So who was your favourite character/s in a tv series eg The Wire ~ Omar

[Zizu]

So in the fabulous series called The Wire - my fave was easily Omar but followed fairly closely by Mario .


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[Dogeatdog]

Funnily enough I just started watching this and have finished series 1. :laugh:

It’s funny because I like a lot of the characters in this show with only a few I don’t like but they all have quite a bit of depth to them.

Omar is cool. I do find him amusing in the sense that he’s like the taxman for drug dealers :laugh:. He’s hardcore, fearless and he has a lot of morals and a code that he sticks by which I do think is a very good quality of his.

I actually quite like D’Angelo as well. I feel sorry for him because you can tell he doesn’t really agree with certain things that go on in “the game” and he’s been pretty much forced into that lifestyle. Many would probably just perceive him as a bit of a punk as well because he’s quite soft but he has a lot of heart and is surprisingly quite intellectual in other areas which is probably why he got along with Wallace so well. This is easily my favourite scene of his so far

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Bird is probably one of the characters I disliked. He was a foul mouthed, crude and I found it oddly amusing when he was getting beat down in the interrogation room :hehe:

[Dogeatdog]

Wow I didn’t realise how much I rambled on there :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Jimmy McNulty and Tommy Carcetti

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[Nicky91]

the right one, GoT's Littlefinger :fan:

[GiRTh]

Jimmy McNulty and Tommy Carcetti

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EDIT: Almost forgot...:thumbs:

[GiRTh]

Funnily enough I just started watching this and have finished series 1. :laugh:

It’s funny because I like a lot of the characters in this show with only a few I don’t like but they all have quite a bit of depth to them.

Omar is cool. I do find him amusing in the sense that he’s like the taxman for drug dealers :laugh:. He’s hardcore, fearless and he has a lot of morals and a code that he sticks by which I do think is a very good quality of his.

I actually quite like D’Angelo as well. I feel sorry for him because you can tell he doesn’t really agree with certain things that go on in “the game” and he’s been pretty much forced into that lifestyle. Many would probably just perceive him as a bit of a punk as well because he’s quite soft but he has a lot of heart and is surprisingly quite intellectual in other areas which is probably why he got along with Wallace so well. This is easily my favourite scene of his so far

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Bird is probably one of the characters I disliked. He was a foul mouthed, crude and I found it oddly amusing when he was getting beat down in the interrogation room :hehe:
I always love a new addition to the Wire fan list. Keep watching it gets even better.

[Dogeatdog]

McNulty's an asshole.. Best character is Omar, of course, next Bunk then Stringer.

EDIT: Almost forgot...:thumbs:

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[Crimson Dynamo]

also Herc was good

[Dogeatdog]

I always love a new addition to the Wire fan list. Keep watching it gets even better.

I’ve really enjoyed Series 1 so I’ll continue watching. I’m surprised I haven’t watched it sooner tbh and it’s a shame the series themselves are very short but I’m looking forward to them nonetheless :thumbs:

[GiRTh]

also Herc was goodHerc and Carver get going in the third season. I find their interactions in season one and two annoying to watch.

Bunk is consistently good thru all five series. Hard working veteran detective, always funny, always drinking.

Daniels - probably the only character who consistently does the right thing.

Freamon - The wise old analytical detective.

Characters who hardly get mentioned when it comes to faves are

Prop Joe - just brilliant in the later series,
Rawls - The biggest ball breaker in the show:laugh:

[GiRTh]

I’ve really enjoyed Series 1 so I’ll continue watching. I’m surprised I haven’t watched it sooner tbh and it’s a shame the series themselves are very short but I’m looking forward to them nonetheless :thumbs:Keep going with it, its my fave show of all time. I watched it again about six months ago and got right back into it:joker:

After watching it all you'll probably come to the conclusion that the first season is one of the weaker seasons :joker: The third and fourth seasons are just incredible. Some of the best television I've ever watched. When I recently watched it, I thought it looked a bit dated in the early seasons but the quality of each seasons plot is as good a I've seen.

[Zizu]

the right one, GoT's Littlefinger :fan:



Plus Aberama Gold in Peaky Blinders

He stars in three of my favourite ever series .


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[Dogeatdog]

Keep going with it, its my fave show of all time. I watched it again about six months ago and got right back into it:joker:

After watching it all you'll probably come to the conclusion that the first season is one of the weaker seasons :joker: The third and fourth seasons are just incredible. Some of the best television I've ever watched. When I recently watched it, I thought it looked a bit dated in the early seasons but the quality of each seasons plot is as good a I've seen.

Thanks GiRTh :thumbs: There’s just a lot of depth to this show so I can see why it is very popular and and easy to do rewatches. After everything that’s happened in the first season I can only imagine the second is just as good.

[GiRTh]

And all the place names they mention are real Baltimore streets. When they talk about North and Pulaski, Edmonton Gully and Pimlico Hill, those are real Baltimore places.

One of the many Wire drinking games is to take a sip whenever a street name is mentioned. :laugh:

In the first season, take sip when ever D'angelo says 'Mos Def', when ever a character is getting drunk, whenever Prez gives us some exposition, whenever Bodie spits etc. :joker:

[Dogeatdog]

And all the place names they mention are real Baltimore streets. When they talk about North and Pulaski, Edmonton Gully and Pimlico Hill, those are real Baltimore places.

One of the many Wire drinking games is to take a sip whenever a street name is mentioned. :laugh:

In the first season, take sip when ever D'angelo says 'Mos Def', when ever a character is getting drunk, whenever Prez gives us some exposition, whenever Bodie spits etc. :joker:

Sounds like a great game, will have to get me a crate of beers first :laugh:. I’m glad I’m not the only one who picked up on D’Angelo saying ‘Mos Def’ and Bodie spitting all the time :laugh:

[GiRTh]

Thanks GiRTh :thumbs: There’s just a lot of depth to this show so I can see why it is very popular and and easy to do rewatches. After everything that’s happened in the first season I can only imagine the second is just as good.second is one of my faves but its a different setting. Cant say any more or it'll spoil it.

I rank them 3,4,2,1,5

EDIT: It depends what mood I'm in as which order i put season 1 and 2. They're interchangeable but the rest are my order from best to worst

[GiRTh]

Sounds like a great game, will have to get me a crate of beers first :laugh:. I’m glad I’m not the only one who picked up on D’Angelo saying ‘Mos Def’ and Bodie spitting all the time :laugh:There are different drinking games for each season but its mainly about getting drunk, mentioning street names, McNulty saying 'What the ****** did I do', someone mentioning 'The game' etc. :joker:

[Dogeatdog]

second is one of my faves but its a different setting. Cant say any more or it'll spoil it.

I rank them 3,4,2,1,5

EDIT: It depends what mood I'm in as which order i put season 1 and 2. They're interchangeable but the rest are my order from best to worst

Ah ok. Once I’ve finished series 2 I’ll post my thought here and when I finish the whole lot I’ll rank the series from best to worst. :thumbs:

[GiRTh]

Ah ok. Once I’ve finished series 2 I’ll post my thought here and when I finish the whole lot I’ll rank the series from best to worst. :thumbs:Thats just my opinion. Watch all of them just to see how the characters pan out.

I forgot to mention Bubbles as a great character too. Brilliantly played by Andre Royo. Its a travesty that he was never even nominated for a major award. Probably the best performance ever of a drug addict.

[Dogeatdog]

Thats just my opinion. Watch all of them just to see how the characters pan out.

I forgot to mention Bubbles as a great character too. Brilliantly played by Andre Royo. Its a travesty that he was never even nominated for a major award. Probably the best performance ever of a drug addict.

Oh yes Bubbles I forgot about him. Honestly there is so much great acting in this show but Royo plays his role perfectly. Did this show get many awards when it first aired? I would’ve thought this series had quite a few major nominations for awards?

[GiRTh]

Oh yes Bubbles I forgot about him. Honestly there is so much great acting in this show but Royo plays his role perfectly. Did this show get many awards when it first aired? I would’ve thought this series had quite a few major nominations for awards?It largely went under the radar and received few awards. I agree its crazy how underappreciated it was when it was aired. It was largely word of mouth that got the Wire its reputation and when people heard about it they were comparing it to the multi award winning shows of the time like The West Wing and Sopranos

[Dogeatdog]

It largely went under the radar and received few awards. I agree its crazy how underappreciated it was when it was aired. It was largely word of mouth that got the Wire its reputation and when people heard about it they were comparing it to the multi award winning shows of the time like The West Wing and Sopranos

Seriously? That’s a shame considering it’s a HBO series as well I thought it would’ve got quite a lot of awards. It is a complex series but at the same time it is engaging and very well written. I only discovered it as it was in my YouTube recommended list.

[GiRTh]

Seriously? That’s a shame considering it’s a HBO series as well I thought it would’ve got quite a lot of awards. It is a complex series but at the same time it is engaging and very well written. I only discovered it as it was in my YouTube recommended list.It was a strange situation as so many people were saying The Wire was better than shows like Six Feet Under and Sex and the City; two shows that HBO plugged the hell out of. I dont understand why the HBO execs couldnt see how good the show was and then plugged it. It only became popular and got the attention it deserved when it became well know worldwide. The first two seasons of the Wire didnt get a rating on IMDB until the whole series finished. It was a greatly under appreciated show. I'm happy that I got into it back in 2003

[Dogeatdog]

It was a strange situation as so many people were saying The Wire was better than shows like Six Feet Under and Sex and the City; two shows that HBO plugged the hell out of. I dont understand why the HBO execs couldnt see how good the show was and then plugged it. It only became popular and got the attention it deserved when it became well know worldwide. The first two seasons of the Wire didnt get a rating on IMDB until the whole series finished. It was a greatly under appreciated show. I'm happy that I got into it back in 2003

Considering the shows popularity now I could imagine the HBO execs regretted ending this show so soon. Maybe the show being very raw or maybe the Emmys always going for safer options is why the show flew under the radar for so long? Like you say it’s very under appreciated I can’t believe it first aired in 2002 and it’s taken this long for me to discover it :skull:

[GiRTh]

Considering the shows popularity now I could imagine the HBO execs regretted ending this show so soon. Maybe the show being very raw or maybe the Emmys always going for safer options is why the show flew under the radar for so long? Like you say it’s very under appreciated I can’t believe it first aired in 2002 and it’s taken this long for me to discover it :skull:It was David Simon who ended the show but I think there was some pressure to get the last season done.

The final season is only ten episodes while all the other are either 12 or 13 episodes and it shows and why I put it last. Having said that, and not to give too much away but I think the police story in the fifth season is one of the best but ten episodes was not long enough to fully tell it IMO. Hope thats not too much of a spoiler but I find it hard to talk about it without spoilers cuz I like it so much and have so much to say on it.

Incidentally, where are you watching it? I remember when I last watched it I had to download it as they were charging for each episode on youtube and I aint paying.

[Dogeatdog]

It was David Simon who ended the show but I think there was some pressure to get the last season done.

The final season is only ten episodes while all the other are either 12 or 13 episodes and it shows and why I put it last. Having said that, and not to give too much away but I think the police story in the fifth season is one of the best but ten episodes was not long enough to fully tell it IMO. Hope thats not too much of a spoiler but I find it hard to talk about it without spoilers cuz I like it so much and have so much to say on it.

Incidentally, where are you watching it? I remember when I last watched it I had to download it as they were charging for each episode on youtube and I aint paying.

Ah that’s fine GiRTh :thumbs: I’m never normally bothered by spoilers :laugh: I’ve already watched quite a few clips on YouTube so I’m aware how things turn out for certain characters.

I’ve actually bought the DVD box set from Cex. I was originally going to watch the episodes on Amazon Prime because I have a subscription that I pay monthly for, but it turns out you have to actually buy the series on there as well. The price seemed expensive so I tried to find a DVD boxset and it worked out a lot cheaper. HBO series are always a bit of pain for me to watch I can never find anywhere online to actually watch them for free.

[GiRTh]

That makes sense. I borrowed it from my local library back in 2003. Its was full price for the DVD's - 50 quid - and that was far too rich or me at the time. :laugh:

You should write a review of each episode as you watch it.

[Dogeatdog]

That makes sense. I borrowed it from my local library back in 2003. Its was full price for the DVD's - 50 quid - and that was far too rich or me at the time. :laugh:

You should write a review of each episode as you watch it.

The dvd boxset cost me £15 for all seasons. On Amazon Prime it would’ve cost me £20 just for season 1 on its own :skull:

I was actually going to do this but I didn’t know if anyone here had seen the show before. I haven’t had the time to start Series 2 yet but I have a week off work after this Friday so I’m gonna just watch S1 again through this week and start S2 on the weekend :thumbs:

[Zizu]

All the lovers of The Wire will also love the ‘kinda prequel’ mini series ..

As I recall it was set in the same area .. same writers and production team with many of the same actors ..except I think a few of the actors had role reversals.. drug dealers in first series played Police in The Wire ..

It’s a while since I watched it tbf


The Corner was the series ..
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[GiRTh]

I think they're now part of the box set so he should already have them. There's three - Jimmy and Bunk first meeting, Young Omar and Young Prop Joe

[GiRTh]

The dvd boxset cost me £15 for all seasons. On Amazon Prime it would’ve cost me £20 just for season 1 on its own :skull:

I was actually going to do this but I didn’t know if anyone here had seen the show before. I haven’t had the time to start Series 2 yet but I have a week off work after this Friday so I’m gonna just watch S1 again through this week and start S2 on the weekend :thumbs:Get them all watched. Just to see how the characters develop. Its a show where you can watch episodes over again but there are some amazing plot line coming up that you will definitely want to watch again.

I might watch them again too. I think it was more like a year ago that I last watched it so time for a refresh.

[Dogeatdog]

All the lovers of The Wire will also love the ‘kinda prequel’ mini series ..

As I recall it was set in the same area .. same writers and production team with many of the same actors ..except I think a few of the actors had role reversals.. drug dealers in first series played Police in The Wire ..

It’s a while since I watched it tbf


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Thanks Zizu, I’ll be sure to check this out once I get the chance :thumbs:

[Zizu]

Get them all watched. Just to see how the characters develop. Its a show where you can watch episodes over again but there are some amazing plot line coming up that you will definitely want to watch again.



I might watch them again too. I think it was more like a year ago that I last watched it so time for a refresh.



I watched it a third time last year BUT only the scenes featuring Marlo !!
His character kinda fascinated me so much ..


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