So, uh, if you haven’t seen the Lost finale that aired tonight, you probably don’t want to highlight the text below. But if you have seen it…
DESMOND! PENNY!!! OH MY GOD, I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING SO SOON!
I just had to get that off my chest.
Holy Mother of Christ, I’ve found the next website that I need to be writing for. A random Google search came up with an obscure site called Advertising Wizards and I gotta say I’m loving every ounce of it. It’s like my 17 Commercials that suck balls posts expanded into a regular, full blown site.
After finding both this and Fire Joe Morgan recently, I’ve really starting digging their style of writing. Watching the systematic dismantling of anything with wit, sarcasm, and the occasional foul word is both highly entertaining and delightful.
In all honestly, I’d never heard of The Wire until one morning last March when I awoke to a blitzkrieg of news articles and segment pieces talking about how amazingly wonderful the series finale had been the previous night. Being the huge spoil freak that I am, I refused to read any of the said articles that mentioned the entire plot was about to be given away in the following paragraphs, but I soon came to the realization that I needed to see said TV show.
Seriously, every spoiler-free article and headline talked about how fulfilling and complete the final season and specifically episode was. I couldn’t find a single negative response to it and in doing some hasty research, I couldn’t find much against the show in general. Here was a show on HBO which critics and fans alike loved and which had been running for the past six years or so. And I’d never fucking heard of it!
I’d been burned by an HBO show before (FUCKING SOPRANOS SUCKED ASS!), but I finally broke down and watched the first season during the tail end of March.
Last week, I watched the final episode of the fifth, and final, season.
One of the top 10 shows of my lifetime? Most likely.
The beauty in the show is it’s realism. The good guys have huge flaws. The bad guys aren’t 100% evil. This isn’t some episode of 24 where all the bad guys speak in a Russian accent and Jack Bauer is God. This is real, where the good guys don’t always win, the bad guys don’t always lose, and sometimes you forget who in the hell is on which side much less who you’re “supposed” to be rooting for.
I told my brother it was like LOST, but in the real world. Everything everybody does screws over somebody else. The police, judges, lawyers, businessmen, politicians, dope dealers, crack addicts, children, teachers, dock workers, and everyday citizens all affect one another. If you think LOST weaves character stories together, you ain’t seen shit yet.
If you’ve already seen every episode, then please feel free to click the “more” link below. Otherwise, go watch the entire first season (their seasons are only 10 or 12 episodes long), become hooked, watch the rest of them, and then come read what I’ve written below.
And just in case you’re too fucking lazy to click on the link above, here’s a short recap from Wikipedia to let you know what the hell you’re about to get yourself sucked into.
The Wire is an American television drama series set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland. Created, produced, and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series was broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States. The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002 and ended on March 9, 2008, with 60 episodes airing over the course of its five seasons.
Each season of The Wire focuses on a different facet of the city of Baltimore. They are, in order: the drug trade, the port, the city bureaucracy, the school system, and the print news media. The large cast consists mainly of character actors who are little known for their other roles. Simon has said that despite its presentation as a crime drama, the show is “really about the American city, and about how we live together. It’s about how institutions have an effect on individuals, and how…whether you’re a cop, a longshoreman, a drug dealer, a politician, a judge [or] lawyer, you are ultimately compromised and must contend with whatever institution you’ve committed to.”
Despite never seeing great commercial success or winning any major television awards, The Wire has frequently been cited by critics as one of the greatest television series of all time. The show is recognized for its realistic portrayal of urban life, artistic ambitions, and uncommonly deep exploration of sociological themes.
Central to the structure and plot of the show is the use of electronic surveillance and wiretap technologies by the police—hence the title The Wire. Salon.com described the title as a metaphor for the viewer’s experience: the wiretaps provide the police with access to a secret world, just as the show does for the viewer.
Without further a due (I still get a small kick out of that)…
I’m surprised it took so long for a band to realize that if they wanted their new music video to be a YouTube hit, then they simply needed to stuff it to the rim with Internet memes.
You know, if this is the kind of stuff Microsoft is spending the bulk of it’s time developing, I have no problem turning a blind eye to Vista.
I actually read about the Sweden fact at least a year or so ago in Time or Newsweek or something similar. The fact that this is still such a big problem is downright shameful.
We’re about to have a scavenger hunt over on HIF, this time using Google Maps. All (three) of you who still read Shyzer should go sign up and participate!
Also, I’m contemplating going back and deleting a far bit of content I’ve posted here in the past. Nothing from the best of Shyzer list, but random posts (like this) that don’t serve any real purpose months down the line. If there’s anything you especially enjoy reading, you might want to save it now.
Then again, who knows if I’ll actually do it. That’s a lot of work for not much gain, you know? It might be worth while, seeing as how liberating I already feel with The Great Purge that is getting underway.
I love it when people take some funny and then add a touch of awesome to it. All in the span of a week!
The first video is the unedited clip, followed by the “dance remix” that hit the net only a few days latter, before finally getting to the hilarious sketch comedy bit I just watched.
Oh yeah, there’s some bad language in there.
EDIT: Colbert is always funny.
Anybody want to buy a few websites? It’s time to pare down my list of daily on-line duties and make a little cash while I’m at it. There’s no better way to do that than by a firesale!
Congratulations (or apologies?) are in order for any of you who read that rambling post I made the other night. Like I predicted, it pulled a Harold Holt the next morning and is presumed drowned. I wish it had at least conned a D.B. Cooper stunt and got a little money before disappearing. Heck, I would have even settled for a Edward V of England whodunit. Okay, I’m having too much fun making references to people who vanished.
Anyways, here’s a really cool video I found recently. It’s one of those that looks easy since it’s so clean, quick, and smooth. Yet since I know how hard it is to edit and manipulate video files, I can only imagine what a bitch that was to create.
Ohhhh. Let the drummer kick that.
I still think let the drama kid die makes more sense.
