Evening Reading: Right in the Middle

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• that's good : DrFlammable
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  id4: the presidents speech : CoRDS
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    lol I'm in that scene as an extra : Cihte
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      well, not me exactly. But i had a friend in Jr High and his parents were in that scene as extras. : Cihte
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        hahaha what the fuck how do you go from that to saying what you initially said : synapse19
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          It happens, i often get myself confused with other people. : alphablu
          • fucking lol very good : steve_o
        • Easy. In a bar you can say that. No one has the movie on hand to put him on the spot. On the internet ... : kingdepork
        • He ejaculated on his friend and his friend's parents just before filming began. : pigvomit
      • yeah, we're all in that scene. Well, not us exactly, but we've read that, so its as good as : alnya
      • ????? : feek
    • same. : DrFlammable
• Miracle Herb Brooks Locker Room Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvJ4fqaYFq0 : vynn
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI You hear me you fuckin' faggots? : EvilDolemite
• Charlie's speech at the end of the Great Dictator : mayooms
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  Civilization is crumbling. God bless you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY2tbeP_K1M I can recite t... : notd665
  • Ah yes, I love this one too. : deskill
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  Van Damme. Street Fighter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avXsM2n2oqg : aeg1x
  • awesome. : akirabob
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    This video contains content from NBC Universal, who has decided to block it in your country. What. Block : DrFlammable
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      Finally you yankee bitches feel it , muahahaha finally ! : imperator
      • Awesome indeed! : SilverSnake
  • nbc decided to block it in my country. : chilln
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  Not exactly a speech, but still a great scene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Nf1MK7lts : Teiresias
  • Excellent movie and great clip, thanks : sikander
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  We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the Film Actors Guild are pussies. And Kim Jong : CyCo_PL
  • Fuck yes. : Cliffzorz
  • classic : prime8
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  I still think his speech in Devil's Advocate is one of his best. : ColoradoCNC
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DMDscGOUpg : ColoradoCNC
    • Wrong link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGR4SFOimlk : ColoradoCNC
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  More relevant than ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dib2-HBsF08 : Borzoi
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    Glad to see this again! : spyrext
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      such an amazing movie and it seems like it's starting to get forgotten, which makes me sad :( : Borzoi
      • i was thinking of posting the same thing. it is hard to find a spot in it that isn't great. http://www.yo... : stgulik
      • it will never be forgotten by anyone who matters! :P : PlanetPerfecto
• Not the greatest speech but perhaps the tightest brow-beating I have seen on film for the past several ye... : ghostnote
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  henry V http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDZVxbrW7Ow : Foxhawk
  • also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI : Foxhawk
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  If you're doing Pacino, this is his best ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH4p9BQ3V9o&feature=rela... : Halen
  • Hoo-Ah : themaestro2657
  • this is 10x better than OP.. my favourite pacino ever : goldaryn
• NETWORK, bitches http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qgVn-Op7Q : action wombmate
• Braveheart - Freedom Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w3ZENhUlDU : jake
• Al Pacino & De Niro in Heat. : alexpr
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NEKzLiXfuc CHESTER COPPERPOT! : Solstice
• Have I missed it or has nobody linked Jack in A Few Good Men yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGvQtum... : Bean
• roads? where we're going we don't need roads : nunami
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  Surprised this hasn't been posted yet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI : uncle slappy
  • I am not fucking with you. I'm here from downtown. I'm here from Mitch and Murray. And I'm here on a miss... : PlanetPerfecto
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  Boiler Room http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8JkSEvyFhM : silent77
  • Poor man's Glengarry Glen Ross : uncle slappy
• "We must meet this threat with our courage, our valor, indeed with our very lives to ensure that human ci : Omaha
• More awesome Pachino: Devil's Advocate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DMDscGOUpg : genom
• "He said war was too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he might have... : uncle slappy
• PUT THE COFFEE DOWN. : dengar65
• "Everyone in this unit owes me one hundred Nazi scalps. And I want my scalps!" Just watched this the ... : critch

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• I really enjoyed Titan mode. The ebb and flow of combat was more predictable for me and there was always... : LilCrypto
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  I play Bf2142 A LOT. There are not as many servers as there used to be, but the game is pretty solid a... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    In fact, add me. It's either MasterTonberry ot Master Tonberry...can't remeber whether there is a spac... : Mr. Goodwrench
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      Add me too: ottagonian : dengar65
      • will do ;-) : Mr. Goodwrench
      • I will add you guys. I have not played in forever, but at one point I made Lt. General. :( I have all t... : deject
    • -----> : Wolfanoz
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    Me too. Its vastly under-rated for a few reasons I won't bother going in to but since you guys mentioned : Lightzout
    • Wow, I couldn't have put it better myself : Mr. Goodwrench
    • ^ everything this guy said : riptyde
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  I enjoyed it, but haven't played in a while. I never liked the unlock system though. You had to play an ... : Modulus
  • I stuck with the one soldier I created at the beginning, so now i'm at the point where I have pretty mucy... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    That game was actually really easy on the unlocks, IMO. They kind of rained unlocks on you for the first ... : xsoulbrothax
    • It got harder as you went on though. In the later gamem after the first 10-15 unlocks you'd have to play ... : Mr. Goodwrench
• In terms of Battlefield PC games, it's probably my favorite out of all of them. : PointlesS76
• It's fun, worth popping in and playing now and then. : Orange Pylon
• Infantry combat in 2142 was awesome. No Jet Rape and you stood a good chance against most vehicles. Ti... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I used to watch a friend play this but he just camped in the ship, making the different maps pointless. : kaddar0
  • I always wondered who would do that. : Lightzout
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  im still waiting for a patch that will bundle the dlc on it for free and gets rid of the cd check : X-GOUKI
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    why would it give you the DLC for free? : Mr. Goodwrench
    • they did the same for BF2, but as long as they remove cd check i would be happy : X-GOUKI
• I think its a wonderful and fun game, yes, very underrated. : .ka`boom.zZz.
• I wanted it but wasn't paying $50 for it. It never dropped to an acceptable amount before my interest wa... : ThomW
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  Nope. Ads. : Pneum0
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    Heh, I saw one ad in years of playing, and that ad actually rocked in the context of the game. : watcherxp
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      One ad I remembered was I think a C2D ad but it looked blown up and shot at. : Sailor of Fortune
      • The only one I saw was for the movie "I Am Legend" : watcherxp
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  I played that shit all the time, but now I cant get it to work on win 7 :( I so loved that game. I had so... : hobosapien
  • The trailer alone sold me on the game. Watching the planet freeze and the futuristic battles was a total... : Wolfanoz
• I had so much fun with that game. Then after about a year punkbuster started to really shit on everything... : Cliffzorz
• Felt like a downgrade from BF2 to me. : Dr_Cube
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  i tried it in the beta and couldn't get over how it seemed to have the worst netcode ever created and nev... : synapse19
  • It had a horrible launch after a long beta with so many glitches that let the griefers and stat fiends go... : Lightzout
• My favourite battlefield. Loved that game. : master_disaster_17
• It was riddled with bugs when the game came out. I remember so many problems, especially with the flying... : Defacil
• I pre-ordered STO. I'm a huge Star Trek dork and I've never played an MMO before. I'm really looking forw... : RevRaven

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  pretty amazing. wish it told a story or something though, i got bored after about halfway through. : indosauros
  • It starts getting interesting half way through, I was bored the first half. I actually didn't believe it ... : .ka`boom.zZz.
• the rack focus is masturbatory. otherwise very nice. : thechunder
• Goddamn that was all one guy for modeling, rendering, textures, music, and post. What the fuck. : .ka`boom.zZz.
• wow, this guy makes me want to really step up my game in CG. : AroundTheFur1380
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  Fuck me, that was actually quite moving. Makes me want to go back and watch Gattaca. : sonicstorm
  • I'm glad I'm not the only one that got that vibe as well! : VictoriouSecret
• insane ... wow : sparkly
• simply incredible, would watch again!!! : mystifier
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  very very good. He definitely has an idealized architecture in the video, and the buildings he has chosen... : kevp
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    It really disappoints me that we have all these amazing architectural students, and yet still produce by ... : terath
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      the cost of labor :( Once we figure out how to get robots to build the buildings, things will really o... : kevp
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        True enough. I guess The Burj Dubai is a good example of what near slave labour and bankruptcy can produc... : terath
        • yup...the Burj Dubai is straight out of some sci-fi flick : CecilPhilpot
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    This is why I decided not to finish my degree in architecture. I don't think I could have handled looking... : Ormsbee
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      lol. Before I was fired back in July, I would take 45 minute showers in the morning because ending the sh... : kevp
      • :( : terath
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        That sucks... but hopefully it's for the best. It's awful to have to go to work everyday hating your job... : Ormsbee
        • I did it for 6 years and decide to take some months off. It drained me, it drained my soul. I took 1 vaca... : kevp
      • Real world, man. I'm a pacifist leftie and I work on military simulations for a govt contractor. Go figur... : gooblerampling
  • He is making cg models though so I doubt he is really looking at straight architecture : byorn
• This is breathtakingly beautiful, and it makes me think that I've made some stunningly bad choices in my ... : Ormsbee
• Holy lighting models batman. That may be the most convincing CG I've ever seen. The camera work was brill... : Danny5225
• nice find : the city
• Gorgeous. That dude really dug Gattaca I think. : SpaecKow
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  Here's an interview with the dude: http://area.autodesk.com/inhouse/bts/publications_by_alex_roman : Drewus
  • the guys is a real artist. He takes the essence or spirit of a space and translates it into animation. He... : kevp
  • the rendering is top notch. I wouldnt have believed it if it wasnt for the wireframes. : ultramega
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  amazing but some of definitely had that tiltshift/dollhouse feel to it :( : filthysock
  • Yeah I found the shallow-focus stuff kind of annoying. Pretty cool overall still... : father_crown
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  The making of one of the shots: http://vimeo.com/8217700 : DrWaffles
  • Definitely not as impressed as I was at first, ungh. :( : Amnesty_intl2
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    Wait, so he didn't really model all of that? Looks like he downloaded the buildings from some site. Maybe... : gooblerampling
    • he used a downloaded model as a guide to proportions and structure, he made a new high-quality model for ... : jcupitt
• That was just mezmerizing. So nice. : stelth
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  i guess i don't know enough about how this is done. i can appreciate it being technically complicated and... : Sapiens
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    Focus on background! Focus on foreground! Next scene, focus on background! Focus on foreground! Next s... : CyCo_PL
    • He gets out of that pattern after the first half though, definitely worth watching at least past that poi... : FlamingGimp
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  That is stunningly shot. Thank you sir for the linkage. : Creepin_Jeezus
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    Wait a Second! The description of this claims it's all CG? What the hell? It just looks like a 5D MKii wi... : Creepin_Jeezus
    • all CG : fishbone
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  This is pretty impressive for several reasons: #1. he doesn't fuck up his composure once, this is the... : Amnesty_intl2
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    He's using 3D studio max, not lightwave. I found lightwave fairly easy, 3DS is typically considered a "hi... : Trips
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      Last I heard the order was Lightwave > Maya > 3DS Max in terms of difficulty... I mean really? : Amnesty_intl2
      • I had to learn Lightwave for a previous job and I actually preferred it to max or maya for modeling. It w... : gooblerampling
      • Sounds about right. But being easy doesn't make is the best program to use. Don't get me wrong, I love li... : Trips
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    Another nitpick: The windmills turn in the wrong direction. : ysbreker
    • wrong - they're simply below the equator. : PlanetPerfecto
• Fuck. As a 3D artist stuff like this is either inspiring or crippling to see. Today it seems to be the la... : gooblerampling
• That's pretty fucking amazing. : inchwide
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  Heh, it reuses the theme from Gattaca, albeit it's a synth recording and new arrangement. : enyakk
  • I noticed that too whilst talking with someone earlier - Michael Nyman is a god, btw. : PlanetPerfecto
• this is really neat : trOmblyj
• amazing. what an achievement for one person. : kokujin

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• Your playback of all those individual save points would make a sweet Robot Chicken episode. : pancake humper
• I remember someone pointing out to me after I beat Tales of Symphonia that I averaged a save every 3 minu... : roushimsx
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  An average of every 3.5 minutes or so. Do you save every time you turn a corner? : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • I save whenever I'm able to kill one monster... I think I need help. : denixen
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  You know, games are getting pretty good at doing that for you these days. : kungfusquirrel
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    I do this as well, only ~every 6 minutes. It all stems from a playthrough I had of KoToR I think. I got... : KxRook
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      I still keep one manual save per area/planet in KOTOR, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age, but still mostly rely... : kungfusquirrel
      • Do the same, but tend to save before key moments just in case I hit the "hurry up, i've read what you sai... : bld
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    Stalker doesn't : MamiyaOtaru
    • frankly, it should learn how. : kungfusquirrel
  • Mass effect is terrible. You can do an hour of talking only to be abushed and insta killed by a random en... : marmite
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  I suffer from the same thing. The worst is on games like fallout 3 where my thousands of saves take up gi... : menar003
  • I need to check this haha : Spoetzl
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    hehe. my girlfriend loves to watch me play fallout 3, and has taken to sighing everytime i talk to someon... : mindmann
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      You should just play through and make it part of the experience. : Boring Writer
      • well, usually it's something really stupid i'm about to do just to see what happens. : mindmann
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    this is why you overwrite the same save file. : mnsnota
    • I played Mass Effect on the 360, and you had only a limited number of savegame slots. I usually saved onc... : Bold
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  I too save quite a bit and hate games that don't let me save when I want. Fallout 3 knew what the fuck wa... : ieGod
  • Actually, no, it couldn't have been that high :/ : ieGod
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    Yeah, GTA 4 is driving me crazy. I have to drive all the way back to my house in order to save. It makes ... : denixen
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      Well trust it, cuz it works. : eonix
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        To reiterate: In GTA4 there is no point in the game at which you could turn the system off and lose ANY p... : eonix
        • What? If you're halfway through a mission and you need to go you have to restart that mission. Also some ... : ieGod
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      denixen, confession time. Halfway through the game, I started taking taxis. : CrustaR
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        Is that turn-in-your-gamer-card bad? I'm taking taxis and pressing "A" like I'm made of money. I find it ... : Languid_Heap
        • I only do this when retrying a mission that has a long drive involved. If the mission involves taking a ... : Omaha
    • I do this only because the autosave after a mission usually has me with damaged/broken armor and hurting.... : Omaha
• I used to save the game every couple of minutes because the DVD drive on my Xbox was broken. I've been bu... : Mmmmmoo
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  I feel sorta bad doing that because it's almost like a re-do button if I mess up, which isn't very challe... : jingletard
  • i save more than i ever have before in dragon age because if i'm dumb and die and it's been a while since... : dahanese
• yeah, im an obsessive saver too. whenever i do forget and that's the time when a crash happens and i lose... : arcane_
• I fear that dragon age is turning me into an OCD saver too lol : nyranger66
• That is a lot. I had 99 after my first playthrough, and I thought that was a lot :| : thecray
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  And you never figured out how to quicksave that whole time? : Sapiens
  • Oh unless you're on 360 I guess. : Sapiens
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    In my past PC gaming experience quick saving leads to lots of crashes. Happened in FO3, Oblivion, Farcry2... : denixen
    • That happened to me more than once in Fallout 3 and Oblivion where a quicksave actually crashed the game ... : buzzbat
• I do too, it is an old habit from having corrupted saves and getting fucked in long RPGs and the like. : bombay
• need a support group for compulsive savers: "my name is CecilPhilpot and i save every fucking minute" : CecilPhilpot
• some games I quicksave every few seconds at times D: It's like not saving at all, 'cause odds are sooner... : MamiyaOtaru
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  For each instance of SP game I play, I generally have 4 saves, the Main one which stays the most up to da... : Sailor of Fortune
  • In relation to the OP, I do save a lot though, usually once before every conversation, hence my format of... : Sailor of Fortune
• I'm 72 hours into Dragon Age and I don't even want to know how many times I've saved. I think I've saved... : Moonbase Commander
• Yeah... save less. I remember playing through Postal 2 (I think that was the game) and I quicksaved a ... : CyCo_PL
• I didn't save too often in Mass Effect because it was pretty easy on the normal difficulty. Man, drago... : DerHuhnTeufel
• I don't save enough. Games like STALKER are so immersive , that I forget to save and it makes dying real... : IHATEDUST
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  Final Fantasy.... clearing out my back log of games that I never beat and i'm working on VII right now. ... : Total Exodus
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    One hellova game! I too saved ALOT in that, because all too often i'd get wiped because i didn't stand ar... : kintypoo121
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      Ooops, showing my age, i mean PSone : kintypoo121
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        Ha ha youre old! Same here =\ : bolneze
        • I prefer the term 'mature' Haha! God, i even had a Sega Megadrive when they first came out :S : kintypoo121
• I see that you are cautious : PsychoMantis : mrblarg
• KOTOR for the XBOX had an issue where I used to save my game so many times that at a certain point the sa... : MatthewPhillips
• I probably reach similar numbers in games that have a quicksave that actually is quick... I really hate r... : ramshot
• I had Save Point systems because it comes across to me the developer aftrificially tries to make their ga... : dookiebot

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  I own both on CD/DVD and have for years now. The first one I played for a bit but didn't find it that int... : Attica Blue
  • Pretty fucking broken. : Dschinghis Khan
  • beyond repair : pyide
  • This is unquestionably more broken than I am for not being interested in MWLL. Sorry Dude! : RookieCAF
  • Turn in your gamer card. : thecatinthehat
  • You are clearly a zombie. : Nali4Freedom
  • It's like you're sitting on a bunch of diamonds, or somehow came to possess the last horn of the last fuc... : PlanetPerfecto
• Those have got to be two of my favourite games. <3 : Koral06
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  i wouldn't be so quick to judge max 3 until we know more than a concept sketch of what he looks like and ... : RikiTiki2
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    True, but Max Payne 1 and 2 were very noir. That draws forth connotations of a dark, crowded, cold and in... : Mr. Goodwrench
    • I think it's still possible to create a really moody atmosphere in a sunny environment. Hell, I'd go as f... : Orange Pylon
• General consensus is... Hells Naw Dawg! Max Payne 1 > 2 fo life. Better story, better level design, be... : locater16
• The story in Max Payne 2 was so much better. I can't understand how anybody could think otherwise. Also,... : treefingers1
• I liked Max Payne much more than MP2. : Pneum0
• Mp1 >> Mp2. : shirif
• Max Payne 2 had a lot of good flow with the gameplay. I loved playing the levels without saving, and see... : Rag and Bone Man
• The story in MP2 was so great, told so well with more fleshing out of the charactors. When ever I have a ... : johnlocks
• MP2 was better in almost every way save for the story which I think is cut and reorganized in a somewhat ... : K1Bond007
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  I'm surprised to hear you say you thought the film noir style was done better in MP1, since that game was... : Arceihn
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    This is my thought exactly. The first was a parody, the second was an honest-to-god film noire thriller.... : treefingers1
    • MP2 still parodied the genre, and itself, pretty frequently. That's kind of what I like about it, how it ... : Orange Pylon
• I've tried playing the first one three or four times and can never get into it. : NastyJack
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  Loved them both, but the first game was just a classic. I thought the second game had a great presentati... : megarust32
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    Some of the music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMUu1tOXna4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2d8fY4... : megarust32
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      i prefer the original's theme over 2's : RikiTiki2
      • I do too actually, but it's still good. : megarust32
  • Also, one of the best game trailers ever made: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/trailer-2-max-payne-2/20... : megarust32
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  Mona = greatest female video game character ever : Drewus
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    *Drewus gets disappearing-powdered by Kate Archer* : SpaecKow
    • She's a redhead and Scottish! Drewus didn't have a chance. :-( When are they going to release NOLF1/2... : Aragoat
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    MP1 she was cute and hot. MP2 she looked like, sorry Remo, Skeletor. : Sailor of Fortune
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      apologize to haiku, not remo : RikiTiki2
      • I remember Remo going on a tantrum at a shackmeet too. : Sailor of Fortune
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      Skeletor? What she had plenty of ass and titties. : SpaecKow
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        I guess it's mostly her face. So a butterface. But I remember how she looked in MP1, at least in the g... : Sailor of Fortune
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          Yeah I definitely get that about the face, but I like women with sort of harder edged features or whateve... : SpaecKow
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            This subthread craves dicks. : SockMonkeh
            • Well it does now that you showed up fag : SpaecKow
        • if Mona from Max Payne 2 is a butterface, we have very very different ideas of what is classically attrac... : PlanetPerfecto
    • Total Julianne Moore. : GreatGooglyMoogly
    • This is not what Skeletor looks like: NWS http://www.shackpics.com/files/Untitled1_e045aqo9ngy36tjsgj1... : evildanish
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    Nope. The most irritating part of MP2 was playing as Mona. : Mr. Goodwrench
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      wtf, how so? It was the exact same gameplay. If you switched Mona's model for Max's, you wouldn't have kn... : Drewus
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        maybe he meant the level itself : RikiTiki2
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          It was just the switch from Max himself. The Mona character was fine, but we had played as and gotten to ... : Mr. Goodwrench
          • I don't understand this. I thought the change of perspective worked great, particularly because it was un... : Arceihn
    • I thought it was great having an alternate perspective on things. Kind of how in Metal Gear Solid 2, play... : Orange Pylon
• Yeah I don't agree that MP2 is a better game. It's a game like the first and I enjoyed the new weapons an... : SpaecKow
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  Play the Kung Fu mod. So awesome. : Dechter
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    does it work with the steam version? (not that it matters to me since I have retail) : RikiTiki2
    • It should, I think. : Orange Pylon
    • it does but if you have vista/7 with the sound problem you need to convert the audio files in the mod fro... : shotgun1
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  2 was definitely better than 1. 1's story was pretty interesting, but the way Mona, Max, Vlad, Winterson,... : MercFox1
  • was tied together in 2 * : MercFox1
• shoot the speaker in the elevator. trust me. : MaverickOrig
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  They were both fantastic. Arguing about which one was better is pointless. : SockMonkeh
  • Hell yes. They both had their great moments. If you held a gun to my head and forced me to compare them, ... : Orange Pylon
• They were both great game. I think I prefer 2 over 1, but only slightly Regarding MP3 : Why do you thi... : master_disaster_17
• I agree. Max Payne 1 model and story is far superior. : SnakeIRye
• I liked 1 better than 2 as well. Both good games though! : Reavers!
• South America isn't sun drenched at night : goldaryn
• I think it was better except for the escort missions. That almost killed the game for me. : dudehoyt
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  We do know this: the last boss will probably require shooting guy wires with a sniper rifle. : Omaha
  • Chances are it will. : melt_core
• I was very annoyed about how the changes to the story telling and that the writing had much less style to... : melt_core

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• Winning by 2 votes at the moment. : doctorbfunk
• 1st place now cowboy. : ryuuseki
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  Looks like their tracking by IP as opposed to cookies. You could try cheating if you wanted too. : tboomer2
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    Not that I'm advocating cheating, but since this is for a stupid 100,000$ wedding anyways... get yourself... : ryuuseki
    • Hell no, that's retarded. : Kentor
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  I voted because of his goatee in the first picture. : underground banana plantation
  • Looks like he's sporting a grill, or atleast a gold tooth. That's someone I can support. : tboomer2
• voted : royalally
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  wait how the fuck do i vote? : ejectorpod
  • nevermind saw it. : ejectorpod
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    i scrolled down the page like 5 times before i found it, what a shitty layout : Sapiens
    • hahaha yeah me 2.... : hashd
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      Yeah it really is, here's a direct link to the poll for easier voting http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/... : one baby to another
      • Holy shit I would have not saw that. I voted now! : posito
      • voted! : JohnnyDanger
      • Voted, they're currently winning by about 400 votes now :) : nodebug
    • how can these people afford to give out a prize like that if they can't afford to do anything but the mos... : TimeDoctor
    • same here.. at least I learnt something from voting - how not to make a website. : VuduChild
  • at first I thought you had to post in the comments : givemesnacks
• voted : hashd
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  They should allow you to pick the individual bride and groom. : skitzo
  • I'd vote if this were the case. : thekidd
• least we could do... : freqq28
• Are we invited?? : ryuuseki
• voted! good luck! very close! : Trips
• voted : Cheeziologist
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  Damn Sara is hot in the voting pic : jimmy-buffett
  • Cmon what about Shannon? : bolneze
• Voted, but how can a super shitty site like that give away 100k. : multisync
• Wait, is Thomas black or just uber-orange-tanned? : c0bra
• voted : riptyde
• Voted! : photonzach
• I almost didn't vote for them because they met when they were 14. I smell a lack of emotional developmen... : Athlon7
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  I voted. They didn't make it easy to find the poll :/ : nurikabe
  • Yeah it's a horrible layout. I should have just linked directly to the poll but I figured some people mig... : one baby to another
• Voted! Good luck to them. : legsbrogan
• Took me a minute to actuly find the poll but I voted! : cyclonebee
• vote'd. that website is shit and i expect pix&divx of wifey if they win : gokart.
• Voted! Looks like they're up by about 60 now. : Lexicon_Leidun
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  Fail shack, cmon. Pics of girl : malloc
  • There's a picture of her on the friggin' website. : IndigoAK
• Voted, shack powered wedding for the win. : Visceral Monkey
• Voted. : Ormsbee
• voted : Rodeoclash
• Voted! Taken the lead! : VictoriouSecret
• Im in : SlingBlaze
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  "Shannon & Thomas who met online got engaged last month when Thomas proposed inside a Chik-fil-a box!" ... : ImageOmega
  • hahahah : DJ Clipdat
• voted. also: holy fuck 100K wedding batman! : dahanese
• Voted! Divx of honeymoon or I take my vote back. : Ooghijmiqtxxa
• Where are the tits? : massdev
• voted : soapland
• voted! : Waffles!
• voted! : preachy
• voted! For 100k, we should all get invitations. : jcrockerman
• voted : retardhumper
• voted : RetroRedEyeJr
• voted, looks like 1 of the couples didnt get the memo to facebook their friends. : chilln
• Voted. : stelth
• Voted! : Vantage
• Voted for Bliss. Winning by 300. : IHATEDUST
• Voted! : Rice-Rocketeer
• voted! currently ahead too : Mmmmmoo
• voted : andre GiANT
• I voted. : TimeDoctor
• Voted, the poll says you're 4% ahead now. : ShekkyBoy
• voted : themaestro2657
• voted : gorphine
• they;re ugly. not voting. please also tell them they are ugly. : CoRDS
• Voted. : TheMonkeyWench
• Voted : Gojirah
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  Super voted. : Mexistache
  • Also, LOL at 4chan finding the poll. : Mexistache
• voted : disembodied potato
• Voted : Bobajojo
• Voted. Looks like they're on the way to winning. : DrWaffles
• Voted : ZeroSignal
• Good luck man. : Ellissd
• Voted. : JediDwag
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  Voted. Lol at the comments on the poll. Seems like some people are a little butthurt over the voting. : Zips
  • 'I agree! I have over 200 people in a facebook group voting right now and we can still not keep up!!!. ... : Vincenoir
• voted : redian
• voted for the only ones who don't look like weirdos. yeah it was them : goldaryn
• voted! show 'em the power of the shack! : xsii
• Voted : Kentor
• VOTED WOOHOO 400 votes ahead : Nitrium
• Voted! : raxtor
• voted : prime8
• Voted : thecatinthehat
• * V O T E D ' D * : umegastar
• "Just to let the people who run this contest know. 4chan website is using voting programs to vote for mar... : mnsnota
• voted : rudius

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• Yes it's worth buying and yes it's better than Law and Order. And i've been a Law and Order fan since Geo... : Dschinghis Khan
• yes. : HeXoN
• Yes. : sikander
• holy fucking shit yes, everything else is complete crap compared to The Wire : sanchez
• Have you REALLY missed the thousands of threads about The Wire on the shack? : Geoffrois
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  Hay Shack, what's your opinion on tipping, jeans and burgers? : Whistler77
  • I tip fairly generously at a lot of places, which leaves me very little money for expensive jeans, and my... : Orange Pylon
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  The Wire is the best show ever made. But it's not like Law and Order. It's not as action oriented. It'... : Modica Sol Solis
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    I couldn't get into it. I'm broken. :( : Koral06
    • broken female :D : deadfish
    • What kind of a chance did you give it? It took me three tries before I got beyond the first episode. It's... : Geoffrois
    • Yes, you are, : skitzo
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      Me either, watched 4 episodes and didn't bother watching any more. : mrasparagus
      • I usually tell people to watch that first half, but I was hoooked by the time Omar appeared. : Modica Sol Solis
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      I liked the first season, but the second one is really dragging for me. : Evil Benius
      • The second season is setup for the last three, but it's still excellent commentary. God, David Simon. I l... : Deathlove
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  Hey i realize there have been about 6000 threads about how awesome this show is but I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND a... : deadfish
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    Who has $45 jeans? : TheVietSpecial
    • People who work at the factory that makes $300 jeans : 60days
• She would probably like Homicide: Life on the Street, too. It's based on the same book as The Wire and h... : Sludgehead
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  I'm planning a re-watch of the entire series starting here in a few weeks. I rarely watch movies more th... : Zakko
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    It's even more rewarding the second time - you'll understand many more of the little things this time aro... : sanchez
    • so true : theWhite
• Do you read this website or just post about jeans all the time? : moogle
• how can you miss this? the shack is always ranting and raving about how awesome the wire is! : mayooms
• It is worth buying. Do it now. It is single handedly the best television show ever made, and I will : fleabug
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  You're asking about The Wire coming from Law and Order -- I say pass. The Wire is great, but .. it's a le... : K1Bond007
  • I don't see anyone not liking The Wire if they're into L&O. : sanchez
  • If the GF doesn't like the Wire she's horribly broken and you should kick her to the curb. : Clay
  • I agree with this person. : disdain
  • NCIS is kind of meh. I liked the first few seasons, but the characters have now evolved into caricatures ... : melt_core
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  Yes, The Wire is the greatest show on TV of all time. No joke. : Link.
  • I love television. The Wire is the greatest show ever. : Deathlove
• For what it's worth, I've never seen an episode or know much about it either, despite the shacks love for... : Visceral Monkey
• The show is goddamn amazing. I think it's difficult for a lot of people to get into it, though. Be warned... : zuga
• BE PATIENT. Just stick with the series and after about 5 episodes, everything will start to click and ma... : tedman976
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  Honestly, there is nothing, NOTHING more over-hyped on the entire Internet than "The Wire". I made it thr... : icon_of_syn
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    god, i read three chapters of the greatest novel ever and it just didn't grab me; guess everyone else is ... : Deathlove
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      Sorry it shouldn't take 5-6 hours before it gets remotely interesting. And you're right, if the first thr... : icon_of_syn
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        You have to trust the artist with his art. The impatience of people in this era demanding INSTANT GRATIFI... : Deathlove
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          Haha Appalling? I always tell people to give a movie at least 10 minutes because that's the screenwriter/ : icon_of_syn
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            Ten minutes? Jesus Christ, movies don't have the credits or all of the characters introduced in ten minut... : Deathlove
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              Nevermind. : icon_of_syn
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                I know, I'm being obtuse! It's HILARIOUS because I'm the one writing off one of the great works of Americ... : Deathlove
                • Now this is a man with EXTREMES. Actually I only watched 5 minutes of the making of the trailer to The Wi... : icon_of_syn
            • I was sent to the video store during holidays. I came back with No Country for Old Men, as no one at the ... : Crabs Jarrard
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    it starts slow. then they introduce omar. : gokart.
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      Remind me. Which was Omar? Was he the black drug dealer that was all introspective? Seems i recall the na... : icon_of_syn
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        Omar is Robin Hood. with a shotgun. : Supine
        • The shotgun is the modern day longbow. Everyone knows this. : Caoster007
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      People who think Omar is the best thing about The Wire are the same ones who bitched when BSG got introsp... : Deathlove
      • omar is easily the most entertaining thing about the series early on. i was just trying to play to icon_o... : gokart.
      • While Omar is not the best thing about The Wire, Omar is one of the best characters on the show. Bubbles ... : Modica Sol Solis
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        Omar isn't the best thing about The Wire, but Omar is without a doubt, completely awesome. : Clay
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          During the show, yes, but SPOILERS his death reveals how little he truly meant. : Deathlove
          • yeah, and after he's gone you're hit with the fact that you got caught up in the omar hype as well . anot : Supine
          • i think they could have killed any one of the characters in a similar fashion and it would have meant the : gokart.
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            That's the point. Live or die, none of their lives matter. Live, and they fulfill a perhaps necessary, c : bipolar
            • It ain't your turn to give a fuck. : Deathlove
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            i dont get that from it at all, for me it shows how disconnected we are. Omar will be a remembered in tha... : theWhite
            • Dude, spoiler tags, what the fuck. : Modica Sol Solis
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              Also, you're wrong. The medical examiner noticed that he died of a gunshot. The old man was obviously : Modica Sol Solis
              • well in the end everyone is a body... : sikander
      • I enjoyed omar alot watching that show. : chilln
      • Ugh. BSG didn't get introspective. It stopped making sense. The writers had no idea what the fuck they we... : MaJeStu
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    I hate saying this because it makes me sound like a snob. The first season is really just teaching you... : fleabug
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      Actually going back and looking at my netflix, I think I got to episode 5. But that doesn't dimenish your... : icon_of_syn
      • Interesting that you should bring up Lost, as that had a fairly hokey pilot that doesn't come close to re... : heartsauce
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    I'd agree with this. I'm about three quarters of the way through the first series and while it's pretty g... : mactu
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      lol i love how all these posts run a similar pattern. most people who have seen the entire series are pra... : theWhite
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        There's not even a discernible main character. You can argue that it's McNulty, but he's not even in the ... : Modica Sol Solis
        • The main character doesn't even get introduced until season four! represent, snoop's nailgun : Deathlove
      • Well I hope you're right. I'm just a little cautious with shackhype. But don't get me wrong, like I sa : mactu
  • Lost, Firefly, True Blood, etc... : GreatGooglyMoogly
• Just a word of caustion, liking Law & Order does not really translate to liking something like the Wire. ... : disdain
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  the wire is good, but you should find out if she likes episodic mystery or if she likes crime. if episodi... : dahanese
  • CSI is shit no matter what type of show you like : sanchez
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  http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=Sheee_bygfc0q878ygxo4qfm4u.jpg >:( : Lunatic Angelic
  • true that : Deathlove
• I had to re watch the first couple episodes of season 1 after i started to pick up the lingo and know the... : RetroRedEyeJr
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  She won't like it if she likes Law and Order. The Wire blows. : USteppin
  • What did you just say????!!!!! : themaestro2657
• If she likes Law and Order. The Wire might be too much for her. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Feed her lovely privileged self Generation Kill. You might like it too 242. : ghostnote
• lol : d0pamine
• The wife and I just started season 1, it is indeed awesome so far! : Milleh
• Her IQ level would determine whether she would enjoy The Wire. : kramweil