backbreaker
Master Don Juan
GF picked it up at the store, the entire series she thought i would like it, i have never seen it. started watching it last night, my god why did they stop making this show, this is addicting.
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
the wire
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
Iceberg
Master Don Juan
It's a great show.
One of the few that HBO actually ran long enough to complete its story arch. And ended early enough to still have its artistic credibility (instead of squeezing extra seasons out of it for the money, like they did with Sopranos).
The series actually ended because the creators felt they told Baltimore's story well enough to call it quits. Gotta respect that.
If you just started watching it, you better avoid this thread. Never know when someone's gonna drop a spoiler on you.
One of the few that HBO actually ran long enough to complete its story arch. And ended early enough to still have its artistic credibility (instead of squeezing extra seasons out of it for the money, like they did with Sopranos).
The series actually ended because the creators felt they told Baltimore's story well enough to call it quits. Gotta respect that.
If you just started watching it, you better avoid this thread. Never know when someone's gonna drop a spoiler on you.
WhitePimp
Master Don Juan
Incredible show. This, along with Oz, are two of my favorite shows of all time and (although I can't be sure) seemed to portray their premises very accurately. Every season is great in its own right, as each focuses on a different aspect of Baltimore and how it relates to crime/social climate. Five seasons was just enough to say all it needed to.
backbreaker
Master Don Juan
I don't think the sopranos ran long enough. I wanted to see the hot daughter grow up and become a lawyer and I wanted to see what AJ was going to do with his life. But I do agree that the whole NY/NJ mob going against each other had gotten kinda stale.Iceberg said:It's a great show.
One of the few that HBO actually ran long enough to complete its story arch. And ended early enough to still have its artistic credibility (instead of squeezing extra seasons out of it for the money, like they did with Sopranos).
The series actually ended because the creators felt they told Baltimore's story well enough to call it quits. Gotta respect that.
If you just started watching it, you better avoid this thread. Never know when someone's gonna drop a spoiler on you.
I have already powered through the first season, yesterday was my day off. Know what I am going to be doing for the next month.
I hate the fat white guy. Marlow is easily my fav character
PRMoon
Master Don Juan
That show is pretty gritty and pretty accurate as it goes. It serves as one more reason why I got as far away from Baltimore as I could when I hit 18.
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
Usually HBo does great tv series,the problem is that sometime there's way too much drama like the sopranos anything the sister or the wife were involved for more than 2 minutes.
Oz is a masterpiece hard to find tv series good as that one probably cause the chracter are all bad boys involved in action (I'm sure they would pull tail outside the prison) and the plot is great.
You guys should take a look at generation kill and band of brothers,a torrent of great war scenes and storylines awaits you.
Anyway I do agree with Backbreaker, Marlow is one of my favourite character too as much as stringer bell,probably cause they are ambitious and ready to do what it takes.
Oz is a masterpiece hard to find tv series good as that one probably cause the chracter are all bad boys involved in action (I'm sure they would pull tail outside the prison) and the plot is great.
You guys should take a look at generation kill and band of brothers,a torrent of great war scenes and storylines awaits you.
Anyway I do agree with Backbreaker, Marlow is one of my favourite character too as much as stringer bell,probably cause they are ambitious and ready to do what it takes.
backbreaker
Master Don Juan
I don't care for stringer too much. he's not stupid but he is not very loyal and he doesn't have that real ruthless streak from what I see. He's the definition of someone's CFO
Did you see the entire series or are u still at the beginning? dont wanna spoiler anything in the second case.backbreaker said:I don't care for stringer too much. he's not stupid but he is not very loyal and he doesn't have that real ruthless streak from what I see. He's the definition of someone's CFO
Oz was amazing for the first 2.5 seasons; then it started going down.
The Wire is great throughout; really addictive show which pulls you in and doesn't let go. I finished the entire series in 3 weeks.
It was weird and kind of cool seeing the actor who plays Daniels on a early show, after seeing him in Lost and Fringe.
The Wire is great throughout; really addictive show which pulls you in and doesn't let go. I finished the entire series in 3 weeks.
It was weird and kind of cool seeing the actor who plays Daniels on a early show, after seeing him in Lost and Fringe.