Watching the Wire for the Second Time

[edinatlanta]

Originally Posted by Rambo

Nah, Ziggy and Nick kind of kill season 2 for me. They just chew up so much screen time. Plus, The Greek is so ****** as a villain. So far season 1 is in the lead. Season 3 is up next.

ure dumb.

season 4. that exact **** went on at my high school, the "good" school of the Atlanta Public Schools.

 

[Rambo]

No fool. I meant I am watching season 3 next, not season 3 was next in the rankings.

 

[life_interrupts]

Originally Posted by Izhitsa

Bunk: A different look for our boy. Jimmy: Yeah, Perry Ellis, or something. Bunk: Now, how would a just-rolled-out-of-bed-looking motherfucker like you, know the designer? Jimmy: Okay, I'm guessing. Bunk: It's a Joseph Abboud. He puts dark buttons instead of brass on his blazers. That's the Abboud signature. Jimmy: You know what they call a guy who pays that much attention to his clothes, don't you? Bunk: A grown-up.
One of my favorite quotes from Season 2. Nice call.

 

[life_interrupts]

Originally Posted by Mr Herbert

thats why i like mouzone. he broke the stereotype.
Interestingly, I see Mouzone and Omar as boogey men for those in "The Game." Both stereotype breaking characters. Mouzone from the Enforcement side and Omar from the Cautionary Tale side (Watch your back or. . . .) Them coming together to do Stringer made a nice (potentially convenient) dovetail of risks being in the game brought.

 

[Blog Marley]

Originally Posted by Izhitsa

Bunk: A different look for our boy.

Jimmy: Yeah, Perry Ellis, or something.

Bunk: Now, how would a just-rolled-out-of-bed-looking motherfucker like you, know the designer?

Jimmy: Okay, I'm guessing.

Bunk: It's a Joseph Abboud. He puts dark buttons instead of brass on his blazers. That's the Abboud signature.

Jimmy: You know what they call a guy who pays that much attention to his clothes, don't you?

Bunk: A grown-up.

I just caught the last half of this episode the other night great quote(for those of you with DirecTV the 101 network (channel 239) shows an episode a week replayed nightly in its full unedited glory.

 

[Blog Marley]

Originally Posted by Izhitsa

Bunk: A different look for our boy.

Jimmy: Yeah, Perry Ellis, or something.

Bunk: Now, how would a just-rolled-out-of-bed-looking motherfucker like you, know the designer?

Jimmy: Okay, I'm guessing.

Bunk: It's a Joseph Abboud. He puts dark buttons instead of brass on his blazers. That's the Abboud signature.

Jimmy: You know what they call a guy who pays that much attention to his clothes, don't you?

Bunk: A grown-up.

I just caught the last half of this episode the other night great quote(for those of you with DirecTV the 101 network (channel 239) shows an episode a week replayed nightly in its full unedited glory.

 

[edinatlanta]

Just got disc one of SE2.

Ziggy=Jar Jar Binks.

 

[Biggskip]

Originally Posted by Rambo

Just finished season 2. This show is amazing.

So, uh, did you just watch two hole seasons in under a week? I've gone on benders before, but damn, that's hardcore. You remind me of Johnny when he slams the whole shot at once and Bubs tells him that he thinks he's brown but he's still green. You gotta pace yourself.

Originally Posted by Rambo

Nah, Ziggy and Nick kind of kill season 2 for me. They just chew up so much screen time. Plus, The Greek is so ****** as a villain. So far season 1 is in the lead. Season 3 is up next.

Ziggy and Nick are what make Season 2 so good. Watching Zig eff up time and time again is one of the funniest parts of the series. Nick is awesome as he represents the what the realization of hoplessness as a working man will do to you.

Also, there is a strong debate as to whether Season 2 or 4 is the best (as I've stated I'm for the former), but Season 1 is nowhere near those two.

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by Biggskip

So, uh, did you just watch two hole seasons in under a week? I've gone on benders before, but damn, that's hardcore. You remind me of Johnny when he slams the whole shot at once and Bubs tells him that he thinks he's brown but he's still green. You gotta pace yourself. Ziggy and Nick are what make Season 2 so good. Watching Zig eff up time and time again is one of the funniest parts of the series. Nick is awesome as he represents the what the realization of hoplessness as a working man will do to you. Also, there is a strong debate as to whether Season 2 or 4 is the best (as I've stated I'm for the former), but Season 1 is nowhere near those two.
I basically skipped all the Bubbles and Ziggy scenes. It really speeds up the show. I definitely think that season 1 is better than season 2. Avon is a much better foil than The Greek.

 

[limping_decorum]

Originally Posted by Rambo

I basically skipped all the Bubbles and Ziggy scenes. It really speeds up the show.
stupidest thing i've read on the internet.
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[edinatlanta]

When Bodie actualy went out of his way to find Garrison Keillor an continued to listen to him in Philly was awesome. I legitimately lol-ed.

 

[Biggskip]

Originally Posted by Rambo

I basically skipped all the Bubbles and Ziggy scenes. It really speeds up the show. I definitely think that season 1 is better than season 2. Avon is a much better foil than The Greek.
I don't think the point of Season 2 is for you to care all that much about The Greek like you are Avon in Season 1. Season 2 is much more about the plight of the working man (queue Springsteen song). If you want to compare characters between Seasons 1 and 2 compare Frank Sobotka to Avon. If you set it up in those terms, I don't think the comparison is close. Sobotka is one of the best (and superbly acted) characters on the show.

 

[Izhitsa]

Originally Posted by Biggskip

I don't think the point of Season 2 is for you to care all that much about The Greek like you are Avon in Season 1. ...
I've always regarded The Greek more as a symbol of the worst aspects of globalized capitalism and not as a flesh and blood character (nothing wrong with that within the context of the series).

As for Ziggy -- unfortunately he's all too realistic.

 

[edinatlanta]

Originally Posted by Izhitsa

As for Ziggy -- unfortunately he's all too realistic.

A dumb, loud, obnoxious racist term for people of Polish descent who always ***** up and gets his foot in his mouth? I can relate

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by limping_decorum

stupidest thing i've read on the internet.
To argue my point you post a scene with neither Ziggy or Bubs in it?

Originally Posted by Biggskip

I don't think the point of Season 2 is for you to care all that much about The Greek like you are Avon in Season 1. Season 2 is much more about the plight of the working man (queue Springsteen song). If you want to compare characters between Seasons 1 and 2 compare Frank Sobotka to Avon. If you set it up in those terms, I don't think the comparison is close. Sobotka is one of the best (and superbly acted) characters on the show.
Frank was a great character, and that guy killed the part, but it was just too involved with the union bullshit and Ziggy and the crappy Greek guys.