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Dr. Tim Whatley posted:I've resigned to never watching the wire, its just not gonna happen in this life. this is me after reading ur post 
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GonSmithe posted:If you want more Sweeney watch a good show, The Wire, instead. My mind was thoroughly blown when i learned that nicky sobotka was Mad sweeney
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Jun 27, 2017 17:48
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Mierenneuker posted:this is me after reading ur post Who knew Nick Sobotka was the originator of the dab
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Jun 27, 2017 18:24
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Dr. Tim Whatley posted:started watching orange is the new black, fun to see sweeney again Don't listen to the haters. S3 is the only bad season of Orange is the new Black. 4 and 5 are both good.
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Jun 27, 2017 18:28
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SpookyLizard posted:My mind was thoroughly blown when i learned that nicky sobotka was Mad sweeney I think this may have even been mentioned a few dozen pages ago, but it hit me like  all over again!
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Jun 27, 2017 22:17
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Pornstache has a cameo in OitNB S5 and it was pretty funny seeing him play that character but with Sweeney's beard and fauxhawk.
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Jun 27, 2017 22:24
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I haven't watched OitNB S5 yet but I feel like the show would be greatly improved by the sudden appearance of Mad Sweeney as a season regular.
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Jun 27, 2017 22:40
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Season 2 of The Wire I HATED the first time I watched it. After watching it a second time and more, it's absolutely my favorite season of the show overall.
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Jun 28, 2017 03:56
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EvilJay posted:Season 2 of The Wire I HATED the first time I watched it. After watching it a second time and more, it's absolutely my favorite season of the show overall. McNulty is kind of a lovely person.
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Jun 28, 2017 04:06
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Trip report: John Wick is even better than everyone says it is and Keanu Reeves is now my favorite action actor
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Jun 30, 2017 17:59
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First one or second one?
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Jun 30, 2017 18:05
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Snak posted:First one or second one? First one, hear good things about the second one
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Jun 30, 2017 18:05
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The first one is much better, but tue second one has some great action. I'm wondering if this is the thread you meant to post in?
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Jun 30, 2017 18:07
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Snak posted:The first one is much better, but tue second one has some great action. Yeah there was some discussion about Baba Yaga earlier and there was this whole thing about how I was confused about Tom Cruise and John Wick, then everyone in the thread told me to go see it and I promised I would report back
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Jun 30, 2017 18:08
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Oh right. I forgot.
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Jun 30, 2017 18:09
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The action is even better in the second one.
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Jun 30, 2017 18:34
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Whoa, Scott Thompson had cancer? http://www.laweekly.com/arts/scott-thompson-of-kids-in-the-hall-beat-cancer-moved-back-to-la-and-became-a-stand-up-comedian-8359739
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Jun 30, 2017 19:01
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John Wick 2 also has Jack Crawford in retirement working on a small side project of building personal empire.
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Jun 30, 2017 19:18
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mallratcal posted:The action is even better in the second one. The action is better, but they magically turn the somewhat-realistic crime family backdrop from the first one into this unbelievable criminal syndicate where every third person in the city is involved somehow, closing in on Highlander 2 levels of ridiculous retcons just to make the story work, and Wick himself has even less lines than in the first one. I'm not gonna say I didn't enjoy it in a mindless actiony fun sort of way, but there was no reason to ever make a second movie besides money.
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Jun 30, 2017 22:27
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I also don't really think that all the action is as good. There are some really great scenes, but a few that don't really do much for me, so I'm gonna have to say the first one is better on literally all counts.
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Jun 30, 2017 22:42
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Snak posted:I also don't really think that all the action is as good. There are some really great scenes, but a few that don't really do much for me, so I'm gonna have to say the first one is better on literally all counts. I liked the stuff with Common more than anything in that movie. They stripped out the emotional core of "they killed my dog" and it just falls flat.
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Phenotype posted:The action is better, but they magically turn the somewhat-realistic crime family backdrop from the first one into this unbelievable criminal syndicate where every third person in the city is involved somehow, closing in on Highlander 2 levels of ridiculous retcons just to make the story work, and Wick himself has even less lines than in the first one. I'm not gonna say I didn't enjoy it in a mindless actiony fun sort of way, but there was no reason to ever make a second movie besides money. Oh I agree. The 2nd one lives in a ridiculous world where everyone in Manhattan is an assassin. I just really enjoyed the action sequences. Edit: Seriously how is there enough work to employ all of those assassins? Is that the reason the one assassin was playing violin for change? mallratcal fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Jun 30, 2017 |
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Jun 30, 2017 23:14
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Assassins gotta assassinate.
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Jul 1, 2017 00:39
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mallratcal posted:Oh I agree. The 2nd one lives in a ridiculous world where everyone in Manhattan is an assassin. I just really enjoyed the action sequences. I was wondering how often that hotel of theirs is used to fill up the club and the bar. Maybe they invite all kinds of criminals? maybe there's a literal black market in abandoned mall somewhere.
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EvilJay posted:Season 2 of The Wire I HATED the first time I watched it. After watching it a second time and more, it's absolutely my favorite season of the show overall. I used to skip Season 5 on rewatches because of how silly Lester and McNulty behaved, but then a critic mentioned how that reflects David Simon's frustration that people don't care about dysfunction until someone makes a sensational fiction about it. Pret-ty clever, Mr. Simon.
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Jul 1, 2017 09:18
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I think everyone is frustrated with McNulty in season 5 of The Wire. The dude spent three seasons being a gaping rear end in a top hat, found his comfort zone in season 4 and then abandoned that to get back to his old habits. Bubbles ain't the only addict in that series. Speaking of addicts, how would the god of drugs look like? We see a Buddha and Ganesha surrounded by them in the intro, but I can't help imagine some kind of hippie/grunge hybrid.
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Jul 1, 2017 10:12
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It wasn't any weirder than Beadie going on a revenge-fueled killing spree
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Jul 1, 2017 10:31
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Mierenneuker posted:I think everyone is frustrated with McNulty in season 5 of The Wire. The dude spent three seasons being a gaping rear end in a top hat, found his comfort zone in season 4 and then abandoned that to get back to his old habits. Bubbles ain't the only addict in that series. Frank Gallagher from either version of Shameless, ported over intact, would be a pretty good drug/addiction god. There should be a different one specifically for psychedelics, though.
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That was a really short series, but I enjoyed it. I think I am misunderstanding something though. Odin calls himself the God of Gods I'm pretty sure, but he is also the war God? Did he manage to kill Crispin Glover's Lawnmower Man in the final episode? I really enjoyed Odin and Sweeney's arcs but the rest felt a bit unfinished or poorly developed (probably because it was such a short series). Vaginal maneater must be of some importance later, but every time I saw her I was waiting for the rest of the Gods to mention her or have some dealing with her, but I guess that's for season 2. It felt a bit disjointed since we only see her talk to the limo computer God.
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I don't think Wednesday called himself the God of Gods. I don't remember it at least, and it wouldn't make sense. He's the god of war, wisdom, poetry, and a bunch of other poo poo. He's also the chief god of the Norse pantheon, but that appears to mean very little in America given his level of power. Crispin Glover is not dead. He was not even actually there -- he was projecting himself on one of Technical Boy's faceless creepgoons. The last thing he said to Wednesday was something like "be glad, Glad-of-War," meaning he's willing to fight Wednesday now.
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I thought there was something about Gods needing to believe in Odin as a king of sorts, but maybe I was just really fuckin high.
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Odin said that he doesnt even needed to fight, just believe. Thats what activated Ostara god mode, he believed in she and now everyone needs to or there wont be easter anymore.JBP posted:I thought there was something about Gods needing to believe in Odin as a king of sorts, but maybe I was just really fuckin high. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w5pnWpG1yc "I am called Glad-O-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-eyed. I am also called Highest, and True-Guesser. I am Grimnir, and the Hooded One. I am All-Father, Gondlir, Wand-bearer. I have as many names as there are winds. As many titles as there are ways to die. My ravens are Huginn and Muninn, Thought and Memory. My wolves are Freki and Geri" I think you were high friend. DoctorGonzo fucked around with this message at 14:26 on Jul 4, 2017 |
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Jul 4, 2017 14:24
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To be fair, being really loving high and watching Bryan Fuller shows are like chocolate and peanut butter
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Jul 4, 2017 16:36
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To be fair he said a lot of poo poo in that speech and I've had to rewatch that clip three times -- very willingly -- to catch what he said. Also lol if you're not entirely transfixed by Ian McShane face
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The show should be about Odin and Eastern wacky adventures with my friend Shadow and his lovely dead girlfriend. Vagina monster is awful and shouldnt be on the show.
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DoctorGonzo posted:Odin said that he doesnt even needed to fight, just believe. Thats what activated Ostara god mode, he believed in she and now everyone needs to or there wont be easter anymore. It was sacrificing Mr Worlds minions and have Ostara taking away spring was a way to show the new gods the olds gods still have power.
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Jul 4, 2017 21:46
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etalian posted:It was sacrificing Mr Worlds minions and have Ostara taking away spring was a way to show the new gods the olds gods still have power. and that their power is of a different class than "we'll market a new belief" or magically activate a fax gathering dust somewhere.
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double nine posted:and that their power is of a different class than "we'll market a new belief" or magically activate a fax gathering dust somewhere. Yeah I've been thinking about that too, the dominions of the new gods are the dominions of man. Technology, expression, communication, things made by people and on which the gods rely not just to exist via belief but by their very essence. They may be extremely powerful owing to the quantity of worship, but it's implied worship, and thus their power is largely implied. The old gods may be few and with few worshippers, but their worshippers believe directly in them and believe that they control some aspect of reality itself. Thus even one true believer can sustain them and fuel outright miracles.
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McSpanky posted:Yeah I've been thinking about that too, the dominions of the new gods are the dominions of man. Technology, expression, communication, things made by people and on which the gods rely not just to exist via belief but by their very essence. They may be extremely powerful owing to the quantity of worship, but it's implied worship, and thus their power is largely implied. The old gods may be few and with few worshippers, but their worshippers believe directly in them and believe that they control some aspect of reality itself. Thus even one true believer can sustain them and fuel outright miracles. That said, the New Gods make some amazing powerpoint presentations.
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double nine posted:That said, the New Gods make some amazing powerpoint presentations. Also minions doing ragtime dance routines
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