The Wire (tv drama)

[Newbridge Exile]

I thought she was more of a real character, maybe I am wrong. As a convited murderer she is certaiinly not your average actor.

Completely different to saying she is a real character. Her character on the show shares her name is all. She was invited to the set by Michael Williams (Omar) and offered a role. Several characters are played by people with dodgy pasts. The Deacon was once Baltimore's biggest drug lord, and I think the bald, white cop (Norris??) has a story about him too.

Norris was the police commissioner of Baltimore

[Main Street]

I thought season two was as excellent as the rest, with Sobotka as compelling as any of the other major characters on the show.

The significance of S2 appears to pass many by. The Greeks who control everything, getting a virtual free ride from the FBI in exchange for counter terrorism info. How utterly tragic can you get?  You can't win against them. Even if the cops get a whiff of evidence against them, they are untouchable, the flow of drugs is guaranteed. The Wire unit is useless, can never achieve anything more than shift the small players around. That sets up the next 3 series and especially the pet project of decriminalising the drugs.

The slow pace and the sheer grinding tragedy of S2 perfectly explains why this drama never had mass appeal.
There is a bit of a slow burn to it, but the intensity grabs you by ep 5, right through to Frank's inevitable last steps.
A story which could be told in a 1,000 locations, about the decay of traditional honest values, the disdain shown to the men who built /fought wars for their country and throwing a young underclass to the corner.
Frank, 'Í know I was doing wrong but i thought I was wrong for the right reasons'
'we use to build shit in this country, make shit, now it's your hand in somebody else's pocket'.
Frank, a simple man really, was about the only man of genuine unselfish honour, ready to fight back.

[Billys Boots]

Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 characters from the last 20 years - Omar made the list!

100. Tim Riggins from Friday Night Lights
99. The Bride from Kill Bill
98. Lisbeth Salander from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels
97. Violet Weston from August: Osage County
96. Bernie Mac from The Bernie Mac Show
95. Wilhelmina from Ugly Betty
94. Truman from The Truman Show
93. Game Boys: Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series; Kratos from the God of War series; and Niko Bellic from Grand Theft Auto IV
92. Christopher Boone from The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time
91. Hancock from Hancock
90. Marge Gunderson from Fargo
89. Wikus van de Merwe from District 9
88. Napoleon Dynamite from Napoleon Dynamite
87. Tony Stark from the Iron Man series
86. Karen Walker and Jack McFarland from Will & Grace
85. Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood
84. Dr. Gregory House from House, M.D.
83. Jen Yu from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
82. Tracy Flick from Election
81. Amanda Woodward from Melrose Place
80. Gorillaz, the animated rock band
79. Elphaba from Wicked
78. Patty Hewes from Damages
77. Mimi Marquez from Rent
76. Tyler Durden from Fight Club
75. David Brent from The Office (original version)
74. Don Draper from Mad Men
73. Catherine Trammell from Basic Instinct
72. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace from Battlestar Galactica
71. Det. Alonzo Harris from Training Day
70. Mary Katherine Gallagher from Saturday Night Live
69. Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada
68. Effie White from Dreamgirls
67. Borat from Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
66. Allie and Noah from The Notebook
65. Lorelai and Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls
64. Maximus from Gladiator
63. John Locke from Lost
62. Jimmy Corrigan from Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
61. Vic Mackey from The Shield
60. Mary Jones from Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saphhire
59. Master Chief from the Halo series
58. Thelma and Louise from Thelma & Louise
57. Clayton Bigsby from Chappelle's Show
56. Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother
55. Tracy Jordan from 30 Rock
54. Juno from Juno
53. Edward Cullen from the Twilight saga
52. Annie Wilkes from Misery
51. Omar Little from The Wire50. Pearl the Landlord from FunnyorDie.com
49. Vivian Ward from Pretty Woman
48. Red from The Shawshank Redemption
47. Corky St. Clair Waiting for Guffman
46. Jerry Maguire from Jerry Maguire
45. Stewie Griffin from Family Guy
44. Jack Bauer from 24
43. Cal Stephanides from Middlesex
42. Sydney Bristow from Alias
41. Harold and Kumar from the Harold & Kumar series
40. Ron Burgundy from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
39. Gob Bluth from Arrested Development
38. Elmo from Sesame Street
37. Keyser Söze from The Usual Suspects
36. Gollum from The Lord of the Rings
35. Dexter Morgan from Dexter
34. Cher from Clueless
33. Sarah Connor from Terminator 2: Judgment Day
32. Beavis and Butt-Head from Beavis and Butt-Head
31. Forrest Gump from Forrest Gump
30. "Stephen Colbert" from The Colbert Report
29. Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction
28. Madea from several Tyler Perry films and plays
27. Frasier from Frasier
26. Kavalier and Clay from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
25. Woody from the Toy Story series
24. Felicity Porter from Felicity
23. Austin Powers from the Austin Powers series
22. Eric Cartman from South Park
21. Roseanne Conner from Roseanne
20. Ally McBeal from Ally McBeal
19. Morpheus from The Matrix series
18. Sue Sylvester from Glee
17. Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider franchise
16. Bridget Jones from the Bridget Jones series
15. Shrek from the Shrek series
14. Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski from The Big Lebowski
13. Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean series
12. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from The X-Files
11. Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld
10. SpongeBob SquarePants from SpongeBob SquarePants
9. Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City
8. Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs and its sequels
7. Edward Scissorhands from Edward Scissorhands
6. Rachel Green from Friends
5. The Joker from The Dark Knight
4. Tony Soprano from The Sopranos
3. Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Harry Potter from the Harry Potter series
1. Homer Simpson from The Simpsons

[AFS]

Saw that list. Rachel Green at number 6 says it all. She was barely the 6th best character in Friends FFS.

[Billys Boots]

I'd agree, there are only about 20 characters there with anything to contribute to life on earth.

[thewobbler]

Just watching a film called 25th hour on TG4. Up pops clay Davis as a detective, and he even let a couple of short "shiiiiiiiyets" out.

[Minder]

Top 100 scenes/quotes from the Wire. Spoilers for those that have been on the moon for the last few years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sgj78QG9Bg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Main Street]

Nothing quite equals the fear generated by the sound of Omar whistling a tune.

Must be time to watch it all again.

[BennyHarp]

Just watching a film called 25th hour on TG4. Up pops clay Davis as a detective, and he even let a couple of short "shiiiiiiiyets" out.

Clay Davis should have got his own spin off show!

[All of a Sludden]

Episode 1, Season 1 has just started on Sky Atlantic.

[Minder]

Episode 1, Season 1 has just started on Sky Atlantic.

Just stumbled across it, gonna watch it all over again

[Tony Baloney]

Episode 1, Season 1 has just started on Sky Atlantic.

Just stumbled across it, gonna watch it all over again

Is it nightly or weekly? The missus never watched it so might make her watch it.

[All of a Sludden]

Episode 1, Season 1 has just started on Sky Atlantic.

Just stumbled across it, gonna watch it all over again

Is it nightly or weekly? The missus never watched it so might make her watch it.

It is weekly, you could just get her to watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj-oQGXWK4o

[gallsman]

A mate watched it all over again over the course of a couple of weeks and has inspired me to do the same. The girlfriend had never seen it, so that'll be my excuse!

Anyone watched recently?

[Dinny Breen]

Started back last month, nearly finished series 3 already. Just as brilliant as ever. All in the game yo, all in the game.