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Ugly Bastard · 02-02-2011, 04:52 PM

I knew nothing of the controversy surrounding the end of the show, only that there was one. I still don't know specifics of why there was a controversy because I have made the effort to avoid hearing details about how the show ended since I didn't want it ruined before I finally get around to watching it.

But whether or not the show ended "FOUR FUCKING YEARS AGO" and whether or not by spoiling the show for me isn't "really spoiling anything" in your viewpoint is no excuse not to take 1 second to extend the courtesy of putting spoiler tags around your comments about the show that people who haven't seen the show might not want to be exposed to.

ninjaface · 02-02-2011, 05:10 PM

I also knew nothing about any sort of controversy about Sopranos.

Saint DH · 02-02-2011, 05:22 PM

Wow...you guys must live under a rock.

Well I am sorry if I ruined anything for you both. The controversy is still very much alive, that was just my take on it. The creator has remained virtually silent on his meaning, so feel free to watch the series and make your own conclusions.

Do yourself a favor and start watching this show. It really is fucking amazing.

ninjaface · 02-02-2011, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirty Harry

Wow...you guys must live under a rock.

I manage to shelter myself quite well from a lot of meaningless bullshit, but I have to be careful not to shut out everything. I don't want to miss out on inside jokes.

THEINCREDIBLEdork · 02-02-2011, 07:41 PM

You've had plenty of time to watch the Sopranos until now. I've been telling you to watch the Sopranos for years. Fuck you. The fact that you've wasted your time on worthless bullshit like Entourage and Weeds isn't my problem.

DDTempest · 02-03-2011, 10:50 AM

So admittedly, I don't watch a lot of TV by myself recently and most of the cohabitation watching has revolved around burning through Deadwood again but last night I decided to watch "just one or two" episodes of the Wire and burned through all six I had on hand, only one disc left in season one (probably one episode on it, 12 episode seasons?) and it will suck you in. I wasn't sure at first if it was any better than a typical crime drama (Law & Order or similar) but the depth they go to along with the sheer number of characters in play makes it pretty interesting.

Ironic Mustache · 02-03-2011, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orgazmo

Very happy you made this. DDT and I watched about half of the first episode before turning it off. The reason we even started is because I randomly caught 10 minutes of a random episode prior to that and loved it. After seeing how shitty the first one was, though, I was completely put off and haven't made another effort.

Sounds like it may be worth it.

It's totally worth it. The second episode isn't mind blowing but it's definitely watchable. The third I think I remember being better still, and the fourth is just fucking nuts. I think it's called, "The Thing in the Pit." Fantastic.

vaga1220 * · 02-03-2011, 03:23 PM

And they show boobs!!!

Saint DH · 02-08-2011, 02:03 AM

This is probably an unnecessary post, as I'm sure most of you are aware of this show, but there haven't been many new posts so fuck it. Curb Your Enthusiasm is a great show. The latest season wasn't stellar, but the rest of the seasons are wonderful. I don't think anyone has mentioned this show yet, so here it is. Check it out, I think you'll find that it's prrrreeettty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Ironic Mustache · 02-09-2011, 12:33 PM

Am waiting to receive the Wire disc one season one today.

Fruitacious B · 02-11-2011, 10:36 AM

This show ran a few seasons in Australia with different actors (well, at least in Elijah Wood's case). Nonetheless, FX has picked it up and it looks awesome.

Basic concept: Guy takes shit-ton of sleeping pills, but doesn't die. Some time throughout his drugged-up shenanigans his neighbor shows up and wants him to watch her dog. Which is a normal little dog, to everybody but Elijah Wood. Check it out.

YouTube - Wilfred FX Trailer

DDTempest · 03-28-2011, 08:31 AM

So last night I finished Season Four of the Wire.

ABSOLUTE EMOTIONAL GUTSHOT.

Seeing Michael and "Dookey" fall was bad enough, but seeing Randy getting beat down in the boy's home nearly brought me to tears. This season really exemplified how much all of the main characters lives have been changed by their job and how they've grown while also introducing and making you take stake in the lives of the kids. It actually makes me want to go out and volunteer, join Big Brothers Big Sisters, or get my teaching license. It even changed how I will look at "ghetto trash" that I encounter day to day and pause a moment to ponder what they've gone through.

eagerly anticipating season 5.

thekremlin · 03-28-2011, 09:17 AM

So I know I'm like six years late to the party but that Battlestar Gallactica show is pretty cool huh

Mr. Blonde · 03-28-2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by thekremlin

So I know I'm like six years late to the party but that Battlestar Gallactica show is pretty cool huh

These faggots don't watch Battlestar, but yes, it is.

I wish it was less soap opera Starbuck bullshit though and and more Raptor battles.

Ugly Bastard · 03-28-2011, 11:30 AM

@DDT: Nice! Glad you're into The Wire. My favorite emotional scene from season four was when Carver was walking away after trying to help Randy and Randy kept repeating, "are you going to help me now? are you going to help me now?" So gut-wrenching and maybe my favorite scene from a series loaded with amazing ones.

DDTempest · 03-28-2011, 07:49 PM

That scene killed me too ... it was probably the cake to the beating's icing.

DDTempest · 04-02-2011, 01:53 PM

So finished Season 5 of the Wire:

Seeing Dookie becoming Bubbles in a montage of good things happening to everyone else was pretty sad ... but the real surprise joy was MICHAEL IS THE NEW FUCKING OMAR!! I was pretty bummed when Omar got taken out by that little dick nigger kid so filling his role in the community was a good fix.

Ugly Bastard · 04-02-2011, 02:53 PM

You got through season five pretty fast. It was the least rewarding season for me in the sense that you're introduced to some new characters and themes that you know will not be developed further in subsequent seasons, but there was still a lot of awesome to it. Omar had to go. He was larger than life on that show but I think the creators got it right in reminding us that, after all, he is a gangbanger with a short lift expectancy. And yea, Michael's final scene was simply awesome. It was almost like you got to feel that Omar was still alive. Bubbles, Carver, and Prez are other characters that come to mind as having evolved very nicely over the course of the show.

DJ FC · 04-02-2011, 05:23 PM

The Wire has changed my life. I started a month or so ago and I just finished season 3.

HOLY SHIT THEY KILLED STRINGER BELL

Ugly Bastard · 04-02-2011, 05:35 PM

DJ FC · 04-02-2011, 05:49 PM

I mean, it continues to blow my mind how good The Wire is. Its just so perfectly what cinema should be. It's bizarre just how much ahead it is of every other TV show I've seen. How could I have found out about this earlier? Are there other gems as good as this? It was very surprising to me, I've been used to nothing but cheap crap on TV.

Ugly Bastard · 04-02-2011, 06:01 PM

I couldn't watch movies for about six months after the first time I made it through The Wire. It's just so well-done and complete that even a masterpiece like The Godfather seemed really unfulfilling in the wake of watching The Wire.

I'm yet to find a show I enjoy nearly as much, though Mad Men gets wonderfully close at times.

DDTempest · 04-02-2011, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard

You got through season five pretty fast. It was the least rewarding season for me in the sense that you're introduced to some new characters and themes that you know will not be developed further in subsequent seasons, but there was still a lot of awesome to it.

For me the Weakest season was probably season 2, I didn't really get into the whole dockworkers drama near as much as the street stuff but it was obviously still pretty incredible and the only way to show the "supply" side of the drug trade. Season 5 did give the sense that they were setting up some story lines for a season 6 with a focus on lawyers but I imagine they had to put it back on course when they decided to end the series instead.

Major props to UB for repeatedly forcing this recommendation down our throats while we kicked and screamed in resistance. Its absolutely worth the watch for anyone that hasn't and probably worth a rewatch for anyone that has.

THEINCREDIBLEdork · 04-03-2011, 06:32 AM

sopranos

f3lix · 04-03-2011, 10:19 AM

The Event has gotten far better since taking 4 months off.

02-02-2011, 07:41 PM	#230 (permalink)
THEINCREDIBLEdork Emperor Meow Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 9,352 Internets: 290966	You've had plenty of time to watch the Sopranos until now. I've been telling you to watch the Sopranos for years. Fuck you. The fact that you've wasted your time on worthless bullshit like Entourage and Weeds isn't my problem.
	#YOLO Last edited by THEINCREDIBLEdork; 02-02-2011 at 07:46 PM.

02-03-2011, 03:23 PM	#233 (permalink)
vaga1220 * *Dislikes ham Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: HELL 666 Posts: 1,518 Internets: 60790	And they show boobs!!!
	Putting the sensual in non-consensual.

02-09-2011, 12:33 PM	#235 (permalink)
Ironic Mustache G'd up from the feet up. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 7,146 Supreme Emperor of the Jiu Jitsu Shit Forum?: Yes Internets: 114735	Am waiting to receive the Wire disc one season one today.
	Creeping around as I please nonchalantly like any other Supreme Emperor might.

04-02-2011, 05:23 PM	#244 (permalink)
DJ FC MURICAN Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,136 Internets: 253094	The Wire has changed my life. I started a month or so ago and I just finished season 3. HOLY SHIT THEY KILLED STRINGER BELL
	The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.

04-02-2011, 05:49 PM	#246 (permalink)
DJ FC MURICAN Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,136 Internets: 253094	I mean, it continues to blow my mind how good The Wire is. Its just so perfectly what cinema should be. It's bizarre just how much ahead it is of every other TV show I've seen. How could I have found out about this earlier? Are there other gems as good as this? It was very surprising to me, I've been used to nothing but cheap crap on TV.
	The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.

02-02-2011, 04:52 PM	#226 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	I knew nothing of the controversy surrounding the end of the show, only that there was one. I still don't know specifics of why there was a controversy because I have made the effort to avoid hearing details about how the show ended since I didn't want it ruined before I finally get around to watching it. But whether or not the show ended "FOUR FUCKING YEARS AGO" and whether or not by spoiling the show for me isn't "really spoiling anything" in your viewpoint is no excuse not to take 1 second to extend the courtesy of putting spoiler tags around your comments about the show that people who haven't seen the show might not want to be exposed to.

02-02-2011, 05:10 PM	#227 (permalink)
ninjaface Level 20 Holothetan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Space Posts: 5,245 Internets: 210144	I also knew nothing about any sort of controversy about Sopranos.

02-02-2011, 05:22 PM	#228 (permalink)
Saint DH Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6,147 Internets: 284753	Wow...you guys must live under a rock. Well I am sorry if I ruined anything for you both. The controversy is still very much alive, that was just my take on it. The creator has remained virtually silent on his meaning, so feel free to watch the series and make your own conclusions. Do yourself a favor and start watching this show. It really is fucking amazing.

02-08-2011, 02:03 AM	#234 (permalink)
Saint DH Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6,147 Internets: 284753	This is probably an unnecessary post, as I'm sure most of you are aware of this show, but there haven't been many new posts so fuck it. Curb Your Enthusiasm is a great show. The latest season wasn't stellar, but the rest of the seasons are wonderful. I don't think anyone has mentioned this show yet, so here it is. Check it out, I think you'll find that it's prrrreeettty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.

03-28-2011, 09:17 AM	#238 (permalink)
thekremlin Don't call me Shirley Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,271 Internets: 220249	So I know I'm like six years late to the party but that Battlestar Gallactica show is pretty cool huh

03-28-2011, 11:30 AM	#240 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	@DDT: Nice! Glad you're into The Wire. My favorite emotional scene from season four was when Carver was walking away after trying to help Randy and Randy kept repeating, "are you going to help me now? are you going to help me now?" So gut-wrenching and maybe my favorite scene from a series loaded with amazing ones.

04-02-2011, 02:53 PM	#243 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	You got through season five pretty fast. It was the least rewarding season for me in the sense that you're introduced to some new characters and themes that you know will not be developed further in subsequent seasons, but there was still a lot of awesome to it. Omar had to go. He was larger than life on that show but I think the creators got it right in reminding us that, after all, he is a gangbanger with a short lift expectancy. And yea, Michael's final scene was simply awesome. It was almost like you got to feel that Omar was still alive. Bubbles, Carver, and Prez are other characters that come to mind as having evolved very nicely over the course of the show.

04-02-2011, 05:35 PM	#245 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330

04-02-2011, 06:01 PM	#247 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	I couldn't watch movies for about six months after the first time I made it through The Wire. It's just so well-done and complete that even a masterpiece like The Godfather seemed really unfulfilling in the wake of watching The Wire. I'm yet to find a show I enjoy nearly as much, though Mad Men gets wonderfully close at times.

04-03-2011, 06:32 AM	#249 (permalink)
THEINCREDIBLEdork Emperor Meow Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 9,352 Internets: 290966	sopranos
	#YOLO

04-03-2011, 10:19 AM	#250 (permalink)
f3lix Gangnam Style Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DH's Massage Parlor Posts: 6,383 Internets: 213510	The Event has gotten far better since taking 4 months off.

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