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Re: The Wire
[Re: getthesenets]
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02/02/11 07:40 PM
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I don't have HBO and my cousin was telling me for YEARS about the show. I never like to feel as though I'm caught up in the "hype" about something.
Didn't watch it until there was discs of all the seasons at my local library...each weekend I took them out..and of course, was blown away.
I applaud the writers for not watering down the dialogue slang for mainstream audience. In fact, almost on cue...the "critics" seemed to take offense to not having things tailored to them. I read a NY times article/review of the show and the writer ACTUALLY wrote something to the effect of..." the street dialogue is self consciously accurate".f the critics.
maybe they'd be more comfortable if the characters were talking "blaxploitation jive" or what-not.
yeah i waited till all the seasons were out and on sale then bought all of them and it was a great time, i was sad it ended just as when the sopranos did
Tommy Shots: They want me running the family, don't they know I have a young wife?
Sal Vitale: (laughs) Tommy, jump in, the water's fine.
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Re: The Wire
[Re: Mickey_MeatBalls_DeMonica]
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02/03/11 02:39 AM
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Having seen the entire run, I really cannot easily decide if The Sopranos was better or not -- that's how good The Wire is!
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: The Wire
[Re: J Geoff]
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02/03/11 02:44 AM
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Having seen the entire run, I really cannot easily decide if The Sopranos was better or not -- that's how good The Wire is! This from someone who thinks New Jersey pizza is the best in the world.
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Re: The Wire
[Re: VinnyGorgeous]
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02/03/11 03:56 AM
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Having seen the entire run, I really cannot easily decide if The Sopranos was better or not -- that's how good The Wire is! This from someone who thinks New Jersey pizza is the best in the world. Never said best in the WORLD! Just best outside of Naples  I will say this..after having seen the first episode. The first episode is shit compared to any of The Sopranos shows. That's how good The Sopranos was. Needless to say, you can't judge an entire series on the pilot episode!
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: The Wire
[Re: Mickey_MeatBalls_DeMonica]
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03/10/11 12:14 PM
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"The Wire" actress busted in drug ring.
More than 30 people, including the actress known as "Snoop" from the Baltimore-based HBO series "The Wire," were arrested Thursday morning across the city and its surrounding counties in connection with a large-scale heroin and marijuana operation.
Raids were carried out in the pre-dawn hours by agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Baltimore police and a slew of other federal and state law enforcement agencies.
Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, known for her drug-assassin character on "The Wire," was taken into custody at a downtown apartment on a state warrant, officials said.
The actress has a troubled past, having been convicted at age 14 of second-degree murder. More recently, she refused to testify as a witness at a murder trial and was arrested at her then-Northeast Baltimore home.
The arrests are part of a five-month drug investigation, officials said.
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Re: The Wire
[Re: Mickey_MeatBalls_DeMonica]
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06/25/11 08:38 AM
06/25/11 08:38 AM
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K. Ive got a confession. When I made this thread, I was a "tourist" to "The Wire". I had watched burnt copies of about 60% of each season up to the fifth. Now Im re-watching it with a vengeance & realising that I was fucking wrong.
"THE WIRE" SHITS ALL OVER "THE SOPRANO'S", THAT IS, "THE SOPRANO'S", BEST FUCKIN' TELEVISION SHOW IN HE HISTORY OF FUCKING TELEVISION. "THE WIRE" IS BETTER THEN THE BEST TELEVISION SHOW IN HISTORY.
Ahem.
Really, though, Ive been rewatching the series in HighDef from the start, & a little way into the Second Series Im dumbfounded over what I was missing. I cant believe I didnt realise it before. "The Wire" is, in fact, so much, much deeper then "Soprano's" or "Oz" or whatever-the-fuck. So much more sprawling, so much more all encompassing.
Lets face it, "Soprano's" is classic. For me, at least, it redefined good t.v. What could be done with the medium. "Oz" showed me one could still push the envelope, Tony Soprano & his crew showed me how far you could take it into that id realm of WWYD? (Y for YOU mofo's!)
For example, I refer you to the murder of young 'jects kid Wallace in Series the First, the "testimony" of gay stick up man Omar Little in Series the Second & the continuing saga of Bubbles [Reginald?], the most convincing depiction of the drug struggle Ive yet to witness. Andre Royo's turn in this series is just phenomenal. This casting is amongst the most inspired & effective to be put together.
Anthony Soprano, in his most tortured, existentialist angst-ridden states; his "me, me, me"-ism's...he's compelling in his position, a juxtaposition between the Old World & the New, a reflection of the darker sides of ourselves, but through the eyes of this one guy, some asshole out for himself (like us all, really), a virulent racist, a crooked, violent, mean asshole, a guy we realise way too late that we shouldn't really be rooting for, until the night his ass gets splattered in a diner in front of his wife & kids; then we realise how far & much Tony's sneering, shrugging & fucking got him.
The Wire trancends Tony Soprano and his bull shit. Its got infinitely more to say on us all.
Anyway, I got's to lay up on the italic. I aint no 'jects brother up in here. Y'feel me babby?
Ahem. Excuse me.
(cough.)
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Re: The Wire
[Re: Mickey_MeatBalls_DeMonica]
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07/29/11 12:19 PM
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Jeez Mickey, tell us how you really feel! LOL
I own The Wire box set as well as The Sopranos. I love both of them
equally. I think they are both great series, just different.
Kind of like your kids I guess. Haha
A friend of mine is the DA here and he loves The Wire as well.
He says it's the truest depiction of how local politics work, especially
the season where Carcetti runs for mayor and all the bullshit you
have to put up with
And honestly, who wouldn't want to be McNulty? Or as Bubbles calls
him, "McNutty" That guy gets more ass than a toilet seat. I love the
scene where he's banging that chic on the hood of the car outside
the bar and a patrol car pulls up and flashes him with the lights
McNulty reaches down to his pants and pulls out his badge.
The cops leave and he starts back slamming that babe!
Fricking hilarious! He's da Man! LOL
"You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the
streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it."
----Mean Streets---
"Business bad? Fuck you, pay me. Oh, you had a fire? Fuck you
pay me. Place got hit by lightning huh? Fuck you, pay me. It was
beautiful!". ---Henry Hill in "Goodfellas"
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Re: The Wire
[Re: Mickey_MeatBalls_DeMonica]
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08/10/11 04:14 AM
08/10/11 04:14 AM
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K. Ive got a confession. When I made this thread, I was a "tourist" to "The Wire". I had watched burnt copies of about 60% of each season up to the fifth. Now Im re-watching it with a vengeance & realising that I was fucking wrong.
"THE WIRE" SHITS ALL OVER "THE SOPRANO'S", THAT IS, "THE SOPRANO'S", BEST FUCKIN' TELEVISION SHOW IN HE HISTORY OF FUCKING TELEVISION. "THE WIRE" IS BETTER THEN THE BEST TELEVISION SHOW IN HISTORY.
Ahem.
Really, though, Ive been rewatching the series in HighDef from the start, & a little way into the Second Series Im dumbfounded over what I was missing. I cant believe I didnt realise it before. "The Wire" is, in fact, so much, much deeper then "Soprano's" or "Oz" or whatever-the-fuck. So much more sprawling, so much more all encompassing.
Lets face it, "Soprano's" is classic. For me, at least, it redefined good t.v. What could be done with the medium. "Oz" showed me one could still push the envelope, Tony Soprano & his crew showed me how far you could take it into that id realm of WWYD? (Y for YOU mofo's!)
For example, I refer you to the murder of young 'jects kid Wallace in Series the First, the "testimony" of gay stick up man Omar Little in Series the Second & the continuing saga of Bubbles [Reginald?], the most convincing depiction of the drug struggle Ive yet to witness. Andre Royo's turn in this series is just phenomenal. This casting is amongst the most inspired & effective to be put together.
Anthony Soprano, in his most tortured, existentialist angst-ridden states; his "me, me, me"-ism's...he's compelling in his position, a juxtaposition between the Old World & the New, a reflection of the darker sides of ourselves, but through the eyes of this one guy, some asshole out for himself (like us all, really), a virulent racist, a crooked, violent, mean asshole, a guy we realise way too late that we shouldn't really be rooting for, until the night his ass gets splattered in a diner in front of his wife & kids; then we realise how far & much Tony's sneering, shrugging & fucking got him.
The Wire trancends Tony Soprano and his bull shit. Its got infinitely more to say on us all.
Anyway, I got's to lay up on the italic. I aint no 'jects brother up in here. Y'feel me babby?
Ahem. Excuse me. Please. You're not the first guy to suddenly announce, "You know what, The Wire is even better than The Sopranos!" But more often than not, after the novelty wears off, they come to their senses and recant that blasphemy. Don't get me wrong, The Wire is a great show. But better than The Sopranos? That's like saying Menace II Society is better than Goodfellas.
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Re: The Wire
[Re: IvyLeague]
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08/10/11 07:56 AM
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K. Ive got a confession. When I made this thread, I was a "tourist" to "The Wire". I had watched burnt copies of about 60% of each season up to the fifth. Now Im re-watching it with a vengeance & realising that I was fucking wrong.
"THE WIRE" SHITS ALL OVER "THE SOPRANO'S", THAT IS, "THE SOPRANO'S", BEST FUCKIN' TELEVISION SHOW IN HE HISTORY OF FUCKING TELEVISION. "THE WIRE" IS BETTER THEN THE BEST TELEVISION SHOW IN HISTORY.
Ahem.
Really, though, Ive been rewatching the series in HighDef from the start, & a little way into the Second Series Im dumbfounded over what I was missing. I cant believe I didnt realise it before. "The Wire" is, in fact, so much, much deeper then "Soprano's" or "Oz" or whatever-the-fuck. So much more sprawling, so much more all encompassing.
Lets face it, "Soprano's" is classic. For me, at least, it redefined good t.v. What could be done with the medium. "Oz" showed me one could still push the envelope, Tony Soprano & his crew showed me how far you could take it into that id realm of WWYD? (Y for YOU mofo's!)
For example, I refer you to the murder of young 'jects kid Wallace in Series the First, the "testimony" of gay stick up man Omar Little in Series the Second & the continuing saga of Bubbles [Reginald?], the most convincing depiction of the drug struggle Ive yet to witness. Andre Royo's turn in this series is just phenomenal. This casting is amongst the most inspired & effective to be put together.
Anthony Soprano, in his most tortured, existentialist angst-ridden states; his "me, me, me"-ism's...he's compelling in his position, a juxtaposition between the Old World & the New, a reflection of the darker sides of ourselves, but through the eyes of this one guy, some asshole out for himself (like us all, really), a virulent racist, a crooked, violent, mean asshole, a guy we realise way too late that we shouldn't really be rooting for, until the night his ass gets splattered in a diner in front of his wife & kids; then we realise how far & much Tony's sneering, shrugging & fucking got him.
The Wire trancends Tony Soprano and his bull shit. Its got infinitely more to say on us all.
Anyway, I got's to lay up on the italic. I aint no 'jects brother up in here. Y'feel me babby?
Ahem. Excuse me. Please. You're not the first guy to suddenly announce, "You know what, The Wire is even better than The Sopranos!" But more often than not, after the novelty wears off, they come to their senses and recant that blasphemy. Don't get me wrong, The Wire is a great show. But better than The Sopranos? That's like saying Menace II Society is better than Goodfellas. *Ahem* Please You're also not the first guy to say what you just said. Sure they went far beyond the usual mob stuff, but as much as we want to say that Soprano's was an allegory for suburbun life and the "end of the American Dream" (WhateverTF that means) take the mob out of Soprano's and you got some chubby asshole from NJ. Tony's a complete and utter dick. Compelling in many ways but still a dick. The Wire transcends. The Wire is The City. How do you take away the City from the background? Dont get me wrong. I LOVE The Soprano's. Ive never watched so many hours of tv in a row. I do agree that without one the other might not have come to fruition. Who woulda thunk Soprano's would be so awesome? Things like Oz and Deadwood paved the way for it, and it led to the standard of programming today (SoA, Breaking Bad, Brotherhood, Rome, SixFeetUnder etc.. I know not all of these are HBO productionz, my point is that a bar was raised post Soprano's. And thats pretty cool.
(cough.)
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Re: The Wire
[Re: Mickey_MeatBalls_DeMonica]
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08/11/11 01:49 PM
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Dont get me wrong. I LOVE The Soprano's. Ive never watched so many hours of tv in a row.
I do agree that without one the other might not have come to fruition. Who woulda thunk Soprano's would be so awesome? Things like Oz and Deadwood paved the way for it, and it led to the standard of programming today (SoA, Breaking Bad, Brotherhood, Rome, SixFeetUnder etc.. I know not all of these are HBO productionz, my point is that a bar was raised post Soprano's. And thats pretty cool.
Here's the difference... I watched The Wire when it was on TV and then rented it again on DVD. But I own The Sopranos.
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Re: The Wire
[Re: Mickey_MeatBalls_DeMonica]
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08/11/11 05:14 PM
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The Wire transcends. The Wire is The City. How do you take away the City from the background?
The Wire is only Baltimore. And you can't compare Baltimore with New Jersey or even New York. They just said in the last episode I watched that Baltimore is 65% black. New York is 10 times bigger and a lot more diversed. Different mentality on the streets. I've recently started to watch the Wire because everyone says it's a great serie. And it is a good serie. But it's also slow paced, especially the first season. It's not near as good as The Sopranos, but I'm only in the third season and I've read that the fourth season is the best..
"It was between the brothers Kay -- I had nothing to do with it."
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Re: The Wire
[Re: Mickey_MeatBalls_DeMonica]
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08/11/11 07:55 PM
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It's sort of like arguing over who is the most beautiful woman in the world.  Once you get past a certain point it's all subjective. I give a slight nod to The Wire especially for the writing but that's just me. The Wire also showed blacks in dramatic roles which was (is) incredibly rare on TV or in movies. I appreciated that. I enjoyed The Sopranos immensely but if I had to choose I'm picking The Wire.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: The Wire
[Re: Lilo]
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08/12/11 03:22 AM
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[quote=Lilo]It's sort of like arguing over who is the most beautiful woman in the world. [quote] Great analogy Lilo. They are both such great works it can be very much subjective. And hasn't The Wire won recognition for its predominantly African American cast? Especially being so multi dimensional. But for the one guy in Siberia who hasn't heard me yet...I also have to choose The Wire.
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