"The Wire" on HBO

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Dr. Phil, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 03:41 (fifteen years ago) link

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Dr. Phil, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link

yess wire gifs, i have now doubled my collection

lil waynes babymama (musically), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 04:10 (fifteen years ago) link

Thanks for that Moyers interview. The part in Part 2 where he talked about the contempt newspaper owners have had for their product hits home, obviously...

Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 30 April 2009 04:30 (fifteen years ago) link

Got my dvds back from Dad woooooooooo! He couldn't get my stepmom to watch it though. Apparently he did the same bad thing that I've done on occassion - used The Wire as a club to beat shows that other people like. Not the best sales technique, really.

Full Metal Slanket (Oilyrags), Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:28 (fifteen years ago) link

Yeah, I've fallen into that trap sometimes too, definitely something to avoid - really makes you look like a douche no matter how good the show is.

Nhex, Thursday, 30 April 2009 12:18 (fifteen years ago) link

Nathan "Bodie" Barksdale and Kenny Jackson tell their versions of Baltimore's street life in The Baltimore Chronicles: Legends of the Unwired

http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=17966

just being playful and friendly (some dude), Thursday, 30 April 2009 13:24 (fifteen years ago) link

makes you look like a douche

Full Metal Slanket (Oilyrags), Thursday, 30 April 2009 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link

Is it me, or has there there been a pretty noticeable backlash against the wire brought on by the many who haven't seen it, but have been turned off it because of unending recommendation and sycophancy. To bad, as it is the sort of thing where you can't stress enough,

formerly: mehlt (Edward Saroyan), Friday, 1 May 2009 01:20 (fifteen years ago) link

how much they actually should watch it.

formerly: mehlt (Edward Saroyan), Friday, 1 May 2009 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link

I think a lot of fans forget that the show requires a ton of effort to absorb, compared to 99.9% of TV shows it's pretty impenetrable. But honestly I think the show is just as ignored as it's usually been. That said, I don't know anyone who has actually watched the show that doesn't LOVE it, but there's that - people who would be interested are the ones seeking it out, not the general public.

That City Paper article was pretty interesting - had no idea how much Simon took from real people (not just names, but things like Avon having a boxing background, or the strip club thing from S5) that went into the show.

Nhex, Friday, 1 May 2009 03:36 (fifteen years ago) link

Clay Davis in a role he was born to play:

Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link

the many who haven't seen it, but have been turned off it because of unending recommendation and sycophancy

This was my position for a very long time about (a) The Wire, (b) living in Brooklyn, and (c) Macintosh computers -- i.e., stuff I was sure was fine and lovely, but I was not interested in and getting really sick of having constantly recommended to me

Then I watched The Wire and was like yeah, this is really good

That said, my usual response to Wire recommendations was "I'll wait until it's over and the whole thing's out on DVD," and I think that was the right decision; I feel like it would have totally exhausted and bothered me to watch this week to week and season to season

nabisco, Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link

watching the wire in brooklyn on your mac

u have a new mistress my friend and her name is little debbie (omar little), Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link

I'm ready to rewatch this front-to-back now. Wish I could find a box set for a hundred bucks.

the toxic Internet art of constant callous one upsmanship (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 May 2009 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link

"that's japanese for goodbye"

the toxic Internet art of constant callous one upsmanship (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 May 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link

1-5 is £86 in the UK and $180 in the US. i am surprised. individual series here are £16, about $25.

koogs, Friday, 15 May 2009 15:10 (fifteen years ago) link

Have just arrived at the Season 3 finale. Damnit, if I don't love Bunny Colvin. That man is great.

Two Will Get You Three (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 15 May 2009 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link

I'm 3 eps away from Season 3 finale, literally cannot stop watching it. I don't know why I didn't see it when it was on TV, except that maybe it conflicted with other shows. First couple of episodes, I liked it but was a little deterred by how hard you had to work to track what was going on, who all the characters were. But man...the payoff was huge. And to find out that Richard Price, Dennis Lehane & George Pelecanos are writing for the show...DING! SOLD.

I love how initially McNulty seems like the ultimate cool police, but by Season 3 I'm just feeling like, man this dude is nowhere. So many great characters though. I kinda love Cutty.

VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 17 May 2009 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link

nabisco i was like that about the entire concept of email for awhile.. like "pffft, ok, i'm glad you're into that"

Tracer Hand, Sunday, 17 May 2009 11:51 (fifteen years ago) link

The real Barksdale comes off as kind of a creepy dude in that article.

Garri$on Kilo (Hurting 2), Sunday, 17 May 2009 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link

Not that it should be all that surprising for an ex-kingpin to be that way.

Garri$on Kilo (Hurting 2), Sunday, 17 May 2009 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link

We just watching the last season. I'm a total fangirl, I know, but fuuuuuuuck is this show great.

the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Monday, 18 May 2009 12:13 (fifteen years ago) link

As a johnny come lately, I've just finished watching season one. It's thoroughly engrossing, but trashier than I expected. The acting can be really OTT, and some of the dialogue and characters are kind of cliched, at least more so than in The Sopranos or Mad Men (though it's more plot-driven than either of those shows).

Having said that, I've compulsively watched the whole season in a week, so it's definitely very good TV. I'm just not yet convinced it deserves the 'best ever' tag.

I'm out, need to get me a re-up.

chap, Saturday, 23 May 2009 00:56 (fifteen years ago) link

I find as I watch it more I see more of the cliches and 'predictable' aspects, and at the same time, the less I care about them.

Which is to say, I've shedded off the mindset of watching it for realism and more just as a TV show that is realistic.

Edward Saroyan, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:10 (fifteen years ago) link

My sons won't watch it because I'm into it. I can relate, but, duh.

Beth Parker, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link

the dialogue & characters seem wayyyy less cliche'd than 'mad men' & way more realistic -- & much of the dialogue was taken from real life / simon's book

autogucci cru (deej), Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link

Oh for sure, I think it's top tier, except I think, because of the attention given to its realism, a lot of people get the idea it's supposed to be a sort of snapshot of reality, and when you have stuff like Hamsterdam and the Serial Killer, that it is betrayed. Granted the grittiness is so much of what makes it what it is, but I don't think of the Wire as being confined to it as much as when I watched it the first time.

Edward Saroyan, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:24 (fifteen years ago) link

the dialogue & characters seem wayyyy less cliche'd than 'mad men'

I have to disagree with you there - I recognise quite a lot of the tropes from other cop screen fiction, which I don't get from Mad Men at all (maybe because there's a bit of dearth of 60s ad agency screen fiction). As for the realism thing, Mad Men doesn't purport to be as realistic as The Wire.

But I'm being a bit harsh on it, it's definitely very good, and there are a number of characters I'm already very invested in (notably D'Angelo and Bubs). I don't yet regard it as the plateau of television drama, though.

chap, Saturday, 23 May 2009 01:32 (fifteen years ago) link

t's thoroughly engrossing, but trashier than I expected. The acting can be really OTT, and some of the dialogue and characters are kind of cliched, at least more so than in The Sopranos or Mad Men (though it's more plot-driven than either of those shows).

it makes so much more sense a few seasons in; the first season's so tight, whether it's in daniel being a smooth hardass or mcnulty being a renegade cop. the best-tv-ever thing comes with the development. i just finished season four and there are character arcs like something out of east of eden. it isn't cinematic or grandiose like the sopranos but it's genuinely complex tv without easy answers or lazy solutions, and it's pretty daring in being so morally ambiguous.

corps of discovery (schlump), Saturday, 23 May 2009 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link

So how does this compare to the other things written/recorded: Homicide, the books,... I'm totally a The Wire fangirl, can't but say it's the awesomest thing evah (yes, that includes you Sopranos)

the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Monday, 25 May 2009 12:05 (fifteen years ago) link

I can wholeheartedly endorse David Simon's original non-fiction book that all this sprung from Homicide: Life on the Killing Streets. I've read it twice. Thoroughly engrossing. A large number of characters and situtations in The Wire were pretty much directly lifted from it.

ears are wounds, Monday, 25 May 2009 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link

xp the Homicide book is really good ... the photocopier lie detector bit came from there as did the anal sex initiation jokes. It's mostly about the day to day workings of the Homicide department. Some of the supporting characters from The Wire appear: Landsman (of course), Holley, Crutchfield ...you can guess at which real people a lot of the major cop characters were drawn from, but there isn't a real one to one correspondence that I could tell.

giving a shit when it isn't your turn to give a shit (sarahel), Monday, 25 May 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link

Rick Requer = Bunk

ears are wounds, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:42 (fifteen years ago) link

Great. I'll order them when I get back from Japan. Woohoo.

I GOTTA BRAKE FREEEEE (stevienixed), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link

xp ears: Yeah, but he plays a very very minor role in the book.

giving a shit when it isn't your turn to give a shit (sarahel), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link

Yeah true, but still that is apparently that is who they based Bunk on. Just go read it if you haven't - it is well worth it.

ears are wounds, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 08:42 (fifteen years ago) link

the book is great.

not many direct wire correspondences, character-wise. one guy is a bit like pembleton tho.

FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 08:43 (fifteen years ago) link

four weeks pass...

last night's episode on bbc2 (3.03): dead bloke on pool table, pub full of fellow policemen, pogues on the bar stereo, them all singing along (badly)...

koogs, Thursday, 25 June 2009 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link

that happens a few times. It's always good.

suggestzybandias (jim), Thursday, 25 June 2009 14:33 (fifteen years ago) link

Landsman making a bit of a cringy speech?

chap, Thursday, 25 June 2009 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link

Bunk vomiting in the street?

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Thursday, 25 June 2009 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link

JIMMY!!!!!

suggestzybandias (jim), Thursday, 25 June 2009 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link

He was good po-lease.

chap, Thursday, 25 June 2009 15:17 (fifteen years ago) link

THE FUC DID I DO?!

Snop Snitchin, Thursday, 25 June 2009 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link

Is The Corner book recommended? I've seen the miniseries, and it was a little too soul-destroying for me.

Leee, Sunday, 28 June 2009 22:31 (fifteen years ago) link

that's the "on a stairmaster?" episode!

fistula pumping action (sarahel), Sunday, 28 June 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link

dead guy was actually the character played by executive producer, Robert Colesberry - who died during that season.

fistula pumping action (sarahel), Sunday, 28 June 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

kind of a jovial tone given a 17 year old kid was killed, y'know

caek, Monday, 13 July 2009 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link


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