Man, Kenard coulda let the other lil dude hold the mic some, lol.... I thought the series finale was great. i think it sucks that all the wrongdoers won in the end but I guess that is kinda realistic. Also sucks that Dookie turned into a crackhead but what do you expect with a name like Dookie. They need to have a movie. It can't be any worse than the other garbage coming out today.... Hmm, so now that the Wire is gone I guess I can cancel my HBO?
you mean that shot 'Omar'? Kenard is the little kid that shot omar, robbed namond and fought dukie. He didn't shoot Marlo. I liked that last scene with Marlo where he obviously didn't fit in with that certain crowd, went to the streets and took over a corner. I think it was a response to the whole "Marlo is never in the streets" rep. Well, he definitely changed that perception. Honestly, I would mind another couple seasons of the new characters taking over old roles like SamFisher said. Sure it might be redundant but it still would be better television than 95% of what is out there. You know what they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I actually started watching "HOMICIDE" to get my "Wire" fix since David Simon wrote that also. Anyone else hear about David Simon doing a new show about New Orleans?
I've read that Simon wanted to do a six-season set of The Wire, with the sixth season being about Latino immigrants to Baltimore, but ultimately decided that since he didn't speak spanish it would have taken him too long to figure out how to tell the story and have it be real and not superficial.
i meant omar edit: anyone catch levy in the arby's commercial with the contruction guys whistling at his arby's bag
BEST TV SHOW EVER! I loved The Soprano's but I found myself laughing at it most of the time. The characters were so over the top that they were cartoons. There were points certainly where the macabre took over or the violence was abhorrent. But the complexity and reality of The Wire's characters always rang true. I don't like paying for HBO. Their movies are lame and repetitive. They are still showing the same soft core p*rn that they stated showing 10 years ago, the exact same shows. But when they do original drama, it's the best TV can be. It's movie quality but movies are limited to 2 hours; you can go so much deeper with 25 hours per season or 100 hours per series. So I'll pay my $12 a month because there is no where else to get that kind of entertainment. In Treatment is pretty good too, but if you haven't been watching it, you can't start now. I DVR every episode and sit down and watch 2 or 3 at a time.
its funny, I wrote a post in a spin off thread about how I really don't care about crimes between consenting adults (particularly prostitution) then I started thinking about how for probrably most prostitutes, it isn't so willing. more like last resort. and then I kept thinking that maybe an angle they could have done is women. women are drug addicts too, and this show really never overed much of that angle. the things women end up doing for drugs, the kids the left behind, which we've seen the last two seasons, etc.
And that's what makes the show so great. The cycle that the bad guys are in just perpetuates itself. That was shown in Slim Charles' becoming the new Prop Joe, Michael assuming Omar's role, and even Dukie's reaching Bubbles' former place. I don't think they got off at all; if anything, The Wire has shown us that the place in life occupied by the bad guys is no cakewalk in and of itself. They are all a part of "The Game," and are at it's mercy. Marlo and Stringer are both examples of this. While Stringer embraced the idea of becoming a straight businessman, it wasn't in Marlo. He was street through and through. His only natural inclination was to physically take over a corner in his last scene, reestablishing that he is still in the Game, no matter what a court agreement says. In regards to the good guys, I don't think they really got it stuck to them. McNulty and Lester, even though they acted righteously, really had no choice but to retire. A PR nightmare would have ensued if they had stayed on the force as active police and the false homeless killer information come to light. It was a move by both the Baltimore PD and the sleazy Carcetti to save face. In regards to Daniels, the issue of his past hung over him for the entire series. We never learn what it was he did, but it was enough to make him resign the commissioner's post. Judging by the last scene of him and Rhonda in courtroom, both appear pleased with their positions. And you can't forget Bubbles. In a show that is often so gritty in it's portrayal of real life, it's especially warming to see Reginald be able to overcome his demons and allow the story featuring Sherrod to be published and most of all, join his family for dinner upstairs.
I'm also looking forward to True Blood based on the Charlaine Harris Southern Vampire Series. The books are pretty entertaining and imaginative with several great characters. Probably a little more "in your face"/mainstream entertainment than Six Feet Under or the Wire. But Alan Ball is doing it, so it should be pretty high quality. Still can't believe they would cast Anna Paquin as the main character though.
