new season starts in 2 days apparently? lol wow at the utter lack of anticipation.
― some dude, Friday, 22 April 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
*anticipates*
― gr8080, Friday, 22 April 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Its annoying that this is 2010 and there isn't a way for me to watch this, even if I'm willing to pay for it. Other than resorting to dodgy illegal downloads that will kill my computer.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:52 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
First season on Netflix Tuesday.
― Hardcore Bangage (Dan Peterson), Friday, 22 April 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
psyched
(to finish season 1 then wait for a few months to rent season 2)
― omar little, Friday, 22 April 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Think I'm gonna wait for the season to be over this time before starting it... see you guys later this year sometime, hopefully
― Nhex, Saturday, 23 April 2011 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Great one:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wendell-pierce,54718/
― Four Shouters Shouting (Eazy), Saturday, 23 April 2011 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
man what an endearing interview subject.
all-time wkiw
― gr8080, Saturday, 23 April 2011 06:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Should I be kicking myself that I gave up halfway through season 1?
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Saturday, 23 April 2011 07:25 (thirteen years ago) link
eh if you weren't feeling the first half you prob wouldn't have changed your mind
― gr8080, Saturday, 23 April 2011 07:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Just throwing in that I'm really excited about this. I'd like to see some more plot this year, but I also loved the ~vibe~ of the first season and am cool with hanging on to that.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 23 April 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
butts
― thetan is cheatin (cozen), Saturday, 23 April 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
word on the street is that there is more plot this season, getting into post-k crime stuff but i am not gonna watch this show until the davis rogan character dies a horrible, painful, protracted hostel-style death.
― adam, Saturday, 23 April 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i like steve zahn man, he seems pleasant and people say he is super chill to work with, but he's gotta go
― adam, Saturday, 23 April 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Thing is, though, I enjoyed it while I was watching the episodes, it's just that I never felt all that urgent about watching the next episode, knamean?
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Saturday, 23 April 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
That's how I felt as I was watching them, but I did wind up feeling satisfied that I finished the season (despite having an issue with one of the major plot plots).
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Saturday, 23 April 2011 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Every scene with Sofia B Real in it is tied for last place.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 25 April 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
ratings were dreadful for the premiere.
i love this show.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 03:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll be shocked if this comes back for a 3rd season.
― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 05:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I dunno... feels like a lot more happens in the second half, but yeah the overall feel is kind of the same.
Next season has rappers in it doesn't it?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 07:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Preview for next ep promises Zahn going to a Bounce night.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 27 April 2011 08:16 (thirteen years ago) link
David Simon is such a Debbie Downer sometimes.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 9 May 2011 07:03 (thirteen years ago) link
In love with the fidldler chick
― calstars, Monday, 9 May 2011 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Zahn turned down a few notches from his usual grunge era rom-com stylings is a good thing.
It's so slooow, but I'm digging it so far.
Apart from beardy junkie piano singer guy who is very cringey.
― Per Yngve's having his brain out (MaresNest), Monday, 9 May 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I've watched five episodes: amiable, not dull, but the writing and acting have been one-dimensional.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 May 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
sup haters. renewed for a 3rd season. i have no idea why it was but nonetheless, i'm very pleased
― Gukbe, Friday, 13 May 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I enjoy the show. Not a must see but some nice tivo filler
― Aerosol, Friday, 13 May 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
have no idea why it was but nonetheless
Season Four of The Wire is a pretty good reason to give the dude a third season for his follow-up novel.
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
season 2 premiere ratings were down about 50% of the season 1 premiere. something like 500,000 viewers. i'm happy they're doing it, because i think it's vastly underrated, but it doesn't have the critical cache that The Wire had.
― Gukbe, Friday, 13 May 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
If it's his Freedomland, that's OK.
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Too slow and too much crappy music tbh
― that whore of your grandfather's (rip van wanko), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
you are a disgusting savage
― j., Saturday, 14 May 2011 00:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Saw this, enjoyed this--Eric Ripert cameo: food, music, work.
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Monday, 23 May 2011 04:48 (thirteen years ago) link
― Gukbe, Friday, May 13, 2011 5:43 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
i suspect it comes down to HBO wanting to maintain a working relaysh w/simon and not wanting to be known as the network that cancels stuff, plus it's probably not a very expensive show.
you're right though, the show's in a weird position - nobody really watches it, and while it's critically respected, it's not really critically loved - nobody goes to bat for it or would likely go to bat for it if it was on the block.
― farty f baby (Princess TamTam), Monday, 23 May 2011 05:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Last few episodes have been good.
― polyphonic, Monday, 23 May 2011 07:13 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost Not very expensive? Tons of location shooting + huge cast + occasional elaborate second line/parade sequence... doesn't sound cheap to me, based on what I know about TV production, anyway. Granted, it's not Game of Thrones expensive, but I doubt it's that cheap.
― Jouster, Monday, 23 May 2011 09:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i wonder how expensive the second line stuff is to shoot...when i was out at one they had a ton of cameras & mics running around, but then they just let the bands go in real time and let things roll for a couple hours.
mostly what kills me about this show is all the high-quality second line footage that is never going to see the light of day. it's criminal.
― adult music person (Jordan), Monday, 23 May 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, you know, as soon as i made that post i thought to myself "dude: location shooting" - that alone guarantees its not cheap to make. so really the only thing i can think of is that they want to keep david simon happy.
― farty f baby (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 05:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, and they trust them with his show in a way, again, more analogous to publishers/novelists that network-execs and TV shows. He lost one of his main collaborators halfway through season one, so that must've been a bear just to finish, on both personal and practical levels. I'm sure he's already pitched them season three, told them where it'll be going.
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 05:55 (thirteen years ago) link
New Orleans provides some pretty huge tax breaks for filming here, so I'm sure that makes things more affordable. A ton of movies have been filmed here in the past few years, primarily due to those incentives.
I know a few people who have been extras, and seen a few scenes put together on the street. I'm sure second lines are tricky, but most of the scenes seem fairly straightforward to shoot.
― yodarman, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
doesn't matter if you're shooting two people talking in a park, location shoots cost tons more per minute shot, because shots take longer to get and moving crew and support to the location is expensive.
― caek, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Just started watching the first season on dvd (based on the fair amount of critical commentary received from some, I'm not approaching it with high expectations. But I love the music and knew late writer David Mills, so I will probably find enough to like)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
end credits of this week's episode was the first time I've felt genuinely excited by the music on Treme
― Waluigi Weingoomba (some dude), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
What music did you like on this week's episode?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
the song that played at the end of the last scene and into the ending credits.
― Señor Smang (some dude), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
all the self-conscious stuff is getting intolerable, how nearly every fucking song in one of the live performances has to be "about" new orleans. and half of what the characters do and talk about is "about" new orleans: summary statements about how new orleans is this, new orleans is that. it's tiresome and unimaginative. and the live performance scenes are hopelessly poorly filmed. in general this show is kind of mediocre isn't it? but i keep watching, i guess the characters are moderately interesting? not the trumpeter though, zzzzzzz.
― by another name (amateurist), Saturday, 11 June 2011 03:11 (thirteen years ago) link
on 3rd thought, this show kind of sucks. i like the wendell pierce plotline, but everything else is subpar. and fucking steve earle as a wise old singer-songwriter sage. give me a fucking break.
― by another name (amateurist), Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess nobody else is watching this.
― by another name (amateurist), Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I watch this. I like some parts but not others.
― polyphonic, Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I've got 4 weeks to catch up on. Will have a marathon sesh once this GoT business is over.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 18 June 2011 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link