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BiggerBoat posted:Was that the heavyish set black woman? Watch Lovecraft Country if you want to see what that actress, Wunmi Mosaku, can do. She is really drat good and Simon stiffed her with lovely dialogue imo Also watch Lovecraft Country if you want to see Michael K. Williams’ last tour de force. Or if you want to see the best show of 2020. Orange Devil fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Feb 13, 2023 |
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You normally don’t really “feel” the camera in this show so it’s amazing when you do. When the FBI profiler is describing the “killer” and it just keeps zooming in on McNulty, right into his stupid smug face. Lol. Lmao.
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I rewatched the first season of Treme, and at least that season is so good. I remember 2 being really good too, but it dropped off after that. Clarke Peters and Wendell Pierce are great, but Khandi Alexander is the best of the whole cast. I could do without Sonny and Annie to be honest, their storyline the whole way through is not very good. It has the best music of any David Simon show, that's for sure. I forget how many Wire alum show up. Steve Earle plays a relatively big influence in seasons 1 and 2. Slim is in it for a few episodes, Ziggy, and Prezbo show up too. Can't remember any others.
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how did Leo Fitzpatrick get typecast as just the nastiest scumbag who ever lived? other than the fact that he sells it really loving well. admittedly I've only ever seen him in the wire, bully, and kids
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Also loving Domenick Lombardozzi in Tulsa King. With a fantastic rug on him too. Edit: I read A Firing Offence which was a real great easy read by George Pelecanos who wrote a lot on the wire. algebra testes fucked around with this message at 11:56 on Feb 15, 2023 |
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Feb 15, 2023 11:53
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algebra testes posted:Also loving Domenick Lombardozzi in Tulsa King. With a fantastic rug on him too. Man, you weren't kidding. That is a magnificent hair piece.
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"Don't lie to me like I'm Montel Williams. I am NOT Montel WIlliams!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ4mhaJIr7A
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In the last season of The Deuce and this is definitely the most George Pelecanos of the three. EDIT: ok yeah this just keeps spiraling downwards 
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Feb 25, 2023 02:34
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Hey, I remember seeing a great quote responding to the "i don't watch crime shows" thing you sometimes get when you recommend the wire. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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Watching the 1992 classic Deep Cover where A young Glynn Turman (Mayor Royce) gets gunned down in the opening 60 seconds!
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Man, just finishing rewatch of season 2 (My favorite season) and it went by so fast compared to season 1. They just pack so. much. poo poo. into season 1 it's unreal.
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Philthy posted:Man, just finishing rewatch of season 2 (My favorite season) and it went by so fast compared to season 1. They just pack so. much. poo poo. into season 1 it's unreal. I like how towards the end of season 2 there’s that one sequence that just throws out the usual way they shoot things and it starts aping Michael Mann. Just everything getting rapidly worse while schlubby dudes make very poor decisions. The volume on the soundtrack goes up and it’s all really intense Greek singing and a bazouki. Season 2 rules.
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Xiahou Dun posted:I like how towards the end of season 2 there’s that one sequence that just throws out the usual way they shoot things and it starts aping Michael Mann. Just everything getting rapidly worse while schlubby dudes make very poor decisions. The volume on the soundtrack goes up and it’s all really intense Greek singing and a bazouki. The scene where Nick is freaking out, with a fence and grain silos behind him? The camera does a fish-eye sort of thing to show how his world is being turned upside down.
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Count Roland posted:The scene where Nick is freaking out, with a fence and grain silos behind him? The camera does a fish-eye sort of thing to show how his world is being turned upside down. Exactly. The Wire almost never has the camera making active choices like that.
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You know, they did it more than once in S2. After Ziggy shoots the Greek guy there's some camera effects as he's freaking out about it. Maybe appropriate that both cousins get that treatment.
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Season 2 is just so brilliant. It's a real slow burner but every scene matters.
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Count Roland posted:You know, they did it more than once in S2. After Ziggy shoots the Greek guy there's some camera effects as he's freaking out about it. Maybe appropriate that both cousins get that treatment. I normally hate that choppy slow-mo effect with a passion when it shows up in anything, but it felt perfectly used in that scene.
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Back in 2009 when I watched it I simply didn’t buy that Ziggy would do that, but having seen the increasing spiral of lunacy that America is bobsledding down, it seems like an absolutely perfect encapsulation of American culture now.
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Jewmanji posted:Back in 2009 when I watched it I simply didn’t buy that Ziggy would do that, but having seen the increasing spiral of lunacy that America is bobsledding down, it seems like an absolutely perfect encapsulation of American culture now. I felt this way about season 5
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Count Roland posted:I felt this way about season 5 The most unrealistic thing about the serial killer plot is McNulty intended it to be a cover for police work instead of being pure grift
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StashAugustine posted:The most unrealistic thing about the serial killer plot is McNulty intended it to be a cover for police work instead of being pure grift Luckily the other cops took care of that for him!
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The Wire adjacent; there's a documentary coming out about the Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force, the focus of "We Own This City" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnNniN9XOK0
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Hell yeah, We Own This City was incredible and it'll be fascinating to see footage of the actual guy. The poo poo he (and the rest of the Task Force) were doing beggars belief in just how blatant, amateurish and almost open they were in their naked corruption.
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I think the fish eye Nick sequence is the last shot of the final montage? Where it's raining? And the greek music bit is where Frank goes to meet The Greek at the docks. Also, 'I Feel Alright' by Steve Earle is a great choice for the final montage
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I think the fish eye Nick sequence is the last shot of the final montage? Where it's raining? And the greek music bit is where Frank goes to meet The Greek at the docks. Also, 'I Feel Alright' by Steve Earle is a great choice for the final montage No it wasn't in the montage; by that point he was already in witness protection. Not sure when it was though
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I was sure he want down to the docks last time by the fence to look at all the old buildings? I think this calls for a rewatch
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I was sure he want down to the docks last time by the fence to look at all the old buildings? I think this calls for a rewatch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN7JWfQp4rY
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I stand corrected!
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https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-wire-star-lance-reddick-dead-dies/
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What the gently caress
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What the gently caress That loving sucks 
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God drat, normally celebrity deaths don't get me but I was really not expecting that.
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What the gently caress 
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Shhhiiiiiiiiiitttt Wonder what happened. I'm guessing a heart attack or something but that man was fit as hell.
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This… is… BULLSHIT! RIP
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Way too soon, what the gently caress
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Apparently he was posting selfies at home with his dogs instead of going to the John Wick premiere. I wonder if he wasn't feeling well?
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Kevyn posted:This… is… BULLSHIT!
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Man the cast of this show seems so cursed sometimes. gently caress.
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