• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 13:24
CEST 19:24
KST 02:24
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
TL.net Map Contest #21: Voting3[ASL20] Ro4 Preview: Descent6Team TLMC #5: Winners Announced!3[ASL20] Ro8 Preview Pt2: Holding On9Maestros of the Game: Live Finals Preview (RO4)5
Community News
Weekly Cups (Oct 6-12): Four star herO65.0.15 Patch Balance Hotfix (2025-10-8)71Weekly Cups (Sept 29-Oct 5): MaxPax triples up3PartinG joins SteamerZone, returns to SC2 competition325.0.15 Balance Patch Notes (Live version)119
StarCraft 2
General
5.0.15 Patch Balance Hotfix (2025-10-8) The New Patch Killed Mech! TL.net Map Contest #21: Voting Weekly Cups (Oct 6-12): Four star herO PartinG joins SteamerZone, returns to SC2 competition
Tourneys
Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) Tenacious Turtle Tussle WardiTV Mondays SC2's Safe House 2 - October 18 & 19 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 495 Rest In Peace Mutation # 494 Unstable Environment Mutation # 493 Quick Killers Mutation # 492 Get Out More
Brood War
General
BSL Season 21 BW caster Sayle BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Brood War web app to calculate unit interactions Whose hotkey signature is this?
Tourneys
[ASL20] Semifinal B [ASL20] Semifinal A [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL20] Ro8 Day 4
Strategy
Current Meta BW - ajfirecracker Strategy & Training Siegecraft - a new perspective TvZ Theorycraft - Improving on State of the Art
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread ZeroSpace Megathread Dawn of War IV Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion LiquidDota to reintegrate into TL.net
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
SPIRED by.ASL Mafia {211640} TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Men's Fashion Thread Sex and weight loss
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club! The Happy Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023 NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
SC2 Client Relocalization [Change SC2 Language] Linksys AE2500 USB WIFI keeps disconnecting Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
Inbreeding: Why Do We Do It…
Peanutsc
From Tilt to Ragequit:The Ps…
TrAiDoS
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1129 users

[TV] The Wire - Page 6

Forum Index > Media & Entertainment
Post a Reply
Prev 1 4 5 6 7 8 31 Next All
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
November 28 2009 21:22 GMT
#101
On November 29 2009 06:16 Mischy wrote:
-Reactionary fanboyism alert-
+ Show Spoiler +
Star Trek TNG has more depth than any show ever made, like twice as much as even the best contenders. Even though The Wire is sick, TNG is clearly the best TV show ever made.

^^ omg
beep boop
.risingdragoon
Profile Joined January 2008
United States3021 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-28 22:57:24
November 28 2009 22:56 GMT
#102
how about talking about some of the facts and ideas in the show?

opening theme's what I skip through to get to the real show
......::::........::::........::::........::::........::::.......::::.......::::... Up☆MaGiC ...::::.......::::.......::::........::::........::::........::::........
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17377 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-29 08:07:08
November 29 2009 07:59 GMT
#103
On November 29 2009 07:56 .risingdragoon wrote:
how about talking about some of the facts and ideas in the show?

opening theme's what I skip through to get to the real show


Fact:

There's too much advertising in the show. Instead of focusing on some deeper segments of the plot, I can't stop thinking about Dunkin Donuts, MicroSoft Word '97, Halo 2 etc.

Fact2:

It's probably not the problem of the show but US in general but it pains me to see how they're "americanizing" all of the european surnames (namely: Carcetti and all people with polish heritage).

Pryzbylewski being the king of it. We don't have surnames like that. The closest thing I can think of in Poland to this surname would be Przybylski or Przybylewski (less likely).

I believe they change it so that they can pronounce it. But instead of being so ignorant, they could just ask someone and it's not so hard to pronounce as/close to original if you know what you're looking at:
Przybylski = Psheebeelsky (should be close enough)
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
November 30 2009 17:29 GMT
#104
On November 29 2009 16:59 Manit0u wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 29 2009 07:56 .risingdragoon wrote:
how about talking about some of the facts and ideas in the show?

opening theme's what I skip through to get to the real show


Fact:

There's too much advertising in the show. Instead of focusing on some deeper segments of the plot, I can't stop thinking about Dunkin Donuts, MicroSoft Word '97, Halo 2 etc.

Fact2:

It's probably not the problem of the show but US in general but it pains me to see how they're "americanizing" all of the european surnames (namely: Carcetti and all people with polish heritage).

Pryzbylewski being the king of it. We don't have surnames like that. The closest thing I can think of in Poland to this surname would be Przybylski or Przybylewski (less likely).

I believe they change it so that they can pronounce it. But instead of being so ignorant, they could just ask someone and it's not so hard to pronounce as/close to original if you know what you're looking at:
Przybylski = Psheebeelsky (should be close enough)


About 1:
I dont even remember it so it cant have been THAT bad

About 2: Yeah I guess that is an american thing.
Whenever I hear somebody speak "German" in an american tv-show it sounds like they just took an english text and translated it via google, resulting in completely fucked up grammar etc.
I mean how hard can it be to get someone who speaks German in all of the United States of America?


Anyways, the reason why I came to this thread:
Today while "studying" in the library I realised something
Carcetti = Obama.
They have so many similarities.
They are both the first person with their colour of skin to be in the political position they're in (in the case of baltimore at least the first white guy in a while)
Both their mottos are Change, both believe they can change things and stop all the corruption etc. pp. but when they finally achieve their great goal and become president/mayor they soon find out it doesn't quite work out that way and you have to do compromises and its a little disappointing with both of em...
something to think about lol
beep boop
.risingdragoon
Profile Joined January 2008
United States3021 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-30 19:39:12
November 30 2009 19:28 GMT
#105
On December 01 2009 02:29 7mk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 29 2009 16:59 Manit0u wrote:
On November 29 2009 07:56 .risingdragoon wrote:
how about talking about some of the facts and ideas in the show?

opening theme's what I skip through to get to the real show


Fact:

There's too much advertising in the show. Instead of focusing on some deeper segments of the plot, I can't stop thinking about Dunkin Donuts, MicroSoft Word '97, Halo 2 etc.

Fact2:

It's probably not the problem of the show but US in general but it pains me to see how they're "americanizing" all of the european surnames (namely: Carcetti and all people with polish heritage).

Pryzbylewski being the king of it. We don't have surnames like that. The closest thing I can think of in Poland to this surname would be Przybylski or Przybylewski (less likely).

I believe they change it so that they can pronounce it. But instead of being so ignorant, they could just ask someone and it's not so hard to pronounce as/close to original if you know what you're looking at:
Przybylski = Psheebeelsky (should be close enough)


About 1:
I dont even remember it so it cant have been THAT bad

About 2: Yeah I guess that is an american thing.
Whenever I hear somebody speak "German" in an american tv-show it sounds like they just took an english text and translated it via google, resulting in completely fucked up grammar etc.
I mean how hard can it be to get someone who speaks German in all of the United States of America?


Anyways, the reason why I came to this thread:
Today while "studying" in the library I realised something
Carcetti = Obama.
They have so many similarities.
They are both the first person with their colour of skin to be in the political position they're in (in the case of baltimore at least the first white guy in a while)
Both their mottos are Change, both believe they can change things and stop all the corruption etc. pp. but when they finally achieve their great goal and become president/mayor they soon find out it doesn't quite work out that way and you have to do compromises and its a little disappointing with both of em...
something to think about lol


That can't be right.

David Simon's The Wire is a depiction of the regional level institution and why it doesn't change. Specifically Carcetti is an example of the upward ambition coming into conflict with doing right by ordinary citizens who got him there. This is referenced very well in the show with jimmy telling wonda "if you lawyers didn't all want to be judges and instead grew some backbone..."

Obama doesn't need to aspire for anymore promotions cus there is no higher office than the presidency. And it hasn't even been a year yet.
......::::........::::........::::........::::........::::.......::::.......::::... Up☆MaGiC ...::::.......::::.......::::........::::........::::........::::........
So no fek
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3001 Posts
March 20 2010 19:08 GMT
#106
I just watched the first three episodes again last night, and am going to slowly go through the whole thing again via Netflix (I'm honestly tempted to shell out the $125 to get the complete series on DVD so I can watch it all in a couple sittings). I have to say, a lot of shows can be enjoyable on a second viewing, but The Wire holds up so amazingly well. In just the first three episodes, I caught many little details that I had missed when I first started the show a few years back.

If anyone hasn't watched The Wire yet, drop what you're doing and pick this show up.
#1 Shuttle fan - TeamLiquid CJ Entusman #36 BW4lyfe
government delta
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany96 Posts
June 28 2010 16:46 GMT
#107
the wire also had some amazing shoot out scenes that were really thrilling, probably the most thrilling gun scenes to ever put in a tv show (or movie for that matter), also running and chase scenes are fricking amazing in the series, ahh its so good.

cause i just watched david simons the corner from the 2000s, its a hbo miniseries of 6 eps, kinda like a pilot to the wire? well it has some of the actors and content aspects of the wire but it shows only the drug part and not so much police work and it has like only 1 gun/run scene in the whole series and i was just blown away by how good that single action sequence was. no one got shot at the end, but the filming of it was purely genuine and it also always is like that in the wire.

yea now ill watch the 7 season monster series called homicide life on the streets, its like a million years old but its written and created by simon and his crew, so im sure its good.
»After crash-landing a commuter plane carrying an unassuming badminton team, the captain uses the situation to convince the team that their only hope of survival is cannibalism.«
stroggos
Profile Joined February 2009
New Zealand1543 Posts
June 28 2010 18:22 GMT
#108
i watched all 5 seasons of this recently. It's by far the best drama TV show i've ever seen, and i think it does a really good job of showing how cities run, and how people manipulate and strategize against each other.
hi
snotboogie
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia3550 Posts
June 28 2010 18:53 GMT
#109
How did I miss this thread?

Greatest show ever. I've rewatched the whole thing three times and going for a fourth soon. Each time I rewatch, there's always subtle stuff I missed before. This show is so incredibly deep.

On a related note I've seen Wire alumni around the place but Robert Chew who plays Prop Joe is nowhere to be seen in any shows! I miss the Fat Man.
heishe
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany2284 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-28 19:29:25
June 28 2010 19:26 GMT
#110
best series ever created, no discussion needed imo,and it's going to be a long fucking while before anything even comes close to this one. and this comes from a LOSt fanboy who watched every LOST episode twice immediately when I downloaded to catch every detail and then spent hours discussing the show. then, a few weeks ago after the lost finale, I watched the 5 seasons of The Wire and was so blown away by this show I still can't believe it.

The shows plot is perfectly cut out, one plot element leads smoothly into the next without any logical stumblings along the way. There are literally NO throwaway scenes without meaning in the entire show, even the smallest, at a first glance meaningless, 30 second scene usually serves as a perfect comedic relieve at the exactly perfect time, something that you just don't find in any other series (remember all the entire throwaway episodes on X-Files?). There are also a shitload of "OMG THIS MUST BE THE BEST SCENE I'VE EVER SEEN ON ANY TV SHOW" moments in this series it's unbelievable (the chess explanation, the "fuck fuck fuckedy fuck" scene of Bunk and Jimmy... endless more).Important plot lines are usually brought to an ending in a very subtle, yet immensely powerful way. Just think of how ******SPOILER******** Omar died, ordering a pack of cigarettes, the camera resting its view on his face, 5 seconds complete silence and then a headshot which can only be described as uncanny, since it was both expected and unexpected at the same time. This also is literally the ONLY TV series I've ever seen where I can feel sympathy for every single motherfucking character on the screen (which doesn't mean that I "like" every character, it's just that you never get the feeling that any character has to die immediately because he's totally pissing you off, like we all did with Kate in Lost or with any character in most television series out there), be it "secretly gay, funny laugh" Rawls (by the way I wonder why his gayness was never mentioned again after we saw him in that gay bar in the background of the screen), "fat frog mouth" Burell or "blowjob in the office" Mayor Royce. And thats a big fucking deed in a show which lists 37 major characters in the cast. Not to mention the realism of the show of course.

Theres so much more to be said about the awesomeness of this show, but anyways... /fanboyrant

tl;dr; cliffnotes: whenever I see police depicted in other televion series nowadays (Dexter for example) I cringe , because it looks so fucking fake compared to The Wire.
If you value your soul, never look into the eye of a horse. Your soul will forever be lost in the void of the horse.
LTT
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Shakuras1095 Posts
June 28 2010 20:02 GMT
#111
A comedian was elected the mayor of a city in Iceland. He is apparently a big fan of the show.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/world/europe/26iceland.html

With his party having won 6 of the City Council’s 15 seats, Mr. Gnarr needed a coalition partner, but ruled out any party whose members had not seen all five seasons of “The Wire.”
Arnstein
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Norway3381 Posts
June 28 2010 20:11 GMT
#112
The Wire is my favourite tv series of all time! Everyone should see this series, and if you don't take my word for it, watch this:



and/or

rsol in response to the dragoon voice being heard in SCII: dragoon ai reaches new lows: wanders into wrong game
Ztormur77
Profile Joined May 2010
Iceland5 Posts
June 28 2010 20:52 GMT
#113
On June 29 2010 05:02 LTT wrote:
A comedian was elected the mayor of a city in Iceland. He is apparently a big fan of the show.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/world/europe/26iceland.html

Show nested quote +
With his party having won 6 of the City Council’s 15 seats, Mr. Gnarr needed a coalition partner, but ruled out any party whose members had not seen all five seasons of “The Wire.”


I voted for him! The wire is the best show ever made!
Shit happens
snotboogie
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia3550 Posts
June 28 2010 21:03 GMT
#114
On June 29 2010 05:52 Ztormur77 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 29 2010 05:02 LTT wrote:
A comedian was elected the mayor of a city in Iceland. He is apparently a big fan of the show.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/world/europe/26iceland.html

With his party having won 6 of the City Council’s 15 seats, Mr. Gnarr needed a coalition partner, but ruled out any party whose members had not seen all five seasons of “The Wire.”


I voted for him! The wire is the best show ever made!


LOL that is fricking awesome. I wish there was a Wire maniac here that I could vote for.
Trezeguet
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2656 Posts
June 28 2010 21:09 GMT
#115
OMG, watched all 5 seasons and just tracked down a friend who has season 1. Going to watch again!!!

This show is fucking brilliant!
snotboogie
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia3550 Posts
July 01 2010 14:52 GMT
#116


Awesome.
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14899 Posts
July 01 2010 15:01 GMT
#117
I've just started with season 1, pretty intense already
TheMango
Profile Joined April 2007
United States1967 Posts
July 01 2010 15:04 GMT
#118
On July 01 2010 23:52 snotboogie wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0RNhQaxUyw

Awesome.


lol, Mr Potato head as bunk is awesome. "There you go giving a fuck when its not your turn to give a fuck"
Moderator
snotboogie
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia3550 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-11 16:06:09
July 11 2010 16:05 GMT
#119
Went on yet another Wire binge, up to mid Season 3 in about 5 days (this is my 4th or 5th time through the series)

Related video: awesome rap song summarizing the show (spoilers)

KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14899 Posts
July 11 2010 18:08 GMT
#120
took about 2 weeks, but just finished watching the whole series
pretty awesome
although there were a lot of points where i just wanted to punch certain people in the series
Prev 1 4 5 6 7 8 31 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
OSC
14:00
OSC Elite Rising Star #16
WardiTV853
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
mouzHeroMarine 349
LamboSC2 271
MindelVK 15
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 4995
Rain 2428
Bisu 1244
EffOrt 993
BeSt 837
Mini 573
Larva 446
Light 380
Stork 373
firebathero 252
[ Show more ]
actioN 235
ZerO 146
Hyun 141
Barracks 111
Backho 99
Rush 82
hero 79
Mong 58
Sharp 50
JYJ38
Aegong 30
scan(afreeca) 29
sorry 23
Dewaltoss 21
NaDa 18
Shine 15
Hm[arnc] 13
Terrorterran 13
Killer 12
yabsab 12
Dota 2
Gorgc10165
qojqva3111
Dendi1308
Fuzer 159
League of Legends
Trikslyr62
Counter-Strike
ScreaM1681
fl0m1146
ceh9396
Other Games
FrodaN1517
B2W.Neo677
Beastyqt674
Skadoodle402
Lowko315
ToD161
C9.Mang0110
QueenE45
FunKaTv 43
ZerO(Twitch)15
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 19 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• poizon28 22
• Adnapsc2 2
• Reevou 1
• Kozan
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Migwel
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
StarCraft: Brood War
• Michael_bg 11
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• C_a_k_e 3128
League of Legends
• TFBlade764
Other Games
• imaqtpie583
• Shiphtur304
• WagamamaTV123
Upcoming Events
OSC
36m
MaxPax vs Gerald
Solar vs Krystianer
PAPI vs Lemon
Ryung vs Moja
Nice vs NightPhoenix
Cham vs TBD
MaNa vs TriGGeR
PiGosaur Monday
6h 36m
OSC
1d 5h
The PondCast
1d 16h
OSC
1d 18h
Wardi Open
2 days
CranKy Ducklings
3 days
Safe House 2
3 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
Safe House 2
4 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Acropolis #4 - TS2
WardiTV TLMC #15
HCC Europe

Ongoing

BSL 21 Points
ASL Season 20
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
EC S1
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025

Upcoming

SC4ALL: Brood War
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
RSL Offline Finals
RSL Revival: Season 3
Stellar Fest
SC4ALL: StarCraft II
eXTREMESLAND 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
SL Budapest Major 2025
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.