Jul 13, 2020

ya not neccessary. esepecially since he closed out so so much in s5 (which itself was relatively weak and not as essential. just simon bitching about the assholes in journalism.)

that saiid i wouldnt mind a miniseries spinoff, as a one off, set in the same universe, maybe focusing on the rise of latino gangs, which apparently was an idea at one point. like pelecanos do it and set it in dc idk. everything else has been rebooted!!!!!!!

 

Mar 17, 2023

d---...RIP

 

May 25, 2021

I watched this a long time ago. And my opinion won't change.

 

Nov 15, 2020

They tried that with season 2. A duck got drunk

 

Jul 17, 2020

re-elect frank sobotka

 

Jul 17, 2020

the last episode and a half of the wire is great. the marlo stuff in s5 is good. the paper stuff is good, occasionally great. the cop stuff is atrocious, like it’s beamed in from an entirely different show. it’s a good season of television but the other four are all-timers.

 

Jul 17, 2020

Forgive me for making generalizations about ALL Marlo fans lol. I've spent a LOT of time at Boxden debating Marlo/Avon.

 

Jul 17, 2020

wtf wrong with u nigs? s5 of wire is la flamo blocka straight on point 100 g--- s---. like wtf ur complaint with that? wire got one of the best endings to a tv series of all time. c---- stresin me out with s--- opinions i fucken swear....

 

Jul 15, 2020

if you guys haven’t seen homicide, the full series based on a simon book, you should. compared to wire it’s definitely a network show, but it was kinda a revolutionary two-step with nypd blue in radically modernizing popular cop/crime drama

 

Jul 15, 2020

It’s excellent - very historically accurate (In terms of the era not actual history) while also connecting to today’s politics really well. The characters are all multi dimensional and seem very real. The only issue I had with it is it took like 3 episodes for exposition before moving the plot forward and it only has 6 episodes

 

Jul 15, 2020

Both this and LOST had Lindelof as the showrunner which got me into the Leftovers. The music on both shows is also amazing

yes the episodes and seasons for that matter get better as they go. Stick with it

 

Jul 15, 2020

Lost is a great show. Watched it for the first time last year and although it does fall off towards the end I expected it to be wayyyy worse from the reviews I read. I personally have it in my top 5.

I just finished rewatching The Wire for the second time and I do believe it is the GOAT of TV shows with Sopranos a close second. Breaking Bad is a solid number 3 but still some distance behind

Tried to watch the Leftovers but couldn't get in to it after the first few episodes. Should I persist?

 

Jul 15, 2020

Leftovers is GODLY

 

Jul 15, 2020

few years ago i went over to fayette and monroe - the 'corner' of the book.

it was sunday, like 930am sunday after thanksgiving. still little hopper def popped up to sell me something smh.

edit - was just telling paul def def read george pelecanos if u havent. or watch his dc crime anthology movie dc noir

https://books.google.com/books/about/Drama_City.html?id=UrQfnnC7UFcC&source=kp_book_description this protagonist was the basis for cutty tbh

 

Jul 15, 2020

Thanks man. I had to cut off all my friends which really s----d at the time. So many years have gone by I wouldn’t even know where to score now so that’s a primary reason why I’m still clean. Not having friends who use and not having a connect make staying clean so much easier. But make no mistake, if i were around it I’d get high. I have no doubt in my mind.

Oh s--- yea Homicide. I always get that confused with his other nonfiction book.

 

Jul 15, 2020

through ~20 episodes each, succession and atlanta are the only contenders

 

Jul 14, 2020

You know what’s interesting about this is recently I read - I believe from Simon - that Latino gangs would’ve only been done if s5 was longer or if they’d been given two seasons. Either way they always wanted to prioritize and close w journalism.

And also re: Randy and cheese I think Cutty got the short end of the stick during s5 too.

Right. What do you mean gangs though? The “Dickensian aspect” of the show does undercut the chance to rly see prison culture though we do in moments w dangelo in s2 etc. would be interesting to rly get into the birds eye minutia of being arrested and processed - which u could consult on heh - then sent and have like weebey become ur mentor etc