Homicide: Life on the Street: classic or the best show ever created?

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Oh yeah, big love for the sweat of Daniel Baldwin! I can't wait to see that on crisp digital imaging.

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 8 January 2004 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a Law and Order/Homicide crossover on TNT tonight.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 15 January 2004 01:02 (twenty-two years ago)

i hate to say it, but i coulda done without the Pembleton stroke subplot. i mean he was on fire and they give him rainman duty. i thought it was unfair. i could listen to him talk forever.they should have given someone else a stroke. watched Glory a week ago and i had forgotten his part as the uptight educated civil war soldier.(he stutters in that movie)

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 15 January 2004 01:20 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, it was kind of frustrating when Pembleton got the stroke because he was already the most compelling character and while that did give him a new dimension, it kind of ended a lot of what was great about him. I'd be fine with his gradually diminished role in the show if he had succeeded in crossing over into movies, though...ah well.

love the show, but I have a big Baltimore bias of course. I could probably recognize every other exterior shot. the house where Pembleton lived whenever they showed him at home on the show is on my dad's street, and my dad was an extra in a couple episodes, once as a coroner, once as a cop.

― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I read an interview with Braugher where he was saying that he thought this guy who was unstoppable in the interview room was getting boring, so he wanted him to have some new problems. I can see the point, and the stroke scene itself is great, but I missed the old Pembleton too.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 16 January 2004 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

It was pretty freaking bold to depower your toughest character. I really liked watching Pembleton recover, dealing with the fact that he couldn't live up to his self-image.

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Friday, 16 January 2004 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

I ended up with an extra set of the Homicide S4 DVDs, if anyone's interested.

'Retail' is $100, I was going to put them on Ebay at $50, but if any ILXors are interested, I'd sell for $40, or something in trade. Just send me an e-mail.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 27 March 2004 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)

(sweet God that was quick, I think they're sold)

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 27 March 2004 01:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn.

― Huck, Saturday, 27 March 2004 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I only recently learnt that Hallmark, a channel I have, is showing episodes of Homicide what seems to be every night! Also, I wrote a brief item about it on Freaky Trigger, if anyone is interested.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 27 March 2004 08:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I am interested. Is it easy to find?
(I am fairly unfamiliar with FT)

― Huck, Saturday, 27 March 2004 08:26 (twenty-two years ago)

It's worth familiarising yourself - loads of great writing all over the place, and I'm not on there too much! That bit I mentioned is at http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2004_03_01_dys_archive.html#107999327862701916.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 27 March 2004 08:33 (twenty-two years ago)

The Homicide DVDs are fucking great--the lack of extras is mildly annoying especially considering the price but what is $$$ when you've got Yaphet Kotto?

― adam (adam), Saturday, 27 March 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

four months pass...

Brilliant.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

NOT better than The Shield, but a wonderful counterpoint.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

It gets better than the Shield, trust me. How many episodes in are you?

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

7, I think.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I tried not to read upthread becasue I don't want to think about all these great characters leaving.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

season 2 and 3 will kill you with joy

you should read the book it's based on too!`

you can always enjoy John Munch on Law and Order. Oh, no you can't, because they don't do anything with him.

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

It can't get better than the Shield. There's filet mignon and then there's rotisserie chicken. now pick between the two.

Oh wait, you're a vegetarian.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I hated Munch at first, but he is brilliant.

the episode where they spend a whole night in the station with wall-to-wall music was an absolute masterpiece,

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Kyle, this week all I have done is sit inside and watch cop shows stuffed to the eyeballs with painkillers.

It's wonderful.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

you're off work? what a way to live!

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

though i did start hallucinating that a ziplock bag was floating around my room during Homicide last night.

(no, I'm at work today)

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

after you're done with homicide you should move on to the Wire. A new season of which should be starting soon!

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

what is it?

I am thinking of writing my own cop show so i never have to leave this daydream.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

The Wire is an HBO series set in Baltimore and created by David Simon and uses a fair number of the same directors and writers that worked on Homicide, but concentrates on the vice squad and wiretapping. THey spend a whole season on one case; it isn't just police-centric as you also learn all about the lives of the people they are investigating. There aren't any one-off episodes, it's a serial, and the plot is pretty intricate and complicated, but it's fascinating. Unfortunately they haven't reused any Homicide characters as far as I know.

Have you watched Oz yet?

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, tried the first few eps. of Oz, but I found it very drama-clubby and annoying, to be honest.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

And Sarah pretty much hated it, so I'd never get to see it all anwyway.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

that's about how much of it I saw too! it was like, "hey we're on cable, let's get with the anal rape!" The Wire is not like it at all (it's the other half of the Homicide creative team)

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Adam is finally watching Homicide. I feel like, uh, I don't know.
I'm reading Belzer's book right now. it's sorta not funny, in a not-really-supposed-to-be-funny sort of way. I didn't realize it was going to be that way though.

Meldrick Lewis is actually Canadian. Sort of.

― Huck, Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Homicide makes me want to be a homicide cop. Even though Ned Beatty's character just stated his salary and it's $15K less than mine.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, that was 12 years ago or something.

― Huck, Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

But yeah, me too.
Actually the Hardy Boys made me want to be a detective first, and then Sherlock Holmes and then Batman, but eventually the first few seasons of L&O and all of Homicide cemented it. Aside from the fact that I couldn't ever be a beat cop and I'd fail the physical.
But like, going around talking to people and trying to make sense of lies and paperwork? That's so up my alley. Journalism is sort of my cop-booby-prize.

But I always wonder, and there should totally be a comic book series about this, how the hell did Munch ever make through his time in uniform?

― Huck, Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe we should be partners.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

What is the story with the actor who plays Munch? The DVD extras say he's from Howard Stern's show or something?

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I LOVE the crab eating/after work drinking scenes. Such a great detail, no matter what my own opinions are of people who choose to socialize with their workmates.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001938/

I like the belz a lot more as munch than I do as comedian.

― Huck, Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

That's quite a career.

So how is the comedy, Horace?

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

he says as he gently derails.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

None of the comedy people in town are calling me back, probably because one of them I was a bad boyfriend to TWICE, and the other is just sorta lazy.
But I've been writing a lot and have officially narrowed down my move to either Toronto or Montreal. Toronto has more opportunities, but Mtl has cheaper rent (and isn't Toronto). Move has been postponed till Thaw of '05. Which sucks, but somehow I forgot to make/save money over the last few months.

― Huck, Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

and you?

― Huck, Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm okay.

Dude, you should def. move to Mtl so then I can visit you and s1ocki at once! Either way, I'll hopefully be out that way sometime next year.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll buy you a beer and we'll solve a MURDER together. In a funny way.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Although as someone who moved from somewhere big and oppressive with many opportunities to somewhere smaller and more beautiful with few opportunities - I'd say you might want to chase those opportunities.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, Mtl seems to have the most going for it. It has three significant open mic nights (4 if you include the french one, and don't think I'm not considering it) and it's also within reasonable distance of NYC, where my uncle and famous aunt live and could definitely hook me up.
One of my best friends lives in Toronto though, so that would be cool, and he's persuasive, but I have to keep reminding myself not to do shit just cuz other people want me to.

xxxpost.

We can be like Lewis and Kellerman!

― Huck, Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:29 (twenty-one years ago)

oppressive¿ xpost

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.savannahnow.com/diversions/images/110802/full_comedian.jpg

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

oppressive¿

maybe I'm overdoing that part, I don't know.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

yes¡ not being able to buy beer at the corner store /= oppressive¡

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

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