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Frankly, if anything, the Wire still romanticizes the police compared to reality.
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Ginette Reno posted:I guess you could say the Wire is being unusually sympathetic to cops in that most real world police seem to be huge assholes and in the Wire only most of the cops are assholes and even the ones that are assholes have some redeeming qualities. Lol that’s actually what I was trying to say but it’s cool that it got picked up into a full legit conversation on the topic
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IIRC Prez had a bath back with the right testimony/connections but ultimately decided that he really didn't want to keep being a police officer.
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I feel like there's a missing step. Like, was it his dad's McDonald's franchise he started working at and then inherited or something?
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Dec 22, 2020 21:27
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Ainsley McTree posted:what were his means exactly lived in a mountain commuted via cave
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Dec 22, 2020 21:35
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I’m Pickle McNulty!
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Season 2 is such an underdog season but it’s such an important one in the grand scheme of things
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Groundskeeper Silly posted:What was the point of the serial killer plotline? Almost every other major plotline seemed both realistic (enough) and provided insight into some system or structure or group of people. Was it just to show that the newspaper's bosses were eager to print sensational stories, even if they were a little fishy? Surely there were ways to do that that were had some basis in reality. David Simon had an axe to grind and he was a little too close to the subject matter. In particular Scott Templeton is sort of cobbled together from a bunch of other reporters that blatantly made up quotes and scenes and even won Pulitzers before being caught. The serial killer stuff might be a bit out there but the idea that the publishers care more about selling the paper and the prestige than they do about the veracity is not wrong.
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Feb 18, 2021 19:18
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Jerusalem posted:Yeah, plus it looks like he has lost a ton of weight (in a good way) even if he's one of those guys who looks perpetually 45. He was actually wearing a fat suit for The Wire.
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It's almost a bit silly to even compare them directly. They're both hour-long HBO dramas but they're just built very differently to tell two very different types of stories. Comparing The Sopranos to The Shield would be easier, I think.
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Mar 6, 2021 21:04
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The Sopranos in the sheets, Homicide: Life on the Streets
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Mar 7, 2021 09:28
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Season 1 starts out pretty rough but starts to hit its stride in the last stretch of episodes, and then season 2 is absolutely fantastic. Season 3 is easily the worst season because it doesn’t have “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” during the finale
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Mar 7, 2021 20:56
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Really everything you need to fundamentally understand Carcetti is contained in that Season 3 scene where he cheats on his wife while staring at himself in the mirror the whole time.
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Mar 19, 2021 00:50
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CBJSprague24 posted:Through episode 2, he seems like a helicopter parent pushing their kid into doing something they don't want to do so they can live vicariously AND the kid wrapped up into one person. He wants The Prestige of being mayor but can't be bothered to put in the effort to win. The scene I’m thinking of is long before D’Agostino ever shows up. It’s back before he’s even running for mayor
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Mar 19, 2021 23:18
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Eh, I wouldn't. They're the weakest part of the season certainly but they're still a big part of the show and the throughline of the season.
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Jun 29, 2021 23:55
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Also the newsroom arc directly intersects with the bubbles arc
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It’s also significant because his death comes from one of the civilians that he never interferes with. Kenard isn’t in the game and so not only does Omar not see him as a threat, he doesn’t see him at all. And in dying without a confrontation Mario is also denied the respect that comes from killing him. Omar dies and fully becomes a creature of legend, and Marlo merely a coward afraid to face him.
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IIRC at one point McNulty tells him that he "shouldn't talk dirty now that [he's] a judge" which to me implies that his position is fairly recent, and that McNulty knew him before but I don't think anything is specifically states
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McNulty is definitely some kind of libertarian
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Aug 9, 2021 03:59
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Which season gave us Lester asking for the pepper steak?
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Aug 12, 2021 19:35
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That scene alone justifies the season imo
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Aug 12, 2021 20:38
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zenguitarman posted: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. I like that he and Collochio aren't the same kind of shithead cop. Herc genuinely supports his friends, backs them up, and willingly takes all the heat on himself when he tanks his career because he doesn't want to bring down anyone with him. I don't think Collichio would have done that.
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It’s incredible how differently I felt about Prez by the end, even though he’s never really held accountable for the stuff he does at the start
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werdnam posted:Just finished the last episode. Wow, that was depressing. And a bit frustrating that the ones who deserved it landed well, and the ones who didn't got wrecked. But it's not about deserving, right Snoop? I'm legitimately disappointed that the newspaper story, for all it looked to be building up to a climax, turned into a big nothing in the end. The fact that most of the endings are so unsatisfying makes it that much sweeter for Bubbles, imo. I mean if you had to pick just one character to get a happy ending he's the one.
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Aug 15, 2021 21:59
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Eason the Fifth posted:poo poo I thought was just a post about the scene in the show Same, I thought someone just got to that point in their watch. gently caress.
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Sep 6, 2021 21:38
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Nothing like watching people on their first watch of the Wire and being so certain that Clay Davis is about to get comeuppance.
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Sep 14, 2021 21:25
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Vichan posted:Y-y-y-you think I'm done! What are you reading there, Senator?
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Sep 15, 2021 08:11
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Goes back to the Continental Marines back during the Revolution, I think.
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Sep 15, 2021 21:30
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You can find the full episodes uploaded to YouTube and that's about the only option other than buying DVDs AFAIK
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Nov 15, 2021 22:00
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Poot today is older than Rawls was in season 1 Is that true? No idea. But I bet you feel old now
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Dec 31, 2021 22:13
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Aces High posted:When you say Rawls do you mean the actor or the character? Yes. (Ok, so I can't find an exact birthdate for Tray Chaney but I've seen 1982 thrown around which would put him roughly ~20 when The Wire started and about 40 now. John Doman was born in 1945 so he was in his late 50s during season 1. But he would be around the age Lance Reddick was at the start of the show so you can still feel a little old.)
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I got my 73 year old dad watching The Wire and he’s really into it. He just watched the episode where Wallace got killed
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I don't think he knows who any of these people are, but he identified Lance Reddick as the best actor in the show so far. Tbh I think that's incredibly dangerous game to play but not a bad choice imo
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This season is very meta and I do not like it.
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roomtone posted:i don't remember the co-op being a failure until marlo shows up at it Yeah the co-op works fine until someone like Marlo shows up, who values the crown more than the money. Avon understood that. Prop Joe kind of understood that but thought he could civilize Marlo, Stringer never understood that
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:He did know that. It was never determined whether or not he knew we're gonna look like some punk rear end bitches out there. I love how Stringer immediately abandons all decorum after that remark
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It’s funny, but it’s also the exact same attitude that leads him to try and put out a hit on Clay Davis so it’s also just great story telling imo
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Ithle01 posted:The Borgias with John Doman is the European one made by.... Canal+ I think? It's not the Starz one with Jeremy Irons. The Starz one is .... not ideal. Jeremy Irons is great, but everyone else is meh and the historical changes make me want to stab the writers in the neck because they sort of try to make Cesare the anti-hero, but end up whitewashing a dude who was a legit psychotic monster. "These are for you, Savonarola"
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McNulty could never be on the take. I mean, that's mostly because he's already fully compromised in a completely different way but still
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