Pardon me as I plagiarize amych:
Married a man (8 years! Whoa!). Monogamous. Yep, still bi.
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em. Zoe: Shoot 'em? Mal: Politely.
'Serenity'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Aims - Jun 22, 2010 7:38:55 am PDT #8127 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Tom Scola - Jun 22, 2010 7:45:45 am PDT #8128 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Polter-Cow - Jun 22, 2010 7:47:25 am PDT #8129 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well, the premise isn't critical. It's nominally about the institutions in Baltimore that channel human behavior -- focusing on, roughly chronologically, people in the police department, drug trade, union, government, schools and media. Usually there's a police investigation over the course of a season, so there's a procedural element. It's such a complex show that describing it doesn't do it justice. But when I finish a season I think, "Why was I watching anything else instead of this?" This show is ten times better than any show that has ever aired. Nothing comes close.
What bon said. Or, for more, what I said.
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2010 7:49:09 am PDT #8130 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This show is ten times better than any show that has ever aired. Nothing comes close.
It does have a bit of a hurdle to get into, I swear. I'm two eps in (I probably shouldn't be going back and doing the commentary right after each ep), and I can objectively see that it's quality, and the amount of talent oozes off the screen, but I'm not addicted.
But it's definitely one of those shows that makes me feel like the shortcoming is mine and not its.
My god, I miss the job with the cafeteria that had breakfast potatoes where I could get cheese and salsa and bacon on it every morning. I am craving savoury this morning. I have tasty cookies and fruit, but it's not the same.
Someone cheerfully told me that there was going to be another ita in the department. Except spelt differently.
Hmm...not ita, then, huh? Then it is a whole different vibe, thanks, for NOT KNOWING HOW TO PRONOUNCE MY NAME.
Also, again, you people who type iTa are really weird.
Steph L. - Jun 22, 2010 7:50:24 am PDT #8131 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Married a man (8 years! Whoa!). Monogamous. Yep, still bi.
I totally didn't know you were bisexual. I am clearly not nosy enough into my friends' lives.
he pronounces it New Orleeenz
No such place. There's an Orleeenz Parish, but no city by that name.
I heard Nawlins and Norlins fairly interchangeably. Is one considered more correct/hipper/proper?
It's been a long time since I was there. But "Nawlins" was hip, "Norlins" (or "New Oar-lunz") was perfectly acceptable and "normal", "New OR-lee-unz" was for the older and more proper crowd.
So, all the people who sing "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans," including the people who are from there, are DOIN IT RONG? That is seriously fucking hilarious.
Daisy Jane - Jun 22, 2010 7:51:35 am PDT #8132 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Well, yeah.
Steph L. - Jun 22, 2010 7:53:32 am PDT #8133 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Well, yeah.
I guess it would throw the rhythm off if they sang it "Do you know what it means to miss N'orlins".
Trudy Booth - Jun 22, 2010 7:54:25 am PDT #8134 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So, all the people who sing "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans," including the people who are from there, are DOIN IT RONG? That is seriously fucking hilarious.
I'm going to claim a lyrical rhyming defense here. In popular music all sorts of vowels are shifted in the name of the almighty couplet.
Steph L. - Jun 22, 2010 7:55:29 am PDT #8135 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
In popular music all sorts of vowels are shifted in the name of the almighty couplet.
Do not EVEN get me started on the grammatical kerfuckery that is "Live and Let Die." Gah.
bon bon - Jun 22, 2010 7:56:43 am PDT #8136 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It does have a bit of a hurdle to get into, I swear. I'm two eps in (I probably shouldn't be going back and doing the commentary right after each ep), and I can objectively see that it's quality, and the amount of talent oozes off the screen, but I'm not addicted.
But it's definitely one of those shows that makes me feel like the shortcoming is mine and not its.
Give it a season, really. It's not a show that exists in serialized chunks; it's more like a Russian novel (if a Russian novel had gay assassins). You will not regret how slow it builds. And leave those commentaries! I haven't heard the season one ones but the season 2 ones have spoilers.