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jesus christ james ransone is terrible on this show

SB! SB! Dude, Ziggy is the SHIT

i'm almost done w/ the second season & this is getting pretty great, def better than season 1, but anyone that thinks this is better than the sopranos can lick big pussy's nuts

i was being a bit fatalistic about ziggy -- there are some times when he's great, but too many times where i was just like "jesus this is horrible acting" -- funny tho because i paused the episode i was watching to make that first post & then like 10 mins later he killed double g & broke down in his car in what was prob the best acting he's done in the show -- oh well

in general some of the writing & acting in this show is http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leftkrHJkw1qf8yek.gif-- too many julliard trained actors saying "true dat"

but anyway, it's a great show

Love Season 2. My favorite story arc of the series, I think. Frank Szobotka is such a great character. And the frikkin Police chief (can't remember his name, Ferengi dude fhttp://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leftkrHJkw1qf8yek.gif Space Nine...Prentiss's father in law,,,awesome. love that guy.

From. Deep Space Nine.

major valchek?

YES. Him. I love him. (Lol at me being too lazy to Google)

on my first run through i was never totally sold on this show until season 4.

i've gone through it twice now though and this is miles beyond the fucking Sopranos. seriously, hate to be the JUST KEEP WATCHING sorta dude, but it all amounts to a lot.

Is it Season 4 with the school system? That's almost equal favorite.

too many julliard trained actors saying "true dat"

Uh....

lol @ j0rd being all "this isnt authentic enough"

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.

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

show doesn't really hit its stride until seasons 3 & 4 though, revisit that sopranos statement after that

4 is the best for sure.

i groaned a lot at ziggy on first watch, but his relationship with frank hit me harder when i watched it again. the jail visit scene - ziggy says frank was never around, frank says he had to work all the time for the money - no one is right or wrong and it's all shit... what this show is great at imo

You cannot lose if you do not play: http://www.lancereddick.com/

Why would anyone hate Ziggy's guts?!

Ransome is totes awesome in Generation Kill btw

lol lance ffs man

james ransone is amazing as ziggy! i don't think i appreciated his performance the first time i watched the season, though; ziggy is so irritating to watch.

I could never hate the son of Frank Sobotka.

the avon/stringer stuff in 3 makes it my favorite. i wish calling tv shows shakespearian wasn't a cliche.

Its sorta the nature of Ziggy at the beginning to even irritate the audience: the less you sympathize with him to begin with, the more affecting his particular story arc becomes. But w/e, I fucking love him str8 up.

Ziggy reminds me of Johnny Boy (Robt DeNiro) in Mean Streets

^^^

robot deniro is like a futurama joke

i feel like season 1 is so underrated & 4 didn't really affect me the way it seemed to hit everyone else in the heart. 3 is prob my fave.

2-1-3-4-5

you're leaving your midfield pretty open there

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.

:)

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

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?

lol sarah

quality post

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

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

Ransone is cute imo

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

he is tiny though

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

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

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

I must see this Ken park

Immediately

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 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

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