I'm a little surprised, but what choked me up the most was the pictures of people we didn't know, just ordinary Baltimoreans going about their business
oh me too. I loved that so much.
Also, the David Simon cameo!
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lisah - Mar 10, 2008 7:17:32 am PDT #1454 of 7329
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Hayden - Mar 10, 2008 7:18:21 am PDT #1455 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
You don't watch much anime, do you?
Unless it's from Studio Ghibli, my default attitude is avoid.
Hayden - Mar 10, 2008 7:19:26 am PDT #1456 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I dug the David Simon cameo, too.
le nubian - Mar 10, 2008 7:22:37 am PDT #1457 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
what did people want? a blood bath? I thought the ending wrapped up just enough for me to feel satisfied. Most of the characters I "cared" about, I kind of know what happens in the next year or two. We got the obligatory cycle of life stuff.
I'm satisfied. I wasn't one who hated the "Sopranos" finale, but I liked "The Wire's" better.
Hayden - Mar 10, 2008 7:29:56 am PDT #1458 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I didn't like Michael's final scene. I could buy that kind of change in his life, but the echoes of the guy he was emulating (I'm being purposefully vague here) were a little too broad. I am ambivalent about McNulty's scene with Templeton, too.
But those are minor complaints at best.
lisah - Mar 10, 2008 7:34:09 am PDT #1459 of 7329
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I am ambivalent about McNulty's scene with Templeton, too.
I LOVED that. Maybe it was contrived, I don't care. LOVED IT and bought it 100%.
lisah - Mar 10, 2008 7:56:18 am PDT #1460 of 7329
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Oh another of my fave parts from last night
buh-bye Cheese!
that whole scene was vintage Wire.
-t - Mar 10, 2008 8:49:31 am PDT #1461 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am apparently lisah. Which is pretty damn cool, I must say.
It makes a lot of sense to me that Michael would model himself Omar, so seeing him start down that is just, yeah, of course. How successful he will be with it is another question, but we don't see that.
Hayden - Mar 10, 2008 9:20:23 am PDT #1462 of 7329
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Just to be clear, I didn't have a problem with the idea of Michael emulating Omar, but the execution was poor, I thought, because I don't get Michael suddenly carrying a double-barreled shotgun or making quips. Too sudden.
lisah - Mar 10, 2008 9:26:35 am PDT #1463 of 7329
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Right, Corwood. What I took away was that 1) we don't really know how much time has passed so Michael may have had time to develop his schtick.
and (or possibly) or 2) the stories of Omar are legendary. It makes sense that Michael might start off by imitating him.
Oh! Was that Randy with him?
Or was that just my mind?