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escape artist posted:Is there anywhere to see it in decent quality? Can't believe it's not on HBO Max. Might have to get a loving DVD. The YT video of The Corner is all I know about and it's fine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMJMOoW8y6o christmas boots posted:I'd like to have seen that. I never watched the Corner so maybe it's there, but I have a hard time imagining that kind of weakness and vulnerability from Reddick. This is right up there with "John C. Reilly as McNulty" and "Ed O'Neill as Al Swearengen on Deadwood" on my list of things I'd love to see imo. It's not so much that he's vulnerable or weak. Quite the opposite really. He's a bit intimidating actually. Just totally 180 different from the character of Daniels. Like, if you'd seen The Corner before The Wire, you'd find it equally as jarring watching his performance. BiggerBoat fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Mar 27, 2023 |
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Sorry, I meant that maybe there was something in his performance in the corner that would expand his range in my mind, but I couldn't imagine him coming off with the weakness and vulnerability to do Bubbles. Although maybe it would have been a totally different interpretation than Andre Royo's
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Yeah, Ed O'Neill as Swearengen is pretty easy to imagine if you've ever seen him do drama. Reddick as Bubbs would be a very different character than Royo did.
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christmas boots posted:Sorry, I meant that maybe there was something in his performance in the corner that would expand his range in my mind, but I couldn't imagine him coming off with the weakness and vulnerability to do Bubbles. Although maybe it would have been a totally different interpretation than Andre Royo's Nah, you're good. I was kind of trying to explain how with a lot of actors, they get into that thing where they're Deniro doing Deniro or Pacino doing Pacino, Tom Cruise and Pesci, etc. Or Stallone, Keanu, Arnold and what have you. Gandolfini or Imperioli. Even Leo and Hanks kind of find themselves "slotted" to a certain degree but with The Corner, WOTC and The Wire, Simon totally shuffles the deck chairs in ways that are fun and also kind of weird to watch. At least for me. Spike Lee does the same thing a lot where he uses actors that he can trust and knows are good but the characters are night and day from film to film. For instance, I mentioned Jamie Hector earlier but also in The Corner, Lester Freamon is a junkie and in WOTC, Dookie is a cop. It throws you for a minute because you've come to kind of know them from their iconic roles but then they deliver a totally different performance and it's never NOT worked or taken me out if the show. It's like whatever you saw them do first is how you think of them and over 5 or 6 seasons, that's just who they ARE and how you perceive the actor. Like if Michael K. WIlliams (RIP) got a chance to play a school teacher or something or all of a sudden there's Avon Barksdale as a police chief.
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BiggerBoat posted:Like if Michael K. WIlliams (RIP) got a chance to play a school teacher or something 
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Okay some of y’all know you’re just describing what “type-casting”, “playing against type” and “range” are right? Like it’s a good thing that Simon plays with those tools, but these aren’t new exciting things. That’s what Thespis did when he left the Chorus.
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ShowTime posted:
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I just started watching this on a lark after hearing Lance Reddick died, and sweet gently caress, I really missed out on some unspeakably good TV, didn't I? I'm dodging spoilers so I ain't really gonna Post Through It, but goddamn. Had me hooked in the first two minutes. i can't jump out with my unit because my tummy hurts
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It's one of the best series of all time. Only reason it didn't win awards is because of the era it was released. Most people regard Breaking Bad as #1, The Sopranos as #2, but The Wire is regularly in discussion as #3. If not #3, it's in contention for the 4th or 5th slot. So yea, you are in for quite a ride.
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POWELL CURES KIDS posted:I just started watching this on a lark after hearing Lance Reddick died, and sweet gently caress, I really missed out on some unspeakably good TV, didn't I? I'm dodging spoilers so I ain't really gonna Post Through It, but goddamn. Had me hooked in the first two minutes. This whole thread is full of untagged spoilers. We are so excited to have you but please be careful. I'd avoid the whole thread until you finished, cuz it's the best TV show ever.
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escape artist posted:This whole thread is full of untagged spoilers. We are so excited to have you but please be careful. I'd avoid the whole thread until you finished, cuz it's the best TV show ever.  Agreed on all counts.
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Yeah be warned that we will regularly openly talk about like, major character deaths, so read at your own peril if you mind that kind of thing. Not that it’s the kind of show that’s ruined by knowing what happens (if anything it gets better, but you only get to go in blind once)
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POWELL CURES KIDS posted:I just started watching this on a lark after hearing Lance Reddick died, and sweet gently caress, I really missed out on some unspeakably good TV, didn't I? I'm dodging spoilers so I ain't really gonna Post Through It, but goddamn. Had me hooked in the first two minutes. Speaking from a bit of experience since I just watched for the first time a few months ago, the What is the latest series you've been binging through? thread is probably a better spot if you want to post about the show as you're watching. Less chance for spoilers when you open the thread anyway. I admittedly didn't check any threads until I was most of the way through the series though. Dango Bango fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Mar 28, 2023 |
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Did SA ever have a Deadwood thread? I searched in TVIV but never found a dedicated thread for the show. I figure there should be one archived somewhere. I’ve started rewatching this for the first time in maybe ten years, and I would like to read a thread with goon reactions as the show aired, if there was one.
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MrMojok posted:Did SA ever have a Deadwood thread? I searched in TVIV but never found a dedicated thread for the show. I actually was about to start a Deadwood rewatch so…
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There was one a while back but I think it’s been archived by now.
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Deadwood and the Wire are my two favourites. I'd be interested in a Deadwood thread.
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escape artist was actually planning a Deadwood rewatch thread at some point, which I was quite keen on seeing/taking part in. Not sure if that idea has been abandoned or just put on the backburner. As for livethreads (archives needed): Season 1 Season 1 (Rerun thread) Season 2 Season 3 Television Movie Inspector_666 posted:if this is anything like NYPD Blue it's gonna rock.
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Jerusalem posted:escape artist was actually planning a Deadwood rewatch thread at some point, which I was quite keen on seeing/taking part in. Not sure if that idea has been abandoned or just put on the backburner. Excellent, thank you!
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There are some wonderful posts about the impact of the Civil War on the American psyche in that Deadwood movie thread.
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ShowTime posted:It's one of the best series of all time. Only reason it didn't win awards is because of the era it was released. Most people regard Breaking Bad as #1, The Sopranos as #2, but The Wire is regularly in discussion as #3. If not #3, it's in contention for the 4th or 5th slot.  I did a rewatch of Sopranos not too long ago (well it probably was just before covid or thereabouts) and I thought the quality was a bit up and down. More episodes than I remembered had arcs that were never mentioned again and felt like fillers. In terms of entertainment that might not be big problem but as a complete body of work, The Wire is more accomplished IMHO.
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The Wire is a landscape and The Sopranos is a portrait - neither is "better" than the other, IMO, they're just doing different things Both are far and away better than Breaking Bad, though, there's no comparison. Better Call Saul is a lot closer to their level of quality. Mad Men is about on par - or slightly better than - The Sopranos. These are my entirely subjective but also completely objectively correct rankings
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Jerusalem posted:escape artist was actually planning a Deadwood rewatch thread at some point, which I was quite keen on seeing/taking part in. Not sure if that idea has been abandoned or just put on the backburner. Not abandoned, just on the backburner. I have had essentially no time between work and my dad's illness. If someone wants to take the reins (get it, cuz there are horses in Deadwood) then by all means, do so.
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The Sopranos is painted in acrylic, The Wire is painted in oil.
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ruddiger posted:The Sopranos is painted in acrylic, The Wire is painted in oil. Wrong, they're both on TV 
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Strawman posted:Wrong, they're both on TV mr flatscreen LED over here
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Strawman posted:Wrong, they're both on TV It's not TV, it's HBO
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They've all got their charms, and so do The Shield, which I've just rewatched and am desperate to talk about because god drat does it hold up. The Sopranos has its interconnected cast of lovable and terrible people, a great dose of humor, and one of the greatest lead performances of all time. The Wire is About Something in a way that maybe no other show is, full of righteous anger cynical about systems yet hopeful about people. Breaking Bad has a lot of everything: standout performances, knowingly ostentatious camerawork, perhaps the best sound design of all time (Crawl Space: just listen to how the soundtrack here combines with the ringing of the phone and Walt losing his mind laughing) so that even when one element doesn't quite work the others keep the show spinning. And The Shield... man. It starts out as basically a cable version of Law & Order and over the course of a couple seasons morphs into a prestige drama attracting movie stars as credited actors, continues getting better throughout its entire run and finishes on both its strongest episode and maybe the best episode of television of all time. Stellar gritty camera work, a noose slowly tightening for six seasons, C.C.H. Pounder is a credited cast member. It's still copaganda. please talk about the shield
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I liked the shield but I wouldn’t rate it alongside the wire, sopranos, or bb
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Rochallor posted:
This is how I feel about Patriot.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:This is how I feel about Patriot. Because you are a person of taste and refinement. Also just a heads up that Michael Dorman, who plays John Tavner, does a couple seasons of For All Mankind where he does a hell of a job too.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:This is how I feel about Patriot. Cool. 
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Xiahou Dun posted:Because you are a person of taste and refinement. I aspire to be a McMillan Man. Dornan is also good in the modern pulp western Joe Pickett. It's as deep as the name on the tin suggests but I'll watch anything he's in.
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He does “superficially cornfed man’s man is secretly really hosed up inside” incredibly well. Just stunning ability to switch between cocky and vulnerable at will. Sure it’s a niche but it’s a hell of a niche and he does it well.
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I've reached season 3 in my (6th? 7th? whatever) re-watch of The Wire, figured I should get on it on account of what happened with Lance Reddick and all. That scene at the end of ep 1 in season 3 with Bunny in his car, in uniform driving up to the drug corner and the kid trying to sell him drugs is still funny. Just him first turning up the volume on the police radio and then putting on his hat as the kid just keeps trying to sell him drugs.
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Good old Spider. Also the same sage that explained sideways hats to Herc.
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Gus Triandos, big slow guy
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He was a power hitter, right? I'm still keepin my distance outta here, but just finished S3 and wanted to reaffirm that this show puts in body hits like a motherfucker. Goddrat, it hurts so good.
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