theglorydays
Footballguy
Season 3 is the best season IMO.
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Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Hard to say which is the best, but 3 is probably my favoritetheglorydays said:
TexanFan02
Footballguy
I thought 4 was the best. So you have a lot to look forward to
pollardsvision
Footballguy
Those 2 videos made for a great 20 minutes.The only complaint? Not quite enough Bunny Colvin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2fV-_eiKxE...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14-YsqYw6og...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67CJxY-pF-8...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2fV-_eiKxE...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14-YsqYw6og...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67CJxY-pF-8...feature=related
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
I could see this.Plus, it doesnt take an entire season to know everyone's name and such
[tunes]it feels like the first time.It feels like the very first time[/tunes]
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
Tough to decide between 1, 3, and 4 for me.theglorydays said:
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
Two more people who also appeared in Oz: Cheese and Rawls.
saintfool
Dead sexy
April 2010, according to the HBO website.oh... how I miss this show.Cant wait for Simons next show... couple of months away I think.
rewatching the show now and just finished season 3.
While Brother Mouzone was trying to find Omar, I forgot about the fact they showed Rawls hanging out in a gay bar. Was that their johnnycakes moment?
Last few episodes of this season might be the best of the entire run. The Avon/Stringer stuff was awesome.
While Brother Mouzone was trying to find Omar, I forgot about the fact they showed Rawls hanging out in a gay bar. Was that their johnnycakes moment?
Last few episodes of this season might be the best of the entire run. The Avon/Stringer stuff was awesome.
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KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
I always wondered why they decided to not pursue that storyline. Wasn't sure if they never wanted to, or just changed their mind.
I think it would've been overdone had they pursued it. It was a sticking point afterwards, especially every time they showed him checking out a woman walking by, or talking profanely about gay sexual acts, or looking at porn magazines in the police office. Seemed to be a subtle joke that there are secretly gay men in the PD and even those who seem most ardently tough and interested in chicks could be putting on a show.
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Because the storyline itself is stupid, as we saw in the Sopranos. They just wanted to show us that Rawls had issues with himself and took it out on everybody.
The Ref
Footballguy
The fact that they didn't pursue that storyline directly is what makes The Wire The Wire, and every other show not The Wire. The Sopranos would have made this a season long event. The Wire it's just a little detail that helps detail the character.
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I'm right behind you, midway through season three.I honestly enjoy it just as much the second time. Knowing all the characters from the outset really helps.
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Statorama
gangster
and you don't have to rewind everytime Snoop speaks.
culdeus
Footballguy
Can someone clear up something in S5 for me: I'm only halfway thru S5 so can you be careful how it's addressed. tia
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So omar comes back to avenge his buddies, but isn't going after marlow specifically. Instead he's targeting a guy who lives in a condo tower that I don't really recall being a central character. Who is the guy, and why is he protected so heavy and why is he the main target?
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Season 5 is solid, but the dude's high horse on the newspaper industry is already really wearing me out. Very whiny so far.
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So omar comes back to avenge his buddies, but isn't going after marlow specifically. Instead he's targeting a guy who lives in a condo tower that I don't really recall being a central character. Who is the guy, and why is he protected so heavy and why is he the main target?
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Season 5 is solid, but the dude's high horse on the newspaper industry is already really wearing me out. Very whiny so far.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
The guy is Monk and although not nearly on the screen as much as Snoop or Chris, he is one of Marlo's main crew members. Also, I don't think he was so well protected as it was an ambush. Marlo was in hiding at that point, so Omar was trying to take down every member of Marlo's crew and force him out of hiding.
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
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Marlo figured this out and set a trap, which is why he had so much muscle.
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KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
We always refer to Broyles in Fringe as Lt. Daniels.
I wanted to start a thread to keep track of all appearances from cast members of The Wire, but never got around to doing it. They pop up everywhere.
Kima Greggs was on The Good Wife last week.
Kima Greggs was on The Good Wife last week.
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
Bubbles and Cutty were in Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Bunny Colvin was on Lie To Me and How I Met Your Mother recently.
kip stabone
Footballguy
Just watched "Gigantic" (meh) on Showtime and Lester Freeman was in it.
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
Time to fire up a "Six Degrees of The Wire" thread.
Statorama
gangster
Dock Cop Beadie Russell (Amy Ryan) played Michael Scott's love interest on "The Office" - Great in both roles.
Notorious T.R.E.
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Thinking about re-watching, using the following drinking game.
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Rules of the game:
(Check back for updates as we move through the seasons. The earlier rules are trans-seasonal, more season specific and optional rules are phased in further down.)
Make sure you have plenty of bottled beer and Jameson whisky (or spirit of choice if you can't manage the whisky).
'Drink' denotes two fingers of beer (excluding rules 1a and 1b which are self explanatory), otherwise shots and downing all drinks (remainder of current beer + Jameson chaser) are specified.
Rule 1a: When Jimmy or Bunk drinks, you drink.
1b: What Jimmy or Bunk drinks, you drink.
Rule 2: Drink in the event that any of the following occur -
-Jimmy and Bunk leer at women in a bar (shot in addition to 1a&b)
-The train goes past (shot)
-Jimmy asks "What the #### did I do?" (drinks downed)
-Freamon explains a procedure to a colleague/us
-Freamon peers over his glasses
-Freamon works on one of his miniature furnishings
-Any character utters the sentence written at the beginning of the episode.
-Burrell or Rawls demand a case be brought in (shot)
-Burrell, Rawls, Jay or Daniels reprimand a subordinate
-Avon, Stringer, D'Angelo or Bodie reprimand a subordinate
-Daniels stares someone down with his goggly eyes
-Police brutality (shot)
-Jimmy, Stringer or Carcetti slip into English/Irish accents (shot)
-Jimmy angrily makes his case to somebody who has pissed him off
-Jimmy gives a #### when "it ain't his turn to give a ####"
-Herc ####s up, however minor
-Kima smiles wryly and nods or shakes her head
-Maury Levy negotiates a scandalously lenient term for a client, to the dismay of all others in the room (shot)
-Maury Levy squirms with smug satisfaction
-A young child utters the phrase "Omar's coming!"
-Omar smokes
-Omar says "indeed" (shot)
-Omar fires shots in anger (shot)
-Omar whistles
-Omar swears (all drinks downed)
-A bounty gets put on Omar's head.
-Avon squints when thinking or faced with a problem or insubordination
-Avon touches his chin
-Any gang leader orders a killing on screen (shot)
-D'Angelo furrows his brow in a troubled, conflicted manner
-D'Angelo imparts worldly advice to his peers
-D'Angelo wears a top that ISN'T a roll-neck sweater
-Bodie spits
-A gratuitous metaphor for street life is used (shot)
-A character repeats some advice he or she has been given to another character
-Poot or Wallace say something stupid or naive
-A scene in Orlando's starts with a not strictly necessary establishing shot of a naked stripper (in much the same way the Sopranos would do with the Bada-Bing). (Shot).
-Any visible drug deal
-A visible re-up - finish and re-up your beer
-Bubs gets high on screen
-Bubs' white mate demonstrates crushing stupidity or uses street slang in an embarrassing way
-Someone gets beaten up or hit (shot)
-A bottle breaks
-Someone is shot, you take a shot
-A cop fires a weapon all drinks are downed
-When Clay Davis says "Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" all shots must be finished before he gets to the end of the word.
-Proposition Joe comes out with a brilliant homemade street proverb. (Shot. If the proverb involves dogs drink two shots).
-Bubbles refers to McNulty as "McNutty".
-Anyone mentions "Fuzzy Dunlop".
-Any reference to "the game". Shot for Omar.
-Prezbo is called "Prezbo" by someone.
-Prop Joe is seen fixing an appliance. Shot if this is combined with peering over his glasses.
-Major Colvin is referred to as "Bunny"
-Daniels smirks during or immediately following a meeting with the Commissioner or Deputy Ops.
-Jay Landsman is eating or drinking while talking to a colleague.
-Snoop says something indecipherable.
-Snoop makes a weird barking sound (shot)
-Marlo completes a sentence without moving his lips once (shot)
-Bubs sells one of dem tees (down all drinks)
-Marlo gets his hands dirty in some way, however small (shot)
-The Stanfield crew commit an entirely uneccesary killing (shot in addition to the standard murder shot)
- Any incidence of classroom violence, or violence within the vicinity of the school
- A teacher breaks the trust of a student, or vice versa (shot) *** SPOILER ALERT! Click this link to display the potential spoiler text in this box. ***");document.close();
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Rules of the game:
(Check back for updates as we move through the seasons. The earlier rules are trans-seasonal, more season specific and optional rules are phased in further down.)
Make sure you have plenty of bottled beer and Jameson whisky (or spirit of choice if you can't manage the whisky).
'Drink' denotes two fingers of beer (excluding rules 1a and 1b which are self explanatory), otherwise shots and downing all drinks (remainder of current beer + Jameson chaser) are specified.
Rule 1a: When Jimmy or Bunk drinks, you drink.
1b: What Jimmy or Bunk drinks, you drink.
Rule 2: Drink in the event that any of the following occur -
-Jimmy and Bunk leer at women in a bar (shot in addition to 1a&b)
-The train goes past (shot)
-Jimmy asks "What the #### did I do?" (drinks downed)
-Freamon explains a procedure to a colleague/us
-Freamon peers over his glasses
-Freamon works on one of his miniature furnishings
-Any character utters the sentence written at the beginning of the episode.
-Burrell or Rawls demand a case be brought in (shot)
-Burrell, Rawls, Jay or Daniels reprimand a subordinate
-Avon, Stringer, D'Angelo or Bodie reprimand a subordinate
-Daniels stares someone down with his goggly eyes
-Police brutality (shot)
-Jimmy, Stringer or Carcetti slip into English/Irish accents (shot)
-Jimmy angrily makes his case to somebody who has pissed him off
-Jimmy gives a #### when "it ain't his turn to give a ####"
-Herc ####s up, however minor
-Kima smiles wryly and nods or shakes her head
-Maury Levy negotiates a scandalously lenient term for a client, to the dismay of all others in the room (shot)
-Maury Levy squirms with smug satisfaction
-A young child utters the phrase "Omar's coming!"
-Omar smokes
-Omar says "indeed" (shot)
-Omar fires shots in anger (shot)
-Omar whistles
-Omar swears (all drinks downed)
-A bounty gets put on Omar's head.
-Avon squints when thinking or faced with a problem or insubordination
-Avon touches his chin
-Any gang leader orders a killing on screen (shot)
-D'Angelo furrows his brow in a troubled, conflicted manner
-D'Angelo imparts worldly advice to his peers
-D'Angelo wears a top that ISN'T a roll-neck sweater
-Bodie spits
-A gratuitous metaphor for street life is used (shot)
-A character repeats some advice he or she has been given to another character
-Poot or Wallace say something stupid or naive
-A scene in Orlando's starts with a not strictly necessary establishing shot of a naked stripper (in much the same way the Sopranos would do with the Bada-Bing). (Shot).
-Any visible drug deal
-A visible re-up - finish and re-up your beer
-Bubs gets high on screen
-Bubs' white mate demonstrates crushing stupidity or uses street slang in an embarrassing way
-Someone gets beaten up or hit (shot)
-A bottle breaks
-Someone is shot, you take a shot
-A cop fires a weapon all drinks are downed
-When Clay Davis says "Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit" all shots must be finished before he gets to the end of the word.
-Proposition Joe comes out with a brilliant homemade street proverb. (Shot. If the proverb involves dogs drink two shots).
-Bubbles refers to McNulty as "McNutty".
-Anyone mentions "Fuzzy Dunlop".
-Any reference to "the game". Shot for Omar.
-Prezbo is called "Prezbo" by someone.
-Prop Joe is seen fixing an appliance. Shot if this is combined with peering over his glasses.
-Major Colvin is referred to as "Bunny"
-Daniels smirks during or immediately following a meeting with the Commissioner or Deputy Ops.
-Jay Landsman is eating or drinking while talking to a colleague.
-Snoop says something indecipherable.
-Snoop makes a weird barking sound (shot)
-Marlo completes a sentence without moving his lips once (shot)
-Bubs sells one of dem tees (down all drinks)
-Marlo gets his hands dirty in some way, however small (shot)
-The Stanfield crew commit an entirely uneccesary killing (shot in addition to the standard murder shot)
- Any incidence of classroom violence, or violence within the vicinity of the school
- A teacher breaks the trust of a student, or vice versa (shot) *** SPOILER ALERT! Click this link to display the potential spoiler text in this box. ***");document.close();
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
The Bodie spits part will get you drink in no time.
Chiwawa
Footballguy
GB Prop Joe. I always imagine that the actor that plays Bodie just happened to do the spitting thing while waiting around, and someone saw it and said "WTF was that? Let's use that!"I'd add "Proposition Joe uses a word with four or more syllables, even if the word is made up" (e.g., "cadaverous")
well, the next 1.5 seasons are probably better than anything you've seen yet.
jamny
Footballguy
Season 4 did it for me.
headcrack
Footballguy
Chris Partlow was in The Taking Of Pelham 123. I was expecting him to just start killing people at any moment but he didn't.
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
There were no vacants nearby.headcrack said:
Notorious T.R.E.
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Oof.Choke said:
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Oy.Choke said:
The Noid
Avoid me!
Just finished the series. Wow. Everything the Sopranos was, but better. Always thought that was BS coming from people who just wanted to be counter-culture snobs. But it lived up to the hype. Favorite characters: Prez, Prop Joe, Bunk and Omar.That Wallace scene still haunts me, weeks later. That was the first time I watched a complete series, fresh on DVD. Usually I either catch on to a show early and watch it during it's run (Lost), or don't watch it at all. Since those 5 seasons spanned 8 or so years, it was kind of jarring seeing the actors age and/or grow up in the span of days. But one thing that made it good as far as a viewing experience is that everything was so fresh in my memory that I think I caught just about every tie-in and reference to things from past seasons. There were a lot of quotes that one character said and then was said by a different character years later. How good is the commentary on the DVDs? I re-watched the few Season 1 episodes that had commentary while waiting on Season 2 to come from my BIL, but didn't do it for the rest of the seasons because I was afraid of spoilers after catching a few on Season 1 (like D'Angelo's death.) I also had to avoid running to IMDB every time I recognized an actor because I was afraid to see they only appeared in X episode of the wire and would know their time was short.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
I do this with every single character from The Wire whose name I remember, for every single show or movie they are inFerris Bueller Fan said:
The Noid
Avoid me!
Now I'm done catching up with this thread. Great to see a lot of my thoughts echoed, especially with the season 5 serial killer thing. Once it was clear where McNaulty was going with it, then started doing some of the things he did, I was physically ill and cringing many times while watching. But, maybe, that's what makes this a great show.
Other thoughts:
- I'm also guilty of have Wire dreams
- The first episode of Season 2 really threw me for a loop and I didn't expect to like it as much as I did
- Loved how I disliked many characters at first then wound up having them be favorites (Slim Charles, Chris, even Marlo)
- One thing that got
quickly was Dominec West's portrayal of a drunk. By far the worst acting on the show
- There were many times, usually near the end of an episode, where I would notice my heart racing due to the suspense being built up
- I thought for sure Kima was going to die in Season 1 and when she didn't I let my guard down for the next few "big" deaths
- Brother Muzone seems like the equivalent of Furio, as far as fan reaction and also people holding out hope he would play a role near the end of the series.
- Loved how all of the music on the show (save for the season finale montages) was organic in the scene. Always from a car radio, headphones, juke box, etc. and how the lyrics and/or song type always had some meaning to the scene
- Going even further, the show was always able to be high-brow and symbolic without being pompous (*cough* Sopranos.) Even the series finale, with all of the parallels and "new replacements" wasn't too sugary
- It was also a show that often gave the viewer credit for being smart, never having to spell things out or dumb them down for exposition. Like at the beginning of each season it would pick up a year later and not have to spend the first 5 minutes explaining all that happened during that time. Viewers were asked to pick it up and piece it together themselves as the first episode played out
- I seem to be in the minority that I wasn't a big fan of Cutty and/or his arc. Just didn't pique my interests
Other thoughts:
- I'm also guilty of have Wire dreams
- The first episode of Season 2 really threw me for a loop and I didn't expect to like it as much as I did
- Loved how I disliked many characters at first then wound up having them be favorites (Slim Charles, Chris, even Marlo)
- One thing that got
quickly was Dominec West's portrayal of a drunk. By far the worst acting on the show- There were many times, usually near the end of an episode, where I would notice my heart racing due to the suspense being built up
- I thought for sure Kima was going to die in Season 1 and when she didn't I let my guard down for the next few "big" deaths
- Brother Muzone seems like the equivalent of Furio, as far as fan reaction and also people holding out hope he would play a role near the end of the series.
- Loved how all of the music on the show (save for the season finale montages) was organic in the scene. Always from a car radio, headphones, juke box, etc. and how the lyrics and/or song type always had some meaning to the scene
- Going even further, the show was always able to be high-brow and symbolic without being pompous (*cough* Sopranos.) Even the series finale, with all of the parallels and "new replacements" wasn't too sugary
- It was also a show that often gave the viewer credit for being smart, never having to spell things out or dumb them down for exposition. Like at the beginning of each season it would pick up a year later and not have to spend the first 5 minutes explaining all that happened during that time. Viewers were asked to pick it up and piece it together themselves as the first episode played out
- I seem to be in the minority that I wasn't a big fan of Cutty and/or his arc. Just didn't pique my interests
Please See Mine
Footballguy
HBO putting Season 1 up on Demand has sucked me back in for a 3rd go-round. It's amazing how much the show turned over the characters and plotlines over the course of teh series. I barely even remembered D'Angelo and Wallace.
Turned on the TV this morning and happened to see Partlow in a cameo on Numb3rs. Never even saw the show before.
Turned on the TV this morning and happened to see Partlow in a cameo on Numb3rs. Never even saw the show before.
mr fancypants
Footballguy
[quote name='The Noid' date='Feb 24 2010, 10:45 AM' post='11540284'
- One thing that got
quickly was Dominec West's portrayal of a drunk. By far the worst acting on the show
Have to agree and also him being a male whore to all the high level professional women in the series. It would have been more believable with him just picking up the numerous skanks in the bar that he frequented with Bunk.
- One thing that got
quickly was Dominec West's portrayal of a drunk. By far the worst acting on the showHave to agree and also him being a male whore to all the high level professional women in the series. It would have been more believable with him just picking up the numerous skanks in the bar that he frequented with Bunk.
Major
Footballguy
I will say he did provide me with one of the funniest moments in The Wire. I believe it was Season 5 when he was mounting some girl on the hood of his car and he flashed his badge at the patrolling officer. Classic McNulty.- One thing that got
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