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boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link

you're leaving your midfield pretty open there

Gukbe, Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link

And the frikkin Police chief (can't remember his name, Ferengi dude [... from DS9]

hahah wtf had to google to make sure that he wasn't actually Armin Shimmerman or something but lolz if this isn't the OTMest thing anyone has ever said about this the greatest show ever.

nomar little (Leee), Saturday, 15 January 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link

:)

VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 15 January 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link

dudes! Rich Eisen showed Baltimore Sun front page on NFL channel this morning, called it "Stringer Bell's favorite paper" :)

VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 15 January 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link

too many julliard trained actors saying "true dat"

― J0rdan S., Saturday, January 15, 2011 12:05 AM (13 hours ago)

Is that how he got the name Method Man?

sarahel, Saturday, 15 January 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link

lol sarah

VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 15 January 2011 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link

quality post

aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link

ziggy is not supposed to be likeable, I wouldn't call his acting overacting though. you're supposed to hate his guts. I actually admire how much of an asshole he comes off as.

― dayo, Saturday, January 15, 2011 6:10 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah i'm trying to think if there's ever been another divisive TV/movie character where so many people seem to conflate the irritating personality with an actual bad performance

some dude, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link

if they ever do a Jeff Buckley biopic they should really cast Ransone, both because he looks close enough and because afaict JB was about as obnoxious as Ziggy irl

some dude, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link

Ransone is cute imo

VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link

he is. i left him off the wire babez poll bc ziggy is so irritating, but it was an oversight.

horseshoe, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link

he is tiny though

horseshoe, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link

guys i know that ziggy is supposed to be irritating, that doesn't mean that the acting isn't often awful too

ziggy definitely worst character on the show, between him and mouzone

mouzone being all dapper/nation of islam or w/e is a bit overkill but i don't mind him -- i did lol at him being all WHERE ARE MY NEW ISSUES OF THE NATION AND ATLANTIC? I NEED MY ANDREW SULLIVAN

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link

ransone is cute, yes -- have you guys seen 'ken park'? (it's pretty much porn)

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link

found out last weekend that he went to college with my bf's wife

________ (will), Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link

I must see this Ken park

VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link

Immediately

VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link

lol @ j0rd being all "this isnt authentic enough"

― dayo, Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:09 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark

idk man, for as impressively intricate the story is (and will get, i'm sure), on a scene-by-scene basis there's still tons of groaners from a writing/acting perspective

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link

j0rdan i wish i could have your back on this since i was w/ you on Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood, but for me there's nothing about Ransone's performance that doesn't ring true to what Ziggy-type people are like IRL

some dude, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link

yeah it's amazing...wait till the end of the season, j0rdan

horseshoe, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link

Oh man he's certainly not on a Paul dano level. Like I said, I think he was great some of the time but awful in other ways that I sorta couldn't get over

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link

Also: was this really the first thread on the show? Weird that it took until the final episode of s2

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link

the show's initial profile was not remotely what it eventually became. also not every TV show had a thread on ILE 9 years ago.

some dude, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link

Word -- I forget how early this started -- last night I was watching an episode where they were all "he's using these things called text messages" and I was like O_O

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link

lol i don't remember that

aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link

it's in season 2, when the greeks & stevedores figure out that all their phones are being tapped, spiros whips out like a palm pilot or some shit & sends a text message and they're all like "huh..." -- one dude in the room even says "my kids do it all the time"

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:00 (thirteen years ago) link

when did SMS take off in the US

the act of seeing lil wayne, nicki minaj, and drake in threesome (cozen), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:00 (thirteen years ago) link

also spiros gets a text in greek, which was very swag

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link

feel like it was later than in the UK, maybe a cost thing?

the act of seeing lil wayne, nicki minaj, and drake in threesome (cozen), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:02 (thirteen years ago) link

SMS took off way later here than in the UK. I don't really remember anyone doing it until QWERTY keyboards were commonplace.

AT&T didn't even really have MMS capability until the iPhone came out.

boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link

until after, that is

boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link

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"Opportunity plus instinct equals profit."

nomar little (Leee), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link

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It never hurts to suck up to the boss.

nomar little (Leee), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link

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"The flimsier the product, the higher the price."

nomar little (Leee), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link

http://i.cdn.hbo.com/assets/images/series/the-wire/character/the-law/stanislaus-valchek-160.jpg

"Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack."

nomar little (Leee), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link

http://i.cdn.hbo.com/assets/images/series/the-wire/character/the-law/stanislaus-valchek-160.jpg

"Employees are rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them."

nomar little (Leee), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link

Watching S2 I kept thinking that if anyone ever wanted to make a movie about the life of Jeff Buckley (heaven forbid), James Ransone would be the guy.

philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link

if they ever do a Jeff Buckley biopic they should really cast Ransone, both because he looks close enough and because afaict JB was about as obnoxious as Ziggy irl

― some dude, Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:22 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

horseshoe, Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link

I thought it was a bit of groaner when Zig was in the public library looking something up on the computer that Nicky came by and Zig had to explain to Nick what a search engine was in 2003.

Kaolin Warrior (KMS), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link

xpost Leee you forgot my favorite: Never Place Friendship Above Profit

VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link

Just started watching this for the second time through with my gf who has never seen it. I forgot so much great stuff and im totally picking up new things and loving it

plopson (Aerosol), Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link

XP horseshoe, ah well great minds etc:

philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link

every season of this show is awesome

gr8080, Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link

otm

horseshoe, Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:49 (thirteen years ago) link

5 wasn't as bad as it's sometimes made out but i'd put it somewhere beneath "awesome"

some dude, Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link

yeah that's otm

fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link

Sub-awesome?

VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 16 January 2011 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link

One of those shows I want to hate b/c of my inherant iconoclastic nature, but ultimately it's v well written and p shocking at times. I still think the first season is the only one worth watching, though, (indulging in my urges.)

heh (kelpolaris), Sunday, 16 January 2011 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link

5 was the most wack but I think it got resolved in a way that still makes it awesome.

gr8080, Sunday, 16 January 2011 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link


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