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On the phone with Carcetti you mean? That wasn't about the blowjob, it was about the dead witness - Sarge tipped him off after talking to the detective.

The Slate reviewer (Weisberg?) has a bizarro article on the show talking about difficult the slang is to penetrate - he apparently took three or four episodes to come to terms with "yo" and "feel me."

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 23:03 (seventeen years ago) link

"There is also the challenge of following the localized black dialect that the program tries to represent as faithfully as it does its other details. In the Baltimore ghetto, yo is both a salutation and the third-person singular pronoun; "feel me," means "listen to what I'm telling you"; and the ubiquitous use of bitch has mostly replaced the N-word."

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 23:05 (seventeen years ago) link

the classroom scenes are pretty gripping. i used to be neutral on prez but he's really great this time around

where is ep. 4444?$$??$??$#

marlo eyeing michael - creepy.

heh there's a couple shots of cutty grinning and staring at michael throwing punches that were kinda creepy, esp. when a chick is trying to talk to him

― am0n (am0n), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 23:13 (seventeen years ago) link

I found an mp4 of Ep 4 on mininova, but it was completely useless. In quicktime it was literally a screen full of static, and it wouldn't play in wmp or divx at all.

I want my AVI!

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link

vlc?

milo hm OK, i guess i wasn't paying attention

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 23:56 (seventeen years ago) link

plays in vlc kinda - i had to restart it a couple times

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Thursday, 28 September 2006 00:30 (seventeen years ago) link

The Slate reviewer (Weisberg?) has a bizarro article on the show talking about difficult the slang is to penetrate - he apparently took three or four episodes to come to terms with "yo" and "feel me."

in his defense, Baltimore is the only place I've ever been where "yo" is used as a pronoun, it's not really the normal usage. I didn't think "feel me" was so much of a Bmore thing, though (although "carry it" definitely is). I kinda wish The Wire would go all out with the local slang, down the hill, half-n-half, chicken boxes, get your life, ayyurp, etc.

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 28 September 2006 00:32 (seventeen years ago) link

i particularly like "yoette"

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Thursday, 28 September 2006 13:20 (seventeen years ago) link

DUDES PLEASE STOP POSTING NON-WORKSAFE PICS OF MAYORS GETTING KNOBS GOBBLED ON THREADS ABOUT TV SHOWS

― antexit (antexit), Thursday, 28 September 2006 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link

lol i took the pic down

also *pssst*

― am0n (am0n), Thursday, 28 September 2006 23:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I am teh sorry. I will take teh pic down, too.

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Friday, 29 September 2006 00:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Quicktime doesn't like that MP4, but it seems to work OK in VLC.

― milo z (mlp), Friday, 29 September 2006 00:30 (seventeen years ago) link

This thread (and it's demonoid side tracks) are A+++

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 September 2006 00:42 (seventeen years ago) link

milo there's a note at that link:

Rename the mp4 extension to avi fixes the issues that this torrent has. it will get a little pixelated at the 2 bad spots but it will play though

― am0n (am0n), Friday, 29 September 2006 01:09 (seventeen years ago) link

haha, I r 2 lazy to read

― milo z (mlp), Friday, 29 September 2006 01:14 (seventeen years ago) link

oh man, best one yet

― am0n (am0n), Friday, 29 September 2006 03:45 (seventeen years ago) link

I kinda wish The Wire would go all out with the local slang, down the hill, half-n-half, chicken boxes, get your life, ayyurp, etc.

-- Alex in Baltimore (shipley.a...), September 27th, 2006 9:32 PM. (Alex in Baltimore)

i think snoop does an ayyurp in ep4

― am0n (am0n), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 02:38 (seventeen years ago) link

ok i just saw an episode of this finally and maybe it grows on you but i was pretty taken aback by the sort of dippy romanticism it seemed to be dripping with -- way more than most network cop dramas even. hbo shows in generally tend to be sappy and just oozing from the pores with signifiers of "meaning."

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 04:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Haven't seen the new season yet, but just noticed that Dennis Lehane and Richard Price have both written episodes.

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 05:43 (seventeen years ago) link

isn't there supposed to be a new ep? can't find it

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 14:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I have never wanted OnDemand more than I do right now. If the amount of spoiler-text elsewhere is to be believed, shit hits the fan in Ep5.

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

nah, it's about the same ratio of shit to fan-hitting. a little more, maybe. great episode, though

― lemin (lemin), Tuesday, 3 October 2006 18:49 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah it's still building i'd say. marlo's one evil fucker, the uh thing w/ the vender this week took my breath. fucker's smart too. pete best helping pryzbo into his car was pretty great. i was sorta wary when i heard the school angle but it's been really great so far. i think i like carcetti now too.

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 02:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Somebody needs to get some Carcetti for Mayor bumper stickers up on CafePress.

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 04:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Things are building at a good pace, I think. I reckon some real police work is in the cards very soon. Still 8 episodes to go!

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 11:24 (seventeen years ago) link

*********WEEK 5 SPOILERS DUDES********

marlo seems intractable and doom laden then he pulls a 108 admits prop joe outsmarted him and joins the collective - kid is a cypher.

wondering if they just totally forgot abt the video cameras in fat man's store when pulling the omar set up - probably not, but the show did make a big deal out of them twice and then ignored them.

***************END****************************

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 11:47 (seventeen years ago) link

oh and that blog i mentioned upthread heavenandhere.wordpress.com is fun, some good conversations in the comments - david simon even dropped by to take my side in an argument (kinda).

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 11:50 (seventeen years ago) link

and this too http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/bja/gang/pfv.html ed burns' drug gang fighting tactics.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 4 October 2006 11:51 (seventeen years ago) link

holy shit Prez killed an undercover!?!?

― milo z (mlp), Thursday, 5 October 2006 01:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Welcome to winter, 2004.

― The Ultimate Conclusion (lokar), Thursday, 5 October 2006 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh shit, they shot Kima!

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Thursday, 5 October 2006 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link

the cameras were pointing straight down at the ground, though, weren't they? and kima gives her little disgusted pout when she sees them. of course she's never NOT giving her little disgusted pout.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Thursday, 5 October 2006 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link

o i think i can remember one scene where she wasn't giving her little disgusted pout

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 5 October 2006 16:52 (seventeen years ago) link

james you disgust me, and i love it.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Thursday, 5 October 2006 17:02 (seventeen years ago) link

kima really deserved that action - wonder what ever happened to her terrible girlfriend

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Thursday, 5 October 2006 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link

dunno but kima's a hell of a lot more femme these days!

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Thursday, 5 October 2006 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link

scroll down to the comments for a nice surprise ;)

― am0n (am0n), Monday, 9 October 2006 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link

I may not watch Heroes tonight after all...

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link

FileFront is sloooooow. But one day is better than a full week, I suppose.

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I think the whole lot has leaked now.

― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:15 (seventeen years ago) link

oh do tell - i've got 1-9, and 11 (orig labeled as 10). in the piratebay 10 (really 11) comments there's links to the other episodes but all the download slots are full and someone said they not work so good any way.

i had 4 hour sweet wire marathon last night.

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link

HOLY CRAP

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 13:56 (seventeen years ago) link

through ep8 now - new teachers are fine.

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:51 (seventeen years ago) link

I watch 6 last night and was a little bit disappointed with how much they hammered home the whole Cutty/Namond-don't-care-about-politics thing, but otherwise it was a great episode as usual.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

but the cutty jogging scene was spectacular! i think the wire has only done two music montages ever -- that one and the "walk the line" from episode nine i think of season one. two of my favorite wire moments.

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link

That's true, it was pretty outstanding.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I wonder who's gonna get the ring next.

― Paul Eater (eater), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

i think cutty (on the show) could do with a look through this thread - Girls - What Does "Romance" Mean To You?

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Loved the Cutty jogging scene. I caved and watched up to episode 9; the scene where Chris and Snoop use Marc Clarke and the Big Phat Morning Show as an indicator of who is and isn't from Baltimore was hilarious. "Maybe I should ask the questions from now on."

― govern yourself accordingly (dayan), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link

cutty jogging scene = http://www.breakplay.com/gameimages/gamescreen41e2fa1b74694-game.jpg

― am0n (am0n), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 18:11 (seventeen years ago) link

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