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07-22-2020, 09:17 PM #176skier
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I feel like a sea captain rounding the horn for the fourth time- it feels just as fresh as ever.
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12-09-2020, 10:36 AM #177
Man those fuckers at Amazon Prime removed the Fuzzy Dunlop scene from Ep. 8 season 4. WTF?? Love that scene. The comments on this clip are great.
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12-10-2020, 08:50 AM #178man of ice
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Amazon's going in and editing stuff out? wtf that ain't right. And why this scene, anyways?
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12-10-2020, 09:24 AM #179
I was wondering the same thing, and the only thing I can think of is that Dunlop revoked permission to use their name?
Usually any brand mention has to be cleared through legal in stuff like this, so maybe it was only a ten year use agreement?
Blind speculation on my part here.
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12-10-2020, 12:34 PM #180
I think maybe it has more to do with reducing server storage needs? I've seen this on other streaming services. My daughter used to watch Friends on Netflix, and she noticed that they edited out some scenes on the streaming versions vs. the TV reruns or the DVD set she now has. I can only think they pay somebody to go through shows and find scenes that could be edited without affecting the viewer's understanding of the plot. Fuzzy Dunlop is one of those scenes because as far as I know they never actually went through with the plan to use his photo and SS number. While a great scene and funny, it wasn't really necessary. I could be wrong about this--it could have been Dunlop not wanting their name used. But that doesn't really make any sense because what harm is it doing them, it's just free publicity for their product. (And as mentioned in the comments, it actually circles back to the microphone Herc and Carver hid in a tennis ball that eventually got run over by a truck in a previous season.)
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12-11-2020, 08:42 AM #181
You wonder if HBO isn't behind this, just to make some bad PR for Amazon Prime, now a competitor to HBO Max. They deliver a slightly flawed product to Amazon, which implies, hey, if you want the full, unedited Wire, you know where to go.
AT&T is destroying that brand. It's a shame to watch.
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02-28-2021, 03:51 PM #182
Marc Maron interviews Michael Williams, aka Omar.
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episod...ael-k-williamsLast edited by Benny Profane; 02-28-2021 at 04:15 PM.
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02-28-2021, 06:06 PM #183
Fuzzy Dunlop was the fictitious CI that resulted in Herc finally being fired from the force and taking a job as a PI, leading to the wire on Marlo, so knowing that it was BS from the beginning and that Herc continued to take the lazy route after going back to major Crimes is a pretty critical plot detail IMO. But character development alone is enough to know Herc is a fuckup.
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02-28-2021, 07:28 PM #184
You're absolutely right, but it's not necessarily crucial to show that particular scene to get the point across that the CI was fake. But yeah, any time you cut a scene you are messing with the viewer's understanding of the plot. Some of those Friends episodes that have scenes cut that are totally crucial to understanding. Lame.
Herc is an interesting character on The Wire. Kind of easy to think of him as a doofus and overlook his importance, but as you point out, some of the little things he does play a crucial role in what happens. He's a great character.
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02-28-2021, 07:34 PM #185
Cutting scenes out of the wire is ironic.
“All the pieces matter.”
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02-28-2021, 10:21 PM #186
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03-02-2021, 09:41 AM #187
It was the camera that Marlo stole that got Herc fired, because it was PD property. The mic hidden in the Dunlop was bought privately and just cost he and Carver a few hundo when it got run over.
Yeah, I'm not sure it's fair to call Herc a fuckup. Sure, he regularly bent the rules and took shortcuts, but so did everyone else in the department, even Lester. Let's also remember that the reason Herc made sergeant was because he walked in on the mayor getting blown in his office.
x2Last edited by Dantheman; 03-02-2021 at 10:12 AM.
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03-02-2021, 10:57 AM #188
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09-06-2021, 07:58 PM #189
RIP Michael K Williams.
Omar’s Comin!
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06-02-2022, 01:25 PM #190
Debuted 20 years ago today
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06-02-2022, 03:07 PM #191Registered User
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Wish that the Wire could get a good reboot it was sooo great. Maybe Mcnulty as Mayor
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06-02-2022, 03:52 PM #192
Check out David Simon's latest project, We Own This City: https://www.vulture.com/article/davi...interview.html
I haven't been able to watch it yet, but it's David Simon, there's no doubt it's fucking awesome. I'd also recommend just re-watching The Wire. I did a few years ago and other than the flip phones and CRT monitors it still felt fresh AF. It was almost better knowing what was going to happen since I picked up on so much that I missed the first time.
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06-02-2022, 03:54 PM #193
We Own This City is a great watch.
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06-02-2022, 07:24 PM #194
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06-03-2022, 12:56 AM #195
Rewatched all of it this winter. Agreed it still stands up. Funny to watch them talk about this new technology called text messages.
And yes - remembering the background helped me pick up on a lot more of the story this time through.
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06-03-2022, 07:47 AM #196Registered User
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started watching we own this city on ep 3
it's good but it's the wire version 2 kinda already been done you know? same exact shit but different
the plot is the same as the wire but the characters and story keep me interested
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06-03-2022, 11:32 AM #197
Hah, I had completely forgotten about that post.
Except The Wire is fiction inspired by real events. We Own This City is an honest-to-God true story. In that Vox interview I posted Simon says that a lot of the dialogue is verbatim from transcripts of court proceedings and wiretaps.
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09-05-2022, 08:24 AM #198
Finished We Own This City last night. Pretty awesome, a worthy successor to The Wire. Crazy fucking story.
If only "End the War on Drugs" had been the 2020 protest slogan instead of "Defund the police."
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01-03-2024, 09:58 AM #199
Interesting article about the guy who was the inspiration for the character Bird in The Wire.
https://theathletic.com/5173667/2024...mpaign=8649714
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01-03-2024, 01:22 PM #200
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