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Hayden - Jul 15, 2007 8:27:58 pm PDT #1007 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

thanks for trying, Corwood, but the disc you sent me had the same problem.

That breaks my heart. I must have deleted the wrong one.


-t - Jul 16, 2007 7:48:17 am PDT #1008 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It all worked out, Corwood. It's probably for the best that I saw the first hour several times before seeing the last 20 minutes since those last 20 minutes are so freaking heart-rending. Gah. And now I gotta worry about whether McNulty can handle going back on top of knowing how awful everything is for the kids and Bubbles.

I am trying to think of something intelligent to say about 6FU but my head is too full of Wire. It's funny, I liked 6FU well enough to watch the whole thing, but I can mostly remember the parts that annoyed me, now.


erikaj - Jul 16, 2007 8:47:23 am PDT #1009 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

yeah, they are not exactly two great tastes that are great together. Don't worry about it. Poor Bubbles.


esse - Jul 16, 2007 8:52:04 am PDT #1010 of 7329
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

I liked 6FU well enough to watch the whole thing, but I can mostly remember the parts that annoyed me, now.

-t is me. I watched a lot of 6fu, and liked it, but now I just remember the bits where they did something I really didn't like. Odd.


-t - Jul 16, 2007 10:00:54 am PDT #1011 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

At least he's clean now. Bubbles. That's some pretty dire hitting of bottom right there.


Hayden - Jul 16, 2007 10:57:47 am PDT #1012 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I liked the return of Waylon. Made me cry.

I'm thinking about doing a High Hat article on Wild Bunch references in The Wire, but, woe is me, this might require rescreening the movie AND the series again. Actually, I tried this before, but kept forgetting about the project because the narrative is so damn engrossing.


erikaj - Jul 16, 2007 11:09:34 am PDT #1013 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

The whole thing made me cry, and then my mother looked at me afterward like "You like this thing, right? This is the thing you called New York all the time for, and everything? I don't get it."ETA: Go ahead and write, bunk. You are the special kind of asshole the project requires. Smartmouthed Austin cocksucker.


Hayden - Jul 16, 2007 11:18:15 am PDT #1014 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I appreciate that, but I may be too unfocused a cocksucker to keep my interest in the article in the face of the best damn narratives ever set to film. Most of the other High Hat editors were here in Austin this weekend (inspiring hours of Guitar Hero II in my living room, and let me tell you as someone who'd never played the game before, "War Pigs" is mine!), and our conversation inevitably shifted to our favorite little moments in The Wire that no other show could possibly catch. We invented the drinking game "I am like Lester Freamon because...," which, of course, relies on your ability to impress others with quick wit and Freamon-ocity.


-t - Jul 16, 2007 11:24:16 am PDT #1015 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I can see how it would be hard to pull back enough from the story to be analytical. It's just so absorbing. Very cool topic if you could pull it off, though!


erikaj - Jul 16, 2007 11:26:50 am PDT #1016 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

Really? You guys rule. I am like Lester Freamon because being underemployed and on a government check is like thirteen years of evidence control.But I know I've got more going than that. Which kind of makes High Hat my doll furniture, but you guys don't mind, right? I'd write it, but I feel that I missed the point with the Wild Bunch is some pivotal way and I don't want fanboys telling me I suck like Trixie after a gold strike. Because I missed the Wild Bunch love, though I can appreciate the themes and stuff...maybe I don't really speak Western.