Hoo'd Win: Because What Monte Wants, Monte Gets

[thebitterguy]

A few days past, granolademonic told me, quite specifically:

Hoo'd Win some Vic Mackey vs. Omar Little by Friday, or I will.

It must happen! They're the two Batmanest bastards in television history.

Well, I can't say no to him, so here we go.

Amusing though: I've watched three times as many episodes of The Wire as I have The Shield. That's three to one, although I do own seasons one, two and three of The Wire.

Wikipedia, however, fills in the blanks.

Vic Mackey is:

a fictional Los Angeles Police Department detective and leader of the Strike Team, a four-man anti-gang unit in the FX crime drama series The Shield. Mackey is a corrupt yet effective police officer; he steals from drug dealers, beats suspects and has committed murder on three occasions. Two of the victims were violent gangsters, though the first was a member of his own team who was secretly working to expose Vic, despite his team's service to the community. Mackey sees his tactics as a means to an end. Despite his misdeeds, he is a devoted father, a loyal partner to his teammates and will readily protect those he sees as innocent victims.

While Omar LIttle is:

a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, portrayed by Michael K. Williams. Omar was a renowned stick-up man who lived by a strict code and never deviated from his rules, foremost of which is that he never robbed or menaced people who were not involved in the drug trade. Omar, who was gay, has had three partners on the show. Omar is the only major character on the series who claims to make a point of not using profanity.

Quite a pair. I suspect they've starred in a lot of slash together.

So! Pick your poison! Let this be the battleground on which these two knights of the streets see their final combat! Who shall be victorious, a cop so crooked he's straight, or... That stops there, actually.

First blood! Last Breath! There is now only one... HOO'D WIN!

[Poll #1261000]

Comments

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

Cops versus robbers? To quote Omar: "Oh, in--deed." This one is a bit biased, on one hand you have the lead character of a series, on the other? A minor supporting role.

Omar comes out a winner, in my books, despite this handicap.

Doug.

[stop-no-dont.livejournal.com]

I gotta go with Mackey on this one, because of the absence of a moral code; all it means is, he's not gonna blink before doing whatever it takes.

[granolademonic.livejournal.com]

1. Thank you.

2. I voted Omar, but that might be my bias coming through.


Did you see that Shield wherein Vic was chasing the bad guy through an alley, and the bad guy scaled a wooden fence, and Vic smashed through it and tackled him?!?!? That was awesome! /Chris Farley.

But Omar... I have never been so into a Fonzie character as I was with him. Wire was the best show ever, but whenever he appeared, it got ten times better.


Thanks again!

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Tough as Omar is, he's exactly the kind of punk that Mackey lives to destroy. I have to vote with the latter. But this is still a bit of a "Lex v Joker" entry for you: we haven't had one of those for a while.

[perich.livejournal.com]

Nothing but respect for Omar, but the man has some reticence toward killing cops.

[kinra.livejournal.com]

I think Vic would take it too seriously. Omar would outsmart him. And that's what Batman is all about.

The other thing is... Vic would be totally unsettled by Omar's sexuality-challenging predilections.

Finally - Omar and Vic actually target the same guys: gangsters. Omar only robs drug dealers! It's an interesting conundrum.

I vote Omar.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

I picked Omar because I've never watched The Shield. I was assuming that seeing both Fantastic Four movies didn't count.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Omar all the way, the guy knows how to work on a shoe string, Mackey has a a whole police department behind him.

Also there is the whole East Coast versus West Coast thing.