the wire

well the hype was correct!

im half way through season 1 (episode 9) and .....well the hype was right its fucking aamzing...but i dont know why? but it is.. it has everything that makes tv series good and more! im hooked.

i have season 2 and 3 downloaded already! 3 episodes a day! awesome!!!!!!!!

best fucking hbo series period.

maybe the best fucking series period.

excellent.. series 2 is even better

the only bad thing about it is the title music

I love the title music, especially since it changes (think "remix") every season.

Season 1 - fucking awesome

Season 2 - awesome

Season 3 - sublime and beyond fucking awesome

Season 4 - awesome with a dash of meh

Season 5 - awesome with a dash of meh and WTF

at this rate i cant believe it can get better..... cant wait.

also i cant believe the uk has just started to show this on tv.. but since lost went bonkers and lost interest this series is outrageous hits all the right buttons!

  chris moss acid said:

at this rate i cant believe it can get better..... cant wait.

 

also i cant believe the uk has just started to show this on tv.. but since lost went bonkers and lost interest this series is outrageous hits all the right buttons!

Season 2 can really put people off the show, but don't let it. Just think of it as a nice 10 hour distraction while waiting for the sheer genius that is Season 3. After Season 3, there was simply no way in hell they could improve the show...

having only seen the show in one more or less unbroken sequence on DVD, I didn't have any problem with season 2, in fact I felt it to be a really good season. I think the ending is as strong as that of any other season. I'm guessing people who had problems with it disliked it more for confounding their expectations (not hood enough) than for actually being bad.

  lumpenprol said:

having only seen the show in one more or less unbroken sequence on DVD, I didn't have any problem with season 2, in fact I felt it to be a really good season. I think the ending is as strong as that of any other season. I'm guessing people who had problems with it disliked it more for confounding their expectations (not hood enough) than for actually being bad.

100% agreed (and I rather liked Season 2).

nice one chris

nice 1 gilbs

all seasons are phenomenal. I was least into season 2 though...

Season 5 definitely has some wtf moments but I was into the whole news thing. season 4 is also pretty dope with the whole school thing.

this show made me cry about 4 or 5 times.

  jefferoo said:

this show made me cry about 4 or 5 times.

i def shed tears a few times

in seasons 3, 4 & 5

the show builds momentum really well

was truly sad to see it end

season three is the truth though

fucking epic

the only great season was 1. after that it was all just messing about.

great show

- real fan

i hear the writer has a new show coming soon

and stringer bell is a massive hollywood leading man now. although if his competition is clive owen then he shouldnt be too proud

  Benedict Cumberbatch said:

and stringer bell is a massive hollywood leading man now.

he is? I kept thinking that as I watched it, that he had that potential. I think they should have drawn out his presence on the show, he's a phenomenal actor. Marlo was also very good, but not quite as engaging as Stringer Bell, not enough of a tragic/flawed figure.

By the way, I hated that nation of islam gunman dude. The only time the show really seemed to stoop to caricature. I couldn't suspend my disbelief, it was like fucking star trek.

lol what nonsense. season 3 is the best season of a television show ever.

edit: at benedict

  lumpenprol said:

having only seen the show in one more or less unbroken sequence on DVD, I didn't have any problem with season 2, in fact I felt it to be a really good season. I think the ending is as strong as that of any other season. I'm guessing people who had problems with it disliked it more for confounding their expectations (not hood enough) than for actually being bad.

ther's nothing wrong with season 2. making me take a break from some characters i like isnt "bad", it's challenging. fine. i like a challenge. it also sets up an expectation for the rest of the show, that basically you dont know wtf they are going to do next.

series 5 is a total headfuck. my initial reaction when i realised what the main plot was going to be was was "wtf i'm watching se7en or some shit", then i decided that, no actually, the series 5 writers were just building on the previous 4 series worth of soul destroying frustrating shit being piled on top of these intelligent and creative characters, and saying "you see what happens?". when i saw it that way, i go right into it

  lumpenprol said:

By the way, I hated that nation of islam gunman dude. The only time the show really seemed to stoop to caricature. I couldn't suspend my disbelief, it was like fucking star trek.

oh shit i forgot him. yeah its fucked when you're watching this ultra realistic show and then a fucking Tarantino character strolls on in.

MAYBE there really are people like that walking around baltimore, but i doubt it

he completely Phails to stop series 3 being the best series of TV ever tho

  lumpenprol said:

  Benedict Cumberbatch said:

and stringer bell is a massive hollywood leading man now.

he is? I kept thinking that as I watched it, that he had that potential. I think they should have drawn out his presence on the show, he's a phenomenal actor. Marlo was also very good, but not quite as engaging as Stringer Bell, not enough of a tragic/flawed figure.

 

By the way, I hated that nation of islam gunman dude. The only time the show really seemed to stoop to caricature. I couldn't suspend my disbelief, it was like fucking star trek.

when they raided the black and muslim bakery here in oakland they found over 20 guns including a pair of ak-47's

brother muzom (sp?) was pretty real to me

i quite liked season 5, i wasn't so into the newsroom shenanigans, or with some of the characters breaking character a bit, but I found the city hall politicking to be really well done. Given that I work in a corporate enviro with its own politics, I found that part of the show to be probably the most memorable.

  pantsonmyhead said:

when they raided the black and muslim bakery here in oakland they found over 20 guns including a pair of ak-47's

brother muzom (sp?) was pretty real to me

yeah but are there guys at the bakery who wear hornrims and affect posh accents and pretend to be Malcolm X, along with the AK47s?

edit: the wiki article says that maybe Mouzone is supposed to be an ex member of the Fruit of Islam

  lumpenprol said:

  Benedict Cumberbatch said:

and stringer bell is a massive hollywood leading man now.

 

he is? I kept thinking that as I watched it, that he had that potential.

I'm totally going to see this shit because he's in it ->

ya just started season 2. good show. I wouldn't say it's THE best thing I've ever seen but it's very engaging. still at the end of the day it's another crime drama in a saturated genre. stands well above most.

and best series by hbo? what about six feet under?

  analogue wings said:

  pantsonmyhead said:

when they raided the black and muslim bakery here in oakland they found over 20 guns including a pair of ak-47's

brother muzom (sp?) was pretty real to me

 

yeah but are there guys at the bakery who wear hornrims and affect posh accents and pretend to be Malcolm X, along with the AK47s?

acually

yes

not anymore of course (the bakery has been closed and the owners arrested for the murder of a journalist for the oakland tribune)

not all in the same person

but most definitely all of the afformentioned traits could be found

not alot of black muslims out in New Zealand?

also, stay the fuck away from wikipedia if you are still watching

all the character entries have "Killed by: xyz in episode abc" right at the top :pinch:

  pantsonmyhead said:

acually

yes

not anymore of course (the bakery has been closed and the owners arrested for the murder of a journalist for the oakland tribune)

not all in the same person

but most definitely all of the afformentioned traits could be found

not alot of black muslims out in New Zealand?

well i did kind of think to myself - they wouldnt in a charcter this outlandish unless there was a real world basis for it, but then i decided i was being too much of an apologist lol

if there are real Brother Mouzones out there then the wire is pretty much perfect

yes, there are a LOT of black Muslims in my town, but they are all refugees from Somalia so they tend not to act like Brother Mouzone