best intentions, or something.

[dsudis]

So I was vaguely determined--having seen half the pilot when it actually aired--that if I was going to get into Southland I was going to do it in a linear fashion, which is something of a novelty for me. Show first, then fic! Crazy

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[elbomac]

Where did you find them? I can't locate the first three eps, and am DYING to watch.

[dsudis]

Have you tried torrenting? That's usually pretty reliable, even for older episodes.

[elbomac]

I've actually never done that.

[dsudis]

Torrenting goes like this: you download/install a program (I use one called Vuze and it works fine for me). You hit a site where you can download a torrent file for the episode you're looking for (like Mininova) and download a torrent file, which you then open in your torrenting program. Zip boom, it starts downloading the file from other peers, while also uploading the parts of the file you already have to other peers. It's considered polite to keep your torrent open until you've uploaded at least one full copy to keep the system going (the program will usually tell you your upload ratio - once you hit 1.0 you've shared as much as you got). Depending on your internet connection (including your ISP, because some of them throttle these downloads) it can be very quick and easy to get the ep and share with other peers; in the past I've had connections that made it slower or trickier, but I've always been able to get things eventually

[redhedlvr]

Netflix indicates they will have it in the future, but not right now. Crapola.

What is this torrenting you speak of? I've only recently figured out youtube.

[dsudis]

Copy/pasting from my comment above, pardon the lack of originality:

Torrenting goes like this: you download/install a program (I use one called Vuze and it works fine for me). You hit a site where you can download a torrent file for the episode you're looking for (like Mininova) and download a torrent file, which you then open in your torrenting program. Zip boom, it starts downloading the file from other peers, while also uploading the parts of the file you already have to other peers. It's considered polite to keep your torrent open until you've uploaded at least one full copy to keep the system going (the program will usually tell you your upload ratio - once you hit 1.0 you've shared as much as you got). Depending on your internet connection (including your ISP, because some of them throttle these downloads) it can be very quick and easy to get the ep and share with other peers; in the past I've had connections that made it slower or trickier, but I've always been able to get things eventually

[redhedlvr]

Wow. Lot's of tech stuff there. Aren't you afraid of people planting nasty surprises during the "sharing" phase?

Thanks for responding!

[dsudis]

Well, as far as I understand the way torrenting works, the file being shared has to be exactly the same from all sources, or it won't work--so everyone would have to be getting a virus disguised as a 350MB .avi, and no one, having downloaded that, would keep sharing it. Usually the site where you can download torrent files (a tracker, it's called) will have a place where people can comment on the torrent, and there they will mention if it goes out of sync, if there's a problem with, say, weird subtitles or dubbing, etc. Given all of that it would definitely be possible to get a warning out about malicious content in a torrent--and, again, you'd be amazed how fast people drop a torrent because two minutes of it have audio and video out of sync or something, nevermind an actively harmful file

[riadsala]

I love all Southlands. It's a little ~edgy sometimes, but all the characters are compelling and not just a regurgitation of your standard cop stereotypes. I was severely bummed out when I realized there were only seven episodes.

[dsudis]

But hey it got renewed! So there will be more in the fall! !!!! ♥John Cooper♥

[browngirl]

I wonder if John has a brother named Billy...

[dsudis]

...oh my God my brain just exploded. YES PLEASE.

[omphale23]

How AWESOME is John Cooper? Seriously, I love him so much it's ridiculous. I can't wait for the fall season, even if the whole fourth wall/twitter thing freaks me out a little.

[dsudis]

I didn't know there was a fourth wall/twitter thing and I think I will just GO RIGHT ON NOT KNOWING ACTUALLY KTHX.

Also, ♥John Cooper♥♥♥