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Title: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 10, 2010, 01:38:42 AM
Just got disc 5 (final disc) of season 1 from netflix. I stopped watching for a bit because I wanted to watch some films. Speaking of which, I need to put Tron at the top of my queue since I've never seen it and want to see the sequel.

Story is getting good.

I've never seen a show with so many of the actors being overwhelmingly black while being a serious drama to boot with the only exception being Roots. I like that. A lot.

A few notes:

1. Omar is the shit.
2. The script is amazing.
3. I love every character.
4. Bubbles has a lot of heart.
5. I love how it's a nice take on both the illegal biz and the cops. There are nice parallels between both groups, and each character feels human, every single character has a character quirk; they're not perfect people and the show doesn't show them to be. Whether they're pushing crack in yellow caps or a detective who uses his own children to help him on a case, every character is just trying to get by, and through their own means. This is my HBO Original Show that isn't Sex and the City, so I'm just really geeked out over the quality of the writing here. It's something you rarely see on television, even in dramas, in my experience, and currently -- of the shows I watch -- the only shows that pull it off well are Mad Men and Breaking Bad.

Phoenix posted this scene before but I didn't watch it for fear of spoilers, but it's a clear example of how awesome this show is, and yes I know I'm beating a dead horse but I don't give a shit.

[youtube=560,345]S1HUlTKvDUI[/youtube]
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 10, 2010, 01:40:22 AM
Tron is shit don't waste your time.

:bow The Wire :bow2
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 10, 2010, 01:49:12 AM
Daniels and Lester are the best characters ever
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 10, 2010, 02:06:14 AM
Wallace

(http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff340/rickrollyou/Facepalm/implied-facepalm.jpg)
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 10, 2010, 03:18:20 AM
:bow DEE :bow2
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: BlueTsunami on August 10, 2010, 03:39:33 AM
I'm finally finishing up the series. Halfway into Season 5. The thread of various characters is greatly handled in this series. Season 5 is pretty ho hum for me but there are other aspects that are keeping me captivated.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 10, 2010, 03:47:36 AM
:piss Dee :piss2
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Post by: naff on August 10, 2010, 04:03:01 AM
 :'(  "D"  :'(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 10, 2010, 04:08:37 AM
 :'( DEEEEEEEEEEEEE  :'(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 10, 2010, 04:10:56 AM
[youtube=560,345]Hv3jf9DHFzk[/youtube]

holy shit :bow

Also


A few notes:

4. Bubbles has a lot of heart.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on August 10, 2010, 05:27:52 AM
I'm starting season 4 tomorrow. It pretty much only gets better from here.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 10, 2010, 09:49:27 PM
S2 starts a bit slow as new characters are introduced and old characters reminisce on the events of S1, but once things get going it's amazing.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 10, 2010, 09:52:46 PM
Frank is an amazing character.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 10, 2010, 09:57:01 PM
Indeed, one of the best. I remember hearing BET completely cut the docks scenes out of their broadcast of S2. Pretty pathetic. Those scenes speak beyond race
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: TripleA on August 10, 2010, 10:30:47 PM
The Wire is incredible.
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Post by: Stoney Mason on August 10, 2010, 10:37:45 PM
S2 starts a bit slow as new characters are introduced and old characters reminisce on the events of S1, but once things get going it's amazing.

Season 2 is always the most divisive season. Some people hate it. Some people love it. Some people don't quite understand it. It's definitely the most "unusual" season which is a good thing or a bad thing depending on the person.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 10, 2010, 11:05:20 PM
Indeed, one of the best. I remember hearing BET completely cut the docks scenes out of their broadcast of S2. Pretty pathetic. Those scenes speak beyond race

Really? that's fucking insane :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 10, 2010, 11:22:51 PM
S2 starts a bit slow as new characters are introduced and old characters reminisce on the events of S1, but once things get going it's amazing.

Season 2 is always the most divisive season. Some people hate it. Some people love it. Some people don't quite understand it. It's definitely the most "unusual" season which is a good thing or a bad thing depending on the person.

Yup. 1, 3, and 4 are basically the best; 2 is the most divisive; and 5 is universally considered the worst season, while certainly not "bad"

Dunno which I like more, 3 or 4. S3 is hard to put anything over due to some of the more amazing/shocking events, but S4 is easily the most emotional. I remember watching the first episode of S4 and being convinced I'd fall in love with the younger actors by the end of the season. What an amazing show.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: BlueTsunami on August 10, 2010, 11:25:55 PM
My taste in each Season is coming into focus and I'm feeling that it goes as such 2>1>3>4>5 . There's been a large gap between watching seasons 1,2,3 and 4 and 5 though. I didn't really care for the one aspect they focused on in 4 and Season 5 sort of focused on an aspect thats even more contrived. I just wanted them to go back to busting gangsters.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 10, 2010, 11:31:58 PM
I'll go...

4>3>1>2>5

I'm the exact opposite: the focus of S4 completely enthralled me. I knew so many kids like that growing up. The school system focus was amazing. And I also like the mayor/politics stuff

Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 10, 2010, 11:48:09 PM
4>1>3>2>5
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on August 11, 2010, 01:33:48 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/The_Wire_Freamon.jpg)
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 11, 2010, 01:34:11 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/The_Wire_Freamon.jpg)

you mother fucker stop biting my style and my favorite character
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Dickie Dee on August 11, 2010, 01:35:19 AM
Those character portraits are so friggin iconic
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on August 11, 2010, 01:35:26 AM
you mother fucker stop biting my style and my favorite character
Pfft, you haven't even finished the show.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 11, 2010, 01:44:36 AM
But he rulesssssssssssss
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: BlueTsunami on August 11, 2010, 01:47:04 AM
If you were any character in the wire, which would you be?  I'd be McNulty.

(http://fansided.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/jimmymcnulty.jpg)

I'd also be McNulty, flaws and all
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on August 11, 2010, 01:54:16 AM
Stop lying, most of the Bore would be Omar.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 11, 2010, 01:57:02 AM
(http://tinyurl.com/2c4cyde)
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: BlueTsunami on August 11, 2010, 02:03:51 AM
(http://tinyurl.com/2c4cyde)

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Can't believe you passed up banging that campaign manager with the big ass titties!
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Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Dickie Dee on August 11, 2010, 02:05:03 AM
(http://www.thehuntingdynasty.com/uploads/The_Wire_Bunk.jpg)

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(http://therumpus.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/the_wire_kenard.jpg)  :shh
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Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 11, 2010, 02:12:00 AM
 :lol

"do i look like a faggy?"
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 11, 2010, 07:23:40 AM
My taste in each Season is coming into focus and I'm feeling that it goes as such 2>1>3>4>5 . There's been a large gap between watching seasons 1,2,3 and 4 and 5 though. I didn't really care for the one aspect they focused on in 4 and Season 5 sort of focused on an aspect thats even more contrived. I just wanted them to go back to busting gangsters.

I thought I was the only one who felt that way about S4.  I agree, I also felt 1-3 > 4.  We're clearly in the minority, though, it seems.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on August 12, 2010, 05:43:42 AM
Season 4 has a really interesting start so far.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: OptimoPeach on August 12, 2010, 09:06:05 PM
My taste in each Season is coming into focus and I'm feeling that it goes as such 2>1>3>4>5 . There's been a large gap between watching seasons 1,2,3 and 4 and 5 though. I didn't really care for the one aspect they focused on in 4 and Season 5 sort of focused on an aspect thats even more contrived. I just wanted them to go back to busting gangsters.

I thought I was the only one who felt that way about S4.  I agree, I also felt 1-3 > 4.  We're clearly in the minority, though, it seems.
border felt the same but I don't know if he even posts here anymore
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 12, 2010, 09:55:56 PM
Goddamit. I should have first discs of season 2 in the mail tomorrow. Can't wait.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: patrickula on August 12, 2010, 11:38:49 PM
Real talk, this guy would actually be most of EB:
(http://fansided.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ziggy.jpg)
 :-\
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 12, 2010, 11:40:37 PM
Nothing wrong with that :teehee

He does reminds me of Kosma, maybe is his huge polish sausage.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 13, 2010, 01:34:04 AM
Season 4 is by far the best.  It's the best written season (they take several smaller characters and do them justice) and it casts a wide net and manages to haul in most of what it is going for.  Season 2 is second, but the thing is, the
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shadowy greeks
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Are uninteresting and uninspired.  They don't really fit into the whole thing and they are written that way.  The abrupt shift from 1 to 2 was perhaps the ballsiest decision on television, ever.
:bow S4

you put S2 over S3? interesting
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 13, 2010, 03:05:39 PM
Got discs 1 and 2 of season 2 :hyper
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 13, 2010, 03:53:00 PM
ziggy's dick :drool

This season seems pretty ballsy if you ask me. At least so far. I mean, coming off expectations from season 1 it's the complete opposite of what I expected.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 13, 2010, 07:07:05 PM
oh my GOD :rofl

Bunk and Lester with the immigrants :rofl

"yabba dabba dabba doo" :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: bud on August 13, 2010, 07:50:58 PM
i have season 1 lying around here for ages, but i just never get around to watching it.

one of these days...
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 13, 2010, 08:16:08 PM
smh.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 13, 2010, 08:18:29 PM
String  8) 8) 8)

String > Avon
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 17, 2010, 03:12:32 PM
:lol Ziggy fucking with negroes
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 17, 2010, 03:25:08 PM
Why are all the white people on this show stupid?

The Greek is going to FUCK YOU UP if you do not comply, Frank. Why and how did you get into the business anyways? :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 17, 2010, 05:19:00 PM
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Avon is a son of a bitch. FUCK Avon. Dee  :-\ :'(
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Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 17, 2010, 08:34:41 PM
Avon got nothing to do with that, man.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 17, 2010, 09:04:27 PM
Uhhh Himu you might need to watch that ep again  :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 17, 2010, 09:08:02 PM
oh my GOD :rofl

Bunk and Lester with the immigrants :rofl

"yabba dabba dabba doo" :lol

Last week, we arrested a dude who feigned the "no English" shtick, and all I could think of was Freamon's "Ichi gishi mushi mashi mushi motherfucker"  :lol

[youtube=560,345]7EeFa8QOq_Y[/youtube]
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 17, 2010, 09:08:18 PM
Uhhh Himu you might need to watch that ep again  :lol

 :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 17, 2010, 10:35:19 PM
Uhhh Himu you might need to watch that ep again  :lol

FUCK STRINGER BELL
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 17, 2010, 11:53:11 PM
All black people look the same to himu, smh.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 18, 2010, 12:23:00 AM
:rofl
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 18, 2010, 02:54:10 AM
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I had figured that Avon ordered Stringer to do it. I don't know why. I guess that's how low my opinion of Avon was. Before this String never acted without Avon's approval. Never. Even at the funeral with Prop. Joe, he's like,"I'll talk to Avon". It's always about Avon with String. String is Avon's go-to man, and has been since episode one.

Watching the next episode confirmed that Stringer did it without Avon's consent.
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Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 18, 2010, 03:31:48 AM
might want to spoiler tag stuff for the newbz

If his actions surprised you there, wait until you finish the season.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 18, 2010, 01:45:26 PM
Done.

And yeah, I'm surprised....except I'm not surprised at the same time. Ya know? I figured by season 1 that
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Stringer is too smart for Avon and it seemed that String called most of the shots. A wise cat like that won't stand as second in command for too long. I'm sure String will betray Avon like that and take control of the organization if the opportunity presents itself. Stringer's two-face acts come as no surprise though. He's too smart for his own good: going to college for business classes to use on their own organization, fucking Dee's girl when he's in the can, putting a hit on Dee...but the thing is that he does everything he can for Avon, so it seems like his actions carry truth behind them. But now I just don't know anymore.
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Two more days till I get the last two discs of the season.  :'(

AGONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I just want to fucking dl the show and marathon it instead of waiting for Netflix discs to arrive, but HBO has a trigger finger for people who dl their stuff. FUCK.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on August 18, 2010, 02:04:52 PM
Stop wasting money on Wii games and buy the seasons. :maf

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I bought the first 3 and downloaded the last 2. :'(
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Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 18, 2010, 04:36:21 PM
I downloaded all of them, LIKE A BOSS.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 18, 2010, 06:49:25 PM
But you're not american
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 18, 2010, 07:11:52 PM
Stop wasting money on Wii games and buy the seasons. :maf

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I bought the first 3 and downloaded the last 2. :'(
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Could have but I bought a new Zune HD instead.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 18, 2010, 07:14:17 PM
HBO doesn't care about latin people.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Dickie Dee on August 18, 2010, 07:17:59 PM
HBO doesn't care about latin people.

They bounced around the idea of a sixth season of The Wire with the influx of hispanics being the central theme but nixed the idea  :shh
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 18, 2010, 07:25:40 PM
HBO doesn't care about latin people.

They bounced around the idea of a sixth season of The Wire with the influx of hispanics being the central theme but nixed the idea  :shh

Guess they figured "fuck it, we can't top The Shield on that" :teehee
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Dickie Dee on August 18, 2010, 07:37:27 PM
I think David Simon felt he didn't really know enough about it to give as truthful an account of it as everything else which is based on first-hand experience. (I just checked the Baltimore wiki and it said even the 2006-08 census was outdated as the influx of hispanics is such a recent phenomenon - Simon wouldn't be around to have seen it)

Just finished The Shield this past weekend, btw. It may not be The Wire but it was damn good. The final season was easily my favorite, which you don't always get to say.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 12:07:49 PM
Can't take it anymore. dled season 3, the rest of season 2, season 4 and 5.

Deleted torrent.

Will delete off hd when done.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on August 20, 2010, 01:12:53 PM
lamer
i'm netflixing the discs like a man. having the gap between discs makes actually watching them so much better
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 01:38:30 PM
It drives me crazy.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 02:05:48 PM
This show has slowly become WHAT IS ZIGGY GOING TO DO THIS TIME :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 03:41:03 PM
Holy shit, was Ziggy dropped on his head as a kid?
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 20, 2010, 03:55:03 PM
He is a Polack...
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 04:01:29 PM
The Muslim :lol
Prez punching his father in law :lol
Ziggy becoming a murderer :lol

this showwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 04:03:29 PM
Well, I like seeing Ziggy doing his Ziggy-isms.  I can't help it.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: lordoftherink on August 20, 2010, 06:13:13 PM
malaka
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 06:22:36 PM
Season 2 done and over with.

:bow
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 06:37:27 PM
I thought that season 2, while great, was not nearly on the same footing as season 1. I find the poor more interesting than the working man I guess. There was more intrigue and mystery surrounded around the figures in season 1. Not so much in season 2. That said, it was still extremely well written, and even at its slowest moments I never felt that season 2 was ever a downer.

So far, I have loved every episode of The Wire I have seen. No filler, no bullshit, just straight to the point. Nothing feels pointless, if something happens it is developed for a reason.

I hear season 3 is great but I also hear it's the weakest season from a few folks. Seems like a mixed season in terms of opinions.

And I agree that season 2 is ballsy as fuck. I thought it was probably the most ballsy second season of a show I've seen since the second season of Lost.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: lordoftherink on August 20, 2010, 06:40:50 PM
I've heard more people say Season Three is the best than I've heard people say it's the weakest. If you prefer the show focussing on the streets you'll like Season Three. And Four. Definitely Four.
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Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 06:43:33 PM
Definitely prefer the streets.
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Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 06:55:13 PM
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs558.snc3/30506_1439862912381_1107286719_31310990_6955748_n.jpg)
(http://bananasfk.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/the_wire_brother_mouzone.jpg)


BLACK POWER

edit: Season 2 montage > Season 1 montage

[youtube=560,345]6SO40ansNU8[/youtube]
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Dickie Dee on August 20, 2010, 08:57:11 PM
:bow Steve Earle :bow2

btw, he also plays
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the guy at the NA meetings that befriensd Bubbles, and does the version of "Down in the Hole" for S5
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Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 20, 2010, 08:58:38 PM
:bow Steve Earle :bow2

btw, he also plays
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the guy at the NA meetings that befriensd Bubbles, and does the version of "Down in the Hole" for S5
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And I totally had no clue that was him at the time.  I knew who Steve Earle was, obviously, but didn't know what he looked like, so looking up his role afterwards, I was like "no way!"  :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 09:57:59 PM
Season 3 episode 1 was the first meh episode of the show for me.
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Post by: OptimoPeach on August 20, 2010, 10:05:09 PM
Season 3 episode 1 was the first meh episode of the show for me.

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPS9YKGaKQE[/youtube]

u srs
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2010, 10:08:07 PM
Had good moments, but for the most part it bored me. Sure ep 2 will be back on track.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 20, 2010, 10:29:13 PM
Season 3 episode 1 was the first meh episode of the show for me.

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPS9YKGaKQE[/youtube]

u srs

One of the best scenes in the whole gawdamned series.  :bow :bow2

smh, Himuro. 

You're totally going to be one of them who says S4 is the best.  ::)
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 20, 2010, 10:59:28 PM
The next season is arguably the weakest season, but it finishes strong.  Season 4 is :bow

SMH
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 21, 2010, 03:04:44 AM
:bow Season 4 :bow2

A fucking masterpiece of television.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2010, 03:22:30 AM
Ah yea, The Wire is back on track. Episode 2 of s3 rocked.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 21, 2010, 03:54:54 AM
The tall guy at the dog fight( the owner of the dog that bested cheese dawg) reminds me of PD :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2010, 10:18:53 PM
Season 3 is great. I wouldn't put it on par with season 1 - yet, at least - but I like it more than season 2. Actually, on a story and writing level I think it's above season 1, but the mystery of cracking the Barksdale case was such a trip that I can't help but put it above the others. I'm nine episodes in. The drama just continues and continues to ramp up. This is some good television.

Only disappointment so far is that they have ignored EVERY THING in season 2: its characters, the port, Ziggy in jail, Nick and how he's doing, the works. NOTHING.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2010, 10:23:47 PM
Season 3 episode 1 was the first meh episode of the show for me.

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPS9YKGaKQE[/youtube]

u srs

One of the best scenes in the whole gawdamned series.  :bow :bow2

smh, Himuro. 

You're totally going to be one of them who says S4 is the best.  ::)

I'm sure I will be. I've been told that season 4 is about the education system. Arguing education and its importance in the black and, well, minority in general community, is one of my favorite subjects. It all starts in school. Kids who made the Dean's List and Honor Roll and were in the top of their class in the ghetto, make it to college and higher education only to find they are unable to do the coursework.

Shit is fascinating and one of the most important subjects when talking about crime, drugs, and ways of living. Far more important than police tracing calls and stuff. Although interesting, it's a foreign subject to me. Education and the effect on minorities, however, it more close to heart.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 22, 2010, 10:39:08 PM
I'd bet Himu will say S4 is the best. Which isn't a bad thing. It definitely resonated with me quite hard, and I think it'll do the same for you
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on August 22, 2010, 11:21:55 PM
I'd bet Himu will say S4 is the best. Which isn't a bad thing. It definitely resonated with me quite hard, and I think it'll do the same for you
same here
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2010, 01:54:25 AM
(http://landonhowell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/stringer-bell.jpg)

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:'( :'( :'( :'(  DOPE  :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on August 23, 2010, 10:00:56 AM
i was shocked when it happened. i figured... dude would be around the entire show. no way they'd kill him off. no way

then


and himrur, you fuck. you're gonna surpass me soon. i was enjoying this thread because i could read all spoilers but soon i wont be able to. jerk.

i'm on episode 8 of season 4
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on August 23, 2010, 12:38:06 PM
I don't understand how you guys can wait so long between episodes. I did nothing but watch this show in my free time after s1 hooked me and I finished it all in like 2 weeks.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2010, 12:40:25 PM
I'm sorry, boo.  :'(

I have no net aside from at my friends place (she's letting me mooch her connection when I need it) and I have nothing good to read, so I'm just marathoning The Wire.

After thinking on it, I gotta say...season 3 > season 1. In terms of writing, themes, characters...season 3 takes the cake. I love how it handled all forms of business and politics - illegal or legal, moral or amoral. And in the end almost every character gets hit in the face by politics, either in a good or even a bad way. It was a very well grounded and condensed season, and it never strayed off from the subject of politics and government and hierarchy. It never strayed off course like season 2 did and it was better written than season 1.

"We ain't gotta dream no more, man"

How do you interpret this line? So good.

Also, I hope someone skull fucks Clay Davis.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2010, 12:44:40 PM
Beezy why do you think I downloaded it instead of watching through netflix? :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on August 23, 2010, 12:50:04 PM
i enjoy having something to look forward to.
every few days or once a week i get to watch 2 or 3 or 4 episodes of a really good show. the anticipation is great.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 23, 2010, 05:45:17 PM
The end of S3>most shows
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2010, 07:04:45 PM
[youtube=560,345]GCe-EEevwe0[/youtube]

:bow

I think I may have a new favorite tv show after season 3 omg
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2010, 10:52:44 AM
(http://imgur.com/KU5AA.jpg)

this kid  :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on August 24, 2010, 12:10:33 PM
You know that's a chick, right?
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2010, 12:12:54 PM
I realized that the second time she showed up. First time I was confused, but I've met my more than my share of girls like that.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on August 24, 2010, 12:16:18 PM
Yeah, it sucks to see cute girls who are like that.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2010, 02:37:31 PM
A lot of these characters make me wonder which are based on real people.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Dickie Dee on August 24, 2010, 02:43:05 PM
Avon was partially based on the actor who plays the Deacon, who was formerly a RL druglord.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Mandark on August 24, 2010, 03:07:06 PM
If you like The Wire you gotta read the NYer profile (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/22/071022fa_fact_talbot?currentPage=all) of David Simon.  It's got some absolutely choice anecdotes.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 24, 2010, 08:05:20 PM
If you like The Wire you gotta read the NYer profile (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/22/071022fa_fact_talbot?currentPage=all) of David Simon.  It's got some absolutely choice anecdotes.

"Another time, a man got shot yards away, staggered onto the set trailing blood, and was treated by the show’s medic. Once, a man pressed a package of heroin into the hands of Andre Royo, the actor who plays the sympathetic junkie and police informant Bubbles, saying, “Man, you need a fix more than I do.” Royo refers to that moment as his “street Oscar.”

Wow.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 24, 2010, 09:01:35 PM

this kid  :lol

Kid? she is like 30 :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on August 24, 2010, 10:43:29 PM
up to episode 11 of season 4. Daniels is putting Major Crimes back together and speaks one of my favorite lines of dialog so far

"Motherfucker, as far as I'm concerned you are Major Crimes"

So awesome.

My favorite season so far. def.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 24, 2010, 11:31:01 PM
Fistful knows whats up.

:bow Season 4 :bow2
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on August 25, 2010, 06:25:38 AM
Fistful knows whats up.

:bow Season 4 :bow2

Its really crazy. Shows don't usually peak so late into their run. Especially ones that hinged on a single concept (a wiretap investigation). I was worried initially the show would keep reusing that idea and it does for the second season but they get around that by drastically changing up the targets and tone of the story.

And here we have season 4 where an investigation isn't even the lead story. Instead it tackles education and politics. And somehow, someway it never crashes and burns. How'd they manage to place the focal point of the story on a bunch of child actors and have it not suck? Not only the fact that its a story about a bunch of kids but a multi tiered story that never feels fake. Its such a ballsy move taking Jim McNulty who would be considered the "main character" to anymone watching the first and second season and put him in the back then replace him with a collection of youths. And yet it works.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 25, 2010, 08:54:31 AM
Agreed 100%. The very first episode convinced me I'd love the young characters by the end of the season. That arc also set up some of the most emotional scenes of the entire series - not just n S4, but S5 as well, which isn't nearly as good but still has its moments.

Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 25, 2010, 08:55:56 AM
Fistful knows whats up.

:bow Season 4 :bow2

Its really crazy. Shows don't usually peak so late into their run. Especially ones that hinged on a single concept (a wiretap investigation). I was worried initially the show would keep reusing that idea and it does for the second season but they get around that by drastically changing up the targets and tone of the story.

And here we have season 4 where an investigation isn't even the lead story. Instead it tackles education and politics. And somehow, someway it never crashes and burns. How'd they manage to place the focal point of the story on a bunch of child actors and have it not suck? Not only the fact that its a story about a bunch of kids but a multi tiered story that never feels fake. Its such a ballsy move taking Jim McNulty who would be considered the "main character" to anymone watching the first and second season and put him in the back then replace him with a collection of youths. And yet it works.

This.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2010, 09:05:37 PM
Can someone please kill or fire Herc? I'm sick of his incompetence.

In the past few episodes:

- Caught the Mayor getting a blowjob from his secretary. Gets promoted unjustly because the punk is a screw up.
- Lost the police surveillance camera.
- Railed on Marlow's crew. Forcing them to toss away crucial evidence, making the trail cold.
- Antagonizes the corner guys, making it harder to investigate.
- Promises Kima and Bubbles that he'll help Bubbles get the guy who's dogging him within five minutes of calling him.
- Bubbles helps Herc out and names Little Kevin out.
- Bubbles finds the guy who's dogging him in an alleyway, Herc says he's in the middle of an interview and ignores it, saying he'll help Bubbles tomorrow. Bubbles gets beat.
- Herc presses Little Kevin about the murder of the guy he's chasing, with the subtlety of a tank on a city street, and makes it obvious that there was a rat, that being his informant Randy. Now Randy will likely end up dead because Herc and shitty policing.


Herc sucks balls. By far and away the worst character on the show. Him, Carter (Carver?) and that other shitty black cop at Western District who handles people any fucking way he wants. All of them need to be capped - in the head - by Marlow and crew by the end of the season or I will be pissed.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 26, 2010, 09:15:14 PM
Quote
Its really crazy. Shows don't usually peak so late into their run

The Shield peaked in Seasons 5 and 7.

(But yeah, you're still right.)
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2010, 09:18:16 PM
Goddamit, I just checked out wikipedia to see if that cocksniffer Herc dies or not
spoiler (click to show/hide)
and he doesn't
[close]
e;lkadfj;asefja;dfjds;fa
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Fresh Prince on August 26, 2010, 09:21:37 PM
himu you do realise Herc is based on many real life cops
 
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2010, 09:23:59 PM
No fucking shit, Sherlock.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Fresh Prince on August 26, 2010, 09:25:08 PM
yep and they're still working while you crack the shits on a fictional character
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2010, 09:26:57 PM
A fictional character who's gotta go! It's tv! Let me have my wish fulfillment! In my ideal world, cops like that get offed. LEMME DREAM
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Fresh Prince on August 26, 2010, 09:35:04 PM
the internet has ruined everything
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: lordoftherink on August 26, 2010, 09:40:36 PM
A fictional character who's gotta go! It's tv! Let me have my wish fulfillment! In my ideal world, cops like that get offed. LEMME DREAM
The Wire doesn't take place in your ideal world.

Kids these days.




(http://imgur.com/DwftD.jpg)

He was the only character I really, really hated from the show.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 26, 2010, 09:42:44 PM


 Him, Carter (Carver?) and that other shitty black cop at Western District who handles people any fucking way he wants. All of them need to be capped - in the head - by Marlow and crew by the end of the season or I will be pissed.

wait, how far are you in Season 4?  And you still hate Carver?

Something wrong with you, mang.  :-\
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 26, 2010, 09:45:32 PM
A fictional character who's gotta go! It's tv! Let me have my wish fulfillment! In my ideal world, cops like that get offed. LEMME DREAM

....do you know what show you're watching, Himu?  smh

besides that, out of ALL the characters on the show, you think the "worst" one (morally, we presume) is a cop who has, admittedly, beaten on some people, and, through stupidity, incompetence, and insensitivity, has sabotaged investigations and put a kid's life at risk?

As opposed to, say....the cold-hearted motherfuckers who order the cold-blooded murders of anyone brave enough to bear witness to a crime?
Or Stringer Bell ordering the contract killing of Dee, just because he thinks Dee might snitch, and so he can pork Dee's baby momma?

Your moral compass is all kinds of fucked up, Himumu.  :-\
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 26, 2010, 09:51:33 PM
I'm rewatching Generation Kill and since I saw it before The Wire I didn't realize Ziggy was on the show! I knew I had seen him somewhere before when season 2 started :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on August 26, 2010, 09:52:41 PM
Himu wants the Wire to be an anime set in futuristic tokyo where an elite squadron of robotic dick-girl cops set up hidden cameras in highschool locker rooms for upskirt shots.

And then the bad cop gets capped by the high school girls and every one lives happily ever after.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2010, 09:56:15 PM
A fictional character who's gotta go! It's tv! Let me have my wish fulfillment! In my ideal world, cops like that get offed. LEMME DREAM

....do you know what show you're watching, Himu?  smh

Out of ALL the characters on the show, you think the "worst" one (morally, we presume) is a cop who has, admittedly, beaten on some people, and, through stupidity, incompetence, and insensitivity, has sabotaged investigations and put a kid's life at risk?

As opposed to, say....the cold-hearted motherfuckers who order the cold-blooded murders of anyone brave enough to bear witness to a crime?
Or Stringer Bell ordering the contract killing of Dee, just because he thinks Dee might snitch, and so he can pork Dee's baby momma?

Your moral compass is all kinds of fucked up, Himumu.  :-\

It's just a fucking tv show and is no indication of my moral compass.

I want Marlo to get capped or in stripes, too. But I've dealt with Herc throughout the entire tv series. That is four seasons. HERC HAS GOT TO GO.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2010, 09:57:00 PM
Himu wants the Wire to be an anime set in futuristic tokyo where an elite squadron of robotic dick-girl cops set up hidden cameras in highschool locker rooms for upskirt shots.

:lol Not exactly. I just want the good cops to stop backing the shitty cops (Herc, Carv).
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 26, 2010, 09:57:57 PM
Himu wants the Wire to be an anime set in futuristic tokyo where an elite squadron of robotic dick-girl cops set up hidden cameras in highschool locker rooms for upskirt shots.

:lol Not exactly. I just want the good cops to stop backing the shitty cops (Herc, Carv).

 :-\ :-\ :-\

if you can't recognize the developing maturity of Carver throughout the latter seasons.....
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2010, 10:00:09 PM
Yeah, you're going to hate season 5 :lol

Naw, I'm sure I'll love it. But goddamit, Herc :lol If I were to make a list of all the times he and Carv fucked up :lol

Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2010, 10:00:56 PM
Himu wants the Wire to be an anime set in futuristic tokyo where an elite squadron of robotic dick-girl cops set up hidden cameras in highschool locker rooms for upskirt shots.

:lol Not exactly. I just want the good cops to stop backing the shitty cops (Herc, Carv).

 :-\ :-\ :-\

if you can't recognize the developing maturity of Carver throughout the latter seasons.....

Actually, I like Carver a lot now. I'm mostly talking about the earlier seasons, but Carv has redeemed himself and is now a good cop.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2010, 10:07:53 PM
Carver getting Naymond :bow

:bow Carver

Takin' out hood rats :rock
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 26, 2010, 10:18:04 PM
Carver grows so much from S1, I don't see why you'd hate him.

Herc is...well, Herc.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 26, 2010, 10:21:09 PM
I like Carv a lot. He has a lot of character development. His development from season 1 and 2 to 3 and then finally, the end of 3 and throughout 4, where he takes up a mantle and becomes good police...was really great to watch.

But Herc...:lol I'm mixed on the guy. Sometimes I'm rooting for him so he doesn't fuck up. But then he fucks up :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 26, 2010, 10:22:13 PM

But Herc...:lol I'm mixed on the guy. Sometimes I'm rooting for him so he doesn't fuck up. But then he fucks up :lol

Herc's end fate was probably the most bizarre of the show.  All I'll say.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on August 26, 2010, 10:46:39 PM
What ep of S4 are you on? 

Also...

*daps Cajole*

The Shield peaked late to the extreme. S5 and S7 omfg
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2010, 12:06:55 AM
Episode 12.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2010, 02:42:09 PM
I finished The Wire season 4 last night.

I think it's a shoe in for best season, along with season 3, so far. The bridge from season 4 to 5 is the best and I'm curious to see how all the kids are progressing in season 5.

Season 4 is one of those things for me where it makes me feel glad for what I've got and what I've experienced as I known far too many people fall into the deep end, even if they were raised in the suburbs.

Out of the kids, I'd say I liked Namond the most, with Duquan, Mike and Randy behind. I think the thing I enjoyed the most this season were the parallels between the kids and the rest of the cast. Like for instance, Namond is a direct parallel to D'Angelo, another favorite character of mine, but unlike Dee, Namond manages to get out. Question though, how come Bunny could take in Namond while Carv couldn't take in Randy?

Also, as for the education system, despite not ever even setting foot in Maryland, I find the education system to be akin to the one in Texas. In Texas we would take an annual test and instead of teaching us the material, we would be taught how to pass the test. The teachers didn't like it, but they had to do it to keep their jobs and some even openly complained about it to us - the students. And I didn't even go to a school in the ghetto, but a pre-dominantly white school in a middle class part of Houston. So I can only imagine what it's like for students in other areas to go through the same stuff, with less support, materials and money backing them.

One thing I've never understood about the street movement is the whole "no snitching" thing. I know that talking to the cops is perceived as weakness, but why is it always considered to be a bad thing? I was taught that telling the truth was always the best thing to do no matter the situation, why is talking to the authorities perceived as weakness?

Finally, since Herc's fuck ups caught up to him, I'm satisfied. Now it's time for Marlo to go.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2010, 02:45:24 PM
:lol You're kidding :lol

There's more?!
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2010, 02:48:15 PM
I'm split between 3 and 4.

Season 4 montage was the most emotional for me. Definitely the best edited.

[youtube=560,345]DOgAQbwKqzA[/youtube]

I took a peek at season 5's intro. Finally the editor learned how to edit a mother fucking intro. Goddamn.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2010, 02:56:08 PM
[youtube=560,345]By3H37NbtIQ[/youtube]

Lesson learned, Carv: Don't rely on Herc for anything.

 :'( Carv  :'(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on August 27, 2010, 11:37:48 PM
Namond was easily the most annoying of the kids. At least he stopped being a bitch.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 27, 2010, 11:39:50 PM
I never found him to be annoying.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on August 27, 2010, 11:41:35 PM
I never found him to be annoying.

I'm with Beezy on this point.

But I'm a relative S4 hater, so pay me no mind.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on August 28, 2010, 02:38:31 PM
Jimmy  :'(

He keeps evolving and developing a character, then de-evolving just a few episodes later. Goddamit Jimmy.  :'(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 01, 2010, 06:33:07 PM
fuck.

Bodie :(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Boogie on September 01, 2010, 07:08:01 PM


Finally, since Herc's fuck ups caught up to him, I'm satisfied.
:rofl

No no, it's even funnier when you add in the next line.

Quote from: Himuro
Finally, since Herc's fuck ups caught up to him, I'm satisfied. Now it's time for Marlo to go.

:rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 01, 2010, 07:15:33 PM
Season 4 is easily the best so far. I doubt season 5 will top it.

but man, Bodie. RIP  :(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 01, 2010, 07:19:34 PM
:(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on September 01, 2010, 09:33:24 PM
:'(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: patrickula on September 01, 2010, 10:35:07 PM
:bawl
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: TEEEPO on September 01, 2010, 10:44:09 PM
 :(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on September 01, 2010, 11:58:19 PM
:fbm
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 02, 2010, 12:02:08 AM
"This game is rigged, man. We're like them little bitches on the chess board."
 :(

edit:
[youtube=560,345]-YECcGWN5aY[/youtube]

I forgot how great that scene was. Notice the last shot: the park looks like a chess board.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on September 02, 2010, 12:13:47 AM
"Yo, this is MY corner I ain't going nowhere! :'(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 02, 2010, 12:16:40 AM


fuckin' Michael. i was saying to myself right after he got shot "he may still be alive! there's a cha-"

blam  :'( :'(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 02, 2010, 12:17:46 AM
I've been rewatching the series for the first time, forgot how amazing it is. At times while watching The Shield I was thinking "wow, this might be better than The Wire" but as I rewatch it...nah. The Wire stands alone.

that being said, The Shield S5 and S7 can't be fucked with
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on September 02, 2010, 12:25:34 AM


fuckin' Michael. i was saying to myself right after he got shot "he may still be alive! there's a cha-"

blam  :'( :'(

It wasn't Michael, man.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 02, 2010, 11:58:46 PM
Jesus Christ, Jimmy.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 03, 2010, 04:01:03 PM
Herc :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 04, 2010, 06:56:23 PM
Jimmy  :(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 04, 2010, 07:06:00 PM
Seriously, Jimmy is in a rut, man.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 05, 2010, 04:19:38 PM
jesus fucking christ SA;RFJAS;DFJ;ASDFJ;ASDF

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

spoiler (click to show/hide)
fucking Kenard kills Omar?! FUCKING KENARD?
[close]
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Beezy on September 05, 2010, 05:07:31 PM
jesus fucking christ SA;RFJAS;DFJ;ASDFJ;ASDF

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

spoiler (click to show/hide)
fucking Kenard kills Omar?! FUCKING KENARD?
[close]

Easily the one moment of the show that made me rage the most. :(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 05, 2010, 05:13:25 PM
I screamed at my laptop.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 05, 2010, 05:15:14 PM
have you watched passed episode 3?
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 05, 2010, 05:15:37 PM
I'm on episode 10, fool. Last episode.

Don't read that spoiler.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 05, 2010, 05:16:15 PM
booo

Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 05, 2010, 05:19:57 PM
At first I was thinking season 5 was probably the worst season - which uh, isn't saying much at all since it's the fucking Wire and this season is still amazing - but I may put it on par with season 1 or 2. We'll see.

One more episode.  :'(

I'm just amazed at the quality of this show. Five seasons, over what, 60-70 episodes? And I've only been meh on ONE episode and even that ep was better than most tv. Every single episode I've seen has captivated and had me enthralled. I can't say that for too many tv shows. Even my favorites likes Seinfeld or The Simpsons or whatever, they have some alright episodes, and they took a few seasons to get their A game on. The Wire was on its A game throughout the entire fucking series.

Goddamn.

Has anyone seen that show by the creators of The Wire that's in New Orleans following the aftermath of Katrina? Is it nearly as good?
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 05, 2010, 05:28:41 PM
Treme? I heard it's good, haven't seen it though.

check out The Shield, Himu :teehee

or Breaking Bad
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 05, 2010, 05:39:39 PM
I need to catch up on Breaking Bad.

What HBO show should I watch after The Wire? I'm thinking...Curb. Never seen The Sopranos, Rome, none of that. This was my first HBO drama.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 05, 2010, 06:07:48 PM
I just started The Sopranos; only 2 eps in. Rome is very good tho, almost done with it. Too bad it only has two seasons
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on September 05, 2010, 11:12:52 PM
Definitely Curb if you are a Seinfeld fan, show is amazing :bow2
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 06, 2010, 12:30:33 AM
Finished the series.

Probably my favorite tv series now.

I'd like to make an attempt to rank all the characters but...

Anyways:

3 = 4 > 1 > 2 = 5

Now to go through this thread:


That's okay; he turns out to be a pretty BA Recon Marine later.

???

Indeed, one of the best. I remember hearing BET completely cut the docks scenes out of their broadcast of S2. Pretty pathetic. Those scenes speak beyond race

You must be joking. How is this possible?

Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Diunx on September 06, 2010, 01:43:46 AM


That's okay; he turns out to be a pretty BA Recon Marine later.

???


Generation Kill.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Dickie Dee on September 06, 2010, 02:53:06 AM
Check out The Corner
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 06, 2010, 12:14:37 PM
I think I have a man-crush on David Simon:

"Simon makes it clear that the show’s ambitions were grand. “ ‘The Wire’ is dissent,” he says. “It is perhaps the only storytelling on television that overtly suggests that our political and economic and social constructs are no longer viable, that our leadership has failed us relentlessly, and that no, we are not going to be all right.” He also likes to say that “The Wire” is a story about the “decline of the American empire.” Simon’s belief in the show is a formidable thing, and it leads him into some ostentatious comparisons that he sometimes laughs at himself for and sometimes does not. Recently, he spoke at Loyola College, in Baltimore; he described the show in lofty terms that left many of the students in the audience puzzled—at least, those who had come hoping to hear how they might get a job in Hollywood. In creating “The Wire,” Simon said, he and his colleagues had “ripped off the Greeks: Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides. Not funny boy—not Aristophanes. We’ve basically taken the idea of Greek tragedy and applied it to the modern city-state.” He went on, “What we were trying to do was take the notion of Greek tragedy, of fated and doomed people, and instead of these Olympian gods, indifferent, venal, selfish, hurling lightning bolts and hitting people in the ass for no reason—instead of those guys whipping it on Oedipus or Achilles, it’s the postmodern institutions . . . those are the indifferent gods."

"My standard for verisimilitude is simple and I came to it when I started to write prose narrative: fuck the average reader. I was always told to write for the average reader in my newspaper life. The average reader, as they meant it, was some suburban white subscriber with two-point-whatever kids and three-point-whatever cars and a dog and a cat and lawn furniture. He knows nothing and he needs everything explained to him right away, so that exposition becomes this incredible, story-killing burden. Fuck him. Fuck him to hell."

What is interesting is that the show didn't win one Emmy, but amongst critics and reviewers, it's regarded as the best drama to grace television. It kinda falls into exactly what he said. Though, stuff like Mad Men and Breaking Bad winning lately gives me hope, I think there's a lot of truth in what this man says.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 06, 2010, 12:53:25 PM
What a shame it didn't win and didn't get nominated for anything. I wonder if the Emmy folks didn't feel the show was flashy enough, or maybe Simon was such an asshole they didn't want to give him anything  :lol
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Mandark on September 06, 2010, 02:09:50 PM
Homicide was always overlooked, too.  Andre Braugher (whose character was modeled after the same real-life detective as McNulty) won for best actor once, but it was never nominated as a series.

But it's the Emmys.  They gave Anne Hathaway the voice acting award over Jon Benjamin, for a guest spot on the Simpsons.  So like, whatever man.  That's just their opinion.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 06, 2010, 03:13:03 PM
What a shame it didn't win and didn't get nominated for anything. I wonder if the Emmy folks didn't feel the show was flashy enough, or maybe Simon was such an asshole they didn't want to give him anything  :lol

The emmy's are shit. Just like any industry award.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 07, 2010, 12:43:54 AM
True, true. Yet I still couldn't help but feel baffled that the show didn't even get nominations, despite being such a critical darling for five seasons.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 15, 2010, 09:20:10 PM
Season 5 - episode 8 "Clarifications"


 :(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 15, 2010, 09:23:38 PM
I don't know what to say man. This is worse than Bodie.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 15, 2010, 09:23:52 PM
jesus.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 15, 2010, 11:02:43 PM
One episode left. Season 5 - disc 4.

I'll have it Saturday. The urge to just download and watch it now is very strong but I will resist. I need to let this stew for awhile.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 15, 2010, 11:03:43 PM
I don't know what to say man. This is worse than Bodie.

what
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 15, 2010, 11:09:18 PM
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KENARD? FUCKING KENARD?? at least Bodie got to go down like a MAN. Defending is corner like a SOLDIER. Omar went down buying some smokes. Man.
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Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 15, 2010, 11:17:42 PM
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KENARD? FUCKING KENARD?? at least Bodie got to go down like a MAN. Defending is corner like a SOLDIER. Omar went down buying some smokes. Man.
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That's the poetic thing about it all. Omar was so gully he could only die unknowingly. He even saw Kenard walk into the store and thought nothing of it.

Kenard's story is one of the most interesting in the series and he has only a few lines total. Kid starts out idolizing Omar in season 3 and mimicing him in the streets after the shoot out with the barksdale crew, then we see kenard grow from a simple-minded kid with a mouth hanging out with drug dealing kids on the corners, to trying to make a buck by stealing from Naymond, to working on Chris and Dukie's corner, to taking down Omar..seemingly just to due to it. And seeing the kid about to light a cat truly speaks for his character.

And this is just one character. Who has a minor fucking role.
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Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 18, 2010, 06:21:37 PM
beautiful ending

thoughts to come.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on September 18, 2010, 06:39:19 PM
 :'(
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Stoney Mason on December 09, 2010, 11:34:43 PM
(http://i51.tinypic.com/10y1340.jpg)
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: BlueTsunami on December 10, 2010, 12:04:00 AM
So good. And I love that I get to still watch Lance Reddick as Agent Broyles on Fringe.
Title: Re: Himu-chan watches The Wire
Post by: Himu on December 10, 2010, 01:11:10 AM
:bow NEUTRAL GOOD :bow2