The Wire 5x06 Full Reaction
Added 2023-11-27 01:11:35 +0000 UTCthe edited is uploading, should be up in about half an hour
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Livia Soprano is one of the best characters ever created for TV. She is an awesome, horrible, amazingly nuanced character. She's weak but crazily strong, addled but surprisingly sharp, loving but devastatingly toxic...she's a truly unique character. Janice is much less nuanced. She Livia -1.0. All the other main characters are also mostly awful people with interesting and quite believable pros and cons. Tony is the main character and vacillates from a loving family man wanting to do what's right and (more often) a brutal, loveless, faithless, emotionless man who acts impulsively, consequences be damned. In my mind, the debate between the best TV series of all time is always between The Wire and The Sopranos.
Jared J Curtis
2023-12-02 03:30:01 +0000 UTCYeah that great part about the scene is that Tommy is right, just like he was right in his last stump speech about crime, or in the debate about murdered witnesses (well, technically he was wrong about that one specifically)... but he's obviously using the rhetoric for selfish reasons. Using such a self-serving, nakedly political character as a tool for delivering some of the most clear-eyed, impassioned oratory on the show, directly speaking to the problems in society, is a fascinating creative choice. I think it gives the show an excuse for being so direct -- because the character is insincere, it takes the edge off the sincerity of the writing, kind of a trojan horse for compassion.
Mike
2023-11-28 01:24:27 +0000 UTCTo be fair, Livia and Janice Soprano are pretty horrible people, but basically everyone on that show is a horrible person. Why don't you watch a more light-hearted show, maybe a comedy series or something to cleanse your palette before jumping into The Sopranos. I don't know if you've watched any of these but some suggestions: Arrested Development Curb Your Enthusiasm It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Ted Lasso
BNJ
2023-11-27 22:39:20 +0000 UTCYou officially have no enemies 👏
HenryM
2023-11-27 16:59:46 +0000 UTCI really like Carcetti’s scene, when he gives the speech about the homeless. My impression is that there’s a part of him that really believe in what he is saying, but at the same time he has submitted and reduced himself to just survive and ascend in the system, which he knows is broken. On the other hand, the scene is filmed in a way that we slowly zoom in on him, as if inviting the viewer to believe him, to be excited about the justice in his words, but at the same time, it is as if they were asking us to see him clearly in the face, to look him in the eyes and ask ourself if we really can trust him. The complexities of Carcetti’s character fascinate me.
RubénMO
2023-11-27 15:15:52 +0000 UTCwell, for anyone interested i'm currently getting the tattoo... a bit bigger than anticipated lol went with thorfinn in the end
sand_fl
2023-11-27 10:57:11 +0000 UTCPoor Randy. Went from being enterprising sweet boy into yet another hardened kid on the street doomed to repeat the same cycle as so many others, never trusting anyone.
C2-H5-OH
2023-11-27 06:19:48 +0000 UTCYoooooo dude it's totally fine I didn't mean in that way at all!! I was giving you a compliment for always being so informative, sorry sometimes things don't translate over text. No honestly you're totally fine, I always look forward to your posts and I mean that.
TeaDrinker3000
2023-11-27 04:45:01 +0000 UTCI’m sorry, I want this space to be safe and I’ve shared a lot of heavy stuff the last few months I know you and many others are going through a lot right now
space colon
2023-11-27 03:38:58 +0000 UTCI both hate and love your comments because it reminds me that all the horrible things in the show are not only *definitely real* but still happening on a daily basis.
TeaDrinker3000
2023-11-27 03:36:32 +0000 UTCBased Ron
Aj
2023-11-27 02:58:07 +0000 UTCHow I wish he could have become his foster parent
HenryM
2023-11-27 01:47:32 +0000 UTChttps://www.redbubble.com/i/art-board-print/Thorfinn-Smiling-Manga-by-MeganBearMode/149318999.TR477 okay, this one is cute and one i could afford at the moment lol (no spoilers for vinland)
sand_fl
2023-11-27 01:45:15 +0000 UTChozier. been wanting to see him life for years. and i'm leaning towards vinland too, but that one is going to cost me an arm and leg lol. but probably will end up doing the panel or just doinh a thorifinn one and when i save a little do the panel one. it's a gorgeous panel but would be a massive spoiler to show, so i'll keep it to myself.
sand_fl
2023-11-27 01:40:25 +0000 UTCI guess Carver couldn’t come by because he was a cop and Randy couldn’t associate with him anymore
space colon
2023-11-27 01:39:26 +0000 UTCi would go with vinland, i think a panel tattoo is really cool! also what concert are you going to?
LM Reactions
2023-11-27 01:36:43 +0000 UTCwell, i'm poor, if i want to be able to eat and purchase something after the concert i'll have to choose just one 😂
sand_fl
2023-11-27 01:34:07 +0000 UTCfuck desantis
LM Reactions
2023-11-27 01:33:29 +0000 UTCfor vinland i was thinking one of my favourite panels which won't be animated for like 2 or 3 seasons lol or just a panel i really like of just thorfinn. and fmab a little doodle of al and ed. but i'm not sure yet.
sand_fl
2023-11-27 01:32:44 +0000 UTCOoh, that's tough. I'd say Fullmetal just because it's my favorite, but you can't go wrong with either. What designs are you thinking about?
Bryce
2023-11-27 01:31:24 +0000 UTChow about getting two tattoos
LM Reactions
2023-11-27 01:30:52 +0000 UTCI vote for Vinland, I just love Thorfinn so much
HenryM
2023-11-27 01:30:01 +0000 UTCRandy... 💔
HenryM
2023-11-27 01:29:02 +0000 UTCHELL YEAH!! Staying up was worth it. I chose the right weekend to get Civ VI (only 5 bucks on steam till tomorrow guys!)
TeaDrinker3000
2023-11-27 01:22:16 +0000 UTCThe discussion about cops and pay and consequences is more relevant than ever now Takes 650 hours (27 days) to become a beat cop in my state and ENFORCE the law, compare this to most lawyers who spend 7 years getting their bachelors and law degree before attempting to pass the bar Rn Florida gives cops qualified immunity, building nice retirement communities for officers, giving them giant pension. Gov Desantis specifically brought in cops with violent records Do the math and we’ll have more cops than ever soon Governor is the same man who's trying to take trans kids from their parents and trying to make it illegal for kids or teachers to talk about menstruation in school https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/22/ron-desantis-police-relocation-violent-records
space colon
2023-11-27 01:18:53 +0000 UTCwell, this has absolutely nothing to do with the wire but i'm on amsterdam on a little trip and i was walking back to the hotel when i passed by a tattoo parlor and decided i want a new tattoo bfjdj what do you all think. fullmetal alchemist tattoo or vinland saga tattoo?
sand_fl
2023-11-27 01:18:33 +0000 UTCThat's some spider man shit
Alwyn Smith
2023-11-27 01:15:05 +0000 UTC
