The Wire: The Rewatch... and all the pieces matter.

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zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

That sound Herc makes when he's moving the desk makes me laugh every single time.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2016 01:40

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# ¿ May 14, 2025 18:53

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

The Wire Food Mega Edit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MScJttWLs3Y

I love YouTube.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2017 00:31

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

I'm on my first rewatch in at least 5 years and the pacing of season 3 kind of threw me off, partly because I had the whole timeline of that season mixed up. I thought Stringer told Avon about D much later, so it was weird to me that they were acting all chummy together the very next episode. I guess they just buried that poo poo and moved on with their business because they're gangsters? And they decided not to tell Brianna too?

I also thought the rooftop scene between them was way earlier, but you can definitely see the tension between them and they almost know that they sold each other out. The whole Stringer-Barksdale story line is so good.

But 43215. There are so many crushing scenes in S4, drat.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2018 14:14

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

I agree that season five is the weakest, but I'm just finishing my first re-watch, and when Michael says good bye to bug, and then when dukie says goodbye to Michael, and when Bubbles walks up those loving stairs. Holy loving gently caress me man.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2018 02:20

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

I don't think there's a thread for it but if you want to stay mad about social injustice and want to see something else with Michael K Williams, When They See Us on Netflix about the central park five is really well done and also absolutely devastating.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2019 01:55

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

The timing of that delivery after his scene in the finale is funny as hell.

THIS SENTIMENTAL MOTHERFUCKER JUST COST US MONEY.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2019 21:33

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

He was my dog *sobs*

# ¿ Jul 5, 2019 23:55

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

I loved the two cops that bunk double checks Omar's murder on too.

"This ain't the motherfucker that came up with 62 ways for the peanut neither"

# ¿ Jul 7, 2019 00:33

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

That scene when Walon visits Bubbles in the hospital is soul crushing. His whole arc is the best thing about this show (tied with like 4 other things)

# ¿ Apr 10, 2020 01:57

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Daniels gets the good Bodie ending.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2020 14:10

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Probably just another example of the different types of trauma that kids bring into school with them everyday.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2020 15:28

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

The way that mic goes flying off gets me every time

# ¿ Apr 27, 2020 23:57

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

I just finished Generation Kill not that long ago and James Ransone is incredible in it

# ¿ May 12, 2020 03:12

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

One thing that was always unclear to me was stringer's graveyard meeting with colvin and it could just be me not hearing it correctly. String asks Colvin that he hopes he can "keep that to five." Colvin replies "it's going to be a nickle at least," to which String says "Come on, man" and is upset. Does he want the minimum jail time for Avon so he's out of the way for just a few years?

# ¿ Jun 1, 2020 04:55

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Rollie Fingers posted:

I've just completed The Wire. I came into it quite cold - I knew it was critically acclaimed and had almost a religious following, but I knew nothing about it beyond that.

I absolutely adored the first three seasons. Definitely the best TV I've ever watched. Seasons 4 and 5 didn't grab me as much because, IMO, the Stanfield organisation material was far weaker than the Barksdale organisation material and the docks. I get Marlo is meant to personify neoliberalism but he and his terminators kind felt out of place in the show (although the conclusion to their arcs was well written).

D'Angelo was superb all around. His death really rocked me and I wish he was there till the end of the show

I'm definitely watching the show again.

I think this is a pretty common reaction to Marlo's organization and I think it definitely benefits from a rewatch once you get the flavor of what David Simon is doing. But I agree the barksdale crew has more interesting characters overall. For me the most gripping stuff was the kids plotline and Omar in prison was one of the highlights of the show.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2020 00:58

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

tbf if I was David Simon and I had an audience with Obama I'd be grabbing him by his suit lapels and screaming that our house was burning down

# ¿ Jun 28, 2020 22:15

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Ginette Reno posted:

My name is not my name versus my name is my name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoyq88niVEU

# ¿ Jun 30, 2020 00:33

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

WithoutTheFezOn posted:

The ability to put six syllables into the word “poo poo”.

On a different note, here’s a question that I can’t google an answer to: anyone know how many times in the series Bodie said “poo poo is on”?

Off the top of my head, once when he's partying with slim and cutty.

It's also one of my favorite background utterances when he gets into the shootout with Chris and Snoop. He doesn't say it though.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2020 03:53

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

So I think I know the answer to this, but the pretext for stopping D when he got arrested was that he spent an unreasonably short amount of time in New York before he drove back? This seems like a flimsy reason for a fishing expedition yes, the answer is cops can do whatever they want

But why didn't D refuse until he got ahold of Levy? Seems like he's had enough run-ins with the cops to know not to say poo poo without his lawyer.

# ¿ Sep 14, 2020 22:06

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Everyone forgetting about Shorty Boyd smh

# ¿ Sep 16, 2020 23:28

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

I finally got around to watching It Chapter 2 and had no idea James Ransone was in it. He's so good, he kind of saves the movie tbh. Him and Bill Hader's chemistry together is really good.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2020 06:10

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

The Wire walks a fine line with that, but the major crimes unit is undoubtedly cast as the good guys, even though going after kingpins only accounts for a fraction of all drug arrests. We only see glimpses here and there of people getting busted for possession and how that affects the community, which obviously wouldn't make for as good of television as the cat and mouse game between major crimes and avon, say. Like, I wish maybe they'd spent a little more time with Hamsterdam. Colvin was a great lense to view story through and I wish we got a little more than just the letters from the community bit at the end (although his talks at role call and with Carver we're good too).

# ¿ Dec 19, 2020 01:57

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Right, the characters are not at all two dimensional and the institutions are rightly depicted as flawed at best, but i think in the "cops and robbers" archetype, the cops are the protagonist because "drugs are bad" (obviously, like the poster above me said, this is a gross reduction). I guess I would have liked to seen more of "why are drugs bad?" Season 2 touches on this a little with the decline of the docks and the loss of blue collar jobs, but it doesn't really keep the connection going.

I'm kind of playing devil's advocate, but I've been thinking about this a lot recently. Someone a couple pages back posted that "Is The Wire Copaganda?" video which I haven't watched yet, but I should, because like I said, I think the show navigates it pretty well, but it's worth examining in that context.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2020 04:04

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

until someday some way those motherfuckers get dredged and we get some CHIPPPPSINHEEEERRRRE

# ¿ Dec 30, 2020 19:10

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Rank your Sobotkas

Frank
Ziggy
Nick's Dad
Nick
Nick's Mom

# ¿ Mar 3, 2021 16:18

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Omar's death isn't in the papers, but the corner boys Marlo confronts at the end are trading rumors about his death, vastly blowing it out of proportion, making him into a sort of folk legend.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2021 02:15

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

happyhippy posted:

Watching Homocide: Life on the Streets, also based in Baltimore.

These spin-offs are getting out of control

# ¿ Jul 20, 2021 23:42

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

The newspaper crew might not be as well written, but they're well acted, which goes a long way for me. Templeton is so petulant when he gets called out on his poo poo, it's great. I also really like the scene where Jimmy meets with the newspaper staff about the call and finds out Templeton is full of poo poo.

And of course as soon as I YouTube The Wire all sorts of recommended videos start popping up. I think I remember the context, but I don't remember this scene AT ALL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIbu1lHqrEo

# ¿ Aug 6, 2021 18:55

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Reg E Cathey is so good

# ¿ Aug 11, 2021 23:58

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Hey Norman, you know what I had for dinner last night? Tuna sub. I ate in the car.

When I finish writing my memoirs, that poo poo'll be in there, no doubt.

lmao. Aidan Gillen does an amazing job too

# ¿ Aug 12, 2021 01:26

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

But there's also that scene with Herc and Carver where Carver has to decide what to do with officer Collichio (after he assaults the guy in the car I think) and if Carv should bring the hammer down on him. Herc backs him up on his decision and basically says if you think that's the right thing to do, then it's the right thing to do. It's not a redemptive moment for Herc by any means, but its still a nice moment between the two.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2021 18:28

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Bubbles' entire arc is perfect including the final montage.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2021 22:45

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

James Ransone is so, so good in Generation Kill. The show is good. Show Me A Hero is really good, too (and short). I watched a couple episodes of Treme, but never got hooked.

# ¿ Aug 16, 2021 01:13

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

gently caress. Really bummed about this.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2021 22:01

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

In BoB, Liebgott also set out on his own to confront the (alleged) concentration camp officer. It's never really confirmed if he was an actual officer there.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2021 00:24

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

CBJSprague24 posted:

TIL Bill Rawls did voiceovers for the DNC during the 2020 Presidential campaign:

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1298655192234237953

John Doman rules and has seriously become one of my favorite actors since I finished my first binge-watch and I want to see more stuff he's in.

"MOTHAFUCKA (smacks mic off the podium and storms up to Bodie)" is still one of my favorite laugh out loud moments from the series.

A friend recommended me Borgias a while ago, is that any good?

Also, I've never watched Oz, but I guess it has a bunch of actors from the wire in it too? It looks a little "early 2000s" in the way the first season of the wire looks a little dated sometimes too.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2022 02:32

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Herc and Carver are definitely skimming seized money in S1, but it's never really explored in the following seasons except for Daniels' history in the eastern district.

Show looks so good.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2022 17:32

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

ilmucche posted:

Bug running around six flags with cotton candy and a batman mask on is adorable

Nice dolphin

Edit: ^^ lol drat

# ¿ May 28, 2022 17:26

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

Snot Boogie got me thinking about the best cold opens of the wire and they're all pretty much Omar (Omar in jail is incredible, but Omar goes out for Cheerios and Omar vs mouzone are really good too). Drunk Jimmy is up there, though. He plays a drunk so good.

# ¿ Jun 27, 2022 18:48

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# ¿ May 14, 2025 18:53

zenguitarman: Apr 6, 2009; Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather

deoju posted:

Buy for a dolla, sell for tew

# ¿ Aug 10, 2022 03:44

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