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| #2 Posted on 21.4.05 0057.55 Reposted on: 21.4.12 0058.29 | Oh it's the best show on HBO now. Al has to be my favorite character ever. When he was hurt for a couple weeks, the show just wasn't the same. Now that he's back talking again, it's amazing.
I would also say that Jane is awesome too. As are Al's henchmen. There are just too many great things here to mention. | Packman V2
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| #3 Posted on 21.4.05 1343.22 Reposted on: 21.4.12 1344.09 | | I haven't watched the show, but can't get over the guy that looks like Ryan Seacrest. | Wolfram J. Paulovich
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| #4 Posted on 21.4.05 1529.00 Reposted on: 21.4.12 1529.01 | Originally posted by wmatistic Oh it's the best show on HBO now.
Bah! More proof that apparently I'm the only person in America watching The Wire.
That said, I really enjoy Deadwood. The musicality of the different character's voices is really wonderful, just the cadence and the pitches and the sudden angry stops are a treat to listen to. The show probably has more soliloquys than any other show on television. And they're catchy. (Personal selfish note: I was trying to fix the lines running to my washer, and things weren't going well. The lines had gotten clogged with hard-water minerals and had basically fused to the hot/cold water spigots. I was skinning my knuckles and basically having a hard time not breaking the pvc pipes, and the only thing that prevented me from a burst of insane rage was my keeping up a low murmuring stream of Deadwood profanity.)
Anyway, for those interested, the New Yorker recently ran a very long profile on the show's creator, David Milch. Someone over at TVTome dutifully reprinted it, and you can read it here:
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowForumPage/showid-16362/threadid-190469/
It is a long profile, but it's worth it. Somehow it's not at all surprising that Milch was a drug-addicted gambling addict. It makes the show seem more natural that it would spring from his head. | SinisterOrthodoxy
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| #5 Posted on 23.4.05 1554.14 Reposted on: 23.4.12 1556.18 | | Deadwood is indeed a fantastic show. The dialogue is wonderfully eloquent and crass at the same time. I love it. Watching Deadwood is watching art unfurl before your eyes. I have Deadwood, sex, poker, and The Shield. It's good to be alive. | | ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE |
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