Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I might give the Wire a go. I never got past episode 1. If it is like a good book then I should treat it as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: I might give the Wire a go. I never got past episode 1. If it is like a good book then I should treat it as such. There’s a reason why I referenced Anna Karenina earlier. The Wire truly is Tolstoyan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 This is like when Bowie or that man from fast and furious died. I am yearning for a high profile death to bring some normality back to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, Seat68 said: This is like when Bowie or that man from fast and furious died. I am yearning for a high profile death to bring some normality back to this thread. For me he's high profile but the shame in his death is that because of his talent he should have been much bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 8, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2021 5 hours ago, maqroll said: Only if you don't want to bother figuring out what the slang is. I'd give it a go. That was one of the reasons I bailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 8, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 8, 2021 19 minutes ago, mjmooney said: That was one of the reasons I bailed. Watch it with subtitles and pretend its Scandi and you'll be fine 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 21 hours ago, villa4europe said: seems to be understanding them, the pace and then getting your head around the ensemble cast are the main problems the cast in particular is what makes the show so good, there is no tony soprano or walter white, there's 10+ brilliant well developed characters from which you can pick your favourite and omar will definitely be one of them For me it was getting past the way they were all speaking - the Baltimore slang along with all the street talking. I had to have subtitles on for the first few episodes to make sure I didn't miss anything. I think I've described it before as like going to watch a shakespeare play at the RSC. For the first few minutes you don't have a clue what's going on but then your ear adjusts to their manner of speaking and you're generally fine. Part of it is that by it's nature you're listening to wire tap conversations with people who have Baltimore street accents, but they're also talking in code because they know they might be being listened to. That makes it much worse. You do just have to appreciate the authenticity that went into The Wire, including using genuine Baltimore gang members in pretty major roles (I think Snoop?). It's a show that really never talked down to it's audience with massive exposition dumps and really committed to what it was trying to achieve. Definitely my favourite of all time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted September 8, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 8, 2021 10 hours ago, StanBalaban said: Not even when you've got the house to yourself? Bleak! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted September 8, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2021 Michael K Williams was on Anthony Bourdain in the Brooklyn episode of No Reservations and you could tell what a great man the former must’ve been because of everyone they walked past in the street knowing and greeting him, not for being famous but because they all actually knew him in his neighbourhood. RIP both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 8, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 8, 2021 24 minutes ago, blandy said: Bleak! Hard Times! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 8, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2021 Snoop? None of this is selling it to me. Black street culture/drugs/gangs/hip hop? Nah. Come on, let's have another dead celeb so we can stop talking about the bloody Wire. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Come on, let's have another dead celeb so we can stop talking about the bloody Wire. "Christopher Biggins killed by mad man with guitar" 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Designer1 Posted September 8, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Snoop? "perhaps the most terrifying female villain to ever appear in a television series." - Stephen King 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 8, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: "Christopher Biggins killed by mad man with guitar" If only. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Susan Anway, sometime vocalist in The Magnetic Fields has died. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Seat68 said: Susan Anway, sometime vocalist in The Magnetic Fields has died. I don’t think she was involved on 69 Love Songs, which I loved, so I don’t know her work. Still sad, and this news is a reminder to listen to The Magnetic Fields more often than I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 37 minutes ago, El Zen said: I don’t think she was involved on 69 Love Songs, which I loved, so I don’t know her work. Still sad, and this news is a reminder to listen to The Magnetic Fields more often than I do. No nothing to do with 69 love songs, I do like those early albums she was on but my favourite Merritt work is without her, 69 Love Songs and the debut The 6ths album, Wasps Nest. If you have the opportunity its well worth a listen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2021 Ah, very sad news... Michael Chapman has died. One of the greats of English guitar-slinging singer-songwriting. So happy that he had a new musical lease of life, as it were, in the last ten years or so. A true individual and a unique talent. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Rolling Stones Tour Manager Mick Bridgen has died in an accident while digging a grave for his dog. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 11, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 11, 2021 41 minutes ago, sne said: Rolling Stones Tour Manager Mick Bridgen has died in an accident while digging a grave for his dog. Please tell me the dog wasn't called Charlie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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