Showing posts with label The Wire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Wire. Show all posts
December 29, 2009
December 19, 2009
How the Wire has Affected my Brain
Posting those best quotes of The Wire has triggered a full blown marathon rewatching. I've made it through seasons 1-3. I'm debating season 4, cause that one always makes me cry. Carver, when he can't help Randy pounding the steering wheel. Gets me every time. But this massive download has started to affect my brain. In particular:
1. I find myself whistling "Farmer in the Dell" whenever I walk down a dark city street at night. I find myself walking down dark city streets a lot more.
2. I catch myself about to say stuff a 32-year old white guy just shouldn't say. Prop Joe's "I'm living with some burdensome niggers" is a personal favorite.
3. When hitting on women, I find myself asking "what would Jimmy McNulty do?" in business situations, I find myself asking "What would Prop Joe do?" Asking yourself "What would Stringer Bell do?" works well for both situations.
4. I now know that a man must have a code. I'm working on my code.
5. When I start my massive criminal empire, I will be known simply as "The German." Of course, I'm not even German.
6. I no longer get dressed. I "make myself correct."
7. The Gods will not save me. I am coming to terms with this.
8. I am not cut out for this gangster bullshit. That, I have come to terms with it.
9. I'm drawing out the i when I say shit. I've attempted to hold entire conversations using only the word fuck. Sadly, I have yet to be in a situation where calling someone a gaping asshole would be appropriate, but I hope to soon.
10. More and more, I'm starting to think that the war on drug is a horrible farce.
1. I find myself whistling "Farmer in the Dell" whenever I walk down a dark city street at night. I find myself walking down dark city streets a lot more.
2. I catch myself about to say stuff a 32-year old white guy just shouldn't say. Prop Joe's "I'm living with some burdensome niggers" is a personal favorite.
3. When hitting on women, I find myself asking "what would Jimmy McNulty do?" in business situations, I find myself asking "What would Prop Joe do?" Asking yourself "What would Stringer Bell do?" works well for both situations.
4. I now know that a man must have a code. I'm working on my code.
5. When I start my massive criminal empire, I will be known simply as "The German." Of course, I'm not even German.
6. I no longer get dressed. I "make myself correct."
7. The Gods will not save me. I am coming to terms with this.
8. I am not cut out for this gangster bullshit. That, I have come to terms with it.
9. I'm drawing out the i when I say shit. I've attempted to hold entire conversations using only the word fuck. Sadly, I have yet to be in a situation where calling someone a gaping asshole would be appropriate, but I hope to soon.
10. More and more, I'm starting to think that the war on drug is a horrible farce.
December 9, 2009
More Greatness from The Wire
All the great lines from The Wire cannot be contained in just one 10-minute YouTube clip. Here's some more:
Not even close to safe for work. You get a lot of things out of The Wire, not the least of which, it will elevate your swearing game.
Not even close to safe for work. You get a lot of things out of The Wire, not the least of which, it will elevate your swearing game.
November 16, 2009
March 7, 2009
Spread the Word
I was talking about The Wire and how word of it spreads. You hear the show recommended from a couple of different people, hear good things, then you get that first DVD worth, then you're hooked. I want to do my part to spread the word. So here's the best scene from the first season:
December 10, 2008
TV Time
I just finished the very last episode of The Wire on DVD. Man, there is just no justice in this world sometimes.
Casting about for a new show, may I suggest Leverage? Good old fashion con/heist action, with the added bonus that the targets are the great villains of this age, the corporate crooks.
Plus, the show runner is John Rogers of Kung Fu Monkey. Scroll back through his archives for some pretty cool behind the scene and inside the writer's room stuff.
Casting about for a new show, may I suggest Leverage? Good old fashion con/heist action, with the added bonus that the targets are the great villains of this age, the corporate crooks.
Plus, the show runner is John Rogers of Kung Fu Monkey. Scroll back through his archives for some pretty cool behind the scene and inside the writer's room stuff.
February 18, 2008
Entertainment Report
I found Jumper to be sadly disappointing. Up until this point I've loved everything Doug Liman has done as a director. But the man is losing his indy edge. Hayden Christensen is just dead weight in the center of this movie. He's not a hero, he's not a likable rogue, and he’s not a desperate everyman. He's just an amoral blank. And amoral blanks don't fill up very compelling movies.
Also in the bad category was the new version of Knight Rider. The trend these days is to bring back old shows and make them darker and edgier and better (Case in point.) The new Knight Rider is not darker, not edgier, and no good at all.
I know I’m coming late to this party but if you must have a positive review of something, I have fallen in love with The Wire. Very damn good.
What do you all find out there that’s good? Bad?
Also in the bad category was the new version of Knight Rider. The trend these days is to bring back old shows and make them darker and edgier and better (Case in point.) The new Knight Rider is not darker, not edgier, and no good at all.
I know I’m coming late to this party but if you must have a positive review of something, I have fallen in love with The Wire. Very damn good.
What do you all find out there that’s good? Bad?
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