OT: finished the wire
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The last season was not their best--but it worked for me. I thought that it had the appropriate ending for all of the key characters.
I went to a Wire focused discussion that had the real-life Omar, the actors for Marlo, Poot, Prop Joe, and a writer. It was fascinating--and frustrating to see some of the questions the people in the audience asked. One of the more interesting things--that scene where Snoop, Michael, and Chris come at Omar and he jumps (being a bit vague to avoid spoilers) was entirely based on fact.
I went to a Wire focused discussion that had the real-life Omar, the actors for Marlo, Poot, Prop Joe, and a writer. It was fascinating--and frustrating to see some of the questions the people in the audience asked. One of the more interesting things--that scene where Snoop, Michael, and Chris come at Omar and he jumps (being a bit vague to avoid spoilers) was entirely based on fact.
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Yeah, season 5 was the weakest of the series, but one of the best series ever.
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The story of Omar has a lot of true elements, and many parts are based on fact. But the guy on whom is life is based is married to a woman, so that part isn't based on truth.
David Simon did a lot of research. A lot is based on truth, but I don't want to take that too far as he and his fellow writers were brilliant.
Also, the actor who plays Prop Joe was a local Baltimore drama teacher who had no idea about the craziness around him. He also helped the four high school actors and trained them during season four.
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Even the weakest season of The Wire is better than the best season of most shows. I think Season 5 probably meant a lot to Simon as a former newspaper reporter, but I think it was part of a continuing narrative.
Previous seasons showed how the drugs laws and law enforcement let the city down – only Bunny Colvin was willing to try something different, and Hamsterdam actually was doing its job before it was shut down.
Then Season 4 showed how the school system let the city down, focusing on test scores instead of real learning and "graduating" kids with little education or live schools. Season 5 showed how the press let the city down, focusing on winning a Pulitzer Prize (even for a non-existent story) than providing serious journalis, on the real problems of the city.
Previous seasons showed how the drugs laws and law enforcement let the city down – only Bunny Colvin was willing to try something different, and Hamsterdam actually was doing its job before it was shut down.
Then Season 4 showed how the school system let the city down, focusing on test scores instead of real learning and "graduating" kids with little education or live schools. Season 5 showed how the press let the city down, focusing on winning a Pulitzer Prize (even for a non-existent story) than providing serious journalis, on the real problems of the city.
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Hamsterdam was the best idea ever. loved it.
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Games the same, just got more fierce
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I didn't love the storyline of season 5 but the last two episodes tied up a series better than I've ever seen a series end before.
SPOILER ALERT (scroll down)
The only piece of the entire series I felt went unexplained was the issue of Daniels being dirty or doing something unethical. I felt like they left that hanging out there too much and wished they could have given a little more of a definitive explanation.
SPOILER ALERT (scroll down)
The only piece of the entire series I felt went unexplained was the issue of Daniels being dirty or doing something unethical. I felt like they left that hanging out there too much and wished they could have given a little more of a definitive explanation.
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I liked all the storylines focusing on characters we already knew. I didn't care for the journalism storyline as much, although I understood why it was important.
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Dominic West (McNulty) is pretty active in Britain, his native country. He was a terrific lead in "Appropriate Adult" playing a serial killer, and was also very good on "The Hour" a Mad-Men retrospective show as a TV anchor.
Wendell Pierce (Bunk) and Clark Peters (Freamon) are stars of Simon's new series, Treme.
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Southland is decent, but Regina King is awful and ruins the show for me.
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