What did you think of it?
It's the only episode of that series I've seen, since I'd been told it was among the best it had to offer. Didn't really bother with the rest of it after that.
What did you think of it?
Really, Aaz? Or are you pulling my leg here? I can't tellIt's the only episode of that series I've seen, since I'd been told it was among the best it had to offer. Didn't really bother with the rest of it after that.
Really, Aaz? Or are you pulling my leg here? I can't tell
It's the only episode of that series I've seen, since I'd been told it was among the best it had to offer. Didn't really bother with the rest of it after that.
I'm trolling you.
I love how you still haven't seen the show yet and I'm guessing you haven't read Vagabond either? It was a running gag in the early podcasts haha. Also no posting spoiler clips @Lawliet there is still a chance Aazealh might watch it!I'm trolling you.
I love how you still haven't seen the show yet and I'm guessing you haven't read Vagabond either? It was a running gag in the early podcasts haha. Also no posting spoiler clips @Lawliet there is still a chance Aazealh might watch it!
I love how you still haven't seen the show yet and I'm guessing you haven't read Vagabond either? It was a running gag in the early podcasts haha.
Also no posting spoiler clips @Lawliet there is still a chance Aazealh might watch it!
I’m rewatching The Wire. Finished We Own This City. Ehh… Preachy.Aaz, please I can't laugh that much my kid's sleeping!
Anyway, what are you guys gonna watch now that BCS has ended? I don't really know where to go from here. It's monday soon and I ain't got nothing to watch anymore.
I've actually started the sopranos, I've seen on the forum people talking about it and I've seen online it being compared to breaking bad and that it's one of the best shows of all time. I've known about it for years but heard the ending was really bad so it turned me off.
I'm not sure I'll continue it, maybe I'll see after season one. I understand the show was known for having the first anti hero protagonist on TV or something but the main guy just seems like a douche, and some of the other characters are just plain annoying to me
That's right. I gotta watch The Wire first, like I promised Walter. I'll start with season 2 since I heard it's the best one and then I'll see if I watch the rest.
I did read something like 7 volumes of Vagabond, by the way, but it didn't really hook me.
Don't tell me that he dies at the end!!
Anyway, what are you guys gonna watch now that BCS has ended? I don't really know where to go from here. It's monday soon and I ain't got nothing to watch anymore.
I’m rewatching The Wire. Finished We Own This City. Ehh… Preachy.
Ironically, I feel like the series really starts to transcend with the conclusion of the Inshun arc, which I think takes place prominently in volume 7.
Actually, it's really after volume 10 that Musashi, and therefore the book, goes up another level. His musha shugyō before the Kojiro arc, that arc, and the return to Ky
My issue with the The Wire is it gets credit for being more realistic while containing just as many theatrical, over- the-top cartoon or comicbook characters and moments as any of these, but the extra layer of authentic detail otherwise makes it clash even more to me. Like, I get that the Breaking Bad world is a complete fantasy, whereas I feel like The Wire and David Simon purport to be more.
That's it! That's the uncomfortable feeling I get from David Simon that I couldn't quite nail down earlier in this post. To put a now on everything and paraphrase Vagabond, his writing is like "swordsmanship that purports to be proper swordsmanship."
Actually the first season was my favorite lolThat's right. I gotta watch The Wire first, like I promised Walter. I'll start with season 2 since I heard it's the best one and then I'll see if I watch the rest.
JimI'll buy the rest and get through it, I'm just waiting for Inoue to finish it first so I can read it in one go.
But I don't think anything is so bombastic as to be unbelievable. Because the basis for everything is grounded in real life.
I think everyone can watch it and learn something. And sure, maybe that approach gets in the way of storytelling when placed alongside a more pure drama, but that's fine with me.
In my personal experience, that brand of offputting preachiness is limited to We Own This City. There's a very clear right and wrong that's being messaged in that show by characters who are more or less flawless in their moral platform, whereas in The Wire, there's no morality to be grasped for. Everyone is equally mired and subjugated by bureaucracy. They're very different shows, despite the setting and the teams involved.
Actually the first season was my favorite lol
Suspicious...I'll buy the rest and get through it, I'm just waiting for Inoue to finish it first so I can read it in one go.
On the subject of the Wire, didn't the real life Omar actually jumped from a balcony a floor higher than the one portrayed in the show? to me that's just bonkers
but one thing I really liked is how most things felt to be going in a clear direction... like it was all determined to happen... (of course it was, given it was a show, lol, but sometimes, it deceived me to believe it was all based on a true story) I wonder if that was Simon's intentions...
procedural aspects of real life seemed on point, though
I've actually started the sopranos, I've seen on the forum people talking about it and I've seen online it being compared to breaking bad and that it's one of the best shows of all time. I've known about it for years but heard the ending was really bad so it turned me off. I'm on episode 5 of season 1 and it's okay I guess but it's not really grabbing me, I actually fell asleep during episode 4 and I had to rewatch it. I know you have to warm up to the characters and whatnot but I'm not sure I'll continue it, maybe I'll see after season one. I understand the show was known for having the first anti hero protagonist on TV or something but the main guy just seems like a douche, and some of the other characters are just plain annoying to me
He is a pretty terrible person, though. Multi-faceted? Sure. A Suburban-driving suburban monster? Absolutely. I've noticed that some younger viewers tend to squeak that little detail out of their fascination with The Sopranos. A guy who worked for me once listed both Tony and Don Draper (Mad Men) as "inspirational" to him.If all you think is "douche" when you see Tony, I don't think you understand the show and its just probably not for you.
I hear the same things about Jordan Belfort (Wolf of Wall Street).Absolutely. I've noticed that some younger viewers tend to squeak that little detail out of their fascination with The Sopranos. A guy who worked for me once listed both Tony and Don Draper (Mad Men) as "inspirational" to him.
Wow this could give Berserk a lot more attention which is great, and it will give people a chance to see the original series. Personally I have the Blu-ray's so it doesn't really matter to me. Hajime no ippo and Monster too? They are both really great series that deserve recognition especially Monster, that anime is notoriously hard to find, I can definitely say I didn't watch it legally, but to compensate I bought the entire manga collection shortly after I finished it.I don’t know if someone mentioned this already but Netflix is bringing the 97’ Berserk anime to the platform along with many other great series.
https://otakuusamagazine.com/netflix-cuts-nippon-tv-deal-to-add-1997-berserk-monster-and-more-anime/