Anyone watched the pilot? Starting it now.
Yup, and deangelo barksdale, there will probably be a lot of wire actors in thisErvin Burrell said:
Is that Cheese from The Wire?
Oh yea!Ervin Burrell said:
Is that Cheese from The Wire?
Swarely said:
I enjoyed it. When does the series drop?
TCTTS said:
Well said. One of the best "world building" pieces of pop culture I've seen in a while. Just so incredibly fascinating. I wasn't expecting this level of acting either, especially from Franco, but this cast is phenomenal from top to bottom. Overall, it's great to have David Simon back and I can't wait to see where it goes from here.
Those who were alive I the '70s... please tell me it wasn't *that* weird/depressing. It's like the entire world was under a spell and going through some incredibly awkward/rebellious phase. My dad is the exact age as the student chick who got arrested, so I get it, but man, this pilot really underlined just how alien that time period was. Granted, the subject matter/setting was the extreme of the extreme, but still. It's like American culture was going through puberty or something. What a strange period in history.
Not really trying to derail, but I've noticed that when you look at the basics of what people wear over time it pretty much stands the test. Jeans, polo shirts, simple button ups, tshirts, etc. My old man grew up in the 60's and went to college/law school in the 70's and pictures of him back them are pretty similar to what I consider normal now. The basics have never really gone out of style. Its when people try to create new fashion trends is when things get silly. 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's, all had their own weird phases, but I'd agree that now, things appear to have somewhat 'normalized'TCTTS said:
When comes to politics and certain cultural touchstones, absolutely. As for style, though, I feel like we've reached a plateau of sorts. We finally figured out how clothes should fit, what looks good, etc. There's really no where left for suits, jeans, etc. to go. So I honestly don't see fashion, at least, changing as drastically as it did from then 'til now. I think the next step is how technology will be better-integrated with our clothing/wardrobe, which could have some drastic effects, but we'll see.
All I know is that I would have no problem living in the '50s/'60s. I grew up in the '80s and loved that decade as well. But the biggest emotional reaction I had to this pilot was, "Thank God I wasn't alive in the '70s." Nothing about that decade appeals to me in any way, save for maybe the classic rock of the era.
It may be just me, but I think Franco is a ridiculous talent. I will give anything he is in a chance even if I know it'll be god awful.TCTTS said:
Well said. One of the best "world building" pieces of pop culture I've seen in a while. Just so incredibly fascinating. I wasn't expecting this level of acting either, especially from Franco, but this cast is phenomenal from top to bottom. Overall, it's great to have David Simon back and I can't wait to see where it goes from here.
Those who were alive I the '70s... please tell me it wasn't *that* weird/depressing. It's like the entire world was under a spell and going through some incredibly awkward/rebellious phase. My dad is the exact age as the student chick who got arrested, so I get it, but man, this pilot really underlined just how alien that time period was. Granted, the subject matter/setting was the extreme of the extreme, but still. It's like American culture was going through puberty or something. What a strange period in history.
Stive said:
I saw Cheese from the Wire and of course Deangelo......which characters were Slim Charles and Chris Partlow on Deuce??
Stive said:
Awesome.
Yeah I saw that guy but completely missed that being him.
How about Slim Charles? How'd I miss him?
When those came out I thought "well, those were EXACTLY what I would expect from Maggie Gyllenhall. Average in every way"DannyDuberstein said:
Maggie G's tits are going to need a new, more southern zip code from the rest of her