Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.

'Out Of Gas'


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le nubian - May 23, 2008 9:19:34 pm PDT #1754 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ha! I love it.


erikaj - May 23, 2008 9:20:42 pm PDT #1755 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

Well, you're doing it right. About the one smart guy I met on HBO.com told me once that for Simon et al, happy endings are for massage parlors. But that's not quite right...very often you will see tiny green shoots among the garbage.(Did I mention they are very small? Yeah.) Fandom freaked DS out. which was the enjoyable part of hbo.com.(Yes, I'm a starfucker and quit when I didn't see The Man around anymore. Slap the bracelets on me now, but really the coup de grace was when the right-wing Wirefiend...what was THAT about, kept locking me in the quagmire of psycho war debates. The stupid, it burned.


Hayden - May 23, 2008 9:22:59 pm PDT #1756 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Mainlining is the best way to do the show. At least at first.

This show makes me sad for America. Possibly even angry.

Keep going, man.


erikaj - May 23, 2008 9:23:08 pm PDT #1757 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

Whoa, dude, stay off the corners. For real. I'm completely obsessed and only watch two at a time.


Hayden - May 23, 2008 9:24:30 pm PDT #1758 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Not me. When we first watched the show, we went through Seasons 1 & 2 in about two weeks. I've rewatched both of them at least three times since, and it seems to always get richer.


erikaj - May 23, 2008 9:31:28 pm PDT #1759 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

I guess it took me a while to adjust to all the ways "It's not TV," My brain gets full. In a good way, but... and especially after a thing like Wallace, I would need a moment to shake my fist and be all "Simon, you bastard!" Because that kind of communication is essential in an open spousal delusion, don't you think?


Polter-Cow - May 23, 2008 9:31:28 pm PDT #1760 of 7329
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Mainlining is the best way to do the show. At least at first.

It certainly helps to have most of the story fresh enough to catch some of the little details.

I'm completely obsessed and only watch two at a time.

I normally watch at least one a day (with dinner), but I do more some nights when I'm free and on the weekends.

When we first watched the show, we went through Seasons 1 & 2 in about two weeks.

Well, I did season one in eight days, and I'll probably get through a chunk of season two this three-day weekend.

I've rewatched both of them at least three times since, and it seems to always get richer.

That's good. I wasn't sure how rewatchable the show was because for me, a lot of the appeal was in watching the story develop with lots of little surprises here and there.


erikaj - May 23, 2008 9:35:57 pm PDT #1761 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

There is so much, there will likely always be something. I'm rewatching Season 4 so I can get the commentary. And yes, I was that annoying kid who made her candy last too.(ask my brother about that. Although he has the vaguely racist habit of imitating cornerboys when I watch it in front of him, so maybe not, right?)


Polter-Cow - May 24, 2008 1:53:39 pm PDT #1762 of 7329
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

All right, new season! Which means new theme song. I like the old version better.

You'd think that, this being the season premiere of a show I have been watching, I would know what the fuck is going on half the time. But you'd be wrong.

Did they think the first season was too black or something? All these white dudes are confusing me! Is this season all about the shipyards? Are there smugglers? Is this The Hardy Boys and the Wire ?

Hell, I don't even know what's going on with the people I DO know. What was all that shit Bodie was doing with mileage and taking the car apart and whatnot? I got the part where their supplier hadn't supplied them with their goods, but did they think it was in his car? And Bodie had the keys to the car. And there were a couple guys following them that I think are the guys Stringer had on them.

I'm also confused about the upcoming case. I thought the drug case was over. And I thought Wee-Bey confessed to Gant's murder even though they knew it was bullshit. How are they going to convict Bird, then? What evidence are they looking for?

I can't even tell who's who in the shipyards and what's going on with the cargo full of dead girls. Hello, Amy Ryan!


erikaj - May 24, 2008 2:55:29 pm PDT #1763 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!

Stringer is counting to make sure they really GO to Philly, instead of just saying so. Cause dealers will, on occasion, say their stashes got taken by Narco and then move to the other side of town, which might as well be the moon, sell it and keep the cash. But they would be dead if String found out about it, so, gutsy and enterprenuerial as it might seem, you get like, one shot at that one.