No, I take it I should? Have you read "Clockers?"
The Wire - Newbie (SO THAT MEANS NO SPOILERS!)
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No, I take it I should? Have you read "Clockers?"
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Those two keep cropping up in the same sentence
I'll read it if you watch it?
PS: The corner was based on the book of the same name, if you prefer words to pictures.
Those two keep cropping up in the same sentence
I'll read it if you watch it?
Deal. How long before somebody produces a London-based version?
mrsfran
Well-Known Member
Did we not say no spoilers? You're kind of spoiling whether or not people will be redeemed/fail there. Be kind to the newbies.
Those two keep cropping up in the same sentence
I'll read it if you watch it?
PS: The corner was based on the book of the same name, if you prefer words to pictures.
Its a great book, fans of the wire will enjoy it.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
In fact there are moments in the show which I'm sure are lifted/recylcled from Clockers
mhendo
Aussie in San Francisco
There's nothing surprising about all that.
I've lived over 7 years in Baltimore, and the closest i've been to most of the West Baltimore corners is driving by them in a car, and even that's only happened on a few occasions.There's just no reason to go there. Those parts of the city are as desolate and as dangerous as they appear on the show, with boarded-up houses everywhere and drug dealers on many corners. And those neighborhoods are not really on the way to anywhere either. You don't need to drive through them to get to anywhere else that you might want to go.
One exception is the East Baltimore area around the Johns Hopkins Hospital and medical campus (a different area from the main Hopkins campus). There, you have a world-renowned medical facility with a multi-billion dollar value right in the middle of some pretty poor and dangerous areas. I was on Madison Street in East Baltimore a few weeks ago, and three blocks from the medical campus i saw dealers and boarded-up rowhouses.
I'm teaching a class this semester about civil rights and student activism, and one of the students' tasks is to make a short documentary film about poverty or education in Baltimore, doing interviews with local people and with community activists. I had a meeting yesterday with a former corrections officer (prison guard) who runs a community center for ex-felons and for at-risk youth in East Baltimore. He's been doing it for almost 15 years, and his efforts at cleaning up his neighborhood were successful enough that, in 1999, the local drug dealer firebombed his center. He got it back up and running, and now provides half-way housing and reintegration training to about 25 ex-cons, and counselling and training for about 25 kids. Here's a story about the guy, from a few years ago, that gives a bit of insight into what he does, and an even more worrying look into the Baltimore Police Department and justice system.
Anyway, to the OP, stick with The Wire. It really is a rewarding show, although it's one you have to pay close attention to. I've just gone back to the beginning and started watching Season 1 again, and it's amazing how many little things that i either missed first time around, or that make more sense having seen subsequent episodes and seasons. Seeing stuff like that really gives you an appreciation for how well thought-out the whole show is, and how the writers had some of the very tiniest details in mind right from the start. It's more like a long novel than a series of discrete episodes.
By the way, if you ever drive in Baltimore, be careful about who you give the finger to. This incident happened right outside the college where i teach the other night. I drove by about 20 minutes later and saw the aftermath.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Why do any of them use typewriters in this day and age?
2 things
First, it is commented on in the first episode, Hurc, Carver and Kema (spellings) mention they are still waiting for computers.
Even though it is set in the present day I think the creators are really making a series about their experiences in the 80s and 90s.
Another example is the tower blocks which don’t exist anymore.
, they do come done in series 3. Hope that’s not a spoiler.
And I loves you, Phillip.
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
The typewriters in the police station did originally make we wonder for a moment whether the whole thing wasn't supposed to be set in the 80s or something when I first started watching it. Now I reckon they're just there as another little indicator of the hapless and dated side of the police department.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
If it helps, I saw all the first four series/seasons via torrent - it's all out there in good quality.
subversplat
writer of wrongs
Omar and Keema get married and have kids, McNulty becomes comissioner of the police force and Lester Freaman ends up accidently putting a wire tap on himself and disappears in a puff of logic
baldrick
hmmmmm
Omar and Keema get married and have kids, McNulty becomes comissioner of the police force and Lester Freaman ends up accidently putting a wire tap on himself and disappears in a puff of logic
but also at spoilers. SHUT IT PEOPLE 
dolly's gal
killing things
i love it love it love it! am a recent convert and watched series one last week. just finished downloading series two and the only thing i am worried about is that it won't be as good as the first. w00t! that's what i will be doing tonight - wire-watching (series 2). it's me new thing 
chupucabras
Makes I fuhkin lairf
I've been watching it from the start again, have just started series 2 - I think I'm appreciating it more on the second viewing.
