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Post by Michael on Sept 26, 2009 22:45:55 GMT
Still haven't got on this yet...still haven't met or heard of one person who doesn't think it's fantastic.
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Post by Blib on Sept 29, 2009 2:15:28 GMT
I've got my brother watching it now. He is loving it and about half way through season three. I can't wait until he gets to season four.
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Post by Omar on Oct 21, 2009 23:35:30 GMT
Just finished episode 7 of the first season. There is a scene with McNulty and Bunk drunk at a bar, about to close their tabs, when Bunk says, "I could top it off with one more!"
This is the same line spoken by Bubbles in the previous episode when him and Johnny are shooting up. I never noticed it before, but an interesting correlation with "society's" view of drug addiction and the alcoholism that is so ingrained and accepted in our culture.
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Post by Michael on Oct 25, 2009 4:31:11 GMT
Just watched the first episode. It was quite good, but left me feeling a bit angered.
I realized I might have a problem with honest, realistic, brutal depictions of society in art. I think this is my problem with The Sopranos. When I experience a work, I'm kind of looking to escape society, not be reminded of its problems.
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Post by Omar on Oct 25, 2009 4:42:17 GMT
Then you better steer clear of The Wire.
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Post by Omar on Oct 25, 2009 4:44:49 GMT
But something tells me it will blow your mind. I can just imagine you getting real enthusiastic about it.
"THE WIRE is the best show ever! It might just be the best thing ever filmed, PERIOD!"
;D
Continue with this jump.
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Post by Michael on Oct 25, 2009 4:52:58 GMT
Hehehehe. =P
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Post by Michael on Oct 26, 2009 14:16:40 GMT
Second episode was some heavy stuff...I liked the little dialogue about the McDonald's chicken nuggets.
"You think the man got paid?"
"Who?"
"The man who invented these."
"Shit he richer than a motherfucker."
"Why? You think he get a percentage?"
"Why not?"
"Nigga please. The man who invented them things, just some sad ass down at the basement of McDonald's. Thinkin' up some shit to make money for the real place."
"Naw man, that ain't right."
"Fuck right. It ain't about right, it's about money. Now you think Ronald McDonald gonna go down that basement and say 'ay Mr. Nugget, you da boss. We sellin' chicken faster than you can tear the bone out. So I'ma write my crowny-ass name on this fatass check for you!'? Psh...and the nigga who invented them things, still workin' in the basement for regular wage thinkin' of some shit to make the fries taste better or some shit like that. Believe."
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Post by Omar on Oct 26, 2009 16:28:28 GMT
Yeah, that is a great scene. There are other great ideas expressed among those three in "the pit". It is also interesting to see how D'Angelo attempts to act as a mentor for the three teenagers, and how each of them takes something different from what he has to say, each going their own way, but still having owed a little to the time spent with D'Angelo in the pit.
Certain lines of dialogue have interesting ways of popping back up throughout the series. True to life, in the way we learn from others ideas and then repeat.
Just finished rewatching season 1 yesterday. Already through episode 2 of the second season. ;D
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Post by Michael on Oct 28, 2009 4:10:22 GMT
3rd episode was god damn amazing.
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Post by Blib on Oct 28, 2009 4:59:32 GMT
You haven't even scratched the surface. I can't wait to hear more of your thoughts.
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Post by Michael on Oct 28, 2009 5:04:33 GMT
I can't believe how intense it's already gotten just 3 episodes in.
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Post by Michael on Oct 28, 2009 5:14:18 GMT
D'Angelo teaching the teenagers how to play chess was a great scene.
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Post by Omar on Nov 3, 2009 5:35:11 GMT
Ziggy is more tolerable the second time around. Nick Sobotka is worse.
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Post by Capo on Nov 5, 2009 21:55:55 GMT
"College kids ain't shit!"
CRINNNNGE.
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Post by Valenti on Nov 6, 2009 5:45:13 GMT
Pretty much everything out of Ziggy's mouth is intolerable and stupid, and not in the self-aware way that Chris Moltisanti was - that other way.
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Post by Omar on Nov 6, 2009 17:15:00 GMT
Possible Season 2 spoilers
At least everybody acknowledges Ziggy's stupidity in the show. Nick is well respected, even by the Greeks! He's such a whiny moron. The scene involving Nick and Frank following Ziggy's arrest seem as if it was shot at a distance, so as to not reveal what a bad actor the guy playing Nick was.
I have much more respect for Frank Sobotka after watching this season again. Some of his dialogue can be heavy-handed (the Tang analogy), but he ends up being one of my favorite characters from the show. I put on the final episode of Season 2 the other night, but I purposely fell asleep so I would have to rewatch it. It's great rewatching the show, but I feel like I am already going through it to fast.
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Post by Capo on Nov 6, 2009 18:04:25 GMT
SHOT AND A BEER, DOLORES! FRANK SOBOTKA SAID I NEEDED IT!
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Post by Blib on Nov 30, 2009 9:01:04 GMT
D'Angelo teaching the teenagers how to play chess was a great scene. Are you still watching? How far along are you?
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Post by Michael on Nov 30, 2009 21:50:02 GMT
Unfortunately no. I only rented the first disc of season one, which was a mere 3 episodes long. And now I'm in a saving money mode, so no can do. I'd download some episodes, but poor visual quality gives me headaches.
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