One of the most obnoxious things about The Wire

[Not bad]

The opening quotes. They're from the streets, but they're still wiser than all the academics and politicians maaan.

The Buys (S1E3)​

“The king stay the king.”

– D’Angelo

Old Cases (S1E4)​

“It’s a thin line ‘tween heaven and here”

– Bubbles

Lessons (S1E8)​

Come at the king, you best not miss.”

– Omar

Cleaning Up (S1E12)​

This is me, yo, right here.”

– Wallace

Sentencing (S1E13)​

“All in the game…”

– Traditional West Baltimore

Ebb Tide (S2E1)​

“Ain’t never gonna be what it was.”

– Little Big Roy

All Prologue (S2E6)​

“It don’t matter that some fool say he different…”

– D’Angelo

Time After Time (S3E1)​

“Don’t matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin’ the same.”

– Bodie

Back Burners (S3E7)​

“Conscience do cost.”

– Butchie

Misgivings (S4E10)​

“World goin’ one way, people another.”

– Poot

Niggers (S5E7)​

“It's jus a vibe right"

– Serch

 

[guest]

Yeah Hollywood loves to make ghetto street savages seem deep and wise. When in reality they’re usually just retarded street savages.

 

[Honeycomb Hideout]

"I can't breef"
-George Floyd

 

[BenDovid]

Yeah but what if OAFORUMS members were THE WIRE characters? Who would be who? TEE HEE!

 

[guest]

Yeah but what if OAFORUMS members were THE WIRE characters? Who would be who? TEE HEE!

You’d be Ziggy considering you’re a worthless disappointment.

 

[BenDovid]

DMAN would be Omar.

Real tough guy, secret faggot.

 

[FingerofGod]

The worst thing about the Wire is finding out the main character of the journalism storyline in season 5 (who is arguably the least flawed character in the entire show) is based off of the guy who created the show (David Simon). I still think about this one scene where the character gets reprimanded for cursing too much in the office. Such a drastic drop in quality in that last season, really ruined the whole thing for me. Never had any interest in rewatching it.

 

[Honeycomb Hideout]

The worst thing about the Wire is finding out the main character of the journalism storyline in season 5 (who is arguably the least flawed character in the entire show) is based off of the guy who created the show (David Simon). I still think about this one scene where the character gets reprimanded for cursing too much in the office. Such a drastic drop in quality in that last season, really ruined the whole thing for me. Never had any interest in rewatching it.

I've heard people say (probably here, since this is my only information source) that the writer's strike had alot to do with it.

Atleast they haven't tried to go back and make a movie and rape the shows corpse like that faggot David Chase.

 

[FingerofGod]

I've heard people say (probably here, since this is my only information source) that the writer's strike had alot to do with it.

Atleast they haven't tried to go back and make a movie and rape the shows corpse like that faggot David Chase.

The last season came out in 2008. Was there another big writer’s strike back then? I’m sure it has more to do with David Simon being a faggot.

 

[wbgreen]

The writer's strike had nothing to do with it. The Wire mostly hired crime fiction writers, who knew a lot about the police, but not about working in a newspaper or the mayor's office.

The worst thing about the Wire is finding out the main character of the journalism storyline in season 5 (who is arguably the least flawed character in the entire show) is based off of the guy who created the show (David Simon).

Simon is such a white (using the term loosely) guilter that of course he made the hero based on him a black guy.

 

[LingerLonger]

Yeah Hollywood loves to make ghetto street savages seem deep and wise. When in reality they’re usually just retarded street savages.

This is one of the greatest aspects of The Sopranos. That all of the characters talk like retards and idiots. Sacred and the propane. Tony constantly repeating phrases he heard from other people leads to some of the most out of nowhere laughs. Like Paulie tells Tony "that's why you can never trust a snake...because they can fuck themselves". A few scenes later Tony and Gloria are in the zoo and Tony sees a snake, and like a total doofus repeats Paulie's line to Gloria thinking it will make him look smart. "You know that snake's can fuck themselves?".

Or like how D'Angelo in prison has this obviously heavy handed monologue about the Great Gatsby and what it means. The smart nigger (who is prison for two decades for heroin) is lecturing everyone about philosophy and life. Meanwhile Ralph from The Sopranos can't even remember the quotes from Gladiator and keeps referring to the main character a "Russel Crowe".

The writer's strike had nothing to do with it. The Wire mostly hired crime fiction writers, who knew a lot about the police, but not about working in a newspaper or the mayor's office.

The last season also had them make McNulty into some type of maniac where he spirals out of control and starts faking a serial killer because too many fans saw him as a 'White hero' figure. And David Simon didn't want fans rooting for a White savior. So they turned him into some alcoholic psychopath who changes his entire approach to policework and life because it weakened the character.

 

[Libby Son Of Loin]

DMAN would be Omar.

Real tough guy, secret faggot.

Nothing secret about Omar, retardster

 

[Nigger John]

Being a prior MP.

One thing that bugged me was that in one season they did an interview on a suspect. There were like three cops in there. That won’t fly. It’s one or two.

 

[DMAN]

No nigger has ever used "tween" instead of "between"

Ridiculous white people trying to seem urban.

 

[wbgreen]

"Aaron earned an iron urn."

- Baltimore nogs

 

[Dummy Gaynuts]

The Wire is a great crime show and a great showcase of then-current Baltimore warts and all but it’s been overhyped to hell and back. It simply isn’t the genius show that midwits claim it is. WWAWD homicide: life on the streets?

 

[chiquita banana]

Podcasting is the only true modern art form, because it's just people saying what they think without any editing or time constraints. It's real and immediate.

 

[chiquita banana]

Sentencing (S1E13)​

“All in the game…”

– Traditional West Baltimore

I like to call it "West Baltie." Or if you want to be really 'hood you can call it West Ballo.

 

[TheGhostOfAbeVigoda]

You about to witness the strempf of street knowledge.

 

[Niki's Bull]

WWAWD homicide: life on the streets?

I haven't seen every episode, but what I've seen has been pretty good. It clearly was a big influence on The Shield.

I like the episode (S2E1) where Robin Williams plays a tourist whose wife is gunned down by a group of "teens."

On a side note, I saw Daniel Baldwin at an Italian deli in Syracuse last year. Apparently he lives in the area. He's a big guy, but was looking pretty rough that day, like he was in the middle of a bender...