Still not ringing any bells but personally a lot of this shows characters weren't for me even if i could admire the acting which was always top notch. I just can't get sympathetic when I'm rolling my eyes at their decisions the whole show. Especially when those kids are in the classroom the one season and keep acting like little turds and I'm just like...guys just start caring about anything other than "the game." These characters frustrate me more than make me side with them and then I get frustrated at the politics of it all and how selfish everyone is on the police side but that doesn't make the gangsters abhorrent actions any better so I just end up disliking everyone except stringer and a couple cops (the smart one and the lady i liked). I'm never really tempted to re-watch because of the frustration while watching. It's a little too real. Someone should make a spoof Final episode where a superhero comes in and solves everything and gets all the kids in the projects set straight in one day
Oh yeah that was a joke btw. I mean for me personally I'll watch an anime I love again and again before I ever rewatch the wire or some other super serious show because the heavy vibe is a one time watch.
I saw a lot of the themes they were going for and how they would tackle different aspects of the system and capitalism every season. I just don't personally think more social commentary necessarily makes a show better. If I don't like the characters I'm not gonna care about the commentary and I only liked or cared about (and those are two separate things) a couple characters
I'm more angry at the parents and then every time those kids are given an opportunity to make things better (and I'm speaking generally from what I remember I don't remember those specific cases youre talking about) they seem angry at the people trying to help and idolize the people running "the game" that caused the situation. I just hate the whole attitude all of them have about ratting on one another being worse than dying or so it would seem
...every single time someone rats on someone in the show, they wind up dead. No matter how much the police try to help them. In fact, that's basically the running theme in Season 4. You took the exact wrong message from the show. The "people trying to help them" never actually help them. They use them to make the case to better their political careers, then throw them away. Randy, the kid who snitches in Season 4, basically has his entire life destroyed by ratting, because the police don't give a shit. Bubbles, the crack addict, is constantly let down by the people he rats to. Hell, he gets clean in season 1 and is essentially told to go back and do crack to find Kira's shooter. Season 4 is basically a montage of the police ignoring him every time he begs for help after risking his life over and over again for them.
Well I did mention the police response pissing me off too. But sometimes they were really trying to help like when the one was a teacher for awhile. Or that one time it was just a bad coincidence and bubbles stopped listening to their excuses after that. So basically I dislike him for giving up and I dislike them for not caring more or trying harder. As I said before not a whole lot of likability except for the couple I mentioned before
Now this I completely disagree with. Also how does he have too many teeth? I'm pretty sure he has a normal amount?
Yup
I never said it was made up. Being realistic or truthful about social circumstances doesn't make a show better by themselves for me. Like I said it's a bit too real for me and sacrifices entertainment. I admire and respect it but won't be re-watching nor sympathizing completely. Also as a high schooler I could definitely tell which teachers gave a shit or not
I didn't so How so? They conceal their intentions better from 9th graders?
