"The Wire" on HBO

second of all the show is for real old school humanistic. that they're human is special (and chilling) enough.

the show really loves those characters (okay, not Marlo.)

the tight, slangy, jargony way everybody talks on the wire is so much fun

The men are better looking than the women on that show.

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.

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.

"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

yeah it's kind of a work training manual in general imo xp

there are way fewer women tbf

for reference:

WIRE BABEZ POLL (dudes edition)

WIRE BABEZ POLL

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.

how did shardene lose that

I guess Teresa D'Agostino is hot in a sexy lizard sort of way.

This explains why I find Cardassian women so alluring.

Um, there's a certain Aimee scene that probably won her the poll is all, xp

leee w/ the deep cut DS9 ref, damn man

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.

shardene is cuet though forgot about her

it's the eyes

Teresa D'Agostino relaxing at home
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HHOFmHMTN5k/maxresdefault.jpg

LIZARD, not CHICKEN.

I must insist.

I guess Teresa D'Agostino is hot in a sexy lizard sort of way

gtfo she is all mammal

She was at my screening of Actress. So sad I forgot my dvd's, could have gotten them autographed.

she has cold eyes, in the character at least. it's good acting.

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.

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)

marlo was a great character imo!

felt that simon had a lot of love for marlo too

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

Actually marlo has the best sex scene in the whole show. ("Worked for me")

That was the moment when I thought "wow, this is the coldest character ever committed to screen"

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

I just couldn't get past all the "look at me, I AM SWEARING!" silliness

I couldn't even make it to the end of S1 with Deadwood, the dialogue was all so terrible

move to north korea

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.

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

Yup. And it's always Wire, Sopranos, Deadwood, Mad Men.

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

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

Get ahead of everyone else and get The Good Wife into your party patter.

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

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

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

better call saul is avclub fanboy bait but it could end up better than bb

well sure if you think 3/5 of the show's seasons sucked, which i don't

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, January 13, 2015 4:59 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol otm

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

nah i just figured you were some mr show dork fan who just loves odenkirk

nah j/k, that was mean.

just figured you liked odenkirk but weren't a big fan of BB