You don't watch much anime, do you? In that world fanservice has a whole different meaning.
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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Tom Scola - Mar 10, 2008 7:04:48 am PDT #1451 of 7329
hwæt
lisah - Mar 10, 2008 7:14:03 am PDT #1452 of 7329
Punishingly Intricate
I am apparently a sucker for something called "fan service," which, in their view, seems to involve any sort of satisfactory resolution to a storyline
Fuck 'em. Maybe it was a little pat but all the resolutions made sense to me. Especially Michael's.
-t - Mar 10, 2008 7:15:28 am PDT #1453 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
the cop bar is actually a little punk rock bar where we've played a million times.
Neat!
I'm a little surprised, but what choked me up the most was the pictures of people we didn't know, just ordinary Baltimoreans going about their business,
The thing about those storyline resolutions - they aren't endings, they're just what happens next, and they're the natural things to happen next. No unbelievable plot twist had to come out of nowhere to make a point or give someone a happy ending or whatever.
lisah - Mar 10, 2008 7:17:32 am PDT #1454 of 7329
Punishingly Intricate
I'm a little surprised, but what choked me up the most was the pictures of people we didn't know, just ordinary Baltimoreans going about their business
oh me too. I loved that so much.
Also, the David Simon cameo!
Hayden - Mar 10, 2008 7:18:21 am PDT #1455 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
You don't watch much anime, do you?
Unless it's from Studio Ghibli, my default attitude is avoid.
Hayden - Mar 10, 2008 7:19:26 am PDT #1456 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I dug the David Simon cameo, too.
le nubian - Mar 10, 2008 7:22:37 am PDT #1457 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
what did people want? a blood bath? I thought the ending wrapped up just enough for me to feel satisfied. Most of the characters I "cared" about, I kind of know what happens in the next year or two. We got the obligatory cycle of life stuff.
I'm satisfied. I wasn't one who hated the "Sopranos" finale, but I liked "The Wire's" better.
Hayden - Mar 10, 2008 7:29:56 am PDT #1458 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I didn't like Michael's final scene. I could buy that kind of change in his life, but the echoes of the guy he was emulating (I'm being purposefully vague here) were a little too broad. I am ambivalent about McNulty's scene with Templeton, too.
But those are minor complaints at best.
lisah - Mar 10, 2008 7:34:09 am PDT #1459 of 7329
Punishingly Intricate
I am ambivalent about McNulty's scene with Templeton, too.
I LOVED that. Maybe it was contrived, I don't care. LOVED IT and bought it 100%.
lisah - Mar 10, 2008 7:56:18 am PDT #1460 of 7329
Punishingly Intricate
Oh another of my fave parts from last night
buh-bye Cheese!
that whole scene was vintage Wire.