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'Apple Jack said:
'Leeroy Jenkins said:
Kima is being way undervalued here. While she wasn't one of my top characters, she was way more valuable to the show than Herc or Dukie IMO.
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I disagree. Kima obviously got more screen time, but the Dukie arc was more important to the show. The next crop of junkies and players moving onto the field.
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I liked the Dukie arc season 4 but I thought the way they handled him as "the next bubbles" was poor.Kima getting shot was major.
 
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My top 4 seeds, with sensible regions.

Not necessarily my favorites, but where they should be for a public vote.

The Law Half

Real Poooolice Region

1. Bunk

2. McNulty (Can't be any lower. If this show had a "main character" he'd be it)

3. Freamon

4. Kima

Bureaucrat Region

1. Rawls

2. Colvin (though obviously real police)

3. Clay Davis

4. Landsman

The Street Half

On the Corners Region (Soldiers, Junkies, Pawns, etc)

1. Omar

2. Bubbles (hate to do it to him, but everybody's gotta lose to Omar sometime)

3. Bodie

4. Snoop

King Stay the King Region

1. Stringer

2. Prop Joe

3. Avon

4. Marlo

 
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Clay Davis is awesome but I would be fine flipping him and Bubs to make Bubbles a 2 seed and Davis a 7 seed.

Also, I think De'londa gets an honorable mention. Possibly the worst mother on TV since Penny's mom on Good Times.

 
Cheese didn't really stand out on the show. He was involved in some plot lines, but he didn't do anything memorable besides betray his uncle.

 
'comfortably numb said:
They could have gone all the way to 64 and given better top seeding out to several awesome characters.

Freamon a #5 seed???

Can we list 32 more names worthy for a 64??

Butchie

Brianna Barksdale

Namond

Burrell

Spiros

Valcheck

Nick Sobatka

Royce

the greek

Carver

Beadie

Rhonda

Beadie

Poot

Landsman

Donut
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Agree. If they're worried about not enough people knowing the obscure characters, they need to remember this is being filled out by Wire fans. No fan of the show "only" remembers a couple of the big name characters.IMDB shows 66 characters that appeared at least 13 times. And that's not even counting Ziggy's duck or Fuzzy Dunlap.

 
'comfortably numb said:
'Sarnoff said:
64? Seriously? Is #33, #45, or #64 going to have any chance at beating Omar? Let's just cut to the chase here.
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It's why you play the game.Even Omar didn't account for the underdog.
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It's a less arbitrary way to get to 32, if you start with 64. No one is saying Slim Charles should beat Omar, but there are some in the final 32 he did have a legit shot at besting if they were an 8/9 or 7/10 match-up.
 
Love the bracket idea. I will be signing in to facebook for the first time in a long time to vote for this stuff :thumbup:

Easy to complain about rankings, but its up to voters so all you gotta do is beat whoever youre going against. Rankings sort of moot here.

I do think there were quite a few misses on omissions/inclusions

Bad Inclusions:

Ziggy

Cheese

Levy

Daniels (plenty of screen time, but meh)

Serge

Frank Sobotka

Omissions/Replacements:

Slim Charles

Carver

Sydnor

Landsman

Spiros

Poot

Surprised no one has mentioned Sydnor yet. Id defintiely have him in the 32.

A few people have questioned Wallace, Dukie, Wee-Bey, and Cutty but I think theyre all worthy.

 
'Kenny Powers said:
Love the bracket idea. I will be signing in to facebook for the first time in a long time to vote for this stuff :thumbup:Easy to complain about rankings, but its up to voters so all you gotta do is beat whoever youre going against. Rankings sort of moot here.I do think there were quite a few misses on omissions/inclusionsBad Inclusions:ZiggyCheeseLevyDaniels (plenty of screen time, but meh)SergeFrank SobotkaOmissions/Replacements:Slim CharlesCarverSydnorLandsmanSpirosPootSurprised no one has mentioned Sydnor yet. Id defintiely have him in the 32.A few people have questioned Wallace, Dukie, Wee-Bey, and Cutty but I think theyre all worthy.
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You can't take Daniels out.He was awesome in so many ways.The way he told Prezbo how he was going to handle pistol whipping the kid.Then when he told prezbo he had to get a lawyerHow he stuck up for his guysWasn't gonna be jooking any statsOnly knock is walking around like he had a 4' broom stick up his ###
 
'Kenny Powers said:
Love the bracket idea. I will be signing in to facebook for the first time in a long time to vote for this stuff :thumbup:Easy to complain about rankings, but its up to voters so all you gotta do is beat whoever youre going against. Rankings sort of moot here.I do think there were quite a few misses on omissions/inclusionsBad Inclusions:ZiggyCheeseLevyDaniels (plenty of screen time, but meh)SergeFrank SobotkaOmissions/Replacements:Slim CharlesCarverSydnorLandsmanSpirosPootSurprised no one has mentioned Sydnor yet. Id defintiely have him in the 32.A few people have questioned Wallace, Dukie, Wee-Bey, and Cutty but I think theyre all worthy.
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Ziggy was classic. He belongs in more than anyone introduced in Season 2 (including Spiros).
 
'Chaka said:
'Kenny Powers said:
Love the bracket idea. I will be signing in to facebook for the first time in a long time to vote for this stuff :thumbup:Easy to complain about rankings, but its up to voters so all you gotta do is beat whoever youre going against. Rankings sort of moot here.I do think there were quite a few misses on omissions/inclusionsBad Inclusions:ZiggyCheeseLevyDaniels (plenty of screen time, but meh)SergeFrank SobotkaOmissions/Replacements:Slim CharlesCarverSydnorLandsmanSpirosPootSurprised no one has mentioned Sydnor yet. Id defintiely have him in the 32.A few people have questioned Wallace, Dukie, Wee-Bey, and Cutty but I think theyre all worthy.
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Ziggy was classic. He belongs in more than anyone introduced in Season 2 (including Spiros).
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Ziggy isnt winning a vote against anyone so a pretty pointless inclusion IMO
 
'The Noid said:
'comfortably numb said:
'Sarnoff said:
64? Seriously? Is #33, #45, or #64 going to have any chance at beating Omar? Let's just cut to the chase here.
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It's why you play the game.Even Omar didn't account for the underdog.
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It's a less arbitrary way to get to 32, if you start with 64. No one is saying Slim Charles should beat Omar, but there are some in the final 32 he did have a legit shot at besting if they were an 8/9 or 7/10 match-up.
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If you dorks really care about #7 vs. #10 even though either's gonna lose in the next round anyway, I'm sure it won't take much convincing to have Tim come in here and set up a tedious bracket for you.
 
The Mike Schur Rebuttal Bracket and Some Smacketology FAQetology: http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/44995/the-mike-schur-rebuttal-bracket-and-some-smacketology-faqetology

1. McNulty

2. Avon Barksdale

3. Daniels

4. Kima Greggs

5. Chris Partlow

6. Prezbo

7. Herc

8. Rawls

9. Mayor Royce

10. Rhonda Pearlman

11. Valchek

12. Orlando

13. Norman

14. Walon

15. Scott Templeton

16. Fitzhugh

1. Stringer

2. Michael

3. Marlo

4. Bunny Colvin

5. Bodie

6. The Greek

7. Burrell

8. Beadie

9. Frank Sobotka

10. Gus

11. Stinkum

12. Brianna Barksdale

13. Namond Brice

14. Shardene

15. Kenard

16. Nerese Campbell

1. Omar

2. Bubbs

3. Snoop

4. Cutty

5. Wallace

6. Carver

7. Carcetti

8. Levy

9. Slim Charles

10. Sydnor

11. Dukie

12. Poot

13. Butchie

14. Donette

15. Landsman

16. Donut the car thief

1. Bunk

2. Prop Joe

3. D’Angelo Barksdale

4. Lester Freamon

5. Clay Davis

6. Wee-Bey

7. Brother Mouzone

8. Randy

9. Cheese

10. Vondas

11. Odell Watkins

12. The Deacon

13. Serge

14. Detective Crutchfield

15. Ziggy

16. Terry D’Agostino

 
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'Raider Nation said:
Would Rawls really be seen in a gay bar ANYWHERE NEAR the Baltimore city limits?
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I know your a Sopranos fanboy RN but as I have said before in other threads. If something = to Rawls being in a gay bar happened in the Sopranos after season 2 it would have been the main story of the season. In the wire its just a little factoid to help understand a charachter. Stark contast here and just one of the reasons why The Wire is the best series ever IMHO.
 
'Aaron Rudnicki said:
The Mike Schur Rebuttal Bracket and Some Smacketology FAQetology: http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/44995/the-mike-schur-rebuttal-bracket-and-some-smacketology-faqetology
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I think these are the 8 that would advance from each bracket:1. McNulty

2. Avon Barksdale

3. Daniels

4. Kima Greggs

5. Chris Partlow

6. Prezbo

7. Herc

8. Rawls

1. Stringer

2. Michael

3. Marlo

4. Bunny Colvin

5. Bodie

6. The Greek

7. Burrell

9. Frank Sobotka

1. Omar

2. Bubbs

3. Snoop

13. Butchie

7. Carcetti

9. Slim Charles

12. Poot

13. Butchie

1. Bunk

2. Prop Joe

3. D’Angelo Barksdale

4. Lester Freamon

5. Clay Davis

6. Wee-Bey

7. Brother Mouzone

9. Cheese

Horrible putting Landsman in as a 15 seed and putting him up against Bubbles in the first round. Mostly a lot of chalk advances though.

Sweet 16:

1. McNulty

2. Avon Barksdale

6. Prezbo

4. Kima Greggs

1. Stringer

2. Michael

3. Marlo

4. Bunny Colvin

1. Omar

2. Bubbs

3. Snoop

13. Butchie

1. Bunk

2. Prop Joe

3. D’Angelo Barksdale

4. Lester Freamon

toughest matchups were Bodie vs Bunny Colvin and Brother Mouzone vs Prop Joe.

Elite 8:

1. McNulty

2. Avon Barksdale

1. Stringer

3. Marlo

1. Omar

2. Bubbs

1. Bunk

2. Prop Joe

Bubbles vs Snoop was almost too close to call.

Final 4:

1. McNulty

1. Stringer

1. Omar

1. Bunk

4 top seeds advance. Bubbles taken out by Omar, Marlo loses to Stringer, McNulty beats Avon, and Bunk beats Prop Joe.

 
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'The Ref said:
'Raider Nation said:
Would Rawls really be seen in a gay bar ANYWHERE NEAR the Baltimore city limits?
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I know your a Sopranos fanboy RN but as I have said before in other threads. If something = to Rawls being in a gay bar happened in the Sopranos after season 2 it would have been the main story of the season. In the wire its just a little factoid to help understand a charachter. Stark contast here and just one of the reasons why The Wire is the best series ever IMHO.
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His point is why would Rawls risk being found out by going to a place that close to home. Wouldn't it make more sense to indulge in that somewhere farther away? Though I suppose it could be argued that what other cop is going to see him unless he is also gay. If someone just happened to see him walking out, he probably would have some excuse like he was on an investigation or something. I guess he'd have to be careful not to walk out with anyone he picked up.
 
'Please See Mine said:
'The Ref said:
'Raider Nation said:
Would Rawls really be seen in a gay bar ANYWHERE NEAR the Baltimore city limits?
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I know your a Sopranos fanboy RN but as I have said before in other threads. If something = to Rawls being in a gay bar happened in the Sopranos after season 2 it would have been the main story of the season. In the wire its just a little factoid to help understand a charachter. Stark contast here and just one of the reasons why The Wire is the best series ever IMHO.
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His point is why would Rawls risk being found out by going to a place that close to home. Wouldn't it make more sense to indulge in that somewhere farther away? Though I suppose it could be argued that what other cop is going to see him unless he is also gay. If someone just happened to see him walking out, he probably would have some excuse like he was on an investigation or something. I guess he'd have to be careful not to walk out with anyone he picked up.
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Oh I get the point perfectly. But my point stands as well.
 
'Please See Mine said:
'The Ref said:
'Raider Nation said:
Would Rawls really be seen in a gay bar ANYWHERE NEAR the Baltimore city limits?
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I know your a Sopranos fanboy RN but as I have said before in other threads. If something = to Rawls being in a gay bar happened in the Sopranos after season 2 it would have been the main story of the season. In the wire its just a little factoid to help understand a charachter. Stark contast here and just one of the reasons why The Wire is the best series ever IMHO.
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His point is why would Rawls risk being found out by going to a place that close to home. Wouldn't it make more sense to indulge in that somewhere farther away? Though I suppose it could be argued that what other cop is going to see him unless he is also gay. If someone just happened to see him walking out, he probably would have some excuse like he was on an investigation or something. I guess he'd have to be careful not to walk out with anyone he picked up.
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This is silly and way over-analyzing. He's a person. He doesn't feel like driving down to DC to have a few beers and get some head. But if we have to really think about it, the likelihood of anybody recognizing him is slim and none and even if somebody does, they're gay, too, and gay people don't run around outing people who are in the closet, no matter how much of an ahole they are at work. And even if he was found out, who would care? You don't run for commissioner.
 
'Apple Jack said:
'Please See Mine said:
'The Ref said:
'Raider Nation said:
Would Rawls really be seen in a gay bar ANYWHERE NEAR the Baltimore city limits?
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I know your a Sopranos fanboy RN but as I have said before in other threads. If something = to Rawls being in a gay bar happened in the Sopranos after season 2 it would have been the main story of the season. In the wire its just a little factoid to help understand a charachter. Stark contast here and just one of the reasons why The Wire is the best series ever IMHO.
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His point is why would Rawls risk being found out by going to a place that close to home. Wouldn't it make more sense to indulge in that somewhere farther away? Though I suppose it could be argued that what other cop is going to see him unless he is also gay. If someone just happened to see him walking out, he probably would have some excuse like he was on an investigation or something. I guess he'd have to be careful not to walk out with anyone he picked up.
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This is silly and way over-analyzing. He's a person. He doesn't feel like driving down to DC to have a few beers and get some head. But if we have to really think about it, the likelihood of anybody recognizing him is slim and none and even if somebody does, they're gay, too, and gay people don't run around outing people who are in the closet, no matter how much of an ahole they are at work. And even if he was found out, who would care? You don't run for commissioner.
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Is this accurate?Was he ever on TV dealing with investigations at some time?

 
Am I the only one who found Omar's death ... unsatisfying?

You have this badass who scares the hell out of everyone for five seasons, and instead of a possible Marlo/Omar showdown, he gets taken out by a little hopper. Even the way the scene was shot was anti-climactic. One second he's buying cigarettes, and the next second he's laying on the ground. No buildup, no tension, no suspense. Nothing. It wasn't a death befitting a television icon.

 
'Raider Nation said:
Am I the only one who found Omar's death ... unsatisfying?

You have this badass who scares the hell out of everyone for five seasons, and instead of a possible Marlo/Omar showdown, he gets taken out by a little hopper. Even the way the scene was shot was anti-climactic. One second he's buying cigarettes, and the next second he's laying on the ground. No buildup, no tension, no suspense. Nothing. It wasn't a death befitting a television icon.
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I think that was all on purpose to show that these guys don't have the glamorous endings that you might think. Also, it shows vulnerability in the most badass.
 
'Raider Nation said:
Am I the only one who found Omar's death ... unsatisfying?

You have this badass who scares the hell out of everyone for five seasons, and instead of a possible Marlo/Omar showdown, he gets taken out by a little hopper. Even the way the scene was shot was anti-climactic. One second he's buying cigarettes, and the next second he's laying on the ground. No buildup, no tension, no suspense. Nothing. It wasn't a death befitting a television icon.
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I disagree on this one. It was a perfect death. No banger, not Stringer, not Marlo, no one, could get near Omar without getting smoked. The only way to take him out, aside from global thermonuclear war (maybe), was exactly how it happened. And I think it was intentionally unsatisfying. Omar was The Man in the streets but once his body got to the morgue he was virtually anonymous. His body got mistagged even. Nobody knew or cared who he was. I think that was all very intentional.
 
'Chaka said:
'Raider Nation said:
Am I the only one who found Omar's death ... unsatisfying?

You have this badass who scares the hell out of everyone for five seasons, and instead of a possible Marlo/Omar showdown, he gets taken out by a little hopper. Even the way the scene was shot was anti-climactic. One second he's buying cigarettes, and the next second he's laying on the ground. No buildup, no tension, no suspense. Nothing. It wasn't a death befitting a television icon.
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I disagree on this one. It was a perfect death. No banger, not Stringer, not Marlo, no one, could get near Omar without getting smoked. The only way to take him out, aside from global thermonuclear war (maybe), was exactly how it happened. And I think it was intentionally unsatisfying. Omar was The Man in the streets but once his body got to the morgue he was virtually anonymous. His body got mistagged even. Nobody knew or cared who he was. I think that was all very intentional.
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Hmmm. I endorse this reasoning.
 
'Chaka said:
'Raider Nation said:
Am I the only one who found Omar's death ... unsatisfying?

You have this badass who scares the hell out of everyone for five seasons, and instead of a possible Marlo/Omar showdown, he gets taken out by a little hopper. Even the way the scene was shot was anti-climactic. One second he's buying cigarettes, and the next second he's laying on the ground. No buildup, no tension, no suspense. Nothing. It wasn't a death befitting a television icon.
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I disagree on this one. It was a perfect death. No banger, not Stringer, not Marlo, no one, could get near Omar without getting smoked. The only way to take him out, aside from global thermonuclear war (maybe), was exactly how it happened. And I think it was intentionally unsatisfying. Omar was The Man in the streets but once his body got to the morgue he was virtually anonymous. His body got mistagged even. Nobody knew or cared who he was. I think that was all very intentional.
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Absolutely.
 
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