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The Wire – Where are they now?

mcnulty — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:05:06 +0000

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.

The Wire Lost Episodes – Marlo vs Omar

mcnulty — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:54:57 +0000

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

The Wire – White Chocolate Episode

mcnulty — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:53:12 +0000

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. Loved you’re Bunk and Omar characters ! Look forward to episode 2

The Wire Season 5 Episode 6 Review

mcnulty — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:41:57 +0000

This is a late and quick post

McNulty seem to be digging himself further and further down the hole of lies he’s created. And poor bunk ain’t getting the resources he need to work real cases…

Omar is on the war-path, but I’m thinking he’s too keen and angry and might make a fatal misstake soon. Marlo on the other hand also seem to be getting to damn greedy and self-confident for his own good – maybe someone else from the cop-op will take him down (although i doubt it as he’s the connect with the good stuff…).

What did you make of the wire season 5 episode 6?

The Wire Season 5 Episode 4 Review

mcnulty — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:21:27 +0000

Damn, Marlo is one cold gangster. Looking at his face, not even a raised eye brow, when Prop Joe gets the bullet. I really hope Omar will get back hard on Marlo, he’s just getting to damn cocky for my taste. I’m sure he will… And while he’s at it, please do the Greeks also, some creepy people.

McNulty and Freamon are really working the case, it’s kind of creepy seeing them messing around at the crime scene. Well, it’s for the greater good at least. I wonder if Bunk will ever come around.

Also in the news room (haven’t really gotten into this so much yet), things are at the boiling point. Dreams of the Washingon Post got squashed and some of the senior staff appeared as even bigger asses as before (if even possible!)

And on the note on McNulty, man he’s one screwed up anti-hero. Looks like his family life is about to go down the drain, but who’s surprised? Not me… Let McNulty be McNulty

In city hall things are also about to reach boiling point, Carcetti struggling with the numbers and Rhonda making (not so anymore) mighty men sweat. Sheeeeeit! And oh, Burrell made a decision…

Think this was one of the strongest episodes of the Season so far. What do you think?

The Wire Season 5 Episode 2 Review

mcnulty — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:16:52 +0000

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 story. The unlikely joint venture between westside gangsters Marlo and Avon. And what about the ending – McNulty really stretching the limits. How is Bunk gonna handle this? Will McNulty himself be able to cope with it?

I can’t wait for episode 3. What’s your verdict?

The Wire Season 5 Episode 1 in Review

mcnulty — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:49:43 +0000

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 copying machine as a lie detector – instant classic. It was also great to see McNulty early on in the episode, I missed him in the later seasons but now he seem to be back where he belongs, in the spotlight and late night binge drinking sessions.

Another bright point was the journo crew at the Baltimore Sun which seem to be just as much of a motley crew as the gangsters and police.

It was great to see so many familiar faces in one single episode – McNulty, Bunk, Kima, Herc, Marlo, Prop Joe, Bubs, Carter, Carcetti, Chris, Snoop, Michael, Dukie (boy, he’s grown) and lots more.

I just realized how much I missed these characters, and how happy I am that they are back J

How do you rate the first episode of season 5?

The Wire Prequels – Young Omar and Proposition Joe and When McNulty met Bunk

mcnulty — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:47:59 +0000

Today the Wire Season 5 will air on HBO, and we’ll celebrate with a few golden clips.

The Wire Season 5 DVD boxes will apparently have some unique content on them, prequel material where you’ll see the gangsters growing up. It’s awesome to see how Omar only played people in the game from day one, and prop joe beeing a slick business man even as a kid.

Another great prequel moment is when McNulty met Bunk. Check it out!

Young Omar

Young Proposition Joe

McNulty and Bunk meet

The Famous The Wire Crime Scene – Police Profanity Language

mcnulty — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:38:06 +0000

This is comedy at its best; Bunk and McNulty are examining a crime scene. Enjoy.

But it gets even better, as there is a great back story to this scene. According to the book The Wire: Truth Be Told, the whole scene is an insider’s homage to veteran Baltimore murder police Terry McLarney, who predicted that police would eventually create their own language constisting entierly of profanity.

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

mcnulty — Sat, 26 May 2007 12:02:20 +0000

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 just bad people. Their fun comments would have made them more appealing in a standard Hollywood production like Bad Boys, or whatever, but in a show such as the Wire they still come out like real fuck-ups that should be jailed for life. Any how, It made me think about who’s the most popular character in the wire.

My list:

McNulty, beacuse he’s an original hero with a lot of shit on his hands but still has a good heart.
Bunk, because he’s a great police (you have to pronounce that Baltimore style), and likes another shot straight after throwing up
Bubbles, living the hard life with great style and being a true entrepreneur
Bodie, one cool dude that didn’t bend for no one
Omar, although a murderous soul he does have a code to only kill people in the game…
Stringer, thought he was a really cool dude in the first two seasons, wanting to take the game to a whole new level of organisation – profit over honor and such.. Although I think he lost it at the end
Kima, although liked her better in the first 3 seasons

And for the bottom scrap, there’s Chris and Snoop. Just check out this video collage.

I Want the Wire on Sky HD

mcnulty — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:23:38 +0000

Here in the UK, the only way to watch the Wire is either on channel FX or getting the DVD boxes. I’d love it if my digital TV provider Sky would include it in one of its Sky HD offers. I mean, who wouldn’t want to see McNulty and company in all High Definition TV glory I’m so impressed by high definition tv I just can’t believe not more people have it already. If you’re a serious television viewer as I am, go get it It doesn’t have to be expensive if you’re clever enough to use a tv comparison service to find the best deals.

So this is it, the only Jimmy McNulty Fan Club. God damn. Shame on you!

mcnulty — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:31:36 +0000

A few minutes a go I did a google search for “McNulty Fan Club” and “The Wire Fan Club” and couldn’t find anything on the first pages that even resembled a fan page. Shit. How can this great show have such a poor f*cking following? I figured I am the chosen one to create this great and very unofficial f*cking fan club. So here goes:

In the honor of Jimmy McNulty I swear to only write posts whilst at least half drunk, generally pissed of about the world, and having a smuck grin on my face.

This will probably not be the greatest page on the net, but at least it will be the first one dedicated to Jimmy McNulty and the Wire.

I’ll probably also mention Bunk a lot as he’s another cool f*cker. A great example is the the episode when McNulty had to get Bunk from a random woman’s house in the middle of the night, and Bunk was sitting in the bathroom firing up his clothes to destroy the evidence of is infidelity – that’s one great mind and great comedy!

What’s so great about McNulty is not that I agree with what he does, but that he’s a f*cking cave man. He doesn’t give a f*ck about norms and he does things you don’t really want a hero to do – he’s just f*cking human, for better and for worse.

ps. dedicated this post to the episode where McNulty and Bunk constantly said f*ck for 5 minutes whilst investigating a crime sceen – that’s great comedy Can’t remember which episode though, but it was first season.