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officerfett t1_j9hwxo8 wrote

Reply to The Wire Season 2 drags down an otherwise amazing show by [deleted]

What's brilliant about The Wire is the realization that it's not just the local accounting of East Side and West Side drug dealers involvement in the drug trade, but rather shows certain aspects of how international crews operate low key behind the scenes, with no gawdy mansions, no super fancy vehicles, flashy clothes, and have the ability to operate in plain sight, as well as the protection and incentives they receive from various Federal organizations.

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ILoveRegenHealth t1_j9hwqh4 wrote

Reply to comment by Paolo94 in Production Has Begun On The Walking Dead's Rick and Michonne Spinoff by impeccabletim

The movie talk did occur years ago when the ratings were still super high around the world.

Seems like crazy talk now since the show is ending and the ratings are low (and complaints of boredom high), but around the time Rick was suddenly kidnapped, the ratings and "omg!" buzz for TWD was still comparatively high.

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Chilis1 t1_j9hwouf wrote

Reply to How violent is The Last of Us? by yeahigotnothing

My wife is the same, it's not particularly violent, most episode have zero graphic scenes. There are however a few very intense horror moments that would be a lot for some but it's only a few minutes total of the whole show.

>!I'm talking the fungus coming out of people's mouths, those scary scenes with the clickers and the creepy little zombie girl!<

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EVMad t1_j9hwn57 wrote

Reply to How violent is The Last of Us? by yeahigotnothing

It’s much tamer than the game. I’m watching it with my wife and she seems to be enjoying it. There’s a lot more character development than the game can achieve. My wife usually refuses to watch post apocalyptic shows or films but this is so well written she’s got past that.

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bondball7 t1_j9hw7ca wrote

Reply to comment by monchota in Production Has Begun On The Walking Dead's Rick and Michonne Spinoff by impeccabletim

I absolutely agree with your assessment of TWD, but we’re also 5 episodes into TLOU and there’s been 1 filler episode. It was amazing, but ep 3 did almost nothing to push the story. It was minor background filler. I don’t remember much filler in the first three TWD seasons…after that I remember a lot.

I’ve played TLOU and am worried about them having enough to fill out more than a season or two. So far we’ve been introduced to 7-10 characters and they all end up dead. Seems by design, but how far can that take them?

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bondball7 t1_j9hvcm8 wrote

Reply to comment by PortoGuy18 in Production Has Begun On The Walking Dead's Rick and Michonne Spinoff by impeccabletim

For sure. Just started re-watching TWD and am in S4. So far it’s pretty great with some cringy moments and a few bad writing spots. I know it gets worse from here…think I stopped watching season 7 or 8.

So far I’m enjoying The Last of Us and the acting is great, but feels like they’re already having a hard time filling the season out, so it feels like people are just into it because it’s above good. Doesn’t yet feel great like TWD did first 3 seasons. Pascal was great though in the last episode and episode 3 was amazing, even though it was basically filler.

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