"The Wire" on HBO

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

Not all messages are displayed: show all messages (6050 of them)

View Previous Page...

wtf @ mcnulty w/stryper hair

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Sunday, 4 February 2007 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link

i'd totally forgotten his stint in steel dragon

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Sunday, 4 February 2007 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Season Four to be the Dr Strangelove of Police Procedurals

Meanwhile Simon Burns and the rest are doing Generation Kill, an Iraq War miniseries for HBO

― Oilyrags, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:38 (seventeen years ago) link

'Man Blames Burrito For Paralysis'?

― fies, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah, sorry. That first link should be

Season Four to be the Dr Strangelove of police procedurals

― Oilyrags, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:56 (seventeen years ago) link

The as yet unannounced Season Six is where they will focus on the hopeless quagmire of burrito paralysis that plagues the American Urban Environment.

― Oilyrags, Thursday, 1 March 2007 23:58 (seventeen years ago) link

lol at paralysis burrito

― forksclovetofu, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:50 (seventeen years ago) link

between re-reading Tim O'Brien's Vietnam memoir this week and watching Full Metal Jacket, I was just thinking how much I'd like to see a Wire-esque take on war movies/tv. This is close enough for me.

― milo z, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I am watching season 1 rerun on BET. it's nice when all these characters are still alive.

― daria-g, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:09 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm sayin', y'all. Between Generation Kill and John From Cincinatti, it looks like HBO has their hooks in me for the near future.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 2 March 2007 03:17 (seventeen years ago) link

There's a good Chuck Stephens piece on the show in this month's Cinema-Scope.

― C0L1N B..., Saturday, 3 March 2007 23:43 (seventeen years ago) link

i've never read this thread because i don't want to accidentally spoil anything, but...

http://www.hbo.com/thewire/img/90x94/characters/balt_pd/leandersydnor.jpg

this guy came in my restaurant today! i talked to him for like 15 minutes. dude was really nice, awesome guy! :D

― modestmickey, Sunday, 4 March 2007 03:18 (seventeen years ago) link

He is very good at the fresh-faced recruit thing. The one time he really stepped out of that was great, too - when he came in to tell the mayor he was being indicted, knowing he was possibly committing career suicide by doing do - I love the the sheer oh-what-the-hell look on his face, the acceptance of what side he was, and the joy in that acceptance, all having to get conveyed through and around about three very understated lines.

― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 4 March 2007 13:30 (seventeen years ago) link

The Mayor? Nah. Clay Davis.

But yeah, hilarious scene.

― Oilyrags, Sunday, 4 March 2007 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh yeah Clay! Sometimes I wonder if I even saw these shows at all.

― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 4 March 2007 13:58 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't read this thread, because I've only just got to season one episode five, but love it this far, esp the scene where they're in the kitchen trying to work out the murder scene, and the only dialogue is "fuck".

― .stet., Sunday, 4 March 2007 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Isn't there a handyman or super or somebody hanging around in that scene, watching them piece everything together? It would have been great if it were him who got in the last word.

― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 4 March 2007 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link

stet otm, I just finished season 2 so I'm skimming very very cautiously.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 5 March 2007 00:08 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www3.tivo.com/images/zap2it/20060913/marlosnoop_thewire.jpg

maybe season 5 torrents will leak as they're being filmed

― am0n, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:00 (seventeen years ago) link

here's a still from upcoming season

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/warner_brothers/300/dominic_west/300b.jpg

― am0n, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, I knew he was going to be back in plainclothes, but...

― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:04 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, i just finished season 2 so i can't read this thread like at all

― gbx, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:17 (seventeen years ago) link

You are going to shit yourself at Brother Mouzone's sex change.

― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I just watched the first disc of season 3 last night. If you haven't gotten to this point I am about to do some

*SPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERS*

I kinda sensed the body language b/w Daniels & Pearlman was getting more intimate, but the sudden seduction was a total WTF. I guess Daniels left his wife between seasons? WHAT IS GOING ON

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Det. McNulty follows the money trail all the way to a seedy after-hours "toga party" at Power Plant Live. There he learns that the nearby Discovery Zone is literally the "kid-powered museum", operating as a facade for a child-slavery ring.

― am0n, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:34 (seventeen years ago) link

(many xposts)

― am0n, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 03:36 (seventeen years ago) link

daniels and his wife were in separate bedrooms at least as early as s02.

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 09:54 (seventeen years ago) link

from what the actor i met told me, season 5 should be filming right now. but when the hell does season 4 come out on dvd? i can't find that info online anywhere

― modestmickey, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 14:05 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, season 5 supposedly starts filming this month, although I haven't heard anything concrete like those signs pointing to the set or cast member sightings yet. if it wasn't so rare that the show needed any white extras I'd look into casting calls (my dad got to be an extra on Homicide a couple times, though. Pembleton's house on the show was almost his house!).

― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 14:48 (seventeen years ago) link

i didn't meet an actor but it was in the newspaper that s05 was going to start lensing this month or next.

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link

"LENSING" ..!!!

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link

i write for variety don't you know.

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link

it also says in article linked above filming won't finish until end of summer, post-prod. in october. they are doing generation kill simultaneously. s04 dvd will come out, like s03 did, right before the premiere.

― am0n, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:01 (seventeen years ago) link

uh that last sentence is my own assumption :/

― am0n, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:10 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, plz to hurry it along hbo!

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 15:11 (seventeen years ago) link

i've been watching the wire at least once or twice a week for the past couple months. i'm dying now while waiting for s04 on dvd! what's up with boy marlow!

― modestmickey, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Do you really want to know?

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link

not yet :(

― modestmickey, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

[Removed Illegal Link]

[link http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR2007031501664.html]massive feature story on Snoop in today's Washington Post Style section![link]

― daria-g, Friday, 16 March 2007 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link

GODDAMN can't this UI just give you a warning that the link syntax is bad instead of posting it and taking out the link!!!

WIRED blog on the Wee-Bey Theory of criminal justice

― daria-g, Friday, 16 March 2007 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Snoop story

― daria-g, Friday, 16 March 2007 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Hah! A couple friends of mine have noticed the similarites between Khalid Shayk Mohammed and Weebay, too.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 16 March 2007 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

i just finished season 4 and was practically hiding under the pillow by the end of the last episode. i love this show, but there's something almost masochistic about watching it. the wonderful performances from the kids really twisted the knife in.

― lauren, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:25 (seventeen years ago) link

haha while reading that khalid story, the image of wee bey munching on chips, muttering, "oh yeah, and i killed him too" was the first thing that came to mind

― modestmickey, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:29 (seventeen years ago) link

speaking of which, i missed wee bey and dee in season 3. they were so much more interesting than the new guys!

― modestmickey, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:30 (seventeen years ago) link

i think i've said this before, but the "street" parts of season 4 were like a horror movie in many respects.

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link

good point. right down to the zombie/vacant house thing and the fact that the romantic subplot (cutty and the nurse) was completely tacked on.

― lauren, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 14:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Seriously, Dee was my DUDE!

xxxpost!

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 15:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't read this thread, because I've only just got to season one episode five

Me too, exactly the same place. Does it stay good through season 2 +?

― Jordan, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link

it gets BETTER. season 2 is sort of a "low point" but with a series like this that's a compliment. seasons 3+4 (especially 4) are every bit the equal of season 1.

― max, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 15:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Skipping 5950 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.