Revisiting The Wire

perlman · Post by **perlman** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:21 am

Weebay confessing to more murders for a sandwich is ill

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:53 am

Watching Carcetti change was ill.. I wonder how many politicians go through that exact same transition.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:27 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:You guys suck. I love Brother Mouzone.

yup

and if we're really reducing the character to pf archetypes, then it's gotta be Thun X Magneto

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:10 pm

drizzle wrote:Thun X Magneto

THUGNETO!!!!!!

it's been a long week at work

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:54 am

Also I purposely didn't watch the wire for several years after I'd heard about it because Icesickle kept talking about how good it was and how it was racist that it didn't win any awards.

Larry Lover · Post by **Larry Lover** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:20 am

Moolah wrote:Also I purposely didn't watch the wire for several years after I'd heard about it because Icesickle kept talking about how good it was and how it was racist that it didn't win any awards.

I use the Ice man and Tommy Bunz as measuring devices for whether I should watch something. If Ice says go, I says no, if Tommy Bunz agrees with Ice, I'll give it a chance.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:16 pm

Moolah wrote:Also I purposely didn't watch the wire for several years after I'd heard about it because Icesickle kept talking about how good it was and how it was racist that it didn't win any awards.

Kinda in the same boat.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:16 pm

Larry Lover wrote:
Moolah wrote:Also I purposely didn't watch the wire for several years after I'd heard about it because Icesickle kept talking about how good it was and how it was racist that it didn't win any awards.
I use the Ice man and Tommy Bunz as measuring devices for whether I should watch something. If Ice says go, I says no, if Tommy Bunz agrees with Ice, I'll give it a chance.

Req · Post by **Req** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:48 am

Dids wrote:
Moolah wrote:Rewatched up to Season 3.

Brother Mouzone is by far the worst character in the whole of the Wire. He's one of the few characters who comes across as a complete cartoon. Everything he says is completely contrived and he speaks as if he's reading off of Thun's teleprompter at a fundraiser for people who closely resemble Phife Dog and Lupe Fiasco.
This is a correct statement.

gtfffffffffoh

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GOAT scene status

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:51 am

The Corner is on HBO on demand for those that care.

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:56 pm

Req wrote:
Dids wrote:
Moolah wrote:Rewatched up to Season 3.

Brother Mouzone is by far the worst character in the whole of the Wire. He's one of the few characters who comes across as a complete cartoon. Everything he says is completely contrived and he speaks as if he's reading off of Thun's teleprompter at a fundraiser for people who closely resemble Phife Dog and Lupe Fiasco.
This is a correct statement.
gtfffffffffoh

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GOAT scene status

um, yeah. you two don't know what the fuck you are talking about.

some Nation Of Islam dudes are fucking lethal, word to Malcolm X's murderers

he wasn't the best, but he wasn't that bad. the fabric of your reality is lily white if you can't understand Brother Mouzone

Omar should be a worldwide mythological character recognized as a Ghettofied Gangstalicious version of Robin Hood

I'm so happy he didn't see it coming when he got offed, and it wasn't anyone who earned the honor. NOW THAT'S KARMIC JUSTICE BANG BANG

you know what? I respected Snoop, but I fucking HATED HER cause she was so sinister and E-ville. Not evil, but E-Ville.
fuckin Snoop. "duh mah haiurr look good?"

NOT AFTER I'M DONE GIVING YOU A BULLET PERM, B!TCH!

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:40 am

Philaflava wrote:
Moolah wrote:Also I purposely didn't watch the wire for several years after I'd heard about it because Icesickle kept talking about how good it was and how it was racist that it didn't win any awards.
Kinda in the same boat.

You had reservations about watching it because you thought it was some B-Grade "urban" cop drama like NY Undercover. You never explained your reasoning behind that assumption.

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:46 am

Da gawd White Ice created the 2nd ever Wire thread on here.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:27 pm

Icesickle wrote:B-Grade "urban" cop drama like NY Undercover.

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:14 am

I just finished watching for the first time, and I can say that it did live up to the hype.

The only thing I'm pissed about is that Rawls never got outed as a fag, but at the same time, it's very cool how they just showed him at a gay bar for 2 seconds once and never went back to it.

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:26 am

DLG wrote:I just finished watching for the first time, and I can say that it did live up to the hype.

The only thing I'm pissed about is that Rawls never got outed as a fag, but at the same time, it's very cool how they just showed him at a gay bar for 2 seconds once and never went back to it.

Never noticed that.

HomeSkillet · Post by **HomeSkillet** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:55 am

Moolah wrote:
DLG wrote:I just finished watching for the first time, and I can say that it did live up to the hype.

The only thing I'm pissed about is that Rawls never got outed as a fag, but at the same time, it's very cool how they just showed him at a gay bar for 2 seconds once and never went back to it.

Never noticed that.

Omar was walking into the pink hippo (well thats the one its supposed to be I think, never been inside

) and Rawls is sitting there with some fagboy drinking

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:00 am

^Yeah, I forgot about that. I remember it had me rofl'n though.

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:10 am

HomeSkillet wrote:
Moolah wrote:
DLG wrote:I just finished watching for the first time, and I can say that it did live up to the hype.

The only thing I'm pissed about is that Rawls never got outed as a fag, but at the same time, it's very cool how they just showed him at a gay bar for 2 seconds once and never went back to it.

Never noticed that.
Omar was walking into the pink hippo (well thats the one its supposed to be I think, never been inside ) and Rawls is sitting there with some fagboy drinking

nah it was brother mouzone's fat goon looking for omar that went in the bar.

HomeSkillet · Post by **HomeSkillet** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:54 am

ah you are right

Dids · Post by **Dids** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:50 pm

Afformentioned goon is played by DeAndre from The Corner, if you care about such things.

I just rewatched S2 again. Holy dicks it is just amazing.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:35 pm

^I haven't seen The Corner in years, but from what I remember, aren't there quite a few characters/actors that were on both?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:37 pm

Verge wrote:^I haven't seen The Corner in years, but from what I remember, aren't there quite a few characters/actors that were on both?

shitload

Dids · Post by **Dids** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:19 pm

As I've said before a combination of having read the book and not wanting to be depressed again, an aversion to Charles S. Dutton's weird insertion into the series, and it just being so weird to see Lester and others in new roles made it kinda impossible for me to watch The Corner.

I'm sure it's very good, but man- the book was soul crushing and I like my soul and don't want it crushed again.

Dids · Post by **Dids** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:20 pm

And to be clear- I'm not talking about the actors WRT DeAndre- it's the actual kid- being a fat actor and no longer a going to die at 20 drug dealer.

ThaJim2 · Post by **ThaJim2** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:34 pm

After the latest Pulitzer prizes season 5 might now actually be the best season of the show. The NYT submitted there hard hitting expose on fucking cell phones while driving and how they helped to pressure the legislator to pass an unenforceable law.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:34 am

If anyone still hasn't copped the whole series DVD box set, I copped one off this guy for $60 and change. Unopened, perfect condition, must be dead stock. He's got over 10 more copies if anyone's interested.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Wire-Complete-Serie ... _500wt_947

A Kid · Post by **A Kid** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:05 pm

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YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:55 pm

A Kid wrote:[Clay Davis]sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit[/Clay Davis]

Req · Post by **Req** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:48 pm

Dids wrote:
Moolah wrote:Rewatched up to Season 3.

Brother Mouzone is by far the worst character in the whole of the Wire. He's one of the few characters who comes across as a complete cartoon. Everything he says is completely contrived and he speaks as if he's reading off of Thun's teleprompter at a fundraiser for people who closely resemble Phife Dog and Lupe Fiasco.
This is a correct statement.

it's been over 6 months and I still can't get over how fucking gay the above two posts are.