The Wire (9 Viewers)
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The series really is too real and depressive btw. Maybe its just me. Bit it hit me hard it parts just by showing society as it is or can be, instead of the typical sappy moments that strings on your emotion, it was simply depicting how people are too selfish and easily corrupted to make society function as best as they can.
As said, quite a downer (also a never ending cycle). Prolly why the series was a cult a hugely ciritical success, but pretty much ignored by the general tv watching populace. Too real to be entertainment. Its like the kind of material you read in a very indepth and extremelly fine novel. Not a tv series.
As said, quite a downer (also a never ending cycle). Prolly why the series was a cult a hugely ciritical success, but pretty much ignored by the general tv watching populace. Too real to be entertainment. Its like the kind of material you read in a very indepth and extremelly fine novel. Not a tv series.
It was the final touch to it all, and was in a season that was rapping up the whole show, its expected to.
And its funny, but of the fucked up/shady people there was in The Wire, that dishonest weasel in season 5 (you know who...) was the one who bothered me the most. Examplified the most of what Mikhail says above, of the corruption and the human nature of "getting ahead" in any way possible. Disgusted by him, even if not a big or vital character.
And its funny, but of the fucked up/shady people there was in The Wire, that dishonest weasel in season 5 (you know who...) was the one who bothered me the most. Examplified the most of what Mikhail says above, of the corruption and the human nature of "getting ahead" in any way possible. Disgusted by him, even if not a big or vital character.
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Who here is satisfied how our favourite homo ended up? It sucked while I was watching it, but when it all finished up, I was kinda glad because now I can't hope for spin-off following Omar or something.
I like shows that have an end and don't go for too long, only to get lost in their own plot(ie Lost, Heroes, Prison Break and other commercial crap). It's also think it's cool that Michael carried the torch, he was a pretty good character, I wish they worked on him a little more and less on Naymond.
Also felt it would have been better had Marlo been shot down by those two punks in the street at the end. I appreciate the irony in which he ended up how Stringer always wanted to, but feel it would have suited him more to die from the game, on the street, right then and there.
Who here is satisfied how our favourite homo ended up? It sucked while I was watching it, but when it all finished up, I was kinda glad because now I can't hope for spin-off following Omar or something.
I like shows that have an end and don't go for too long, only to get lost in their own plot(ie Lost, Heroes, Prison Break and other commercial crap). It's also think it's cool that Michael carried the torch, he was a pretty good character, I wish they worked on him a little more and less on Naymond.Also felt it would have been better had Marlo been shot down by those two punks in the street at the end. I appreciate the irony in which he ended up how Stringer always wanted to, but feel it would have suited him more to die from the game, on the street, right then and there.
I think the purpose of him ending the show like that adds to the reality of the whole series. Sort of like the good guy never always wins, unlike the case with Avon. Also lets the viewer explore what possibly could happen to him in his 'new life'.
I never thought about it that way with a kid being the least of Omar's worries in a sense, just about how the boy would be able to properly use the gun across a shop. Probably easy, never tried shooting one before.
I'm definitely in the bracket of thinking he's the best character in the show. Absolutely adored his jump from the 5/6th story building.
I never thought about it that way with a kid being the least of Omar's worries in a sense, just about how the boy would be able to properly use the gun across a shop. Probably easy, never tried shooting one before.
I'm definitely in the bracket of thinking he's the best character in the show. Absolutely adored his jump from the 5/6th story building.