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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    The Flea and the Acrobat….

    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      steelworker
      見習いボス
      Joined: 16 Apr 2014

      @Seul:

      I like Turturro, but originally the part was meant to go to Jimmy (Gandolfini)… His unexpected death quite got in the way of him performing, so they asked Johnny... This is also why James is mentioned as a producer on the opening credits...

      Interesting @Seul . I saw his credit and wondered how he produced…from the grave. 😶

      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
      Well, I have others.

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        Chris
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 28 Jun 2010

        Just watched the finale for Season 3 of The Wire.

        Damn.

        I mean, seriously, damn.

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          Seul
          Joined: 24 Nov 2009

          Yep…  😠

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            tmg
            Joined: 10 Sept 2010

            And you've still got 2 more seasons to go!

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              Megatron1505
              見習いボス
              Joined: 10 Jul 2011

              Currently on my third re watch of The Wire, amazing still.

              Also rewatching Battlestar Galactica, the best pure Sci Fi show ever made.

              I treat TV shows like books, there are certain ones I will revisit time after time.

              Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                spitfiredealer
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 8 Apr 2013

                Season 2 of the wire is my favourite ever series

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                  Chris
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                  I thought Season 3 was better, personally.  All three I've seen so far have been great, just in different ways.

                  It's about time I revisited BSG; man, I love that show.

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                    spitfiredealer
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 8 Apr 2013

                    Yeah 3 is great too. Just something about the story of the docks and the guys there struggling to make a
                    Living that makes series
                    2 stand out more, for me anyway.

                    I need a new series to watch, watching orange is the new black with the Mrs and it really doesn't do much for me.

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                      Megatron1505
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                      Mr Robot is good, Stranger Things is great, and I'm about to start watching The Night Of…

                      Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                        Seul
                        Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                        Shit - still need to watch ep 3… But stuck on old South Park...

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                          steelworker
                          見習いボス
                          Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                          @spitfiredealer:

                          Yeah 3 is great too. Just something about the story of the docks and the guys there struggling to make a
                          Living that makes series
                          2 stand out more, for me anyway.

                          I need a new series to watch, watching orange is the new black with the Mrs and it really doesn't do much for me.

                          Season 2 is the best in my view too.Sparrows Point, the enormous steelworks shown on one of the shows is gone, a giant parking lot. ArcelorMittal wanted to buy it but the deal was deemed a monopoly so some shady Russians snapped itup and filed for bankruptcy the whole mess reeks of cronyism and in the meantime 3,000 Steelworkers join their brother Longshoreman on the unemployment line-there's always a job to be had at walmart. The US really pisses me off. Like we're all supposed to have service jobs that pay shit while our masters continue the dismantling of our industrial base. Capitalism as cancer.
                          You might like The Night Of… but since it's a remake of a Brit show you may already have seen it with different accents...

                          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                          Well, I have others.

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                            Chris
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                            I think what dropped S2 down a notch for me was that I couldn't muster any sympathy for the longshoremen.  Yeah, they were just trying to survive, (kinda the underlying theme of the entire series, both for the people and for the city as a whole) but they were in a dying trade and they refused to recognize it.  Containerization, mechanization, computerization; they're trends that have been going on for decades, and pining for the good old days won't put food on the table.  Watching them willfully ignore how the world and the profession was changing just made me dislike them.

                            It reminded me of what Red said in Shawshank Redemption- "Either get busy living or get busy dying."  They chose dying, and I just couldn't get down with it.

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                              Seul
                              Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                              Haha holy cow Chris… I'm glad I didn't have to watch season 2 with you... Of course I had the same rational thoughts, but I chose to sympathise with the fellas instead... That's why it's my favourite season...

                              Well, that and these (NSFW): https://s32.postimg.cc/5g1rlm7r9/vlcsnap_2012_04_04_20h20m03s30a.jpg

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                                Chris
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                Jesus, they're staring right at me…

                                My post might have come across a little harsher than I intended.  I did empathize for them, it's just that underneath the sympathy for guys watching the world they understood fade away were the feelings I said earlier.

                                And to be clear, I did love that season, just not quite as much as I loved season 3.  Maybe I'll reassess in a few months, after I've finished all five seasons and had some time to digest it (and rewatch a few, or maybe several, episodes).

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                                  Traser2g
                                  Haraki san Expert
                                  Joined: 18 Mar 2014

                                  Sick kid, rainy day, yup Netflix it is. Just starting Stranger Things. Looks promising so far.

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                                    Peter
                                    啓蒙家
                                    Joined: 6 Mar 2010

                                    I already really miss Stranger Things.

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      Can't wait for season 2….

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        jdl1279
                                        Joined: 3 Jan 2014

                                        Neck deep in Stranger Things now, been superb thus far. Also catching up on Mr Robot and the Flash. Anxiously awaiting Season 3 of Daredevil, The Punisher, and the Netflix Star Wars series on Darth Maul

                                        Bourbon: because living in Kentucky just makes you want to drink

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                                          Chris
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                          I'm looking forward to Luke Cage.  And for escapist fun, I'm waiting for the second seasons of Dark Matter and iZombie.

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