Everybody here hates that dude
The Wire produces the goat discussions and views of any show I've ever seenTwo things I have to say.
On the Greek:
He was the king who stayed the king, as referenced in the legendary chessboard scene. Avon, String( while Avon was locked up), Marlo, and Slim at the end were all "******s" (pawns) who made it to become queen by making it to the end. To a pawn, being queen is being king. But the actual king stayed the king. And he ain't even Greek
On Marlo:
The single character I have ever related to most. Anyone that understands his two most important scenes knows what was in store for him. His entire character can be found in two lines:
"You want it to be one way, but it's the other way".
- growing up in poverty, in a group home, you become traumatized. Nothing he did would ever make him happy. He only had the endless pursuit of power to distract him from the ptsd he had. The man was a sociopath that would do anything to get ahead. He was like a character from an ayn rand novel. The world will always be an evil place for him. The world is "one way".
"My name is my name!"
- this scene characterized Marlo as totally American. He could never believe in God. He could never "play the son" to another man. He only knew about the pursuit of power. He never got caught up worried about a female. He never let his emotions get to him. Because Marlo wanted immortality in repudiation. It comes down to survival of the fittest, and Marlo was the most adapted to the evils of inner city Baltimore. And that's all he had. His reputation and his environment. When Omar called him out by name OMAR HAD TO DIE!
This relates to his final scene. The little kids were playing pretnding to be Omar, while no one recognizes Marlo. In the end, his rep, his name, is all he had. He can't go to some island and do blow and fukk local p*ssy. He will make his name bigger by any means necessary, until he meets a violent death.
Marlo was an amazing character
Two things I have to say.
On the Greek:
He was the king who stayed the king, as referenced in the legendary chessboard scene. Avon, String( while Avon was locked up), Marlo, and Slim at the end were all "******s" (pawns) who made it to become queen by making it to the end. To a pawn, being queen is being king. But the actual king stayed the king. And he ain't even Greek
On Marlo:
The single character I have ever related to most. Anyone that understands his two most important scenes knows what was in store for him. His entire character can be found in two lines:
"You want it to be one way, but it's the other way".
- growing up in poverty, in a group home, you become traumatized. Nothing he did would ever make him happy. He only had the endless pursuit of power to distract him from the ptsd he had. The man was a sociopath that would do anything to get ahead. He was like a character from an ayn rand novel. The world will always be an evil place for him. The world is "one way".
"My name is my name!"
- this scene characterized Marlo as totally American. He could never believe in God. He could never "play the son" to another man. He only knew about the pursuit of power. He never got caught up worried about a female. He never let his emotions get to him. Because Marlo wanted immortality in repudiation. It comes down to survival of the fittest, and Marlo was the most adapted to the evils of inner city Baltimore. And that's all he had. His reputation and his environment. When Omar called him out by name OMAR HAD TO DIE!
This relates to his final scene. The little kids were playing pretnding to be Omar, while no one recognizes Marlo. In the end, his rep, his name, is all he had. He can't go to some island and do blow and fukk local p*ssy. He will make his name bigger by any means necessary, until he meets a violent death.
Marlo was an amazing character
Namond's ass
Templeton's bytch ass
I had hope for Dukie
A little off topic. Was I the only one that wanted to fukk Namond's mom/Delonda
Garcetti's moves weren't fluke shyt though. Dude was very calculated and strategic in his ascension up the political "ladder" (shout out to his ancestor to Little Finger. That conniving ambition is his blood).Caccetti and Valcheck
Both moved up in ranks on some fluke shyt and kept winning
Sidenote: it was nice seeing Martin O'malley(the person who the Carcetti character is based on) fail miserably in his attempt to run for president
that's the exact thing i say to people who watch real drug kingpins get locked up... b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but why didn't he just take the money and move to an islandOn Marlo:
The single character I have ever related to most. Anyone that understands his two most important scenes knows what was in store for him. His entire character can be found in two lines:
"You want it to be one way, but it's the other way".
- growing up in poverty, in a group home, you become traumatized. Nothing he did would ever make him happy. He only had the endless pursuit of power to distract him from the ptsd he had. The man was a sociopath that would do anything to get ahead. He was like a character from an ayn rand novel. The world will always be an evil place for him. The world is "one way".
"My name is my name!"
- this scene characterized Marlo as totally American. He could never believe in God. He could never "play the son" to another man. He only knew about the pursuit of power. He never got caught up worried about a female. He never let his emotions get to him. Because Marlo wanted immortality in repudiation. It comes down to survival of the fittest, and Marlo was the most adapted to the evils of inner city Baltimore. And that's all he had. His reputation and his environment. When Omar called him out by name OMAR HAD TO DIE!
This relates to his final scene. The little kids were playing pretnding to be Omar, while no one recognizes Marlo. In the end, his rep, his name, is all he had. He can't go to some island and do blow and fukk local p*ssy. He will make his name bigger by any means necessary, until he meets a violent death.
Marlo was an amazing character
