Category Archives: Bubbles

February 13, 2011

Omar is the most popular character of the Wire

I’ve been running a poll on this site for a while now, asking the simple question – “Who’s your The Wire favourite?”. At the moment nearly 2500 people have voted and here are the results Omar gets a head with … Continue reading →

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November 25, 2010

The Wire as a Comic Book?

The artist Dennis Culve has created som amazing illustrations of the Wire characters. Check out the full set on his flickr stream.

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April 6, 2009

The Wire – Where are they now?

The Telegraph has an interesting article on the Wire cast and what they are up to now that the show has finished. Last time i spotted my personal favourite “McNulty” was in Frank Millers 300.

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June 11, 2008

The Wire Lost Episodes – Marlo vs Omar

Here’s the second part of Pete Handelman’s brilliant homage to the Wire, great stuff        

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May 26, 2008

The Wire – White Chocolate Episode

This is the most fun fan homage to The Wire I’ve seen yet and telling by the ratings on youtube I’m not the only one to think so. Thanks to creator Pete Handelman who posted a link in the comments. … Continue reading →

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January 13, 2008

The Wire Season 5 Episode 2 Review

Whereas episode 1 set the scene for the final season, episode 2 really kicked things off. The common theme seem to be to ‘stretch things’. The up and coming journo who’s trying to hard, stretching the truth for a good … Continue reading →

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January 7, 2008

The Wire Season 5 Episode 1 in Review

I bet you did the same thing as me this weekend – watching the first episode of the wire season 5.I loved the opening scene, bunk in fine form interrogating a seemingly clueless small time gangster, and later using a … Continue reading →

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January 4, 2008

The Wire Season 5 Countdown – 2 Days – Bubbles

One of my absolute favourites on the show is Bubbles, the entrepreneurial drug addict. Here he talks about his love of drugs; at a support meeting. You can do it Bubs! 

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June 2, 2007

The Wire as a Video Game?

Media scholar Jason Mittel of the blog Just TV, has published a draft of what seem to become an excellent essay about the Wire and how it is narratively constructed. A good read for anyone interested in understanding some of … Continue reading →

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May 26, 2007

Chris and Snoop, Bodie or McNulty – Who’s the coolest mother f*cker of the Wire?

So, from the comments in my previous post and surfing around the great old web, I’ve learnt that a lot of people really like the characters Chris and Snoop. It sort of shocked me as they are in my opinion … Continue reading →

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