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Like hell he is. As pointed out upthread, that scene aired over two years ago.

― Oilyrags, Sunday, 1 April 2007 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

capt. save-a-show

― am0n, Sunday, 1 April 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

SPIOLARZ!

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― Oilyrags, Sunday, 1 April 2007 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

The balcony scene is THE SHIT.

-- Oilyrags, Sunday, April 1, 2007 1:04 AM

Yeah after I watched Final Ep (stfu kenan etc, "fuk u wire" reiterating popular sentiment that it was the 'most unwelcome event on tv since the fox news channel') I went back and re-watched the balcony scene. Sooo great. Time to do some mad torrenting for S4.

Did that episode have Avon's best line about how all the people at the warehouse shouldn't be "fuckin' around with all these guns and shit"?

-- milo z, Sunday, April 1, 2007 1:12 AM

haha nah that was last ep

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 1 April 2007 18:50 (seventeen years ago) link

2nd-to-last ep. has the Day of the Jackalline, though.

― C0L1N B..., Sunday, 1 April 2007 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link

i've broken and am torrenting s04.

― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 1 April 2007 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link

A wise decision that. I've finished s04 just minutes ago and it was, once again, amazing.

― Jibe, Sunday, 1 April 2007 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link

please release dvd's before recidivism

― modestmickey, Sunday, 1 April 2007 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link

aw dude, sorry!

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 1 April 2007 22:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Best Buy has season one on sale for $24.99 today. Don't know how long the sale lasts.

― milo z, Monday, 2 April 2007 00:13 (seventeen years ago) link

BOIOIOIOIOING!

― Oilyrags, Monday, 2 April 2007 02:28 (seventeen years ago) link

I picked it up and had a $5 reward zone certificate. The Wire Season One for $20! Such a steal.

― Harpal, Monday, 2 April 2007 06:54 (seventeen years ago) link

who up in this bitch has seen 'paid in full' w. wood harris?

― That one guy that quit, Thursday, 12 April 2007 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

SONOFABITCH

Just bought it 2 weeks ago for $50+. BASTARDOS. (Totally worth it, duh, but still.)

― David R., Thursday, 12 April 2007 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Came into work this morning and once again The Wire crew was all set up on Read Street up the block from the office! I kinda circled the block to get a better look but didn't see any important cast/crew members. maybe if I go by on my lunch break or after work they'll still be there...

― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 23 April 2007 12:52 (seventeen years ago) link

walked by "detective sydnor" on charles st twice today.

― am0n, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

look who's starring in '28 days later'...

http://www.worstpreviews.com/images/photos/28weekslater/28weekslater5.gif

― Mike McGooney-gal, Monday, 30 April 2007 03:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Ain't no special dead. There's just dead.

― Oilyrags, Monday, 30 April 2007 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link

Just finished season 2. It's odd: Season 1 seemed meaty -- there was lots going on, and I could watch an episode and then leave it. Season 2 seemed to take ages to get itself set up, and almost as soon as it did, everybody was going to jail and it was winding down. I think it possibly just tried to do too much.

― stet, Monday, 30 April 2007 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link

Just finished s2 last night as well. It was nice to see McNulty get fucked by someone besides Rawls.

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 13:16 (sixteen years ago) link

Season two is the weakest in some ways, like stet says they didn't manage the pacing at all.

― 31g, Monday, 30 April 2007 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link

frank sobotka

― RJG, Monday, 30 April 2007 13:41 (sixteen years ago) link

season two is great.

― That one guy that quit, Monday, 30 April 2007 13:46 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh boo! I shldn't have read that S2 might not be my thing. S1 is/was utter blissful orgasmic experience to sit through.

― stevienixed, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link

I just finnished watching season one and yous guys have totally killed my excitment at checking out season two now :(

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link

season two is essential... you can't just skip it.

― kenan, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link

Hmm. I'll watch it either way. Even if it's just 1/10th as good, it'll be better than watching E! channel (what isn't ey?)

― stevienixed, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:28 (sixteen years ago) link

season two is great

― RJG, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link

I actually liked season 2 a little bit more than 3.

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link

It seemed like season 3 was trying a little too hard to get things back to season 1 status quo (i.e. the old team going after the old gang), which is what I wanted to see but still.

(it still kicked ass)

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh, aye, S2 is great stuff, it just didn't feel as chunky as season 1, somehow.

― stet, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link

It seemed like season 3 was trying a little too hard to get things back to season 1 status quo (i.e. the old team going after the old gang), which is what I wanted to see but still.

Haha, I think that's why McNulty is still likeable in that season--he's wrong about refocusing on Barksdale/Bell acts obnoxiously, even for him, to get back on that case, but he's essentially arguing the viewers' position--who's going to watch the show if it's about Kintel Williamson?

― C0L1N B..., Monday, 30 April 2007 19:35 (sixteen years ago) link

Also funny, in s3 McNulty keeps talking about what a smart police he is but he doesn't really do much proactive policework, besides manipulating people to get back on the case. I guess he pulled some shit to get the disposable phones, but that's it?

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:38 (sixteen years ago) link

PUT SEASON 3 ON SALE PLEASE.

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link

PUT SEASON 4 ON DVD PLS

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link

THAT TOO

tho I cd, as a s3 remedy, just shit or get off the pot re: the NetFlix movies I've had since 2005.

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link

what?

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link

Two years of netflix defeat?

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link

Only 23 months!

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link

my one prob w. s03 is that the hamsterdam project does seem like a kind of 'what if' scenario, breaking from the (what i imagine to be!) realism (to use a shitty word) of the rest of it. although on the commentaries they say such things have been attempted.

― That one guy that quit, Monday, 30 April 2007 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link

have to rerewatch w/ commentaries

― RJG, Monday, 30 April 2007 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link

Solution for David:

DARK HORSE COMICS

MAR070018 THE WIRE SEASON 3 #1 $2.99

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Ha, I watched that Q&A thing from season 3, and he said that to his knowledge nothing like Hamsterdamn has been attempted.

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link

a) the 'what if' scenario of S3 is what's gr8 about it

b) lol "realism"

c) former mayor kurt schmoke (aka sir schmoke-a-lot...j/k) simply posed the idea of drug legalization

― am0n, Monday, 30 April 2007 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link

oh yeah now i remember c)

don't get b) though. the show goes to great lengths to get details -- of municipal politics, the law, police procedure, and gang vernacular --right; or so i'm led to believe.

― That one guy that quit, Monday, 30 April 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link

This whole talk re: verisimilitude reminds me of the one WTF moment I had w/ s2: that out-of-the-blue fancy "I am tripping my balls off" camera move after Ziggy popped GG & the kid @ the store. As far as I can remember, directors have eschewed any showy camera crap, & just shot scenes as-is. (FWIW, the scene directly following, w/ Ziggy in the car & the radio on & his hand shaking, totally made up for that little lapse.)

Fucking Zig.

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh HI DERE SEASON TWO SPOILERS in my last post.

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link

it aired in 2003!!!! not rly spoilery.

btw kidz LEM BURNS THE MONEY

― That one guy that quit, Monday, 30 April 2007 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link

noooooooooooooooooooooo

(someone find The Sheild thread plz because I R lzy & last week's episode with nu-Vic was AWESUM)

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link

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