Obama Loves The Wire

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Apparently this is sort of old news, but it's new to me.  Obama's favorite TV show is HBO's "The Wire", and his favorite character is Omar.  For those that don't know, that's the greatest show to ever be broadcast on television, and that show's greatest character.  What can I say?  The kid's got taste. 

This makes the age gap even more apparent.  What's McCains favorite show?  I'd bet Murder She Wrote or Lawrence Welk.

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Awesome (none / 0)
I tend to go with Murder She Wrote and Matlock when mocking television choices for the old, but you get a TON of credit for coming up with Lawrence Welk.  My God is that old-school.

And to think, you're years younger than me, making it even more amazing.

And uh, I used to Matlock as a kid.

by ihavenobias on 03/09/2008 10:12:39 PM EST

I LOVE MATLOCK (none / 0)
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That's really all I had to say.

by jarett on 03/10/2008 12:48:11 AM EST

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I'm not sure this is a good thing for Obama. (none / 0)

I agree that "The Wire" is one of the best series during my half-century.

But Omar, who certainly was not a "good guy" even though we might have wanted him to succeed in his mission, got killed by a half-pint-sized little kid when he let his guard down.  And the show ended with everything staying basically the way it was when it began.  Almost nothing changed except the names of the actors.  Baltimore went on as it had before with no improvement at all except in the lives of a lucky few.

The Wire was a tragedy.

Let's hope that Obama doesn't suffer the same fate.

P.S. I'm not ready to say "The Wire" is significantly better than "The West Wing" or "Homicide: Life in the Street".  Both of those were equally good character-driven dramas, although the story structures generally were much shorter.  Still, I can't wait to replay "The Wire".  I'll start with the first episode next week.

by EveningStarNM on 03/10/2008 01:39:20 AM EST

HEY!!! (none / 0)

A "spoiler alert" would have been nice for someone like me who doesn't have cable and watches the show on DVD.  Thanks for ruining all the suspense.

That said, Homicide is a show of comparable quality to The Wire, but The West Wing...?  It always seemed so heavy handed to me.  I agree with the shows politics and everything, but there's something to be said for subtlety sometimes.  But I only caught it off and on, so what do I know.

by Spencer on 03/10/2008 02:37:42 AM EST

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Gosh, Spencer, I'm sorry! (none / 0)

I didn't mean to spoil Omar's story for you.  It was three weeks ago, and I thought that was enough.

But as for the overall ending, I gave nothing away.  The ending was set in stone from the first episode, and it's not a surprise.  But it is fascinating, like the point of view you have when that bus is twenty feet from killing you and it's moving to fast to evade.  You must watch even though you know what's going to happen.  And when it does, and you look back at your death just before you pass through those pearly gates, all you can say is "wow".

by EveningStarNM on 03/10/2008 03:29:43 AM EST

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I was kidding. (none / 0)
It's alright.  I'll definitely be watching it anyway.  You know, they were going to kill Omar in the first season, but they ended up liking his character too much to let him go.

by Spencer on 03/10/2008 03:35:11 AM EST

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Yeah. (none / 0)

I was was surprised that I liked Omar.

by EveningStarNM on 03/10/2008 04:04:01 AM EST

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One of my biggest pet peeves (none / 0)
is someone tainting or ruining a show or movie I haven't watched.


Unless someone says "yeah, kinda like when Darth Vader turned out to be Luke's dad", I want to see a Spoiler Alert!

And no, I haven't seen The Wire.

by ihavenobias on 03/10/2008 12:16:53 PM EST

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Sorry. Again. (none / 0)

But it's been three episodes since Omar was killed.  I'll be more careful and provide warnings, but I'm not going to avoid talking about it forever just because some folks are behind the times.

Oh, and Santa Clause isn't real, either.  And that money you found under your pillow from the Tooth Fairy?  Your parents put it there.

by EveningStarNM on 03/10/2008 01:12:47 PM EST

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Son of a... (none / 0)
:(


Does that mean the Easter Bunny is...forget it, I don't want to know.

by ihavenobias on 03/10/2008 01:14:57 PM EST

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Behind the times (none / 0)
I would point out that a LOT of people are "behind the times" nowadays.  That's because we have DVR's (with tons of stuff that's weeks or months old) and DVD collections that allow us to watch shows years after we didn't watch them live on the air.

So to be fair, it's not the same ballgame any more.

PS---The Shield is a great show. I was skeptical, but it's awesome. 

by ihavenobias on 03/10/2008 01:17:31 PM EST

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Probably. (none / 0)
*** SPOILER ALERT ***
Don't read this if you haven't seen The Shield up to at least the 4th season.

I started out watching The Shield.  There's no doubt that it has high production values and great characters.  But I just hate stories where a truly evil character gets away with his crimes season after season after season. 


That's why I'm more upset with Congressional Democrats than I am with Bush.  He can't help being a criminal.  It's in his nature.  But Congressional Democrats should know better than to let him get away with it.


by EveningStarNM on 03/10/2008 04:21:47 PM EST

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Jericho is a favorite of mine (none / 0)
It's a show that illustrates what happens when outsourcing the government gets out of control. A company VERY supiciously much like Haliburton/KBR stages a terrorist nuke attack and tries to take over the country in a coup. Keeps you on the edge of your seat. Check it out..

by mijoh on 03/10/2008 02:44:27 PM EST

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