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

[Chopper]

Speaking of Bodie, I ran into him a few weeks ago. Real nice guy.

He walked in the bar and I was like, "oh **** Bodie, what up?" He laughed and dapped up, chatted for a bit. Dude walks exactly like he walked across the courtyard in the show. Exactly. Cracked me up.

 

[rexanglorum]

Okay, it was a reach to say that Bodie was smarter than String but Slim Charles was. I guess I am not impressed by String because i know how foolish it is to think that econ 1 principles apply to everything. Econ 1 principle don't apply all that much to the drug game. heck, econ 1 principle barely apply to mainstream business.

I will give Stringer Bell credit for his labor supply analysis. He knew he could withhold pay and that the workers had no other options. Inelastic labor supply/being a monopolistic buyer of labor is fairly advanced and he did apply it to good effect, in a narrow business sense.

 

[Master Zik]

Season 2 painted the whole series for you.

Yes it did but just cuz it did that don't mean it told a better story or had better acting than s3.... or s4 for that matter.

Season 3 was good but I like ruffling feathers because I know a lot of people dismiss season 2 with the reasoning of “they didn’t show the streets”

Oh, but it did.

To me that was always a lame excuse and I got up on the show late but ppl kept saying they dotched the show after s2 or tell me don't stop watching after s2.

Its crazy.

 

[ahat]

Was he rocking the bigen

 

[getback]

My favorite part about season 2 was the pace in which the puzzle was assembled. I felt like they did it perfectly.

 

[edshoecator]

Yes it did but hust cuz it did that dont mean it told a better story or had better acting than s3.... or s4 for that matter.

To me that was always a lame excuse and I got up on the show late but ppl kept saying they dotched the show after s2 or tell me don't stop watching after s2.

Its crazy.

I feel you.

 

[TipsyMcStagga]

I'd say Slim Charles was more of an opportunist than intelligent. His talent was identifying who was smarter than he was at the moment and sticking with them. Definitely not saying he was dumb though.

 

[kingkoopa]

String was that ***** IDGAF

 

[Master Zik]

Ain't nobody called String extraordinarily intelligent ***** was not no Sherlock Holmes, hence why he even died.

He was intelligent though. Had the business flourishing while Avon was behind bars. Dude came back and basically was living in his 2nd childhood with his antics.

 

[Brownstone]

Slim Charles was the smartest character on the wire.

 

[getback]

Slim Charles was the smartest character on the wire.

Explain.

 

[rbk93]

I'll have to rewatch the series again. Thread making me want to restart my HBO Now subscription.

 

[Cashflow]

Slim Charles was the smartest character on the wire.

Slim Charles managed to switch sides every season and no one ever seemed to question his morals or loyalty

 

[getback]

Slim didn't exist until season 3. I thought he only switched up because Avon got locked and Stringer was gone by then?

Don't get me wrong Slim was one of my favorite characters, but I don't see how he was more intelligent in the game than Stringer.

 

[Cashflow]

Slim Charles is still alive. Stringer Bell isn’t.

 

[icysoles718]

Slim was a slimy character. Didn't he line his own cousin up. Damn about to re-watch this. Did HBO improve quality, or is still in a fatback tv quality?

 

[getback]

Slim Charles is still alive. Stringer Bell isn’t.

Intelligence goes beyond basic survival though. String and Slim had completely different goals.

 

[Cashflow]

You’re giving String way too much credit here. Just because Slim Charles never found himself to be the top dog at any point doesn’t diminish his intelligence or how wise he was

Slim is the one who told String not to prioritize the drugs over their territory
Slim is the one to figure out how Marlo & Snoop are disposing of all the dead bodies
Slim also told String you can’t go around killing politicians
Slim is the one to tell Avon he has to sell the lie that Marlo killed String or else the morale of the entire crew would go down the drain
Slim helps to get Marlo to join the Co-Op
Slim saw that Marlo wanted to take over the Co-Op and warned Prop Joe

 

[edshoecator]

still irks me that they paint Marlo as a super hero at the end.

He should have gotten smoked...a whole clip to the face.

 

[rbk93]

Slim was a slimy character. Didn't he line his own cousin up. Damn about to re-watch this. Did HBO improve quality, or is still in a fatback tv quality?

They remastered in HD quality a few years back.

Intelligence goes beyond basic survival though. String and Slim had completely different goals.

Agreed on the bolded in my opinion.

 

[edshoecator]

Mike was up there with intelligence and he was a teen.

He soaked up so much info and had the intuition of being a street player and business man.

Poot ended up at FTL...wonder if he's still there?

 

[TipsyMcStagga]

I think a lot of you are mistaking street smarts for intelligence.

 

[ninjaskills]

How am I just finding this topic now!! Love the wire!!

 

[danikerhino]

Stringer went down because he made a few bad moves. But as Avon said, it only takes one **** up for you to die. So you can argue Avon was actually smarter because he knew how to move within the game in traditional sense so he minimized his enemies because he was careful. Though like everyone else, he got caught because of the wire-taps.

 

[ICEBERGSLIM]

Slim was a slimy character. Didn't he line his own cousin up. Damn about to re-watch this. Did HBO improve quality, or is still in a fatback tv quality?

I don't recall Slim doing anything like that. Maybe you're thinking of Devon, who I believe was Avon's cousin that he enlisted to seduce Marlo. Marlo eventually killed her himself, but Slim Charles didn't set her up.