The Wire (1 Viewer)

[Apple Jack]

Interesting that the only annoying character in the life of the show and his character's boss are played by two most accomplished people outside of the show.

Which two characters are you talking about?

Templeton and Gus.

Ah.

All three movies written and directed by Tom McCarthy are brilliant.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I have no problem with Season 2. Probably some of the best acting in the entire series...Chris Bauer, Pablo Schrieber, James Ransone were all exceptional. Although I did think the Brother Mouzone character was pretty weak.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Season 2 is underrated. Not my favorite, but not as bad as people say it is.I think 5 was the "worst." A bit heavy-handed, IMO.

I'm about 3 or 4 episodes into S5 (McNutty just told Freamon about his serial killer scam) and I agree that it seems that the quality has dropped some.

They had to cut down the number of episodes, so I think a lot of things got rushed as they crammed 13 episodes into 10.

Yeah, it seems like it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Season 2 is brilliant, and unlike any police drama ever filmed.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

What's up with showing Rawls in a gay bar and then never going anywhere with it?

 

[Apple Jack]

What's up with showing Rawls in a gay bar and then never going anywhere with it?

Imagine all the guys in BPD who had to deal with strange looks after that with people wondering who inspired that scene.

 

[Swing 51]

What's up with showing Rawls in a gay bar and then never going anywhere with it?

Was it a few seasons later when they showed some graffiti in a bathroom at the precinct (?): "Rawls sucks ####"

 

[Raider Nation]

P.S. What are your thoughts on Mr. Prezbo's teaching techniques? Grabbing any pointers?

He was pretty terrible at first. No classroom management, turning his back on the kids, not laying down the law right off the bat.

Have you ever washed a poor student's dirty clothing at your house, or given one a sandwich because you "packed too much"?I suspect there aren't many destitute children in the Bakersfield area, but I know that's something you would totally do.No shtick.

 

[Raider Nation]

What's up with showing Rawls in a gay bar and then never going anywhere with it?

Yeah, that's been mentioned in here a lot. Felt like the writers just f'ing with us.Funny in retrospect to hear all of his homo comments knowing what we know now.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

P.S. What are your thoughts on Mr. Prezbo's teaching techniques? Grabbing any pointers?

He was pretty terrible at first. No classroom management, turning his back on the kids, not laying down the law right off the bat.

Have you ever washed a poor student's dirty clothing at your house, or given one a sandwich because you "packed too much"?I suspect there aren't many destitute children in the Bakersfield area, but I know that's something you would totally do.No shtick.

Oh there are plenty of poor kids here in town, just not where I teach.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Oh yeah...the worst thing about the show? The GD theme song. I don't care which version it is, it's terrible.

 

[Raider Nation]

Oh yeah...the worst thing about the show? The GD theme song. I don't care which version it is, it's terrible.

Liked the S1 version, then it got worse as it went on.

 

[Apple Jack]

You're insane. It's a brilliant song.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

You're insane. It's a brilliant song.

Tom Waits is overrated garbage.

 

[Chaka]

You're insane. It's a brilliant song.

Tom Waits is overrated garbage. underrated genius.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

S2 is universally loved.

you're mistaken here.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Interesting that the only annoying character in the life of the show and his character's boss are played by two most accomplished people outside of the show.

Herc?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Oh yeah...the worst thing about the show? The GD theme song. I don't care which version it is, it's terrible.

I listen to the soundtrack often. Love it.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

You really don't find a lot of underrated garbage out there.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I think season two is pretty much universally ranked #4 out of five seasons (with season five coming in behind it). That's not because season two was bad. It was great. It's just that seasons one, three, and four were phenomenal.

Four and two are the most common pairing I've seen at the top. Then again this is just my friends and a handful of music boards I'm basing it on. No idea how it's been received on a wider level.

4 > 3 >> 1 >> 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5

 

[Apple Jack]

Interesting that the only annoying character in the life of the show and his character's boss are played by two most accomplished people outside of the show.

Herc?

Templeton wrote and directed The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win. All great. Gus has directed a bunch of stuff, including iirc the pilot of The Wire.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Interesting that the only annoying character in the life of the show and his character's boss are played by two most accomplished people outside of the show.

Herc?

Templeton wrote and directed The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win. All great. Gus has directed a bunch of stuff, including iirc the pilot of The Wire.

I did hate Templeton, but Herc and Ziggy were both very annoying. Some hated Walon too.So, I'm going to disagree that Templeton was the only annoying character in the life of the show.

Interesting background on Clark Johnson (who played Gus) from wikipedia:

Early years

Johnson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to an African American father and a White mother. The family eventually moved to Canada.[2] He attended Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. He has three siblings[2] including jazz singer Molly Johnson and actress and singer Taborah Johnson.

Johnson attended Eastern Michigan University on a partial athletic scholarship for football, but he was expelled after he was caught stealing turkey frankfurters from the school cafeteria.[3] He attended several other universities including Loyola and the University of Ottawa before ending up at the Ontario College of Art as a film major.[3]

Career

Johnson was drafted by the Canadian Football League, and even played short stints with the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers before he decided he had "better try and get some sort of job."

Johnson started in film doing special effects, including David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone. This behind-the-scenes work often served as a "backup" for him during the early stages of his acting career.

He began performing in feature films in 1981, landing roles in the movies Killing 'em Softly, Colors, Wild Thing, Adventures in Babysitting, and Nowhere to Hide. He also acted in a number of television shows early in his career, including The Littlest Hobo, Night Heat, Hot Shots and E.N.G.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I've sent in a request to HBO that they re-release all of the DVD's with Walon completely edited out.

 

[Apple Jack]

Loved Waylon. I've known that character. Also doesn't hurt that I'm a big Steve Earle fan.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Bubbles needed a Waylon type. As a recovering junkie himself, Steve Earle knew what he was doing with that role.

 

[Carver]

I've sent in a request to HBO that they re-release all of the DVD's with Walon completely edited out.

Mine was similar... I requested that they splice in a Bee-Keepers Mask and give him a Robot voice.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Loved Waylon. I've known that character. Also doesn't hurt that I'm a big Steve Earle fan.

Earle nailed that role.

 

[Charlie Frown]

Last night I dreamed I banged Deirdre Lovejoy.

 

[jamny]

Cutty added to the cast of Walking Dead next season.

 

[shuke]

Bubbles needed a Waylon type. As a recovering junkie himself, Steve Earle knew what he was doing with that role.

I don't think people have a problem with the Waylon character. It's just that Steve Earle is a horrible actor.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Bubbles needed a Waylon type. As a recovering junkie himself, Steve Earle knew what he was doing with that role.

I don't think people have a problem with the Waylon character. It's just that Steve Earle is a horrible actor.

Beyond abysmal. I understand the purpose that character serves, and it's a worthwhile one, but he just stunk. He stunk in Treme too.

 

[Apple Jack]

Bubbles needed a Waylon type. As a recovering junkie himself, Steve Earle knew what he was doing with that role.

I don't think people have a problem with the Waylon character. It's just that Steve Earle is a horrible actor.

Beyond abysmal. I understand the purpose that character serves, and it's a worthwhile one, but he just stunk. He stunk in Treme too.

You're the gourmet around here, Ed.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Finished the entire series today. As stated above you can really tell they had to cram a lot into the last season.

All-in-all it was a very good show. I wish I had watched it during the original run so I wasn't watching it with all of the hype floating around in my head.

 

[Raider Nation]

Finished the entire series today.

Break down Bubbles for me.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Finished the entire series today.

Break down Bubbles for me.

Great actor, great character.

 

[Raider Nation]

Finished the entire series today.

Break down Bubbles for me.

Great actor, great character.

You could feel his pain before he...

Spoiler

hung himself

The spoiler probably isn't necessary at this point, but I'd hate to have someone read that before seeing it.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Finished the entire series today.

Break down Bubbles for me.

Great actor, great character.

You could feel his pain before he...

Spoiler

hung himself

The spoiler probably isn't necessary at this point, but I'd hate to have someone read that before seeing it.

Why he was never nominated for an Emmy is a shame.

 

[Raider Nation]

Finished the entire series today.

Break down Bubbles for me.

Great actor, great character.

You could feel his pain before he...

Spoiler

hung himself

Spoiler

The spoiler probably isn't necessary at this point, but I'd hate to have someone read that before seeing it.

Why he was never nominated for an Emmy is a shame.I blame McNUTTY!

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Finished the entire series today.

Break down Bubbles for me.

Great actor, great character.

You could feel his pain before he...

Spoiler

hung himself

Spoiler

The spoiler probably isn't necessary at this point, but I'd hate to have someone read that before seeing it.

Spoiler

Why he was never nominated for an Emmy is a shame.

I blame McNUTTY!Not even that great of an actor. Pierce and Peters outshined him. Even Harris and Elba. But not whoever played Kima. Boring character, so-so actress.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

 

[Apple Jack]

RIP inspiration for Omar

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/reformed-hitman-who-inspired-wires-403020

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Finished the entire series today.

Break down Bubbles for me.

Great actor, great character.

You could feel his pain before he...

Spoiler

hung himself

Spoiler

The spoiler probably isn't necessary at this point, but I'd hate to have someone read that before seeing it.

Why he was never nominated for an Emmy is a shame. Watched season 1 for the fifth or six time recently, watching season II again as I type this.

 

[Apple Jack]

Finished the entire series today.

Break down Bubbles for me.

Great actor, great character.

You could feel his pain before he...

Spoiler

hung himself

Spoiler

The spoiler probably isn't necessary at this point, but I'd hate to have someone read that before seeing it.

Spoiler

Why he was never nominated for an Emmy is a shame.

Watched season 1 for the fifth or six time recently, watching season II again as I type this.

Nobody bothered to watch the show, that's why. I don't even recall any nominations, let alone wins.

 

[Raider Nation]

Felt so bad for Bubbs when he thought it was Herc coming to save him, but he got yet another beatdown for his trouble.

 

[The Ref]

Felt so bad for Bubbs when he thought it was Herc coming to save him, but he got yet another beatdown for his trouble.

Snitches get stitches.

 

[Raider Nation]

Felt so bad for Bubbs when he thought it was Herc coming to save him, but he got yet another beatdown for his trouble.

Snitches get stitches.

And then some.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Felt so bad for Bubbs when he thought it was Herc coming to save him, but he got yet another beatdown for his trouble.

Herc is a terrible person.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Felt so bad for Bubbs when he thought it was Herc coming to save him, but he got yet another beatdown for his trouble.

Herc is a terrible person.

His entire purpose on the show was to be a meathead ####up.

 

[Apple Jack]

Felt so bad for Bubbs when he thought it was Herc coming to save him, but he got yet another beatdown for his trouble.

Herc is a terrible person.

Yes. And that Bubbles beating was one of the hardest things to watch on a show that did hard things to watch very well. Best character ever.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Felt so bad for Bubbs when he thought it was Herc coming to save him, but he got yet another beatdown for his trouble.

Herc is a terrible person.

His entire purpose on the show was to be a meathead ####up.

Thanks, coach.