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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...

            last edited by 30 Jul 2016, 09:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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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).

                    last edited by 30 Jul 2016, 19:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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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.

                      last edited by 31 Jul 2016, 13:42 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        Peter
                        啓蒙家
                        Joined: 6 Mar 2010

                        I already really miss Stranger Things.

                        last edited by 31 Jul 2016, 15:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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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

                            last edited by 31 Jul 2016, 22:33 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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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.

                              last edited by 1 Aug 2016, 01:58 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                Streetwise Hercules
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 15 Jan 2015

                                @jdl1279:

                                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

                                Wasn't the Darth Maul series just an April Fools?

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                                  jdl1279
                                  Joined: 3 Jan 2014

                                  Dammit, apparently you're correct…oh well

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

                                  last edited by 1 Aug 2016, 08:35 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    madmonday
                                    Raw and Unwashed
                                    Joined: 13 Oct 2009

                                    preacher on amc

                                    head high, middle finger higher

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                                      Streetwise Hercules
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 15 Jan 2015

                                      @jdl1279:

                                      Dammit, apparently you're correct…oh well

                                      I'd not heard about it until your post and just did a quick search online.
                                      Sadly, we're both now disappointed. 😄

                                      last edited by 1 Aug 2016, 14:40 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        Megatron1505
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                                        Ray Donovan…..awesome.

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

                                        last edited by 1 Aug 2016, 19:57 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          Seul
                                          Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                          THE NIGHT OF ep 4 flew by… Jack London reference?.. Yes please... Keep 'm coming!..

                                          last edited by 2 Aug 2016, 17:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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