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Kosmo Gallion posted:Why is Marlo so feared? It's Chris that does all the hard work. They're like the opposite of Avon and Stringer, where Avon is the warrior and Stringer is corporate management. No one knows who's killing who, they just know that anyone who gets on his bad side disappears.
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CBJSprague24 posted:His mom is remarkable. Wee Bey gets thrown in prison and she needs someone to help sustain her lifestyle, so the next person up is her son, who clearly wants no part of it; no fucks given. I was glad to see things turned out well for him in his one scene in season 5. Doesn't she get paid by Barksdales anyways as compensation for Wee Bey confessing to all the murders? I got the idea that Namon didn't have to do any of it and was doing it because his dad was a big deal and he felt compelled to.
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Jul 13, 2021 13:23
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werdnam posted:Just got to season 5 on my first watch. After episode 2 , all I can say is, what the gently caress, Jimmy? He's an addict. He can't stop.
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Aug 5, 2021 21:12
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Eason the Fifth posted:--I haven't watched The Plot Against America. I hear it's pretty good, but it's one of those shows about fascism that came out under Trump and I wasn't much in the mood (sort of like watching The Leftovers during covid lockdown) I had forgotten that this was also Simon. It was a good show with the exception of the ending. First, the fascists end up being Right All Along because the Jews did have a secret plot to kill Limburgh. And more topically: It works as they thought it would. They remove Lindburgh and everything goes back to normal and FDR wins. Despite all his protests to the contrary the last episode is 100% What Libs Thought Would Happen in 2020. But also I'm Jewish so I have a soft spot for shows with unapologetic Jewish characters doing Jewish things and pandering to Jewish Americans.
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Aug 16, 2021 14:02
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Alhazred posted:It was the brits who set up the assassination of Lindbergh. The show also ends with agents burning ballot boxes so it's up in the air weather or not everything goes back to normal Rothschilds are back, baybee
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Aug 16, 2021 19:29
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Is there a Generation Kill thread? I started the series last night and this definitely feels like "The Wire: Iraq"
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Sep 2, 2021 01:10
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BiggerBoat posted:Is there a Generation Kill thread still active? I went to make one and then got distracted breaking out slang and jargon in episode one and gave up. TV IV > Generation Kill: David Simon's Other Never-Ending War Show or Generation Kill: Not Very Poggers
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Sep 14, 2021 16:37
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BiggerBoat posted:Christ, the sense of impending dread in GK is palpable. I mean...on top of all the other horrible poo poo so far. Which is dreadful enough. There's a reason why episode 1 opened with the training exercise. It tells you how they were trained and what they were expecting when they moved on Bagdad And why is so important that what they do has nothing to do with that. The tanks at the airfield? Abandoned. They're supposed to be the tip of the spear but they never get a chance to do that. They're basically hyped on Rocket Fuel (as Ziggy says) and looking to finally get to shoot something. Their unit was already in Afghanistan where it's implied they didn't get a "real" mission because Afghanistan didn't have a proper military. Next section I think it's beyond episode 4 And then they finally do and almost every time it's awful. Trombly kills some kids, the turret Gunner kills some rando who doesn't know what's going on. When they do encounter some real combat taking the bridge in the city they get stuck in a pothole and just abandon the mission. Also take everything I say with a grain of salt since I'm a POG of Iraq/Afghanistan and probably projecting like a lighthouse.
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Sep 14, 2021 21:18
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BiggerBoat posted:I didn't read your spoilers since I'm not thru yet but...wait...swimming requirements were an obstacle for black soldiers being deployed on the front lines in loving Iraq and Somalia? But not in Vietnam? Not saying I don't believe you but that's hilarious. I mean...in a military intelligence kind of way. Sure it doesn't matter in Iraq but that's not the point.
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Sep 14, 2021 21:58
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Bird in a Blender posted:This is what happens when you don’t follow the grooming standard! No, I think following the grooming standard was exactly the problem.
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Sep 15, 2021 13:32
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Aces High posted:as someone who isn't American is there a tl;dr explanation for why the Marines are even doing what they do in GK? Actually, I'm sure there's no short way to answer that since I'm sure it has a long history but I have never quite understood why the Marine Corps is effectively a 4th branch as opposed to the land- fighting branch of the Navy like it is in basically every other country that has a marine force of some kind So in the 18th century, where our Army, Navy, and Marines come from a boat had a contingent of people on board that would board enemy ships and fight the opposing forces. When Naval warfare shifted to be less about capturing boats the Marines shifted into an invasion force. Marines secure a place for the Army to march from. In GK that's sorta what they're doing. They're scouting ahead and securing places so the army can roll though and occupy. In reality, all branches are fighting each other trying to justify their existence. So everyone is doing basically the same thing and acting interchangeably.
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Sep 15, 2021 21:52
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Aces High posted:Speaking of other David Simon stuff, anyone in here watch The Plot Against America? I watched it a couple weeks ago and enjoyed it for what it was I liked it. Vichan posted:Didn't care for the ending but I enjoyed the rest of it. Pretty much this.
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Nov 13, 2021 19:42
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happyhippy posted:Maybe I misread it here being mentioned, but why didn't they tap the public phones that they used to call from? They did. Herc and Carver spent all that time on rooftops confirming the targets.
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Mar 21, 2022 03:56
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BiggerBoat posted:Official trailer for We Own This City Oh now Landsman gives a poo poo.
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Apr 12, 2022 14:47
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Pirate Radar posted:The sequel series no one is asking for would be about an aging McNulty going back onto the streets of Baltimore to finally solve the case that started it all It goes all the way to the top! The most toppest and even Not-Martin O'Malley had a hand in it! But it's b'more. No one cares.
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Jun 27, 2022 13:46
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Homes don't have depots man, only improvements.
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Eason the Fifth posted:Cheese is such a poo poo but Method Man has such a natural charisma ("You know who has the fattest asses and the best pussy?") that I can't help liking the guy despite myself. I can only name 4 David Simon shows, so it feels like by default here. The Wire, Generation Kill, The Duce, and We Own This City
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Jul 29, 2022 01:12
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The commentary is that the younger guy cares more about his name than the money. It's the same dynamic between Avon and Stringer. Marlow will mellow out when he gets older too.
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Aug 26, 2022 23:03
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Mike N Eich posted:With Avon it's a little bit more complicated - he cares about his name for his ego's sake, but he also recognizes that his credibility has real bread-and-butter stakes. There's the fact that his connection with New York is important to continue access for their product and there's also the fact that if his organization is seen as weak, others will feel more willing to prey on him. Marlo knew this too, which is why he didn't kill prop Joe until after he got in good with the Greek Marlo knows he has to always look strong so he kills the security guard, and ends the series bashing a skull in yelling how his name is his name. E: also remember one of the big themes in this show is that nothing can ever change, so thematically Marlo has to rise and replace the Barksdales the same way they did
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Aug 26, 2022 23:20
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Looks like Cromwell switched sides
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Nov 12, 2022 02:47
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Shrimp or Shrimps posted:NYPD Blue's police station looked old and dirty as hell, and those locker/washrooms A real pigsty, if you will
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Jan 8, 2023 16:18
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Who the gently caress is Frunk Sbtoka?
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Jan 31, 2023 23:14
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awesmoe posted:is mike's cousin deez in it Doughz Nuts!
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Feb 12, 2023 01:13
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"Before you joined up with Mau'dib you were thumpin' sand worms for thirteen years?" "And four months"
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Apr 13, 2023 13:53
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Xiahou Dun posted:The first season of True Detective is a millstone around the rest of the show's neck. Eh, two sucked. Three was good again
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Apr 18, 2023 00:25
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Well? They're in the ballpark.
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Apr 18, 2023 00:42
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Yeah, string dropped dime on Avon and Avon tipped off Omar, or brother Muzone.
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May 21, 2023 01:20
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Bird in a Blender posted:Ok I started S5 and the journalism stuff doesn’t even bother me, but the Jimmy serial killer stuff just seems so out of left field.
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Tampa Bae posted:
It's ok, he joins the Marines and sorts himself out
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MarcusSA posted:drat straight It's also how Matteson learned to handle American Failsons
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Lid posted:Isn't that the rule for Legion Counterpoint, season two ended with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frf0HepcB7w And season 3 had this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIO7svIZzyI E: TD was a great s1 An ok S2 that needed to be a handful of fewer episodes A good again S3 that was almost there. We'll see how s4 shakes out.
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Oct 27, 2023 22:08
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The only parts of legion I understood were the singing and dancing and everything you're talking about happened during talky time so it went completely over my head
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Oct 28, 2023 02:10
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His best is in The Crown where he goes to his mother and she says the crown always comes first and we smash cut to the next morning where he puts down the paper, the headline about Diana's crash and he looks up straight into the camera and says "the gently caress did I do?"
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Dec 10, 2023 01:06
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There's a moment in the latest season where he's just sitting there with his roommate after Diana died, about how Mi6 had evidence of the infidelity and he was going to get his divorce. You can see the disappointment on his face, not because she died but because he couldn't hurt her with it. He just sits there downtrodden and says "I had her, Bunkmate, I had her on the wire and she doesn't even know it"
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Dec 11, 2023 20:42
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does anyone have a clip where they name Fuzzy Dunlop?
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Jerusalem posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uy1UqoBFPc I thought there was a scene where they figure out they need suitable cover for the bug, before this scene.
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Feb 14, 2024 21:16
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Every boss is a human being except my boss who sucks and the up-and-coming kid who wants my job, specifically -The Wire, season 5
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HootTheOwl posted:Every boss is a human being except my boss who sucks and the up-and-coming kid who wants my job, specifically
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Feb 16, 2024 03:54
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His name is his name. String didn't get that about Marlo or Avon
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Now onto the circle jerk season
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