Equating Your Royals To A Character In The Wire: The Joakim Soria Edition

As shameless self-promotion has seemed to rule the roost here today, here's my shot on what I anticipate to be a recurring feature to break up the monotony a bit at Royalscentricity. I know there are plenty of fans of The Wire in these here parts.

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marlo...no doubt

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by billybeingbilly on Feb 24, 2011 1:35 AM EST reply actions

very much looking forward to the rest of them

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by billybeingbilly on Feb 24, 2011 1:41 AM EST up reply actions

I’ve got three more that I’m pretty sure about.

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 24, 2011 1:46 AM EST up reply actions

and I mostly posted this here for you

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 24, 2011 1:48 AM EST up reply actions

i wouldve attempted a more eloquent defense of my marlo over brother mouzone reasoning....

but im lazy

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by billybeingbilly on Feb 24, 2011 1:49 AM EST up reply actions

If you feel the need, here or there works. I’d love to hear it.

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 24, 2011 1:55 AM EST up reply actions

ill see what i can do tomorrow at work

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by billybeingbilly on Feb 24, 2011 1:57 AM EST up reply actions

cool

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 24, 2011 2:39 AM EST up reply actions

are you doing just current royals?

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by billybeingbilly on Feb 24, 2011 1:58 AM EST up reply actions

I intend to keep it somewhat contemporary

Age of the Blogs at the very least. I will tell you that one of the three is not a current Royal.

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 24, 2011 2:40 AM EST up reply actions

I just finished the first disc of The Wire, season 1 tonight.

I’ve got a long ways to go.

by AxDxMx on Feb 24, 2011 2:17 AM EST reply actions

its 60 hours of your life that you wont feel like is a waste....

unlike say, watching the royals in august

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by billybeingbilly on Feb 24, 2011 2:19 AM EST up reply actions

The hooks will be in by the end of six episodes.

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 24, 2011 2:41 AM EST up reply actions

I'd say maybe after 3....

Brother Mouzone is spot on….I just hope Butler doesn’t end up as Dookie

by Nighthawk at the Diner on Feb 24, 2011 7:47 AM EST up reply actions

The Wire is so critically praised its almost a parody of itself to heap more praise upon it....

but prob the best series ever….esp if you happen to come from a bit of a lefty perspective(although the genius of the show is that it displays errors in ideology from both sides), have a weakness for crime fiction, character based story telling, bad ass gangsters, and are at all interested in seeing the veil of bullshit that passes for conventional wisdom regarding politics, labor, education, criminal justice, media, sexuality, government planning, etc…..pulled back to reveal some truth to how we’re all fucked, then the shows for you.

by Nighthawk at the Diner on Feb 24, 2011 7:56 AM EST up reply actions

I'll say that it's at least interesting so far.

I don’t think the hooks are in yet, but close.

by AxDxMx on Feb 24, 2011 10:28 AM EST up reply actions

GIve it time....

and you’ll soon be blubbering infantile praise about the show like i do….its awesome

by Nighthawk at the Diner on Feb 24, 2011 10:59 AM EST up reply actions

im about as right as it gets and i still love the show

i think it has to do with my upper middle class suburban, private school upbringing….its just a world i knew nothing about and had no experience in dealing with….and mcnulty, omar, stringer, bubbles, etc are some of the best characters ive ever seen.

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by billybeingbilly on Feb 24, 2011 1:20 PM EST up reply actions

I hear you....the characters are fantastic.

Hell, I’m from rural Nebraska…that world is foreign to most of the United States I’m guessing…..Part of what makes it good is that Simon was a reporter for the Baltimore Sun, so I’m sure there is more than a little real life quality to it….plus, I like shows that have bad guys that you can kind of sympathize with on some levels(Omar), and good guys who have flaws and are assholes in many ways (McNulty)….they have some depth. Stringer Bell is infinitely more interesting as a bad guy than, say, Hans Gruber from Die Hard. Have you read Simon’s book? I think its called Homicide….kind of like a primer for the series. Long, but I rec it.

by Nighthawk at the Diner on Feb 24, 2011 4:30 PM EST up reply actions

im in the middle of season 2 of the shield....

whitlocks incessant tweeting about it got me to give it a shot….good stuff….but not wire level good

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by billybeingbilly on Feb 24, 2011 2:20 AM EST reply actions

It has some great moments

the Tayvon (sp?)/Shane showdown is pretty epic.

It definitely isn’t the best show ever (The Wire), but it is in elite company amongst the basic cable upper echelon. It also matters a lot in that it laid the groundwork for what FX would end up doing with its original programming and raised the bar with what the Cable Nets set out to do.

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by Old Man Duggan on Feb 24, 2011 2:46 AM EST up reply actions

the only negative thing ive found about it so far is what i hate about network tv shows….every episodes got a single storyline that comes and goes…at least this ones got bigger, longer storylines as well

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by billybeingbilly on Feb 24, 2011 2:51 AM EST up reply actions