"The Wire" on HBO

ugh, my brain-to-fingers passage must be blocked.

antexit wrote this on thread "The Wire" on HBO on board I Love Everything on Jul 22, 2008

Richard Price cribbed a good amount of dialogue for the Wire from Clockers, mostly stuff that didn't get used in the film, like "big paws on a puppy."

Just started reading this. Also:

Season 3 exchange w/Herc and Justin about where to buy sideways hats

and the classic Carver/Herc/Dozerman meet Bodie/Poot coming out of the movie theater

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj8nv03gos1qiguseo1_500.jpg

http://wireinspire.tumblr.com

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqjm3sryDm1qiguseo1_500.jpg

that tumblr has way too many http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=82861 vibes for me to feel okay about it

that tumblr has way too many pop culture photoshop-themed tumblr vibes for me to feel okay about it

i really liked the 40 degree day one.

that tumblr has way too shitty a name for me to click on it

i found one or more of them funnier than a picture of aziz ansari holding an umbrella

come on, being a parks and rec superfan and enjoying wire-themed inspirational poster photoshops are pretty much the same action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hI30vRRqxA

from the celebrity sightings thread:

Tray Chaney selling his autobiography on the corner of F and 13th streets, NW. He had a guy along with him just saying over and over again "Poot from The Wire! Poot from The Wire!"

― kkvgz, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:01 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark

http://www.slate.com/id/2298074/

this (cancelled) canadian show 'intelligence' is pretty hot shit—wire fans might find it interesting/entertaining.

it builds up steam pretty slowly like the wire, and doesn't have all that much love to it, certainly not the sense of humor, nor the sense of locality (i kind of recognize vancouver in it occasionally, but it seems to leave out a lot of the city), but it's pretty non-stop by the end of the first season. (i mean, it it is all the way up to then too, but by the end every 20-second scene seems like it might be the one where the whole thing falls apart.)

― j., Monday, 11 July 2011 02:37

this show is def great, got hooked on it and now sort of dreading getting to the end of season 2

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bal-omar-little-arrested-in-baltimore-20120103,0,3360421.story?track=rss

That almost looks like a Weezer neck tattoo.

This is probably more for the Treme thread but I'm way behind on that show so I stay away from the thread for fear of spoilers. This pic is from Coco Robicheaux's memorial second line a month ago. Spot the nerd holding up his iPad.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uqaiM-TU8B0/Tu46MKWX4EI/AAAAAAAACgI/6UUE8PdZRrM/s1600/Coco-8831.jpg

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/after-the-wire-ended-actress-sonja-sohn-couldnt-leave-baltimores-troubled-streets-behind/2012/01/05/gIQAevmKVQ_story.html

haha@the guy holding the ipad up to take a photo.

dude, that's freamon.

bunk, grocer

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/dining/wendell-pierce-to-open-a-grocery-store-in-new-orleans.html

those lazy, crazy days when someone would talk about how good the wire was and you didn't immediately want to throttle them

The Grantland Wire Bracket is the worst thing ever

i kinda want to rewatch this but i'm kinda scared to? like it might not be as good as i remember. Dating a girl who hasn't seen it and she's kinda like "is it uncool to watch the wire now" and i kinda think it might be?

it's as good. mad at you and the girl you're dating fyi.

it's been like six years since i watched it! tastes change.
i own the box set so go pop yer shots elsewhere.

anyways i think i'm echoing thomp's point that it feels like talking about how good the wire is is like big upping the joys of bacon om nom nom

forks stfu, your girl is tripping and who gives a fuck if a bajillion people TALK about how good the Wire is. It IS good and don't make me kick your ass.

look within yourself and find the answer

listen, i'm just saying, rewatching the wire is one of life's pleasures. just do it. or don't, but who cares if people are 2000andlate about the wire. i also like bacon.

exactly

HAMSTERDAM

if watching the wire is uncool then i'm miles davis!~

i haven't watched it in ages!

what's recent is decent imo!

mad....jels of forks for getting to watch it with this chick who doesn't know what's coming

brb changing my display name to Mike Ehrmantraut

oh wait if she hasn't seen it yet i'm not mad at her anymore. just forks.

The Wire and Generation Kill are so great, I don't know why I can't make myself give Treme a shot

Treme just made me: 1. wish that there were more Wire episodes and 2. wish that there was a show that was just "Kickin' it w/Wendell Pierce"

I got over the wire by watching the shield and realizing I liked it like x19 times better.

forks i say this with love, shut the heck up and just watch it again

I can't wait until everyone is "over" Breaking Bad in four years.

Watching The Wire is just as much a treat the second time 'round. But you could not pay me to watch it (or engage in similar activities) with someone who was hung up on whether watching it was cool or not. SHEESH, that sounds like a big ol' barrel of NOT FUN.

I actually did not get into the show on my rewatch, save for the second season.

you didn't like it the first time?

I can't wait until everyone is "over" Breaking Bad in four years.

― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, March 8, 2012 11:28 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Same here

I loved everything the first time except for season 5!

well into s4 on my first rewatch, w/ my roommate, who has never seen it. fun to watch him make totally faulty predictions and appreciate all the smart little bits of writing and plot/character beats.

lol u guys are fast to the fuckin guns
the main reason we are not watching the wire is cause we are finding better ways to spend our time

it's called DEEP SPACE NINE MOTHERFUCKERS