Sopranos, because it's the series I've actually seen some of. (I plan to watch The Wire, just haven't gotten to it yet.)
― a new Rock Hardy screen name because I can't find the old one (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 15 November 2008 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
voted wire although im alright with sopranos - i cant believe everyone didnt point this out above but maybe after they read him say the shit about italian accents they just tl;dr'd the rest of his post but wtf @ matt p saying that the godfather's i & ii and goodfellas are "boring"
― sofa king (deej), Saturday, 15 November 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
or "zzz" or whatever it was he said
Goodfellas is like the most watchable and entertaining 2 1/2 hour movie ever. I can't fathom someone being bored by it.
― circa1916, Saturday, 15 November 2008 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Next major ILx poll should be scenes from Goodfellas.
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Saturday, 15 November 2008 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Wire character poll been done?
― Super Cub, Saturday, 15 November 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Race for second maybe?
― Super Cub, Saturday, 15 November 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
"shit tonne" ftw
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 15 November 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Omar Little vs Paulie Walnuts poll
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Saturday, 15 November 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
And I'm trying to find the article about how The Sopranos led to these NJ mob arrests, but "sopranos arrests" just brings up details of how seemingly every Sopranos actor except Peter Bogdaonich has been to prison since the show ended.
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Saturday, 15 November 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
i think we have determined that the sopranos = way more "drama nerd" than the wire.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:08 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
hahaha true tho wire is i guess way more "message board nerd"
― s1ocki, Sunday, 16 November 2008 08:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I took drama in college but like The Wire more.
― polyphonic, Sunday, 16 November 2008 08:22 (fifteen years ago) link
You're excommunicated from the drama nerd club 4 LIFE. You can't reapply for re-entry until you've seen Angels in America four more times.
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 16 November 2008 12:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Who doesn't think "drama nerd" when they watch Tony Sirico or Steve Schrippa?
― Chris L, Sunday, 16 November 2008 12:47 (fifteen years ago) link
One thing in The Wire's favour is that at least none of the cast have gone on to release books entitled something like "HOW TO BE A BLACK MAN"
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Sunday, 16 November 2008 12:53 (fifteen years ago) link
how is that in its favour??
― s1ocki, Sunday, 16 November 2008 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha true tho wire is i guess way more "message board nerd" stuff white people like
― s1ocki, Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:19 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 16 November 2008 16:10 (fifteen years ago) link
whiney how is that not true of the sopranos?
― _/(o_o)/¯ (deej), Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
man that site was stupid
black ppl love the wire
― ಥ﹏ಥ (cankles), Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
yah but white people like it too dont you see??
― _/(o_o)/¯ (deej), Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
black people hate the wire, its true. the re-runs on bet were totally random
― eman, Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
the sopranos takes a soap opera premise and makes it 'tough'the wire takes a cop show premise and makes made it operatic
wire ftw
― remy bean, Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
other stuff white people like:
I mean, i def agree with that to an extent re the pieces he uses: R&B Autotuners, hipster-house squelches, Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy, Blue Man Group thwaps, even some Animal Collective style noises in the bridges.But when he puts it all together it's uniquely Kanye. That's why it's great!― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:11 PM (3 days ago)
But when he puts it all together it's uniquely Kanye. That's why it's great!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:11 PM (3 days ago)
― eman, Sunday, 16 November 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Stuff Whine People Like
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Sunday, 16 November 2008 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
White people like talking about Stuff White People Like.
― polyphonic, Sunday, 16 November 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i was just makin a joke about how some 20-something whiteys i have met are like OMG WIRE YES OMAR IS THE MAN!!!1 because it's their version of saying "I'm cool with black ppl"
the sopranos has a version too, which is older men working words like "gabbagool" and "mannagge" into everyday conversation.
I'm not talking about any of you, so you can quit pissing your pants now.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 16 November 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
too late already pissed my pants when i was afraid other white people might like the same thing as me
― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Sunday, 16 November 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
The 20-something whiteys from the hilarious 'Williamsburg' neighborhood
― eman, Sunday, 16 November 2008 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
There is a kind of suburban, middle class voyeurism thing about the Wire though. "Now I understand what the ghetto is all about."
― Super Cub, Sunday, 16 November 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Watching TV is voyeuristic? Who knew?!
― polyphonic, Sunday, 16 November 2008 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey, I'm just trying to throw whiney a bone.
― Super Cub, Sunday, 16 November 2008 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
You people are fucking weird sometimes.
― Chopper Aristotle (Matt DC), Sunday, 16 November 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
"you people" = fans of the wire?
― Super Cub, Sunday, 16 November 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
The Wire FTW, of course. The Sopranos always felt very dumbed-down to me whenever it got outside of its comfort zone of a bunch of assholes hanging out shooting the shit. I was always thinking "have the writers ever actually talked to a real therapist/liberal college kid/gay person?" That, and it got repetitive after a while with the "who's gonna be the rat/get whacked this season?"
The Wire always challenged the audience to keep up, and had a great way of making profound shit coming out of an asshole's mouth feel real.
― schwantz, Sunday, 16 November 2008 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
the sopranos has a version too, which is older men working words like "gabbagool" and "mannagge" into everyday conversation.I'm not talking about any of you, so you can quit pissing your pants now.― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, November 16, 2008 4:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, November 16, 2008 4:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
it's capicola and mangia u fucken savage
― ಥ﹏ಥ (cankles), Sunday, 16 November 2008 23:02 (fifteen years ago) link
dickens vs. shakespeare?
― ryan, Sunday, 16 November 2008 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link
it does feel a bit apples and oranges to compare something that strikes me as almost a Dreiser like naturalism (people are what they/product of environment) a more distanced ant-farm realism. What's interesting about the sopranos more than anything to me is the almost shocking contempt the show has for its characters. At least that bubbles up from time to time, like genre shame or something.
― ryan, Sunday, 16 November 2008 23:49 (fifteen years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:54 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
or maybe hes just a really badass character
― _/(o_o)/¯ (deej), Monday, 17 November 2008 00:48 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe it's really their way of saying "I'm cool with gay ppl."
― Super Cub, Monday, 17 November 2008 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
"who are black and badass."
"and carry double barrel shotguns, and have a chip on their shoulder, and a notion of honor and integrity at odds with the corrupt world."
― Super Cub, Monday, 17 November 2008 00:55 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG WIRE YES OMAR IS THE MAN!!!1
― _/(o_o)/¯ (deej), Monday, 17 November 2008 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
What's interesting about the sopranos more than anything to me is the almost shocking contempt the show has for its characters.
this is what bothers me about the Sopranos!
― horseshoe, Monday, 17 November 2008 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I did not vote for the sopranos because I am not cool with italian ppl
― TOMBOT, Monday, 17 November 2008 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
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Who is this, apart from my future girlfriend?
― caek, Monday, 17 November 2008 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
somebody get this man an invite to 77 already
― TOMBOT, Monday, 17 November 2008 01:03 (fifteen years ago) link
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― _/(o_o)/¯ (deej), Monday, 17 November 2008 01:00 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
DUDE IMAGINE OMAR IN A HOAGIE WITH BACON
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Monday, 17 November 2008 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link
AND CHEESE
AND MORE BACON ON THE ORIGINAL BACON