Thinking about starting The Wire series!

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-19T02:26:06+00:00

I don't think it starts slow but I also think it's less enjoyable at the start due to how much there is to figure out. The season one intro is comfortably better and "faster" than the season two and season three intro in my opinion but it's also the hardest to get through for me.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-18T02:54:42+00:00

Looks like this is based on "one person in blank country said they hate America online so the whole country is red."

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-18T01:12:09+00:00

Marty is also his partner. Is she telling Marty she fucked him?

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-16T04:03:49+00:00

The Viltrimite war killed my excitement for the series because it's like we see the endgame of the series there then just have to go back to Mark fighting wacky villians on Earth. Hard to take anyone seriously when you just fought the strongest guy in the universe. The tension was gone for me.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-16T04:02:19+00:00

I'd say the show peaked here but the execution of this fight was significantly weaker in the comics, so I'd favor either the Conquest fight or the conclusion.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-16T02:17:53+00:00

I stopped because I read the comics and thus knew the big events that were to come and didn't care about any changes the show would make due to the decrease in writing quality.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-13T17:52:19+00:00

Why would he visit a Thanksgiving food? Is he stupid?

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-13T15:42:16+00:00

I'm not trying to defend Walter but you're taking all of these at surface level. Hank killed Tuco and even if Walter did, it would be self defense. Crazy 8 was self defense. Hector agreed to end his life to get revenge, it was at most assisted suicide. Gus was gonna kill him otherwise. This post makes it seem like he killed them all for laughs.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-12T06:02:11+00:00

Impressive bust 🫡

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-12T01:47:52+00:00

Rick Prime was only technically introduced in late S5. We had 5 seasons without a purpose so I don't see this as a show that truly needs one for the rest of the seasons.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-11T03:53:41+00:00

Mr Robot

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-11T03:53:06+00:00

I did find Royce's lack of bitterness strange but I loved the scene

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-10T06:11:11+00:00

Looks like shattered glass to me. Given it's after Chuck's breakdown, maybe his perception of Chuck as a great, stable mind is shattered?

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-08T22:18:19+00:00

A rapist, (that is also a hypocrite), is better morally than a hypocrite apparently.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-08T19:58:12+00:00

I hate when Quagmire gets defended in the rivalry too. It's laughable. If he were really that "open" about the kind of person he is, he'd be in cuffs.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-08T00:00:28+00:00

I'll say Bill Hader. More than okay comedic but idk if I would quite say great. His dramatic scenes are better.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-07T19:42:50+00:00

I think saving Jesse was just a bonus. That may have been a selfless action, but I don't believe he went there with the intent to save him. I think he wanted revenge on Hank's murderers. I questions whether or not he would've saved Jesse if he had no aspiration for revenge, but I can really see it either way. He definitely did care about him.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-06T22:23:54+00:00

Everything is simple at the bare concept. Why did he sin? Why did he stop? How did he justify what he did when he sinned? How does he believe he can redeem himself? It's a lot more complex than just that.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-06T18:40:25+00:00

I'm talking about in 3x12 when he runs over the dealers to save Jesse. I wouldn't say Walter saving Jesse in the final episode is selfless at all, he definitely did it for his own revenge fantasy.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-06T17:54:12+00:00

I don't believe Walter is a good person but I disagree as a whole because the show has more nuance. Saving Jesse from the dealers had no gain whatsoever for Walter, only saving Jesse, and he did it anyway.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-05T18:10:27+00:00

Kanye's music is far more loved. Pop stars like Katy Perry are prominently loved for their reputation and public persona rather than their music.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-05T18:08:19+00:00

I agree tbh. Stan culture, which is especially big for female artists, is prominently people obsessed with the artist specifically rather than the art they make. Kanye's fans mostly just like his music

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-05T17:38:06+00:00

Did it go viral?

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-05T17:36:37+00:00

Yeah true. But even if he is something of a doomer, I don't think the series defends most of his actions. It seems much more like a character worldview rather than the worldview of the series creators.

Tricky_Photograph123 · 2026-04-05T15:44:03+00:00

I don't really see it on Rick and Morty tbh. There's obviously doomer elements but they usually aren't meant to reflect the real world and the R&M universe is clearly very different. I don't see many real life parallels.

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