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Topic subjectStringer Bell says... (spoiler inside)
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440598, Stringer Bell says... (spoiler inside)
Posted by Reflect, Thu Mar-12-09 02:45 PM
his death was "rushed." Idris Elba was on NPR's "Fresh Air" today (talked about his upcoming stint on "The Office" as well) and said he didn't understand how Omar and Brother Mouzone could meet and conspire so fast to murk him. He did kinda admit that he was unhappy he wasn't gettin' that check no more, lol.

Here's the link, also includes the introduction of his character in The Office:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101780271&ft=1&f=13
440602, spoiler alert? fucking asshole
Posted by osu_no_1, Thu Mar-12-09 02:55 PM
hey zootown, dts, i just started s2, late pass or whatever but fuck putting spoilers like this in post titles
440604, Don't ever search youtube for 'The Wire'
Posted by Jayson Willyams, Thu Mar-12-09 03:02 PM
even if you're looking for a specific scene. All the "related videos" have massive spoilers in the titles. That's how I found out about the scene that ^^^this guy just spoiled for you.

But yeah, the original post is bush league. Don't put shit like that in post titles, ESPECIALLY re: the Wire. That shit is sacred, man.
440636, Yeah, unwritten rule. Don't look at shit with 'The Wire' in it
Posted by Orbit_Established, Thu Mar-12-09 05:39 PM

On the internet. Nothing.

Not until you've seen them all. Wack, but that's the
breaks

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "Cosmic Slop"
440640, yeah i learned that ish the hard way.
Posted by al_sharp, Thu Mar-12-09 06:36 PM
oh well.

i mean even once you know shit, it's still cool to watch.


music - http://myspace.com/shamelessplug
boredom - http://twitter.com/shamelessplug
ridiculously stupid talk radio podcast - http://youlooklikecraptoday.com
440651, wait, he's a " fucking asshole" because you're 5 years late?
Posted by mcdeezjawns, Thu Mar-12-09 07:22 PM
FOH
440765, exactly.
Posted by woe.is.me., Fri Mar-13-09 10:03 AM
440782, it takes a little longer for that smart shit to get to tUoOS people
Posted by MadDagoNH, Fri Mar-13-09 11:45 AM
gotta take that into account.

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2006-07 Zeno Memorial League Champion
440785, ok, what movies are you planning to watch?
Posted by osu_no_1, Fri Mar-13-09 12:22 PM
i'll just go ahead an spoil them all for you if they're more than five years old. you deserve it.

i'm not being an asshole, am i?
440786, oh no, don't give away the ending to the Sixth Sense!
Posted by will_5198, Fri Mar-13-09 12:35 PM
440787, ROSEBUD IS A SLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by DawgEatah, Fri Mar-13-09 12:39 PM

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440789, ^^^Can't wait to see how the Godfather 2 turns out
Posted by mcdeezjawns, Fri Mar-13-09 12:43 PM
If it takes you 5 years to see something,and then you get mad at someone for ruining it by talking about it when they've seen it in a normal person's timely manner, you're a jerkoff

and no one should have to be on your jerkoff schedule

With that said: Darth Vader is Luke Skywalkers father, In "A Beautiful Mind" he's just crazy, and they DO finally throw the ring in the volcano in the The Return of the King

Man, I cant wait till you get to see Omar Get killed
440810, that last line is what did it for me.
Posted by There Will Be duD, Fri Mar-13-09 02:14 PM
440812, *smirk*
Posted by mcdeezjawns, Fri Mar-13-09 02:22 PM
440874, I have to agree with this.
Posted by Orbit_Established, Sat Mar-14-09 01:27 AM

Shit been out. I had cats spoil it for me, but I can't
be mad.
440889, I had Skillz spoil it for me in a Rap Up from like 4 years ago
Posted by Marauder21, Sat Mar-14-09 09:38 AM
I don't think this needs a *SPOILER* attached.
440932, Something we can agree on!(along with your stance on AI of course)
Posted by mcdeezjawns, Sat Mar-14-09 03:50 PM
Shit, i feel like the fact that this isnt common sense to some folks is a sad statement on folks( or at least Big 10 educated folks)
440761, that season's been over for 5-6 fucking years.
Posted by PlanetInfinite, Fri Mar-13-09 09:56 AM


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hot baked.
440793, Welp, I tried looking out for you, lol
Posted by ZooTown74, Fri Mar-13-09 12:49 PM
The people have spoken
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Enjoy the silence.
440800, lol... (spoiler alert)
Posted by osu_no_1, Fri Mar-13-09 01:09 PM
they're just upset because i was busy fucking their moms on sunday nights while they were glued to hbo
440895, Niggaz with Cable won!!
Posted by Russel Simmons Day Job, Sat Mar-14-09 11:01 AM
>hey zootown, dts, i just started s2, late pass or whatever
>but fuck putting spoilers like this in post titles

you gonna be like wtf when Frank Zabotka tries to assasinate the port patrol girl Beddy :)
440608, and McNulty's still alive. 'CISM
Posted by Mynoriti, Thu Mar-12-09 03:17 PM
440642, RE: and McNulty's still alive. 'CISM
Posted by ProgressiveSound, Thu Mar-12-09 06:50 PM
Yep, and probably still grinning like a muhfuka.
440667, spoiler alert fucking asshole!
Posted by HighVoltage, Thu Mar-12-09 09:42 PM
lol
440644, but the symmetry of the season was so perfect
Posted by Iltigo, Thu Mar-12-09 06:58 PM
both "reformers" were killed in their own respective ways.

bunny lost his pension, was position by getting fired and lost his good retirement job (security job)

string lost his money, position in the hierarchy with avon and his retirement job (legit b&b condos)


it was beautiful...
440704, "I'll take overanalysis for 500, bob."
Posted by Orbit_Established, Thu Mar-12-09 11:08 PM
>both "reformers" were killed in their own respective ways.
>
>bunny lost his pension, was position by getting fired and lost
>his good retirement job (security job)
>
>string lost his money, position in the hierarchy with avon and
>his retirement job (legit b&b condos)
>
>
>it was beautiful...

Yikes
440707, nah, that was part of the season's theme
Posted by will_5198, Thu Mar-12-09 11:16 PM
Bunny and Stringer were examples of the futility and personal consequences for those who try to reform the drug trade
440729, he's right though, that's the way Simon has explained it in a few interviews
Posted by Zion3Lion, Fri Mar-13-09 03:20 AM
440790, the Lost thread for a hundred-thousand-trillion, Bob.
Posted by FortifiedLive, Fri Mar-13-09 12:43 PM
440802, he right.
Posted by cereffusion, Fri Mar-13-09 01:15 PM
440809, you want it to be one way
Posted by Mynoriti, Fri Mar-13-09 02:06 PM
but..
440826, ouch
Posted by cereffusion, Fri Mar-13-09 03:53 PM
441037, nice.
Posted by al_sharp, Sun Mar-15-09 03:36 PM

music - http://myspace.com/shamelessplug
boredom - http://twitter.com/shamelessplug
ridiculously stupid talk radio podcast - http://youlooklikecraptoday.com
440666, Stringer Bell
Posted by BigWorm, Thu Mar-12-09 09:33 PM
He's just bitter cause they wrote him off the show.

But it was clearly the right time to kill him off.

The whole season built up to it.

Stringer thought he could rise from just a thug on the street to a corrupt businessman. But the actual corrupt businessmen knew how to con him and then his ways on the street caught up with him.

There was no way he was making it to season 4.

Granite he was a good bad guy. Way better than Marlo. But he had to go.

440668, Yeah, it was his time.
Posted by ZooTown74, Thu Mar-12-09 09:50 PM
I don't make much of what he said, I just read it as a "dang it, I missed getting more of that Wire bread," but he had to know his time was coming... whether it was in season 3 or season 4...



And gang, please be careful with them spoilers... even though it's been a few years, not everyone can watch the joints when we watch em, so just look out for your folks on them title spoilers... and yeah, as you can see, it *is* that serious... thnx
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Enjoy the silence.
440813, Spoiler Alert
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Fri Mar-13-09 02:29 PM
Darth Vader is Luke's father.

**********
"See he's organized, and he's on the ball. Never miss a day of school,and he's a underdog. Wanna learn more and more, cuz his mama taught him good. He's about to change the face of yo ghetto neighborhood." (c) Badu
440904, Wow, did people actually listen to the interview?
Posted by mrhood75, Sat Mar-14-09 01:01 PM
Elba didn't complain that they killed him off, he said that it made sense and had to happen. He was upset at the time for losing his steady-paycheck, but knew it was part of the game.

The only thing he said was rushed was Omar and Brother Mouzone getting together to track him down. He said usually the writers stretched things out over the season, whereas the whole saga unfolded in what, two or three episodes?

441034, ^^^^^
Posted by thegodcam, Sun Mar-15-09 03:14 PM
440908, he came off as a dick to me in this interview
Posted by kinetic20, Sat Mar-14-09 01:18 PM
and his accent on the office clip was horrendous
im eager to see the ep but i was really eh at the interview
440942, the dialect problem was noticeable in the Wire
Posted by BigWorm, Sat Mar-14-09 04:45 PM
Every now and then something very un-ghetto came up in his voice. By season two I went to check imdb cause I was sure he wasn't really American.

441033, "un-ghetto"?
Posted by Mynoriti, Sun Mar-15-09 02:49 PM
wouldn't that work since it was part of stringer bell's persona to try and appear more sophisticated that the average gangster?

unless you're talking specifically about a british accent which would be pretty funny in a wire parody.

i'm not sure what specific moments referring to because i never really caught it. mcnulty's accent was obvious at times though.
440957, wow
Posted by Ceej, Sat Mar-14-09 07:39 PM