it's a new world, frank. you should go out and spend some of the money on something you can touch. a new car. a new coat. it's why we get up in the morning, right?
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 26 October 2012 04:10 (eleven years ago) link
I like when he tells Spiros to stop being emo and eat some lamb.
― boxall, Friday, 26 October 2012 04:13 (eleven years ago) link
that episode's titanic.
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 26 October 2012 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
okay watch the trailer to the dumfuck RED DAWN remake and tell me you don't see ziggy bopping around in there
― Everybody did shit, art happened! (forksclovetofu), Friday, 16 November 2012 05:37 (eleven years ago) link
I HAVE COMPLETED THE WIRE ON HBO
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
is there anything worth living for now, y/n
yes, watching it again
― small-scale fux with (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
i'm one of those jerks who doesn't have a tv and apologies for not having a tv and not knowing what's going on, and watches "one show at a time" by binging on DVDs. so this is a big moment. now it's time to be the jerk who is picking a new show to watch
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
i am also that person, except i have a tv and all i watch on it is basketball and sometimes the news
but yeah, i remember being super bummed out when season 5 ended. like, now what? i'm on the sopranos now which i also love, but only have like 20 eps left :(
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:41 (eleven years ago) link
Z S watch this you'll feel so awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX1Du7d4gTU
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
uuuuuuugh, awesome video!
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 05:12 (eleven years ago) link
^^^^
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 05:27 (eleven years ago) link
now it's time to be the jerk who is picking a new show to watch
this is a fascinating time, you feel like a roman emperor giving the thumbs up or down on whether someone will live or die. people are all six feet under, all sincerely, almost pleadingly, & you turn your thumb downwards
― Love Greenwald Hate Torture (schlump), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 05:58 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha.
Z S have you watched twin peaks
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 06:25 (eleven years ago) link
Watch The Shield.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 12:25 (eleven years ago) link
There are lots of series to enjoy post-Wire (Justified,Walking Dead,Boardwalk Empire etc) but I can't get past the feeling that I am slumming it and dumbing down.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
lol schlump
I have watched twin peaks, but at about episode 18 on season two i just kinda stopped.
i don't know what to do. i've heard the shield is good, but not sure i'm up for a show with the imdb description "The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact." directly after watching the Wire! maybe in a year or two.
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
i finally watched some of the bonus features after finishing the final episode and saw that mcnulty is english! felt like discovering samus was a girl again, in a faint desperate echo of childhood discovery kind of way
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
Z S you can't go for any cop/police procedurals/crime thingies because they'll just remind you longingly of the wire
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
like you don't want to be that guy who goes to a singles bar and just takes out a picture of his ex from his wallet and looks at it w/ melancholy
you need to go hanggliding or cow tipping
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
hmmm maybe i should download the first season of that show where a wall quickly approaches and you have to slip through the human-shaped cutout
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
or is that like being in the singles bar and playing big buck hunter by yourself for 2 hours
that's like watching the simpsons, there's always time for the simpsons
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
oooh, or maybe i'll go in the opposite direction and start watching Empire every night. and when i go out i'll tell everyone "I'm watching Empire every night, I am so obsessed", and they'll start talking about steve buscemi, and i'll disdainfully cut them off and say "No, I mean Andy Warhol's Empire, of course. It's brilliant".
/intenselook
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
dude watch deadwood if you haven't already. Equally brilliant but in a way absolutely non-reminiscent of the wire and, in its way, utterly unequaled in the medium.
Also it is very fun. After the wire you can use some fun.
― Clay, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
Just finished season three for second time this weekend.On to pryz and the school system
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
watch prime suspect next
― max, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
there so many good bbc miniseries from the 70s/80s that come close to or surpass the wire in quality and also require way less commitment
― max, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
prime suspect chief among them but also tinker tailor soldier spy, house of cards, edge of darkness
diners, drive-ins and dives
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
^^ I'm home full-time right now and all I do is watch Wire in the Blood, MI5, George Gently, Taggart. Things I might watch next: Prime Suspect, Collision, Place of Execution, Midsomer Murders. Don't bother with Rosemary & Thyme imo.
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
xp obvs jeez
Actually MI5 is remarkably good I think and there are 10 seasons so it will love you back for a while. Maybe you don't want that kind of commitment but I say, try it.
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
laurel you havent watched prime suspect yet?!?!?
― max, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
No! There was no indication it was that much better than the other dozen British crime dramas netflix shows me. I will now, though. If I can tear myself away from the ballad of Lucas North for a sec.
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
laurel it is The Best, not just best bbc crime show, The Best TV Show, period
― max, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
you could not find a show more geared to you either
wait, laurel is in orbit???!
GOD DAMMIT PEOPLE
and hello again to laurel :)
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
hard-drinking tough-as-nails woman cop battles sexism, criminals
― max, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
xp What, more than TRINITY?
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Hm now that you mention it
pawn stars
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry, ZS! I had to change email addresses so I re-reg'ed and I wanted a change. Also so my dating exploits wd be less google-able.
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
no big deal, I'm glad you're still around!
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
I see enough pawn stars at my parents house when I have to go visit
also ice road truckers, the military channel, and anything about hitler
― dexpresso (Z S), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
gently and wire in the blood are my faves of the ones laurel listed. havent seen taggart. collision and place of execution are kinda slim as i recall. midsomer murders is lame but compulsively watchable, my understanding is that its the NCIS of england
havent seen mi6 either.
also recommended if youre heading into the netflix bbc mysteries wormhole: poirot, luther, zen, sherlock
― max, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
american shows that are good: damages, justified, parenthood, the good wife, homeland
Poirot puts me to sleep but I enjoy Miss Marple a great deal. Have looked at Luther but not gone down that rabbit hole yet. Taggart is in Glesga so you can't understand anyone--part of its charm.
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, and Vera!
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link