The Wire

[swordpath]

[Aside from Conan O'Brien] Best show there is.

 

[kendoiwan]

Agreed.

 

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[Metamorphosis]

I love The Wire.

 

[pure_mercury]

Season 4 of The Wire is probably the best season of a television show in history.

 

[swordpath]

^Can't wait to get there. Not even finished with Season 1 yet.

 

[Metamorphosis]

I don't think I've ever seen a bad HBO series. But then...I haven't seen all of them, yet, either.

 

[swordpath]

Band of Brothers

Be on the look out for this. Promo trailer (if it lasts. it's getting shut down everywhere quickly):
Hbo The Pacific Promo Video - Sharerevmedia.com : Money For your Video

 

[pure_mercury]

I don't think I've ever seen a bad HBO series. But then...I haven't seen all of them, yet, either.

John from Cincinnati was disappointing.

 

[Metamorphosis]

John from Cincinnati was disappointing.

Ah, never saw it.

I did enjoy, however...The Sopranos, Rome, Band of Brothers, The Wire, and Generation Kill.

 

[kelric]

^Can't wait to get there. Not even finished with Season 1 yet.

Strangely enough, Beat, it gets better. Quite a bit better. I've watched all of the seasons on DVD - and while I think PureMercury's right in that season 4 was the best, they're all good - and almost certainly head and shoulders above most anything else that's ever been on TV. Each season sort of started off slow... I'd wonder why I was sticking with it for the first hour or two, then I got wrapped up in it and didn't want them to end. The final episode of season 5 is one that'll stick with me, in particular.

 

[pure_mercury]

Ah, never saw it.

I did enjoy, however...The Sopranos, Rome, Band of Brothers, The Wire, and Generation Kill.

They have had amazing shows throughout their history. Ever see The Larry Sanders Show?

 

[prplchknz]

never seen it but I went to a play for a class that one of the actor was on the wire-Boris McGiver. He's also in Under Elms in Chicago at the goodman otherwise I know nothing. NOTHING!!!

 

[pure_mercury]

never seen it but I went to a play for a class that one of the actor was on the wire-Boris McGiver. He's also in Under Elms in Chicago at the goodman otherwise I know nothing. NOTHING!!!

Ah, yes. Marimow. He plays a dickhead on that show.

 

[prplchknz]

Ah, yes. Marimow. He plays a dickhead on that show.

see i didn't even know that, I've never watched the show. I was just reading his bio in the programme and it said he was in wire.

 

[iwakar]

Great show. Finishing up Season 4 this week, then moving on to Season 5.

 

[spirilis]

Never seen it, but I should someday. It's filmed in Baltimore anyhow.

 

[pure_mercury]

Never seen it, but I should someday. It's filmed in Baltimore anyhow.

I've been to Baltimore often, and a lot of its problems are shared by Philadelphia.

 

[jungie]

Yeah, the best thing to be found on any screen.
I have a soft spot for Season 2 - there's still a bit of Stringer Bell.

 

[BallentineChen]

I thought season two was the weakest, I'm up to 403 as we speak. Compared to season one I thought the character development was really weak. Especially compared to D'Angelo, who was obviously a person with a strong internal struggle. It was hard for me to see that in any of the dock workers in S2. Another great character to watch was Prez. He's easily dismissible when he first shot off that gun, but it was exciting to see him step up when he was confined to the office. One of the things I love most about The Wire is how uncompromising it could be. Characters that we love, that were really developed and whole, are killed unflinchingly, like some sort of statement about reality.