tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post4215058217683128774..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-19788173408567969532013-05-25T14:52:03.678-04:002013-05-25T14:52:03.678-04:00Hі theгe, I enjoy гeаding
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I think that's pretty good.Russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-17003816849080197212012-01-04T22:54:41.188-05:002012-01-04T22:54:41.188-05:00So, to sum up, we're agreed that everyone is i...So, to sum up, we're agreed that everyone is irritating and no one should make a big deal about it because that would be irritating?Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-54856110790653117792012-01-04T21:21:11.466-05:002012-01-04T21:21:11.466-05:00Only that your ideas aren't widely accepted as...Only that your ideas aren't widely accepted as gospel truth.CWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-36021180015691228672012-01-04T20:35:14.155-05:002012-01-04T20:35:14.155-05:00I don't describe The Wire as the best TV show ...I don't describe The Wire as the best TV show I've seen anymore. I generally refer to it as one of the best stories I've ever encountered. If pushed, I tell people The Wire is to America what the Old Testament was to the Middle East, The Iliad to the Greeks, Shakespeare's top tier tragedies to the British. <br /><br />Is something wrong with me? TimofArabianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-1495339865255051242012-01-04T15:12:55.442-05:002012-01-04T15:12:55.442-05:00Just another logistical note: whenever approaching...Just another logistical note: whenever approaching a cultural entity that has reached "artifact" stage-- more than two years after the release of that discrete unit of cultur (a season of TV or movie, maybe slightly longer for books), that's my line for when you can no longer complain about spoilers)-- be incredibly careful when talking to people about it. They might not immediately jive to where you are in the series, or the show may have become temporally jumbled/compressed in their memories, and accidentally spoil something for you.<br /><br />Wikipedia is even tougher, as spoilers are nested in right next to information that is otherwise helpful. I know that <i>Game of Thrones</i> is over a decade-and-a-half old, but I still carelessly spoiled a bunch of stuff for myself when trying to do a little contextualizing.Dan Suitornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-37802120566026390922012-01-04T14:54:21.822-05:002012-01-04T14:54:21.822-05:00I have disc 1 in hand. I will be more interested i...I have disc 1 in hand. I will be more interested in how much slang i know already....KRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-31296733935592265282012-01-04T14:52:27.175-05:002012-01-04T14:52:27.175-05:00Screw you guys, I watched the first season as it a...Screw you guys, I watched the first season as it aired!!<br /><br />In all seriousness, it's really awesome getting to see a new group of people be introduced and (hopefully) fall in love with the show also.Matt Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-44554356530687052202012-01-04T13:12:54.833-05:002012-01-04T13:12:54.833-05:00I watched the first three seasons just as season 4...I watched the first three seasons just as season 4 was airing, but because I didn't record the first few episodes of season 4, I couldn't watch that one until the DVDs came out just before Season 5, which I watched live (after delaying the first episode to finish the DVDs). In other words, I was very late to the phenomenon. And yet I feel like an old-timer, which is precisely what is justifiably irritating both to people who watched before me and to people who watched after. isaac_spacemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-72259676798236778172012-01-04T12:15:45.833-05:002012-01-04T12:15:45.833-05:00I'm going to be a little late to the party bec...I'm going to be a little late to the party because I'm borrowing the DVDs from a friend and I'm hoping to get them this weekend. Looking forward to watching it and becoming an annoying The Wire-pusher.Reneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-28058406771028759082012-01-04T11:43:22.490-05:002012-01-04T11:43:22.490-05:00On that last point, what Isaac is saying is that H...On that last point, what Isaac is saying is that HE saw The Wire in a small dive bar in the Village, before it got popular and sold out. (I kid -- he is of course saying the opposite: that there's no value in hipster derision of newcomers here. I agree.)Russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-41045802706290740102012-01-04T11:14:25.361-05:002012-01-04T11:14:25.361-05:00You speak the truth, and I'm excited to see ho...You speak the truth, and I'm excited to see how this project unfolds. I remember searching LexisNexis at school for articles on the show during the first season, because the initial reviews had been so middling and by the midpoint of season one I kept thinking "Is anyone seeing what I'm seeing?" Thank goodness for the rise of television criticism on the internet. Can't wait to read everyone's thoughts.KJnoreply@blogger.com