Yay! Some of those commenters who are bitter must feel *twice* as bad now.ETA: It's funny...everyone online remembers him/herself as a massive Wire fan, because it's cool to say that now, but when I started watching in season 2, it was "We few/we unhappy few/ we band of motherfuckers" and every year, like, gnawing our nails to nubbins while Albrecht joked about the letters he got from "All 250 of the Wire's loyal fans."(He was *such* a dick. Seriously.) Simon must not know what to do with himself not having to be a "begging-ass bitch," with the network now.
This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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erikaj - May 13, 2011 11:55:12 am PDT #3502 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
Barb - May 13, 2011 12:05:25 pm PDT #3503 of 7329
“Not dead yet!”
Oh, thank goodness-- because there are still so many stories to be told.
erikaj - May 13, 2011 12:10:19 pm PDT #3504 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
I wonder how long it will be before the headlines start: Mayor to Treme: Thanks for the ducats: Now go home. Maybe one more season at least. Plus, thanks to the internet, Simon doesn't have to be in Baltimore to fight there.
erikaj - May 15, 2011 6:04:02 pm PDT #3505 of 7329
Always Anti-fascist!
Treme: So. Much. Better. Of course, Al Green is a major fave.
Amy - May 15, 2011 6:27:02 pm PDT #3506 of 7329
Because books.
Game of Thrones is INSANE. I love it, but I definitely need more flowcharts. Or a scorecard.
sumi - May 15, 2011 6:36:41 pm PDT #3507 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Yes - Treme was very enjoyable. I am amazed that Jeannette wasn't fired after last week (because that chef was such a freak) but hope that she's going to move back to NO now.
Theodosia - May 16, 2011 6:40:03 am PDT #3508 of 7329
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
How many more eps are there to GoT?
I'm impressed by the scenes original to the adaptation, such and Renly/Loras and the conversation between Cersei and Robert. I always thought a lot of Mark Addy as an actor, but he's really exceeding anything I've seen of him here. And they're doing more with Cersei, too -- I'd like to think because they have a powerhouse of an actress.
(It's not for nothing she played Sarah Conner.)
In both the book and the series, we don't stint on women's roles and women's agency (or lack thereof). In her way, Cersei is as trapped as Daenerys or Sansa or Arya or a bunch more women that we'll yet get to meet.
Frankenbuddha - May 16, 2011 6:59:25 am PDT #3509 of 7329
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yes - Treme was very enjoyable. I am amazed that Jeannette wasn't fired after last week (because that chef was such a freak) but hope that she's going to move back to NO now.
I loved her quitting with such panache. "A Sazarac? Nobody throws a sazarac!"
I'm also loving Elizabeth Ashley as Davis' wild and crazy aunt.
le nubian - May 16, 2011 7:18:29 am PDT #3510 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I found GoT incredibly disturbing last night. The mother/son duo was just fucking craxxxy.
§ ita § - May 16, 2011 7:26:13 am PDT #3511 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How old was that kid supposed to be? Oh, god.