= 20 years ago today the best show to grace television premiered. Love The Wire! Share some memories please. =
httpswww.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/loading.gif)
So it was 33 years and 4 months ago that Lester was sent to the pawn shop unit.
Freamon may have been banished to the Pawn Shop unit but we all know he ainâÃÂÃÂt no hump.
Fun fact it took forever tothis scene because Dominic West couldnâÃÂÃÂt get Snot right because of his accent.
I didn't know that, but you can kinda tell from the scene. I always thought it sounded like he was struggling to hide his accent.
This whole scene and most of the first few episodes his accent is fucky. It definitely got better.
He struggled so much with hiding his accent throughout the series, I honestly think they should have cast someone else. I know that's heresy, but it takes me out of the moment pretty often when I watch McNulty scenes. He just never spoke naturally.
On the other hand, I had no idea Idris Elba was British until years later. He absolutely NAILED the accent.
Living in Australia, we never got The Wire on TV. We had to hunt it down around 2008/9. We'd heard good things and I'd read an interview with Michael K. Williams celebrating Omar as agangster-type character. I was about 5 eps in when I knew it was one of the best shows I'd ever seen and it got better. Now I can recite the majority of Marlo, Omar, Joe, Stringer & Avon dialogue like a fiend.
I worked as a newspaper reporter for the first decade of my career and my favorite editor turned me on to The Wire. We must have had a thousand conversations about it. We agreed Season 5 had the most realistic depiction of newsroom banter we'd ever seen.
he died too young a few years back, and his caretaker and best friend still has his box set of the DVDs on display at her home. RIP Jay, you were a real one
I cannot believe it has been twenty years. That takes me back to the youth, optimism, and simplicity of those days. I could not begin to imagine what wicked things would come our way in the succeeding decades.
I recall reading previews about The Wire in late 2001/early 2002, and realizing it was right up my alley. I wanted to see it!
But I did not have HBO at the time. I only had basic cable. I had the black box but around that time our cable system was starting to go digital thus making my cherished black box (which allowed me to see plenty of PPVs and films on premium cable) obsolete.
It would take me around 2005 to finally get started. Thanks to my Netflix subscription I decided to add the first disc of season one to my queue. Unlike others, I was hooked immediately! I was actually a bit annoyed disc one had like only two or three episodes. I couldnâÃÂÃÂt wait for disc two to arrive in the post!
I felt so elated and blessed to witness such a rich program unfold in front of my eyes. This was groundbreaking. I had never seen a show with such layers and characters and dimensions ever depicted before.
I did not want it to end. I recall driving around LA and seeing billboards for the final season in 2008. It brought along a feeling of sorrow. All good things must come to an end.
I had no familiarity with any of the actors prior to watching the series. I am grateful for that. It was an entirely clean slate to see these characters come alive. Nothing else to associate with these actors. They were their characters. Now I see Wire alumni in anything else I smile and point at the screen and think of The Wire fondly.
I absolutely adored the camaraderie between McNulty & The Bunk. It made me want to be a cop and be tight with someone. I never did become a cop. I have good friends. But sometimes I feel like I donâÃÂÃÂt quite have that bond.
I am going to begin my third rewatch tonight. I have purposefully been waiting six years for the twentieth anniversary to give the show another go around.
I cannot wait to experience all the highs and lows all over again. The laughs, the injustice, the hope, the violence. I wish more people could appreciate The Wire. At least I know that right here in this subreddit, I am in good company. Cheers.
YouâÃÂÃÂre talking about the hope and optimism of the time when the wire was made? I meanâÃÂæ itâÃÂÃÂs the wire. ItâÃÂÃÂs not optimistic stuff.
i heard about it for years but never made the effort to watch. then it came onto Amazon prime and i was instantly hooked. watched it several times on that. then once it moved exclusively to hbo max i decided to just get the bluray set instead. I'll throw in a random disc and just let the episodes play. love the show butthe fact no one around my circle of friends or community has seen it. thus why i love this subreddit. little fun fact when me and my kids are in the store or public and i want to get their attention, i yell 'pandemic' they respond 'pandemic right here' to acknowledge they heard me.
