Then Longo has several councilmen killed off, dissolves the municipal government, and crowns himself emperor, presiding over 30 years of darkness.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
nulty faked the whole thing
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 20:30 (eight years ago) link
this is still sitting on my dvr but there was a good men in blazers w/ simon this week
― balls, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
great final ep but ughhhhhhh so sad
wasicsko's sobbing breakdown :/
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 03:46 (eight years ago) link
i thought for a moment they wouldnt show it but then
i cried for 20 solid minutes
― sarahell, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 06:43 (eight years ago) link
yeah it was rough :(
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 14:14 (eight years ago) link
Slayed me.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
can we get Oscar an Emmy plz thx
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
i hadnt really thought about it til now but those hallucinations of nick's dad leaning against the tree made him look kinda distant & disapproving...even though nick clearly idolized him maybe that was the empty hole that he was trying to fill with votes/approval etc
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
i am still really sad about nick waciscko
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
this show ruined my life, basically
otm
this thread is now for holding hands quietly staring out a window & sighing
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 21:39 (eight years ago) link
*sigh*
i turned to my husband this morning and was like, "i'm so sad about nick waciscko" and he was like, "still?" he has no soul.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
oscar isaac is really something
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
and he really did kill himself in the cemetery, i thought it was maybe a dramatic element but ughhhhhh
so sad
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 23:05 (eight years ago) link
http://i.lv3.hbo.com/assets/images/series/show-me-a-hero/homepage/2015/august/150824-ep04-nick-outside-1024.jpg
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 23:06 (eight years ago) link
;_;
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 23:38 (eight years ago) link
I think an emmy nom has to be a given for isaac
lonely guy just thinking baout hings
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 3 September 2015 01:45 (eight years ago) link
isaac will def get an emmy nom
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 September 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link
holy shit I've been trying to figure out all this time who his gf reminded me of, and I just realized it's Janet from Three's Company
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 3 September 2015 01:50 (eight years ago) link
lol not bad, she does have that relatable look & actually like this girl ive been hanging out w/ a lot recently
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 September 2015 01:54 (eight years ago) link
i wonder now if im going to see janet from threes co. in this gal friend hm idk
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 September 2015 01:55 (eight years ago) link
she is v easy on the eyes
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 3 September 2015 01:57 (eight years ago) link
4 shur
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 September 2015 02:05 (eight years ago) link
i kinda fell in love with her shoulderpads after a while
imma miss these people
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 September 2015 02:08 (eight years ago) link
She and Isaac both of course look much prettier out of their late 80s Yonkers getups.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 3 September 2015 02:11 (eight years ago) link
oscar is the most attractive man in the galaxy
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 September 2015 02:13 (eight years ago) link
I always like hearing that because, like me, he is a modest 5'9" in stature.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 3 September 2015 02:14 (eight years ago) link
so I'm not disqualified from being galaxy-class attractive
i normally adhere to a pretty strict "you must be this tall to ride" policy but he is so pretty I've waived the height requirement
godDAMN he is lovely
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 September 2015 02:56 (eight years ago) link
well geez I was just speaking generally, not asking for a waiver :p
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 3 September 2015 03:15 (eight years ago) link
um i only waved the height requirement for him :p
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 September 2015 03:35 (eight years ago) link
the "brick by brick" documentary is on vimeo fyi
http://www.brick-by-brick.com/hbo.html
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 September 2015 04:24 (eight years ago) link
I kind of like the people in that trailer better than the analogous characters in the miniseries
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 3 September 2015 04:30 (eight years ago) link
just finished this. fuck.
― nose, Thursday, 3 September 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
just finished this, really enjoyed it. agree with general criticism I'm reading re: tonal ambivalence w/r/t wasicsko. the dramatization didn't portray him as much more committed to the cause than news coverage at time of his death did ("He wasn't pro-desegregation, he was pro-compliance" etc. etc.), so establishing him as the titular hero felt both unsatisfying as it fit in the narrative itself and factually questionable. skimmed upthread before watching, expected the final tragedy to be really awful, neighbors burning down townhouses or something. by part 5, I was pretty disillusioned with his character and annoyed with the extent to which the dramatization seemed to be more than half-heartedly promoting his retconned self-importance.
that said, pretty turned off by criticism that conflates the above with how the show handled his suicide. (thinking in particular an Atlantic crit's condescension toward wasicsko because he read the suicide to be brought on by a sense of entitlement that the real world didn't provide. though this may be as much the show's failing as one of interpretation, given the extent to which it seemed to leverage his suicide toward lionization, complete with eulogical send-off to put a bow on the story.) frankly, thought it was one of the most real illustrations of suicide i've seen -- the slow evaporation of self-worth, the withdrawal from and alienation of friends and loved ones, the distorted view of a collapsing world that really wasn't collapsing at all -- that in light of part 6 makes parts 3-5 deeply painful in a way very few things succeed at demonstrating. (especially impressed at this from Simon, who in the Wire -- and elsewhere here -- struck me as more interested in predictable characters as parts of a system, however sympathetic they might be, than as unpredictable and unknowable humans.) the point is that it doesn't make sense, and the sadness is as much in the nihilism as it is in the tragedy of a life ended too soon; to get into a measuring contest of whether wasicsko had it easier than other characters, as Mock at the Atlantic does, completely misses that point. of course we as viewers found him frustrating and overreacting and entitled as he slipped farther and farther out of reach -- so did the other characters in the show, who too reacted with frustration and annoyance rather than empathy before they realized what was ahead. extremely well-executed, if somewhat tonally clunky next to the wonky housing stuff; would be pleased if Simon continues to work at more seamlessly blending the personal and the structural going forward.
― franklin, Thursday, 3 September 2015 17:38 (eight years ago) link
I have been thinking about Wasiscko & the title... a lot of comments have been "well he's a pretty crummy hero"
The title isn't meant to imply that he IS a hero, or the hero. It could as easily be the tenants or mary ...there are no perfect "Heroes" here, like in life
And Simon even said that the quote "Show me a hero & I'll write you a tragedy" is talking about how heroes don't exist in the real world, that the truth of their lives is often more difficult & nuanced
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 September 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
i was so starved for more i watched all the behind the scenes clips ondemand
i feel bereft
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 September 2015 04:33 (eight years ago) link
Still sad about this. Great show though.
Kinda curious about Zaleski and Restiano. They're both still alive, and it seems like their reputations could get a bum deal out of this, that might not be especially warranted.
The phonebox scene -- "Ask him about the Desmond Hotel" -- felt a bit disrespectful to include, whether it's true or not.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 4 September 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
watched episodes 4-6 last night.
oof.
one possibly stupid question - the pager going off with 911-911-911 - is it meant to be clear what that's referring to? is it just supposed to mean that she knew he was in trouble and was desperately trying to reach him?
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Friday, 4 September 2015 22:03 (eight years ago) link
(I mean, yes i realize it's pager shorthand for "emergency, call back immediately", but what emergency? his life is in shambles and she's worried about him emergency, or something else?)
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Friday, 4 September 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link
he's kinda like McNulty but with depression
― sarahell, Friday, 4 September 2015 22:29 (eight years ago) link
wow, yeah
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 September 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
The whole time I couldn't help but think I was watching the guy from New Girl doing Adam Scott's part from Parks & Rec.
― wk, Saturday, 5 September 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
...
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 September 2015 01:48 (eight years ago) link
I guess I'm not the only one
http://i.onionstatic.com/avclub/5486/05/original/820.jpg
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/08/show-me-a-hero-review-part-3-and-part-4.html
― wk, Saturday, 5 September 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link
i love parks & rec but that's a stretch for me
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 September 2015 05:25 (eight years ago) link