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SHough610
| Favorite team: | Michigan  |
| Location: | Richmond, Va |
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| Registered on: | 1/17/2013 |
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re: Homeland>The Wire>Breaking Bad
Posted by SHough610 on 1/29/13 at 2:46 pm to TigersRuleTheEarth
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I think The Wire has overtaken The Big Lebowski as the most hyped piece of entertainment on this board.
When/if you watch the Wire watch the first four episodes in a single sitting. If you're not into it by the end of the fourth episode then it's not for you and that's fine. But for everyone I know it took until the fourth episode to get the rhythm, characters, and slang down. Part of the greatness of the Wire is that there hasn't been another show like it structurally.
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re: Homeland>The Wire>Breaking Bad
Posted by SHough610 on 1/29/13 at 2:44 pm to HerbEaverstinks
The Wire is tops, it's the greatest drama that was ever televised. For me it goes:
The Wire > Breaking Bad > The Sopranos > Justified/Boardwalk Empire/Game of Thrones > Mad Men
Breaking Bad's fifth season (technically, the first half of the fifth season) suffered from the same problems the Wire's fifth season did. The greatness of Breaking Bad (and the Wire) was the amount of time that allowed plots and characters to unfold at a measured pace and feeling both earned and realistic. By compressing the last seasons you have to sacrifice moments.
That said, there is no goddamn way that Homeland is better than the Wire.
The Wire > Breaking Bad > The Sopranos > Justified/Boardwalk Empire/Game of Thrones > Mad Men
Breaking Bad's fifth season (technically, the first half of the fifth season) suffered from the same problems the Wire's fifth season did. The greatness of Breaking Bad (and the Wire) was the amount of time that allowed plots and characters to unfold at a measured pace and feeling both earned and realistic. By compressing the last seasons you have to sacrifice moments.
That said, there is no goddamn way that Homeland is better than the Wire.
re: .
Posted by SHough610 on 1/22/13 at 3:26 pm to LoveThatMoney
5, Superman does not need to be dark and brooding. And why is he ice fishing with a beard? Plus, if you take the slow motion out of Zach Snyder movies they're forty minutes shorter.
re: Best Picture Oscars that shouldn't have won..
Posted by SHough610 on 1/22/13 at 12:31 pm to Bench McElroy
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Probably the worst screw job was Ordinary People winning Best Picture over Raging Bull and Redford getting the Bet Director Oscar over Scorsese. The Academy might as well have strapped on a ten-inch dildo and reamed Scorsese in the arse because that's how badly he got fricked over.
Then there was Kevin Costner and Dances with Wolves over Goodfellas. To quote the brilliant Judd Apatow, "how can you frick me in the arse again when your dick is still in there from last time
Titanic over Boogie Nights and LA Confidential in '97.
Dances with Wolves over Goodfellas.
Ordinary People over Raging Bull.
Gandhi over ET.
Chariots of Fire over Raiders of the Lost Ark.
In the Heat of the Night over the Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde.
Forrest Gump over Pulp Fiction and Shawshank.
Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan and the Thin Red Line.
Crash over Munich and Brokeback Mountain.
Slumdog Millionaire over the Wrestler, Gran Torino, and the Dark Knight.
The King's Speech over Inception, the Fighter, Black Swan, Toy Story 3, True Grit, and the Winter's Bone.
Dances with Wolves over Goodfellas.
Ordinary People over Raging Bull.
Gandhi over ET.
Chariots of Fire over Raiders of the Lost Ark.
In the Heat of the Night over the Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde.
Forrest Gump over Pulp Fiction and Shawshank.
Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan and the Thin Red Line.
Crash over Munich and Brokeback Mountain.
Slumdog Millionaire over the Wrestler, Gran Torino, and the Dark Knight.
The King's Speech over Inception, the Fighter, Black Swan, Toy Story 3, True Grit, and the Winter's Bone.
0-3: Seasame Street
3-10: The Simpsons (still watch it), The Muppets, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, X-Men, Batman: the Animated Series
10-12: Drew Carey Show (well, I watched that until 18), Friends (ditto), Futurama
12-18: Pro wrestling (still watch it), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Titus, and Family Guy.
18-present: The Wire, the Simpsons, the Sopranos, Justified, Breaking Bad, Parks and Recreation, Community.
3-10: The Simpsons (still watch it), The Muppets, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, X-Men, Batman: the Animated Series
10-12: Drew Carey Show (well, I watched that until 18), Friends (ditto), Futurama
12-18: Pro wrestling (still watch it), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Titus, and Family Guy.
18-present: The Wire, the Simpsons, the Sopranos, Justified, Breaking Bad, Parks and Recreation, Community.
re: Reasons to HATE a player...
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 2:38 pm to LooseCannon22282
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what about the commentators on T.V.?
they get a lot of hate. Thing that always baffles me though is how can you focus on what the guy is saying and not just sit back and enjoy the game?
I loathe Joe Buck and his commentating partners on football and baseball. A good commentator really elevates a great game. I watched the Phillies win the World Series in the bar in CBP and they were playing the radio feed of the game over the Fox broadcast, it was glorious that I got to hear Harry the K call the World Series win.
It's just agitating. And it can contribute to hating a player, I knew that my rage at Brett Favre peaked when Jon Gruden said, "Brett Favre isn't afraid to throw interceptions, I LOVE THAT ABOUT HIM."
re: Which Movies Were Actually Much Better Than The Books?
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 1:49 pm to boom roasted
Hah, I'm not that pedantic or stereotypical. I used to frick with people at school by saying that Arnold should have gotten a Best Actor nominee for Terminator 2. I actually kind of believe that, by the way.
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To be fair. The Godfather (the movie) is universally near the top of the greatest films of all times lists. The book does make many best of lists.
I was a film major in college, the Godfather is the only perfect movie I've ever seen. I enjoy the book, but the movie is light years better.
re: Tom Brady has just has many super bowls as peyton manning when you consider
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 12:19 pm to GhostBuster6
quote:Let me settle this debate: Joe Montana is the GOAT.
Peyton is the GOAT
re: Which Movies Were Actually Much Better Than The Books?
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 12:16 pm to HerbEaverstinks
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The movie only got 1 star, but I have to put it as one of my top superhero movies.
The music (both score and soundtrack) make that movie better than it has any right to be.
re: Which Movies Were Actually Much Better Than The Books?
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 12:01 pm to HerbEaverstinks
Fight Club and American Psycho. I don't know if we're counting comic books as books but Kick-arse.
re: Happy New England Patriots Schadenfreude Day!
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 10:52 am to ProjectP2294
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Happy Atlanta Falcons Schadenfreude Day!
FIFY.
It can be both.
re: What is this board's opinion on Friday Night Lights (TV series)
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 10:50 am to Byron Bojangles III
I think it's the last network drama that reaches the level of cable dramas.
It was a show that didn't talk down to or stereotype, it was emotionally honest and brilliant. Plus it did something that most shows have a hard time with: it stuck the landing and had a great finale.
It was a show that didn't talk down to or stereotype, it was emotionally honest and brilliant. Plus it did something that most shows have a hard time with: it stuck the landing and had a great finale.
Happy New England Patriots Schadenfreude Day!
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 10:36 am
As a certified hater of the New England Patriots (thank you Super Bowl XXXIX) and Eagles fan today is my Super Bowl this year.
Nothing like watching Massholes turn on their favorite team. "Brady is a chokah! Get rid of Welkah!" It's amazing.
Nothing like watching Massholes turn on their favorite team. "Brady is a chokah! Get rid of Welkah!" It's amazing.
re: What is this board's opinion on Friday Night Lights (TV series)
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 8:58 am to The Truth 34
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season 2 is terrible
you can thank the writer's strike for that.
Word of God is that they got away from football and realized that was a mistake.
Realizing that he can't win a Super Bowl Jeff Lurie is now attempting to win a BCS title.
re: Could Chip Kelly return to college in 2014?
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 8:05 am to bamasgot13
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He's there for at least 3 years regardless of on field results.
I'm an Eagles fan; he's there for at least two years, possibly three. He wowed the media in his first presser, which is a big part of the job in Phila. The fans will give him this year just because they're glad he's not Andy Reid (which is sort of irrational, Andy was the best coach in Eagles history) and there's the new girlfriend feel to Chip. But I think Chip does well in Philly.
He got distracted because he was makin' a stew, baby!
re: Criterion Collection on Hulu Plus - Should I be watching some of these movies?
Posted by SHough610 on 1/21/13 at 7:34 am to baybeefeetz
Seven Samurai, Amacord, 400 Blows, Hard Boiled, M, Yojimbo, Band of Outsiders (if you're a Tarantino fan I HIGHLY recommend this one), Throne of Blood, Masculin, féminin, Breathless, Two-Lane Blacktop, The Thin Red Line, and Blast of Silence (it's like an early version of the Taxi Driver).
The Godfather 1 or 2. It's not close to me: Brando, Pacino, Caan, Shire, Cazale, It's ridiculous.
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