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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

(fucking Lem)

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link

Nick Sobotka's grillfiend = hot

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 20:49 (sixteen years ago) link

haha the commentary w. omar and mcnutty on that is hilar. they are all zomg re. her tits.

― That one guy that quit, Monday, 30 April 2007 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link

haha, why did I not listen to commentaries :(

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link

Which eps do Omar and McNulty do commentaries on?

― milo z, Monday, 30 April 2007 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link

What the hell is this about a comic book version of "The Wire"!??!

― Oilyrags, Monday, 30 April 2007 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link

I've had the entirety of S4 on my girlfriend's laptop for about a month now, but I can't bring myself to watch it on that tiny screen with terrible speakers.

xpost WHAT

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 30 April 2007 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link

I was just kidding Daver, relax ppl.

― Jordan, Monday, 30 April 2007 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Man, I got trolled.

Script adaptation by James Kolchaka and Jim Starlin, art by Rob Leifeld.

― Oilyrags, Monday, 30 April 2007 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link

Which eps do Omar and McNulty do commentaries on?

-- milo z, Tuesday, May 1, 2007 12:06 AM (11 minutes ago)

the one episode, on series two. the commentaries with david simon are just a little bit high-minded.

― That one guy that quit, Monday, 30 April 2007 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link

herro Mcnulty's naked ass. although, when n. sobotka's gf's boobs popped on I also commented how nice they were. the wire has really nice round body parts going on.

― Yerac, Monday, 30 April 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link

The boobs on that one prostitute, tho, um, no.

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link

Everyone on The Wire is beautiful in their own way. Even Horseface.

― David R., Monday, 30 April 2007 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah i luvved the commentaries w/omar and mcnulty - it's all so very fly-on-the-wall pragmatic and luvvie and "oh you know she worked with [director x] afterwards" "oh really?" "whoa you remember THAT shot?" "yeah i could barely stop laughin"

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 30 April 2007 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

SPOTTED: lt./major daniels

― strongohulkington, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link

looking just as intense walking down the street as he does banging the d.a.

― strongohulkington, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link

NOTE TO SELF: QUEUE UP S3 ASAP

That shot of shirtless Lt. Daniels in S2 = WHOA

― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link

How come only McNulty looks like he's enjoying himself during sex?

I just deleted Season 4 off the hard drive without having watched it. I can't sit on the computer for an hour without getting distracted by other shit.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/499856535_72ff833e43.jpg?v=0

― strongohulkington, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link

that is to tell teh extras where to find teh drugs

― strongohulkington, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link

are they shooting that far downtown or is the arrow pointing to somewhere way up north?

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link

they were shooting around where the post office is, i think

― strongohulkington, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link

the sequel to Bunny Colvin taking the kids to Ruth's Chris: Omar spends the afternoon at ESPN Zone. (xpost)

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link

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