In the middle of my first rewatch. Not sure why it's taken so long.
Anyway, this is still as funny as it was the first time.
Anyway, this is still as funny as it was the first time.
Television The Wire
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Been on a Youtube binge of clips from it the last two days. It's so fecking good. Have to rewatch it again.
Way more than that.
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Domenick Lombardozzi
Jamie Hector
Delaney Williams
Darrell Britt-Gibson
Jermaine Crawford
Tray Chaney
Anwan Glover
Nathan Corbett
Bobby J. Brown
Brian Anthony Wilson
Maria Broom
Chris Clanton
Michael Salconi
Kevin Murray
Robert Poletick
Susan Rome
William L. Thomas
Melvin T. Russell
Imani Nia Robinson
Russ Widdall
Kim Tuvin
Gordon Timothy
Seth Hurwitz (uncredited in The Wire)
Ken Arnold (uncredited)
Christopher Crutchfield Walker (uncredited)
James Lewis (uncredited)
Aaron Marcus (uncredited)
Mike D. Anderson (uncredited)
Shaun Woodland (uncredited)
Bus Howard (uncredited in We Own This City)
Marlo had a very respectable career at Villa, Utd and Inter in fact
Who do you consider the best actor on the show? I guess I’d pick Michael K Williams.
Down to him or Andre Royo in terms of The Wire.
Also there was the pigeon shite easter egg that many didn't catch.
Idris Elba, but Michael K Williams was fantastic too.
Young Sabotka (Pablo Schreiber, who is Leigh Scheiber's brother) was Master Chief in the Halo series and was the main character in the movie Den of Thieves (with 50 Cent and Gerard Butler).
He's currently our third string striker option.
I'm on a rewatch. Finished the 3rd season. Even better on a rewatch.
Looking forward to 4th season, was the best, about the kids lost in the streets.
Looking forward to 4th season, was the best, about the kids lost in the streets.
4th was my fave on first watch but every rematch changes my opinion. Think 3rd or 1st are the best but I do love 2 and 4.
2nd and 4th were my favorites on the 1st watch.
First was great, third season just somehow passed, it was all right but nothing special and if I remember 5th was a blast too. But 2nd and 4th were the top.
5th is the silliest I think. With the whole fake serial killer thing I got the point but it was a bit daft.
Had some great highs and average moments and as you say the silly plot about the serial killer.
Bubbles speech is one of the greatest in TV history. Love it dearly
He also had a significant role in Orange Is The New Black.
The crowning moment of season 5:
I watched We Own This City because of Bernthal, it turned out to be far better than I expected and finally got me into watching Th Wire. Took me ages to realize Hector was Suiter and Marlo.
The whole storyline with the reporter interviewing him is wonderful. You have this character who we’ve only really seen in funny, disgusting or weird situations. Always masking his true emotions. And then suddenly he’s this sober person struggling, yet thriving. Trying to come to terms with his past and wether that past actually makes it ok for him to be happy or not. The emotional range there is awesome. And seeing him finally opening up, accepting his own past, his mistakes but also the fact that there’s a future, friends and family waiting for him, that was beautiful storytelling. And we deserved this after all this sadness.
To me that was the most beautiful part of the show. This one moment that showed us that even in the worst circumstances there’s hope. Without ever being unrealistic.
Wendell Pierce (Bunk) for me. The character is not too multidimensional but Pierce does a great job.
3rd was great on the first round but now (after about 5 rewatches) the Hamsterdam is a tiresome plot line.
I went through the same as a lot of other fans of the show: found season 2 boring on my first watch but find it the best now after many rewatches.
Yeah, it dragged too much.
I just started a re-watch, on episode 2. It was already so good right from the start.
Last night I chatted about The Wire with my son, especially how great scene Mike killing Snoop is and now I feel the urge to start another rewatch.
How my hair look, Mike?
This thread bump is always slightly better than than Sopranos thread bump.
Currently reading The Wire: All the Pieces Matter. Unbelievable book. David Simon is a super bright man.
Such a poignant line for someone who once boasted about buying the Cadillac of nail guns. It's weirdly touching.
He mean Lexus, but he ain't know it.
Is it as good as breaking bad ?
I feel you. Every quote just makes me want to watch it again. I miss those characters
What a great character.
It's better, but then again you are asking in The Wire thread.
S’all in the game, yo.
When you're reaching the levels of The Wire, Breaking Bad, Sopranos and Mad Men, you're entering a territory in which better can often depend on mood, emphasis, style and a number of other factors. Each show has certain aspects that they do better or worse than the others. At this level it's too hard to call between them and it really does become a question of apples or oranges.
It's not a question that it's as good as Breaking Bad; it's whether it's better than anything ever made on television. It deserves to be in that conversation.
Yep, a great character who barely scrapes into the top 10 great Wire characters, if at all. That's how good it is.
Mad Men is a level below those two IMO. It has some very high highs, but the average is not quite there.
That said, I did recently queue up another re-watch of it, so it's still great.
But Bunny is a great character so it’s worth it.
Oh yes, one of my top 5 favorite characters for sure.
BB and The Wire are my two favorite shows. Both peaked in Season 4 but still had a decent 5th and final season. Sopranos was nearly as good but the last season was a big drop off in quality and the final episode a disaster (imo). Still a really great watch for the most part.