancelled. But they do that with almost every single decent show they produce, so no surprise there.The energy, the momentum, the desperation to stay afloat... it's all there. The direction and performances are top-notch too. 10/10. RIP.

It's 1973 New York. Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) is a drunken, drug-addicted mess. He runs his struggling record label American Century with his friend Zak Yankovich (Ray Romano). They're trying to sell their label to German Polygram. He started out managing jazz singer Lester Grimes ten years before but they parted on bad terms. His marriage to Devon (Olivia Wilde) with two kids is in trouble. Jamie Vine (Juno Temple) is a secretary trying to get into A&R. She finds Kip Stevens and his band Nasty Bits. There are mobsters, the FBI, a killing, sex, drugs, music, and lots of drugs.There is a bit of correlation between this show and something like "Mad Men". The problem is that it's not quite as good and it's a mess when the show goes big. The best parts of the show is the work with Jamie, Kip, Lester, and the band. It's very familiar but it works well. Even annoying Clark works and I like where his character ended up. Bobby Cannavale really goes for it and at times, is almost a different show. The mobster stuff is dangerous. It threatens to push the show into chaos at any time. Certainly, it could make for a great show but it's also excessive. That goes for the music and especially the impersonators of famous legends. The impersonators can come off as tribute players. There are exceptions. The best one is Elvis where there is something actually interesting. While music is a big part of the show, it can become a bunch of mini music videos. The best music scene is Richie watching Nasty Bits the first time. That scene added drama and works as a story element. As for Devon, it's a mistake to start her in Conneticut. Her story is too separated from the rest of the show already. She needs to be connected more directly with the label. Overall, this show has some great parts but the bad parts make me want to fast forward.

I was expecting more I think the actors were chosen poorly maybe that's why this failed. I wanted to love it this era is my favorite the music and time I could not make myself like it I tried. Terrible the only word that keeps coming to mind. With different male actors this could've been awesome.I didn't like them they were not likable.I was okay only with Olivia Wilde. She was the only good in this bad show. I was expecting awesomeness from Martin and Mick. Still love them. My favorite music all comes from the 70's but they didn't even really use a lot of great 70's music like I imagined they would have.

Ray Romano can act? Ray? Romano? From "Everyone Loves Raymond?" The comedian guy?Yeah, turns out he CAN. Seriously. This is the first season, and hey, not everyone can do a "Orange is the New Black" right out of the box--and it took awhile for folks to warm up to Boardwalk Empire. But they did, indeed, warm up to it. I have read reviews comparing this series to Mad Men and yeah, I can see the similarities. Having lived through the 1970's myself, I'm not sure there was quite as much cocaine, but whatever.It's kind of fun trying to figure out who the "artists" are supposed to be, and I laughed during the whole Alice Cooper thing. The guy that plays Bowie was really spot-on!I think it's a fun romp and definitely snuggle and binge-watch worthy. I believe the writers and director(s) will gel and it will get better. But Ray Romano? Who knew?