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The Wire - Your Top 5 Characters
- Thread starter Marion Cobretti
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Hyperbole aside, I do agree that it's still better than most TV, but the season as a whole is too sprawling, too ambitious in what it attempts to do and suffers hugely in comparison with the laser-sharp focus of the previous seasons.
Yes it has great scenes (some of the best in the series) but it just didn't work for me. It's the only season I haven't rewatched.
Bunk- fuck fuck fuuuck
Snoop- tired of all this talkin
Bubbles- thin line between heaven n here
Dukie- remember last summer...
N my #1 favorite character..
Old Face Andre - his death scene is the best in the show to me. With him knowing he has to die but pleading for it not to be done in a vacant. " gimme a home go"
Shit hits me every time.
Snoop- tired of all this talkin
Bubbles- thin line between heaven n here
Dukie- remember last summer...
N my #1 favorite character..
Old Face Andre - his death scene is the best in the show to me. With him knowing he has to die but pleading for it not to be done in a vacant. " gimme a home go"
Shit hits me every time.
A top 5? Sheeeeeeeeeit.
1. Lester Freamon
2. Stringer Bell
3. Bunk Moreland
4. Clay Davis
5. Bubbles
Honorable mentions: Bunny, D'Angelo, Daniels, Bodie, Omar, Snoop, Prop Joe, & Frank Sobotka.
1. Lester Freamon
2. Stringer Bell
3. Bunk Moreland
4. Clay Davis
5. Bubbles
Honorable mentions: Bunny, D'Angelo, Daniels, Bodie, Omar, Snoop, Prop Joe, & Frank Sobotka.
1. Omar
2. Bubbles
3. Stringer
4. Freamon
5.Cutty or Avon
This was so hard to do and I'm still not sure if I'm happy with it. This show just has so many amazing characters.
2. Bubbles
3. Stringer
4. Freamon
5.Cutty or Avon
This was so hard to do and I'm still not sure if I'm happy with it. This show just has so many amazing characters.
1. McNulty - I'm half Irish, I am biased. He was also really funny
2. Stringer Bell - what an intelligent maniac
3. Marlo Stanfield - came out of nowhere, and with ruthlessness rarely seen in even Shakespearean characters
4. Omar. Let that name ring out shorty
5. Michael Lee. That kid had more heart than probably any other character in the show
Edit: damn I forgot about D'Angelo Barksdale, maybe the most tragic character on TV in the last 30 years.
2. Stringer Bell - what an intelligent maniac
3. Marlo Stanfield - came out of nowhere, and with ruthlessness rarely seen in even Shakespearean characters
4. Omar. Let that name ring out shorty
5. Michael Lee. That kid had more heart than probably any other character in the show
Edit: damn I forgot about D'Angelo Barksdale, maybe the most tragic character on TV in the last 30 years.
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no particular order:
Bubbles
McNulty
Prez
Frank Sobotka
there's a bit of separation after that for me so won't name a 5th
Bubbles
McNulty
Prez
Frank Sobotka
there's a bit of separation after that for me so won't name a 5th
Bunk
Daniels
Omar
Bodie
Freamon
And its embarrassing to admit but the fact that Lance Reddick and Cedric Daniels are like a letter off from being an anagram still messes me up sometimes as to which is the actor and which is the character
Daniels
Omar
Bodie
Freamon
And its embarrassing to admit but the fact that Lance Reddick and Cedric Daniels are like a letter off from being an anagram still messes me up sometimes as to which is the actor and which is the character
Nobody saying Bunny Colvin here? He seemed to be the only one in the police force "faction" - for lack of a better term, that wanted to do good policing simply because it'd be beneficial towards the community.
Such a difficult list to make... In no particular order:
Omar
Snoop
Bunk
Marlo
McNulty
So many. Cutty, Freamon, WeeBey, Bodie, Tosha and Kimmy, Bubbles, Stringer, D'Angelo...
Omar
Snoop
Bunk
Marlo
McNulty
So many. Cutty, Freamon, WeeBey, Bodie, Tosha and Kimmy, Bubbles, Stringer, D'Angelo...
This was really hard to narrow down:
Bubbles
Landsman
Randy
Bunk
Omar
lol, he's pretty much the most unlikable character in show apart from some of the cops and Namond's mom
Bubbles
Landsman
Randy
Bunk
Omar
I'd say most of the protagonist cops also qualify here. Kima, Bunk, and to a lesser extent McNulty and Freamon are all in it for the right reasons, but they're pretty removed from the street since they're doing investigations and detective work for most of the show.
lol, he's pretty much the most unlikable character in show apart from some of the cops and Namond's mom
You also forgot the guy who kept beating up Bubbles in Season 4.
Without too much thought:
Bubbles
Frank Sobotka
Omar
Bunk
Stringer
Bubbles was the most obvious choice though.
And I'm guessing Frank is going to be an odd one out, but I love his whole arc.
Bunk might be the only out-and-out good guy on the show.
Bubbles
Frank Sobotka
Omar
Bunk
Stringer
Bubbles was the most obvious choice though.
And I'm guessing Frank is going to be an odd one out, but I love his whole arc.
Bunk might be the only out-and-out good guy on the show.
This is all true and yet he's still a fascinating charcter.
It's really hard to narrow this list down, frankly. I tossed off my top 5 and immediately 5 more come to mind. Not all of which are "cool" characters to root for. I still think Ziggy is one of the best drawn characters in the show.
OP
OP
Did you ready any post at all? A bunch of people did including the OP.
You ain't seen sheeeeiiiiiiittt yet, there's so many more to come.
My goodness. This is difficult.
Please don't ask me to rank them in any order, but I will go with: Stringer Bell, Bubbles, Omar, Prop Joe, and Broadie.
Somehow I feel any 5-person configuration is unjust. I simply can't square it in my conscience that that is the right and fair thing to do or how I really feel about it.
The Wire is a captivating show. Its brilliance is product of many fortunate factors, variables and circumstances. I can't in good consience try to narrow it down to merely 5 characters.
Please don't ask me to rank them in any order, but I will go with: Stringer Bell, Bubbles, Omar, Prop Joe, and Broadie.
Somehow I feel any 5-person configuration is unjust. I simply can't square it in my conscience that that is the right and fair thing to do or how I really feel about it.
The Wire is a captivating show. Its brilliance is product of many fortunate factors, variables and circumstances. I can't in good consience try to narrow it down to merely 5 characters.
I enjoyed watching Frank Sabotka take down Valchek in their first scene together. He cut him in a way that truly hurt, in a way that no cop or gangster could, because he knew Valchek's insecurities personally from all the way back when Valchek was a kid. Ziggy is such a piece of shit.
You might want to give it a rewatch. People keep harping on "invented a serial killer" but I honestly thought how he invented that killer wasn't too outlandish. But that really isn't the driving force in that season, it's more about the newspaper and Clay Davis. And the way Clay Davis plays the legal system and gets off by appealing to populist sentiments is fucking perfect, especially in today's environment. Season 5 of the wire has never been more relevant. It's a season that speaks more about today than any other season of the show.
Clay Davis is Donald Trump with more eloquence.
Bunk
Bodie
Omar
Frank
Stringer Bell
I love every character, but these 5 were in my favorite scenes.
Bodie
Omar
Frank
Stringer Bell
I love every character, but these 5 were in my favorite scenes.
Oh I know, and there's the whole comparison from back when about the Iraq dodgy dossier and what have you and the crumbling of Freemon's 'good cop' credibility in going along with the sham.
That's not my criticism - my criticism is that the season as a whole, IMO, doesn't hold together the way the preceeding seasons do, and and while it may still have contemporary relevance, its not going to change my opinion that the series is a hotch-potch of storylines that don't really come together too well.
Sheeeeeeeeit
Just finished season 3, but my favorites so far:
Omar
Cutty
Lester
Beadie
Bunny
Kima was top 2 in season 1, but she's disappointed me so much :(
Omar
Cutty
Lester
Beadie
Bunny
Kima was top 2 in season 1, but she's disappointed me so much :(
In the middle of Season 5 taking a break, so far
Bunk
Frank Sobotka
Randy
Prez
Bunny
Also Herc/Carver, Namond, Duquan, Michael.. so many
Now that I think about it, there are very few women in the show who are developed as much as the men.. is this correct or am I bad at counting? I mean it's about policing and crime both overrepresented by men so but still
Any good tv drama series with a focus on women?
Bunk
Frank Sobotka
Randy
Prez
Bunny
Also Herc/Carver, Namond, Duquan, Michael.. so many
Now that I think about it, there are very few women in the show who are developed as much as the men.. is this correct or am I bad at counting? I mean it's about policing and crime both overrepresented by men so but still
Any good tv drama series with a focus on women?
