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Young corner boy Kenard brings down the mighty Omar.
Make your eulogies for one of Baltimore's most feared men here.
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Feb 27, 2008 4:34 PM
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> > I was sad/depressed and angry when and for days
> after
> > I saw Omar get killed...I felt badly that he
> died
> > unhappy, unsatisified, physically hurt, and
> > spiritually broken- at the hands of someone whom
> he
> > thought was not a threat...I almost did not
> really
> > care what else happened in the last two
> episodes,
> > because he would not be a part of them...
> >
> > Although there are many reasons why I loved Omar
> (his
> > code, his humanity, his loyalty to friends, the
> way
> > he expressed and carried himself- all in his
> rough,
> > cold environment), I still cannot put my finger
> on
> > exactly why I felt that he "could do no wrong in
> my
> > eyes"...It is almost like I had overlooked all
> those
> > things he did that were, in fact, "wrong"
> (robbing,
> > killing)...
> >
> > I tallied the damage that he had done, or could
> have
> > done, to people throughout the series and could
> not
> > help but to feel satisfied with the power and
> respect
> > he did have for five seasons of The Wire...He
> either
> > held a gun to, shot at, and/or killed the
> following
> > people: Bodie, Poot, Wee Bay, Savino, Stink Um,
> Avon,
> > Stringer, Chris, Michael, Spider, Snoop, Marlo,
> > Cheese, Prop Joe, Shamrock, Slim, Brother
> Mouzone,
> > and many many others...Would anyone else in The
> Wire
> > be able to say the same?...Just plain
> amazing....As
> > he was...
>
> Your feelings exactly match mine, covekid. I still
> don't get how a group of people can make such an
> incredibly good show, where everything ties together
> in ways that are almost too intricate to imagine, and
> then "script" the death of the show's main man (to a
> lot of us) in a way that is so intensely
> unsatisfying.
>
> I don't think the people who are mourning Omar here
> e are as disturbed about the death of the character
> as they are about the totally pointless way he went
> out. Like in Lonesome Dove, the death of Augustus
> McCrae is heartbreaking, and he dies in a way that is
> so stupid and trivial that it might be worse than the
> way Omar appears to get got. But without it, you
> wouldn't have the magnificent scene with him saying
> goodbye to Woodrow as he dies. Augustus's death is
> heartbreaking, and it's ridiculous that such an
> indestructable character get's done in by blood
> poisoning contracted from an arrow wound, but it
> provides the material for what many people consider
> to be the artistic climax of Lonesome Dove.
>
> On the other hand, there is NO artistic or aesthetic
> point to the way in which Omar was written out of the
> series in a show that's provided more artistic and
> aesthetic high points than anything I've ever seen on
> film or video. It's almost impossible to believe
> that the shows editors could have know enough to
> build the character up the way they did, and not know
> that they would be committing one of the supreme
> fuck-ups in the history of drama by killing him off
> 20 minutes into an otherwise boring as shit episode.
> Which is why I remain hopeful that Omar WILL be back
> in some form in the finale.
>
>
>
> Also, once again, note that he wasn't limping when he
> went into the store, the birthdate on his toe tag in
> the morgue was that of someone his older brothers
> age, and Omar does NOT smoke Newport-soft backs. He
> always get the box.
>
> --
> Edited by DRLHB at 02/27/2008 11:44 AM
I also noticed the non limping in the grocery. Good point.
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Feb 27, 2008 4:27 PM
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> It is truly unbelievable to me that a show in it's
> final season would let the main character, the mighty
> Omar, go out like a two bit thug. Omar was the
> epitome of what a true gangster is. He played that
> role second to none. I wanted a blaze of glory.
> Twenty two in the chest making him weak but not
> killing him. Then the last fatal blow to the head. I
> wanted Scarface, I wanted Al Capone, I wanted The
> Godfather. The wire for me is in a category with
> these great films and I wanted more. Since watching
> the episode i'm disgusted. If this wasn't the last
> season I probably would watch the show again.
>
> I know there was a writers strike, but HBO shouldn't
> have let the donut girl write this episode. 5
> spectacular seasons down the drain because they let
> OMAR die like a nobody.
Well said. My thoughts exactly!!!!!!!!!
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. . they say my projects an undergov therapy. We never voting. We voting for Oprah Obama & Eric B!--Ghostface
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Feb 27, 2008 4:27 PM
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thanks to medeva from the lost soul of toby...you where allways good to me medeva..god bless you...to ed burns the only thing a man has on the street is his word..... toby was seen in season three in hamsterdam....peace medeva
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Feb 27, 2008 4:25 PM
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Only good thing about the end of the show is that I'll be able to save some money when i cancel my HBO.
No more Rome, Sopranos, Inside the NFL and soon no more The Wire. The other series left all suck b@lls.
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Feb 27, 2008 4:10 PM
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Omar Little is one of the best characters ever written. Period. This includes all of television history, cinema's greatest anti heroes, any and all great works of literary fiction. Complex and nuanced. Full of life and vitality. Honest and right.
One could sense the impending doom in episode eight. I became physically uncomfortable as Omar prowled the streets of Baltimore believing his fate close at hand. No climactic fall. No showdown with Marlo. His death, in part tragic and unfullfilled, was authentic and real. He was brought down "The Wire" way. True that.....
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Feb 27, 2008 4:10 PM
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that cat needed his ass burned up. I hate cats. Omar never cared about pussy anyway. So I don't see the connection. Kenard should have stuck to trying to burn cats with his punk ass.
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Feb 27, 2008 4:05 PM
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It is truly unbelievable to me that a show in it's final season would let the main character, the mighty Omar, go out like a two bit thug. Omar was the epitome of what a true gangster is. He played that role second to none. I wanted a blaze of glory. Twenty two in the chest making him weak but not killing him. Then the last fatal blow to the head. I wanted Scarface, I wanted Al Capone, I wanted The Godfather. The wire for me is in a category with these great films and I wanted more. Since watching the episode i'm disgusted. If this wasn't the last season I probably would watch the show again.
I know there was a writers strike, but HBO shouldn't have let the donut girl write this episode. 5 spectacular seasons down the drain because they let OMAR die like a nobody.
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Feb 27, 2008 3:22 PM
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This statement is very true. Most people have forgotton that Stringer Bell was a very shady character. I had to re-watch season 2 &3 to fully understand why he deserved to die.
There will never be another Omar!!! RIP Baby, we love you!
Indeed.....
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Feb 27, 2008 3:02 PM
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Omar was a man of justice you looked out for his and others welfare they only way he knew how. To live as long as he did, for his occupation, is almost unheard of. Even though his death was the worst moment in my Wire history his death gave the cops the missing piece to Marlo's organization, Cheese. Even in death Omar finds a way to bring justice to those who deserve it.
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Feb 27, 2008 2:44 PM
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Marlo is the biggest coward I have ever laid my eyes on! All he does is talk and orders people to do his dirty work! Omar called him out plenty of times. Okay, okay, I know everyone will say that Chris and the others never told him that Omar called him out but how could he not know?! Omar put it all over the streets.
I was soooooo disappointed at the way Omar was taken out. His character and what he stood for deserved so much more than that. I wanted him to kill Marlo. I lost all respect for Marlo when he killed a man for talking bad about him?! He sent the hit squad out for that? Now I can understand a man out there trying to make it happen but when you start doing extra unneccessary garbage...that's when you deserve the worst! The only time that I saw him take matters into his own hands was when he shot that girl in the breasts. Come on now that was a chick! Sure he went to Prop Joe but he had Chris do him.
I hope that Michael brings justice to Marlos crew!
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Feb 27, 2008 2:38 PM
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> I was sad/depressed and angry when and for days after
> I saw Omar get killed...I felt badly that he died
> unhappy, unsatisified, physically hurt, and
> spiritually broken- at the hands of someone whom he
> thought was not a threat...I almost did not really
> care what else happened in the last two episodes,
> because he would not be a part of them...
>
> Although there are many reasons why I loved Omar (his
> code, his humanity, his loyalty to friends, the way
> he expressed and carried himself- all in his rough,
> cold environment), I still cannot put my finger on
> exactly why I felt that he "could do no wrong in my
> eyes"...It is almost like I had overlooked all those
> things he did that were, in fact, "wrong" (robbing,
> killing)...
>
> I tallied the damage that he had done, or could have
> done, to people throughout the series and could not
> help but to feel satisfied with the power and respect
> he did have for five seasons of The Wire...He either
> held a gun to, shot at, and/or killed the following
> people: Bodie, Poot, Wee Bay, Savino, Stink Um, Avon,
> Stringer, Chris, Michael, Spider, Snoop, Marlo,
> Cheese, Prop Joe, Shamrock, Slim, Brother Mouzone,
> and many many others...Would anyone else in The Wire
> be able to say the same?...Just plain amazing....As
> he was...
Your feelings exactly match mine, covekid. I still don't get how a group of people can make such an incredibly good show, where everything ties together in ways that are almost too intricate to imagine, and then "script" the death of the show's main man (to a lot of us) in a way that is so intensely unsatisfying.
I don't think the people who are mourning Omar here are as disturbed about the death of the character as they are about the totally pointless way he went out. Like in Lonesome Dove, the death of Augustus McCrae is heartbreaking, and he dies in a way that is so stupid and trivial that it might be worse than the way Omar appears to get got. But without it, you wouldn't have the magnificent scene with him saying goodbye to Woodrow as he dies. Augustus's death is heartbreaking, and it's ridiculous that such an indestructable character get's done in by blood poisoning contracted from an arrow wound, but it provides the material for what many people consider to be the artistic climax of Lonesome Dove.
On the other hand, there is NO artistic or aesthetic point to the way in which Omar was written out of the series in a show that's provided more artistic and aesthetic high points than anything I've ever seen on film or video. It's almost impossible to believe that the shows editors could have know enough to build the character up the way they did, and not know that they would be committing one of the supreme fuck-ups in the history of drama by killing him off 20 minutes into an otherwise boring as shit episode. Which is why I remain hopeful that Omar WILL be back in some form in the finale.
Also, once again, note that he wasn't limping when he went into the store, the birthdate on his toe tag in the morgue was that of someone his older brothers age, and Omar does NOT smoke Newport-soft backs. He always get the box.
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Edited by DRLHB at 02/27/2008 11:44 AM
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Feb 27, 2008 2:22 PM
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Kenard did Omar in hard to believe yet very believeable. Look back in History of how some of the most dangerous have fallen. Mainly the parallelism between Jesse James and Omar Little. Both had codes and the way they did business both robbed from only the corrupt Jesse ( The Pinkerton Men or Railroad) and Omar ( from the corner boys and dealers in General). It was bound to happen and we all knew it we just wanted to see Omar extend his legacy as the baddest man in B-More when in reality the way the baddest go out isn't always a blaze of glory it's usually like a flicker in the night. (See Kenard doing in Omar).
It happens!! This one goes out to the baddest Mo FO in the closet or out. RIP Omar Little.
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Feb 27, 2008 2:21 PM
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Yeah Omar came back harder. Are we forgetting why?! They killed Butchie. Butchie never did anything to anybody. Omar was aveging his death. He looked out for Omar, he was his bank. Marlo put that hit out because he was pissed about Omar hitting his stash houses. All he had to do was call Omar out, he would have came back. Heck they could have injured Butchie, like they did his muscle. They didn't have to kill him.
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Feb 27, 2008 2:19 PM
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R i p to Omar, the WIRE's true street savage. My heart stopped when I saw the blood splatter from his skull. I just wanted him to get the chance to see Marlo face to face one last time, duke it out, man to man. But that would be storybook fantasy. and the Wire is just too raw for hat.
Instead, Omar gets blasted by a "Baby" thug. DAMN!!
OK Guys, Who's Next??
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Feb 27, 2008 2:02 PM
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I was sad/depressed and angry when and for days after I saw Omar get killed...I felt badly that he died unhappy, unsatisified, physically hurt, and spiritually broken- at the hands of someone whom he thought was not a threat...I almost did not really care what else happened in the last two episodes, because he would not be a part of them...
Although there are many reasons why I loved Omar (his code, his humanity, his loyalty to friends, the way he expressed and carried himself- all in his rough, cold environment), I still cannot put my finger on exactly why I felt that he "could do no wrong in my eyes"...It is almost like I had overlooked all those things he did that were, in fact, "wrong" (robbing, killing)...
I tallied the damage that he had done, or could have done, to people throughout the series and could not help but to feel satisfied with the power and respect he did have for five seasons of The Wire...He either held a gun to, shot at, and/or killed the following people: Bodie, Poot, Wee Bay, Savino, Stink Um, Avon, Stringer, Chris, Michael, Spider, Snoop, Marlo, Cheese, Prop Joe, Shamrock, Slim, Brother Mouzone, and many many others...Would anyone else in The Wire be able to say the same?...Just plain amazing....As he was...
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