second of all the show is for real old school humanistic. that they're human is special (and chilling) enough.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
the show really loves those characters (okay, not Marlo.)
the tight, slangy, jargony way everybody talks on the wire is so much fun
― goole, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
The men are better looking than the women on that show.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link
I've found sentiments such as "You want it to be one way, but it's the other way" and "that's what you get for giving a fuck when it's not your turn to give a fuck" incredibly helpful at work.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link
The best-looking women are all pretty minor on the show too -- Nick Sobotka's wife, Donnette, McNulty's ex, I guess Teresa D'Agostino is hot in a sexy lizard sort of way.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
"that's what you get for giving a fuck when it's not your turn to give a fuck"
this is the truth at the core of all workplaces imo
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
yeah it's kind of a work training manual in general imo xp
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
there are way fewer women tbf
for reference:
WIRE BABEZ POLL (dudes edition)
WIRE BABEZ POLL
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
There's nothing special about anybody on The Wire.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, January 13, 2015 3:12 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Straight up trolling, this. Man's gotta have a code Freddie B, you seem to lack one.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link
how did shardene lose that
― goole, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
I guess Teresa D'Agostino is hot in a sexy lizard sort of way.
This explains why I find Cardassian women so alluring.
― Baruch Olbermann (Leee), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
Um, there's a certain Aimee scene that probably won her the poll is all, xp
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
leee w/ the deep cut DS9 ref, damn man
― i'm tellin you it was kenard (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
Well, my point was exactly that if nobody's special, everybody is. Y'know, the reverse Incredibles. Though of course, Stringer and Omar is kinda the exception to the rule.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
shardene is cuet though forgot about her
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
it's the eyes
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link
Teresa D'Agostino relaxing at homehttp://i.ytimg.com/vi/HHOFmHMTN5k/maxresdefault.jpg
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link
LIZARD, not CHICKEN.
― Baruch Olbermann (Leee), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link
I must insist.
― Baruch Olbermann (Leee), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
I guess Teresa D'Agostino is hot in a sexy lizard sort of way
gtfo she is all mammal
― j., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
She was at my screening of Actress. So sad I forgot my dvd's, could have gotten them autographed.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
she has cold eyes, in the character at least. it's good acting.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:15 (nine years ago) link
I watched the entire Sopranos run over the summer and it was good, but I don't think it compares favorably to The Wire. "the show really loves those characters (okay, not Marlo.)" - is really OTM and what sets it apart for me, and is also true of Generation Kill and even Treme. The Sopranos was... interesting, I guess, but no one outside of Tony was really worth caring about.
the best of the HBO run, for me, was Deadwood/Rome/Wire (then GK and Treme) - even when painfully flawed, each of those shows cared more about its characters as something more than plot movers.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link
we have p drastically different standards apparently. I couldn't even make it to the end of S1 with Deadwood, the dialogue was all so terrible (and they killed the only character I liked p quickly anyway)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
marlo was a great character imo!
― marcos, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
felt that simon had a lot of love for marlo too
― marcos, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:33 (nine years ago) link
MY NAME IS MY NAME, that was such a powerful scene for marlo's character and for me changed a lot of how i saw him
― marcos, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:34 (nine years ago) link
Actually marlo has the best sex scene in the whole show. ("Worked for me")
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:34 (nine years ago) link
That was the moment when I thought "wow, this is the coldest character ever committed to screen"
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:35 (nine years ago) link
i found deadwood to be a bit slow, but it seemed to really hit a turning point with the thing that happened to the reverend
― j., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link
I just couldn't get past all the "look at me, I AM SWEARING!" silliness
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
I couldn't even make it to the end of S1 with Deadwood, the dialogue was all so terrible
move to north korea
― goole, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
I had to try Deadwood three times before I made it through season 1. Season 2 is fucking amazing, though, and at this point I'm just hooked on everything Milch.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
lol we're doing that thing that seems to happen at every social gathering I'm at now where we just go around the room talking about what premium tv shows we like and don't like and why
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
Yup. And it's always Wire, Sopranos, Deadwood, Mad Men.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
Funnily enough, I think fewer people are talking about Breaking Bad, even though it had like one of the best endings ever. But probably less rewarding on rewatch, I guess.
Breaking Bad is all forward motion "what's going to happen?!" dynamism - there's no point in watching it again imo
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:05 (nine years ago) link
I mean it did that very well, it ended well but I have pretty much zero interest in reliving that particular journey.
will watch Better Call Saul though
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
Get ahead of everyone else and get The Good Wife into your party patter.
― Baruch Olbermann (Leee), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:07 (nine years ago) link
haven't rewatched breaking bad (i just finished it for the first time last month!) and while it is a primarily plot-driven show, it is also wonderfully filmed, there are so many beautifully shot scenes that i think would reward repeat viewers
― marcos, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:07 (nine years ago) link
I thought bb's ending mostly sucked but even if your standards aren't super high I have a really hard time seeing how anyone can lay that sort of superlative on it
I don't think it's a good show after s2 though, at all
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:07 (nine years ago) link
tbh i don't have a huge interest in better call saul. feel like it's a flimsy premise for a show even though i liked the character of saul goodman
― marcos, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
better call saul is avclub fanboy bait but it could end up better than bb
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:10 (nine years ago) link
well sure if you think 3/5 of the show's seasons sucked, which i don't
― marcos, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:12 (nine years ago) link
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:59 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol otm
― marcos, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
if i think 3/5 of the show's seasons sucked wouldn't u think it surprising that i'd see potential in a weird spinoff? i am full of mysteries
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:14 (nine years ago) link
nah i just figured you were some mr show dork fan who just loves odenkirk
― marcos, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:26 (nine years ago) link
nah j/k, that was mean.
just figured you liked odenkirk but weren't a big fan of BB
― marcos, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link