I often think some of the lads on here are only pretending to pretend.
Oh indeed, just got more fierce
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Yeah. Thatâs why the Guardian is credited at the bottom of the article.
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GOAT
The Wire is miles ahead of the sopranoes.
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The scene where the fbi profile mcnultyâs fake serial killer⌠and describe mcnulty. Gold.
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It has insanely good lines. Like the scene where Omar robs the card game - âI donât know much about cards but I think these 4-5âs beat a full house - Money ainât got any owners, just spenders - Boy you got me confused with a man who repeats himselfâ. Donât think Iâve ever watched a show that could pack so many great lines into one scene and still have the characters feel realistic.
The Sopranos does character & absurdist humour better though. Thereâs no one in the Wire as funny as Paulie, and no humour as dark as when he suffocates that old lady. I donât think any episode of the Wire can touch Pine Barrens for hilarity either.
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Completely different shows and both fantastic in their own way â I hate conversations comparing them to each other or any show really â I suppose it becomes such a visual, almost shared experience/affinity with the characters, people feel the need to place their favourite over the other. I only lean towards Sopranos for the crackpot characters â The Wire, as the man says, is a novel on tv.
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the sopranoes was more like a sitcom at times, paulie walnuts ffs, what a ridiculous character, the sopranoes was the wire for slow learners
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2 fantastic shows
I went back to it based off this thread.
3rd full watch.
There is something new in it all the time. Very layered
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Det. James âJimmyâ McNulty: I got to ask you. If every time Snotboogie would grab the money and run away, whyâd you even let him in the game?
Snot Boogieâs Friend: What?
Det. James âJimmyâ McNulty: If Snotboogie always stole the money, whyâd you let him play?
Snot Boogieâs Friend: Got to. Itâs America, man.
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That was a real line directly from some fella, itâs in his book Homicide a year on the killing streets. Itâs amazing how many of the killer lines from season 1 especially were direct quotes.
The FBI profile on the serial killer in s5 which actually describes McNulty is fucking priceless
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Yep
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that was a great scene
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The squirming was unreal.
I have seen that squirm in workshops when I say some things that clearly confront coaches.
And I have been there myself too in other instances. Funny to look back on it
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Amazing series, daddy of them all
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There are new elements every time
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