He had so much to do and we didn't see any of it.
Waste of fucking time following him around.
>I'll go as far as making an entire unit of policemen dedicated to investigating some irrelevant guy just because he took my stained glass window spot at the church
So uhh, The Wire is such a realistic show!
>so guise, guise, now that the dust has settled, I am glib facsimile contrarian man ripping on a television show because that's what we do, right, g-guise, we don't like anything and n-nothing is sacred, do I fit in now, g-guise: the thread
>>67347739
that sort of pettiness is very realistic actually
>>67347893
No, no it isnt.
>>67347947
Ever even met a Polish?
Do you get off in making shitposting threads?
Over all those seasons it doesn't really tell us anything about corruption we didn't know already. Also everything is pretty much predictable. You know who isn't making it out of the series alive pretty quick
>>67347739
If you don't think people in positions of power sometimes give in to their pettiness and misappropriate government resources, you're a fucking naive little fuckboy.
>>67347947
It is. Huge shitstorms had happened for the most stupid reasons
>>67347947
yes it is
>>67347739
I'm going to go on a limb and assume you've never had issues with authority here.
People with power can be very, very petty.
>>67347581
This.
It's so pointless to waste so much screen time on a guy that's going to die like a little bitch, in the worst way imaginable. Why the fuck did he get all the screen time then? They were building it up and wanted the audience to believe that Omar is going to kill everyone but then nothing.
I guess they ran out of budget or something.
>>67347581
>Reasons why The Wire is a shit show
Brother Mouzone, Omar and Marlo are capeshit tier characters.
Clay Davis is totally unrealistic for a politician. Even more because he's black.
>>67348978
>Clay Davis
>unrealistic
bahahahahaha go to sleep fatso
>>67348978
>niggas literally copy-pasted from Baltimore Sun's headlines are unrealistic
wew lad
>>67347739
> he thinks it was just for a stained glass window
>>67348978
>clay Davis
>unrealistic
Do you have a life outside of this board? Thats what politicians are like
>>67347947
Yes, it is. Working around the Maryland government has made me realize it. You think people change as they get older; they don't. Most people are like squabbling middle schoolers masquerading as mature, functioning adults.
>terrible acting
>pointless philosophy
>circular plot
>no character development that happens naturally
the whole reason the wire is regarded as "great" is because people actually think it's based on real events and people. it's not
>>67349417
Something happening IRL doesn't meet it's automatically believable when shown on fictional tv show.
>>67349216
>>67349417
>>67349509
His demeanor and everything about him is so over the top.
And he's reading Aeschylus, no way people like him exist.
>>67347947
>>67347739
>people dont abuse their power for stupid and petty reasons
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/27/politics/nsa-snooping/
>>67348978
>Brother Mouzone
He was in like 4 episodes across 5 seasons m8.
>>67347581
Aidan Gillen was fucking awful
Baiting aside lads, I really can't get into this show. I watched the first series and thought it was ok, watched the first episode of the second season and I can't be arsed. Should I force myself to get back into it? Does it really pick up any time soon?
>>67348978
Brother Mouzone, yes. Everybody else, no.
Especially Clay Davis. There are plenty of Maryland politicians who would, and still do, exactly what he did; solicit drug dealers and other illicit sources for political machine funds. If one had the opportunity to simply walk away with cash that was collected from an illegal revenue source, doesn't actually exist on a ledger, and is from individuals who wont pursue legal action as a result of the aforementioned source of the money, you don't think they'd do it?
Get a subscription to the Baltimore Sun and either wait or go back and look at their archives. Hell, even look at the city paper. They had a piece on Rudy Williams last year where he talked about raising and donating funds for Maryland delegates.
it's not very realistic for one, how is it that over the course of SIXTY episodes of a show about AMERICAN police they don't kill a single dog?
The niggers have dogs but the cops just ignore them when they are trained to kill them on sight
explain this.
>>67349775
I wish he at least tried a Baltimore accent.
If eye pull dat ouff, will yew die, hon?
>>67349711
He doesn't realize the subtext to Davis' mispronunciation of Prometheus and Aeschylus
>>67349694
>Something happening IRL doesn't meet it's automatically believable when shown on fictional tv show.
It does mean it's retarded to call it unrealistic since it is a real thing, though,
>>67349711
Are you not up to date with Brazil's political crisis? Literally everyone is Clay Davis trying to one up each other.
>>67347581
>unlikable main (for the most part) character
>omar jumps from a 6th floor and survives like nothing happened
>that stupid guy he teamed up with moozone or something
>DONT MESS WITH A NIGGER WITH A LIBRARY CARD!
>YOUR HOMOPHOBIA IS EXTREMELY VISCERAL! XD
>clay "DINDU NUFFIN" davis
>marlo the superhero villain, no one can touch him
>sydnor becomes mcnulty even though he wasnt built that way throughout the show (he barely even appeared)
>we're shutting down major crimes
>oh, no you're up again
>changed our minds, we're shutting you down again
>wait, wait, no, you're still up
>oh wait, we're shutting you down this time for real
>time to get the major crimes unit back
>times to shut you down again
>same shit for 5 fucking seasons
>>67347739
and this
>a high ranking police officer being petty over some bullshit
>>67349818
The second season is somewhat stand alone whereas the rest of the show ties together. Saying that, the second season is great and has many great characters and sets up some long term characters. Just watch it all faggot. The first season is a little goofy after rewatching the series, but it's still great.
>>67347581
>Fucking putrid thread
>It's a non-mobile poster
BAN NON-MOBILE POSTERS TBQH
>>67349891
What's that you're reading?
>This here? PROMATHUS BOUND! About a simple man who was horrifically punished for trying to bring light to his people.
>Implying the majority of the voting population wouldn't eat that shit up regardless of how inaccurate and incomplete an interpretation it is.
This show really is fucking brilliant.
I don't want to sound racist, but I've never met a black person in real life with the eloquence of Clay Davis.
Charisma too.
>>67350039
Go to church, you'll find them by the bulk.
>>67350039
The other brilliant thing about Davis and Whitlock's portrayal is how he talks white when he's shaking down Stringer for cash and they falls back on blacker speech and mannerisms when he's emotional.
I love how Clay Davis fucked over poor Ashy Larry during his trial and undercut all of his activity by bringing up his criminal history.
>>67348863
>wanting Omar to be Arnold Swartzenegger from the 80s
You missed the entire point of the show, anon.
>>67350107
>>67350236
But throughout the entire show he was fucking invincible and then he dies in the worst, most anticlimactic way ever.
I'm pretty sure everyone wanted to see Omar’s last stand be in a bloody shootout with a high body count and Marlo dead.
>>67350107
I still don't understand how Clay scammed Stringer so easy.
Thought String was smarter than that, turns out he's still just another street nigga.
>>67350107
Clay Davis is hilarious when gets mad. His voice starts cracking like he is about to burst out in tears.
>not no FEEEeeEeds, it's motherfuckers from my own city!
>>67350039
>13% of entire US population, most only residing in certain states and areas within that state.
>I never met a black person who...
Shut the fuck up, asshole. You're lucky to have met 5 black people in your fucking life.
>>67350354
>wanted to see
that's not how the wire works.
Maybe the show just isn't for you. Go back to watching exploitation films.
>>67350380
Being smart in one subject doesn't really guarantee success in other areas. It's not unusual to come across intellectuals and specialists holding the dumbest ideals and opinions in things other than their area of expertise.
>>67350354
this isn't capeshit, child.
>>67347947
Damn you've never met a real person before have you?
>>67350380
>turns out he's still just another street nigga
protip: so is clay davis
>>67350442
>You're lucky to have met black people
said no sane person ever
>>67350380
you can't con an honest man
criminals are paranoid and believe everything is corrupt, not just themselves, so of course Stringer thought that things were going so slow because he didn't bribe the right people. Davis put that thought in his head and promised he could do something about it with some bribe money, but Stringer never thought about how Davis could just steal from him and get away with it. No one steals from Stringer Bell! The whole street knows it! But Davis lives in another world where white collar crime is utterly ignored, Bell is just a guy you can rip off safely as long as it was under the table - Stringer didn't understand that. What can Stringer do? Without implicating himself, nothing. Assassination? That's too much heat for Bell, who's doing all this shit with Davis to seem legitimate in the first place.
It was easy to con a man who is sure of how the world works and also has too much pride to imagine people could simply rip him off. He understood street protection, but not financial protection.
The two worlds of the moneyed and the people from the street (cops and criminals alike) were a major theme of the wire.
>>67350380
Stringer was smart. He was just inexperienced in the "legitimate" business world. Davis came in, won his trust and took advantage of his desire to engage in legitimate business.
>Oh, you have a stake in a construction company that's looking to build downtown? Well, you're going to need Permits X, Y, and Z plus we'll need to, uh, "convince" a few people on city council.
Pays.
>Oh, well, some of it went through, some of it didn't. Looks like we'll need more money.
Levy even laughs in his face later on when he tells him. He rain made him.
Again, it wasn't as much a question of intelligence as simply being in an unfamiliar environment. Similar to what Bunny Colvin observed when he took the kids from his program to Ruth's Chris for dining.
>>67350534
But Omar is a capeshit tier character.
>>67350511
This is a common logical fallacy that people use everyday.
>Oh, you're a great football player? You should enter politics! You'd be great!
>>67350623
>Bunny Colvin
Worst character.
>>67350764
No, its bow tie nigga.
>>67350764
Get fucked. Bunny Colvin was my favorite.
>>67351055
Every single one of his experiments failed and something like "Hamsterdam" couldn't survive for a day in real life, no way the higher ups wouldn't find out about it. That whole subplot was idiotic.
>>67351082
Bunny became my favorite during season 4.
What do you mean every single one of his experiments failed? The only two he was really a part of were Hamsterdam and the alternative education protocol. The former was shutdown, though it achieved its goal of lowering violence while the latter also showed signs of promise before being shut down?
>>67351082
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/13/philadelphia-s-kensington-avenue-heroin-prostitution-and-no-police.html
>>67347581
Any scene featuring Omar, Bubbles, Brother Mouzone, Stringer Bell, Slim Charles, Bunk, Bodie, Duquan, Prop Joe, Cutty, Clay Davis is borderline unwatchable, the IMDB pandering hits you in the face so hard.
And the final season is completely worthless.
>>67351263
>the city of Philadelphia
>>67350380
He wasn't that smart he didn't understand basic economics until he was in his 30s
>>67347581
>>67348863
no it's not pointless. we all knew he was going to die, being so reckless. he just died in a way that could happen on real life too. only an 12 year old would expect omar to kill everybody.
>>67347581
>the wire
>shit show
im sorry its not as good as you think the leftovers and girls are
>>67350380
He scammed himself by assuming that the game has a level cap
>>67353329
the game is rigged man
>>67348863
What a fucking retard
>>67349818
If the brilliance of the show hasn't dawned on you by the end of season 1, it's not for you. I hope you find a better show and quit whining about your disinterest. Lad.
>>67353539
>I hope you find a better show
Well, I thought Mr. Robot was better than this.
>>67351082
I think the point is that at least he tried.
>>67353572
Even if you're trolling, that was the most plebeian thing I've read all year.
>>67353646
Why? The show is pretty great and has plenty of interesting characters, plus it's not slow as fuck like The Wire. And it has a great soundtrack too, M83, Bohren, FKA Twigs, etc.
>>67353696
Why would you even compare them ? And even worse try to judge which one is better ? They have nothing in common, one is over the other is still airing, they're not from the same period, one of them focus on one character and the other on at least a dozen of them and I could go on.
There's no point in doing that really.
>>67347947
you stupid fucking autist.
>>67352932
Why, economic knowledge just randomly appears in the head of smart teenagers?
>>67350570
>Confusing blacks with niggas
>>67353640
That was exactly the point. He was a thirty year man, about to retire, and had an epiphany about the repetitive and ineffective strategies deployed by the police in the drug war so he tried something else, thinking that his inevitable retirement would shield him from any repercussions.
>>67354042
That guy called me a pleb so I had to defend myself.
>>67347739
This. I hate whenever someone says this is realistic, it fucking isn't.
Plus Valchek is like 60, to lose his shit like that over some petty shit, no fucking way.
>>67359777
>guy throwing around more money than he should have
>petty shit
come on
>>67349904
The omar jump is based on a real event
>>67347739
He knew Sobotka was into some shit, since he pissed him off he wanted to be a cunt and expose him
Not really unrealistic
