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Just finished season 1 of the Wire and I just started season 2. For a show that is held up as ground breaking and realistic, it sure likes to use stereotypes and catchphrases a lot. That being said, authority figures not caring about the overall mission in favor of their own personal ambitions is on the money tho. Whom among us hasn't worked for a boss like that? I've heard season 2 is polarizing, you either love it or hate it. I dunno, the death of the American worker is something I've seen before. I'm sure that it's gonna tie into the drug trade, but I feel like some laborer lamenting that neoliberalism shipped off all the manufacturing jobs overseas has been done before, better, in other places.
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season 2 is good in theory but in practice the characters just aren't as appealing as the barksdale crew frank is cool though
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Okuteru posted:I feel like some laborer lamenting that neoliberalism shipped off all the manufacturing jobs overseas has been done before, better, in other places. you're watching a show that's 20 years old and complaining that everything in it has been done lol
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*watching metropolis for the first time* robot was better in star wars
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on the one hand ziggy is really frustrating to watch, but on the other hand, he hangs dong
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Frank was one of my favs out of the whole show
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yeah you definitely have to remember that the wire was made during the absolute height of ooh-rah cop dick-riding authoritarianism everywhere else on tv. people watching at the time definitely needed the anti capitalism 101 training wheels
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i say swears online posted:Frank was one of my favs out of the whole show frank deserved better
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loquacius posted:Horseface deserved better
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I need a cut of Dunc with the Transformers: The Movie soundtrack What's the Dare to be Stupid scene?
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DUNC2 was good, the fight choreography was improved a bit I thought, all the Geidi Prime scenes were jaw dropping. Mild criticism is I know the whole point is that it's meant to be over in a flash, but I would welcome a few more minutes of the sandworms just loving everything up at the end before we transitioned back indoors. It felt like there were more random establishing shots of the Harkonnen colosseum than there were shots of the actual final battle happening
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theflyingexecutive posted:yeah you definitely have to remember that the wire was made during the absolute height of ooh-rah cop dick-riding authoritarianism everywhere else on tv. people watching at the time definitely needed the anti capitalism 101 training wheels Isn't David Simon a giant Lib on twitter?
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Okuteru posted:Isn't David Simon a giant Lib on twitter? do you understand how Time works?
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Okuteru posted:Isn't David Simon a giant Lib on twitter? He said it's possible there really was a person called Corn Pop.
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theflyingexecutive posted:yeah you definitely have to remember that the wire was made during the absolute height of ooh-rah cop dick-riding authoritarianism everywhere else on tv. people watching at the time definitely needed the anti capitalism 101 training wheels Well, yeah, the war on terror still being fresh is key here. Season 1 even touches on it. So far, I like Bunk, Avon, and Lester, amazing pimp that he is.
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:do you understand how Time works? What the gently caress are you on about?
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David Simon made his twitter account in 2012. The Wire stopping airing in 2008
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:David Simon made his twitter account in 2012. The Wire stopping airing in 2008 What does that have to do with anything?
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Okuteru posted:What does that have to do with anything? so you don't understand how Time works
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:so you don't understand how Time works No, it's more like that I have no clue what kind of case you are making. What do I care when he made his twitter account?
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Okuteru posted:Isn't David Simon a giant Lib on twitter? he is and also the wire is good Bunk from The Wire once punched a woman because she was a bernie bro
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Okuteru posted:No, it's more like that I have no clue what kind of case you are making. Everything you've said about The Wire makes it sound like you are watching as if it is a show that came out last week, and it isn't.
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the wire isn't by any stretch of the imagination anti capitalist lmao
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indigi posted:the wire isn't by any stretch of the imagination anti capitalist lmao whoa this dude has Adam Smith's wealth of nations on his bookshelf, he's no ordinary gangster
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indigi posted:the wire isn't by any stretch of the imagination anti capitalist lmao it just being mildly critical of neoliberal economics was miles ahead of any other police procedural at the time
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:it just being mildly critical of neoliberal economics was miles ahead of any other police procedural at the time for sure. and it was a lot of fun too
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the milk machine posted:digital remaster of the wire with cgi omar added to the background of some scenes and he's saying "this is happening because of Capitalism" so people know the show is still good
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at the end of the finale Ian McShane shows up to recruit Bunk to the HBO Avengers with Chris from the Sopranos and Vince from Entourage
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Someone wrote a really good article about what Obama liking the Wire says, both about him, and the limits of its critique, but I can't find it. Does anyone remember?
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I remember seeing that too. The Wire is great fun, the performances are good throughout and there's a lot of memorable stuff in there that's worth seeing. If you're looking for a TV series that accurately represents systems of capitalist extraction and racial/class oppression as it relates to American policing you will be looking for the rest of your life, but if you're looking for a show that takes a less evil fascist nightmare copaganda view of what cops are and how they work than the standard TV show or movie then The Wire is pretty good. It's more of a look at what police view to be their own motivations and what kind of things consciously drive them and the way the institutions form their practices than it is about any kind of ideological examination of white supremacy and structural violence and oppression. And yes, David Simon is an evil liberal psychopath, but like Lovecraft was a straight up fascist and you can still enjoy his work and laugh at how effective he made fear of the other into stories that are still fun and engaging almost a century later. You're allowed to engage with works made by evil stupid people. Flournival Dixon has issued a correction as of 16:17 on Mar 4, 2024 |
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Cookie Cutter posted:DUNC2 was good, the fight choreography was improved a bit I thought, all the Geidi Prime scenes were jaw dropping. Mild criticism is I know the whole point is that it's meant to be over in a flash, but I would welcome a few more minutes of the sandworms just loving everything up at the end before we transitioned back indoors. It felt like there were more random establishing shots of the Harkonnen colosseum than there were shots of the actual final battle happening yeah my main criticism is that it felt like being force-fed a gourmet meal. every single scene is breathtaking and amazing but there's no time to linger on any of it or break it up to breathe a little giedi prime was apparently shot on IR cameras which is kinda nuts
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I've been thinking about what it must be like to watch Villeneuve's Dune movies without having read the books or being familiar with the story as it already was. It's such a strongly considered and carefully constructed image of what the story is that while I watched it I could only perceive it as a factual accounting of events that actually happened, which is a silly thing to say about events that didn't happen. I also may have been on shrooms for the first one which helps a lot for the whole empathetic reaction and immersion factor.
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Flournival Dixon posted:I've been thinking about what it must be like to watch Villeneuve's Dune movies without having read the books or being familiar with the story as it already was. the story felt kind of rushed and silly
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i say swears online posted:Spielberg will do the next one Please. It's time to pass the torch. JJ Abrams
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verhoeven god emperor movie verhoeven god emperor movie please
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