One of my friends on the HBO Wire boards used to say that one thing to remember about The Wire is "Happy endings are for massage parlors." NBC made Simon allergic to hand-holding and backstory...I think his writing philosophy is "keep up or get out of the way."
Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.
'Touched'
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erikaj - Apr 12, 2010 4:51:24 am PDT #2671 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
Hayden - Apr 13, 2010 5:57:15 am PDT #2672 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm for more of the Mardi Gras Indians and more of Kim Dickens' nearly-naked backside. Much, much, much less of Steve Zahn, please.
I'm not a yat, always a tourist, but I grew up near enough to New Orleans to have spent a large chunk of my youth there. My sister and brother each lived there for a long time (over a decade in her case, just under in his), and Treme seemed just about right to me.
sumi - Apr 13, 2010 2:11:26 pm PDT #2673 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
HBO has already given Treme a second season.
le nubian - Apr 13, 2010 2:24:50 pm PDT #2674 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
excellent move.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 13, 2010 4:30:23 pm PDT #2675 of 7329
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
HBO has already given Treme a second season.
Um, wow! That must have been some good cable ratings or something.
erikaj - Apr 13, 2010 5:11:28 pm PDT #2676 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
Heh... he didn't even have to go "begging-ass bitch" this time. That's what DS said on the HBO boards when he was waiting to get the Wire renewed one time, that he'd love to take more of our questions(although, honestly, I think fandom scares him) but he had to go "begging-ass bitch" on HBO. Sometimes fandom scares me too, but "Once you in it, you in it." He's been called a lot of shit in his life and career, but I think it was hard on him, being called Stringer Bell's murderer.
Zenkitty - Apr 14, 2010 5:31:27 pm PDT #2677 of 7329
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I am (watching) Spartacus!
Wow, the gore, the porn, the intrigue, the gay porn. And the thing I'm most taken with is the language. I'm also impressed with the redness of Lucy Lawless's hair.
Vortex - Apr 14, 2010 5:40:16 pm PDT #2678 of 7329
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't know about spratacus, I can't get motivated. I have 5 episodes on the tivo.
Zenkitty - Apr 14, 2010 5:42:32 pm PDT #2679 of 7329
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Yeah, I don't think I'll be tuning in again. It's not grabbing me.
oh, the next episode is the season finale. I guess I'll watch.
Jon B. - Apr 15, 2010 5:34:28 am PDT #2680 of 7329
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm also impressed with the redness of Lucy Lawless's hair.
Her hair is red? My eyes didn't make it up that far.