just finished it up about a month ago. great series. my fav part was when they went to the FBI to get a profile on the "serial killer" and they nailed jimmy's personality. f'in hilarious!
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searched the archives, didnt see a thread. any fans of 'The Wire' ?
11-03-2009 09:56 AM
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just finished up 5 seasons, took me about 6 weeks of solid watching !
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Re: searched the archives, didnt see a thread. any fans of 'The Wire' ? (ClockworkChad)
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11-03-2009 11:17 AM
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i dont even know if i can single it down to 1 favorite. when they had the kids hand taped to the photocopier and they told him it was a lie detector. the whole second season on the docks was great too
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11-03-2009 12:05 PM
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The best scene of the whole series was when Snoop is buying the nailgun and talking with the salesman. Then she hands him $800 in cash and walks out of the store. Snoop was a brilliant character... probably the most creepily evil female on TV ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE-uY7P3pe4
Though, that show rocked right from the opening scene.Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: So your boy's name was what?
Kid: Snot.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Called the guy "Snot"?
Kid: Snot Boogie.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: God. Snot Boogie. He like the name?
Kid: What?
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Snot Boogie?
[the kid does not answer]
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: This kid, whose mama went to the trouble to christen him Omar Isaiah Betts... You know, he forgets his jacket, his nose starts running and some *******, instead of giving him a Kleenex, he calls him "Snot". So he's Snot forever. Doesn't seem fair.
Kid: Life just be that way, I guess.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: So, who shot Snot?
Kid: I ain't goin' to no court... Motha****a didn't have to put no cap in him though.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Definitely not.
Kid: He coulda just whooped his ass like we always whoop his ass.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: I agree with you.
Kid: He killed Snot. Snot been doing the same **** since I don't know how long. You don't kill a man over some bull****. I'm sayin', every Friday night in an alley behind the Cut Rate, we rollin' bones, you know? I mean all them boys, we roll till late.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Alley crap game, right?
Kid: Like every time, Snot, he'd fade a few shooters, play it out till the pot's deep. Snatch and run.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: What, every time?
Kid: Couldn't help hisself.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Let me understand. Every Friday night, you and your boys are shootin? crap, right? And every Friday night, your pal Snot Boogie... he'd wait till there's cash on the ground and he'd grab it and run away? You let him do that?
Kid: We'd catch him and beat his ass but ain't nobody ever go past that.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: I've gotta ask you: if every time Snot Boogie would grab the money and run away... why'd you even let him in the game?
Kid: What?
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Well, if every time, Snot Boogie stole the money, why'd you let him play?
Kid: Got to. It's America, man.If you want an interesting comparison now watch Homicide: Life on the Street. Similar series (they share a lot of writers/actors), also in Baltimore but less focused on the people and more on the police. Homicide has a great villian too: Luther Mahoney who isn't in that many episodes but totally sets the tone for the series.
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11-03-2009 12:16 PM
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f1 fan, totally agreed. stringer bell was awesome, avon was awesome, snoop, bunk, bodie, ziggy...... i really am sad that i burned through all 5 season and have nothing left
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11-03-2009 01:04 PM
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If you do an archive search for "HBO Wire" you'll find 4 or 5 threads....but since I love this show so much I'll leave this thread open.
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11-03-2009 01:08 PM
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weird, i search wire in new and archived and didnt get a single thing. i knew it was too good of a show to not have been discussed before.
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11-03-2009 01:33 PM
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The Wire was the best show to ever be put on television. My wife, who isn't really into the cop shows, thought it was amazing and went out and rented all the seasons at once. We watched nothing but The Wire for at least a month
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11-03-2009 01:59 PM
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Quote, originally posted by Yzerman » I liked the first season very much, season 2 was pretty good too. After that it got real slow and boring I found. I felt the EXACT opposite. It took me about 10 tries to get into season 1...finally I made it through and by the tail end of season 2 I was completely hooked.
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11-03-2009 02:08 PM
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season 2 was a bit weird for me with the docks, frank sabotka, the russians and all that. really not a whole lot of avon/marlo/stringer - but season 3 got right back to it and tied it altogether at the end. i was hooked since the first episode.
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11-03-2009 02:37 PM
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Quote, originally posted by ClockworkChad » i dont even know if i can single it down to 1 favorite. when they had the kids hand taped to the photocopier and they told him it was a lie detector. the whole second season on the docks was great too Oh man, that scene was amazing. Is that the same scene where they gave one perp McDs and told the other one he had talked?
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11-03-2009 02:43 PM
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Quote, originally posted by Oliver@triplezoom » Oh man, that scene was amazing. Is that the same scene where they gave one perp McDs and told the other one he had talked?
haha yes
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11-03-2009 04:32 PM
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Quote, originally posted by F1_Fan » The best scene of the whole series was when Snoop is buying the nailgun and talking with the salesman. Then she hands him $800 in cash and walks out of the store. Snoop was a brilliant character... probably the most creepily evil female on TV ever. She's not acting
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11-03-2009 04:35 PM
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Quote, originally posted by ClockworkChad » haha yes
Such a good scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ5aIvjNgao
Lying Mother****er!
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11-04-2009 04:28 PM
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"...indeed"
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11-04-2009 04:31 PM
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This show is great -- not as great as The Shield, but still very good. My gf and I are near the beginning of Season 4. Omar rocks the ghetto.
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11-04-2009 07:02 PM
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best. show. ever. season 5 is some of the most
epic television made, imo.my favorite part is when omar goes to prop
joe to sell him the heroin he stole from him.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRYGlUvWQyI
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11-04-2009 07:06 PM
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Quote, originally posted by uv23 » This show is great -- not as great as The Shield, but still very good. My gf and I are near the beginning of Season 4. Omar rocks the ghetto. Wrong.
Wire >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > The Shield
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11-04-2009 07:37 PM
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Yeah, The Shield started losing steam for me around the point that Azevedo got "assaulted". By the last season I really didn't care about 1/2 the characters and was just waiting for it to end.
The Wire held me to the end and I could've watched more seasons. One thing The Wire did was almost make you find something to like in the bad guys... D'Angelo, Avon, Stringer Bell, Omar, Marlo, Snoop and Chris... all had some interest to the viewer.
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Quote, originally posted by laychooba » best. show. ever.
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11-04-2009 10:27 PM
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Best show ever nothing even comes close.
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11-05-2009 03:51 AM
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The Wire was THE best ever.
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.co...wire/
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Quote, originally posted by laychooba » best. show. ever. qft.
my favorite scene was Brother Mouzone confronting Omar in the alley...
Brother Mouzone: I see you favor a .45.
Omar: At night I do. And I keeps one in the chamber in case you ponderin'.so sick
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11-05-2009 11:55 AM
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in for best show ever.
such gripping social commentary, that it needs to be taught at Harvard
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11-05-2009 02:44 PM
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great interview with david simon. someone willing to tell the hard truth
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WMD's! WMD's!
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i agree about it being one of the best shows ever
this is worth the read/listen if you have the time: http://entertainment.timesonli...0.ece
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Quote, originally posted by laychooba » best. show. ever. Sheeeeeeeit.
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red tops! yellow tops!
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11-06-2009 07:22 AM
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I so need to get these seasons back from my uncle so I can re-watch from start to finish.
MY NAME!?!? IN THE STREETS!?!?!
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the missus and I started season 2 last night
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Quote, originally posted by beef » the missus and I started season 2 last night i think season 2 was my fave
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11-06-2009 10:19 AM
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Seasons 4-5 were my favorites.
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