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is the greatest show of all time thoughts?
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Second that, best show to ever air IMO and it has ruined evey other cop or investigation show that I have tries to watch since... They just don't live up to the greatness of the wire. Season two is my favorite love the sobodkas
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Gotta be up there. It's damn good.
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It sure is up there, quite possibly the greatest of all time. I have definitely called it that before...there may be one or two shows that compare, but for different reasons and in different genres. I really think Sopranos is up there too, along with a few other shows, but The Wire is definitely top 3, and quite possibly #1.Incredible show, every person I have convinced to watch it also thinks its the greatest show. Never heard a single complaint only the highest praise from everyone I've ever talked to that watched it.
"You come at the king, you best not miss"
EDIT: I think you will also find that the .net community thinks very highly of The Wire and a LOT of members love that show. I feel like the majority of people (not .net) have NOT seen it, so it's pretty much .net has a great taste in music and television.
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Totally agree. Love Treme too, but not on the same level.
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Love this show
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One of my all time favorites
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The scene at the chess board in season one is some very high quality stuff also the McDonald's analogy in season one ... Gota be two of my favorite scenes. Also when deangelo is screaming where's Wallace when he's in prison is in forgettable
Edit : unforgettable, god damn auto correct
Edit : unforgettable, god damn auto correct
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I've never seen it, but I'm totally tired of fielding questions about Baltimore based on the show.
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It's up there with the sopranos and dexter as best drama ever. So many good characters... Omar, stringer bell, Avon barksdale, bunk, Lester.... Great show!!
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No question
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Haven't seen it but again this forum has told me to watch it. So i may have to. We will see if I find the time to any time soon.
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sign'd.I'm not one for claiming "best evers," but its probably my favorite ever. Definitely near the top, if not right there.
@the_Crested_Hogchoker - so what's the money line on the East-West basketball game this year?
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Signed. Re watching all the seasons right now just started two. Other TV shows simply wont do after watching the wire. David simons ability to build stories and develop characters is second to none imo.
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sign'd Never seen real world street life depicted this accurately in a fiction. Hated when his NBC show Homicide got canceled but see now that he had a vision then for a show that cable couldn't handle. Best seen has to be Omar testifying against Bird in court or When Bunk and Mcnulty work a murder scene only using the word f*** or motherfucker...brilliant
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@johnnyd said: sign'd.I don't know, but those AAU child-pimps are becoming a source of concern for a lot of people.
I'm not one for claiming "best evers," but its probably my favorite ever. Definitely near the top, if not right there.
@the_Crested_Hogchoker - so what's the money line on the East-West basketball game this year?
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Best cop show ever, no doubt about it. Best show? Twin Peaks and The X-Files say no.
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@dave25 said: Second that, best show to ever air IMO and it has ruined evey other cop or investigation show that I have tries to watch since... They just don't live up to the greatness of the wire. Season two is my favorite love the sobodkasWow, I've never heard anyone say they liked the second season the most...
Best show of all time in my opinion.
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@pjstarr86 said: @dave25 said:agreed. the consensus is the 4th season is the best. for me personally, I like the 1st the best.Second that, best show to ever air IMO and it has ruined evey other cop or investigation show that I have tries to watch since... They just don't live up to the greatness of the wire. Season two is my favorite love the sobodkasWow, I've never heard anyone say they liked the second season the most...
Best show of all time in my opinion.
character wise my top 3 favorites are omar,dangelo barksdale and slim charles
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@Gordeaux said:
Honestly it's a toss up between two and four for me.. Don't know why I enjoyed two so much I feel like it doesn't get a lot of love
@pjstarr86 said:@dave25 said:agreed. the consensus is the 4th season is the best. for me personally, I like the 1st the best.Second that, best show to ever air IMO and it has ruined evey other cop or investigation show that I have tries to watch since... They just don't live up to the greatness of the wire. Season two is my favorite love the sobodkasWow, I've never heard anyone say they liked the second season the most...
Best show of all time in my opinion.
character wise my top 3 favorites are omar,dangelo barksdale and slim charles
Honestly it's a toss up between two and four for me.. Don't know why I enjoyed two so much I feel like it doesn't get a lot of love
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@dave25 said: @Gordeaux said:i think one of the main reasons is because it went from the gritty streets to the docks and this threw people off. i agree though. I absolutely loved the character of Frank Sobotka. a true tragic hero@pjstarr86 said:@dave25 said:agreed. the consensus is the 4th season is the best. for me personally, I like the 1st the best.Second that, best show to ever air IMO and it has ruined evey other cop or investigation show that I have tries to watch since... They just don't live up to the greatness of the wire. Season two is my favorite love the sobodkasWow, I've never heard anyone say they liked the second season the most...
Best show of all time in my opinion.
character wise my top 3 favorites are omar,dangelo barksdale and slim charles
Honestly it's a toss up between two and four for me.. Don't know why I enjoyed two so much I feel like it doesn't get a lot of love
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Seasons 1 and 3 were best imo. 2 & 4 were very educational, and 5 kind of sucked, but what can you do.
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One and two were the best seasons. I loved how they used a different musician for the opening credits for each season. I usually start to hate the intro music for tv shows after a while
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Yes! Some of my fav moments:
S1: The f**k scene with Bunk and McNulty. Priceless
S2: Best boob shot ever on TV. Seriously.
I live in Baltimore, in fact the scene in S3 when Chris and Snoop are teaching the youngins how to shoot is literally in my front yard. And the dogs in the scene belong to my neighbors!
S1: The f**k scene with Bunk and McNulty. Priceless
S2: Best boob shot ever on TV. Seriously.
I live in Baltimore, in fact the scene in S3 when Chris and Snoop are teaching the youngins how to shoot is literally in my front yard. And the dogs in the scene belong to my neighbors!
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I think 2 is by far the worst season.Tony Soprano Reincarnate is bearable, but his kid and nephew are flat out hard to watch. Horrible casting and acting on those two, imo. I'd have a hard time choosing between 1, 3, and 4 as a favorite, I think.
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I assume everyone has seen this:
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Fantastic show - I would go as far to say that it is an extremely accurate historical depiction of life in a major US city at the turn of the century. I worked in social services in Philly at the time and Baltimore is kind of like a mini Philly in a lot of ways. I prefer the more cerebral later seasons where the creators really tackle education, juvenile justice system, press, politics, etc. Deep stuff all around. LOVE the show.
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WIRE Greatest 77 UK Punk band
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great great show...but sopranos is still better imo
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Top 3 characters:1. Omar
2. Bubbles
3. Hard to pick a third but Boadie wins for his spitting ability.
Honorable Mentions: McNutty, Stringer, Avon, Slim, We-Bay, Senator Davis, Keema (Season 1 especially), Marlo, Bunk and Bunny Colvin.
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@johnnyd said: I think 2 is by far the worst season.I would have to disagree with you on saying season two is the worst. It held me a lot more than four or five. I think the nephew, Nicky, was a great acting job. My cousin lives in that section of Bulletmore, Muderland and said it is pretty accurate. She said most bars are trash that she thinks are just fronts.
Tony Soprano Reincarnate is bearable, but his kid and nephew are flat out hard to watch. Horrible casting and acting on those two, imo. I'd have a hard time choosing between 1, 3, and 4 as a favorite, I think.
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It's a great show; the greatest ever? not imo. I've always enjoyed shows like Mad Men just as much, if not more. Watching in hindsight after the original airings, the best two shows I've seen (judged by how quickly I had to get through it) would be Lost and The Wire. Homeland is kicking my ass right now though. Anyhow, the Wire was awesome.
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Starting this show tonight 
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@powshter said:
First couple episodes are confusing there's a ton of characters I suggest reading the episode guides somewhere online after for the first few ....
Starting this show tonight
First couple episodes are confusing there's a ton of characters I suggest reading the episode guides somewhere online after for the first few ....
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I dont know about the episode guides, sometimes that might reveal stuff you'd rather figure out.But we heavily relied on the English-to-Wire Translator feature (aka the english subtitle option on the dvds) to figure out what the hell they were all saying, especially the first bunch of episodes before we got used to the dialect and accents.
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Sopranos
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@johnnyd said:
I don't have the DVDs I got the torrents offline instead of paying for then so I didn't have that option. The guides worked for me me until I nailed the characters
:prepares to be frowned upon for illegally obtaining:
I dont know about the episode guides, sometimes that might reveal stuff you'd rather figure out.
But we heavily relied on the English-to-Wire Translator feature (aka the english subtitle option on the dvds) to figure out what the hell they were all saying, especially the first bunch of episodes before we got used to the dialect and accents.
I don't have the DVDs I got the torrents offline instead of paying for then so I didn't have that option. The guides worked for me me until I nailed the characters
:prepares to be frowned upon for illegally obtaining:
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@pjstarr86 said: Top 3 characters:I'll add Snoop, Marlo Stanfield and Chris Partlow's (the gang leader and hitman/enforcer's) helper in Seasons 3 - 5. Snoop was a Baltimore street person recruited to play her real life role. According to her memoir, "Grace After Midnight", the bit about picking up her first gun as a third grader when a hitman slid it across the gutter and winked at her was drawn from her real life. She knew at that age having a gun was important.
1. Omar
2. Bubbles
3. Hard to pick a third but Boadie wins for his spitting ability.
Honorable Mentions: McNutty, Stringer, Avon, Slim, We-Bay, Senator Davis, Keema (Season 1 especially), Marlo, Bunk and Bunny Colvin.
"the most frightening villain ever to appear in a television series..."
-Stephen King
Wiki: Felicia "Snoop" Pearson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Pearson
Her memoir, "Grace After Midnight" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_After_Midnight
Amazon: http://amzn.to/101RtN5
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@johnnyd said:
I dont know about the episode guides, sometimes that might reveal stuff you'd rather figure out.Ha! That is a great idea, but I'd never figure out how to turn it off & hubby would kill me.
But we heavily relied on the English-to-Wire Translator feature (aka the english subtitle option on the dvds) to figure out what the hell they were all saying, especially the first bunch of episodes before we got used to the dialect and accents.
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@dave25 said:
Thanks, I'll be sure to do so
@powshter said:Starting this show tonight
First couple episodes are confusing there's a ton of characters I suggest reading the episode guides somewhere online after for the first few ....
Thanks, I'll be sure to do so
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