The Sopranos Vs. The Wire

I mean hell...what about the respective finales for both shows. Clearly the Sopranos had a better climax?

Yeah dunno...just a tad stunned is all. Love them both but come on...

I don't know, I've never seen it ... not particularly compelled to, either.

That's a problem.

Problem for some, maybe. Not a problem for me, and definitely not a problem for my bf who has no desire to watch Sopranos either.

my wife and I just started watching the sopranos ... we had watched maybe the first couple of episodes way back when -- on VHS, haha. Not sure why we haven't gotten around to it since then ... but I'm looking forward to seeing if it stacks up to the Wire!

season 3 is pretty good so far - McNulty is definitely in Grade A Asshole category by now, he's definitely become less likable as the series has gone on. Actually everybody is pretty much less likable (which is weird cuz one of the criticisms consistently thrown against the Sopranos is how unlikable all the characters are, but I pretty much don't like/identify with anyone on the Wire by this point, they all seem like mostly jerks).

also wtf is up with Chicken Lady political consultant, that is one terrible actress.

she is terribly hot.

I'm 4 eps into s2 of the wire, definitely enjoying it more than s1 (love sobotka!)

xp Shakey: she is weird looking. She gets a better haircut in Season 4.

You don't like Bunny Colvin or Cutty or Omar???

But then I like Rawls because he just revels in being a dick.

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Omar's so deeply unrealistic I just can't get into it - the character I have the most emotional attachment to is Bunk, and so far he's barely been in Season 3 at all.

Cutty's allright I guess, its like he wandered in from Scared Straight though

I felt the drug dealers get more likeable in season 3.

I dunno, most of the drug trade plot is focusing on Stringer Bell (who's a total Sopranos-style character - duplicitous, ruthless, craving legitimacy, etc.), Avon, and Marlo - and all them dudes are assholes.

I like Prop Joe but I am partial to fat, laconic gangsters.

the dumb henchmen are great.

haha yeah those guys are funny. "yo I hit him fo sho!" = yeah right

especially the "40 degree day" guy.

also wtf is up with Chicken Lady political consultant, that is one terrible actress.

good evening, Shakey, I would like to agree with you about something concerning The Wire!

although she reminded me a bit more of some kid of large green insect (grasshopper, praying mantis) than a chicken, and was admittedly pretty fly.

she had impressive breasts considering the rest of her build. Nicky Sobotka's girlfriend was more normally proportioned.

lol

i'm guessing i'm at the same place watching the series as shakey. midway through season 3, about ep 5 to be exact. am also enjoying how mcnulty's turning into an even bigger asshole.

season 3's been pretty great right from the 1st ep. definitely brought me in more than s 2, which took prob 4 or 5 episodes to get rolling

colvin and cutty are two of the best characters in the series imo

hamsterdam plot is obv unrealistic, but i think it's been written well so far and has been really interesting watching it unfold

i employed lessons from the hamsterdam plot at work a couple weeks ago.

work at a baskin robbins, eh?

how is lester not yet listed as a "wtf, you don't find this guy likable" character?

Lester is Morgan Freeman role for TV.

Charming when he's drunk though.

Lester is one of my faves.

never been able to sit through more than 10 mins of the sopranos.

Then I hope you didn't vote in this poll!

(I did notice a lot of people commenting that they hadn't seen one of the two choices - hope they didn't vote.)

Then I hope you didn't vote in this poll!

uh, this poll happened 8 months ago.

interesting factoid about cutty on the show, he's actually based on "cutty" the ilx poster

yea lester's really likeable xp. tho he was kind of a boring character in season 2 imo. season 1 gave u his transition from apparent hump to real police, plus all his smoothness w/ shardene was awesome!

season 2 he was just boring veteran, always on the ball wrt investigations but in a kind of uninteresting way

lester's better in season 3 tho. i liked his standoff with mcnulty 'motherfucker....you ain't work the skin of my knuckles junior' 'and i'm surprised at you girl, daniels raised you from a pup'

pretty sure the scene where bunk tries to set fire to his trousers is based on an incident at a london fap in the early ilx days.

i thought cutty the ilx poster was based on the guy on the wire?

no.

other wire factoid: fan favorite omar is actually based on a composite of ilx posters Ømår Littel (Jordan) and he said...all things passantino the night" (omar little)

at least 7 of us would smash chicken lady: WIRE BABEZ POLL

i'd bgawk it

^^^A+

GOTTA GET PAID, GOTTA GET PAID
(because she's a mercenary political consultant)

(sorry)

surely at least seven people here would smash just about anyone considered attractive enough to do a conventional TV nude scene

surely at least seven people here would smash just about anyone considered attractive enough to do a conventional TV nude scene

i <3 her but really, nicky sobotka's gf was the 1 true choice

any characters in the wire based on johnforkstofu?

Interesting story: I am the basis for Snoop.

fyi snoop is giving anthony bourdain a tour of baltimore on some upcoming episode of his show