OPINION The Wire - A Hindsight Discussion

Elzo69Renaissance said:
well season 6 was gonna deal with the influx of hispanics in BMore and the DMV area
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DOS_patos said:
that was what the next one was going to be about
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Not exactly.


Both of you are right.......but you're both wrong too.


Season 5 was supposed to be about the rise of the hispanic population.


They tried to set it up in Season 4 with the latino crew that Omar used to help him rob the CO-OP.


When they couldn't get close enough within that community to do it justice, they settled on doing that bullshit with the press instead.


Now, in retrospect, it wasn't as bad as it seemed considering all the craziness going on in the media today..........but the newspaper angle wasn't originally intended to be the focus of Season 5.
 
deadeye said:
Not exactly.


Both of you are right.......but you're both wrong too.


Season 5 was supposed to be about the rise of the hispanic population.


They tried to set it up in Season 4 with the latino crew that Omar used to help him rob the CO-OP.


When they couldn't get close enough within that community to do it justice, they settled on doing that bullshit with the press instead.


Now, in retrospect, it wasn't as bad as it seemed considering all the craziness going on in the media today..........but the newspaper angle wasn't originally intended to be the focus of Season 5.
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take yo old as outta here.
 
Chi-town B said:
I couldn't stand the newspaper story line, on rewatch I skip all those scenes. As a whole season 5 was the worst season
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At first I hated it too.


Looking back though, that bullshit with McNulty was hilarious.


Dude made up that story about a serial killer and ended up controlling all the overtime pay in the department.


On the whole, Season 5 wasn't really a bad season..........it just wasn't as good as the other seasons.


The same can be said about Season 2.


Although people disagree on the order........the general consensus is that Seasons 1, 3, and 4 were the best seasons.
 
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DOS_patos said:
take yo old as outta here.
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Like it or not, that's the truth.


The newspaper season wasn't even supposed to happen.


Nothing more than a contingency plan when you think about it.
 
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Revolver Ocelot said:
I was cool w/ both *kanye shrug*

Plus Clark Johnson who played Gus is the 2nd most underrated character in The Wire after Norman.
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Nah, the homeless killer stuff was stupid

I liked the newspaper angle because it showed the news getting reported had a negative/positive impact on the community from drugs to politics.
 
deadeye said:
Not exactly.


Both of you are right.......but you're both wrong too.


Season 5 was supposed to be about the rise of the hispanic population.


They tried to set it up in Season 4 with the latino crew that Omar used to help him rob the CO-OP.


When they couldn't get close enough within that community to do it justice, they settled on doing that bullshit with the press instead.


Now, in retrospect, it wasn't as bad as it seemed considering all the craziness going on in the media today..........but the newspaper angle wasn't originally intended to be the focus of Season 5.
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ur right but yea after season 5 was greenlit they tried to push another season and that s when the hispanic shit was gonna play out
 
knowing that the shit was prolly not moving past season 5 Simon and the other guy, a cop and a newspaper writer decided to dedicate the final season to their respective professions to not only pay respects to the professions and how hard cops and newspapers writers work but also the decay of both those industries ( budget cuts, terrible employees and etc....) u can write an entire series of books on themes in season 5

also why the last quote is from HL Menchken
 
Honestly out of all of the seasons where new characters were introduced, season 5 added the weakest group of them all. The only characters who seemed somewhat interesting were Gus, Alma, and maybe Templeton. and, with the exception of Gus, they were quite subpar in comparison to even the characters introduced in season 2, the season many call the worst. because at least the Stevedores, the Sabotkas, and the Greeks contributed roles that made the overall storyline more engaging. I felt that the journalists and reporters added very little to the 5th season. if they even added anything at all.
 
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One of the most underrated aspect of the show is how each season addresses an industry which has one way or another affected modern America
1-Drugs
2-Unions /modernization of traditional jobs in the US
3-Military
4-Public Education
5-Police and Journalism
 
This thread got me watch the series again for 50th time, on season 2 now.

Anyway, ain't them jail phones bugged? Not when they call someone outside, but when someone comes to visit.

Cuz they stay talking "business" and dropping names in them visits.
 
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