The Wire Season 5 Discussion (BEWARE - FINALE SPOILERS!)

relaks · Post by **relaks** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:53 pm

Dadvid Simon was on the colbert report last thursday, you can watch the episode at the colbert site.]]

Pretty hilarious, Colbert is super disrespectful to simon, waving his emmy in front of his face figuratively and literally.

swiftguyver · Post by **swiftguyver** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:32 am

only just seen this thread!

yeah without a doubt the best tv show ever...period...

it will take some beating haha...

every scene is a mini masterpiece...it is so in depth, so complex, so real and all so subtle...an absolutely amazing achievement...

my top 5 characters (no order) would probably have to be...

Omar
Stringer
Levy
Brother Mouzone
Bubbles

ALL the cast are supreb though...

i also have mad love for McNulty, Bunk, Freamon, Landsman, Snoop, Prop Joe, Bodie, Wee-Bey, Michael, Gus...

THE WIRE FOREVER.

richy_root · Post by **richy_root** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:12 pm

I was only recently introduced to the wire and managed to cane through all 5 series in a short period of time. Having a "boxset" is ace cos you don't miss anything and dont have to wait a week for the next episode haha easily found myself watching 4 or 5 episodes on a lazy sunday...

series 3 was my fave...

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:06 pm

my top five characters;

stringer
bodie
snoop
omar
chris

__________ · Post by **__________** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:06 pm

i watched the last of season 5 last night.
what a crock of shit.

season 5 is waaaaaank. i thought the focus on the baltimore sun couldn't have been more boring. the whole mcnulty case thing was boring. if you ask me, by this point, the writers were really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

season 1-3 was dope! the street level/police level comparisons were really well done, the plot was interesting and UNpredictable, unlike season 5.

well shit series. proper anti-climax to a good tv show.
anyone shed any light on these wire prequels?

__________ · Post by **__________** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:07 pm

oh yeah, whats the name of the ACTOR that plays the

shyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

guy?

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:10 pm

£10 Bag wrote:oh yeah, whats the name of the ACTOR that plays the

shyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

guy?

clay davis? wiki his name you lazy tart lol

__________ · Post by **__________** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:11 pm

will do, cheers! i couldn't remember his name from the show. i gotta be pretty baked to watch a tv program in the first place

wiki wrote:Senator R. Clayton "Clay" Davis is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Davis is a corrupt Maryland State Senator with a reputation for pocketing bribes. Davis however remains protected throughout the series by other ranking politicians and Police Commissioner Ervin Burrell.

Davis is known for his unique manner of cursing, used often when confronted with bad news, comically elongating the word "shit" as "sheeeeeit."[1]

[/b] this guy has gotta be the best character apart from omar

alfie · Post by **alfie** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:34 pm

season five was the weakest but still much better than most other stuff on tv. apparently they weren't given enough episodes which is apparent because there was a lot crammed into the series, not a lot of which was explored in any detail....

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:03 pm

alfie wrote:season five was the weakest but still much better than most other stuff on tv. apparently they weren't given enough episodes which is apparent because there was a lot crammed into the series, not a lot of which was explored in any detail....

i dunno about that, i quite liked it - although i watched that one first as i got into the show really late.

and... i heard david simon always knew that he'd make the shows entire run last sixty hours, so i dunno about that 'not enough episodes' malarky!

alfie · Post by **alfie** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:04 pm

nah they commissioned 13 episodes but cut it to 10 eventually

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:08 pm

alfie wrote:nah they commissioned 13 episodes but cut it to 10 eventually

damn, didn't know that..

gosh darn you empire magazine for lying to me! i hate you and your papery pages (empire, not 'alfie'

)

datura · Post by **datura** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:56 pm

£10 Bag wrote:i watched the last of season 5 last night.
what a crock of shit.

season 5 is waaaaaank. i thought the focus on the baltimore sun couldn't have been more boring. the whole mcnulty case thing was boring. if you ask me, by this point, the writers were really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

season 1-3 was dope! the street level/police level comparisons were really well done, the plot was interesting and UNpredictable, unlike season 5.

well shit series. proper anti-climax to a good tv show.
anyone shed any light on these wire prequels?

I didn't really enjoy the final season as much as the others, although I thought the 4th season was the best.

I haven't heard anything about prequels, although there were a few clips released for the dvd and on amazon for a look into some of the charachters - there was a bunk and mcnulty, a prop joe, and i think an omar one. They were very short though.

You should try and get hold of the Corner if you can as that is probably the true prequel. Simon seems to have a lot on his plate with a the New Orleans series and one set in the prohibition era of new york as well (if i recall correctly) so the Wire is finished.

dubsola · Post by **dubsola** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:50 am

Great show. Took me a while to get into it, it's pretty dry, and the acting at the start is a bit... off, I thought. But apart from that, it's great.

Quick question: Did anyone else notice the problem with the clocks straight away?

As soon as I saw the first picture, within about three seconds, I noticed that it was wrong: the hour hand was in the wrong position for where the minute hand was, if you follow me.

Maybe I should be a detective? (jokes!)

The other thing I thought of: after watching these guys come up with fairly amateur codes (designed to confuse any passing examination, but nothing more), was more general to criminal organisations. Secure communications is evidently key to keeping yourself out of jail, so why don't they set up a secure communication system. For example, you could linux on some blackberries, and install some open source encrypted communications software. Nobody but the NSA is likely to be able to crack it.

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:14 am

On S4Ep02 - Been on this all week, great, great show.. S4 is giving me mixed feelings as 'S' is deaded

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:12 pm

Legendary wrote:On S4Ep02 - Been on this all week, great, great show.. S4 is giving me mixed feelings as 'S' is deaded

if S is the one you're talking about i agree with you... i happen to consider season 4 among the best though

benjybars · Post by **benjybars** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:27 pm

to everyone who has doubts about series 5 - watch it again.

seriously, i thought i hated in comparison with the first 4 series, but have since watched the whole series twice more and it gets so much better the second and third times.

the scene where Marlow walks out of the drinks party, goes back to the corner, smacks up those two guys then just stands there in his designer suit>>>>>>>

top 5 characters

The Greek
Norman
Slim Charles
Avon
Weylon (Bubbs' drug councillor mate played by steve earle, who also sings the theme tune to series 5)

mugger t · Post by **mugger t** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:29 pm

Clay davis - sheeittttttt

1. omar
2. string
3. clay davis
4. bay
5. bunk

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:41 pm

one set in the prohibition era of new york as well (if i recall correctly)

that sounds like it could be brilliant

datura · Post by **datura** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:53 pm

pk- wrote:
one set in the prohibition era of new york as well (if i recall correctly)
that sounds like it could be brilliant

This looks to be the next project:

' Simon is shifting centuries with Manhunt, based on James L Swanson's novel, about the 12-day search for Abraham Lincoln's assassin. Tom Fontana, a Lincoln-obsessive who previously worked with Simon on Homicide: Life On the Street, is helping with the adaptation.

Originally intended as a Hollywood vehicle for Harrison Ford, Simon bought up the rights when the option ran out, intending a very different approach, explaining, "I don't do action". Instead, it looks to be something of a political allegory for the Bush years. It's safe to say Simon will be given free rein as HBO continues to struggle; keen to emulate its last huge hit, the Emmy-leaden historical drama John Adams, also about an American president. No word on whether the title will remain;'

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