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ghostoffuffle  ·  3636 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Grubski Challenge #6: FFFFFFFYYYYYYYURRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Just finished season 3 tonight for the second time. Same thought this time around as I had the first: this show is Shakespearian. Don't know if I'll ever see TV this good again in my life. GoT is entertaining and all, but The Wire? That's HBO's golden age, right there.





kleinbl00  ·  3636 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The Wire is abso-fucking-lutely spectacular. I'm just kind of agape when I watch it. Generation Kill is pretty good, but it isn't quite The Wire.

I suspect you missed this. There followed an anime club discussion. DO NOT GO HUNT FOR IT YET because Madoka Magika is something you have to just walk into, knowing nothing.

But if you do, holy fuck.

I am not a great big anime fan. I like Miyazaki. There are a couple others I tolerate. And I can say with no hesitation that Madoka Magika is one of the top three or four things I've ever watched. Give it through Episode 3. That's 66 minutes of your life. If it doesn't suck you in like a black hole I'll be amazed.

By the bye? Thanksgiving day, the day I brined the turkey, it hit 87 on the porch.

ghostoffuffle  ·  3636 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Alright, I'll give it a crack. But it'll have to wait until I'm finished with the last two seasons of The Wire- can't leave something like that mid-stride.

Thanksgiving at 87 degrees I could maybe wrap my head around. Christmas in that climate? Don't know if I could wrestle back that kind of cognitive dissonance.

kleinbl00  ·  3636 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You won't have to wait for shit, yo. The Wire came out a year apart. You're supposed to wait between seasons. Madoka Magica, meanwhile, is 12 20 minute episodes. In other words, the equivalent of four episodes of The Wire.

Just do it. It's on Netflix.

ghostoffuffle  ·  3633 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Started watching last night. This is good stuff. When I'm done, I might dump some words into that anime club discussion, if not only to get my own thoughts in order.

kleinbl00  ·  3633 days ago  ·  link  ·  

=)