"The Wire" on HBO

having it on 77 would suck since i'm not internet cool enough :(

77 is, AFAIK, the bathroom where the ILX burnouts go to smoke cigarettes.

Ziggy's in some new upcoming HBO show about young artists trying to make it in NYC. THough I may have gotten some promos mixed up.

somebody just invite them already

dudes 77 isnt 'exclusive' aside from the first month or so anyone on ilx can get in by asking

a mod

i want to join 77 if that thread is going there.

i'd like to be over there (77) also
season 3 re-watch is killing it

would also like 77 invite.

sarahel, just finished season three. you guys were right, it definitely did pick up! loved that godfather II scene at avon's harbourview place (but damned if they didn't telegraph that from a mile away).

thinwall, actually I was talking about slim charles laying into his guys for shooting at omar's grandma on a sunday! but his speech in the last episode was good too. looking forward to seeing more of him + marlo in season 4

slim charles laying into his guys for shooting at omar's grandma on a sunday!

yesssssss

I hate to spoil it for you, dyao, but Mr. 40-degree-day doesn't reappear in later seasons.

Recently re-watched Season 4 and most of the things that bothered me the first time didn't this time, while the stuff that was powerful stayed that way, and a lot of subtle stuff came to the fore. (Only real complaint besides the dubbed-sounding "Are you going to look out for me?" scene in the hospital: The subtitles are absurdly inaccurate. Oh, and felons can vote in Maryland now, though I'm not sure they could when this aired.)

There were scenes I'd sworn were long by how much of an impression they made, and took maybe 30 seconds, like Colvin walking through the school looking into different classrooms, some effective, some depressing. And the politics-education themes seemed to speak to each other more emphatically the second time around, our candidate learning from his teachers as he goes, and finally learning that he has to screw the schools to be a successful politician, with Colvin's project falling by the wayside. The last scene, with an older-looking Donut still a little small for the vehicle he's stolen blowing the stop sign and then the camera resting on the neighborhood, is as beautiful as anything the show ever did.

the second time I watched season 4 the whole failed fathers and sons - that I guess could be extrapolated as teachers and students - theme became a lot more salient.

I'm waiting for Lester to be implicated/fall on his face on something, he seems way too perfect for the show

Or just learning in general: From the nail gun scene to Michael learning how to kill to Carcetti learning how to be "mayoral." And the teachers learning how to teach, or failing to. The whole arc of Cutty trying to reach Michael, picking up on Michael's uneasiness about adult male affection, misreading it somewhat (as just homophobia), overcompensating and coming off fake, and finally losing him but at least reaching some kind of understanding--that whole thread is so subtle, it's easy to forget the first time.

dyao - i don't want to give anything away. but - season 5 - you are on to something.

I would very much like to see this ENBB job thread but I am against the very concept of the 77 board

er x-posts

I assume she's not willing to post it on the public internet, so it's there or nowhere.

deindex it

still on the public internet if you're being cautious (which is probably justified if you're liveblogging your job (lol me))

was gonna say (also hi dere I will doctor on America soonish yokes)

I'd like to join 77 to read this too. i really like the freakanomics blog about watching the wire with gangsters, would be interesting to see how it resonates with kids.

I would love to read this on 77.

Oh wow guys. OK I am definitely going to do this. I just need to find out a way to do so and feel comfortable about it. Will post here with link once I figure it out. BTW earlier tonight one of the girls said I reminded her of C who is another youth worker. I asked why and she shrugged, "Well, you're both white. You all sort of look the same to me." lol.

disc 2 of season 4 has been overdue for more than 2 weeks at my library ;_;

c'mon guy, bring it back

hey guy who has the Wire season 4 disc 2, it was due on November 29th, 2009. today is December 14th, 2009. why did you do that?

you got to. this is america, man.

http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n12/htdocs/david-simon-280.php

any progress enbb?

Okay, enough effing around already: somebody please help lead me to the fabled land of 77. Won't you please?

"please enter Email Address as used for login ID"
or just webmail that addy to me

wow, that is a massive interview!

Deric, visit the "Boards" section and drop by 77

long ass interview but it doesnt really cover any new ground unforch

any progress enbb?

― fictional, homosexual, Baltimore hoodlum (forksclovetofu), Friday, December 18, 2009 2:52 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

Yes! Have talked about it with my supervisor and a bunch of participants and ppl seem interested. Now I just have to run it by the big bosses and organize the logistics etc. I think it's definitely going to happen but not until January at this point - too much going on right now. Will keep you posted.

Looking forward!

have taken to downloading a torrent of the missing episodes at a blazing 0.4 kb/s

thanks to an angel seeder I got my disc

loool at carcetti's campaign manager

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/The_Wire_Norman_Wilson.jpg/250px-The_Wire_Norman_Wilson.jpghttp://project1962.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/equal-sign.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/54/Karl_the_Simpsons.png/200px-Karl_the_Simpsons.png

IS that in regards to being great assistant figures or having great voices?

Although there should have been a scene in The Wire where Norman did the whole "my mother taught me to never kiss a fool" slap Carcetti on the ass thing.

a little from column a, a little from column b

man season five is some bullshit

I've just been called in to see McNulty as Scrooge's nephew in this afternoon's christmas film

one thing i never get about this show--and i say this as a complete and total fan--is how people bend over backwards saying how "realisitic" it is. i mean, it is, comparatively, with almost everything else on tv. but plenty of the scenes and set-ups are totally contrived, the acting can be hammy, there's more speechifying than ever goes on in real life, and whoever upthread was way on the money when they said there was a certain "no chief, YOU'RE out of order" quality about mcnulty.
that said, best show on tv.

― Bea Arthur - Lost COmic GEnius ? (dubplatestyle), Saturday, June 24, 2006 11:54 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark

this is very OTM

yeah as soon as the show became "important" I started to see faults that didn't bother me the first time watching it, because back then I was comparing it to other cop shows on TV at the time, instead of thinking of it as The Best Show Ever Made.

How much of this is because you were watching it a second time though?

man season five is some bullshit

The last third of it is good.