OFFICIAL THE WIRE THREAD.. ''The game is the game"

[jthagreat]

 
SMH @ myself sleeping on it until 2006

I didn't start watching The Wire until after the show ended. :\

Word.
worth the watch. one of my favorites all time. might run through it again actually.

 

[rolaholic]

Show is still the GOAT for me,way ahead of it's time in terms of scope and ambition and they pulled it off masterfully

Also in the same boat in sleeping and catching on late

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[Mark Antony]

Quotes making me want to rewatch.

 

[robtoofresco]

Omar the GOAT.

That is all.

 

[delete1234]

How come everyone says "too" like "tew" and "do" like "dew"

Is that a Baltimore thing or are these actors from somewhere else lol

 

[ahat]

Thats the bmore accent

 

[robtoofresco]

How come everyone says "too" like "tew" and "do" like "dew"

Is that a Baltimore thing or are these actors from somewhere else lol

Change your avy back.

 

[shorty doo wop]

Y'all seen namond on mack wilds new music video?

 

[getback]

Y'all seen namond on mack wilds new music video?

He was in The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete also. Played his typical scumbag role

Good movie btw.

 

[delete1234]

Thats the bmore accent

That's hilarious sounds British or something

Change your avy back.

To what

 

[ahat]

That's hilarious sounds British or something
To what

Sounds nothing like a british accent

 

[getback]

 

[delete1234]

Sounds nothing like a british accent

Emphasis on the "or something" still sounds funny

 

[Nike Jordan]

Thats the bmore accent

Yerp.

 

[delete1234]

Sonnnnnn :x :x :x CHRIS IS A SAVAGE :x

He is what they hyped brother mouzone up to be

 

[wavycrocket]

A bigger and better argument would be how inner city youth are still portrayed on screen in 2017. Dudes really have us out here rocking size 45 jeans with tall tees du rags and head bands speaking heavy ebonics. I cringe every time I see a young black dude in ghetto garb. White man really don't get it at all

Words can't describe how tight this gets me .

We stuck in 2002 to them.

 

[wavycrocket]

Snoop with the authentic Baltimore Accent .

That's just how we talk for real. Bittys in other cities love it. Always a conversation starter.

Can't count how many times I been asked to say "two" or "do"

 

[getback]

Snoop with the authentic Baltimore Accent

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Mello and the deacon too.

 

[getback]

 
HBO

It has taken a slow-but-steady climb for The Wire to emerge as a cultural phenomenon, but the show that challenged every cops-and-robbers television trope has permeated just about every corner of our culture. In celebration, here are 23 facts that might have eluded even the most dedicated Wire diehards. (Warning: spoilers abound.) 
[h4]1. THE PRESIDENT LOVES IT, AND EVEN HAS A FAVORITE CHARACTER.[/h4]
Barack Obama has cited The Wire as one of his favorite TV shows several times. Interestingly, during the 2008 presidential election, the show's greatness was one of the few things that both John McCain and Obama could agree on, with McCain mentioning it alongside Seinfeld as a personal favorite. And Obama’s favorite character? It’s pretty much everyone’s favorite character: the gay, drug dealer-robbing, criminal code-having, Robin Hooding stick-up boy Omar. “That’s not an endorsement. He’s not my favorite person, but he’s a fascinating character,” Obama told the Las Vegas Sun, adding that he’s “the toughest, baddest guy on the show.”

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[h4]2. CREATOR DAVID SIMON RECEIVED A MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT FOR HIS WORK.[/h4]
The prestigious MacArthur Fellowship is awarded annually to between 20 and 40 United States residents who "show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work." Over the years, the MacArthur Foundation has cast a wide net with its $500,000 prize, awarding it to the likes of linguists, historians, scientists, poets, mathematicians, journalists, and countless other skilled specialists. However, Simon is one of only two screenwriters to have been awarded the prize (two-time Oscar winner Ruth Prawer Jhabvala received one in 1984) and is the only person to have won the award primarily for work on a scripted television series.
[h4]3. THE WRITERS ROOM HAD SOME MAJOR TALENT.[/h4]
The Wire had several writers whose work extended well beyond the television world. George Pelecanos, one of America’s most successful and well-respected crime fiction writers, wrote eight episodes of The Wire and served as a producer on season three. Richard Price, who has writing credits on five episodes, was an accomplished writer before getting hired for the show, having written several novels and screenplays, including the critically-acclaimed 1992 crime novel Clockers, as well as the script for Spike Lee’s 1995 film adaptation of his book.
[h4]4. MANY CRITICS CONSIDER IT THE BEST TV SHOW EVER.[/h4]
When it comes to pop culture, the word “best” is tossed around so often that it’s hard to take it seriously. But The Wire is one of just a handful of shows you could make a serious case for as "the best show ever.” Entertainment Weekly, Slate, HitFix, and Complex have all, at varying times, named it the best drama ever to appear on the small screen, while almost every other major outlet of note has listed it among the best shows ever; it's part of an elite group that includes Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, M*A*S*H, and I Love Lucy.
[h4]5. YET THE SHOW NEVER—NOT ONCE—TOOK HOME AN EMMY.[/h4]
Yep. That’s right. Two and a Half Men has nine, and The Wire, arguably the greatest work ever to grace the small screen, has not-a-one. In fact the show was nominated just twice, both times for its writing: once for the penultimate season three episode “Middle Ground,” which features the infamous Omar-Brother Mouzone-Stringer Bell face-off, and the season five series finale “–30–.”
[h4]6. ITS RATINGS RANGED FROM AVERAGE TO AWFUL.[/h4]
Considering the quality and scope of the show, it was inevitable that The Wire would go down in the pantheon of all-time great TV shows, but the ratings during the show’s five-season run weren’t necessarily indicative of its quality or legacy. The audience topped out at about 4 million viewers, and hovered below the one million mark for much of the final season. Compare that to the more than 10 million people who tuned in for Breaking Bad's finale or the approximately 12 million viewers who watched the final episode of The Sopranos. These days, in an even more stratified media landscape, Game of Thrones hovers a bit shy of seven million viewers per episode.  
[h4]7. THE SHOW HAS ITS ROOTS IN A MOSTLY-FORGOTTEN HBO MINISERIES.[/h4]
The only time David Simon was actually able to nab an Emmy was for the critically-acclaimed-but-now-mostly-forgotten miniseries The Corner, which won awards for Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie (plus an Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special win for Charles S. Dutton). Based on a nonfiction book co-written by Simon and The Wire writer-producer Ed Burns, The Corner—which depicted life in poverty-stricken and drug-filled West Baltimore—overlapped thematically with The Wire and also shared a bevy of cast members, including Clarke Peters (Lester Freamon), and Lance Reddick (Cedric Daniels).
[h4]8. DAVID SIMON HAD AN IDEA FOR THE WIRE'S SIXTH SEASON.[/h4]
Considering the ratings hole The Wire fell into during season five, David Simon surely knew that, like fighting the drug war, holding out hope for a sixth season would have been an exercise in futility. But had The Wire been given a sixth season, Simon thought the exploding Latino population in Southeast Baltimore would have been the subject. According to Simon, the topic would have been directly in The Wire’s wheelhouse, since “immigration is this incredibly potent source of friction and ideology, and maybe always has been in American life.” But the time it would have taken for Simon’s team to research immigration, combined with the low ratings, more or less buried the idea.

 

[delete1234]

If the wire was out today in this social media era Cedric Daniels would be the most hated character black women would be slandering him all over twitter

 

[Cashflow]

His wife was letting that cripple dude hit though

 

[goledensilence]

One thing that will forever irritate me is that we didn't get a chance to see a full out war between Marlo & Avon.

Was crazy how Weebays son was a straight up punk when his father was a well known hitta. Hell he had his mom out there trying to turn him into street life, but he was just too scared.  All Namond cared about was looking fly. Was really messed up when he let his homies get beat up by the other cats after they hit em with the balloons.

I don't care what anybody say, Stringer was that ninja in the show. Homie was just dealt a bad hand. He was a street cat that wanted to create legit businesses. The way he killed Angelo then turned around and smashed his shawty was just cold. 

 She was sexy tho... I would have been smashing as well. 

 

[adobecs4]

If you **** with Stringer on this show, you a BAN offline. Idc.

 

[kingkoopa]

I don't care what anybody say, Stringer was that ninja in the show. Homie was just dealt a bad hand. He was a street cat that wanted to create legit businesses. The way he killed Angelo then turned around and smashed his shawty was just cold.   She was sexy tho... I would have been smashing as well. 

Not mad at any of this.