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Opening quotes from The Wire

Max Pagels — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:50:48 +0000

I know — I talk about The Wire all the time.

Treme, season 1

Max Pagels — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:56:32 +0000

To explain why David Simon makes the best television in recent memory is nigh on impossible. Maybe it’s because that every second of his work values realism — be it in the setting or in the depiction of human beings and their interactions — above all else. Treme impresses in every area that The Wire impressed in some nine years ago.

★★★★★

Gareth Keenan’s Homepage

Max Pagels — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:23:45 +0000

How I’ve missed a gem like this is beyond me. Written by Ricky Gervais.

NY Times on Boardwalk Empire

Max Pagels — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:51:08 +0000

Screenwriter Terence Winter:

Thank God for HBO. They let you tell intelligent stories in a slow, careful way. You can let them breathe.

“Amazing things will happen”

Max Pagels — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:45:00 +0000

An inspiring quote by Conan O’Brien:

All I ask is one thing, particularly of young people that watch. Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. It’s my least favorite quality. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and are kind, amazing things will happen.

(found on the Panic Blog)

The Boxee Box

Max Pagels — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:26:22 +0000

Manufactured by D-Link and reported to cost $200, which, if true, is a great price point. The D-Link site has more information, including some images:

I like the unconventional industrial design.

Max Pagels — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:30:57 +0000

David Chase, creator of The Sopranos, is returning to make a new HBO miniseries about the history of Hollywood filmmaking. From an article on NYTimes.com:

The series, Ribbon of Dreams, will begin with the behind-the-scenes roles played by two fictional characters – one a cowboy with some violence in his past, the other a mechanical engineer – who work for the famous early film director D. W. Griffith. It will follow them and their professional heirs through the development of the movie business.