the wire
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- its_only_me0
Utter nightmare of a show to get into but after I got by the first couple of crap episodes it got better.
- Kate_Henlay0
It was al right nothing wrong with that
- shitehawke0
I finished the 5th season last week. Im now watching some of the repeats on BBC2...
Excellent writing and scenes that stay with you long after watching.
- SteveJobs0
definitely time for a second viewing for me. had to wait so i could forget as much as possible, but it probably won't be as amazing as the first time. wish there was another show as good as this one.
- fiver0
i had a second viewing starting this weekend. started up season 2 last night. so damn good.
- BuddhaHat0
And the guy that plays Stringer Bell has been a bad guy in a couple of British films too... I dunno whether he's originally British or not... his gangster accent is toooo convincing...
- yep, he's a Londoner innit.phixion
- from Pecknarm!
His face is on a wall with Noel Clarke and a bunch of others near the library.orrinward - He co-produced one of Jay-Z albums apparently.abettertomorrow
- ThePublics0
Currently re-watching entire series.
- phixion0
I never got round to watching season 5 - may have to start from the beginning and go all the way through... once I finish Dexter season 5.
- Ramanisky20
I used to hate it when people said how season 2 was not as good as season one as if they 2 completely different shows and not a continuous story broken into chapters
best show ever.
- i agree. all seasons rely on each other.fiver
- how else would we be introduced to the greek.. jimmy on boat patrol.. beatty.. oh man what a great seasonbrandelec
- I loved Season 2 ..
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- phatlee0
'FIVE-O... FIVE-O...!'
- phatlee0
If you liked the wire you'll love this:
- noRBG0
As much as I love The Wire, and think it was the best show ever put on air, I will also say a couple of things against that.
For one, they had probably the easiest story they could ask for, to write. This story wrote itself, and it's been sitting there waiting for someone to write it since Raymond Whateverhisface hit the media's attention in the late 80's. The story was real, so that makes it all the more believable. What they added to it, and how they developed the characters involved, that's what makes the show stand alone as great. Same with the Sopranos. The story was real, or at least based off reality, and so the overall story writes itself, but the proof is in the mini-stories of each episode practically.
The other thing that both of these shows had going for them is that they were both on HBO, meaning the writers didn't have to deal with the challenge of writing around commercials. A full, straight hour of story trumps an hour of story, broken up by seven minute commercial breaks any day.
Where "the cheese stands alone," for The Wire is that all these characters are practically new character sketches for most viewers. Sure, most people have watched black gangsters in some form or another in movies or TV, but The Wire was one of the first to bring it to your living room via television, and for six years.
People LOVE the fictional gangster, but they hate a real one.
- If it's so easy to portray real life, why doesn't anyone else do it?bainbridge
- Ramanisky20
I remember distinctly having the feeling of not being sure about the show with the first episode ... and somehow it sucked me in with dense layers of story arcs and great acting and writing.
you guys need to checkout
The Corner ... great but very realistic show just like the Wire- David Simon, same guy, this was one of the prototypes for The Wirerosskemp
- Ravdyk0
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- digdre0
typical dutch, yo'know.
- digdre0
greedy greedy greedy.
- SuperSport0
greatest show ever!
- nah. That would be The Sopranosdigdre
- WIRE blows the Sopranos away!SuperSport
- no. it does'tdigdre
- yes it doescolin_s
- i will have to agreeRamanisky2
- ahahahaha. THE SOPRANOS as the best show ever? hahahahahahnoRBG
- sorry, you have SHIT taste. sopranos was good, but far from close to being the best.noRBG
- the Wire.
best. show. ever.
exador1 - Sorry -Sopranos doesn't even come close.jacklalane
- Sopranos is dumb and violent.bainbridge