"The Wire" on HBO

i'll allow it

Let's not forget about Cheese, great Method acting.

https://i.imgur.com/j4CPSE8.gif

also not thrilled w Brother Mouzone as a character, he seems really contrived and like deliberately engineered to be a fan favorite but in a heavy handed improbable way. He's, like, a favorite character for people who loved Boondock Saints.

― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:57 AM (yesterday)

otm!

i've made it to season five and last night i had the idea that it would be cool if ilx people made an online album that was versions of "way down in the hole" for non-existent seasons of The Wire. what would the season 11 version sound like in 2014? they wouldn't have to be good either in keeping with most of the actual versions. i got really good at fast-forwarding through that tom waits one. ugh.

okay, maybe its a dumb idea with limited appeal.

i have really enjoyed watching the show.

Isn't the Tom Waits the original? Not that that would make it better (though it is the best)

TW's is the original.

"way down in the hole" is good

I came to like every version, but I could also skip to the cold open on VLC with remarkable precision

Neville Bros are my favorite

I'll do a plaintive acoustic falsetto auto-tune version, for the season dealing with gentrification.

Lake Trout is converted to farm-to-table.

Put me down for the "Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs" version of the theme, which will be season 13 iirc

Heading into The Wire: The Musical territory here.

I'll do a plaintive acoustic falsetto auto-tune version, for the season dealing with gentrification.

― Frederik B, Thursday, April 19, 2018 4:57 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

read this as auto fellatio

about as accurate a description of the bon iver aesthetic i'm going for

haha

bone i vore

Put me down for the "Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs" version of the theme, which will be season 13 iirc

― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, April 19, 2018 9:43 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is amazing

I'm in for the NIN "Head Down In A Hole" version.

i had to document that moment at prop joe's house. close your eyes...

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31120721_10156821358797137_7965470325907637694_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=06730c76aa201fd51a73bf913e7150ab&oe=5B6F1ED2

finished watching season 5. that part where the newspaper guy asks which story to run and they don't run a story on omar dying is so sad for some reason. and then michael and dukie turning into omar and bubbles...that last episode is a good example of how to do a last episode.

I just read that Wire oral history book. Apparently HBO didn't give Simon the full 13-episode run for Season 5, so he had to condense the storyline, which is probably why some people find it unsatisfying. Some minor characters (the female reporter, for instance, who happens to be married to Deangelo Barksdale in real life) were going to be fleshed out more, but no time. Also, the dude reporter who was angling for a Pulitzer was going to have a crisis of conscience, but that storyline had to be chopped.

The actor kid who iced Omar was pretty traumatized by that scene.

yeah the whole media world was so underdeveloped compared to every other setting of the show

the Sun stuff was worth it just for clark johnson because he is the best.

just the day-to-day work stuff with him. i could watch that forever.

agree 100%

god, rewatching season two and I’m exasperated at the idea that a motivated, smart person like Beadie ended up hooking up with shitbird McNulty

agree

honestly even watching S1 it’s like HOW is he getting any play at all

all vaginas should be permanently closed for any and all McNulty business imo

David Simon & his dumb wish-fulfillment

SLOPPY DRUNK FUCKUPS ARE A NO BONE-ZONE

nah bad boys are way fuckable

he is not a bad boy

he is a tool

he is absolutely a tool but

ok maybe i’m being too obstinate

he is v handsome.

ugh he’s just such a terrible human it pains me

it’s hard

personally i would prob fuck mcnutty and regret it

oh yeah, he has charisma and is an intriguing dumbass

the final season of him being completely jaded and off the wagon was a good denouement

he’s the kind of intriguing but terminally cursed guy that acquaintances would reminisce together and laugh about dating

mcnutty, to me, is forever the squirrel who would perch outside my window in the apartment I had when I first watched the wire

he was also a sassy misguided fool

THE WIRE (2002 - 2008) pic.twitter.com/6g6FQYj3md

— popular comedy account “the pixelated boat” (@pixelatedboat) August 11, 2017

If you think he's a tool in this, you should see him in The Affair

i would prob fuck a lot of ppl on the wire and regret it but mcnulty is DEF not one of them

herc, carver, clay davis, frank sobotka, cutty/dennis, hell maybe even rawls if i was really drunk and he was kinda bossy but mcnulty turns me off in every way possible

is their wire slash? there must be. mcnulty/stringer handcuff scenarios would practically write themselves.

rawls in the gay bar was so brilliant. it's like 5 seconds long!

You need to keep your eyes open w/Rawls is all I'm gonna say.

― omar little, Sunday, March 25, 2018 11:26 AM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha, yeah, was just about to say: Stevie, you have a jaw-droppingly fantastic, blink and you miss it Rawls moment coming up 'round the corner.

― Toilet Paper Tube Bracelets -- Super Hero Themed? (Old Lunch), Sunday, March 25, 2018 12:26 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wait i finished S2 and still don't know what this is abt, can someone tell me?

It's towards the end of Season 3 - you won't miss it, I'd say.

It's in a social situation. Watch closely.

people in the smart phone era miss a LOT when watching t.v. and movies. that's all i'll say. drives me up a wall at home.

^^^ hands down #1 source of agonizing oh god i am my dad feelings

yeah i dont know of any model-looking 8% body fat aggressive go-getter zingy dudes who are successful with the opposite sex nope sirree bob those guys strike out every time