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Re: The Wire

HigherThanTheSun — Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:50:25 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 06/04/2012 00:50

Got bored halfway through series 3 🫢

Re: The Wire

GeevyDallas — Sun, 3 Jun 2012 12:30:58 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 06/03/2012 16:30

Just seen on Twitter,'The Wire' first aired 10 years ago today,just thought I'd let ye all know.

"Nigga is you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?! What the fuck is you thinking man?" - Stringer Bell

Re: The Wire

40footwolf — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:43:58 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 04/17/2012 18:43

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

So I finished season 1 yesterday and I have to admit I got pretty into it. Still don't reckon it's as good as people say but it's still excellent.

And I can't believe they shot that kid near the end of season 1 he was one of my favourite characters 🙁

Can't wait for season 2.

😁

Re: The Wire

Hermes_requite — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:42:42 GMT

Author: Hermes_requite

Posted: 04/17/2012 15:42

purple wrote:

I have yet to come across a television show anywhere near better than the best of literature, art, music, or theatre/film. I value certain videogames more so than any television show.

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Re: The Wire

HigherThanTheSun — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:38:29 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 04/17/2012 14:38

So I finished season 1 yesterday and I have to admit I got pretty into it. Still don't reckon it's as good as people say but it's still excellent.

And I can't believe they shot that kid near the end of season 1 he was one of my favourite characters 🙁

Can't wait for season 2.

Re: The Wire

HigherThanTheSun — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:42:56 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 04/11/2012 02:42

40footwolf wrote:

Simon was a police officer and then a journalist in Baltimore; pretty much everything that happens in The Wire is a variation on an experience he's had working on both sides of the fence. And the Barksdale organization is actually based on a real-life crime family that runs the same projects that are in the show.

Well that's pretty fucked up then! How about don't put all your social housing in one area but spread it out? Just a thought.

Planning on watching at least season 1 then we'll see, it'd better pick up though.

Re: The Wire

40footwolf — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:56:04 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 04/10/2012 18:56

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

Four episodes in and it's ok, I mean it's not boring but I do feel like I'm forcing myself to watch it.

One thing I can say is that if this programme is anyway near reality then that's pretty fucked up.

Re: The Wire

19loveless91 — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:18:38 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 04/10/2012 17:18

As much as I love the show, I can easily see how it wouldn't be someone's cup of tea. Definitely try to finish season 1, cause I think it has phenomenal pacing, but if you'll feel after the end of the season that you're still forcing yourself, then I guess it makes no sense to continue. Even if majority probably feel that it gets even better after that, but it's all made in the similar way.

Re: The Wire

GeevyDallas — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:06:50 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 04/10/2012 17:06

Quote:

Fight through it,please.You will not regret it.

And the shows creator David Simon based the majority of the show on real life events and people.

Re: The Wire

HigherThanTheSun — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:59:58 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 04/10/2012 16:59

Four episodes in and it's ok, I mean it's not boring but I do feel like I'm forcing myself to watch it.

One thing I can say is that if this programme is anyway near reality then that's pretty fucked up.

Re: The Wire

19loveless91 — Thu, 5 Apr 2012 00:35:12 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 04/05/2012 04:35

For me, the end of the first episode was what kept me interested, and then from second episode onward I increasingly liked it. Maybe it's a good thing, you go watch a show based praise by pretty much everybody, then you get disappointed by its beginning, forget about all the hype, and then... It just gets better.

Re: The Wire

40footwolf — Wed, 4 Apr 2012 21:01:59 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 04/05/2012 01:01

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

Glad you wrote this because that first episode was boooring, I'd give up right now if it weren't for this comment. It'd better pick up though else I'm blaming you!

A lot of people say you need to get through the first disc (which I think is the first four episodes) but I, personally, was hooked by the end of the second episode.

Re: The Wire

HigherThanTheSun — Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:41:14 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 04/05/2012 00:41

40footwolf wrote:

You won't be. I thought I would be too; after the first episode I was wondering what the fuss was about.

Glad you wrote this because that first episode was boooring, I'd give up right now if it weren't for this comment. It'd better pick up though else I'm blaming you!

Re: The Wire

40footwolf — Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:03:46 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 04/03/2012 00:03

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

"This is why I don't think I'll ever watch The Wire - it literally cannot be as good as people say"

This is sort of the reason why I've never watched it, I just have the horrible feeling I'm going to be massively dissappointed. I think it's one of those inevitable things though I might aswell give in, everyone here seems to rate it anyway that must be worth something.

You won't be. I thought I would be too; after the first episode I was wondering what the fuss was about. It is really really really really really really really really really something you need to see for yourself.

Re: The Wire

HigherThanTheSun — Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:46:53 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 04/02/2012 23:46

"This is why I don't think I'll ever watch The Wire - it literally cannot be as good as people say"

This is sort of the reason why I've never watched it, I just have the horrible feeling I'm going to be massively dissappointed. I think it's one of those inevitable things though I might aswell give in, everyone here seems to rate it anyway that must be worth something.

Re: The Wire

40footwolf — Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:01:08 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 04/02/2012 22:01

Sean wrote:

IMO the Wire as a television show is better than my top album is an album an my top movie is a movie. Anyone else agree or want to weigh in on what they think is the Greatest work of all time (TV series, Movie, Album, Novel Painting etc.)

I don't know if I agree, but I think you can definitely make a case for The Wire being the best work of fiction of the past 100 years. It really is just...immaculate. That's the only word that comes to mind. It is a flawless work.

Re: The Wire

Cafu86 — Mon, 2 Apr 2012 17:31:59 GMT

Author: Cafu86

Posted: 04/02/2012 21:31

Can't get enough of the serie, it just never bores me, and always excites me.

Re: The Wire

19loveless91 — Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:47:53 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 04/02/2012 18:47

To me The Wire is like being able to watch a series of great books (one season - one novel). So much attention to detail, in characters (as DLGGLD said, there are many characters here that would be suitable to have a whole show around them) or in storylines. Fourth season is my favourite, I have to rewatch it ASAP.
But I will say, depending on how the last season of it goes, Breaking Bad may replace it at the top of my favourite series.

And I'll say one more thing. I believe this is the golden age for TV shows. In past, TV series were viewed as something inferior when compared to the feature movies, but now... For one thing, I think the actors are better than they were, the advantages that this format has (like more time to develop the storyline, the characters) are being used in more and more series, I mean especially those, that develop their storyline throughout the season (The Wire is one of them), and aren't a "one case per episode" type of a show.
I don't know when was the last Hollywood comedy, which really made me laugh, but there are several comedy shows that do it regularly (that are either still on air or have been throughout last decade).

The problem with shows is that they are often dependant on TV ratings, which can mean either their premature cancellation, or their overlong stay on the air until the show becomes unwatchable. But I don't think either The Wire or Breaking Bad were hurt by that.

Re: The Wire

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Apr 2012 13:49:56 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/02/2012 17:49

I have yet to come across a television show anywhere near better than the best of literature, art, music, or theatre/film. I value certain videogames more so than any television show.

Re: The Wire

GeevyDallas — Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:25:24 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 04/02/2012 13:25

Just a warning about trying to argue about 'The Wire', "You come at the king,you best not miss". Agree 100% with the OP.Don't think i have enjoyed anything as much as 'The Wire'.The reason for this is the characters, I could name at least 50 characters that would be suitable to build a whole show around,yet they are all in the one.It makes you go through a series of emotions like nothing else.I'm watching it currently for the third time and it get better with every watch.Series 1,2,3,4 are only nearly comparable to a few series of The Sopranos and nothing else in terms of TV Dramas, series 5 was not up to the standard of the first four but the final episode is one of the greatest ever.I think i'll stop now because I could go on all day,if you have not experienced 'The Wire' try to remain in that state for as long as possible,as I would kill to be in your position right now.Ohh and also the first few episodes are hard to take in,but fight through it the rewards are endless once you have.