THE WIRE (2002 - 2008) pic.twitter.com/6g6FQYj3md— popular comedy account “the pixelated boat” (@pixelatedboat) August 11, 2017
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 5 May 2018 04:43 (six years ago) link
If you think he's a tool in this, you should see him in The Affair
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 5 May 2018 09:00 (six years ago) link
i would prob fuck a lot of ppl on the wire and regret it but mcnulty is DEF not one of them
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 6 May 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
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
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 6 May 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
is their wire slash? there must be. mcnulty/stringer handcuff scenarios would practically write themselves.
― scott seward, Sunday, 6 May 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
rawls in the gay bar was so brilliant. it's like 5 seconds long!
― scott seward, Sunday, 6 May 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
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 PermalinkHa, 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
― 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?
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 6 May 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
It's towards the end of Season 3 - you won't miss it, I'd say.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 6 May 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
It's in a social situation. Watch closely.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 6 May 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
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.
― scott seward, Sunday, 6 May 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
^^^ hands down #1 source of agonizing oh god i am my dad feelings
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 6 May 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
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
― .b derf (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 May 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
tho vg is correct in that there should be a season or two of everyones actual comportment in viewable rentable format before you have to decide whether or not to bone them
― .b derf (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 May 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
mcnulty is totally hot to me in a caveman way but i'm not a woman. when he's really really drunk though i don't have any idea why anyone would go near him and women totally do in the show and they never seem anywhere near as drunk as him.
― scott seward, Sunday, 6 May 2018 23:20 (six years ago) link
clay davissheeeeit
― mh, Sunday, 6 May 2018 23:21 (six years ago) link
i totally had a crush on mcnulty's ex-wife on the wire and when watching i completely forgot that she had been on homicide and that i had a crush on her back then too. my love is true.
i haven't watched homicide since it was on. i never missed an episode.
― scott seward, Sunday, 6 May 2018 23:24 (six years ago) link
she looks a bit like annabella sciorra imoi like her
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 May 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link
Just finished S3 and daaaaaamn R.I.P. Hampsterdam
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 7 May 2018 01:45 (six years ago) link
"she looks a bit like annabella sciorra imo"
the love of my life, so, it makes sense...
wait, don't tell my wife i said that. wait, she is well aware of all my fictional crushes.
there aren't that many really. annabella. rosario. you know, the usual.
― scott seward, Monday, 7 May 2018 01:58 (six years ago) link
i'm like 1/4 of the way thru season 4
lol @ the students calling Prez "Prezbo"i LOVE SnoopMarlo isn't doing anything crazy yet but tensions are mounting and its making me nervousstill hate Landsman
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 May 2018 00:54 (six years ago) link
Season 4 is a heartbreaker, for reasons you can probably sense.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 13 May 2018 01:10 (six years ago) link
season four will turn your face into a heart (and stomp on it)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 13 May 2018 01:11 (six years ago) link
yeah the second Marlo started handing out hundreds of dollars to dumb kid I was like "NOT GOOD NOT GOOD RED FLAG THIS WILL NOT END WELL"
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 May 2018 01:19 (six years ago) link
And then Season 5 is like Johnny Rotten sneering "did you ever have the feeling...you'd been cheated?" or whatever he said
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 13 May 2018 01:43 (six years ago) link
no one tell me anything about season 5!!!!
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 May 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link
you wouldn't believe us if we did
― j., Sunday, 13 May 2018 02:35 (six years ago) link
Season 4 is my fav theme song so far, followed by 1, 3, and 2 very far in the distance
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 May 2018 03:23 (six years ago) link
respect
I like the original Tom Waits original but understand people not appreciating him because he’s way into his shtick
season four’s version is unjustly maligned but really fits the direction in an honest way
― mh, Sunday, 13 May 2018 03:49 (six years ago) link
it’s maligned???also yeah as someone who’s never listened to Tom Waits it sounds like a really absurd parody of what I imagine Tom Waits to be like
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 May 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
it makes more sense in the context of frank's wild years
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 13 May 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
i got so good at skipping ahead to the weekly quote. the waits thing was unbearable to me.
― scott seward, Sunday, 13 May 2018 15:11 (six years ago) link
The Neville Brothers version (s3) is by far the best. I love the JESUS!!! and the trashy sounding cowbell.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 13 May 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link
otm
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 13 May 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
never noticed how egregiously performative Clay Davis is during his court testimonial in the last season, which is the same as his dialogue in every other season
his intonation and accent are nothing like his actual base, he has some wild speechifying thing that isn't just grandiose, it sounds like he's doing some arch-black leader thing the whole time. jeeeeeezuuuuus
― (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ (mh), Thursday, 17 May 2018 02:15 (five years ago) link
There's a lot of shitty acting through the whole thing tbh
― albvivertine, Thursday, 17 May 2018 03:45 (five years ago) link
I don't think I could really rate it much above LOST, and that isn't a compliment, much as I love LOST
― albvivertine, Thursday, 17 May 2018 03:47 (five years ago) link
hmm mh could be describing johnny cochran
― salt sugar fat, that's where it's at (rip van wanko), Thursday, 17 May 2018 03:47 (five years ago) link
I don't think it was shitty acting, I think his character was doing the state rep does black savior voice plus sheeeeeiiit
― (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ (mh), Thursday, 17 May 2018 03:48 (five years ago) link
I have no judgment re: cochran but I'm definitely not able to make that judgment
― (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ (mh), Thursday, 17 May 2018 03:49 (five years ago) link
Tbh his sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiit was a highlight of any episode he was in
― albvivertine, Thursday, 17 May 2018 03:50 (five years ago) link
I think they call it pandering (random xposts)
sheeeiiiit isn't pandering, just amazing and his shtick
― (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ (mh), Thursday, 17 May 2018 03:51 (five years ago) link
iirc he deliberately switches to his performative mode bcz he knows he's fucked legally? it's a last-ditch effort to pull his usual media / "lower orders" bullshit, mainly in case it makes him look good to ppl he'll have to fool in order to make a comeback after jail, but it ends up playing in the room too? I only watched it once, ten years ago, tho
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Thursday, 17 May 2018 12:04 (five years ago) link
there are very few instances in the series where he actually speaks to the public as opposed to a couple guys in a meeting
― (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ (mh), Thursday, 17 May 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
ok I finished season 4, it was great I loved the idea of showing this transition from childhood to adulthood
I'm 6 episodes into season 5 and it is preposterous and sloppily written and unpleasant to watch. It's embarrassing that the writers thought Freamon or McNulty behaving like this would be remotely believable. Like, McNulty is dumb and flawed but he is not this naive.
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
also every time Clay Davis says "sheeeeeit" it's so exaggeratedly drawn out that it feels like a weird Tim & Eric bit and very unreal
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
I felt that way at the time of its release but in hindsight I've come around to thinking both that the scenario is preposterous and that McNulty actually is that dumb and flawed and naïve. His Achilles heel is being skilled and competent but thinking he's actually a genius and subsequently stretching way past the limits of his skill and competence. He basically just goes full Raskolnikov in season 5.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
xpost, obv
and the plotline does at least result in one all-time funny scene
― Number None, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
Not sure if it's the one you're referring to, but the moment when McNulty and the reporter sniff each other out is all-time.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
The point of season 5 is to draw out the preposterousness of the systems and their perverse incentives (once again), it fits in with the rest of the series just fine. There is the issue of having to invent new stakes since by this point they’ve done so much damage to the cast your average viewer is a bit numb, IMO.TBF (and I’m going to probably get blown up for this) I suspect there’s a mildly patronizing aspect to how audiences come down on Seasons 2 and 5 but not on the others, because poor black people in Baltimore have few options and therefore their shitty decisions are just sad, but white and middle-class black Baltimoreans with access to straight jobs ought to know better than to lie, cheat and steal, and so we treat their OTT corruption with less suspension of disbelief. Not a judgement of the characters or their real life analogues, duh; just in how we watch the show. It’s all coming out of the same writers’ room based on their experiences (plus a lot of what-iffing and using local urban legends as fuel).
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link