which death from The Wire affected you the most?
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gimme the late pass, i just finished watching the entire series in one week.
i meant to watch it 5 times a week for 9 weeks...but that shit was addictive like digital crack.
these are the deaths that affected me the most.
#5 Proposition Joe
Joe was a business man first and foremost, a gentleman rogue, an old school playa. he was smart, efficient, and understood the consequences of rash behavior. it was very disappointing to see him go, cause with him went any hope for sensibility in that world.
#4 Butchie
cot damn...old cats in the game were just as vulnerable as the corner boys. Butchie was a source of wisdom for anyone who needed it...hurt to see that guy go out like that.
#3 Omar Little
hey man, Omar got out of the game just in time...only to be forced back in. the AMAZING thing about his death was that he was never a threat to children, yet they were the first to always run from him. it ended up being a child who Omar needed to fear the most. Omar was a bandit, a western desperado...dude even wore a duster and carried an old school winchester shotgun. so though his death was TOTALLY expected, it was disappointing none the less.
#2 DeAngelo Barkesdale
dude was never cut out for the evils of the game. he was too gentle a soul for all that backstabbing. all he wanted was to retire and be left alone, as he felt he had no choice but to be a part of the family business. it's crazy how his mother groomed him for it, told him to embrace it, then he died at the hands of someone who he was taking the rap for.
#1 Wallace
c'mon man...Wallace took care of school kids...making sure they got breakfast, juice boxes, a safe place to sleep at night...and how did he get repaid? one to the chest, one to the head, and one to the face.what happened to his FRIENDS who killed him? one got killed himself, the other ended up selling sneaks at Foot Locker.
that might've been the best tv series i've witnessed. it ceased to be a drug story, cop drama, or crime tale, and simply became a community story intertwining the lives of the people of that city during that time. who you got?
Great order, but switch up DeAngelo and Butchie.
Remember who DeAngelo killed at the beginning of the series and the subsequent lives he ruined.
Karma was bound to knock on his door.
Butchie was a blind man assisting a robin hood character and didn't deserve to suffer like he did.
C/S on #1. I hated Bodie and Poot from then on.
Honorable mention: Frank Sobotka.
I liked dude's gangsta in the face of cold blooded killers.
Unfortunately he couldn't transfer it to his son.
you want it to be one way, but its the other way.
Mike became the new Omar, fruit booty and all.
that wasn't just a platonic relationship, man. look at his stick up accomplice, and see if it doesnt fit Omar's bf pattern.
Every time one of these Wire threads pop up...it makes me want to kidnap Davis Simon's mom,his kids,his dog...
And whatever else it would take to make him do a reunion movie...
I never found a series that I cared about the people more,especially the kids from season 4.
But to the question...Wallace without a doubt.
And whatever else it would take to make him do a reunion movie...
I never found a series that I cared about the people more,especially the kids from season 4.
But to the question...Wallace without a doubt.
I dont know about affected me (its just a tv show) but Stringer Bell was cold because that was his man who called it in. Also America is built on dirty biz going legit, but it just seems his karma caught up to his ambition and its a totally different game in those board rooms
you want it to be one way, but its the other way.
Mike became the new Omar, fruit booty and all.
that wasn't just a platonic relationship, man. look at his stick up accomplice, and see if it doesnt fit Omar's bf pattern.
Man what? You wildin'. They just stick up kids. Mike was just a stick up nigga. That's it. I don't know how you saw all the rest of that shit. Ahh man no need to do a reunion. They closed everything up PERFECTLY. Every storyline got a ending. Plus with String and Omar dead, Avon and Chris locked up, Snoop dead, Bodie dead....it wouldn't even be a good flick. I'm for setting up some new characters though.
If the Wire didn't effect you in some form or fashion than you wasn't paying enough attention to the show. Yea its just entertainment but entertainment can have a effect on you personally. Good entertainment usually does and the Wire brought you in for 5 seasons and never let you go until it was ready.
you want it to be one way, but its the other way.
Mike became the new Omar, fruit booty and all.
that wasn't just a platonic relationship, man. look at his stick up accomplice, and see if it doesnt fit Omar's bf pattern.
most stickup cats have a sidekick or a driver.
there was no indication that mike was a homo and as much as hbo loves to throw some fag shit into the mix, they woulda made it clear.
you want it to be one way, but its the other way.
Mike became the new Omar, fruit booty and all.
that wasn't just a platonic relationship, man. look at his stick up accomplice, and see if it doesnt fit Omar's bf pattern .
Where the fuck did you get that?
Did somebody slip you the script for The Wire: The Next Generation or something?
I can't argue that...and yeah,same show with new folks,interspersed with the old.
What other show ever did that...like the Wire.New lead characters every season,blended with the old...
man i did NOT WANT to see that...i was DISAPPOINTED when i DID see it.
the whole point of the final episode of the wire was to say that the players change, but the game stays the same.
Carver became Bunny and Daniels. Fat Face Rick and Slim Charles took over where Prop Joe left off. DuQuan became Bubbles, and Mike became Omar.
i dont like it either, but it is what it is.
did he have on a trench coat and whistle farmer in the dell too? no. you cant just attach the homo label on the boy like that.
man, i dont like it either, and i'm not the one who wrote that show.
all i can do is understand what was presented.
everyone agrees that Mike becomes Omar, but NOBODY liked the fact that Omar was a RAGING "love them tender" homo.
Mike got raped...was fearful of ALL MEN...accused Cutty of being gay, and his accomplice looked like one of Omar's BOYFRIENDS.
that WAS NOT at ALL accidental.
i do not WANT Mike to be gay, i'm not attributing shit from my own understanding, i'm just UNDERSTANDING what the writers were saying.
Shit was unreal. They even brought in extras from the city and the show felt even more authentic. I don't think we'll ever see some shit like that again. Well Treme is doing it but not on the scale of The Wire yet....
What bothered me the most was how they did the kid with the breads,him and his foster mother with the fire.And to make it worse the cops reaction when they were in the hospital and he says"what we gonna do now...".
That was the most fucked up part of the show...felt sorry for that kid.He really didn't tell.
That was the most fucked up part of the show...felt sorry for that kid.He really didn't tell.
Oh I agree Michael is the new Omar I just don't think he was a homo and it would be inconsistent and terrible writing if the Wire made him one and we all know The Wire doesn't have that type of writing. My view of Michael and help me if i'm missing something is that he was the nigga in his crew who had hands, smart, had heart, was loyal and fucked females. And yea they never outright said it but you are lead to believe he was molested but being molested doesn't turn you faggot. Actually in most cases its the complete opposite. So to then come out of the blew and have him turn faggot? You're doing a lot of assuming between the time he said goodbye to his brother and Dookie to when we see him robbing ol' boy at the Rim shop.
Yea but I mean he did set a nigga up to get murdered though.
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again, i'm not assuming anything, i'm only accepting what was presented in that final scene.
Mike says exactly what Omar says, just not with the western bandit dialect. Mike carries a fucking old school shotty, just like Omar, which you've never seen before by him. Mike has an accomplice who acts subservient to him, just like Brandon, Dante and Renaldo were to Omar, and even favors them.
Mike shoots Vinson in the leg ala Omar.
it's unpalatable, it's not likable, but again, if all those other characteristics were dead on, why not the weird shit too?
And Bodie gettin all pissed over a dude that probably wouldnt've thought twice about givin him up
again, i'm not assuming anything, i'm only accepting what was presented in that final scene.
Mike says exactly what Omar says, just no with the western bandit dialect. Mike carries a fucking old school shotty, just like Omar, which you've never seen before by him. Mike has an accomplice who acts subservient to him, just like Brandon, Dante and Renaldo were to Omar, and even favors them.
Mike shoots Vinson in the leg ala Omar.
it's unpalatable, it's not likable, but again, if all those other characteristics were dead on, why not the weird shit too?
Yea but those aren't characteristics of just Omar. Those are characteristics of the average stick up kid. The average stick up kid shoots you below the belt. Michael took on the characteristics of a stick up kid. Not Omar. You're reaching here. And for the record I could care less if what you're saying WAS true.
If Mike turned faggot I wouldn't trip. That's when shit goes back to "Oh okay this is just a TV show...". But from my viewpoint it just sounds crazy because watching that scene I just see the average stick up kid. And then The Wire spent 2 seasons building up his character and out of those 2 seasons there was nothing indicating he was gay.
the characteristics i named ARE SPECIFICALLY Omar's.
nobody else, not other people, Mike BECAME Omar.
but hey, whatever make you most comfortable...
man, i dont like it either, and i'm not the one who wrote that show.
all i can do is understand what was presented.
everyone agrees that Mike becomes Omar, but NOBODY liked the fact that Omar was a RAGING "love them tender" homo.
Mike got raped...was fearful of ALL MEN...accused Cutty of being gay, and his accomplice looked like one of Omar's BOYFRIENDS.
that WAS NOT at ALL accidental.
i do not WANT Mike to be gay, i'm not attributing shit from my own understanding, i'm just UNDERSTANDING what the writers were saying.
all i can say is that david simon and the other writers have discussed this show and all of its subplots and little nuances to death and this has never come up...to my knowledge.
i think they made it so that you could assume that he and bug were molested but i dont think they were saying he's gay.
david simon did say that one of the interesting things about how they wrote the show was that they would always write loose ends into the script that they could decide to pick up at a later time and tie up...or not.
so its possible that they were leaving that out there for folks to wonder but if it were a definite, they woulda thrown some of that homo tlc into that scene that hbo loves so much to make it clear...
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#1 Omar
#2 Stringer Bell
#2 Stringer Bell
It wasn't Bunk that fucked Randy over it was Sgt Herc that botched up the investigation for Bunk. Sgt Herc was suppose to hand the case over to Bunk as soon as he had info (Randy) to Lex's murder.
I doubt that's a female
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Wallace. Then D'Angelo. Then Strang. All emotional because of how they went down.
Omar's death was big, but it was long overdue. It was so abrupt, when it was over, I felt like, DAMN! Oh, well...
Random. That's how it is.
Also, Sobotka. Just in over his head.
Cheese is the only death I felt good about.
Omar's death was big, but it was long overdue. It was so abrupt, when it was over, I felt like, DAMN! Oh, well...
Random. That's how it is.
Also, Sobotka. Just in over his head.
Cheese is the only death I felt good about.
Right. IIRC he blew Randy/Bunk off because he was chasing after the camera that Marlo stole from him.(that he borrowed without authorization.)
To answer the original question, Bodie gettin killed fucked me up the most.
I don't remember Cheese getting killed
And Bodie gettin all pissed over a dude that probably wouldnt've thought twice about givin him up
You can't account for a snake fam....no matter how fat the snake is
Little Kevin was basically a spy for Marlo! All Bodie can do is run
it as best he can and hope for the best
man, i dont like it either, and i'm not the one who wrote that show.
all i can do is understand what was presented.
everyone agrees that Mike becomes Omar, but NOBODY liked the fact that Omar was a RAGING "love them tender" homo.
Mike got raped...was fearful of ALL MEN...accused Cutty of being gay, and his accomplice looked like one of Omar's BOYFRIENDS.
that WAS NOT at ALL accidental.
i do not WANT Mike to be gay, i'm not attributing shit from my own understanding, i'm just UNDERSTANDING what the writers were saying.
Mike wasn't gay dude fucked a chick in his new apartment...
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