okok! I'm getting off the internets now. Looking forward to seeing what they've done with season 3's theme tune.
The hammy reggae isnt working for me, have to say. Omar's wheelchair disguise though.
The Wire comes to BBC2 (Spoiler free, please)
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The hammy reggae isnt working for me, have to say. Omar's wheelchair disguise though.
Dillinger4
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The hammy reggae isnt working for me, have to say. Omar's wheelchair disguise though.
Oh, indeed
Dillinger4
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Madusa.
It is the s3 finale on tonight - people are going to talk about it.
Just so you don't get anything spoiled here!
It is the s3 finale on tonight - people are going to talk about it.
Just so you don't get anything spoiled here!
yeah, yo right.
fo' sho.
I gotta get ma head right. come correct. season 3 gotta get got, 'na mean?
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
See how Avon was almost accepting of his fate? His betrayal of Stringer hurt him.
Loved the Kima response to the question of how McNulty took Stringers death
'Like he was kin'
Loved the Kima response to the question of how McNulty took Stringers death
'Like he was kin'
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
also:
'we fight on that lie' -Slim
good stuff
'we fight on that lie' -Slim
good stuff
London_Calling
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Yep, a proper stand out speech by Slim - and the first undisguised reference to Iraq:
“Don’t matter who did what to who at this point. Fact is, we went to war and now there ain't no going back. I mean, shit, that's what war is, you know; once you in it you in it. If it's a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight,”
“Don’t matter who did what to who at this point. Fact is, we went to war and now there ain't no going back. I mean, shit, that's what war is, you know; once you in it you in it. If it's a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight,”
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
Nothing compared to the fall of the towers at the start of the season.
London_Calling
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I imagine you like top 10 lists?
How far are the BBC2 showings in now (3 series?) then?
I loved this series (who does not?) and was one that I really did not want to finish. Not started Generation Kill yet and have re watched the last episode but am looking forward to watching Wire back through from the start.
I loved this series (who does not?) and was one that I really did not want to finish. Not started Generation Kill yet and have re watched the last episode but am looking forward to watching Wire back through from the start.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Actually, having re-watched it last night, Avons passivity strikes me a lot. It is as if he betrayed Stringer and that took the heart out of him. It took him out of the Game mindset and put him in a place equivalent to that of Old School (the fella who runs the boxing gym for yoots)
I'm reminded of Slims exchange with Avon after Boxer had given up the Game. 'he still a man'.
Even then it seemed like the Game was becoming a jaded cliche for Avon.
And yet he gives a nod to Marlow (in the gallery), as he is getting sent down on parole violations.
Tis complex stuff
I'm reminded of Slims exchange with Avon after Boxer had given up the Game. 'he still a man'.
Even then it seemed like the Game was becoming a jaded cliche for Avon.
And yet he gives a nod to Marlow (in the gallery), as he is getting sent down on parole violations.
Tis complex stuff
he also gives Marlow respect later when he hooks him up with the Greek. It's like he lost his heart, but still respected the Game and those involved in it
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They weren't.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Fuck you, little boy. Mr. LittleCock.
It's not the size of the boat, but the motion of the ocean
e2a
my cock is massive
It's not the size of the boat, but the motion of the ocean
e2a
my cock is massive
Yeah, and I'm Kima. Oh...yeah, to you people, I probably am since all black folks look alike, right?
London_Calling
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Was he any more passive than when the Detail came to arrest him in the office above Orlando's in S1?
On a real world timeline, I'd be interested to know when the phrase 'hitting the mattresses' first occured in The Wire vs. The Sopranos, and whether it's been used in other drama.
Even if this isn't one, there are cross-over references but I saw The Sopranos as I did The Wire so much probably passed me by.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
It's an old school term, Puzo (of Godfather fame) brought it to my attention years before The Wire.
It refers to hiring fleapit rooms with a few amenities. Soley to be used by hitters dossing it and waiting for a hit opportunity
Its a phrase that goes back to the 1930's - iirc Puzo explains its meaning in the Godfather.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I declare umbrage
So is it just me and OU representing U75 tomorrow night?
well, it's fucking true you do.
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I don't know about that, but when people make that trish joke, there is an element of taking the piss out of cheesypoof for saying it, seriously, in the first place.
I don't think you look like Trisha, not even slightly. It was just funny that somebody would think that you do! The funniness is in the absurdity of it. It is nothing offensive.
London_Calling
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Thang yew both.
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